The Blue Bowl How Efficient is it for Fine Gold Recovery ???

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

Wow, that was the first good blue bowl demo I have ever seen. That was slick.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Works even better with a silicone mat in the bottom.

[@xenaguy01]

I see a lot of comments saying "It takes too long," and "It didn't work for me." I've never used one, in fact I've never prospected. But I've learned a few things about prospecting for gold-bearing ore, and about getting the gold out. 1) Patience. You can't take enough time, if you want to get all the gold. That goes for prospecting, and refining. 2) Classify. Gold is heavier than rock, but flour gold is not heavier than boulders. So classify several times to recover more gold. 3) Level. It doesn't matter what you're using, take some time to make sure it stays level. Rigs that are not level don't trap gold. 4) Patience. Did I say, be patient. Especially during the fine recovery process. Spending an extra half hour running a Blue Bowl slower could recover 10% more gold. Worth it? You decide.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Exactly! It takes a lot of patients to get all the gold no matter what you are using.

[@scottl3739]

You're comment definitely deserves alot of thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 the classification is one of the most important aspects that so many people over look and fail to take advantage of... Take care 🍻✌️😎

[@donmoor4e974]

I watched a guy make one from a bunt cake pan. It worked. nice demonstration.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks I failed when I tried to make one.

[@FlourgoldWizards]

Right on Alan!!!! The only time I’ve had my hands on a blue bowl was with my beach gold.... we were testing it out and didn’t do very well... It sure looked like you got some mighty small stuff in there!!!

[@alanrobertson2510]

That dang beach gold! I have a idea I want to try to recover the beach gold what if the black sand was smaller than the gold ? I bet it would work.

[@catmandont100]

@@alanrobertson2510 :....Has anyone tried using an rotating "Inner-Tube" with casters riding on the outside ( to cause undulating ripple-esque bottom ) ? My thinking was:...The casters cause undulating "Hills & Valleys"...Like when an Earthquake would open cracks in the ground....Then causes them to close, after heavier stuff falls in. Repeating this action will send all heavy stuff down.

[@Suburbanstoneage]

Great vid, glad I found your channel! I love my blue bowl too. I am mining a lode gold deposit that yields very fine gold, and the blue bowl has won my confidence. The smallest, barely visible specs remain in the bowl. the rest is taken out. I like that you tested it, and showed that it worked with your material.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hello thanks for the comment the blue bowl does work great I do like to run a clean up sluice under it to catch what the bowl blows out. The silicone mat in the bottom changes everything.

[@Party-Marty]

Good video mate 👌 Running flat out and with little concern you only lost 13 specks 👍. Classifying & running it a bit slower, brushing the heavies to the outside would give near 100% accuracy in gold recovery. I find blue bowling in the shed, fire going, a drink in hand, very therapeutic. Glad I found your channel. Haha, the screen on your barrow at the start of this video - I just made similar but for a trailer. Cheers 🍻🥳🇦🇺

[@chehystpewpur4754]

on my stressed days ive been firing mine up again as i made some quality of life improvements to mine that make me wanna use it as much as i can until my new piece of equipment gets ordered and shows up. im close to getting it and im gonna finally reclaim my workshop. i have a few thousand pounds of good material to go through and this isnt fast enough. its alot faster but snuffer bottles suck and so does scooping. auto feed hopper after bowl is clear is awesome. so it a power snuffer. not a shop vac youll lose everything. but i had a 2 stage power snuffer i made first but filled with water too fast. but now i made it a biiiig single stage. now blue bowl is much much faster once i get autofeed hopper dialed in all the way ill have a nice little setup to waste away the days i dont want to people. i also have a big 1000 watt 7 speaker home theater system in my workshop so i jam out and just let the worries wash away. it has let me do these hot runs without worrying about losing anything cause ill find out the facts soon if ive been doing good. i always save tailings but i can put them outside most of the value is deff gone after im done. i know im losing a little bit of super fine but the stuff i have is dreadful for most and they wont even mess with it. better for me as its all mine and i have some really really good spots. these recent mods alone make me wanna get back to my good spot so i can finally test what i found there. i never brought home samples from there but the test pans were way better than my previous good spots and my friend confirmed he cant wait to get this material either. he seen both spots test pans and a few others and he knows what the winner is. all of them but especially the hard one to get to. the funny thing is i gemstone hunt. but the places ive gone i always find a little something yellow. turns out they go hand in hand for the things im after so having equipment to process anything i find has came in super useful. but my spots for this material are all mine. it makes a great break from doin the same thing over and over but i need more room this stuff literally piles up fast. and moves too slow. i have literally highly considered just putting it in bags and selling it as good luck paydirt. its in there but good luck. if you can get it easy. you better go out and do some things. hit the raffles lottery and any sweepstakes you can find. it makes life seem easy most days and i like that.

[@allansgoldmining]

Hey Alan, I've been using a Blue Bowl exclusively to clean cons for many years. In order to be successful, you definitely need to classify in order for it to work properly. I screen 25, 50, 75, 100 mesh. Anything larger than 25 mesh, is panned. About 25% of my gold is -75 mesh. You will never capture that by mixing with 30 mesh particles. Also, you need to stand with it at all times, regulating flow rate. As the volume of black sand decreases in the bowl, the water flow rate increases due to less friction. Therefore, you need to reduce flow rate, otherwise you will blow out the gold ! This why some folks don't like it. Patience pays off. I'm sure if you pan that bag of cons, you'll see a lot more -100 gold. 🤠

[@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107]

allan, how long would it take you to blue bowl a 5 gallon bucket of heavy cons? i'm curious

[@allansgoldmining]

@@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107 Wow, that's a lot of cons. Are they from a sluice or dry washer ? Honestly, I've never run that volume. Just guessing, would say 8-12 hours.

[@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107]

@@allansgoldmining Thank you. I wasn't asking because I have that many cons to run through it LOL. Thank goodness, that would be horrendous. I was just trying to get an idea of the processing rate/speed. It would be sluice cons, and only about 1-3 cups worth. However, my gold is very round, and likes to roll. Do you think the blue bowl would blow it out?

[@allansgoldmining]

@@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107 My gold is round too. Very coarse. Sticks to the bottom of the bowl real well. Flakes tend to have a higher potential to float out. Three cups would take a couple hours, if you include time to classify. 🤠

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks for the tips Allan I can see that classifying is key to getting the gold.I sure do like sucking up the clean gold and it is so much faster than panning.

[@lesterleporesr5228]

"The Bowl" doesn't lie! Classification,& close attention are the keys!!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Very well put Lester. Thank you.

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[@johnsaucerhunter]

Just like I said before about the Blue bowl, it's also a bit therapeutic. Great Video! One of these days you should try and make a silicon version of a Gold Centrifuge. You'd be amazed at the microscopic stuff that gets caught.

[@alanrobertson2510]

That sounds like a interesting project I have heard of a gold centrifuge before just never payed it much attention. I guess I need to check it out.

[@paulcoover9197]

when you get to the ring of gold with black sand at the end. Stop the bowl and use you snuffer to blow the material away from the cone. Then turn the blue bowl back on. The black will seperate quicker. Little trick Dan Hurd showed.. nice job Alan.

[@piratedredger1857]

Hello Allan, well I found the blue bowl to be a game changer . It's painfully slow butt I like it . I think they work great . I always rerun the cons from the bowl because nothing catches everything except if your using a number of different processes. Make a cuppa go for a walk and boom it's done ☠👍👍👍⛏💙

[@alanrobertson2510]

I agree there is nothing like sucking up that clean gold sure beats hours of panning.

[@piratedredger1857]

@@alanrobertson2510 I use it with the mini max and that system finally works after 10 years of trying stuff that dosent work lol

[@todcooper4707]

hi Alan i am running sand from the snake river in Idaho. i have been back and forth with the blue bowl and am seeing that Classification is key .i also use a small clean up sluice under it.thank you for the video it helped me a lot !!!

[@alanrobertson2510]

You bet Yes I will have a clean up sluice under my blue bowl as well I am starting to get the hang of it. Stay warm this winter.

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

Nice definitive experiment! Good to know results! Thanks!

[@centeroftheearthmining4095]

I’m thinking of trying one now. I was like you and very skeptical but watching this with the super fine gold pretty much sold me! Great vid! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes it will still blow out some of the super fine gold but it sure is nice to suck up that clean gold.

[@hamsesaeeed1564]

Thanks for your sharing the amazing idea i was looking sluice box but letter to day i will use this blue bowl only

[@patrickjobling8676]

Super cool mr big al .. and happy thanksgiving ..and may your turkey norr kick ya duny door doon ..😁pip pips and carryon

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hi Rick I hope you had a great thanksgiving we sure did.

[@gtaovlogs9061]

Hey #AlanRoberston on buddy! Awesome information as usual and i may have to get out the ol' Blue Bowl on of these days here too! Cheers, well done, thanks for sharing your experiences, and Happy Thanks Giving to you and your family! Aaron, #gtaovlogs

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hi Aaron have fun with the blue bowl faster tan panning. Happy Thanksgiving to you to.

[@seandmaccormack.8528]

Good to see you have the blue bowl going ,I’m a beginner first time ,I just ordered mine and I see this device is for alluvial gold only the fine stuff watching you demonstrate how this works only I’m excited to see why I’m here to get some gold,I’ll have to get mine down to how yours is doing just fine thanks back to work I guess chow.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching.

[@chrislilly1463]

I love watching the blue bowl work. Super time consuming. I still want you to make one of UtahAvalanches drop Miller tables.

[@wilfor03]

I made one of UtahAvalanches miller tables.....love it, right down to the tinest of flour gold.....IT WORKS!! All I need say about it, except when I go to the dirt piles, the Miller Table always goes with....great job on the Blue Bowl, Alan....always enjoy your videos....thank you from Alabama...Bill

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Bill I guess I need to make one of those miller tables.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes I need to make a miller table. The way I ran the blue bowl this time was fast only took about a half an hour to run that black sand.

[@tasdgoldprospecting2979]

Nice work mate I think I’m gonna buy one keep up the good work from your brother from down under 👊🏻🤠👍🏻

[@alanrobertson2510]

Have fun with the blue bowl I am starting to gain some confidence with the thing.

[@KODArunner]

I bought one of those damn things about ten years ago and never did figure out how to use it the right way. THEN, you came along with your Super Silicone Mats and I'm now thinking about getting back into sluicing again. OH SQUAT! I just remembered, I live in the Albany, NY area and the only gold around here is in jewelry stores! Good luck with your printer and I hope you sell a bunch of mats. I will be buying at least one, (a "U" mat). after the first of the year.

[@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107]

ask jeff williams found gold in new york i think

[@alanrobertson2510]

Sounds like you need to take a vacation and get you some gold. I should be able to get a U mold when you are ready for it.

[@KODArunner]

@@alanrobertson2510 Hopefully I will be giving you a few years to make it and to develope something even better for ultra-fine material, 100 - 400 grid. A mat to replace your Blue Bowl with . . . . lol

[@calebastion6048]

Mr. Robertson, I always enjoy your videos! My dad and I are getting into prospecting this next spring. We found my grandfather’s prospecting equipment in the basement, that’s been there for almost 20 years, and we never knew he had cons in the buckets. Now the problem for us is that neither one of are any good at panning yet. I wonder if the Blue Bowl would help us until we get much better at panning. We also have a wheel that we absolutely suck at.

[@downunderfulla6001]

Cale always pan into a container. Practicing all the time and keep your pan cons until you think your panning skills are up there. Most of us have one or a few extra clean up gadgets also. The choice is up to the individual interests. Hope this helps mate 👍

[@alanrobertson2510]

I would say give it a try it will be faster than panning and you can always re run it to see if you missed any. Good luck I hope he left you a bunch of gold in the cons.

[@calebastion6048]

Alan Robertson, thank you sir. Yes he did the big problem is that it’s all really fine. Probably the majority of it is -100 which really sucks for a beginner.

[@Goldwaschen-mit-Tom]

Thanks for the test my friend, so i can decide if i will use this bowl. Greetings Tom

[@alanrobertson2510]

You are welcome Tom It's fun to play with and so far working well.

[@davidvilla3243]

Well say easy does it everytime,you went gungho and succeeded to clean and redeem the gold.I like the blue bowl even if it is a bit slow for some--not for me,i;d get one so i can relax getting gold.Keep it Golden Alan Always.

[@alanrobertson2510]

I do think it all depends on the size of gold and the material on how fast you can run the blue bowl. I sure do like the clean gold it leaves behind.

[@daddywarbucks6845]

I use a turkey baster to push the sand back to the outer edge before turning on and a stiff small brush to push the gold into 1 area to suck up. A silicone matt is the trick you don't have to worry about pushing gold out and you can really turn it up.

[@alanrobertson2510]

I will have to get one of those turkey basters to help move the gold on the silicone mat.

[@larrysylvester6795]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to u an your family Alan an thank u for all the videos

[@alanrobertson2510]

You are welcome Larry. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well.

[@utahavalanch]

Nice test Alan. Glad to see it's working for you. I found it lost too much of the size I work with and so I had to go to Miller Table.

[@chrislilly1463]

utahavalanch oh look! I just commented again, he needs to build one of your drop zone Miller tables. Lol If he waits long enough I might beat him to it! Lol

[@builtrodewreckedit]

why not feed the blue bowl for the convenience and have it drop directly onto a scaled down version of a miller table and silicone mat? perhaps narrow at the top and wider at the bottom would show a sweet spot as to flow of water?

[@alanrobertson2510]

Exactly I will be working on that.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes I can see a miller table in the future to re run the cons on blow out by the bowl.

[@christabb6605]

I think your right. I had to make my own just because I have that tinker thing in me because of my Grandparent's but it does work. I am working on a variation with depressions that end up catching the gold and the black just gets kicked out the top. (into a sluice of course) thanks for the video.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hi Chris You made your own blue bowl. Now that is impressive. My first attempt was a complete fail. Good luck on your variation sounds like a fun project.

[@drsatan7554]

How do I buy one of these bowls?

[@tomluque]

Have you tried adding a vibrator to the bowl to help liquify the slurry?

[@HDshovelEd]

Good amount of gold over the 1g. Been toying around with the idea of having a blue bowl around. I'VE GOT THE DESEETFOX gold wheel. I REALLY DON'T CARE for it

[@theinternetisaseriesoftube5107]

are you willing to sell the desert fox? my gold is real round and chunky and rolls, so I think it would work great I'll do 100$ plus shipping!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yep not to bad. You might try one I am starting to gain some confidence in the blue bowl.

[@tschnedler]

I got my blue bowl working great, I found that you need the stuff you put in to be very very classified I do 30 mesh, 50 mesh and a 100 mesh, what you put in you want to be from the same mesh size, even though you would think 30 mesh only should be good its not, if all you material is the same mesh size your running I found that you get much better results with moving the black sands because it will all weight about the same and you wont have to have your water full blast, you adjust right to where it starts to move the black sands and walk away for a while and come back and its done.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Tim That is great information classifying is key to capturing the gold. After I did this video I put a silicone mat in the bottom and it works fantastic.

[@andyamysarizonaadventures5450]

Good test ,My bluebowl has been in the laundry room for 4 years now I want to play around with it! We subbed, you come highly recommended by our friends Jason fgw and Chuck Gentals 😀👍I think Chuck and I live about 6miles from each other. We really need to get out and give a creek hell togather😎

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hello Andy and Amy. Thanks for subscribing I hope you enjoy the channel. I think Chuck is a great guy and would love to do some digging with him and the wizard what a guy. I will come over and check out your channel as well. Try a silicone mat in that blue bowl and you will be amazed. Take care. Alan

[@docrose3460]

I have a blue bowl and for me it is OUTSTANDING

[@alanrobertson2510]

I will get the hang of it. Thanks.

[@CandSMINING]

Good test Alan. I have done a couple videos on set up and processing with the blue bowl. It is too slow for me, so I load the blue bowl and go into the shop and come back and suck up the gold. Thanks for the video Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.😎👍👍👌👌⛏⛏

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes slow I am going to start running mine fast with a silicone mat under the blue bowl to catch what the bowl blows out. Have a great Thanksgiving

[@CandSMINING]

@@alanrobertson2510 I run my Blue bowl at different water levels for different screen classification sizes. Seems to help recovery some.

[@chehystpewpur4754]

what exactly does that mean? like you put one load of material in and just process that? you can go through terrible material like black sands in less that 10 mins with very low losses in base form for it wit ha better pump. not faster just better.

[@CandSMINING]

If you work the material to fast you will loose the flour gold.@@chehystpewpur4754

[@JoeBlow-zv8km]

I have one, but i found that a Miller table is much faster and with near zero loss. I've found loss in the blue bowel tailings and even in the catch tub outside of the 5 gal tailings bucket. It all depends on what ones acceptable loss is. But all losses add up in a short time with flour gold

[@alanrobertson2510]

Good points for sure nothing gets all the gold I will probably make a miller table to run the cons from the blue bowl.

[@dennisdayton689]

Good video! I was talking with Dustin about getting a blue bowl to run our pit material in, because of the super fine gold we are getting, and now after seeing this video we will be definitely getting one! Thank you Alan!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Have fun with the blue bowl. I am starting to gain some confidence with the thing.

[@raymondcoggins297]

You have a great thanksgiving yourself

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Raymond you do the same.

[@David_Lee_33]

Very nice Alan!!😀

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Dave

[@sanchopanzaandsonnycrockett]

Thank you for your experiments🎉😊💐🎊🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@iiniijewelry]

I use a snuffer with a longer tube and classify all of the sand to at least -60. Smaller than that it just isn’t worth the time lol. But I snuff it out as it goes towards the center. And you have to keep close eye on the flow. It’s really easy to get too much. And I also brush my cons to the outer edge. It helps settle the gold better and keep it in the bottom. And before you get the dirt wet. Run a magnet through it and run that stuff separate. Really, the bowl is a lot of work. The dirt at the claim makes it worth it. But I wouldn’t use it for anything else. Too much work and a good old fashion tap hand on the pan works better than anything

[@iiniijewelry]

I also keep any and all black sand that goes through my bowl. After I get my forge set up I plan on burning my own stuff lol. 🤷🏽‍♂️ We’ll see how that goes haha. Have a great Thanksgiving Alan and family

[@alanrobertson2510]

I agree it can be time consuming I am going to keep working with it and try and speed up the process by putting a sluice under it. We shall see I have a bunch of cons and dirt from the claim to work this winter.

[@iiniijewelry]

Have you ever seen the gold lab? A tiny gutter sluice under would work perfect. And then nothing would ever be lost lol. Best of luck. Yeah I got to get mine going. Got a garage now to do it in. Just haven’t had the time in the last month or so

[@alanrobertson2510]

@@iiniijewelry A garage I need to come see you! Yes I have seen the gold lab and that is kinda what I am going to be shooting for.

[@iiniijewelry]

Alan Robertson lol nice. That’s kind of what I have been goin for with my blue bowl. And what I was telling you about with your last blue bowl vid. They really are great tools. Just take a bit of patience and practice

[@CDCGoldProspecting]

Nice. Yea would have been some tough panning with all that black sands. I thought about either making a blue bowl or a Miller table. Wonder which one is better?

[@alanrobertson2510]

I think a person could use a blue bowl and then a miller table to get the super fine gold. It sure is nice to suck up that clean gold.

[@WhiteKong420]

Awsome clean up great information u are awesome

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you Robert

[@NIKO9937]

hello my friend,good job Very good...like from Brazil!!!

[@brianblackwell2308]

Happy thanksgiving to you and your family

[@alanrobertson2510]

I hope you had a great day to. I just found this in the spam folder.

[@rastamanralph6670]

Here's a thought.3D print yourself a blue bowl better the way you want it! I want a percentage for the idea!😂😂😂😂👍🍻

[@alanrobertson2510]

Well I am just not that good yet with the printer and I think it would warp and fall apart. Good idea though.

[@goldprounlimited1750]

Good job Alan, thanks for sharing!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you

[@TimeSurfer206]

The single biggest problem I have experienced with my Blue Bowl is the stock valve is HORRIBLY inaccurate for a sensitive flow adjustment. I have replaced mine using a Hose Bibb and a barbed tubing adapter. The stock valve is a 1/4 turn ball valve. The difference between Too Little and Blowing Out Over The Top Outside Brim is a twitch.

[@BenzoGold79]

Good vid, very helpful even throwing the material in like that it did well, most videos people baby that thing with a tiny spoon takes hours.😁👍👍🍻

[@alanrobertson2510]

I have done the spoon feed before also it is just way to slow like you say.

[@bochereauaugerghislain4561]

INCROYABLE

[@alanrobertson2510]

It's even better with a silicone mat in the bottom.

[@gremlin3362]

I own one and I’m surprised you did as well as you did running it like that. Step one classify to separate mesh’s as each mesh will need a different speed. If you are making it push 30 mesh black sand then of course it’s going to push 60-100 mesh gold out. Step two remove magnetite. Step three run it about 1/2 inch from the brim. I’ve never had a loss issue.

[@alanrobertson2510]

All very good points. It works on the weight of the material vs gold.

[@builtrodewreckedit]

you have proven gold sticks to silicone... why not make a guess as to your flow out of the bowl and design a tiny narrow flat bottom sluice with silicone mat to set the bowl onto? Any time you run the bowl it can feed the tiny cleanout sluice and you will quickly see if anything is blowing out?

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yep like I said in the other comment this is something I want to work on. I might need to ad more water to the sluice part but that would be easy to do.

[@matthewmaxwell3845]

Played with this thing a bit last winter...a lot of losses. Of course I am dealing with 200 plus mesh gold. Better success with The Royal Miller table.Very time consuming, but easier to monitor and control. Sadly, I have over 40 gallons on cons to work through this winter.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Oh Man you are going to be busy that is a lot of material to run. Have a great winter.

[@rodneyhaley1734]

Great video thanks I’m about to receive one in the mail I purchased a few weeks ago

[@alanrobertson2510]

I sure do like my blue bowl now that I put a silicone mats in it. I did a few videos on it and how to make one.

[@jimmysails994]

I built a blue bowl and it's very slow. I think the angle of the cone is wrong. Might revisit a purchase of one.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yea I tried making a blue bowl once it was a total fail. I am starting to think it was worth the money.

[@GreenMountainGoldTrap]

Alan, does it mean I'm getting old if I come in, watch the video, click the thumbs up but don't leave a comment? Watched it over an hour ago!!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yep I would think so. Now if you are like me I have so many things on my mind sometimes they just run over the top of each other. On to the next. lol

[@GreenMountainGoldTrap]

@@alanrobertson2510 EXACTLY Alan!!

[@waynebussey5521]

@@GreenMountainGoldTrap You are both above the ground and moble...so I'd say your both still young.

[@GreenMountainGoldTrap]

@@waynebussey5521 LOL, good point Wayne!! And sitting next to eternity, how can we possibly think we are old.

[@waynebussey5521]

@@GreenMountainGoldTrap Well up above I'd wager you would be young as a spring calf, in spirit of course...but in the ground a prospect for worms 😨...So yep still at it and above the ground...young it is...Remember your never too old to play, you grow old once you stop 😉...Play on 👍.

[@adamlong54]

Jet dry recirculation and same size materials are key

[@alanrobertson2510]

Absolutely Thanks Adam.

[@kevinhubbard8039]

great vid as always , it looks like it works well

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Kevin.

[@hamsesaeeed1564]

Also share us how you remove the gold from the sucker bottle. Mr indeed thanks

[@alanrobertson2510]

Pull the straw out of the top and turn upside down and shake to dump out the gold.

[@hamsesaeeed1564]

@@alanrobertson2510 great thanks sir

[@gforce19831983]

how long did the experiment last in real time?

[@MMProspecting]

Great info on the bowl I'm gonna built a shaker wish me luck and do you know any way to stiffen your silicone mat been think about it for a dredge

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you. A shaker like a wash plant? Good luck. Yes you can stiffen the mats with corn starch but you would probably never talk to me again if I told you to try it. That stuff is nasty to work with don't do it! I do think it is doable to come up with something for a dredge I am thinking something like my drop riffle V mat only a thicker mat with deeper groves to handle the larger material and water flow. I sure wish I had dredge to try it out on. It would sure take a ton of silicone if you decide you want to give it a try we could put our heads together and come up with a design that would work.

[@jasonmotley3937]

I like my blue bowl! It works better when you classify though!

[@alanrobertson2510]

It does!

[@tyk8168]

Just curious, but can that be used for small pebbles and dirt or is it only for black sand?

[@ericacote6418]

Alan what size material was this you ran?

[@annedunn5859]

What size battery do you use,I have 100ah and only lasts half hour

[@twobucketsprospecting7350]

Happy Thanksgiving Alan!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well.

[@TrueBlueYukoner]

Helps to separate the magnetite with a magnet before running in the bowl.

[@alanrobertson2510]

You are right it does help and a silicone mat in the bottom of the blue bowl is a game changer.

[@TrueBlueYukoner]

@@alanrobertson2510 Never tried that. I'll give it a shot.

[@TrueBlueYukoner]

Another thing I do is suck a lot of the gold up with a snifer bottle as it gets exposed in the bowl, rather than make the bowl separate it all.

[@AMProspecting]

Great video, my blue bowl works great!

[@christianfischer121]

I am just thinking why is the water turning clockwise? On the northern hemisphere it is easier to turn it anti clockwise? Or am I wrong?

[@alanrobertson2510]

Well I have no idea. It's just the way it is made. Thanks for watching.

[@lindaelwell1924]

Love the blue bowl

[@alanrobertson2510]

They do work well.

[@lindaelwell1924]

@@alanrobertson2510 i have one and i just love it.

[@TazzzieAdventures]

Never used a blue bowl looks cool with not much loss.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you I think the blue bowl is a love hate thing but also fun to play with.

[@jamesbernard4566]

Had it for years got to suck up and use the thing

[@alanrobertson2510]

It works even better with a silicone mat in the bottom.

[@azarahwagner2749]

It works well as long as you don’t overload it

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes and it works even better with a silicone mat in the bottom.

[@hv3952]

Bonjour combien de gramme d'or en un bleue bolw ?

[@TheSummersProject]

What’s the difference with using a blue bowl and a shaker table? Is one better than the other?

[@alanrobertson2510]

The blue bowl is made for small amounts of materiel and is about $100.00 A shaker table would be for large amounts of material and the cost is usually in the thousands.

[@whatwedoin6784]

I've been trying to decide between Miller table or blue bowl for fine gold recovery. I've watch several videos and reviews of both. I'm highly considering the blue bowl. Thank you Alan.

[@alanrobertson2510]

You are welcome I do think a miller table would be helpful also just depends on how far a person wants to go to get the super fine gold.

[@richardduke9788]

Would putting a smooth silicon matt in the bottom of the Blue Bowl - help ? Hurt ? , or not make any difference ?

[@alanrobertson2510]

I am going to have to try it not sure but I think it will be hard to suck up the gold of the silicone. I will see what I can come up with.

[@BeefyPrepperthegolddigger]

Great video!!!

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you that sure worked well.

[@downunderfulla6001]

Going through different mesh sizes would be almost the only way to recover everything. Like most interests, time spent can be a little or an eternity 🍻🍻

[@alanrobertson2510]

I agree how much time does a person want to spend to get every last spec.

[@formerlyuser123]

I put all my 30 minus through the bowl together and run it fast and get most of tge gold this way, then when I have about half a bucket I dry the cons out, separate out with 50 and 100 mesh sieves and run all the classifications separately and get the last 5% that way. Anything that makes it through 2 passes isn't worth keeping.

[@rastamanralph6670]

The shiny is always worth more than money/currencies.😊😉

[@alanrobertson2510]

It sure is I never mind trading cash for gold.

[@garylawlor2288]

Hey bud I think you can improve your results by periodically brushing the material back out towards the edges and running again. Good result though and good video.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Hey thanks I would agree I just wanted to see what happened this time. Thanks for watching.

[@Salerno1947]

Are you using this strait from the hose, or do you have it attached to a pump? Thank you.

[@alanrobertson2510]

I have the blue bowl connected to a pump.

[@hankwilliams7773]

I took some 1/4" copper and shaped it like the original legs. Place them in the 3 slots where there are no legs Heated them with a torch and and melted the new legs in the humps provided for the ooriginal legs but new holes. Make the new legs about 1/4 to 1/2" longer than orivinal legs. Doing this allows you to level your bluebowl faster, easier, and exactly. I can and will send you a picture if you want?

[@alanrobertson2510]

Good job Sounds like you have a good way to level your blue bowl. I sure like how I have mine set up for leveling but just about anything is better than what comes with the Blue Bowl.

[@billy56081]

Pretty good bag of pay dirt.

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks not to bad.

[@Husejn880]

Hello to everyone, I want to know what you put in that water, some drops, what is that, I search on internet it is some "magic drops".?? Can I make that "magic drops", thanks Mr

[@alanrobertson2510]

You use Jet Dry in the water you can use dish soap as well but you will have to deal with the suds. Thanks for watching.

[@Husejn880]

@@alanrobertson2510 thanks

[@Husejn880]

@@alanrobertson2510 good evening, tel me different between gold and pirit?? We have some material and so meny shine peace in the bowl, and we don't know different. Thank you

[@Husejn880]

Can you please look my video and say your opinion about material I found after panning in the blue bowl, thanks

[@SONDELN-GOLDWASCHEN-BASTELN]

Nice Video 👍😉

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks 😁

[@-CBA-]

your the car guy????

[@jdub7785]

Great video! Seemed like it works well. I assume its intended for cleaning the gold after its been mostly processed already? I might have to check the bkue bowl out. I always thought it may be gimmicky....but your results show otherwise. What was the total time spent cleaning that almost 1 pound of material? Thanks 👍😎👊

[@alanrobertson2510]

Yes I would only use it for a small amount of cons. I took about a half an hour to process the black sand a lot faster than panning.

[@chrislilly1463]

Alan, how long would you say it took to run it all in the blue bowl, then total time start to finish?

[@alanrobertson2510]

I took about a half an hour and didn't lose much gold.

[@nomadderfid]

The blue bowl always works great

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thanks Ken.

[@matthewcolbey9616]

Try Ur silicone mats in the blue bowl...maybe ribbed or just flat piece of silicone

[@alanrobertson2510]

Going to give it a try soon. Thanks

[@daddywarbucks6845]

They work 100% better if you make a silicone matt for the bottom.

[@alanrobertson2510]

They sure do like the silicone mats I have used in my last three videos

[@rastamanralph6670]

It takes time to be the masta blue bowl bater but it's worth it if you have something worth running😂😂😂 check out the one me and pirate dredger traded because it works well and looking better when you got something to show!! I'm happy with the sluice I got in return with him calling round in the worst ever conditions.😂 my new video is about using washing machine parts like you use buckets and wood.😉🍻👍cheers for the support mate

[@alanrobertson2510]

Cool I will check it out.

[@rastamanralph6670]

@@alanrobertson2510 I haven't built it yet.it's just on paper but it's simple and should work I believe.I'm going to make a video about it today.the other one was a flop.

[@bjthecrow]

I've never used one but one day mabe I'll be able to get one

[@alanrobertson2510]

They are fun to play with and a lot faster than panning heavy black sand.

[@gordjensen8649]

tht works pretty well

[@Thebald1]

I have one myself and I've never used it once. Lol.. I've had it for over a year now

[@alanrobertson2510]

You might want to drag the think out and see how it goes with your material.

[@Thebald1]

@@alanrobertson2510 yeah I think I will now

[@makincash3337]

What if there was a grove on the outer edge...

[@alanrobertson2510]

Not sure. I know a silicone mat is amazing in the bottom of the bowl.

[@makincash3337]

@@alanrobertson2510 thanks

[@stephensheldon957]

I like it. and I want one

[@waztyacke2373]

NICE

[@alanrobertson2510]

Thank you.

[@hamsesaeeed1564]

If add some powder soap was better but test it is much better than how you now is anyway i will buy one blue bowl tommorow

[@alanrobertson2510]

Good luck with your new blue bowl.