Golden sand

[rocky99]

The one of my creeks that has a water flow all year is fixing to get a reaming out. With hardly any effort I found fly poop size "nugget" shaped gold. On further examination under a microscope I found lots of small small (no size estimate) micro nuggets. I plan to get the fine gold with a large popandson type highbanker.

The complication is that while examining the stuff that was beyond my skill level to get with a pan I saw a sh*t pot load of sand grains ( quartz ) that has gold embedded or hanging onto the grains. I have 2 vibrating cartridge cleaners and I may use those with or without small steel shot to pulverize the sand with gold ( assuming I can identify what stage of concentration will be most productive).

The question is once you get a batch of ultra fine gold and sand, other than mercury, whats the best way to separate? Could a heavy dose of flux work to melt a heavily contaminated batch? I have a quicksand concentrator but have no idea if it would help.

 

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[arizau]

From a previous post, it sounds like you have a gold cube(?). I would re-run your concentrates back through the cube to see if they clean up even more. Don't mix the concentrates on the top tray with the others but do the same microscope check to see how they compare with what you originally checked. You may find it is not worth the effort to keep messing with it. No advice as to melt or amalgamate.

Good luck.

 

[rocky99]

Have gold cube, quicksand concentrator and miller table. Spiral wheel probably in my future. I hate to waste gold.

 

[goldog]

There is a thread about using a cement mixer with rods to crush as well as flatten the gold. This would seem to be a good app for that.

 

[rocky99]

Sounds like a decent idea with enough cons. Thanks

 

[KevinInColorado]

Classify and pan. It works at all sizes

 

[rocky99]

Not if you have eye issues.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Um ok.

 

[johnedoe]

Not if you have eye issues.

That's going to be problematic with anything you use.
Get your self some of those head band magnifiers.

https://www.amazon.com/Donegan-Optical-OptiVISOR-Headband-Magnifier/dp/B0068OSIIS

 

[Reed Lukens]

Not if you have eye issues.

Then go to dollar tree and get the glasses that work best for you seeing... It's a buck well spent.

 

[Doug Bundy]

Anybody see any gold? Doug

 

[arizau]

Here is one of your fellow "Georgia home boys" solution to fine gold final concentration.

 

[Reed Lukens]

View attachment 1420253 Anybody see any gold? Doug

Welcome to the forum Doug What state is that chunk from?