Stansport Adventurer's Gold Panning Kit

When researching panning kits online most were $35-45. For under $20 I think this is great. We used it this weekend (with minimum success...darn) and had a great time. The two size pans are handy to have and they're pretty heavy duty as far as plastic goes. The rock pick is quite heavy and would double as a nice bedside protective device in a pinch. The magnifying glass/tweezer unit would be better without the hokey magnifying glass...good idea, poor quality on that piece. Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised.

This is a good product for its price. Its pretty durable and the only thing is when i got it the vials had stress marks on them they didnt leak but seem strong. They dont get much abuse anyway. I would recommend this product for amateur or pro prospectors.

Buy a small suction bottle to suck up fine gold.The most gold that people find is flour or tiny flakes.

Great value and quality for the price. Excellent starter kit for the beginner.

I bought this for my son's social studies project that he did on the California Gold Rush of 1849 and it is a great visual to show how gold panning is still done today.

This gold panning kit has all you'll need to get started on a wonderful family hobby. A great savings as a kit as bought separately you would spend more than double! I highly recommend this for anyone considering getting started in gold hunting!

This small kit will not allow you to pan a lot of material, but it will get you started testing sites and learning the technique. The pans nest in one another and fit easily into a small backpack to hike around with. A scoop or small shovel would have been a useful addition to the kit, but you can easily add something like that before you head out.

The gold pans seem to be a nice quality plastic, and the little bottles are a nice addition to the kit. The rock hammer is a pretty substantial hammer it will be great for smashing open rocks, I think it will also work well as a fossil hunting hammer. The little magnifying glass with tweezers is really cool, they are attached together in such a way that you simply use one hand to pick up tiny objects while looking through the magnifyer. One note, check the box carefully because we almost forgot about the magnifyer and it was easily hidden in the packaging. We haven't had a chance to test the pans yet because it is about 3° outside and the streams are all frozen. It was less expensive to buy this kit than it would have been to buy two pans individually.

I was only looking for a single pan. This kit has two. The magnified tweezers, two plastic storage bottles and rock hammer were bonus items. Rock hammer is not the highest quality but will serve the purpose. I did need to use a grinder to sharpen the point but that is typical maintenance for a hammer of this type.

So it's ok but the vials were badly scratched and they put the brand sticker right on the inner face that covers the whole bottom and I still haven't gotten it off! Haven't used the hammer yet but I'll let you know.