matt_unique
Jr. Member
- Jul 16, 2014
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Looking at the gold pictures from members not in the frozen tundra inspired me to buy some pay dirt on Amazon to experiment a bit more with my Black Magic miller table. I purchased a 1 pound bag of Yuba River pay dirt for $19 shipped and was impressed with the amount of gold.
I really wanted to see how well my miller table would sort out >20 mesh concentrates. I ran the <20 mesh twice and then the >20 mesh twice. I learned some important lessons and my first impressions were reinforced:
1.) Gold will plant itself in just a few inches of where it's scooped on the table whether fly poop or >20 mesh.
2.) I may have thrown out >20 mesh gold in my front yard this past summer.
This past summer I classified my sluice concentrates through a 20 mesh grizzly. I did not pan >20 mesh concentrates assuming gold pieces would be large enough to be somewhat easy to see from within the grizzly. Lesson learned...even >20 mesh concentrates can have surprisingly small pieces of gold hidden in there. I found 3 nice chunky flakes using the miller table with the >20 mesh concentrates. As with the <20 mesh concentrates, the gold planted itself on the table just about where it was scooped. I increased the water flow when working the >20 mesh (reduced water flow for <20 mesh).
Here was my bounty but most importantly a lesson learned. I look forward to the season.
I really wanted to see how well my miller table would sort out >20 mesh concentrates. I ran the <20 mesh twice and then the >20 mesh twice. I learned some important lessons and my first impressions were reinforced:
1.) Gold will plant itself in just a few inches of where it's scooped on the table whether fly poop or >20 mesh.
2.) I may have thrown out >20 mesh gold in my front yard this past summer.
This past summer I classified my sluice concentrates through a 20 mesh grizzly. I did not pan >20 mesh concentrates assuming gold pieces would be large enough to be somewhat easy to see from within the grizzly. Lesson learned...even >20 mesh concentrates can have surprisingly small pieces of gold hidden in there. I found 3 nice chunky flakes using the miller table with the >20 mesh concentrates. As with the <20 mesh concentrates, the gold planted itself on the table just about where it was scooped. I increased the water flow when working the >20 mesh (reduced water flow for <20 mesh).
Here was my bounty but most importantly a lesson learned. I look forward to the season.
