A Banjo pan seems to be very apt for a lot of gold localities. I swear I've heard them a couple of times :lol:
Banjo pan
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Paul
The website for the Mining Exchange Gold Shop in Ballarat isn't the best & is being upgraded, there is also a Facebook page for the shop that has most info & pics. I've spent some more time using this Banjo pan down the creek & it is going well, its worth getting. They are selling fast from what I'm told, but more have been ordered, they come in pink as well, bit harder to loose & might be popular with the girls.
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The pink Banjo certainly stands out, won't loose it in a hurry.
About half of this was found with the Banjo pan.
Couple of Banjo's & a couple of Super Sluice's work well.
About half of this was found with the Banjo pan.
Couple of Banjo's & a couple of Super Sluice's work well.
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I'm still waiting for mine to arrive , heaps of places I work around are old gold diggings and are now pine plantations ?? ,
Working in one today and over the last week we have found old shovels that were used by the old timers . Very old and very interesting to find ,
But anyway I wish I had a banjo as I really want to test the dry pan method ,
Just hope the one a friend is getting me is not pink . He did say to me "At least no one will steal it ". :/
Working in one today and over the last week we have found old shovels that were used by the old timers . Very old and very interesting to find ,
But anyway I wish I had a banjo as I really want to test the dry pan method ,
Just hope the one a friend is getting me is not pink . He did say to me "At least no one will steal it ". :/
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Paul
Haha, I reckon you might have a pink one coming, they still find gold so that the main thing.
Could also try dying it with black dye, can't remember the exact product but there is a material dye that can be used on some plastic, alot of people do it to wheels for radio control cars, doesn't work on all plastics though.
Could also try dying it with black dye, can't remember the exact product but there is a material dye that can be used on some plastic, alot of people do it to wheels for radio control cars, doesn't work on all plastics though.
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Paul
Yeah I reckon it does anyway. Although I don't have much panning experience but have found it easy to use & I get gold with it, as do others who have tried them for the first time. Can shovel gravels straight into it but I normally classify first to get rid of the bigger stuff, can fit more in that way, then when down to a handful or so I tip it into the Garrett Super Sluice, clean out the matting & add that to the Super Sluice so i can pan off the last little bit. I just find that easy at the moment but with time & practice I'm sure I will be able to do more in the Banjo. I go pretty slow, but with the banjo I'm a good bit faster than I was with the Garrett pan on its own, I could go quicker but I just like to be careful & make sure I'm not loosing anything, with time will come more speed.
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Paul
nicko61 said:
The website isn't that good, even the owner has said that, so its being upgraded at the moment, not sure when it will be done though.
But the Facebook page has more pics & prices & is probably the best & easiest way to contact the owner
He has a couple of orders on the way but I think it might be early Feb before the first one arrives, there was still some pink pans left the other day though.
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