The knack is in
the little things.
A free field manual for your first pan and your next better question.
- Check the ground before the gold.
An area number is the start of the decision.
- One pan. A skill for life.
Learn the motion before you look for the mother lode.
- Small gold. Slow hands.
Separate the last spoonful without rushing the finish.
- A map is evidence. Read its limits.
Keep location, permission and navigation separate.
- Choose a detector for the ground.
Borrow, hire or get a demonstration before buying a promise.
- Let the pan earn the sluice.
A sluice is a tool for a permitted, tested job.
- A pump changes the whole job.
Understand the permission and disturbance before considering dredging.
- The same pan. Different rules.
Check the jurisdiction before borrowing advice from somewhere else.