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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 664247" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Hi LL and welcome to PA.</p><p></p><p>The basic bits and bobs needed for panning are cheap enough and modern plastic gold pans make life much easier than the old steel pans, where a very careful pair of hands was necessary to avoid losing small gold over the edge. Any prospecting shop should have them. As for a shovel and buckets and maybe a pick to break up hard-packed gravels, Bunnings is probably as good as anywhere to find those, if you don't have something suitable already in the garden shed.</p><p></p><p>The rules and regs you'll need to know about are summarised here:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/threads/%E2%9D%97fossicking-prospecting-regulations-all-australian-states.125/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>You can practice your panning technique at home using some bagged gold paydirt, possibly also available at a prospecting shop or just search eBay - there's plenty of sellers, many over-priced, but have a look and see what you think. YouTube has plenty of videos to help get you started, too.</p><p></p><p>Good luck in your prospecting, mate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 664247, member: 4012"] Hi LL and welcome to PA. The basic bits and bobs needed for panning are cheap enough and modern plastic gold pans make life much easier than the old steel pans, where a very careful pair of hands was necessary to avoid losing small gold over the edge. Any prospecting shop should have them. As for a shovel and buckets and maybe a pick to break up hard-packed gravels, Bunnings is probably as good as anywhere to find those, if you don't have something suitable already in the garden shed. The rules and regs you'll need to know about are summarised here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/threads/%E2%9D%97fossicking-prospecting-regulations-all-australian-states.125/[/URL] You can practice your panning technique at home using some bagged gold paydirt, possibly also available at a prospecting shop or just search eBay - there's plenty of sellers, many over-priced, but have a look and see what you think. YouTube has plenty of videos to help get you started, too. Good luck in your prospecting, mate. [/QUOTE]
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