HINTS AND TIPS
- Bee Stings
- The next time you get a bee sting, place a penny on the sting for 15 mintues
- Poison Ivy
- Spraying yourself and your prospecting equipment with Lysol antibacterial disinfectant prevents poison ivy.
- Conditioning Your Pan
- To remove the waxy and oily residue of a new gold pan, use Simple Green cleaner. Keep cleaning your pan until the water in it wets the bottom and sides and doesn't bead or puddle up.
- Detecting tip
- If you ever come across a railroad spike, especiallly one embedded upright in the ground, and you are nowhere near a railroad track - pay attention. Detect the immediate area very closely.. Why? Because railroad spikes were ready-made for the unintended use of staking horses and were often carried for this purpose. You just may have stumbled onto a camp site. Check the surrounding area closely for coins, relics, etc.
- Panning tip
- Adding a few drops of dish soap or Jet Dry for the dishwasher will settle the mud and sediment faster. It also makes the water wetter to keep flour gold from floating.
If you have anything that you would like to add to this page that would be good for club memebers or others to know, please contact me at art@wescogpaa.org and I will get it on here.
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