Gold from rock sample

[golddiggerart]

Hi everyone I have a dilemma, my son brought home a rock....made up of three layers top layer looks to be ironstone, middle layer black sands and quartz, bottom layer another type of rock. I decided to crush it using an old sheet and hammer, I then panned it out and there is fine flour gold in it. So the dilemma how to get as much as possible out of the pan without losing it, because it is so fine and small it moves while swirling black sands. Thanks Arthur

 

[Ryan1981]

Hi everyone I have a dilemma, my son brought home a rock....made up of three layers top layer looks to be ironstone, middle layer black sands and quartz, bottom layer another type of rock. I decided to crush it using an old sheet and hammer, I then panned it out and there is fine flour gold in it. So the dilemma how to get as much as possible out of the pan without losing it, because it is so fine and small it moves while swirling black sands. Thanks Arthur

Mate get some really fine sieves and pan each sieve size out, it really helps on the fine stuff, i got a set with a 30-50-100 mesh sieves.
You can get even smaller again.
get some dish washing liquid to helps with the floaters.
Cheers
Ryan

 

[GaryO]

A magnet with tight plastic around it.. move it around the wash dirt while the pan has water in it. The plastic is so u can take it of the magnet and all the black sand will fall away and not be stuck to your magnet for ever.

 

[Marked]

When talking that really fine gold, it can get caught in the magnetic sands and picked up by the magnet as well - so use that method with caution.

 

[G0lddigg@]

I use a little bit of bugoff window washer additive when panning out really fine stuff helps break the surface tention.

 

[Heatho]

Who gets the Gold?

 

[golddiggerart]

Who gets the Gold?

If I am able to extract it all I'll proudly give it to my son.

 

[golddiggerart]

I use a little bit of bugoff window washer additive when panning out really fine stuff helps break the surface tention.

Thanks

 

[golddiggerart]

A magnet with tight plastic around it.. move it around the wash dirt while the pan has water in it. The plastic is so u can take it of the magnet and all the black sand will fall away and not be stuck to your magnet for ever.

Thanks

 

[golddiggerart]

Hi everyone I have a dilemma, my son brought home a rock....made up of three layers top layer looks to be ironstone, middle layer black sands and quartz, bottom layer another type of rock. I decided to crush it using an old sheet and hammer, I then panned it out and there is fine flour gold in it. So the dilemma how to get as much as possible out of the pan without losing it, because it is so fine and small it moves while swirling black sands. Thanks Arthur

Mate get some really fine sieves and pan each sieve size out, it really helps on the fine stuff, i got a set with a 30-50-100 mesh sieves.
You can get even smaller again.
get some dish washing liquid to helps with the floaters.
Cheers
Ryan

Thanks

 

[gcause]

Try this

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/KopS2RJ9Vxs[/video]

 

[golddiggerart]

Try this

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/KopS2RJ9Vxs[/video]

Genius ..... Beats buying a blue bowl.

 

[Prospector B]

Yeah that's clever!

 

[Marked]

Have a litre of black sand to clean up ... might need to concentrate it a tad more first, but the method in the vid will get a try out for final cleanup without a doubt. Good find.

 

[Hiluxlou]

Agree , that's a great idea

 

[kawman]

The best ideas are always simple... excellent method.

 

[G0lddigg@]

This would work with very fine maybe 50 -100 mesh. Wouldnt work on anything larger. Great idea

 

[kiwigolddigger]

dont forget too go back and collect more rock

 

[Twapster]

dont forget too go back and collect more rock

You read my mind Kiwi!

 

[gcause]

This would work with very fine maybe 50 -100 mesh. Wouldnt work on anything larger. Great idea

If you have a larger quantity / courser black sands you would want to investigate using this method instead.

The black sand is turned into Glass and smashed away leaving just the gold.

[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/e_AjDqp9-hA[/video]