HOW IT WORKS
Quick instructions:
1. Make sure the clean up riffles are on the side away from you, then put the pan underwater and spin it anticlockwise and clockwise through 180 degrees to get the load saturated.
2. Check the central trap for compaction and water saturation with your finger.
3. Use an anti-clockwise circular motion to get the dirt-load into motion over the circular riffle bed. This breaks up the dirt and prevents compaction.
4. The gold and heavy minerals quickly get into the riffle grooves, which gravity then feeds into the central trap. The light sands and clays fly outwards due to centrifugal force. Alternate between a cantering swirl to get the "heavies" into the middle and the "lights" to the surface and outside, then an ejection swirl.
5. The shallowness of the pan allows the large pebbles to be easily scrapped off and discarded.
6. Once the amount of material left just covers the central trap, do a couple of clockwise swirls, then 5 seconds of vigorous backwards/forwards and sideways shakes.
7. Then tilt the pan away from you gently, and shake the pan side to side while tilting up to about 30 degrees.
8. Pan off the waste until the concentrate in the central trap covers about a 50 cent piece.
9. Tilt the pan back towards you and the gold will be there.
10. Don't worry if you still see some gold on the clean up riffles. With practice you will work out your own technique.
Detailed instructions:
1. Place dirt into pan. It is best to only ¾ fill it, which is about 6kg. Ensure the concentric riffles are on the side away from you. These are the clean up riffles.
2. Submerge pan underwater completely, holding the pan on each side. Rotate pan clockwise and anti-clockwise very quickly for about 5 seconds. This is to get the water to go right through the dirt and start the saturation process.
3. Hold the pan with one hand. With your other hand, stir the dirt in the central collection trap, checking for compaction and clay where the water has not fully penetrated. Stir the dirt by hand until you're satisfied complete saturation has occurred.
4. Move the pan in an anti-clockwise motion so that the load moves inside the pan anti-clockwise. The purpose of this is to get the dirt moving over the spiral riffles so that the gold will work its way into the grooves.
It is important to go anti-clockwise so that the clays in suspension will not compact against the steep sides of the spiral riffles. An initial sharp movement helps to get the dirt moving. Swirl in an anti-clockwise direction for 25-30 seconds.
5. Alternate between a centring swirl to get the "heavies" into the middle and the "lights" to the surface and outside, then an ejection swirl. It is normal for a little dirt to fl y out of the pan at the edge. If a lot is going out, slow down your swirling rhythm so that only a small amount flies out with each swirl.
Keep swirling until the amount of material left just covers the central trap. There are several techniques for using this pan – and scraping out the waste by hand is one of them – but this is not recommended for beginners.
6. Shake the pan vigorously forwards and backwards and from side to side for 10 seconds, to get the gold down off the clean-up riffles, so all the gold is in the central trap.
7. While shaking the pan from side to side, tilt the pan forward and allow dirt to run out of the front of the pan. Ensure clean-up riffles are at the front of the pan – away from you.
8. After half the dirt has been ejected, centre the pan again, do a few more clockwise swirls and repeat steps 6 & 7.
9. Work out your own careful clean up technique for reducing concentrate to gold only or mostly gold only.
10. Pick out nuggets. Pick up large flecks of gold by firstly drying your hand, wetting the end of your finger with saliva, and picking them up with the end of your finger. Place them into a jar, vial, etc.
11. It's best to suck up gold fines and dust with a plastic squirter bottle that has a tube from the mouth of the bottle to the bottom of the bottle.
TURBOPAN RANGE
TURBOPAN MINI
The MiniTurbopan gold pan is the second generation design of Turbopan with gentler side wall angle, and more fall along the riffles to speed up waste disposal and gold concentration at the same time.MiniTurbopan has every thing you need to scrub and classify your dirt, then easily and quickly dispose of the gold-free-waste while concentrating the gold in one pocket at the deepest point in the pan.Remember your MiniTurbopan is your sluice in a pan. The sluice riffles don't just trap the gold in protected zones, they funnel the gold into the central deep pocket. With the riffled bottom, it's good bye to compaction plus because Turbopan is wide and shallow, the very heavy gold sinks to the bottom to be trapped quickly.Just use Turbopan like you would normally pan and discover how much more gold you keep. Check the fines with a 10x hand lens to see the 10 micron gold Turbopan catches.
• 250 x 250 x 40mm
• Lightweight
• Durable
Item No: TB25CMGRN – Green
TB25CMBLK – Black
TURBOPAN PROSPECTING SHOVEL
The Heavy Duty Prospecting Scoop by Turbopan is Australian Made! It is a must have for any professional or budding prospector. It's a portable gold pan on it's own, or use it as a shovel for your pan or sluice.. There are thumb and finger grips on the handle, as well as a Lanyard hole to ensure you don't drop the precious cargo. There are 2 riffles in the scoop to hold that that nugget.. More Gold Your Reward!
• 32cm Long
• Heavy Duty Plastic
• Australian Made
• Thumb Grip
Item No: TBSCOOPGRN – Green
TBSCOOPBLK – Black
TURBOPAN 40cm
Your Turbopan is just like your Mini Pan but a bigger size and is your sluice in a pan. The sluice riffles don't just trap the gold in protected zones, they funnel the gold into the central deep pocket. With the riffled bottom, it's good bye to compaction plus because Turbopan is wide and shallow, the very heavy gold sinks to the bottom to be trapped quickly.Just use Turbopan like you would normally pan and discover how much more gold you keep. Check the fines with a 10x hand lens to see the 10 micron gold Turbopan catches.
• 400 x 400 x 60mm
• Lightweight
• Durable
Item No: TB40CMGRN – Green
TB40CMBLK – Black
TURBOPAN PROSPECTING STARTERS KIT
Everything you need for the starter all packed up nicely in a convenient Backpack making life easy whilst on the trail for Gold.
• Haversack Backpack
• 250 x 250 x 40mm Pan
• Sneffer Bottle * Collectors Vial
• Plastic Trowel
• Step By Step Guide
Item No: TBHAVSTA
TURBOPAN RANGE
TURBOPAN BAIT/DIRT PUMP
The Turbopan Dirt Pump allows you to access all those areas in between rocks and cervices. You now have access to getting into those tight places when the gold loves to hide.
• Rubber Grip Handles
• Durable
• Easy to use
Item No: TBPUMP
TURBOPAN GLASS VIAL – SET 4
The Turbopan Set of 4 Glass Vials will make sure that you don’t loose that precious gold that you have been panning for.
• Glass Vial
• Set of 4
• Screw Top Cap
• Compact
• Lightweight
Item No: TBVIA4
TURBOPAN MINERS MOSS SLUICE MAT
The Turbopan Miners Moss Sluice Box Matting is designed to maximise your trapped gold and help remove unwanted debris that is washed through your sluice box.
• 900 x 300mm
• 10mm THICK
• Green colour for easy spotting of Gold
• Can be used on its owe
• PVC Base with Spaghetti Loop Style
• Universal Size
• Can be cut to size
Item No: TBMM
TURBOPAN SNUFFER BOTTLE VIAL COMBO
The Turbopan Snuffer Bottle makes picking up the smaller pieces of gold out of the pan when prospecting. Makes life easier and ensures you don’t miss any gold..
• Easy to use
• Angled Tip
• Soft Bottle
• Compact Item No: TBSNUVIA
TURBOPAN GEOLOGIST HAMMER
The Geo Hammer is an essential part of prospecting and you need to make sure you have the right tools for the job. The Goe Hammer has a flat scrapper at the back allowing you to drag paydirt towards you making collecting dirt quicker and easier.
• Flat Square Head
• Flat Scrapper
• Rubber Grip Handle
• Easy to use
• Durable
Item No: TBGEO
