How do you split your Gold?

[Socal85toyota]

Say you bring a friend to dig with you at your spot with all your equipment, whether it's sluicing,dry washing, etc, what % of the findings do you share? What do you think is a fair %?

 

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[kuger]

...never mind

 

[MinnesotaStateUniversity]

One time a buddy & I were out & snagged 5 grams of gold.

Then I woke up.








Lol all I find are pop cans & bottle tops.

 

[jmoller99]

I tend not to bring many people along, but we split evenly (usually concentrates from my Gold Cube) if everyone is digging/working equipment. People along just to watch don't get a part.

Usually, everyone is working different gear and contributing to the success of the effort.

The Gold Cube does not have a lot of material to split up (makes it easier to carry the concentrates back in my shirt pocket) - even when we ran 42 buckets worth of sand (3 weeks ago in Clear Creek, Denver), there was only around 3 cups of concentrates - you need a blue bowl to get it all out since its mostly fines.

Anything bigger than 30 mesh gets panned and any gold split evenly.

I normally do the Gold Cube cleanup and fill the plastic baggies - then I let the others choose which ones they want (I get the last one - I think its fair to do it this way).

If detecting for gold, there is no split. I keep what I find.

 

[pmgsourdough]

Even split with my partners, but we have been working together for years.

 

[B H Prospector]

If the person is a greenhorn and is wanting to learn and works hard along side of me he or she gets it all. What a better way to spread the fever? I figure I can always get more gold from my claim on my own.

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

So far my bud and Ih have maybe found a gram. It's all my equipment to start off with and after he bought the gold hog matting I decided to just split fifty fifty. I'm pretty sure he shovels more than me too lol. He has the fever way worse.

 

[TerryC]

Jerry, Don, Garret, they all go home with the gold.... even using our equipment. Enough to go around. I'll find enough on my own. TTC

 

[goldog]

I'm pretty sure he shovels more than me too lol. He has the fever way worse.

Sounds like a good guy to bring along. I'll give up my share to someone willing to work. Just haven't found one yet.

 

[Hoser John]

not enough info. On a claim--owner gets 80% when working together with HIS equipment/his claim--your equipment 70%--public lands mutzing and a putzing whatever feels good. BUT when serious op is going on I ALWAYS rotate daily the biggie of the day NO MATTER HOW HUGE. I gave away a pounder plus and I ended up with the smaller 1/2 ozrs and dwts as it was the helpers day as when your in all the way that's just the luck a the draw NO EXCEPTIONS. John

 

[Socal85toyota]

Great info thanks.

 

[okbasspro]

If in good area with my equipment then biggest picker in box I keep.Everything else goes in bucket and each person gets what they get.I have let some large nuggets go that were not visible in the box.I have been known to just let my buddy have everything in the box.I love just getting out and having fun.

 

[foiler]

50-50 between my wife and I. That's what she tells me.

 

[socalocmatt]

Depends.

I have a friend that goes with me regularly and for days at a time. We both work. We both hike the gear in and out. Even though I have the equipment, we split 50/50.

I have a friend going on a day hike this weekend. It'll be his first time hiking, panning, prospecting, or anything of the sort. He'll get it all up to +50 unless he heads back to my place to run the -50 and -100 in the blue bowl with me afterwards.

 

[KevinInColorado]

When I go out with a newbie who lacks gear he gets all the +50 to feed that initial fever, I take the fines home to pan out later...funny thing is that equates to about a 50/50 split!

 

[bill-costa rica]

that is a tuff question to answer, but what i have done is.. first the claim owner gets his money off the top. then there would be a 3 way split 1/3 for the dredge 1/3 for the helper and 1/3 for me. out of the dredges 1/3 gas , oil and repairs also transpertation to get parts and supplies. this was on a 10 inch dredge. also the helper was not a friend. that changes a lot. as far as the nuggets went. 1 clean up it would the helpers choice and the next one mine.... the dredge didn't get a pick on the nuggets. this has worked for me in the past. i have tried paying just a straight 10-20 % and it didn,t work as well.

bill/cr

 

[Jeff95531]

I moved to to the Smith River CA area here less than a year ago. My Brother in Law has lived here most of his life. He knows the area intimately, has a complete metal and wood-working shop...knows how to use it all, including heavy equipment. Most importantly, we get along very well. When I got the fever, I learned where to look and found some gold. Got him infected by using my vile in full sunlight...and it worked too...He was so impressed with the 10 fines I got in a recent shovel full, he immediately offered up other areas to look at. The deal was struck. I provide the equipment and he will provide the stuff to make it all come together and an on-site 24/7 sluice area. In addition he will prospect only with me, watch my back and give me another set of eyes. Finally, he will provide 5 gal buckets and a back. 50/50 seems very fair IMHO.

 

[MadMarshall]

I think their is no avoiding a dispute on the split, or the spot, or where ya should be digging,who is doin the most work ect ect.!!! My brother and I bring our own snuffer bottles and dig our own holes. sometimes we work side by side and due a split but after almost 7years of panning we still have our quarrells..As for bringing freinds who want to try it out or come just sometimes its always 50/50..If you do it for fun or for wage makes a big difference too..

 

[Hoser John]

ifn' your splittn 50/50 with a helper it usually means your gettn' 30-40%-John

 

[mtau]

Every body has their own way of splitting the take. Here's what I do, and it seems to work out for everyone: claim owner=20%, equipment=20%, expenses=20%, labor=20%. This works if there are only two of you, if more then you have to figure out a different %.