The Fastest Way to Pan Gold is 2,000 Years Old! (The Batea Pan) 

Chris. Mate. With all the shit we have on telly, you bloody brighten my day up by far. I’ve shouted you out on a trial vid I did and I love what I’ve learnt off you. Your a gun buddy. Cheers from Mario.

Great video on the Batea pan. They used them in Chile when I did an exploratory venture a few years back. They even had a wooden one that floated downstream to the mine site we were working. Fun tools to learn to use. The rocks in the pan weigh less under water which is why they are easier to remove when the Batea is fully submerged.

It's great watching this using the Batea pan for the first time video again. The perplexed look on your face turned to excitement. And now it's your favourite pan

I've loved this kinda pan for a few years now an really moved towards getting one. Really tongue tied today Chris! 👍🍻⛏🇬🇧

Thank you Chris and Grizz! You guys have inspired me so much. I have watched your channel and learnt so much. Finally found a decent show of colour. Ran the clayish dirt through a 888 and panned out after 6 buckets. A couple of very nice specks as big as the ones in this video and a lot of fine gold. I only spent an hour there on Sunday but got about half what you got in this video. I got to give Busted Knuckles some credit too, for his knowledge helped me too!. Thanks again Chris and Grizz for showing me how and where.

Hey buddy. Just reaching out to say G'day. I've recently come across your channel (last couple of months) and been binge watching your videos more and more over the last few weeks and thought it was time to say hello 👋. I'm an outdoors guy thats always had a soft spot on fossicking etc but it had always been out of my reach to get started for whatever reason our excuse through life. Last year on our anniversary my wife and I bought our first detector second hand after wanting one for many years. We picked up a garrett At Gold in as new condition for less than a go find 60 😁 and instantly got hooked on relic hunting and even finding a 18k men's ring in a river. After watching your channel and several others, I've since got the bug on gold and moved onto buying my first pan kit and finding my first piece of raw gold in a pan last month. Yesterday I purchased my first sluice and waiting on delivery 😁 (6" gold rat backpack sluice with dream mat) We've been wanting to move towns for a while and now I'm researching more into, is there gold prospecting nearby? more than checking if its a good area 😂 I'd love to one day get into filming my adventures one day and looking at the quality of yours, 👌 I'd love to catch up one day to see how you do it all with the filming and editing, and also seeing the bits of info that I've seen so far about some personal battles you've encountered, I'd love to one day shake your hand as you're an inspiration to not only myself but I'm sure, many other people. 👊 Your channel is great mate and you've got 1 more dedicated follower 👌💪 Keep up the good work 👌

I've been planning to make a Batea since Dan's video. Just waiting to pick up the material. I measured Dan's at 135 degrees (off the video), but yours is 120 degrees. Easier to form. Between your video and Dan's, I'm convinced I want to try this. Hopefully. I'll have one made before the spring floods go down. Thanks for all the good videos, Chris.

Excellent review of the batea, answers all my questions about this pan. I used steel pans in the Dahlonega/Auraria area of North Georgia and would love to have used a batea, but would not have known how to correctly use it as you demonstrated. They seem to be hard to find in the US. Your videos are very informative and great fun to watch. I have to hit the subscribe button.

Great video, Chris. Am looking forward to you giving that pan some more workouts. Thank you for sharing.

If ya' question whether or not you're working a batea pan correctly, hold it with your fingertips, (don't pinch down with your thumbs), and feel for material passing through your fingers as you maintain the vortex instead of stopping and allowing material to settle. Keep the pan flat, submerged and the water moving until you don't feel grit and, you'll be left with mostly clean gold.

The guy I watched demo this pan swirled more and even the black sand vacated leaving behind pure gold

Adapted the swirl technique for my Garrett when collecting cons. Just get it under and swirl out the lights while classifying. 😎

Looks Interesting Chris, I'll be watching for more with this pan :)

Well done grizz and you weren't too shabby chris

It goes against the " don't swirl" rule using that pan. And if it don't work out, Stir fry tonight! 😠

CHRIS, NICE WORK AND HOPE TO SEE THAT PAN MORE AS NOT TOO MANY PROSPECTORS ON RU-vid USE IT, SO I HOPE YOU GO FOR IT. THANKS

I love how you often find that the simple things used in the past are still often the best today, even with all our fancy cad designing, new materials, complex fabricating machinery and truck loads of money spent on R&D. 😏

Way to go Giz ! thanks for another great video Chris.

Grizzly... Gotta Love his playful nature

Watching you work creeks reminded me of a guy I met from the states that came here to prospect and one of his methods for gathering finer gold was he would pull the reeds/weeds from the sides of the creek, make a fire and sit corrugated roofing tin on top and put the weeds on-top, the weeds would eventually burn off and any gold that was stuck to them would fall into the corrugation. I can't remember if he got much gold as that was 25 years ago but I do remember him getting gold. PS. Bought your book, Look forward to reading it.

Jolly good showing Mate! Keep up the excellent job. And heavy pans to you. JJ Chambersburg Pa

awesome video Chris

Keep it up brotha!!! I love your content!!!

Love the review. I'd be keen on getting one, but I struggle for deep enough water for a normal pan at the best of times, so I'm not sure I'd ever get a chance to use it much 🙁

Informatiive and enjoyable again. Thanks. Grizzly is looking very fit. Pats for him!

Very impressive, thanks for introducing me to this interesting pan.

Nice work Chris 👍

I always like it when you upload videos keep the good work up

I absolutely love watching your videos mate! I wish the uk had more gold in its rivers because I’d be down there panning in a flash 😂

Thank you for sharing

Hello Chris, In D.H.videos there is one titled :Gold panning is easy,if You have a right pan.Maker shows how to use it properly. Dated 30/3/2020, regards George

Saw dan hurds vid on pan test and loved your vid as much as i did with his.. Looks like a good pan but alot different structure and technique to get used to.

very cool pan!!! thx nice demo :)

Wow never been this early....loving it...cant wait

whoop whoop n with the early view from NZ always love ya vids mate hope ya Griz is on some good meds for his arthritic hips! :)

New ta ya page Mate, " Panning Gold ere in Upstate NY USA..." Cheers!!!

You need a Golden Retriever to find gold. Not a Boxer.

This makes me wonder if the turbopan could be the best of both worlds, but I'd want the option of someone who knows what they are doing and that ain't me.

Good find Grizz!

nice panning fm. keep it up. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!

Thank you. Very interesting. Once I get back on my feet I'll have to try it on hard rock ore. Keith

Looking forward to seeing this technique

Gold claw race comin' soon I hope 🙏. Love the videos man 😎👍

great video as always brother keep on ah keepin on mate

Thanks again for sharing another fine vid mate I enjoyed seeing u put a different product to the test . grizz was showing us his rock lol

Looking forward to more videos w/ the Batea pan....love the shotgun pellet idea, great MacGyver

Ziggy has officially found gold for me too😂👍 🐶 al tell ya the secret😉 feed your pup in ya gold pan💛

Hey Chris. Thanks for this demo. Maybe try the pan in the mustard pit or the sandbar

Great video that pan looks like it pretty user friendly & works good. Going to have to try one. Grizz the gold hound 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻be safe & pan on

Great job Grizz!

Hey chris, another great vid mate 👌 Did your mate ever get his pan back 😬🤣🤣

Love how the bottom image of the pan seems to protrude then invert prospective at 12:21 cheers old yin ✌🏻

If you want to see a pro use a Betea pan, you should watch Vo-Gus Prospecting in the future....lol You sure mastered this pan, and make it look easy (in the future)....

I tried to make one of these from a 44gallon drum base, First attempt failed. but after watching that Im gunna try again.

Congrats

You should be selling these pans on your channel, everyone is going to want one!

Nice. Sounds like a cool thing to try. Not cheap though. Thanks Chris and Griz lol

I loved the vid chris much love from Oregon and I want one of those pans

Looks good Chris,Im going to have to get one,Not sure how it will go in shallow water though,have to dig a hole.

Cool! At about 2:50 Grizz appears in a Dark Knight cape. Right after he has quick changed to his billionaire rock playboy persona. 🕺🏻. Btw loving the lessons and you are rocking the shots (placement, lighting, editing) especially for out in the field (ok I know you probably don’t edit there) 🤩

Chris, I am liking the Batea pan

Grizzly sure loves his rock! LOL!

Great Video!!!

Loved It!

That was super cool to see Chris, I think Grizzly wanted you to crush that rock he was stomping at😀

I really love your dog.

Now I know why I like watching you so much, I also watch all of Dan herds videos but I'm not a prospector or a minor I wish. Lol just messing with you. You have great videos keep up the good work.

I like this, good job.

Hey Chris, cool pan. Thanx again for yet another great vid. Please give Griz a pat for me 🙂

Looks faster. Also looks to be a problem in any area prone to drought.

"Kind of looks like a .. " Chinese hat? ".. upside down light shade." Wuh? When you go to such lengths to not say Chinaman's hat. :P

Hey Chris, the betea style pans that i have used tend to be shallower/less steep of an angle than that one. They are much easier to use in shallow water, fast in reducing cons, but hold less over all. It would be interesting to compare the two.

i hope you try out the flat pan and give that your review...it will blow you away

Very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing ✌️out. 🍻

Old School love it.

Grizz earning his treats by finding surface gold! Better than finding snakes and grass seeds at least.

You got to listen to the boss grizzly when he tells you it's there.lol.and nice showing of this pan

Chris U SOLD ME

I reckon Dans was bigger with a shallower angle on the cone. Would move the material out quicker but you would need to slow the action.

I forgotten my pan this morning. Wish I had one of those!!

Well done grizzly you found gold, good on you old boy

Cool stuff

Have you ever tried panning on a mountain gravel landslide? I'm going to give a panning a go at a place called *gold mountain* 4h away from where I am. The village in the area has 1-2 guys that seem to control the gold operations there. *in the mines* Hoping to pan up the dried up riverbed in the area *if i can find it* and the sides of the mountain. I usually classify on site then pan near my place. Hopefully get a video in the process with some gold :D

Hmm, I wonder if a flexible metal rod could be driven into a creek bed, attach the base of the batea and operate it one-handed while feeding it from a bucket.

Gotta love Australia Victoria gold!!

Sweet video more knowledge awesome

That's a cool pan.

Cool pan

amazing video

new hat & new pan cool

Yup, that's a very good pan 👍

Loved it!!!! Where can you get the pan?

The most usual pan here in south america.of course we use riffled ones.but theres no faster than the batea.no shape concentrates like a cone.and you can make them yourselve,,very very fast for sampling,but take care.not trespassing a third of water in!!!!

Another toy to buy. I think that would make a great weapon for testing areas to sluice. Is the beard gone for good or will it come back bigger and better than ever.

Grizzly rules, oh yes, great pan and a cool video , I enjoyed it immensely, peace 👍😎

Hahaha he did the klesh guitars "nice!" Hahahaha

Good evening/ good morning from upstate New York man . Dan has a vid up of the owner of that pan using and telling how to use it. It's a GREAT vid, he was super fast . I sujest watching it if you haven't. 😆 doggy boy gave 2 shits less about the gold he found 😆😆 he sure dose love rocks tho 😆😆😆 good vid Chris. 👍🖒

Very Interesting I wonder if you could automate it. Humm Patent pending!!

It looks like it works the opposite to a blue bowl Chris Think in that way I think A nice constant swirl not fast not to slow Crouch

Love your videos. Know all about where to look in a creek now, but what about how to pick the right creek?