Goldn Gold Paydirt Eureka Panning Pay Dirt Bag – Gold Prospecting Concentrate

Bought this as a novelty item to get into panning as I am in a state bearing very little gold and strict waterway laws to boot, so going out and panning where I'm at is kind of pointless. As far as a practice/novelty item it is great! There is indeed gold as well as tiny quartz crystals and a little bit of black sand adds a respectable challenge. my return was just over .1g and still have some superfines I have to retrieve from my tailings and sniffer bottle. Also found 3 bright silvery pieces not sure what they could be, hopefully platinum! (Lower right in pic appear dark) Not a great ROI but you dont invest in paydirt, you invest in straight bullion or placer. This is for the fun and should be treated as such going in, or you'll just be disappointed when you dont see much gold and that is paydirt in a whole. There are also lots of superfine particles that will float or suspend in the water, so keep you're eyes peeled before you just dump or ditch your tailings and water. I'd say for beginners with a keen eye, patience, and a pretty basic understanding of panning due to the amount of superfines compared to pieces easily seen and able to be picked out with tweezers. People with poor eyesight or (in my case) an impatient nephew might want to get the bigger bag with more "pickers" I'd say. Overall had a blast panning and do recommend for anyone getting into panning.

Well I just opened 5 1/2 lb. little bags.I have had decent results two months ago with a first purchase.However tonight with very careful inspection, run thru sluice 3 times and with ea. Bag I expected a little. But only one bag had a picker and two bags had a tiny tiny amt of flour.This experience is going to shut down my endeavor of buying gold paydirt. Tonight, my emotions will interfere with my choice of words.It was not an insignificant amount of money spent.I have now opened ten vendors paydirt.Several were $100+ and six were smaller bags, all different.Your claims and reviews suggest a good experience.Sadly that wasn’t even close.I consider myself to be good on finding gold in the use of panning gold.What happened?I received 5 bags, expecting one to hold 3x normal as claimed in your advertising.I spent two hours and ran it thru my sluice three time. One tablespoon at a time.I can’t even take a picture because there’s so little to see in my sniffer bottle.Quite frankly, I wondered if you have an unhappy employee whose creativity snags some gold destined for customers.Your reviews are solid. I have purchased over 26 bags from 8 vendors.Two of them had nothing.I made sure I complimented those products who at least allowed a little yellow gold bits.But 5 bags of dirt and only one who could be tiny flakes and one picker found with tweezers, and then sent thru my 4 foot sluice 3 times to zilch.

First off, I am a beginner at panning. I have tried my hand in streams in known gold country with no success. Was it the concentrate or was it the panner? I bought the bag of paydirt as a calibration tool for me. The order was processed very timely. I watched more videos on panning to get the technique down better, then it was time to add the paydirt to my pan. I decided to split the bag roughly into 4 quarters. I panned the first quarter with extreme excitement as the sand washed away. The paydirt was pretty clean compared to the SC river dirt I had been looking in. It was free of fines rapidly. There was enough black sand to give that experience, but not so much that a magnet was needed. as I swirled the final black sands away from the edge, there it was!!! My first gold found with my pan! It was exciting to see. I used a squeeze bottle to capture the gold, then repeated with the next quarter, then the 3rd, then the 4th. Each quarter of the paydirt bag produced from 4 to about a dozen flakes. Some of the flakes were small enough and thin enough to make adding a little soap worthwhile (so I got to experience that technique also). Pictures, if they keep same order from left to right are Final Clean up, 1st pan, 2nd pan, 3rd pan and 4th pan. Overall, I was extremely satisfied with the product. It delivered exactly what I was hoping for. Will you get rich in monetary value form this? Absolutely not. Will you get a rich experience of seeing gold separated from common dirt by your own hand and water? Absolutely. In my opinion an excellent value for the money.

This was a fun bag to go through and a good way to practice panning. Difficulty was easy to moderate, and material was clean and manageable, barely any magnetics in mine. I wasn’t expecting a big return, but after running everything twice I only found five small flakes (1 of which actually was caught by kitchen strainer while classifying). I’ll run the tailings through a sluice soon and will update this review if anything else turns up. Still a good time, just hoped for a bit more color.EDIT: Ran through a sluice and found nothing more. Will be looking for another vendor next time I look for paydirt.

So overall it was really fun to pan through and find gold. This was my first time panning so I planned through it about 4 times after the initial pan, I must of done well because I only found 1 flake in the extra pans I did, of course I didn’t find a motherlode bag or find a ton of gold but for the price of 20$ it was fun and I could definitely see myself doing this again. Might try a few other companies so I have something to compare to but overall it was a cool experience and I’ve already purchased another bag from this company