The Art of Gold Panning.

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johnedoe

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Cleangold sluice & prospectors pan, EZ-Gold Pan, and custom cleanup sluice.
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Also these from Doc at Gold Hog.



 

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Very educational. I watched all the videos. :icon_thumright: I just put my black sand in a pan. Classify? nope.:laughing7:
Guess I better pay more attention! I have TONS of beach sand....
 

LOL...... When i get down your way we will run all that black sand across my sluice and then clean it up... Once you get your panning technique down it is pretty quick.... Heck I have decided not to build a miller table because the pan worked so well.
 

Good videos. I'd like to know where he got those little stackable classifiers, I've never seen them anywhere and they look like they'd come in handy once in a while for processing fines.
 

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Bought a couple 6" screens with decent quality off eBay last year.
A 30 and 60 mesh for $10 ea., and they are made to last.

Seller was "derek_davignon1992", and the guy communicates
well if you send him a question. Looks like he also sells full-sized
classifiers.

Johndoe: When you're dealing with that very small gold a Miller Table
is a huge time saver. It will process that same material faster, and
better than you can with a pan. FWIW, I've put in plenty of hours
with both here in my shop, and the miller table is a lifesaver.
 

Thank you for that info.
I guess I may just have to build that miller table after all to check it out..... Like I need another project...:laughing7:
 

Remember the golden rule...... "If everything in your pan is the same size, GOLD RULES"..... :thumbsup:
 

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Remember the golden rule...... "If everything in your pan is the same size, GOLD RULES"..... :thumbsup:
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Thanks for posting these videos, I really did learn a whole lot by watching them.
 

Your welcome..... Glad I can help make things a little easier and more efficient.....:thumbsup:
 

Excellent 411 on fine gold recovery!

I was fortunate enough to have received personal instruction by Mike Pung himself and have attended several of his seminars at the GPAA gold shows.
As far as I'm concerned he is the preeminent expert on the subject.

GG~
 

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Heck I have decided not to build a miller table because the pan worked so well.
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I actually bought a miller table because I couldn't get the small gold out using a pan, I didn't think anybody could...

Lets just say I could have spent my money elsewhere, that table just sits now... The pan, and more importantly CLASSIFIERS are more
than adequate for cleanup, right down to the tiniest little specs of nothing that can't be seen with the naked eye... I really thought people
were crazy using a pan for final clean up, I was wrong, and once the classifying is done, it goes pretty darn quick, and I don't have to go find the battery charger to
hook up a pump.. I don't need a lot of water, I can use my little panning tub on the kitchen counter, and yes the little panning tub stays on the kitchen counter, and
my better half is OK with that, at least she knows where I am.

These videos, and some others using the same basic techniques really helped... Then practice practice practice.. I think I'm getting pretty darn good
at panning down the concentrates... Granted I completely suck with a big loaded pan of gravel, but I can get the little stuff...

One other thing I disliked about the miller table... A piece here, suck it up, a piece there, suck it up, 2 pieces over there, suck it up.... You never get to
see all the gold in one spot, no pretty golden smiley face to be excited about.
 

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