Stansport Gold Pans

Great value and light weight. It was easy to use and worked well. Very durable and made closing more fun. We used it for dump buckets which aren't always fun. Fun

I have a lot of pans as most of us do. Garrett, from the super sluice to the gold traps, Minelab , XP pans and betea pan. Even have a couple SE 14" and 8" but this 10" pan is my goto for small cleanups. Up to a cup or two. Love the wide bottom and the angle of the wall. The black color has made it so much easier to see the colors. We have mostly flour gold around here. Like having the surface area of a 15" pan without the weight. Did I say I love this pan.

Nice thick plastic. Sturdy. I got it to sift debris out of my garden soil using a 5 gallon bucket, which the description said it fit. Well, it fits in there, but not really. It doesn’t rest in there flush so it’s wobbly when you dump dirt (or anything) into it. It’s nice quality but I had to take one star away because it doesn’t fit flush in the bucket like it said it would.

I've been using the sifter-type cat boxes for years, using one set and carrying it around to all the litter boxes (anywhere from 12-15) cleaned 1-2 times a day. The method works really well, but handling the sifter set can be clunky since they're big and rectangular. I decided to use this Stansport sifter and two small TubTrugs and it's a fantastic system. The sifter fits perfectly on the bucket and it works like magic with different litters, from sandy clay grains to corn/wheat granules. Use one bucket to carry the waste, and the other bucket to sift into. It's also helpful to bring a spatula along to scrape any clumps off. I also now use this setup for my cat sitting clients because it's fast and then can spend more time playing or cuddling their cats than cleaning up.

What can i say? its a solid pan that holds up well to basically all you can throw at it. i used and abused mine up in alaska, colorado, and even back here in wisconsin for more than just gold panning (flip it upside down and the bottom is a good small camp table/workspace, the inside can hold stuff or be used in clay refining to evaporate the water, etc) and its still going strong!

High quality. Will last a long time.

...I'm not quite sure how to evaluate this product. It's DEFINITELY one of the smaller and less robust pans available (I chose it specifically for those reasons, easier to carry around in a backpack). Note this pan doesn't have shelf sides, rather just a series of 1/16" ridges on one side of the pan. It's NOT heavy-duty -- fill it to the brim with water and it flexes -- so probably not a great choice for a hardcore gold panner. Seems adequate in terms of size and durability for a n00b like me. Now, if I could JUST find some gold...

It’s a decent pan for the price, make sure you scrub it with a scouring pad or sand paper and dish soap to remove the mold parting oil and rough up the surface before using. I especially like the area of fine riffles for finishing concentrates, vey useful. If I were to improve it I would make it a little heavier to withstand the inevitable abuse.