Gold Hog Flow Pan review! Catch'n da GOLD!
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- Gold pan review of the Gold Hog Flow Pan one of the many production gold pans. In this review I evaluate the speed of the gold pan, the capture rate using the most difficult material I could find. As well as the general ease of use and construction. As with most of the pan in this review series I am a complete novice with this pan, and only going by the manufacturers instructions and other youtube videos out there. As a novice I did make mistakes, and I tried to better my technique in a second attempt with the pan, but the results were almost the same in my second attempt with better technique and in a river. (where I lost my gold) Before people get made at me or insult me, I am going at this as a complete novice with this pan, and my technique will be a complete novice technique. Everyone starts at the beginning, nobody starts as an expert.
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Just remember I did this test a few months back and got identical results.
These results are accurate, suck it up and except it's a gimmick.
Love this idea of testing the popular pans.
I found the flow pan concept one of my favorites. So I built one with the bottom catch pan being twice as deep and after experimenting with hog mat I switched to a 1/4” punch plate over miner moss. Once the gold is under the punch plate it’s not coming out
Been using it this way for 2 years. Very happy with it.
I bought the flow pan 3 weeks ago and now I like it. I wasnt thrilled at first. It took getting used to. Dont overload it! And rotate and front to back to settle the gold. Then side to side! I have lots of heavy black sands here in vt I can run about 1/2 a bucket of classified pay b4 I clean it out and keep going.
it clearly shows in the gold hog video to stratify front to back parallel with the riffles not across the riffles also your tipping the pan to fast. i won one at a gpaa gold show [thanks Doc] and didnt like it at first either but after watching the video a few more times [slow child at play] i finally got it and it works on Washington gold even on classified concentrates
I appreciate that no matter the issue with these pans, you are open and honest about what this testing is. You're not just selling some manufacturers pan, you're showing what it would be like to try to start with these pans as a novice to them, and what to expect. Sure, maybe they have different techniques etc, but the biggest majority of prospectors WOULD be novices to them. It's about what to expect just off the hop, and I'd really welcome a response from the manufacturers. I like that, "come and show me, so we can learn together."
Yay! Trains and relaxation! You are so very, very kind Dan. Thanks for doing the hard work, I look forward to seeing Doc taking you up on your offer to show you and us how this pan works. Obviously either you have exposed a major flaw or there is some trick that we don't understand yet. Exceeding fair review.
Fingers crossed!
Once again, Dan, thank you for an excellent and thoughtful presentation. Just an observation and not a criticism: On both the GoldHog Flow Pan and and Pyramid Pro Pan, keeping the units level without any tilting is essential. Losses of gold increase greatly as the unit is tilted. With the FlowPan, our experience would make us believe that because it has sluice matting in the bottom, it can be used on a slope like a sluice. But I have found that not to be true. I have both and use them frequently here in Maine and the northeast, where most of our gold is fine. They both perform for me with minimal losses. However, neither is effective in a tub unless it is a very large and wide tub and, in the case of the Pyramid, a deep tub.
Good on you Dan for having the courage to give an honest review of the flow pan. You did this with full knowledge of how Chris was given the cold shoulder after his honest review of the same pan. Well done I applaud your honesty and integrity.
I would absolutely love to see doc come to Pickerton and show us how to use the flow pan. I would also ask if he can bring the concentrator pan Which looks almost the same. I believe that pan will work a lot better and can hold a lot more material. Thanks again Dan for a great test look forward to the next one
Thank you for an honest evaluation...Doc is a big name out there so I am glad you did not sugar coat the results... it shows you are an honest guy
The only person I have seen that is into the flow pan is the maker. Ty for the content Dan.
You are welcome
Your very gracious with this review, the design of the pan with the two gapping holes on the sides are the obvious flaw in losing majority of the gold, I personally feel like you did everything to your best of knowledge
I own a flow pan, have very similar results to your video, I work for a manufacturing company that fabricates aluminum products and plan on modifying the pan sides by raising the lower lip or creating solid sides to attempt an increase productivity/efficiency. Thank you for the review and also for mentioning the review by Vo-Gus Prospecting, it's nice to know two experts had an equal lack of success and that it wasn't user error on my part.
Thanks for a the great videos and stay healthy!
Thanks, and you too
I really like the point you made about what material the manufacturers are using. I'll be paying attention now lol. Thanks
Just wanna say i been watching and subscribed to your channel for quite some time dan,and i must say you really come across as one of the most honest sincere people another person would love to be around.ived never panned a day in my life and iam not in a position to do the things you do but you really make me feel sometimes like iam right there you do just an amazing job at the you tube thing and i wanna say thanks for bringing me so many smiles
The flow pan is for testing purposes, so there is no worry’s about seeded dirt and losing gold you know you have in there, the reason behind docs idea was bringing that out just for sampling fast in your areas you may think have good gold, he’s fills it high and fast because he doesn’t care what falls out because it’s no seeded gold it’s just to see what may be in the dirt! It’s kinda a sluice in a pan for sampling only! I guess LoL! Love your videos Dan, in totally understand the thinking behind these segments! Thanks for sharing!
You will see just how fast a regular garrett pan can do the same thing (sampling/find gold) when Dan puts his review of it up.
Not accurate mate, Gold Hog says multiple times on many videos it's a production pan.
Vo-Gus Prospecting I thought up and down when doc released his first video and pushed this as a sampler, speed test, without bringing clunker stuff just the pan and move material fast, it’s definitely not intended for guaranteed set amounts of gold LoL! If anyone knows anything about prospecting equipment, anything at all, they better know this is not the pan to have a regular day at the stream, I would push this as a bulk sampler, a sluice -a- pan!
Seems like if he designed this pan to test ground for gold value that’s all the better reason to have a high capture rate, flow pan tests ground and determines its worth 10 dollars a yard based on recovery, garret super sluice tests same ground and determines its worth 40$ a yard based on recovery......just saying
Hi there 👋👋love the scenery 😍😍😍 peace and quiet yum. Love the fact that you are showing all the different pans and what they can do as a novice user, thank you for sharing, see you next time 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺
Having watched all of these, it strikes me that the results are more in the hand bearing the tools than in the tools themselves. As a total noob, I love watching your panning technique, regardless of the tool...
Really enjoy your videos Dan! I agree that the Flow Pan is not designed to process large quantities of classified material. That being said, I bought the Flow Pan and used it extensively when I was in Alaska with amazing results. For me, the key was making sure the material was thoroughly wet (kneading the material whether classified or not), shaking and spinning while keeping the pan level, and letting the running water ripple over the mat for a few seconds before tipping the pan. I've even used the pan to scoop up materal, excavator-style, with positive outcomes!
My most productivity happens when I wash the mat directly in the sluice. I seldom run more than 4 loads in the Flow Pan at a time without cleaning the mat to prevent it from clogging up.
Great videos! I appreciate your authenticity and relaxing approach. Keep it up!!
You saved me $130+! Thanks. Love your stuff, Dan:) I've learned a ton from you.
10 points for displaying integrity! means a lot to your subscribers. How are the mines going? any more work happening?
Your honesty and humility are golden. Thank you.
And your willingness to learn. No matter the degree of one's skill, there is always something to learn.
Okay I know this is old, but I can tell you feel bad that you got a bad result with a Gold Hog product, and that makes me happy.
I'm never going to buy a pan because I don't live in a state with any public panning, but you spent a lot of time to make sure all the reviews were fair.
and thanks for the honest reviews. It was clear that you didn't want to give these pans a bad review but you kept it honest and it is appreciated.
I have watched Doc's video on this pan. He was using the flow of the river to wash through the ends of the pan hence less strenuous agitation. I think you may have lost gold by agitating it too roughly initially before it had time to drop to the bottom. Just saying! Nice tip about checking the pans cracks and joins- gold loves to hide! Keep 'em coming Dan.
I love your unbiased àpion And honesty
The honesty is awesome. The pan does have a deeper bottom that can be added.
Thank you for all the great videos.
I'm having a chuckle at comments being left by people I can't help but categorically refer to as "Pan Fans." Good video, Dan. You explained your test well enough and, having talked at length about the testing conditions and purpose of the test, there's no need for additional explication. Short of creating a controlled environment with a large cylindrical swimming pool with circulating water, there's not really a good way to test the recovery ratio of this, or other pans, that are made to be used in a stream with ideal flow. There are many ways to move gold from one location and distribute it in another. If that secondary location is not my safety deposit box, it's simply not a good way to do it.
I will not speak for Doc but I use the flow pan more for bulk sampling a spot to determine if there is gold in. So I take a unclassified bucket and run it and it helps to determine if I will prospect that area. I do not think it was designed to be a finish pan where you have done the work of classifying down to quarter inch. I would use the multi sluice for that. Dan thanks for all your videos I learn a lot from them and love the scenery you show us. I might make BC a vacation spot some time.
So Doc's method of stratifying the material was definitely different, and I do think you were clearing it faster than I would, even as a production pan. Now I have never used this kind of pan, I am a fan of a small high banker, then a blue bowl with the cons, but I would think for a pan like this, you don't need to tip it at all to clear the majority of material. Unclassified material would allow for faster gold settling due to larger rocks helping agitate the material. With the classified material, I would stratify the material at water level where the material is barely submerged, and when ready to clear, simply pulling it through the water while mostly level should be enough to clear the light materials on top. After you have cleared the first time or two, and a quick shake to keep the material agitated, you can probably get more aggressive. But I am from the south east of the US originally, and the gold in the area was definitely coarse, and flakes like yours is much less common.
Hope the idea helps.
i've never gold panned before but with this pan design couldn't you have one side that's actually solid/higher wall and let it flow out the other side. that you can stratify the material without losing anything?
All the tests I've seen so far are not stratified the material the same as doc.
I know this is an old video but watching one gold hog demo of the flow pan shows how wrong he was even in a still bucket. I'm about to buy another flowpan because how awesome they are. Don't let this steer you away from it
I like how you gloss your results to point out possible issues that may have led to your results. Thank you, Dan!
That said...it struck me that you were overloading the pan in the tub.
If that was overloading, then it shouldn't be called a production pan.
Chris at vo gus had a bad experience with this pan as well.
Ya, just not our style of pan, we push too much material through and this pan just need small loads.
@@Danhurd Well this is the second one where you claim you did it the "right" way but not on camera. I'd rather see that footage. This footage isn't very helpful.
It’s a really poor pan, I’ve measured losses as high as 80% on the super fine gold we get in WA state.
@@torchandhammer do it ur self
SPOILERS. ;)
I really enjoyed this mini series! People need to get off your back! He is using all of these products for the 1st time and is going by what he knows! Nobody is a pro starting off! You did a fantastic job Dan! I appreciate your reviews! I just love my Garrett Super Sluice!👍😁😎👊
Thank you!
One thing I noticed was when Dan tilted the pan to let the water come out he tilted it to the upstream side as indicated by the little black tab in the opening of the side of the pan. The mat are directional, so the material was just flowing out and not getting caught like it would have if it was dumped the other way to mimics the flow of a stream. A small detail that makes the world of difference
Hay Dan the gold hog pan has a con box and solid side to reduce more material and would be better for this test, it is set up to collect cons have a nice night
Did not see that one before, sadly it is very expensive since you have to buy the pan and conversion kit. Would love to see them shift to the hard plastics to bring the price down....Garrett needs to get on this.
He needs gates on the side holes to hold all the material in until stratified, then flip them open and start flow panning
I thought the same thing and think that it would only be needed on one side, preferably the upstream side, so you can stratify at an angle. Thinking about buying one just so I can add a sliding door and add some large expanded steel at the bottom. I don't like the jerk technique suggested, because of what happens when you jerk or surge mats in a sluice or highbanker. If someone beats me to this modification please post some results somewhere on the internet.
Exactly. I'm going to make something to cover until initial stratifying.
I think the Hog Pan was a better concept for production. The flow pan seems more for sampling? I have the Raptor 2.0 and love it.
the man with all the pans. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Thank you for the honest review! I am in Quality Control and have learned that good (honest) customers tell you when something is wrong where bad customers just don’t say anything and never come back. Hopefully Gold Hog will take this as positive feedback and improve their design.
Well said!
For just a second, I thought we might get a little Johnny Cash at the end Dan. 🤔👍
Hey Dan, you should redo this test with running water through the gold hog multi sluice over this pan. Take the mats out and flood the sluice by placing bricks at the end. It would allow you to catch the tailings and give the pan a run for it's money🙂
I believe the thing to remember here is not all processes are effective in every situation. I pan glacial gold and have move a lot of material to find a little bit of little bits. I haven't used the flow pan in a tub at all but for places where the stream flows and no other power is available this works very well. It has been my experience that if you have to tip the pan to get water to flow out and carry the tailings away, it will lose gold just as fast as you want to run. Controlling the water flow is best accomplished by varying the depth of the water in the pan. If the water is fast, don't sink it as far. Slow water depth is less of a factor but any agitation should be side to side as front to back seems to lift the heavies over the mat.
And the amount fed in needs to be smaller than you would run in a regular pan. The Speed comes with how fast you can process that smaller amount. A garden trowel is my favorite tool to feed it. 1 scoop, 10 seconds of stratification and 10 seconds of letting the flow clear the tailings. Then add another scoop. The material I run is glacial till. Most of it is best described as silt with 10% sand sized and 10% small rocks. Very few larger rocks.
It isn't the ideal material to look for gold in and I will never make money at it. But it is what I have so it is what I work with. Maybe someday I can visit somewhere that has actual gold. Until then I will do what I can with what I have at hand and the occasional mailbox prospecting adventure.
Thank you for your very informative videos. I think I will stick with the Garret Super Sluce! I was also wanting your opinion on the Garret Pro Pointer 2 detector. Thank you for all your advice!
I found with this pan when used in still water, or a tub, it is more efficient taking out the directional riffle mat that comes with it and replace it with a standard ribbed V groove mat. That way the direction or flow of washing does not matter.
Thanks for taking all the time on trying to compare these pans and more to come. Understand it is hard to be an expert all pans. Think Doc doing a demo would be great, especially if one could recover waste and Test to see what loss there was.
Yes, the capture rate is a little disappointing on this pan. Would love to see a video with all the experts panning with their pans. ?? That would be fun. Thanks for another great video Dan. Take care.
I like that dan is a stand up guy giving these people a fair option to show him if he did something wrong. I just picked up a beginners kit but cant get anywhere to try it out
road trip!
@@Danhurd I live in ny any gold found here belongs to the state and I dont have a passport. But thinking of moving to a new state once this virus stuff dies down. Need more ideas for books and someplace i can find gold lol
@@beave200 plenty of gold out west in the rockies, no need for a passport either.
Still nothing comes close to the diversity of the Garrett Super Sluice! Great job Dan.
Hey Dan! Great series with the panning tests, I'd love to see a test of the Garret super sluice used as a production pan, pan quick and dirty and see what you catch in your own tailing with the same pan... if that makes sense. Same test conditions, same material. Keep up the good work.
Let's all agree we were not surprised on the results here.
Some are angry! but looks like pans are like truck and some people get heated if you say anything at all bad about their ford!
@@Danhurd totally agreed on everything you said including the video. I honestly think this pan can work well but is less forgiving than a Garrett super sluice. When I first saw it. I thought it made a lot of sense, however after seeing it in the field I felt one of the biggest issues was the amount of material you could safely put in at a time.
The flow pan was something they came up with to utilize scraps from the good products that they make.
ok then.....
I would suggest that this pan is for testing areas that are new to the prospector to see the amount of gold that is in one area. that is why it is suggested to use small amounts of material in a easy flowing river or stream. Great videos lately Dan on covering the different kinds of pans looking forward to the comparison to the garet supersluce.
Hello Dan, From watching Doc in his videos he rotates back and forth first to stratify and get gold on the bottom before the side to side washing. You did the side to side the entire time so you were washing out the gold before it could stratify. Also, you continue to waste time with back and forth stratify motion that you do not need. Just the initial 5 seconds of strong rotation movements, then wash without shaking.
With the way your were using it I think that if you had replaced the open sides with solid sides and turned the Flow Pan into the Hog Pan you would have captured all of the gold, or darn close to all the gold.
I have no experience in any gold panning, just watch the videos. Thanks much for your channel. I am enjoying all your videos.
Cant wait for spring runoff to finish. I find it so peaceful down by the moving water. Right now it`s a very loud roar. Maybe I`ll find a nice crevice to work. Nice review Dan.
I love this series you're doing Dan. I own a Flow Pan but I haven't used it yet. I would echo another comment about the Flow Pan and your lack of flow for purposes of the test. The whole reason those gaps are there is to let water through as you stratify. I know you know this, and I don't have a solution how you can test the Flow Plan with the same material while using it in a river or creek. Great videos though!!!
Hey Dan. Idk man. It just doesn’t give it justice with it being called a flow pan to shake it like that. But I’m not a naysayer, I love your videos. Maybe simulate a river flow by using the mini gold hog sluice somehow? Idk I’m no expert. Would be cool to see the pan in its element
Hi.Dan I know you like the mats as much as I do.This is just my opinion and a reason I never bought one.The mats are designed to have a steady flow of water in one direction.I think if you were to pick up the mini and shake it back and forth the result would be the same most would blow out.Doc has some awesome minors moss and should try that instead of mat.
Thanks amigo I will be keep my pan love your video.Doctor needs to come to realialety huge lost of Gold.
Hi Dan I watch your videos from Italy, here's less gold compared to the US but I'm in love with gold panning and certainly I'm in love with your channel, I really enjoy your passion I can see that!! Big compliments, from an Italian friend of yours :)
Thanks for watching! And Hellooo from Canada
At about 11:20 it looked like you almost dropped the pan into the tub but held onto it with your left hand and pulled it out of the water. When that happened I wondered if you had lost a bunch of material. Is that possible? Just observations from an ignorant novice. Thanks for your videos. I really enjoy them and appreciate you taking the time to make them for us.
Sinking pans are VERY common when you are filling them in the water. A pan that can't handle that is a problem.
I really like your experiments
Thanks Dan, for showing us what’s what👍
You bet!
Cool, I requested this months ago. Thanks for getting to it. You're the best.
Instead of a actual sluize have you tryed a sheep skin rug.. Like the golden fleece. If you turn the sheep skin backwards the gold gets stuck in the hair. You just put in a river with two large stones holding it down and a slate on front and lots of little bits of gold will get stuck in the fleece. The frazer would be a awesome place to try...you could have your own golden fleece. The slate held down with the two stones the gold slides over. You need to cut the fleece straight with two end bits held down with large rocks with roof slate also held down. We bang in two rods to make sure the skin stays down. Every little bit of gold going down the river over the place you place your fleece. Bang a ten minute place go back to check it's still there and belive it finds its own gold.. I hope you try... You can weigh the wet fleece after a hour then weight it ever week you should take pounds out if you place in the correct place... 👌🏻
Great video. I really wish I saw this before I got mine. I thought I was doing something wrong, not good results. Thanks Dan
I have the predesesor to the flow pan. Shipped all the way from USA to Oz. I was impressed with the concept and design.. only after use I don't think it can handle pindan clay. Sandy areas only. Not the pans fault, I'm trying to make it do something I don't think anything can.
Don’t butter it up and feel bad Dan, it’s the real deal that your testing. I use and love gold hog products to but one thing I don’t like is how they test their products with so much gold, doesn’t matter how much they loose it still looks impressive when you see two grams of gold in the mats, i like how little cons they have but I still believe more cons gets more gold with old fashioned miners moss and expanded metal
You are too nice of a guy to flat out say this product is not good lol. I know Gold Hog products are good but also know that the Hog Pan is a dud. Can't wait to get my Gold Hog multi sluice... Should be here any day! 😁
Thanks for the view
Cool review Dan , good luck :-)
Dan you tip it twice in the rong direction probably dumped in to the pan at the rong moment and I'm sorry that you lost it back to the river..thank you for sharing.
If you watch Doc's videos he shows you the right way to use the flow pan not in a little tub so not a very fair way to compare but I like your video.
It seems like this pan would work better with moving water and this test showed the flow pan was not in its element one bit. I think the idea with this pan is to process small amounts and continue to dump more into it as you go rather than doing it in one large lump.
neat idea, cutting the first 6-8in of a sluice off to use in a more portable format....
Seems like the best comparison would be to use clean dirt and sprinkle in a specific amount of gold and measure what you get from the pan.
Hi Dan, just got my gold prospectors magazine, low and behold Pauly was on the cover. I almost cried with happiness..Well I actually did tear up.
He is awesome!
I'm the type of guy that could super glue the screw's and wing nut's together, seal them in a zip lock bag, gorilla tape it to the pan, wrap the whole thing is plastic, stick it in back pack and when I get to the river, no screw's or wing nut's. I think it's in my gene's.
You too eh ?
I like to fix things till they break...I feel your pain LOL
Well, if they're in your jeans, there's your problem...LOL
Did you check the pockets ? Lol
Gold Hog! wow...looks like it would work smaller amount before you pan but wow not good. I love Gold Hog! Great gear! Thanks Dan for another review! Still Looking forward to the next one! Well done Dan.
Thanks
This is what I have always thought about this pan. Between price point and what I thought would be a lower capture rate haven’t been able to justify getting one.
I wish you could get your hands on a “Hog Pan”, the predecessor to this pan. Huge sides, trap in the bottom, all the thing the flow pan lacks, but became cost ineffective to produce. Actually, looked like the pyramid pan took some notes from it, but you could stand the Hog pan up to load it.
They make a con box attachment
@@goldbuttoutdoors7634 Not the same though. Works a lot different.
Hi Dan
I like your videos, but I don’t like this review. The Flow Pan was designed to run unclassified and in heavy clay dirt sand. I’m sure that being factored in, you have spent a bunch of time energy and effort that would offset your time and results classifying (which is why I bought it). The only classifying I do is to 1/4” cons into the Multisluice. My steamsluice gets rocks 3-5” run through. This pan rocks for marching across that little stream, digging that material right from the bank clay, dirt and all into the pan and testing in areas you can only pan. The Flow pan can get you quick results and/or process lots of material to cons that can be reduced for later panning in most streams. Running that flow pan in a small tub is like putting a bull in a china closet simply wrong tool for the job.. I did not like Vo Gus’s review either. I have and love the Garrett Super Sluice and have many other pans. I use each for the right purpose. But I wouldn’t drop my jet sled into a swimming pool and expect to go anywhere which is how I viewed you results from the tub, lol
That said I am a fan of your channel.
Much respect,
Matt
I replicated these results over a two month period. Filmed it all and posted the results.
It's a bad pan.
Get together and make a video about it. Put your money where your mouth is.
Prove a non-believer and Dan that your pan is worth buying. Show them!
Think of the views!
Robert Robinson yo bud, just giving my experience, your mileage may vary. I did admit I really like the super sluice.
1st off, I love ya Dan, BUT you used the pan wrong. You started off swinging it side to side and you are supposed to twist it and rock it 1st to work the material down before you swing it left and right. That way the gold drops to the bottom before the water is allowed to wash out the material. I have watched Doc's videos of this pan and if used properly it is an amazing piece of kit. Also this pan can be reconfigured for heavier material if you purchase the extra bits for it. I don't mean to be that guy, but I feel like the pan gets the short end of the stick if it is not used the way it was intended to be. And weather you are a novice or not, a small amount of research is all it took for me to find the proper way to use the pan. He has the video right there on the page you buy it on. Watch how he starts out twisting the pan and rocking it before using the flow. th-cam.com/video/IFQc2NhaoR8/w-d-xo.html&feature=emb_logo
He has already seen gold hogs demos, at the end of this video he said it. And also mentioned several reasons why he thought he didn't do very good.
Did you watch to the end of the video where I address this?
Love your show! Not much fond of that flo pan but i do think you would get better results in a redo
I used this at the Lytton panning reserve and pulled out 0.3g all the other guys with normal pans didn't even get close to it honestly losing gold happens when you start moving dirt fast
You can hold your hands inside flow holes and help hold the material in the pan as you stratify. But you are right it has high potential for loss
Dan, when you started the initial panning, when you were loading it up it sank twice. You commented yourself a lot of material washed out. Do you think that contributed to the poor performance? Love your vlogs...!!
yes for sure it did
@@Danhurd but that would happen a lot more when you are using it on a river. Ive seen almost every person I watch panning sink or tip a pan as they work but because theyre using pans with taller sides it doesn't fall out.
It looks to me like the only way to really use this pan is as a sluice in the river flow and not as a gold pan at all
Thanks Dan Ouch, I love my gold hog flow pan, what I see is the ends size need to be a little bit higher ,for washing the big rocks , slow enough to rinse the rocks clean ,
It's captures nuggets flower gold floats through the exit ,The Australian prospector is the flower gold pro . Floating gold rushes out with the rinse .
Thanks Dan I will modify my gold hog ,Your honesty is rare my friend like Pauly , Vogus prospecting Texas has flower gold super fine , long narrow sluice 6ft long foldable in half
home made coupled with Docs Matt's yeah baby . LOL HEY Doc if you do see this I need a 6ft long flow pan Matt plzzzz. Good video .
Looks like doc is now making a mod for it to solve some of these problems.
Docs a good man slowing the flow washes the bigger rocks down it has its issues but rocks at catching small nuggzzz lol ,
Off the top of my head a real fine mesh slip on solves the problem until rocks are washed . That's to me was where the lose occurred but that's just me I'm a rookie ,but I love all of you guys who still dream of striking it rich the natural way earthen way shows respect without destroying habitats. When I move rocks I build fisherman's pads do me a favor next time your on the Frazior river black lava rock you passed a few months back was I seeing right nice big black lava stone ?
The original Gold Hog Pan was so much better and ran material fast and held it! I still wish Doc sold it!
No Dan you don't have enough room to use the Flow Pan. You need to watch the Gold Hog videos.
The Flo Pan will out produce All the others, always in the right conditions.
Two people can do a TON of material in a hour or so.
Did you watch to the end where I address this?
@@Danhurd The trick is to agitate the Flow Pan as if you were in a punk band putting out a Scratch on a record player. You never go side to side the material will get thrown right out.
It works great for me. I can check a 5gl bucket in five min.
Today from the UK, good job Dan.
You dont have anything to be sorry about. It is...what it is. It seems as if maybe these manufacturers need to specify that these are not production pans...they are for specific types of panning and materials. However...you were being honest in your testing.
I'll say it again what an absolute beautiful River and area that you get to pan in as always thank you for sharing with us I like the Garrett super sluice pan
Glad you enjoyed it
i think this pan is meant to be used as a small enough sluice you can get away with using it in the river where your not allowed to river sluice. not like a traditional back and fourth motion in a tub pan as demonstrated. judging by the flow indicator on the pan at least
About the losses. You also dropped it the wrong way in the water twice when you were refilling it. You should've restarted at that point for a controlled experiment. However, with you initially shaking in the direction of the openings and not the opposite direction, your losses would have been close to the same most likely. All that being said it is definitely not a high volume production pan. Maybe if you had two people for refilling the dirt.
another great video Dan and I honestly hope that all the inventors come and do a review with you to see if the results are any better, keep the videos coming cheers
Thanks!
As a novice myself, I used the FlowPan whereas a pro used his standard Garrett pan. We both worked in a tub. I got wet, he did not. He finished much faster than me. When he panned the FlowPan loses in his Garrett there was as much loss as shown here.
A friend who purchased this pan let me borrow it to test on Saturday and I did not have good results. I was using unclassified material, and I lost too much gold. I love most of Gold Hog's products - in fact I own most - but I will have to pass on this particular one.
Thanks for sharing!
1 is fine Dan i think you can improve the technique by using the pan almost everyday slower the better results imo great video as usual you are inspiring people.
Your experience dictates your knowledge. There's nothing wrong with what your assessing, I agree with your original assessment as far as the design flaws go. It's not you it's the pan....
I love Docs matts and stream sluice..I use mine at Alabama Gold Camp and have great results ..With a little bit of help from Mike..BAMA Gold fever here..I havent purchased his pan just yet..
Dan, appreciate the honest review. It would be nice, if Doc responds to the review..Thank you for sharing.