Talk:Gold panning

Technique
There seems to be no mention of technique on this page which I would believe should comprise a major component - should this be the case?

//Well, there shouldn't be any instructions or information of a how-to type on Wikipedia, so I don't know if the technique section really fits here. But I agree that the page would feel empty without it.


 * I think a 'how/why it works' is better suited than a 'how its done', and I've revised the text somewhat to that purpose. Yamagawa (talk) 22:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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expand roxy: JELLO says HELLO (talk) 00:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I think wiki is kwl. it givez u good info and if it is wrong u can edit it. it is chouette. as the french say. 112.213.137.241 (talk) 07:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC) soz i dont know y i just did that!

Error
In the second paragraph, in the second sentence, there is a mistake. I believe it should say 'So everything that is not heavy spills out and leaves the gold behind.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.63.224 (talk) 22:10, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Going Green???
Um... silly question: What significance is a pan that recycles water: 1) Such a contraption would seem to complicate the process, by adding pumps or other paraphanelia that are far removed from the idea of a simple 'pan'. Further, gold panning is traditionally done at the site of the deposit, and such deposits are commonly found at rivers, where a supply of water is not in question.  Even if water were in short supply, a water trough would be more than adequate for the purpose of supplying water for panning, and would not complicate the actual panning process any. 2) I've seen green gold pans that are specially designed for the purpose of panning, but the purpose is hardly to recycle water, rather to better aid the trapping of the heavy minerals during panning.

Has anyone seen the documents referenced? Is such a 'green' pan that recycles water in use today, or was it the nonsensical invention of a not entirely sane man, and never widely seen in the market? Or did someone mistake the 'green' pans as not a color of a pan but a pan that must be 'green' in the sense that it must recycle something? Yamagawa (talk) 22:12, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

After doing some digging, I found http://www.mine.mn/Gold_Pan.htm which references several pans made by the individual cited as having made a 'green' pan. The designs include pans for use with mercury (a decided 'not-green' feature), and for use with or without water (A convenience factor, although undoubtedly better performance would be seen with water, as specific gravity plays a strong role in the normal panning process). As the Going Green section was looking worthless/misleading, I've revised it into a 'pan designs' section. The page could use some cleanup after the edits, and it looks like I've botched entering the reference, if anyone knows how to clean that up, I'd appreciate it. Yamagawa (talk) 17:21, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

a fourth grader's opinion on this article
I think wiki is pretty cool.

my teacher had given me an assihgnment to search about gold rush, panning, etc. and when i saw this it actually got intresting for me. usually, i don't look on wiki cause it mostly gives me info that i barley understand (cuz i am a 4th grader) but this was my level. maybye wiki can improve by using easier vocab, cuz it would really help little curious kids that want to learn. i am not much of a reader, so i rarely find something good to read. this intrested me to look on wiki more. if wiki keeps up the work to make easy-to-read articles, i would be on it 21/7 (instead of 24/7 cuz i prefer 21/7).

i rate wiki 7/10.

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