Description
Classifying is the step people skip, and it is the step that makes every other step faster. A pan full of gravel is mostly you moving rocks around. Screen the rock out first and what is left is small, uniform material your pan can actually sort. The XP Gold Classifier #10 is the coarse cut: a 10 mm mesh that sifts out large rocks quickly, leaving only material that may contain gold.
Why this classifier
Two things set it apart from the usual bucket screen. First, XP made the sieving zone larger than most classifiers on the market, so you push more material through per pass and spend less of the day screening. Second, it is designed to stack: with the finer XP Gold Classifier #5 seated underneath, the two give a double sieving action in one go, so you classify once instead of running your material twice.
Specifications
| Mesh | #10, a 10 mm mesh. The coarse first cut. |
| Diameter | 37 cm (15 in), matching the XP Gold Pan 37 cm (15 in). |
| Sieving area | Larger than most classifiers on the market, so sieving is faster and more efficient. |
| Stacking | Combines with the #5 classifier in the operating position for a double sieving action in one pass. |
| Storage | Totally stackable with XP pans and classifiers. Lightweight, and it travels as part of one compact stack. |
| Color | Blue, matching the XP gold panning range. |
#10 or #5?
Straightforward: #10 is 10 mm and #5 is 5 mm. The #10 is the one to own if you are only buying one, because it does the heavy lifting of getting rock out of your way. The #5 is a refining screen, built as an addition to the #10 rather than a replacement for it, for when you want a second, finer cut before you pan. Running both stacked is the fastest way to work, and it is how XP intended the pair to be used.
What is included
The XP Gold Classifier #10 only. The XP gold accessories set (suction bottle, pipette, vial, mini tubes, magnifier) is not included with a classifier bought on its own. If you want the accessories, the XP Gold Pan Starter Kit pairs this classifier with a 15 in pan and the accessory set, and the XP Gold Pan Premium Kit adds the #5 classifier and a second pan.
Who it is for
Anyone who owns a pan and has been panning unclassified material, which is most people. Also the prospector who wants to screen straight into a pan or over a bucket before running a concentrator.
Where this fits
Pair it with the XP Gold Pan 37 cm (15 in) or the XP Gold Pan 27 cm (11 in). Our Gold Recovery Equipment Guide explains where classifying sits in the recovery chain, or browse the rest of our gold recovery equipment.
Who you are buying from
History Seekers is a small American business and a working detecting channel: over 1.1 million people follow our hunts on Facebook and YouTube. We are an authorized XP dealer, everyone here detects and prospects, and the person who answers your call has real dirt time.
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