Gold Panning Ballarat

OK, thanks Les! I'll take the pan and give it a go, without too high expectations.

G`day,

All what Les said above and to add a bit more.
If you can find a spot in the bottom of the creek on the inside of a small bend, imagine if the water was running that there would be a "backwater"in the flow,that would where any gold that was being washed downstream would fall to the bottom, it may be stuck to the clay bottom or be under/behind a stone/rock. It wont be within the sand or gravel until right on the clay.
If you remove the sand and gravel so that there is only a small layer (about an inch or so) of sand left you can then shovel the top of the clay along with this sand into your pan.
Now, if you have clay in the pan the gold will stay stuck in it so you work it by hand until it is all dissolved into a slurry, after the washing process there may be a speck in the pan.
To pick the speck up, turn the pan so the speck is on the high side out of any water, dry your finger on your trousers, touch it to your tongue, then dab it on the speck then into the vial as Les said.
After you have worn your finger nails away, call Armour Guard but change locations first.

Be careful it`s easy to become addicted.

Good luck,

Scrubby.

Thanks Scrubby!

I likely won't worry about Amour Guard though. I'll hide it down my undies and sneak back to Mum's through the trees.

Yes, people who go gold fossicking make it an all consuming hobby. I think I'm more likely to give it a rather unsuccessful try and give up.

Salad bowl maybe. It's plastic.

Ha ha, yeah mine are plastic too :)
Funny, our little vial, used maybe 4 or 5 years had, I dunno, maybe 4mm to 6mm of specks in the bottom.
Not sure where that is now, maybe in the shed with some of my walking gear.

well they used to metal

That's Fellas, that's all encouraging.