>>1654338OP if you want to be more efficient at mining by hand build yourself a rocker box like the one i ve posted. You scoop water into the hopper while rocking the tool back and forth, the finer silt and gold will wash down into a sluice and can be recovered while the bigger crap stays behind in the hopper. its literally 100x more efficient than panning and 100% legal as there is no pump and no mechanical parts.