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Philip & Sandra Box
Nightjar said:Phil,
Make your self a small recirculating 12V sluice, pans are a PITA.
Plastic boxes from bunnings, connected together with an overflow pipe.
PVC pipe laying around
10mm square door seal for riffles
Couple of layers of shade cloth in bottom section to catch anything that escapes.
**Most important** A bottle of el cheapo dishwasher liquid (The blue solution used to shine your plates.)
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Peter I have the Gold Rat magic mat that I put the concentrates over before getting about a pan of dirt back. It seems to do a good job of catching the gold even though the water is flying over at 17,000 L/hr but it still includes all the black sand and lead. There's an awful lot of very fine balls and chunks of lead that just doesn't want to part from the gold in the pan.
I think Simmo has the right idea. I shouldn't waste my time on separating it just shove it all in a furnace and burn off the waste.