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What I use.
Gold Pan
Rubber gloves (water is cold)
Folding shovel
Snuffer bottle (you squeeze it and suck the gold up into it)
bottle of soapy water mix to break surface tension
If your water is warm you can nix the gloves. You can replace the shovel with a garden trowel if you want. And the soapy water is not really needed but helpful.
Basically you need a pan, small shovel, and snuffer bottle to get started. Plus where I was I'm not carrying a lot of weight.