Gold Claw Pan Review! 

3 years later, I just purchased the new huge gold claw and it handles large rocks well. You can put half of a 5 gallon bucket in it. You would love the large model.

Thank you for using it properly. I got one a couple months ago and have been practicing in my garage, winter here. I've seen other vids of people trying to use them but all revert to traditional panning methods then complain about the claw. You tossed it all out, had thoughts of how strange it seemed, but gave it a go as it was meant to be used and it was great to watch.

Hey Chris - I bought one of those (in pink) for my 11 yo girl who was struggling with a traditional pan. She kills it with the gold claw (which she has nicknamed The Pink PanTher). I also use it for cleanups, because those fine ruffles at the small side are brilliant for getting rid of the black dust. Best technique is to go side to side *underwater* (ie keep the dirt under water). I switch to single handed use once I get to about 45 degree angle and slowly get the dirt going over the edge. I then resubmerge the whole thing, keeping it horizontal, and tap the back with my knuckle (towards the big riffles) which has any gold going back into the pan. It’s fantastic!

Love my Gold Claws I got a regular and a pocket Claw, I got to meet Klint at a goldshow and even got to demo it in his booth to a few folks, I was in the pannin booth demoing them to folks to.

Gold Claw is coming out with a much larger pan! I'm super excited about it.

I love mine. I just caught on and I may well my old pans. Keep big ones for when land locked but I'm stocked. Bought a pocket pan then I bought big purple just like yours. I got video on the clear pocket gold claw. Love it. Never would have found the flour gold in Maine n my rivers!!

New ideas will never hurt! As prospectors new or old, it’s thinking outside the box that could make the difference. If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll continue to get what you’ve aways got. Good demo!

Awesome, I just ordered their holiday bundle with all the sizes, it's currently 50% off!! And after watching your review, I'm very pleased with the purchase!! All the best from our little rescue in the mountains of Colorado!

omg there a great pann. got mine this week. took it to a mates last night. he had old panning tailings what had high clay content in it. pannid out ice cream container pritty slow to see of we missed anything panning. and try the new gold claw when finished the 1st pann had heaps of really small gold flower that we lost. panned the rest off slow after seeing that and got over 0.1 point of 200 size mesh and even finer. ill email you a pic later 👍great pann thanks for showin us.

We helped on their “Kickstarter” program by purchasing 2 kits with pocket goldclaw pans as well as the full-size. We can’t wait to get to our claim this May and get more proficient with them. We have been testing with paydirt but nothing like real field testing. We really like watching your videos

Once again you have proven to be an excellent instructor. Thank you .

Wow. Excellent video. Honest review. I'll be looking forward to the future of this product. I say the future because not only what you have mentioned about not being able to use sieves already on the market and needing its own special sieve but the size. Size is an issue. I know i'm not the only prospector who looks at it and thinks it's small. Too small. I'm thinking, "okay, the prototype is pretty neat now where is the production model"? I'm sure if they increased the size by 100 percent that many prospectors would be willing to take another look. Take it from a novelty toy to a prospecting tool. Oh, I also agree with you on the open sides being a problem. This product has great potential. They didn't think it through before they pushed it into production. They have made their molds and invested a lot of money in it. They will not be willing to make changes anytime soon. It's a shame. We miss out on a potentially awesome pan and they miss out on sales. I understand that I am just one prospector out of many and that my opinion does not speak for us all but I have a feeling it does speak for many. I hope you found my thoughts entertaining. Have a great day. Happy prospecting my friends. '

I had seen this Gold Claw and wondered if you were going to test it, and you have. Great stuff I think I will invest in one. Another informative Video thanks Chris.

Enjoyed the demo. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting Chris. Thank you for sharing

Great job, interesting pan, the small size is a big plus. Not sure if can get past the pink!

Met the fossicker at a gold show in El Dorado county California...saw his demo live...tried it with him....bought it right then and there....retired my sluice box ever since...but I want that mini croc you been prospecting with... putting that on my to do list this spring...thanks for all your videos

you sold me. had a win at the pokies tonight orded 2 sets. one for a mate too.

Great review Chris well done, I think gold claw owe's you a big thank you for that one mate

Chris i love your videos. You do, what i wish i could. Every time i watch your videos i wish so much i could walk around the bush and find gold too. Keep up the good work man :D

You did an AWESOME job on this one.... If and when I ever get to go back out to play in the water I gots to get me one of them...

Hey Chris. Very interesting product. Efficiency is extremely important. You've got me interested in it now. Im gonna check out their website. Stay strong with your planning. You're doing a great job.👍😎

great review mate. Good job.

Chris, nice demonstration! Hopefully the makers will entertain your improvement suggestions and make that Super Pan!

We in the USA would shovel the dirt in to a classifier screen over a 5 gallon bucket to get rid of the big parts, then we would pan through the smaller gravel sands from the full bucket. So no need to have a custom classifier made. Just not how your thinking of using it, because that's not you current system. Now use it to clean up the cons you get from the Croc gold traps, and your in a speed system. I have a few up dates to do on a Croc even, like two drop riffles in the front before the grizzly to get the nuggets that are larger. And some others.......

done well. great review. 👍

Great video....love the pan

Hey Chris, Excellent video on the Gold Claw and very good review, I have been using the gold claw now since they came out, I am not sure if you have seen any of my videos on them or not. But I can tell you this, the more you use it the more you'll like it. That's a great idea for a classifier for, it I will share this on FB and Tag Klint Washburn, (the inventor) in it. He has been on my live show a couple of times, Great Guy. Their Pocket Pan is pretty awesome too. Awesome Job, Keep up the great work.

I classify with my hand old school and because i dont muck around with anything but paydirt and my pan i can process faster than anybody ive ever come across on the feild . But then there is my Cresswell's mini gold concentrator that ive had for nearly 20 years now. That is a product worth a Reveiw that is in the top ten best gold minning inventions of all time in my opinion, including pan,longtom sluice, rockers cradles jack hammer dynamite bulldozers, Excavators CRESSWELL'S MGC.

Great video ⚒

Can't wait to see it!!!

Nice review, thanks for sharing your perspective with us. :D

Nice job buddy, well in 👍👍👍

You should do the Pyramid Pro Pan for your next review....fossicker.com...I can out pace my buddy 2 to 1 in 5 gallon buckets...his sluice to my Pyramid...reason I like it... doesn't need moving water ..could use it in a deep puddle of water or a large tote..love to here your take on it...thanks and keep these great videos coming.

Awesome review thanks man!

Nice drone footage at the beginning there Chris. Living in the States I really enjoy seeing the scenery in the areas that you are prospecting (glad the drone survived).

Very good review

Great job Thanks I got to get one.

Nice drone footage! Good review, I enjoyed watching you ponder that thing out. That color though, it is heinous. Don't like to be a negative numbnutts but it has to be said.

Great review,, so good that I ordered one, thanks

Great presentation ! pink pan is almost as fast as a red one, they go faster !

From B.C. Canada, We don`t have that here but it looks like it would be worth giving a try.

167 looks like a good clean up pan for those black sands.

cool , thank's for showing this :)

Nice review ,nice to see all equipment u put in bag ,u look the same way I do with a new piece of equipment ,I have a gold cube and when I first seen it I thought ,no way , but if u run cons through it the gold is always on top ,first tray very seldom any lost gold,u need to review one-of these products,u are like me u look for repetitive results for your time spent thank you !

Thank you Indeed

new intro again love it at the beginning

Great job

Well you nailed that Chris Good review mate. Always a pleasure watching. Where can I get my hands on a Grizzly sluice you use bud?? e-bay?? Much appreciated man. Pan hard. Cheers

it looks like if you drop it onto a rock, it would break. i agree that if the edges on the large riffles were closed, it might work better (and would be stronger). i would like the first riffle on the other side to be longer (less chance to lose gold). i don't backpack any more (too old). i do go short distances to hard to get to streams, but i carry everything in either a bucket or my hands. i can see this pan getting smashed in a backpack. however, it would fit into a bucket easier than the garrett super sluice i love. i wouldn't worry so much about classifying normally because i carry a bucket and usually a classifier, sometimes two buckets -- one small to pitch water into the large bucket to clean it out into the gold pan. i've never carried a sluice when prospecting yet, but have once towed a trommel on wheels with battery, pump with hose, shovel, bucket, scoop, snuffer, and crevice tool a half mile up a rocky creek that wasn't very steep (got gold, but it was a pain towing all that by hand). conclusion; i'd buy this pan and make modifications to it to try it out. then give it away if i didn't like it...which is what i will do with the turbopan that i hate.

As an old timer would say * It is what it is * Hahahhaaha !!!

Good review Chris, I enjoyed watching it. Love how you gave a quick synopsis of your impressions and how you changed your opinion. I've got the mini version of the Gold Claw and am slowly changing my opinion of it from "cute toy" to useful. Please see if you can get ahold of one and let us know what you think of it.

That's the exact reason why I bought the gold claw process faster to find the pastry

cool new idea looks like it could really move some dirt!

I have been using the Claw all year and it works Great and is FAST FAST FAST, But it takes a bit to get use to it. If you learn it your going to like it.

Love my goldclaws good video

run a bead of clear silicone up the edge of the large riffles helps

Well 2 thinks i like the gold claw but what do you think if it was bigger ,like half as big. Just went to your web site cool a must see as well. Thanks

Nice Chris, I watched video's on this pan when they first came out, at the end what they did was level the pan and tap the end of the pan that is opposite the cons, and the gold ran towards the tap if that helps.

Pann'doubt Hey Chris, fantastic video as always. Loved your review, I think it would be ideal for some of the areas i work where you have micro-fine gold and a long hike to get it. Did you cheat a little to-day, packing your backpack as if you were taking a long walk under the blistering sun, enduring the hardships to bring us this review. I was sure i saw a car go past behind you at one point during the video! Were you actually close to a main road?

good vid

Pink

Hey Vogus, did you try the goldclaw production pan to your next video? It work soo nice i’m sure you will like it

I have one of these I keep in the camping trailer--take it out to any nearby creek in Virginia just to see if we can find anything--it fits in a small backpack along with water and a snack easily! Have you stopped using it? Have you moved on? Any othe revelations in the last year and a half since? It's Feb 2020 now...

Thanks Chris 👍 looks like the go mate? my wife saw another positive in the pan it’s pink !

It is a cool looking pan /claw , my deal it is to small there big one is better lookin for production ! I have used my Garret super sluice in the same manner with side to side shake and works just as well or better havin concave in riffle area ! Well happy prospecting too ya

try the pocket pan that's a good on to

Gidday Chris, used the claw I won on ur channel yesterday for the first time in a gravel crik, wow very fast to process ! trouble I had though was when I got to the last black sands and fine gold I had trouble separating them up in the top corner. any tips ? Regards John. Luv ur vids !

Do you still old this pan in high regard? Is it your “go to” pan? Have you used the larger production size gold claw?

also a good solution ... gg Dani ⚒️

Although I have not checked lately, the third negative was the ridiculous price point. Is that still the case? Nice video and review. Cheers!

It's just a very good at best pan for sampling when for hiking deep in the back country but you still can't beat the Garrett 15 in. super sluice gold pan for volume or the trustworthy 14 in. garrett pan which is what I use for sampling !!! Then put away and setup the Gold Magic autopanner for a day of processing 10 to 15 buckets of paydirt and come home with GOLD !!!! No fuss no muss !!!!

Practice practice practice you’ll get the hang of the claw

Blue DualShock controller

Hey Chris VoGus Prospecting. What made you review the Gold claw, instead of some other pan? What are your thoughts on the turbo pan? Pyramid pan? Why the gold claw over these others? I have had a serious interest in the Gold Hog line of pans, first the Hog Pan and now the Flow Pan. Both very interesting and look to be able to move massive amounts of dirt with no classification and great gold capture. Just wondering why the Gold Claw over the many other pans...Banjo Pan by Mike Pung, gold cube creator...the list goes on...thoughts? Just curious. As always loved the videos. Much love for California.

I enjoyed the video.. One question ,can you eat ice cream out of it ??

Excellent review Chris. Personally I wonder if the bright Pink would be too bright on the eyes. I think as men in a modern society we are over the 'Pink is for Girls' crap, but it does look like it would be a bit too much to look at in the sun. I read in one of your replies you said it comes in Blue also. Hopefully a dark blue, not a shiny bright blue to affect our eyes in the sun. If the idea behind the Pink is to sell it to Women, maybe they could use a darker Pink or a Purple so the gold shows better and it isn't as bright to look at in direct sunlight. Cheers Ken. EDIT: I just saw the website for them. They comes in several colours. There is a Purple one, and the Blue is dark. But they also come in yellow/gold 😨 and white! 😨 www.golddog.com.au/gold-claw-gold-pans

Hey bro would you say its a good pan for a noob? . Oh and another top vid mate thanks

Is the Gold Claw better than the Garrett Super Sluice or the Turbopan? Noting the Turbopan is another hybrid sluice-pan. I have a Turbopan. I saw it, liked the theory and bought it.

Hey Chris, love the video . I was wondering if you seasoned that new pink pan before you went for that small gold? it looks really smooth.

Where could someone from say the usa buy one of those really small sampling sluices.?

I'm not complaining ...wait I think I am, RAWRR The intro is way to long at 2:45 seconds the actual video starts ...hahah there I said it.

I do think edges on the sides would be an improvement.

You sounded like doc from gold hog

Alot of lateral thinking. Puzzles must be working!

Buddy you are really smart person you look at all the different ways and figure it out thank you but your costing me to spend too much money. My wife hates you hahahA

theres a billion dollar lode mining going on in omagh n ireland do you think there could b aluvial gold there 2 would b greatful 4 responce

Not sure if it’s your color 😂 looks good

Also...no classifier required

I am going to add a negative... Not enough Grizzly face time. I don't think pink would have been my first choice for a color. With gold that fine a darker color would make the viz a lot better. There again, I know NOTHING about prospecting or panning. Which brings me back to more Grizz!

Not an idiot.

"OLD SHOES!!!!"""" :D

Do you think there is enough aluvial gold that if you chose to do this as a career rather than a hobby, you could make a living

Wow i think i got stupider watching this😂

But that color... Ug...

another con-price.

Wow. Excellent video. Honest review. I'll be looking forward to the future of this product. I say the future because not only what you have mentioned about not being able to use sieves already on the market and needing its own special sieve but the size. Size is an issue. I know i'm not the only prospector who looks at it and thinks it's small. Too small. I'm thinking, "okay, the prototype is pretty neat now where is the production model"? I'm sure if they increased the size by 100 percent that many prospectors would be willing to take another look. Take it from a novelty toy to a prospecting tool. Oh, I also agree with you on the open sides being a problem. This product has great potential. They didn't think it through before they pushed it into production. They have made their molds and invested a lot of money in it. They will not be willing to make changes anytime soon. It's a shame. We miss out on a potentially awesome pan and they miss out on sales. I understand that I am just one prospector out of many and that my opinion does not speak for us all but I have a feeling it does speak for many. I hope you found my thoughts entertaining. Have a great day. Happy prospecting my friends. '