Buy a whole mountain of sand, remove the gold and sell the sand at a premium because it is washed sand safe for kids to play with when all heavy metals are removed.
@fwiffo7 ай бұрын
It still wouldn't come close to paying the labor, fuel or material costs. It's a fun experiment, but if it were possible to make a profit this way, gold miners wouldn't bother being so selective about what material they processed.
@theogdirkdiggler7 ай бұрын
Cons from an old timers processing plant or even a mine would be the way to waste your time.
@paranoidzkitszo7 ай бұрын
"free range", "organic", "vegan", "non dairy", "carb free", "hypoallergenic"... Why buy that contaminated sand from the other guy!? Buy our dirt for 500% the price... Next thing you know, you start seeing this kinda thing in Whole Foods stores all across the country...and boutique stores...
@rickclarke66087 ай бұрын
No kidding, but you'll have to remove all the mercury to avoid lawsuits, Great Idea, I posted a similar post before I saw yours. 👌🇺🇸🙏👍
@wrenchboostboi89947 ай бұрын
Could make a living off that idea
@randr107 ай бұрын
You do a job like this where you shovel the whole thing by hand really makes you appreciate the heavy equipment you have. We are so lucky to live in a time when we have access to it.
@mwebb-014 ай бұрын
Makes you appreciate the gold more as well.
@Fluffi_Bunni7 ай бұрын
if you think about it. you set up a proper gold catcher on the property, get a dump trailer and on your way home each day, pick up a couple yards.
@professionalhuman44297 ай бұрын
And work for $60 dollars a day. AWESOME 👍
@glennbrymer40657 ай бұрын
😅😅😅😅😅@@professionalhuman4429
@Fluffi_Bunni7 ай бұрын
@@professionalhuman4429 "On your way home". Did I say do this everyday, good way to make money on the weekend or spare time.
@Fluffi_Bunni7 ай бұрын
@@professionalhuman4429 are you working 24/7 , no spare time at all?
@anythingmotorized61576 ай бұрын
just needs to add a filter to the end of the intake of the hose and raise it to just the top level of water so then it will go till the sand displaces the water instead of fully recirculating
@barrengeorge6 ай бұрын
Your improvised sluice box is genius, but what came to mind is inserting a separator in the bucket to block the sand from getting to the pump intake hose...
@TechGorilla19877 ай бұрын
@3:52 - I paused to comment here. The first thing that popped in to my mind seeing this setup is "Cool." The second thing that popped in to my head was "Displacement is going to come in to play here."
@GreenMountainGoldTrap7 ай бұрын
Ah yes! The pain of the traditional sluice. They are so slow! Now, if you had a Green Mountain Gold Trap in a diy troth (man made river) and ran a large pump as the water source, you would have chewed through two yards in maybe two hours time! Wish you would have added the tailings back into the bucked before running it on the shaker table. Bet you would have had more! 👏🏻 Great Job!
@explodedstarmonkey7 ай бұрын
Just need to park the trailer up a little higher and wash all the sand down the sluice, save the shoveling
@michaelpivola3rd1955 ай бұрын
Hello slow down your water flow a little bit
@SnarkasticSunny4 ай бұрын
@@michaelpivola3rd195...I agree ~ definitely!
@SnarkasticSunny4 ай бұрын
good idea
@robriot68827 ай бұрын
The property where I live is all old river bed. I dug swimming pool size holes with a back hoe to bury some junk and it was sand all the way down to the bottom. I was sand blasting a car body using sand that I baked from the yard. I built a fire and put a large enameled pan full of sand in the fire. When I dumped out the pan there was a dime sized spot of gold melted to the bottom of the pan. So we are talking about an acre sized lot of sand deep as you can dig. I figured it would be too hard to process, so not worth the trouble. Maybe I was wrong about that
@brianjones36445 ай бұрын
@robriot6882 what State are you in? Drop me an email at this address...
@kentB-wh2ed19 күн бұрын
Background country rock and soil in the main surface that is accessible is about 330 to 367 parts per billion specks. This called waste till levels of gold or about that. They can get it down to around 160 or 200 parts per billion in a really acceptable sluice or centrifuges and the chemicals cyanide leach practices also don’t get all the gold. So when you hear of numbers above 200 parts per million or above 450 to 490 parts per billion it’s possible that those grounds are known about to chemists and mining survey reports.
@greenspiraldragon7 ай бұрын
Thousands of dollars worth of equipment, 8 hours back breaking labor for 100 dollars minus 30 dollars for the sand. This is why most of the gold mines closed down. The payout for the gold has to be more than the cost to extract it.
@adammonahan6877 ай бұрын
Has to be FAR more like 4 times minimum to be able to live and make a profit
@XC7977 ай бұрын
He has more time than brains . Especially with the dumb background music .
@markbrown80976 ай бұрын
Not to mention electricity, water, and propane costs.
@JG-tt4sz6 ай бұрын
He needed the sand anyway.
@GiantGrasses5 ай бұрын
Exactly, waste of time
@MatthewHardin-m7q7 ай бұрын
Now that's paydirt! That was freaking awesome! If you had fun, that's even better.
@shawnsparkman79167 ай бұрын
Have you considered getting a blue bowl or gold wheel?
@prophez237 ай бұрын
If you used a solar panel and batteries to power the sluice making your electric cost free and you get truck loads of that sand and run it on your off time then sell the sand as "play sand" that's been washed then you could make a good bit of money as a side project. I didn't think you would have gotten half of what you did so it is definitely something I would look into getting going. Great job!
@paulslund17 ай бұрын
1.33gm/2 yards equals 2 troy ounces per 100 yards of sand! The Gold Rush folks would tell you to set up a small washplant, run it, and then sell the sand after wards..
@Vile_Entity_35455 ай бұрын
How are you going to sell sand? You need to own a builders yard for that.
@paulslund15 ай бұрын
@@Vile_Entity_3545If you've got sand left over after processing it what would stop someone from selling sand by the yard ?
@Vile_Entity_35455 ай бұрын
@@paulslund1 So you are going to go outside the yard and set up bags of sand to sell? 😆you could be there for days waiting for a buyer and that is if the manager doesn’t come out of the yard and ruin your little escapade.
@paulslund15 ай бұрын
@@Vile_Entity_3545 What are you going on about? Why would you set up beside the yard? Sigh.. let me spell it out: Step 1) Buy enough sand delivered to your washplant at your location. Step 2) Wash sand and collect gold. Step 3) Sell sand for pick up or delivery. Did you even watch the videos? He ended up buying sand from a local quarry, not Home Depot. Edit for clarity: My previous comment of "by the yard" is using "yard" as a unit of measure i.e. generally a reference to a cubic yard.
@benvaun13304 ай бұрын
I mean play sand is about $0.82 per pound. 1 yard of sand is 2700lbs .66gm gold per yard so that is $57 USD of gold a yard and $2214 USD of clean play sand. So buy one of those sonic tables like the other guy had and spend 8 hours cleaning sand to package and sell on the internet to people buying sand on the internet.
@Oldmanwithagoldpan7 ай бұрын
7:36 that's what plumbers call a belly.. if a drain pipe gets a low spot or sag all the grease and stuff starts building up there and you'll have clog after clog until it's fixed.
@WesleyOlsen-e5q7 ай бұрын
2 yards of sand is 540 shovels full. Attaboy!
@stephenfowler41157 ай бұрын
Classification really helps with panning
@Calife-xt8jm7 ай бұрын
You must have not got that far in the vid 😂
@betweenbrain7 ай бұрын
Where are you located? I’m sure that factors into this, but this is exciting.
@pileofstuff6 ай бұрын
I'd say that's the biggest factor in this
@awesomekoga784817 күн бұрын
I agree cause I live in Hawaii and a yard of sand cost $40-50.
@CplSkiUSMC7 ай бұрын
You have to be in Arizona or California to find that much gold in quarry sand. Be nice if we had that around here.
@lonniethompson49296 ай бұрын
Anywhere just south of the greatlakes too. Glaciers left a lot of gold behind when they receded.
@ryangoff48135 ай бұрын
Ya lets be honest these guys are cherry picking their suppliers, not cleaning their sluices since the last time they ran them, or even throwing in flake when the camera is off.
@CplSkiUSMC5 ай бұрын
@@ryangoff4813 It really REALLY depends on where you live. If you live in a gold bearing area, then you will probably find gold in sand because they are getting the sand from alluvial plains. If you live in a non-gold bearing area, you're not going to find gold because there was no gold to erode into those sandy plains. That's why I said they must be in California or Arizona (possibly a few other places) to find gold like that.
@johndias66147 ай бұрын
The gravel pit near me in the lower elevation of the mother lode Sierra foot hills runs their sand through a gold reclamation system before they sell it.
@B.McAllister4 ай бұрын
0:15 I love the piece of gold that looks like a left hand throwing the middle finger.
@scottcooperii72175 ай бұрын
Vector, from Despicable Me - “Oh yeah!” Loved the video. Tickles a tism that roots from binging Gold Rush at the ripe age of about 12.
@ehrenkrause98617 ай бұрын
7:34 I wonder when you were going to get that middle braced. I would have took my gussets from the center of your plywood all the way to the bottom of my feet, two things I would have stabilized the legs from shifting and support at the middle of the plywood at the same time. 😉👍
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
Yeah, that would have been the better way to build it. I thought the board was stronger.
@travismiller55487 ай бұрын
Fun experiment! Thanks for sharing. There's little to no gold in my area for panning... or is there?!? How wrong would it be to invest in a bag sealer and return the sand? 😂
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
Haha, there you go then you are guaranteed to find enough gold to pay for it... unless you didn't find any at all.
@lastofthebest51027 ай бұрын
@@wildernesseric Not much of a "guarantee" then is it?
@juicewrld58847 ай бұрын
@wildernesseric uhh yea it is is your not paying anything for the sand lol
@MulletDestructur6 ай бұрын
It’s really fun to watch people who really enjoy their craft.
@quantumenergysolutions91286 ай бұрын
For 8M of sand only costs $100 including delivery here in Brazil! In my area its full of diamonds!
@danielhughes95567 ай бұрын
Keep the cons, and get a blue bowl. This is pretty neat.
@PolarisRider067 ай бұрын
50 bucks a yard will pay for a pretty big wash plant in a hurry, plus you can sell the sand when you are done for 10 bucks a yard. The pit won't care that you undercut them as long as you keep buying it at 18 bucks a yard from them. It wouldn't take that big of a wash plant to was 5 yards an hour, at $32/yard (before selling the sand) that's $160/hour, $1,600/10 hour day, $8,000/5 day work week. Add to that another $10/yard for the sand over time and that's another $2,500/week if you can sell it at the same pace as you wash it. That shouldn't be an issue if you talk to a couple of contractors who use the sand because they will be saving money. So $10,500 a week to pay for a few hundred bucks in fuel a week and to buy a cheap dump truck and a couple grand worth of steel, expanded metal, carpets and a water pump and hoses... should pay for itself pretty fast (in theory) If only it was that easy, everyone would do it lol. 😂
@kentB-wh2ed19 күн бұрын
My back felt that a little. Ouch my neck.
@driverjamescopeland7 ай бұрын
Just imagine if you had a little 3kw rig... even if your retention was just 75% of what you got here. 3kw sand rig can usually run just shy of a ton an hour. You could be pullin' over $200 a day in your sleep with about $10 electricity a day, few bottles of Jet Dry, and a tube of grease every month.
@HerbaMachina4 ай бұрын
Sure, but he'd still have to process all that gold into actual 99.9% pure gold bars before he'd actually be getting the $77/g value. The raw gold like that is worth far less due to the further refinement and processing it needs to go through before its anything actually useful. So the math isn't correct here.
@imagearchy47827 ай бұрын
Next time you do this pot a 5 gallon bucket in the backhoe bucket to put your pickup hose in and for water to drop in and keep Out the sand. You may need to drill a few holes to get the right water level
@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb7 ай бұрын
That sand pit needs to install a washplant and sluice...
@reefsroost6967 ай бұрын
Yes, I was thinking the same. @ $50 a yard it wouldn't take long to start making money.
@anned86347 ай бұрын
under the laws in the US you can not mine the gold and sell the sand at the same time unless you meet the right rules. i know as i am in the mining business and have tried to get the rights to do it.
@reefsroost6967 ай бұрын
@@anned8634 That sounds about right.
@projectdelta506 ай бұрын
Im kinda worried about how much gold mightve gone out the end of the tailings, the few times i saw the box, the riffles looked a bit clogged. Hope you panned the tailings. As for the black sand, buy a big magnet and stick it to the side of the bucket full of water and keep feed sand next to it till all the black sand sticks to the side of the bucket. Basically a low budget magnetic seperator for black sand.
@Sauspreme7 ай бұрын
If you ever do this again, might want to try and put a rock in a plastic bucket and then your pump intake in the bucket and set that at the end of your tailings bucket and I would think you'd be able to get a lot more sand through before the unsuspended sand starts making it into the pump. Although I'm sure the breaks were very much needed haha
@2HighNoon6 ай бұрын
A tin can, a weed burner and a brick went into a bar and met a stoner with no pipe… It was love at first sight.. 😅✌️
@stoneman614 ай бұрын
You bet you that shaker table's best way to run them sands buddy Way to go
@ScottBlaylock-x4w4 ай бұрын
I use a spiral concentrator but I appreciate the hard work you did showing me other methods...
@xraycam37097 ай бұрын
Old buddy years ago told me that the old timers would separate the gold/mercury by slicing a potato in half, then cut an indented hole in flat side...put the mercury mixture on something that's heated from underside. Put potato (hole side) over top of mercury. Now when you heat it the mercury and fumes will burn off...and stay in the potato. Take your gold off hot metal - and you can recycle your mercury that is now in the potato. *Still beware of the mercury fumes that can escape during burn off.
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
And some of them used to eat the potato afterwards!
@vetsfreepress21446 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I was unable to achieve mercury burn off ... And I suspect it was the inherent moisture of the potato. I picked up a small mercury retort, and that was working as long as I used two heating torches at a time.
@brianjones36445 ай бұрын
potatoes also cured scurvy (at least the non-mercury laced ones!) 😋
@Gunter_Custom5 ай бұрын
And you can give the potatos to your enemies ..😂😂
@MW-nOttawa7 ай бұрын
tip: point your hose the other way at the top, so its blowing backwards. You want the flow of water to naturally pass down the sluice, not be forced down it - the whole top section of sluice is wasted. Having the hose pointed back up towards the back wall won't clog anything as the constant flow of water will displace the dirt. You can shovel it in directly between the hose and back wall of the sluice.
@nathanegbert9777 ай бұрын
I've seen experiments where guys break all the rules while feeding a known amount of gold through a sluice just to see how important the details are. Too steep, leaning, too much water, not enough water, infrequent cleaning. The result? None of it matters much as long as you aren't overloading the feed rate.
@georgelemoine74027 ай бұрын
Good job. A couple of suggestions if you put the flared box at the top and the wider box on the end the water will slow down just a little to allow the smaller partials of gold to settle and you did mention about cleaning up after each run. Adjust water flow to fine tune.
@willmc427 ай бұрын
It appears that Darrell has his table angle pitching towards the catch bucket. Water flow should be down and away from the bucket, to carry the lighter material to the discard , and the table movement will cause the heavies to climb the riffles into the bucket . This is how Jason with mbmm describes his setup. Not sure why Darrell has it that way, maybe he knows more about his machine than I do. Hopefully.
@StaceNyourFace7 ай бұрын
I thought about Jason's setup too as I was watching him and Darrell using his. 😉
@Marcus-Brutus4 ай бұрын
Don't forget to add some Jet Dry. It reduces water tension just like Dawn but without the bubbles. Clay drops faster and small gold won't get easily washed away due to water tension.
@SnarkasticSunny4 ай бұрын
good info & reasoning. thanks
@rnrjukespot7 ай бұрын
Volume of gold is surprising. If not economical it's revealing
@stephenfowler41157 ай бұрын
You forgot the dirt on the wheel cover
@catfisher4207 ай бұрын
I would think that you would want the water pressure up a little bit higher on that shaking table to keep the gold below the bolts.
@billynomates9205 ай бұрын
0:16 forgot to mention last time but doesn't the third nugget from the left look like it's giving the other two the bird?
@rastaralph71547 ай бұрын
I hope you ran the stuff from your panning bucket to see what you missed 💚💛❤️
@dubblewrap5 ай бұрын
Most of the gold went into the tractor bucket. Nd he doesnt know.... Everytime you stop and start the pump. You blow out 30% of the gold
@rastaralph71545 ай бұрын
@@dubblewrap I know I have a Keene mini Max and was told to dig a load of dirt then run it and do a clean up before switching it on. I did wonder at the time about that with his.👍💚💛❤️
@David-sw3on7 ай бұрын
Great Experiment! Good Job, It Even Surprised Me👍😉🇨🇦
@Why-ym8ch4 ай бұрын
Hard to tell but was that Johnny Cash playing in the background around 37:00?
@snug40pip6 ай бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed that video. Thank you for all the time and effort you put in you have a great sense of humor and a great work ethic! God bless love from Colorado.
@SPHYNX997527 ай бұрын
Could you have used a magnet on that black sand? To free up that fine powder gold?
@ledenhimeganidleshitz1447 ай бұрын
Could the pit add a wash plant with a slice stage and make money?
@garriemchale57887 ай бұрын
Thats what i call fun sand
@lancegouvan16537 ай бұрын
Like I said before the sand pits around my area were Shaker deck at the old sandpits
@culliganator3 ай бұрын
What's with those rivets on the shaker table? Is the gold travelling too high or is it a wonky design?
@dustinhults56797 ай бұрын
Way to much water with that pump
@themusicman-ij7op7 ай бұрын
Not enough o’s in ‘to much’…………too much
@nickkerinklio82397 ай бұрын
Pretty sure the pump recirculates the same water. It’s mostly electricity cost.
@mishmash93977 ай бұрын
@@nickkerinklio8239he is losing most of the gold, that’s the issue
@josephyarbrough93167 ай бұрын
@@nickkerinklio8239volume
@UncleJimmyOutWest6 ай бұрын
I agree. Slower water flow might help him catch a little more to up that total.
@TawnH15 ай бұрын
This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on KZbin
@doreennacht7 ай бұрын
Did you pan what was in the bucket to see what was left over? The biggest problem I saw was putting the sand into your recirculating water. The dirt embeds in the rifles and winds up letting everything ride on top and right out the sluice, which makes me wonder how much was really in there. That's why you always see a settling pond and a clean water pond.
@OUSurf27 ай бұрын
That's the last time they sell unwashed gravel jk lol. Maybe open up a "wash plant!"
@Gold177 ай бұрын
I’m going to start selling sand after I process the gold out. lol good job
@fat_head_Carl5 ай бұрын
That was a lot of work, i hope this video makes you more.
@PioneerPauly7 ай бұрын
Home Depot should pay us!
@StaceNyourFace7 ай бұрын
I see you there. 👀👍😉🤩♥️
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
@PioneerPauly Yeah, I wonder if they know they are professional fly poop dealers? 💩
@valter_vava745 ай бұрын
I wonder if this is in any way relevant: the fact that you were pumping water full of heavy sediment, ie. with a higher density, couldn't that compromise the sluice setup (angle/flow)? And due to that, some of the finer particles of gold end up escaping, due to not reaching the bottom of the sluice?
@Highplainsprospectors4 ай бұрын
Love this video and the fact you did it at such a large scale. I have ran some paydirt from HD and Lowes in the past and found trace amounts of gold. I would like like to talk with you about sponsoring your channel if you get time reach out to me.
@MOFOsJackpotSlots-ws3bk5087 ай бұрын
I'm curious. I live on 2 acres south of San Antonio, on about 5-6' of sand, apparently a million or so years ago this was a beach, several sand companies in our area, might have to dig up the yard and give it a try!
@clintonhurst78105 ай бұрын
Where did you get the trailer of sand?
@SnarkasticSunny4 ай бұрын
What does the Jet Dry do, please?
@nevilletaylor76542 ай бұрын
A lot of the river sand dredges I see wash the sand through some tromel or sort out the rocks, I wonder sometimes if they have a sluice box as well 🤔
@connieeveritt57047 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing THE Experiment. lol You did pretty good. I didn't think you would find that much gold. You are making me think I should do the same lol. I am finding it hard to get around so that might be the plan pretty soon since I can not get out to prospect at the moment. I still miss at least panning. Thank you again for sharing.
@chir0pter7 ай бұрын
Be interesting to look at the black sand under a microscope- are there any silvery fine metals as well?
@oudonbail6 ай бұрын
You can buy crushed quartzite at landscape suppliers , im in Australia but should only cost the same or less than the sand
@aaronpaolilli85787 ай бұрын
Why did you not recover that Mercury through a distilling setup and process?
@steprob86925 ай бұрын
Who's sweeping the floors or cleaning the equipment at the sand bagging plants?
@tubeonline6295 ай бұрын
So is that gold pure enough that it would sell for the price that gold is posted at?
@daveparnell38867 ай бұрын
I have a question you might be able to answer for me, I stopped at a garage sale about three years ago and the lady was selling all her late husbands prospecting gear and on the table I found a bottle of mercury I only bought it originally so a kid wouldn't buy it she only charged me a dollar for it. About 2 years after I bought it I was checking out the bottle and on the bottle it says it is supposed to be 1 lb and it is less than full so I threw it on a scale and to my surprise it weighed 2 lbs could it be possible that mercury could hold that much fine gold?
@GOLD_FEVER7 ай бұрын
If the mercury had gold in it you could easily see it. Swish the mercury around and you should see a solid clump of something on the bottom of it. That would be the gold. If you can't find any clumps in it then you don't have any gold!
@daveparnell38867 ай бұрын
@@GOLD_FEVER it definitely has lumps in it....
@GOLD_FEVER7 ай бұрын
@@daveparnell3886 Awesome! If you want to get your gold out of the mercury grab a spoon and try to pull out all the lumps try to drain them as you pull them out. Obviously I would do this outside and wear a strong mask and filter and preferrably do it when there is a light wind so it blows away the fumes from you. Then i would recommend grabbing a torch even a propane torch or a candle lighter probably works (though would take longer) and just burn the gold until it looks MUCH less silvery. Basically you will see the gold turn a cherry red and that will tell you it is finished getting rid of the mercury! Enjoy your gold!
@nickFullerton-tb7dz25 күн бұрын
I worked in construction on an old San Francisco building a few years back and noticed gold sparkles in the old concrete. Ill never forget it. Of course it could be been pyrite, but I just didn't think so. That old sand may indeed habe been rich in small gold.
@nobiden31344 ай бұрын
I'm just trying to figure out how those chunks got passed the fifty mesh filter..
@dougmate23787 ай бұрын
I'd like to know where one could get that small shaker table
@GOLD_FEVER7 ай бұрын
It depends. How ready are you to spend upwards of a couple thousand bucks on it?
@MegaUBOOT5 ай бұрын
Question from my side (sitting in Germany) you calculated 100$-35$ for the Sand itself. What is with the gas for your truck the energy for the pump and the table, even the water cost some money, or? So, I don't wanna destroy this calculation, I just wanna know if there is not a lot more money you spend into this project to get Gold for 100$?
@mikewolter78297 ай бұрын
Nice haul. But grab another 2 yards and see if your buddy will let you use the shaker table again run thru it quicker.
@RexSkittles7 ай бұрын
Where did you buy that sand? What state, town, or region of the country are you in?
@GSProspecting7 ай бұрын
Great job all around fam. Nice Au indeed. Keep on having fun and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@DocCVS190112 күн бұрын
I am so glad your still working after the Doogie Howser show, Fun video
@johnruck5 ай бұрын
how much gass and electric did you use
@Oldmanwithagoldpan7 ай бұрын
17:06 lead. Im gonna start keeping all the lead i find when prospecting in a plastic jug.. bullets, birdshot, buckshot and sinkers.. find em all the time here in Ohio.
@LostLeftyLimb7 ай бұрын
Yo fellow Ohio prospector. WYA?
@Oldmanwithagoldpan6 ай бұрын
@@LostLeftyLimbNear Dayton.. you?
@lrmackmcbride74987 ай бұрын
assuming 10 hours total that comes out to 6.66 an hour. Might be more fun but burger king is paying 17 starting in colorado.
@rodmckim59917 ай бұрын
Hey Eric do you have any advice on how to go about buy a gold claim? Any help would be greatly appreciated...... loved your video and effort to run all that sand😂
@carldietz97676 ай бұрын
A vibration table would be ideal for processing that material.
@nickFullerton-tb7dz25 күн бұрын
That was at the old pg&e building at #1 market street.
@SergioGarcia-ly2ir7 ай бұрын
You earn my like What a great video Greetings all the way from Mexico
@Gunter_Custom5 ай бұрын
That was a fun viedo 😂 thanks for taking all the time ...sucks that when we are using this sand we are just missing out on all the gold ...just incredible ..😂😂
@naterussell60254 ай бұрын
what are the chances i find a decent amount of gold in a small creek with lots of quarts and black sand and stone in it?
@rastaralph71547 ай бұрын
Great stuff 👍 been waiting for this 💚💛❤️
@brentsmith9812 ай бұрын
what a lot of prospectors dont understand is that the degree of slope is not the important thing. what IS important is that the sluice must be self-cleaning, but just so. ideally, the black sands should accumulate downstream of the riffles about half way to the next riffle. this allows water turbulence to maximize sorting and stratification while eliminating the light sands and rocks resulting in settling of the gold. So, adjust the sluice slope to effect this, not the supposed slope.
@Thatkid6050.4 ай бұрын
Your water pressure is a tad high 4:38
@someadvids56554 ай бұрын
Hi, a great vid man soo fascinating to watch but I think I would have totally pulverized all that sand then put it through a shaker table a few times? Take care and have a great day!
@1topskyrocket6 ай бұрын
That's pretty good return on your money. What happened to all the fine gold you were talking about? Do they get lost in this loose or on the table?
@prospectingpom80906 ай бұрын
Very impressive. Well done 👏
@sirmize12303 ай бұрын
That taped beer can was the added touch I need lol 👍🏻😂
@dmc15017 ай бұрын
That was a profitable experiment!
@wildernesseric7 ай бұрын
Yes it was. Who knows maybe I'll do it again someday when gold prices are even higher.
@toddwhite32177 ай бұрын
@@wildernesseric Well that's 50 per yard and sand is still worth 17 per... think big... Buy the the whole pit sluce the gold and then sell the sand ... If one can believe the gold rush show they would be all over 67$ per yard... Real mines work on way less.than that...
@hypnotherapycw7 ай бұрын
on what planet was it profitable? it was nearly 15 hours of work and he pulled out 102 in gold. do you do maths? ROFLMAO
@baitbuckets98447 ай бұрын
How much does yt pay for 140k views? @@hypnotherapycw
@toddwhite32175 ай бұрын
@@hypnotherapycw yes I am a engineer... an half decent gold washing or slucing plant runs 250yards per hour so thats $50×250yds= $12,500 per hour or for a 24hr day $300,000.00 per day... yes thats some good math... spend 3mill on setting up and make it back in 2 weeks... great math
@TheJakesdad24037 ай бұрын
I think you should have checked if you were getting any gold after the 1st round. Because, if there's nothing or very little gold in the sand you could've saved yourself a lot of work.
@matthewschreiber24217 ай бұрын
The flour fold wizard has water flow heads for sluces .