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:D reminds me of when I got started almost exactly.
I have that exact sluice and still use it for test panning when I do test pan. I also bought a 48" Keene hand sluice, which I use all summer long for classifying the material from my dredge.
Each person has their preference in gloves. I do not like to spend a lot of money on gloves. But need something that still has grip when my hands are wet. I like these types of gloves personally. They will last around 2 weeks 8-10 hours a day in the water with the dredge.
I would say bring some Jet Dry or Dish Soap if you get super fine gold it will float right out of your pan. Extra tweezers and maybe snuff bottles.. You will eventually decide which kind of pan you prefer, I personally have come to the conclusion 1 LARGE Green pan, and one smaller black pan. Throw some lead shot into that paydirt and practice bending over in awkward positions because when you are panning at a creek or a river its never ideal unless you just get in. For shoes I buy whatever pair of shoes are $10 at walmart because they're going to get destroyed.

Good luck!

First thing I did was locate some local clubs that would give me access to some workable claims. Second thing I did was order a pan, classifier, snuffer bottle and 1-dram glass vials from Amazon. To save you some trouble, this is the only snuffer that I have found that doesn't leak my gold into the threads.... nothing worse then opening your snuffer to fill with water and notice gold on the threads, your fingers, and the outside of the tube! Gear in hand, I put dirt from my driveway in the pan and took some lead bee bee's (bird shot) out of a shotgun shell and mixed them in the dirt; know how many bee bee's you put in, and find them. Do it a lot. Then I purchased some 'pay dirt' off Amazon and practiced with that; if you can pan lead bee bee's, you can pan gold. After that, I joined a couple clubs and went onto some claims.

Pro Tip; Buy a cement mixing tub to use as a basin to pan in (for home panning). This is just an example, but go get one from Lowes for about $5 I sink a spare pan under the water I put into the tub, and try to let my tailings drop into that 'catch pan.' When I think I found all my gold, I pull my catch pan and pan that. When you stop finding gold in the catch pan then you're as ready as you'll ever be.

Have fun!

Estwing Paleopick.

Of course! I was looking at the Garmin InReach SE+, it's a locator beacon, and can also send two-way text messages. Here's a link: Garmin inReach SE+ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRZ9ATL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Mzyzzb43J0QQY

Pick up a small digital scale from Amazon. They're cheap as hell, and are pretty accurate. Something like this.