You're probably losing gold. Part 2 Try panning this way. Gold Prospecting

#gold #prospecting #prospecting
Part 1 of Prospecting For Adventure I take you back to the river. I go over what I call production gold panning and the benefits of doing so. Learn how to find more gold in less time!
Par2 I'm back at the house processing the concentrates from part 1. I'll be using a Gold Cube and drying the gold at the end. Make sure to check out both videos!
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Part 1.
• You're probably losing...

[@prospectingforadventure]

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[@wazittuyoo2147]

.0125 gm. Loss over, 30 pans is equivalent, 2 .375 gms. Or, $28.12 USD. YOU decide your losses.

[@prospectingforadventure]

In the realm of people doing this for a hobby or fun every spec counts. I think if I was doing this commercially I would accept a small amount of loss if it meant a substantial more amount of labor. Kind of a toss up.

[@VendettaProspecting]

Hey Chris just found your channel! Looking like a good spot your on thanks for sharing

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thanks for watching!

[@SocietyofEnoch]

Adding some Dream Matting to your Gold Cube and to your gutter sluice would improve the process considerably

[@prospectingforadventure]

Can't really justify replacing the mats when I'm not having an issue with losses. Can I ask why it would be a considerable improvement?

[@SocietyofEnoch]

@@prospectingforadventure With the Dream Mats you can run more water through the Cube without risk of loss, so you can process material faster. The Dream Mats are also easier to clean out and the gold tends to primarily settle in the top mat, which means as the heavies build up you can just dump the top cube into your magnetics removal system, then put it back on and keep processing more material. In the end how much gold you recover is determined to a large degree by how much material you can process, as you well know, and the faster your process works the more material you can process in a given time frame.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Can't hurt to try, thanks for the advice.

[@nickvie71]

This may not be a lot for your area for 2 1/2hrs collecting concentrates on the river.. but in many regions you would dance if you have this much in your pan after a whole hard shoveling weekend ;) I really like how you use the magnet (the amount of magnetics is just insane!) and different pans to reduce the loss to an absolute minimum. Great video, sure not just for beginners. Thanks a lot!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Yeah you would be surprised how many more experienced people don't know they should classify their con like this to recover more gold. Oh well, it's fun either way! Lol

[@jkabee]

Subscribed. I do this same method! I always heard that sluicing in a creek is throwing away gold so I prefer to run my sluice at home indoors where I can set up with precision in regards to level angle and water flow. On the creek are classified down to 1/4 or 1/8 into my Garrett super sluice pan. I quickly work that pan down to the two riffles and dump them in a bucket. I take all of that home to process further. This not only allows me to bring home more cons in less time, but also gives me some fun at home on rainy days!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Exactly, you nailed it! Can't go wrong with that method unless you have time to run volume through a sluice. Sometimes loosing a little gold nets you more in the end. You might loose a little sluicing, but that's okay if you're running more material than you can pan. You'll make up for it while processing more material.

[@wanhargoldprospecting2036]

Great , very nice video for begginers especialy for me.I learn much better from your excellent lesson .thanks for sharing take care

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thanks for watching, glad you learned something!

[@prospectorbob]

Just subscribed. Nice amount for panning. Good to see how others concentrate their material. Can’t wait to see the production runs and will go and watch the first of this series. Thanks for making the vid and sharing. ⚒.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you! I'll post more as soon as this lower elevation snow clears out.

[@Crozbyguy-rg1iu]

You're a nice guy so I wanna share a secret with ya. After 50 years of doing it, so here goes. You know mother nature likes to sort gold out in the rivers along the inside bend, of course you do. It's down hill and if it was a 360 degree corkscrew it would be all too easy, so think about that for just a second, okay? Now comes the good part, if it was a double corkscrewed with riffled sections it would be even better. Now, there's a flexible tubing that does that, but not any tubing works, nope. The tubing is corrugated, but only one type of corrugated tubing works. It's free too, and you need three 10 inch pieces or 30 inches to catch everything. All your cons you show here takes about ten minutes to process, but you'll have to build it yourself. I'm too old, but I gave one to Jeff Williams. So anyway. DEF tubing, it is the spout that comes with diesel exhaust fluid. See folk fill up on DEF at the auto parts store, most use a funnel and throw away the "click tubing". You can't hardly go past the barrel in front of the store without seeing one thrown away. I ask the store to save them for a few buck sometimes. You need 3, and you cut off the screw cap cleanly and connect them together with a short pieces of clear vinyl hose. Build a stand with 8 inch diameter to set it on so you can remove the tubing sections to empty you gold out. the stand must support a large funnel at the top. and you need a 600 GPH pump, to flow into the funnel. Set your slope at about 8-10 degrees on a stand that includes a funnel at the top, pump water into the funnel and scoop in the cons. it's fast, it won't let you down, it catches everything. If you build it right you can empty a gallon of con through it in 20 minutes, retrieve up to 1/2 teaspoon off gold between clean outs. No more. To clean it, carefully separate the 3 tubes it a gold pan full of water, plug one end of a section with a finger, lower it in water to fill it. plug the opposite end & shake the gold to the bottom, empty it over a gold pan, repeat until they're all clean. Now that some clean gold. Cheers.

[@pnwprospecting]

Great video buddy you’ve gotten a lot of gold out of that river

[@prospectingforadventure]

It's there with some patience. Definitely not an easy river to find good gold.

[@wazittuyoo2147]

When wetting your matt's use a surfactant. In leu of that , use a Gerry fine bristle brush, 2 get rid of bubbles.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Great tip. Using a spray nozzle on the hose seems to work for me. Using your technique will come in handy when I don't have a hose handy.

[@scrapbongo]

Enjoyed the video thank you. Thought you might have lost some gold with that big sneeze 😆 That Neodymium magnet worked great, sometimes I get those recycling computer hard drives. /cheers ScrapBongo Liked

[@prospectingforadventure]

Wouldn't be the first time I nearly dropped gold or cons. Lol

[@scrapbongo]

@@prospectingforadventure We have a few public gold pan area here, I think its called flour gold though

[@mthoodfire]

Great video man...! I recognize that cleanup room..🤣

[@prospectingforadventure]

Yeah buddy! Lol

[@frankkohout1450]

Good Gold! You are absolutely correct! The closer a person can classify to the size

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@justinmiller9966]

Awesome stuff buddy 👍!!! Looks like ya got it somewhat figured out, everyone has their own way of doin things, enjoyed the show man !!! Keep On Keepin On ! PEACE 🙂🇺🇲✝️

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you! This is my method based on experience. There are probably better and faster ways out there. Just as long as you're getting the gold!

[@justinmiller9966]

@@prospectingforadventure You betcha !! As long as it works for you man 👍. Hope to be out there myself one day, Thanks to fellas like you I won't be goin in blind 🙂. Thanks for what you do ! PEACE 🙂🇺🇲✝️

[@prospectingforadventure]

It helps! I started without KZbin as a resource. Would have made a huge difference. Good luck!

[@wazittuyoo2147]

1'st off, good content. 2'nd factor of fine gold prospecting, if your not wet classifying,you are losing gold. Get a classifier, or make one, that has contact with the water in your catch pan. 3'rdly, run materials of the same size for every sub- clean-up.

[@wazittuyoo2147]

All overburden is overburden. Get on getting on the recovery.

[@wazittuyoo2147]

Think about hydrology. What are you trying to get out of the way? Any thing that will not pay. The oldtimer's amalgamated their gold w/mercury. Today we shouldn't. And can't afford to take the risk. Classify, classify, classify.. Or retort responsibly.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you for the compliment and the great tips! I have a hard time explaining things on camera so I might forget some details. Still getting used to the whole putting myself out there feeling.

[@LOSTMINERSGOLD]

Good stuff Chris, keep them coming.

[@prospectingforadventure]

I plan on it, my unedited adventures are building up on the computer. Lol Thank you!

[@TheJustonemore]

That’s what she said… it’s hard to get all the spots wet

[@prospectingforadventure]

Lol Are you referring to the gold cube tray?

[@timberlinegoldprospecting2358]

Classifying is the way to all of the gold. I learned that living in flour gold country. Great instructional video! P.S.- I know a good Drywaller to help you with that gold room! 😊

[@prospectingforadventure]

Lol what are you trying to say? It's just the garage.

[@ferdburphel2076]

Oh no! It's not a garage anymore.....you've got the fever and nothing is as it appears! Im predicting a car without a home and a nice table to work off.....

[@UtmostOutdoors]

Looks like we share the same hobby as well as some of the same subscribers! Good job for just panning, and keep up the good videos!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you, I appreciate it! I'll have another video out soon.

[@ferdburphel2076]

Enjoyed! Thanks for the entertainment!

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thanks for watching! If you can, try to share a couple videos. Definitely trying to grow my channel. Much more to come.

[@w2male320]

Awesome video gotta love that shiny yellow metal!

[@prospectingforadventure]

It's addicting for sure!

[@karimrazak3798]

What color is a good pot that shows gold?

[@prospectingforadventure]

Pan? Most common colors are green, blue and black. All those colors work great. It depends on the user which one they like best.

[@coreykeele9781]

Thank you for you knowledge

[@prospectingforadventure]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@Makobadger]

I would build me a shaker table

[@prospectingforadventure]

Yeah that would be fun to play with.

[@MiningMagnets]

Not bad

[@prospectingforadventure]

Always learning and improving.

[@goldtrippin840]

Nice job for panning and testing that's awesome and great job on the video too I look forward to seeing your next video

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@rogerlane474]

I think I just learned what I've been doing wrong. We have flour gold where I'm at and it's been damn near impossible to separate from the black sands. The next time I get the urge I'll have to follow your classifying and magnetics procedures. Great video!

[@prospectingforadventure]

It's a life saver. It might be slightly time consuming, but you can't argue with the results.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Be sure to share these videos if you know anyone who can benefit from my advice. I would appreciate it!

[@danpatterson9650]

Headed to the river today, Thanks for the motivation! (know the area)

[@prospectingforadventure]

Good luck!

[@danpatterson9650]

@@prospectingforadventure , did around 19 pans, some test pans. Didn't spend a lot of time looking for a prime spot. Was pleasantly surprised. Results; .09 gram

[@prospectingforadventure]

@@danpatterson9650 right on, still more gold than you had!

[@danpatterson9650]

@@prospectingforadventure The big fir tree washed out. No way across the river. All private property blocking other side of river. Looks like season is over, dang, I was getting some good gold too.

[@prospectingforadventure]

@@danpatterson9650 dang that was a nice bridge. Lol How gold did you end up finding? I haven't been back since the last video I did up there. Water is definitely much higher now!

[@skippythetownie3123]

Great process and thanks for sharing!

[@prospectingforadventure]

No problem, hope it helps!

[@DieselJeeper]

I hope "loosing" is a joke.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Im not sure where you're going with that comment. Did you happen to watch part 1 of this 2 part video? It's about dumping your panning cons in a bucket and taking them home to remove the gold (part 2). When you're in an area with fine gold you will definitely recover more gold with this method. Plus you'll pan more material without spending excessive amounts of time sucking out little specs of gold.

[@DieselJeeper]

@@prospectingforadventure Losing vs loosing. I haven’t watched it yet, but I will before the end of the night.

[@prospectingforadventure]

It's losing. That was a typo. I'll correct it, I can't believe you are the first person to point that out. Lol

[@DieselJeeper]

I'm assuming some chose to overlook it. But anyways checking it out now.

[@TheLensSchwendi]

Hey mate, great video 👍. Congrats to the gold. Extracting fine gold is an art. We have lots of very fine gold here in Switzerland as well. I like your shaking speed, at 11:48 "Brrrrrrr"😃. Have a good one and take care 💪🤠👍

[@prospectingforadventure]

Thank you, I appreciate it! I dialed in my fine gold recovery working with extremely fine beach gold on the Washington coast. I was in Switzerland back in 2009. I was snow boarding in Zermatt. I would love to go back some day.

[@TheLensSchwendi]

@@prospectingforadventure OK, cool. Zermatt is an awesome place. We were there last summer and shot some videos of a hike on the Gornergrat. Was really amazing there. Extremely fine gold we also have in the Rhine river, near my hometown. It's really flour gold. I have a special cleanup setup at home with two special sluices and a blue bowl for the last step (see my vid). But to be honest, I don't like the blue bowl, it's sooo slow 😀. It was nice, chatting with you, mate 👍

[@prospectingforadventure]

@@TheLensSchwendi I ditched the blue bowl pretty quick. I didn't have the patience for it and I can get excellent results with my method. Lol Have a good one.

[@brainretardant]

You on the raging?

[@prospectingforadventure]

No

[@brainretardant]

You need a bench to work at.

[@prospectingforadventure]

Lol I have one now.