Cleaning up black sand concentrates from a day out mining for gold - dry method

[@wingnutbert9685]

5:30am.....#2....... Like before even watching!!! Thanks Gary!

[@JorgeRodriguez-iq7vb]

You are a real good teacher. No frills

[@wayneasiam65]

My favorite gold videos. From intro music to the weigh- in.

[@insolentstickleback3266]

Me too, Gary was my first KZbin channel I followed years ago.

[@russelltrumble245]

When experience speaks, I listen, impressive.

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

Hmm, I use paper at the end of the clean up but never thought to fold a channel and do the gold tap. Love it. Thanks for the tip Gary. I never did like using a blue bowl. 🇺🇸👍😎⛏

[@TwoToes]

Blue bowl work great, but I don't have the patience to run one. lol

[@nuttynuggetneil1020]

Selling my blue bowl now 😂😂😂

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

Morning Gary, I like that process.

[@TwoToes]

Morning

[@copter1doc]

Love all the videos, this one had more for me. Your opening pictures I was born and raised in Lone Pine. I miss Mt. Whitney.

[@TwoToes]

I used to go down there every year and hang-glide for a week.

[@johnsaucerhunter]

nice video for cleaning those cons

[@wanhargoldprospecting2036]

Sir gray i am watching your videos since one year and also learning from your videos,now i started gold prospecting. Sir your videos are very informative helpful for me gray thanks

[@asjamuir5534]

U never need a hook for me to watch your show Gary one of the top prospector channels on KZbin

[@sharonkasper5126]

That set of coho's looked real nice Gary. Thanks for sharing, Best wishes from Roy Kasper, Sharon's Hubby.

[@bobfitzwater6303]

Thanks Gary. I'll get on my black sands right now. Learning more from you than anyone else on U Tube.

[@MericaAdventures]

#1 on to video. 🇺🇸👍🍀⚒😎

[@TwoToes]

Shouldn't you be at work! lol

[@ferdburphel2076]

He's lurking!

[@Smithsgold]

@@TwoToes he is that's why he's watching your video !!!! LOL

[@MericaAdventures]

Lol I’m all the above ! Lurking at work not working. 👍

[@Smithsgold]

@@MericaAdventures LOL

[@dphxtruthresearchradio869]

Yep, nice keeping the vids coming Gary. Perfect time now to head out before rains start. I'm waiting for more rain all creeks and rivers running pretty dry in az.

[@MOTOMINING]

We just got a 100 year flood here in BC, Canada, things are messed right up! That said it's gonna be a good year for gold once the water goes down!

[@markopittman2833]

morning gary , thanks for the tips on the black sand nightmare problem , sure seems easy doing it dry. and it was nice to finally meet ya this past weekend. heavy pans we dont need to say to you. your pans are always heavy. lol. so i will say see ya next time.

[@rtchow3000]

Sawyer, try using a cloth or paper towel with a rubber band around the magnet. once magnetized, shake it into a holding rubber tube. it will get most of the magnet particles. i rather air dry the sand since i have time or let the sun dries it. put it in a black pan since black absorbs heat and dries faster.

[@devin1754]

Wow! Thanks for sharing Gary. Now I've got to try that paper channel trick - heck of a lot easier and faster than the blue bowl. 👍⛏💰

[@danlonganecker]

I always classify dry before I do a cleanup I like it better than wet. 👍

[@johntaylor6654]

Hey Gary thanks for putting in the time with your videos, watching your paper trick made me smile and think of another time and place, my cousin had a 50 ton/hr. dryblower in West Australia. It's finally stopped raining in Tasmania, rivers are down, so our first sniping trip on friday, I can feel the gold fever easing already. That's some bowsprit and mizzen boom on the schooner.

[@insolentstickleback3266]

I was eyeballing that Schooner as well, hope you have a great season in Tassie! Best Regards from Oregon!

[@johntaylor6654]

@@insolentstickleback3266 Thanks, am I right in thinking Oregon is to the U.S. what Tassie is to Australia, same latitude as well ?

[@twodudesonedredge]

We are planning a trip from Alaska to New Zealand next year and I’m hoping since we will have already traveled that far to prospect we may as well hit Australia/Tasmania. Would love to snipe some gold down that way.

[@yeomanadventures1549]

Do you have a video with your "End of the Year Bowl" clean up? The small stuff seems to be the real time consuming and delicate process. Love the videos Gary.

[@TwoToes]

That will be my first video in 2022

[@jeremymaas8464]

I've always wondered where did you come up with the channel name"two toes"?? Anyhow love your videos, keep em coming please I can't get out prospecting as much as I'd like, your videos hold me over in between trips to the mountains!!!

[@TwoToes]

The whole KZbin idea was started by my son Joe. After he got out of the Marines he built a rock crawler, every now and then I put a picture of it in the intro. The original plan was to make a channel that had 4 wheeling and prospecting. The Two Toes idea came from the fact that a mountain goat can go anywhere, hence the goat and the name Two Toes.

[@vindivergilio3482]

Interesting. Think I am going to try your method. Looks like it's better at getting the fines than my 'wet' methid... quicker and cleaner too.

[@pagan101666]

I like your process Gary, it will come in handy for the finer gold in my area. Cheers from B.C.

[@stevejohns6672]

thanks Gary

[@twodudesonedredge]

I love the simplicity and the dedication. I’m afraid we occasionally are less prudent with our fines.

[@joshdyer3670]

Really nice salmon in the intro high five

[@cisummar]

good job Gary once again, now get out there & get some more gold, so much fun and informative watching your vids, makes me want to get out there, but work comes first. Thank you, Serg

[@Washing_Dirt_Prospecting]

Great info Gary.. thanks for sharing!

[@insolentstickleback3266]

That was an exceptional tutorial ya old coot! 🐢 You would have made a great High School science teacher Gary, thanks for sharing!

[@FindingNorcal]

Wow I never knew you could do it dry like that! COOL 💥⛏️

[@virginiarocks]

Thanks Gary. I’ll be trying this soon!

[@kaylanitreasurehunter1262]

present buddy ... success always for you. I am a seeker of Indonesian crystal stones.👍❤🙏🔔

[@GreenMountainGoldTrap]

Good method Gary, I like it. Too bad we don't get many larger pieces here!

[@OaksCreations]

I love how you retain better than 99.9% of your gold. Just wish I could acquire some mercury.

[@williambrink1080]

Great video. I guess I will have to go out and run some buckets!

[@richardmayell1175]

Thanks Gary. You are always informative and a pleasure to watch.

[@bobcansee]

Love that process Gary! Thanks for that!!

[@reagansparrot]

Hi there, love your videos. You must have a fine collection of nuggets. Can you make a video on your best finds?

[@randywoodworth4022]

Why does this remind me of cleaning the seeds out of weed back in the 70s

[@stevejohnston1272]

Thanks Gary Great content as always.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

was out didnt expect to find anything old claim sign in that area (santa ana mountains) worth swinging the gold monster see what happens like the keene black sand magnet. have a good day.

[@GSProspecting]

great work fam. loads of cool info. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[@gwh21375]

Looks like a slightly more suitable adventure rig you got there!

[@TwoToes]

Tired of beating up my truck. lol

[@pcken9067]

This is an excellent lesson, thank you!

[@ferdburphel2076]

Good one Gary.....seeing that fine gold makes me feel human again!

[@Acappellaokecom]

One of my first mentors taught me never to heat concentrates indoors to dry it in case there's mercury in it, so I never have. I have brought back cons from Coulterville that had so much mercury you'd see it bubbling out of the black sands while you panned. Other than that great video as always.

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

Low heat on a stove top is fine. You don't want to roast your material inside but a low heat dry over a stove is fine. The issue I have always been told was the possibility of arsenic poisoning not mercury. I would think all the gold would be bound up in the mercury if there was that much.

[@Acappellaokecom]

@@PHUCKyoutube689 "At room temperature, exposed elemental mercury can evaporate to become an invisible, odorless toxic vapor. If heated, it is a colorless, odorless gas" from www.epa.gov/mercury/basic-information-about-mercury.

[@lewisgreen5188]

Thanks. Great, understandable process. Clear and concise…LG

[@blueleadgoldproductions133]

I'm lazy. I just dump my concentrates through a 30 mesh, pan what sticks and then let my blue bowl do the rest. P.S. That nifty treasure map is looking patty slick on the wall in your gold room.

[@TwoToes]

Got it from an old surfer. lol

[@adventureislife7793]

good info thanks and have a good thank giving

[@Stan_L]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@outdoorloser4340]

Good info

[@zehnsechz]

will you be showing us the end of year bowl processing?

[@TwoToes]

Will be out Jan 3 rd.

[@ruimartins7402]

Thanks for all your effort making informative videos. I've seen some of them multiple times although I don't always click on the like button. You deserve lots of likes so I'm going to correct that. Keep up the good work

[@TwoToes]

Thank you!

[@bexbugoutsurvivor]

I am new to prospecting, and am finding lots of gold smaller than a grain of river sand using my jewellers loop, what size mesh would you use to recover it....Thanks Gary.

[@jessejames7571]

Have you ever done a video on running your end of the year black sand pan with all the fine gold in it? If not what is your best cleanup or how much do you usually get from your end of season pan?

[@TwoToes]

I will be doing my end of the year video - Jan 3 rd. I clean up all the concentrated and do a year total on the gold I found. Anything cool I found during the year will be included.

[@jessejames7571]

@@TwoToes oh okay cool. Thanks alot for the info and cant wait to see that video.

[@dscott5131]

fun cant wait for the next one! well played

[@ancientbedrock9366]

👍

[@yoopermann7942]

thank you for the tips

[@HighRoadGaetano]

I'd like to see how you use mercury on the 'end-of-year' material.

[@TwoToes]

That video should be done and posted on Jan. 3 rd. If I don't mess it up!

[@josephpecoul6532]

That end of the year clean up how much do you usually find a G ot two?

[@TwoToes]

Tell you in a month! lol

[@josephpecoul6532]

@@TwoToes ha good give me something to look for.

[@bobjones-xc9fp]

i would like to catch gold in a ten mesh!

[@audreylow7328]

Any chance your store sells the kind of magnets you used here?

[@kevintreadaway6769]

Is it Lingcod season?

[@TwoToes]

Not sure - I fish for them Aug - Sept.

[@leeduncan1705]

good show mr gold

[@bedrockbennett1827]

Good morning

[@ferdburphel2076]

Yes it is! Have a good day too!

[@TwoToes]

Morning - I hear a big nugget calling my name!

[@bedrockbennett1827]

@@TwoToes go get that damn thing hope you had a great couple weekend's

[@TwoToes]

Ya, working on the house! lol

[@Smithsgold]

Good Morning Bennett

[@lars2you]

Good tips for cleanup! Thank you! Do you sell the triangular trays?

[@lars2you]

You used to hang glide? Me too! Mostly Dunlap and Tollhouse.

[@robklein583]

Gary sells them from his on-line store. Click the store address just below the video on your screen. He only sells thru USA tho. He doesn't ship international.😌

[@lars2you]

Thank you!

[@johnsevilla4621]

What do you think about the monster1000 for a beginner ?

[@48thstateprospecting]

Easy as pie looks like about 2.3 grams I’m ready to watch the video…..POST IT ALREADY lol just kidding thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏻👊🏻 p.s. nice fish and jeep

[@ProspectorTripp]

Nice BS demonstration 😂 I find it interesting to see the different techniques employed by others. Always terrific work! Thanks Gary ✌️PT

[@farrellhamann]

I get some non-magnetic black sand.

[@freddiestubblefield8526]

❤☝️👁👍

[@GPC179]

"And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."" "You have done an atrocious thing." "The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation" "That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son." "And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son." "He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting." "And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone." "Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection." " We have only made Qur'an easy in the Arabic language that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people." "And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?"

[@richg.8092]

👍👍👍👍☕☕🍩🍩⛏⛏

[@michaelburns9172]

This is an old one. 😑