Black Sand Bandit

Black Sand Bandit

Think you’ve got your gold panning skills down? Here’s a challenge for you!

Each bag contains ½ pound of paydirt straight from the Arkansas River in Chaffee County, Colorado. We collected this material ourselves from one of our favorite gold-producing spots. We’ve screened out most of the larger rocks and dried the material, but otherwise it’s just like what we dig when we’re out prospecting.

This paydirt contains heavy black sands and extremely fine, flat gold that can be a real challenge to recover. It’s definitely not your average easy paydirt!

Here’s where it gets interesting! We have 100 bags of natural, unsearched paydirt, and we’ve randomly added a gold picker to 20 of those bags! That means 1 in 5 bags has an added picker! You won’t know if yours is one of them until you pan it out!

IMPORTANT: Our natural paydirt is completely unsearched, and while gold is naturally found in this material, there is no guaranteed amount of gold in any natural bag. Some bags may contain more gold than others, and some may contain no gold at all. The only exception is the 20 randomly selected bags that have an added picker.

Want more gold? We can do that too! Choose to have an additional ¼ gram or ½ gram of real Colorado gold added to your bag.

Whether you’re an experienced prospector or just looking to sharpen your panning skills, the Black Sand Bandit is ready to put you to the test!

Prospector tip: Pan into a tub and save your tailings! That tiny, flat gold is easy to lose, so don’t be surprised if you find a little more the second time around.

Gold-N-Sand — Leave No Gold Behind!