Thank you Jeff & Slim, I had one hard time getting the flower gold but thanks to you I am getting better at gathering it all up and here in Death Valley Ca, it is all over the yard so I don't even have to leave home to pan for gold for some time .

hi .... so nice to see you at a more sedate state.....i understand that you have a you tube personnea as in running down or up those gullies .... but nice to see you in a more relaxed state...whatever ...you make really good vids ...informative and theatrical ...keep up the good work ....greetings from british columbia canada....i have a claim on the mighty fraser river ...thanks ... mickey miner

I set out to learn panning on my own, I've been through around 100 pans. The land has minimal gold though, or at least the places I've checked, I've yet to find anything really, but I'm not giving up, I have 6 acres of riverfront southwest Virginia property. And it's relaxing, thanks Jeff, I like this method, helps me pan quicker.

Just starting out and had initially watched some of your newer videos. Gathered a ton of dry material to go through, so had to go back to basics after missing some cut up lead I put in for a test. Your personality is infectious man, always a smile. Keep it up!

The greatest video you've made yet. Very instructive and you didn't act the fool once. Thanks. A pleasure to watch.

Whew this is an old one. Congratulations on providing so much content on geology, prospecting and mining. Hope for many more videos. Rock on!!!

Hey Jeff, I have all those things together. You told me to let you know.

I have to say something. Your videos are just so cool! Everytime i watch it is just so entertaining. I love watching these videos! Keep up the good work Jeff. :)

Again thanks for your time brother, can't afford school but don't need it with folks like you. Loved to work for you for free as long as you teach me everything ya know.

Jeff, I enjoy the videos very much! Thank you for sharing!

thankyou for sharing i just learned and wasn't quite sure how to get it all the way down. great video.

Hi Jeff Williams, Thanks for taking the time and effort to post the "How to Pan" Video. I think it was great. Tom

New to your channel and really enjoy your vids Jeff. It has given me great insight. I took up prospecting on the weekends after moving to CO this past summer. It's a relaxing hobby and quiet time from army life. Anyway thanks again for your vids. Just got my first bit of color recently.

Love your videos and I think you are very entertaining... Keep it up don't tone it down, just don't get hurt running down those hills.... Question.... Why use glass vials which can be dropped and broken why not clear plastic vials instead?....

Thanks Jeff. Always good to see how others do it.

Very helpful just got my first pan and thanks to this technique I have started to compete

hey Jeff this video was a lot more toned down like it alot

thank you jeff. I live in australia and you have made my my prospecting days :). you have showed me allot about gold mining and prospecting making most of what ive picked up along the way on my own so much more better with some of the things you have shared. love how you make it fun :) when asked about what i do and how to do it i revert them to you as your role play is cool and funny to watch. From australia im saying thanks bro :). IF YOU WANT THE GOLD YOU GOTTA EARN IT. Those old timers new how to work.

Wow!! That is a great pan for that spot!!😃

Hello Jeff, I'll make a vidéo on how to use Gold pan for French people because nobody did already. Thank's to you for this one. Bye Chris.

very helpful jeff my man!.. as always good video!

Works for me thanks again Jeff.

we love your video's ~ waiting for our gold pan now !

Awesome cant wait to see how well you do with small material

Hi Jeff I asked a question not long ago. you advised me to use quick dry. anyway I used biodegradable washing up liquid to break the surface tension of water. before adding the dish soap looking at the water a lot of shinny gold colored material was floating at the top and after adding the soap the water was clear as everything had sank. we are finding flour gold but to be honest the whole pan is shinny as in a lot of material left behind is very very shinny silver and gold color. Once we have stratified the material to very fine sands and not much in the pan. almost all of the material is shinning silver and gold. I think a lot of the stuff could be silver but all of this material we are seeing is tiny microscopic tiny. Some small chucks about 1mm look to be gold but once finger crushing turns out to be pyrite. How small can pyrite go. Will it go as small as flour gold.? Thanks.

Nice video as usual. I just wanted to share with people to make sure that your new plastic gold pan is properly conditioned before trying to find the gold. I see a lot of people using new plastic pans that are still coated with that release agent used to get it out of the mold. Looking forward to seeing the dry panning video, lots of dirt and little water here in southern Arizona.

love your videos Jeff! you make them fun!!

Great videos Jeff, Keep them coming...

thank you, Professor Jeff

thanks for the video my dad and. I found your video very helpful. much appreciated

Crazy man! I love the videos! Keep it up!

I've been watching all your great videos for a while. I live in Michigan and the only gold in the lower peninsula is glacial drift. I found a gpaa park and thanks to your videos I found GOLD! Not much but that's not what it's about for me. Could not have done it without you sir, so thank you so much! I can get dirts on ebay but finding it in its "natural habitat ",lol, is so much better. now I'm a real prospector. Don't tell slim though, he might try n take it 😜

I have watched your other videos and observed some of your technic and am glab to see this video on panning. Thanks

Thanks for sharing Helped us out mate

An oldie, but a goodie! I live in West Virginia…not much gold! Yes, I have the Garrett supersluice! I enjoy your videos!

im thinking about trying this good video helps me out seeing how you do it ill order a pan thank you

Brilliant, this is an old video I must have missed , great stuff, I love how you have become much more crazy and manic these days though. 😜

G'day from Australia, that's how we do it, but usually use a sluce before hand, some areas in Australia you can't use a dredge .

dang i got to move out of pa and head west,takes me around ten pans to fine a speck of gold,enjoy your videos thanks jeff

Well done ,enjoy all your vids

I'm a Garrett pan fan,I've had both pans,except the pan you used in the video.I upgraded to the Trinity pan,but most of the time I use the Garrett 10" pan.I can pan faster with a smaller pan

Great video. Very informative.

Good morning jeff! :-) I'm new to this but I have been doing tons of research on every aspect of gold itself! I used a few drops of gun oil to break the surface tension of the water because I didn't have and jet dry. when I'm panning the material I keep seeing what looks like gold on the top. I shake the hell outta of it and some do fall mid way before bottom. when I start to pan I see alot of the flakes wash off into the water. I figured it was just pyrite so I didn't give it a second thought. I have worked 500 pounds of dirt to reveal nothing. So I stopped and took a step back to take a look at what and how I'm doing it, I put a magnet to the flakes but they don't stick. Is it because I'm using gun oil. plus I'm in a horrible state called New York. I see guys out west pulling in a few flakes of flower gold and complaining it's not enough. well take it from a guy who has found nothing, I'd love to see a flake of gold in my pan!! I'm just having a real hard time trying to figure out if I do have gold in my pan? any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated sir! Thank you so much for this awesome channel!! :-)

Good clear explanation! Thanks for sharing Jeff. I just subscribed! Good hunting..... Ax

Great video Jeff.

great video!

Hi Jeff, thanks for the video . I reckon the tapping is the secret mate , cheers

3 days ago was my first experience panning ever! I have an odd story to my gold adventure that just began. I bought 4 ounces of gold coins recently. That set me back about $8k. After looking at those beautiful coins I decided to see if I could find 1oz of gold on my own. I would also like to find silver but I will worry about that later. I also bought 250oz of silver. I have been worried about the dollar losing value so I somewhat protected now. Anyway, I have watched a whole bunch of your videos and love watching! I have a creek that runs through my land and I have decided to start my adventure there. I am not sure if gold has been found in this creek or not but it does run into another creek that does have gold. I live in western North Carolina so I know that this is a decent gold finding state. The first in flight and the first in gold panning! Thanks for the videos!

Another great video! Question, I tried that tapping technique with a bit of black sand I have been saving and discovered 3 tiny specs of flour gold I had missed before. While trying to remove the last spec the water washed over the tiny spec and it floated on top of the water over the black sand to the center of the pan! I thought it must not be gold and rechecked it with the 10X loop but found it was indeed gold. Will adding a bit of dishwashing soap prevent this and if so how much? Thank much

I have to admit it....I've become a Jeff fan..... These are the videos that help tenderfoot prospectors like me separate the useful from the bullshit. And the gold from the gravel, lol. Liked/subscribed

Awesome, U da man Jeff

Great video

Classic Jeff always learn g from the. Master

Yo Jeff great video brother ! My old man was into dry panning for gold out here in southern nevada & got a couple of hundred buck's out of it & was just happy doing something outdoors & profitable . My question is, how do we go about getting kid's ( inner city & country ) interested in not only this but outdoor living skills, camping, hiking, off the grid homesteading ? Keep up the good work & God bless you & yours !

Hey Jeff, Holcomb valley is such an amazing place and if you do come up here id be glad to show you all around since I was born and raised here I know these mountains like the back of my hand. Thanks again for the amazing video's Jeff. Hope to see ya soon! -Prairie

Thank You!

Very helpful...

Great Videos, like it

hey jeff always watch this to help me get back in panning i bought new an tougher pan its really good but no videos yet how it works its called Gold Saver Pan

You make it look so easy Jeff...didnt work out so good for me over the weekend XD need more practice

Oldie but goodie.

Nice goob man

Very nice video with clear explanations and tips. At 4:48 when you dump the rocks out do you check it first in case there is a big old nugget in there?

Awesome 😎

Hiya Jeff! Second or third video of yours I have run across. They say it ain't rocket science. Ha! I have yet to find that first fleckle but I'm still working on it. Slowly working my way to the good places in NE Alabama where the original gold rush happened before it all moved west. I'm lucky. It's only 20 miles from here. By the time I get there, thanks to your instruction mebbe I also will be a gold man! Norm

was watching a few of your vids again jeff as a refresher an noticed that ppl gave them thumbs down , i dont know whats not to like i think there still the best by far , they must be stupid or summit .. again regards from bonny scotland.. oh hows this for a bummer was out with my brother an showed him a good spot to work, bang he gets a nugget(0.43) then a few weeks later my pal gets a 1.2 nugget and i still not got one but i got a lot of pickers tho..

Thanks again

hey jeff me again and thx for the tips

excellent..

Matterhorn boots and Bermudas,,,lol I love your UoD

this is the best vidieo

He reminds me of my grandpa.

Great technique video Jeff. Do you still "treat" your pan before using it for the first time? Meaning, rough up the surface of the pan to better catch the fines?

Good info even in 2022. Ah, the good ol days filmed on a tater. 💯

Hi Jeff! :) Never mind Norway!....i'm from Australia and just watched your panning technique/s. I'm so much a Noob to this, but after having watched your video, i pan very much the same way! lol. Yup, got a couple of nice flakes!!! (i'm happy!).... Now...although these little pieces were like YELLOW!! they are like LEAD!... Now....tweezers would'nt pick 'em up (too small?), just backing off the water and dabbing my finger on it i managed to pick it up :) Then i used the tweezer to pick it of my finger and tranfer it to my glass vial. ...now, here is a thought....glass vials VS Plastik! What would happen if i accidently dropped my glass vial???? Ohhhhh Noooooooo! haha.... i reckon plastik vial maybe better option! Cheers Mate! Thanx for informative video

When in Lynx creek, Prescott AZ, where should I start to pan for gold? Should I turn rocks over in the creek?

theres a old Gold Mine out in the woods it has been closed for 50 years I was told im going to try and pan there up and down the creek id like to see how you dry pan also

Mr. Williams, i wonder when does your love for gold bearing rocks started? Where did you learn all that stuff you teaching us?

wonderful yesssssssss...

The bigger rocks have a larger surface area! It's based on density if you have a mineral that is less dense than another but much larger it will always be on the top when panning!

going to be travelling through navada to arizona and hopeing you can give me advise on areas to check out. thanks jeff. take care

I love the character...you better know what I'm talking about

Suggestion!!! why not drill into a big peace of lead(500 grams piece) (like what fishermen use for example) and get some lead powder , then put it in your pan. And at the end at the bottom you may find the same quantity of lead powder you put at the begining.This is how you know you panned the proper way. Also it may be easyer to spot the gold in that lead powder because lead is like grey colored. But we should also be very careful that lead is very toxic and if you swallow it or inhale it you may die, or be afected even handicapped for the rest of your life.

WOW!!! An intelligent,. mature adult!! How did he get in Jeffs' video? I am used to the later, absurd, cartoonish guy who wastes our time with stupid scripting I painfully endure.

Okay man. got all the stuff together. When should I come over. >LOL>

I love that Steel Guitar, what is the name of that song. Thanks for the great Video and advise.

i like your tecneek Jeff and thank you for sharing

Nice video. I've been panning for more than half my life and always like to see different techniques. The guy from Norway should be able to pick up some pointers, especially if the 40 minute video was doing just one pan.

Hey Jeff I have a question of treating a gold pan. I just received my super sluice gold pan 15" and I don't know how to go about treating it. Could you give some instructions on ways to treat a pan? Thanks!

Seru klo tanya Jeff hanya nonton besok jawabannya dengan konten baru😀

Imagine this jeff meeting new jeff and slim wow!

Hey Jeff, I've been looking for the video you made that demonstrates how you setup your panning station in the desert. It seems really efficient and I like the idea of reusing the water. Could you please post that link? Thanks.

I would have never found gold there

Jeff I see your more comfortable in front of the camera now your energy has changed are you more of your self in this one we all this k you are doing great but it's really all about being happy man even after all the work trying to be accepted just be yourself being smart and educated is just that but mostly finding God then finding doing happy..... 😃😃🤣🤣😁

Where do you do most of your prospecting? I live about a mile from the Rogue River in Oregon, got a pan, sluice box, classifier so I have a good start but wont invest more money until I see some color!

Hello Jeff, Thanks for your videos! I have learned a heck of a lot from you. I recently bought a 20 acre Placer claim near the old Coolgardie camp near Barstow CA I'm having a great time and finding Gold!. Its hard work but I'm having fun. Gotta Earn Your Gold! Mostly small flakes and flour size pieces but I have found a couple of pea size pickers also. Not to shabby for a greenhorn. I'm throwing an invite out to you and your team. If you are ever in Southern California and need a place to film or just go mining look me up Thanks again

I need one of those. My pan sucks.

so do you think i can collect the dirt then bring it to my rv and fill up a tub and then pan it.

Jeff thanks for the videos. I'm from southern Utah and was wondering if you have ever panned for gold at gold springs on the Utah Nevada border? If so is was it worth while? Or is there a better place in southern Utah you would recommend?

Jeff, how do I find an area to legally pan for gold. It seems all the gold bearing areas in SoCal are claimed up. I read in all the books on gold mining and gold bearing areas in my area but it's all claimed up I'm told. Is there any way to prospect without trespassing on someone else's claim? Thanks