Instructions / Assembly

STEP B.
WASHING OFF
LIGHTER SAND
& GRAVEL
Alright! Now you’re a getting’ it! Hold that pan just
under the water and tilt it a wee little bit away from
ya. Start swishin’ that water from side to side...easy
now! Add a little bit of a forward motion…you
wanna do that forward motion just hard enough to
make that little gravel start workin’ its way over the
front edge of yer pan…don’t get in no hurry
though! You don’t wanna lose them there little
nuggets do ya?
Every so often, level out your Fisher Pan and shake
her back and forth. This is gonna make the light
stuff come to the top, while the heavy stuff
(GOLD!) will ease its way to the bottom. Now, you
wanna keep repeatin’ the tilt and swish step and
this levelin’ out step until there’s about a cup or two
of the heavy stuff left in yer pan…This here stuff
you have left is what us panners call “concentrate”.
STEP C.
WASHING OFF
BLACK SAND &
CONCENTRATES
DRY
PANNING
You’re doin’ good! By this time, Ol’ Yukon Dick is usually
getting’ the shakes from anticipatin’ that GOLD! Since you’re
just startin’ out, best way to do this step is to lift that pan out
of the stream with about an inch or so of water in it. Tilt
that pan back towards you and swirl that water around in a
little circular motion. If you’re lucky, you may see some
GOLD glistenin’ in there! It’s okay to pick out any bigger
nuggets you may see, but be careful!
If you’re lucky enough to have a bought a Fisher Gold
Prospecting Kit that includes a Top Hat Black Sand Magnet
you can use it to separate the iron concentrates from your
gold. Just depress the plunger all the way down and gently
run the bottom of the Top Hat in your black sand pile a
couple of times. Then carefully move the magnet away from
your Fisher Pan and release the plunger, causing all the iron
concentrates to drop out and away from your gold.
Lucky for you, Ol’ Yukon Dick made sure them Fellers at
Fisher included the Fisher “Snuffer Bottle”. With it, you can
carefully suck the small gold flakes you see right on up! Now,
you wanna make sure you have a little water in the bottom
of the bottle so the gold has somethin’ to settle into. When
you see a nice shiny gold flake in your concentrate, take the
Fisher Snuffer Bottle, hold it straight up and give it a little
squeeze….not too much. You wanna be able to “suck” that
gold up with the tube…with a little practice, that gold will
be settin’ right in the bottom of that bottle! Woooweee!
I’m a tremblin’ just thinkin’ about it!
Now, you can empty yer Snuffer Bottle into
the included shatterproof vials…See that
gold shinin’ in there? Yep! It don’t get no
better’n this! Welcome to wonderful world
of gold pannin’! Keep at it and you’ll
be a pro in no time at all...now, don’t
be comin’ round here huntin’ in my
spots! :) An’ if ya can’t read Ol’
Yukon Dick’s ‘riting so well, use
your ‘puter and type in “Gold
Panning” at
www.YOUTUBE.com they
have lots of great tricks
an’ tips!
Here’s another pointer from Ol’
Yukon Dick...
So, you got the hankerin’ for some gold huntin’ but you
ain’t got no crick or stream nearby? Here’s how to do a
little “Dry Pannin’”!
Now, when wet pannin’, the wetter the better.... when
you’re dry pannin’ it’s just the opposite. You want that
dirt as dry as you can get it! The best places are dry
stream beds with sand and gravel.
Take your Fisher Gold Pan from any Fisher Gold
Prospecting Kit. Make sure the sand or gravel yer a
workin’ is dry as a bone! If’n you have to, spread it out
on a big ol’ blanket or somethin’ to dry in the sun.
After it’s dry, put you a little of your material in yer
Fisher Gold Pan and begin a swirlin’ it around...almost
like you do when yer a wet pannin’. Now, this here
method ain’t as good as wet pannin’, but you can still
find gold!
Keep a swirlin’ your material, lettin’ the light stuff work
it’s way to the top...yer heavy stuff is workin’ its way to
the bottom.
Start pickin’ out the big ol’ rocks, sticks and junk you
know ain’t gold.
Tilt yer Fisher Gold Pan forward as you swirl, lettin’ the
lightweight stuff work its way over the front of the
pan...Not too much at a time now! Ya don’t wanna lose
the yeller stuff!
Now, some folks will take what you have left in the pan
and take it home with ‘em in buckets, then they’ll
“Wet pan” the rest (see instructions above).
If’n you can’t take it home, keep workin’ it
down until there’s just that heavy stuff in the
bottom...and look at it in the sunlight. See
any shiny yeller stuff in there? It might
be GOLD!
Tip from
Yukon Dick
Here’s a little secret to help ya
out....keep a little ol’ bottle of dish
washin’ detergent with ya while yer
pannin’. When you get down to the last
steps where yer a workin’ with the
“concentrate”, drop ya just a little bit in
yer water...it’ll break up the surface
tension and make it easier to work the
gold out!