New Gold Panning is Easy: Prospecting and Treasure Hunting (Treasure Hunting Text) [Paperback]

Roy Lagal (Author)

Book Description

Series: Treasure Hunting Text | Publication Date: June 28, 2003

This book is perfect for a someone looking to begin their Gold Panning Adventures. It is well written with excellent pictures which make a transition into gold panning relaxing and fun.

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About the Author

A gold panning afficinado, Roy Lagal and his wife are dedicated to the art of gold panning and metal detectors. They have written many instructional books as well as constructed a highly regarded metal detector.

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Ram Publishing; Revised edition (June 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915920794
• ISBN-13: 978-0915920792
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Little Substance - Lot's of Self Promotion, February 12, 2002

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J. MCGREGOR (CoarseGold, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Gold Panning is Easy: Prospecting and Treasure Hunting (Treasure Hunting Text) (Paperback)

It's hard to imagine this book being of much value even for a true and complete novice to prospecting. Written with blatant self promotion in mind for other Garrett products there is little if any substantive information on panning that could not be reduced to 4 or 5 pages with a couple of diagrams added. Would appear author may have been paid by the word given the tedious repetitions found throughout. Truly basic and nothing new here - spend your money elsewhere.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expensive advertisement!, October 3, 2000

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Andy Bullock (Victorville, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Gold Panning is Easy: Prospecting and Treasure Hunting (Treasure Hunting Text) (Paperback)

This book does describe how to wet pan, dry pan and a few other things...BUT it is a very expensive advertisment for Garrett Metal Detectors and the "new" plastic pan. Very disappointed in content. Pictures are ok but not worth the money.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gold Panning Is Easy, March 12, 2001

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Walter Evens (Hesperia, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Gold Panning is Easy: Prospecting and Treasure Hunting (Treasure Hunting Text) (Paperback)

The book was well written in easy to understand language. The pictures were good. However it sounded like an advertisement for Garrett Metal Detectors and products.

Mr. Labal seemed to lack detailed knowledge about dry washing in the desert and dry washers in general. Dry washers do more than "vibrate" to extract the gold. Some use air and some use a combination of both. He talked about the lack of water in the desert and how drywashing was the only way to get the gold out. There is some truth to this but there are portable sluices or wet washing machines which use recirculated water to separate the gold from the "pay dirt". Most people who dry wash take wash tubs and containers of water with them. This allows them to use a gold pan and water to separate the gold from the concentrated material dry washers produce.

The book was revised in 1992 and needs to be revised again. There have been many advances in recreational prospecting equipment in the last decade and the book needs to reflect that.

As president of my local prospecting club I would recommend this book to any beginning prospector. I learned that my gold pan can do more than I thought it could!