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Used gold pan. 300mm diameter

Tags: gold, gold pan

Size

300 mm Diameter

Historical Information

Used for separating gold particles from alluvial deposits. After washing the alluvial gravel in water the gold is trapped in a ring on the side of the pan. This pan has a ring half way round the rim of the pan.

Significance

Typical gold pan that would have been used in gold fields of North East Victoria

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Bright & District Historical Society Inc.

High Country / explore region

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