The Ultimate Dry Gold Pan! (well, maybe)

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[@robb3341]

Hey Chris, try putting a small 12 or 9 volt vibrating motor on the little dry sluice, it will vibrate the dust and rocks off and sink the gold further in the carpet. Also works great on the highbanker. I found it to be a game changer.

[@deanjones3168]

Yep,like a sander or something similar👌

[@johnheckles8239]

Maybe a big pink lady pleaser! 😃🤣

[@HouseholdDog]

Nice idea. Do you just have a motor with an offset weight or are there specialist motors?

[@HouseholdDog]

​@@deanjones3168Oh yeah. A little battery sander would do it. Just attach it with some Velcro or something?

[@trevdyer173]

Hahah I wonder if that thing that he originally purchased for the miller table is floating around his house......

[@TonyWalker-e9m]

As long as you're out doing something, away inn the bush you are a winner. Especially for someone that has PTSD it helps to be doing something anything. Using up energy and getting out of your head.

[@insidebendprospecting]

Wow this worked really well! Maybe a small dam at the end of the expanded metal that rises up maybe 1/2" would act as a safety bar of sorts

[@randydixon9512]

This was my idea as well, add a lip pointing back so it creates a low point when the pan is tilted down.

[@Mick_Tee]

Surprising results there, Chris. I for one would love to see you quantify the effectiveness of this method vs dry panning vs wet panning - as in are you getting 5% of the available gold, or 50%? Could be easily done by taking out a couple of buckets of dirt and running it through each process to see what you get.

[@dougroberts8530]

What about a rocker box style with several sloped layers with the same materials

[@Zimgirgaz]

I had a thought. Maybe come up with a light, portable, low vibrating shake table (maybe a subwoofer with adjustable frequency signal generator) and place your rig on top. A little edge all around. Big bits are shaken over the edge while little heavy bits gather under the riffle and into the carpet? Again, just a thought...

[@127DrBob]

Great innovation Chris. To scale up I thought you could use some motorised vertical aggitation with a battery powered reciprocating saw, with custom fitting to a larger tray above. The saw would need to be modified to operate vertically with some sort of custom handle that reaches the ground. Some legs near the exit edge of the tray could also provide additional stability. Essentially its a vibrating tripod tray. Some engineering required, but I think you can do it. I am enthusiastic to support your dry washing efforts and this idea could help you scale up.

[@josephkerley363]

I hope you had a blessed and joyful Christmas!

[@waltercarr3121]

Fluid bed created by compressed air from below , heavies sink , dust rises . Clasification grids , vibration of and ....

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Good result Chris. Great what “ I reckon “ engineering can come up with. Love it. Well done 😁👍

[@markfoust8910]

Man the stuff you come up with is just genius!! Even with the influx of prospecting videos coming out!! You are still one of the best

[@zemetrius]

very interesting, the results were enough to keep working on this method, here in the dry lands of southern nevada this has much potential where the only water is what you bring with you.

[@zemetrius]

ok so after watching your video i put together a square (3 sides closed) frame similar to your paper tray. then i added a 2nd frame on top of the first one that was able to support, and hold in place a 1/4 inch screen that took care of any larger rocks that were in the shovel full of material that went onto the screen then down onto the mesh screen and finally down to the carpet, then out the open side. i have run a couple pounds of material so far and it seems to be working as good as could be expected, should be some fine hardrock gold in this material, thanks for the great idea.

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

You could be onto something with that pan and the dry panning method maybe adding a foot pump to pump air into the front of the pan where the highest wall is to aid in moving the lighter material down and out.

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Happy holidays everyone!.

[@chrisdore6387]

Great job on the pan. Have a safe and merry Christmas. Also, thanks for all the effort you put in to making your videos.

[@caveman442]

Wow! Great experiment Chris, what a treat to find so much with that little box.

[@outbackAus260]

If you wanted to do a little spud engineering, you could upscale the ideal to a sort of dry rocker box or suspended shaker screen to give you that little bit of extra mechanical advantage as compared to shuffling by hand

[@leighanncronin6905]

Time to get a patent on this! Awesome dry sluice!!!

[@OpenSpaceWellness]

I'm blown away too! Thanks for sharing 🙏❤️🎄

[@lachezarslavov2327]

Thank you very much for the nice idea and all your efforts, Chris! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@michealklonowski5267]

i agree that small vibration that you were looking to use on the miller table just might help you out with this idea of yours. and we can get one of those small power vacuum car cleaners the runs on battery and go from suck to blow and you'll have the first bucket size dry washer in the world that weights almost nothing..

[@NathanielOutdoorAdventures]

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and we really appreciate you

[@peasantlevelcrafting]

Nice, watching vo gus, and bam, more vo gus!

[@tommynoel9929]

Thanks Chris!

[@SnK_Prospecting_Adelaide]

Spud Engineering at its finest, nice one Chris...... Have a very Merry Christmas 🌲

[@TwilightRage2099]

I like your idea. Have you ever tried adding something like a vibratory sander to your dry panning setup? The high frequency vibrations should shake the dirt hard enough that it keeps it from compacting but wont be powerful enough to toss the dirt out of the pan. Plus, it should be powerful enough to separate all the heavy fine particles of gold over some time. Just a thought... I'm not a expert in this stuff or anything.

[@buckshotprospector]

Happy festivus everyone

[@krisgalusha9820]

If there is enough wind, drop your shovel load from a higher level and the dust will blow away. I would think trying this with the tray from a standing position into the pan that would help. I think I learned that from on of your video’s.

[@Greenandgold888]

Can't wait to watch once I get home.

[@garrettmillsap]

Wow! Well done chris. Damn great idea and implementation.

[@wilfor03]

Way to go, Vo-Gus....good job

[@StaceNyourFace]

Merry Christmas, Chris! 🎄🤶🎅🎁🦌🛷⛄🌟❄️♥️

[@nicholasmcmillan7536]

So looking at an epithermal zone in Pilbura terrane. If you get on Google maps you can see the boiled zones those should be supergene. Epithermal zones boil the gold ultra fine to full metal sinters stones. We have have a zone in Idaho all the way into Nevada that's epithermal. Lots of 18karet near surface. You'll find lots of electrum in epithermal zones 😅

[@andypandyAU.6669]

I am very impressed! What a way to sample the ground, ready to bring in your big guns (the actual dry washer) wicked job, Chris! 😮😊 ❤it may you have a great Xmas, and enjoy the new year. So much has been learnt by me from you! Kicking it , fantastic

[@trevdyer173]

That pan kind of reminds me of a cleaners dustpan maybe you could get one of those ones on a stick and use it like a rocker box

[@juju-xx5xn]

Great video!! You are a wonderful gold prospecting instructor! Happy Holidays!!

[@mickr4832]

Nice result, have a great Christmas cheers Mick.

[@jasonstuart9382]

This is why i love this channel. My man is always thinking. Great work Chris and Merry Christmas and happy new year🎉

[@kevintheweedman]

Merry Christmas

[@scotthultin7769]

Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊

[@TisButAScratch666]

Nice test Chris. Well done!

[@timandrews1613]

Merry Christmas Chris, brilliant as usual

[@JacobsBrand]

Wow very interesting! Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays!

[@kelterskelter1969]

Try adding an, um, er, usb powered personal massage device to the base of your office works tray. Scratch up the base & end of such a device with 80 grit sandpaper, clean with nail polish remover (pure acetone will make the tray brittle) & use a huge blob of aquarium strength silicone for the attachment pad. That'll create the vibrations a proper dry washer uses to stratify dirt in the riffles & move lighter parts to the surface. Usb power means you can go 8 hours on a 20,000mah usb battery, recharge over night & go again tomorrow. Go the Spud Engineering!

[@debhester8665]

That's friggin awesome!!!

[@erichughes8172]

I would take a old screen pull the screen out of the bottom use a piece of fabric like the kind that used in the dry washer then you can bounce it up and down and it would push air up through your dirt similar to the dry washer further allowing your gold to drop and your dust stay up top just a thought as I watched

[@toddrodgers5108]

That was pretty cool. Merry Christmas. Blessings

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Fully sick Chris it is great watching you come up with all these various ways of gold prospecting but the fun part is seeing it actually work and you reap in the gold and we all share in your joy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family mate and give Fern a scratch behind the ear 🎄🎆🎇🎉🎊😁😉

[@mabeSc]

What if you bought a fairly big and potent fan to put down under a dry concentrator like this and make the concentrator bigger? The air from the fan should theoretically help get rid of the light stuff and you could even add a classifier that could also work to break dirt clumps down (maybe using a tool just to crush the clumps of dirt on the classifier faster). The fan (or a couple fans if better) is the only thing that needs power and it's only a few watts.

[@joshuajackson6442]

Merry Christmas, Chris! Thank you for your pure heart and truly sharing your ideas to improve gold recovery on a budget! All too often gold fever causes greed, paranoia and the inability to share with others. Cheers, Josh

[@jaycee6996]

It may be interesting to design a mini-trommel turned by hand. A funnel could fed in the material into a central tube made of mesh to partly separate the material and rotation with a screw blades to feed the larger particles out of the end of the trommel. A blower either driven by a motor or the rotation of the handle could remove the fine dust leaving a reasonably good concentrate to later pan.

[@susantabor7874]

Merry Christmas and may your New Year be fantastic!

[@carlmclelland7624]

Very interesting experiment, Chris. It's given me some ideas of my own... keep working on it on your end.

[@asjamuir5534]

May she rest in peace long last her legacy

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Very informative thank you for the video Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Andrew lady and your family

[@neilmcmenemy4510]

I like your logic sire!! 😊

[@DarkArcAntz9292]

Hey mate great idea. I really like your inventions! Can't wait to see an upgrade on this technique from you 👍😀😀😀😎

[@ainschuntayleuhn1147]

Merry Christmas Chris!

[@garrettmillsap]

Merry Christmas and happy new year. Fingers crossed dare sponsors soon!

[@longbowshooter5291]

It looked like the fine dust compacted on the carpeting, that would provide a fairly solid surface, be hard for gold to sink through. Would miner's moss be a better choice? The looser weave would release the dust easier when you dumped it into your pan. What about astro-turf?

[@MadMarlin1964]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

[@danrogers9945]

Clever mate!Maybe turn the mesh sideways? Since you do a side to side action?

[@rastaralph7154]

The speci looks like it's got a golden face looking left and another face in the host rock looking forward 😂👍👌❤️💛💚

[@philott8054]

Awesome experiment. Never would have thought you would have found as much as you did. Congratulations 👏

[@melvinroehm821]

Hi chris..merry Christmas from my family to yours..it's been a great year of watching all your video's. Looking forward to 2024

[@Chris-vt5zb]

What a fantastic result well done 👍.Who da thunk.Merry Christmas ⛄

[@num2166]

Good job Chris and merry Christmas buddy

[@danhodgins4015]

Chris, you are brilliant and very inventive. Great job! Can't wait to see your dry tray pan in action again sometime. What improvements would you make to it?

[@lorraineclark4547]

Happy Christmas to you and your family and a very Happy New year 🎉

[@48vdcwrld]

Merry Christmas Chris

[@johnolsen7073]

Good job great idea. Great videos. Merry Christmas Chris.

[@peterokeefe1463]

Thanks Chris for your commitment to your channel in 2023, relentless, focussed and passionate you are to be congratulated well done mate. Merry Christmas to you and your family, may 2024 give you every success. Thank you!!😊👍👍👍

[@byrdman1o1]

Smart man! No wonder I watch your channel!

[@MickH60]

Merry Christmas Chris....

[@paulamos8970]

Cool video Chris & Merry Christmas, have a good one mate.

[@jenskoppka1870]

Really a neat idea to prospect such dry areas and it looks that you got a decent amount of gold using this method. Great idea and it seems that the concentrates are not too heavy for taking them home if no water source is nearby. I was thinking about solving the water problem. Could you prepare a little pond at such a site using plastic foil in a depression to catch rain water. Might actually only make sense when its raining there but it could become helpful if it works. Cheers and Merry Christmas.

[@thomasmckay9878]

Look into the banjo pan. Works for dry pan ning

[@tadvanallen]

Ive totally done this... But.. i like your hallway carpet with the metal expanded metal screen!!! Thats +1 👍👍

[@asjamuir5534]

Always great to see just how your mind works at times I think it's a great way to concentrate dirt when u don't have water you might need a larger concentrator if your doing it for your can u make a living series. Is it possible to have it doubled up to super concentrate the small sizing from larger sized

[@breckfreeride]

Tin is the problem... I can pull iron out with a magnet!

[@kurtisgillen7658]

U always gotta start with the right pair of socks. Great episode bro

[@Richard98973]

Thank you Chris for all your hard work and all the effort you put into this. Merry Christmas

[@gnomespace]

2 thoughts if I may. You might take an eye dropper of Jet Dry with you. You can't recirc it, but would help with the organics on the first go'round. Next idea, and mate don't take this wrong, you want a vibrator. I've been looking at this a bit, and have an old electric razor that puts up a pretty good buzz. Was thinking of taping it to the bottom of the pan so the vibration helps facilitate stratifiction. Probably work better with your dry pan. Your mileage may vary. Happy Holidays from Or, USA!

[@marksheldon7154]

Thanks Chris, great to see gold in those pans!

[@PopcornH3]

Super neat to see. And imagine if you're actually losing like 70% that's crazy good returns.

[@theodoredicks3305]

Seems to work, alright. Maybe some deeper rifles could help some. Great video and Merry Christmas

[@folfyboi5671]

I went out panning well attempted too I found a decent spot you can only get to via crossing a river so i decided to take the kayak out and I was going to do some metal detecting but as I got out into the water I tipped and everything went into the water wasn't very fun lol

[@folfyboi5671]

Well not decent but mainly untouched

[@rastaralph7154]

Areet man. Merry Christmas 👍❤️💛💚

[@gaylemitchell5872]

Awesome result from your experimental dry wash

[@MrHistoryfreak]

As I was seeing you pan, I seen that you use it like a Garret pan so Why not use the regular gold pan and put the moss on top and use a finer riffle screen. That way you can shake it a little more to concentrate the gold more down.

[@OrgangrinderYT]

i know that if you move enough air through sand, it wil start to act like a sort of liquid. Would that be an option for prospecting. something with a bikepump and a spiraled hose with lots of holes poked through it. Then maybe place the spiral in the bottom of the pan and start pumping. if it works, then all the heavy stuff should "sink" down.

[@ChefVProspecting]

Nice test. Enjoyed your video

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

You're so innovative 💡 I can't wait to see you reach your potential. God level Prospecting ❤️👍🏻⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@paulevans5455]

Dude you are the new , professor Sumner Miller. Always thinking of new ways to find gold and make it entertaining. All the best for the New Year and keep up the good work.

[@sharptalons3474]

Would have been good to keep your tailings and then panning them out aswell to see how much you may have lost. To know how efficient the process actually is.

[@hasmeadali7316]

Friggin awesome brother.Darm

[@randysmith3171]

I think the old ladies toy on a on a super small high banker be hilarious to watch and productive because the header box will classify for him as well. but miner moss i hate carpet. lol

[@peninsulahomerenovations9680]

looks like it worked

[@O.K.-Raised]

Loved the "Mr. Sparkle" socks loved that simpsons episode. Thanks for another take on prospecting. You always find different interesting ways of looking at prospecting. Have a happy holidays!

[@rodb1646]

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and shiny New year 🎉 Looking forward to seeing you and Gadzee have a UNICORN year. 💪🏾👍🏾