Hi Liam1994, this subject comes up a lot and here's my angle on it - I have a Turbo Pan and a 14" Garrett Super Sluice. As a newbie I bought the Turbo Pan as a finishing pan for panning off the Sluice concentrates i bought home. The Turbo Pan is a significant departure from regular pans in the way it is designed and used. However using the Turbo Pan and seeing how it hung onto the gold over time gave me confidence and having now learned how gold behaved i picked up the Garrett again and straight away got better results. The Garrett is of solid thick construction (not flimsy), good weight and balance and feel, all smooth edges (especially the rim), and finger grip ridges on the outside allow for fatigue free use.... an all round quality tool.
My fav pan has become the Garrett simply because i prefer the traditional panning action.
update ... In the last 2 weeks i have bought both pans that you have talked about the Eastwing Pan, and the Aussie Gold Pan NB: flip it over and you'll see it's indeed Made in a Australia but I have yet to get them wet.
casper
My fav pan has become the Garrett simply because i prefer the traditional panning action.
update ... In the last 2 weeks i have bought both pans that you have talked about the Eastwing Pan, and the Aussie Gold Pan NB: flip it over and you'll see it's indeed Made in a Australia but I have yet to get them wet.
casper
