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May 28, 2026 - 10:29 AM
The snake-skin texture is XP's proprietary surface pattern on the pan's sandy zone, designed to trap fine gold during the final finishing stage. The texture offers higher efficiency compared to conventional smooth pans, and it traps fine gold while allowing sand to wash away. We've tested the texture on black sand concentrates from Sierra Nevada claims, and it holds back flour gold that standard riffles miss. The texture works in the sandy zone after the large and mini riffles have cleared coarse material, providing a more successful separation method than conventional smooth pans for fine gold recovery.
