What size is the majority of your gold?

[nickmarch]

Hello All!

I think I have come up with my best idea yet for gold concentration. Before I make it I am trying to figure out what size to make the classifier.

What size is the majority of your gold? What mesh or micron size?

What size would you call a picker? 1/8"? 1/4"?

What I'm getting at is that I want the rare mesh size nugget/picker/can be detected with a detector to not enter the system. If It can be detected with a decent metal detector I don't want it to enter the system.


You will understand when you see it! Very inexpensive, easy to make, light, easy to transport, can be dredged and/or shoveled into, and will lose little to no gold. Water can also be recirculated for use where there is no water.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[Gravel Hog]

I am going to get me a big honkin pile of those darn righteous NUGGETS, that I very well hold mineral rights to, come this summer.
Don't give a crap about all the BS or what anyone thinks or says. Have at it I will.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[strickman]

get 'em hogg,

 

[nickmarch]

strickman, is that skull pic copyrighted? It's awesome! I want to put it on a 10oz bar.

 

[River Hound]

hi in my part of the country dreding small gold my best day was 22 pieces that wouldnt go through a1/8 inch screen not realey pickers flat pieces most of my gold came from what was left on top window screen classifier ok middle yuba northern california pm me please when i can see it thanks dan

 

[TAKODA]

That's some fine brain work indeed Nick . I've done the smelting and leaching
stuff myself , might do some more one day . But for now I chose to use that
time in the field hunt'n gold I can see . That is what I really enjoy doing
anyhow . For me ; I just dont get much joy going after the invisible stuff .
Not to mention when I went to the trouble to pour a couple of small bars
( both a few grains short of an ounce ) that I guaranteed to be 99.9 % it
did not matter to my buyers . Both of them said with me not being a known
licensed refiner they would only pay what they pay for my cleaned raw stuff .
Which is fine by me really . They know the level of purity Al.-Ga. gold
carries and pay well for it . They even prefer it natural , just cleaned up
good . These guys also have little interest in Gold On the Rock unless
it's a fairly nice specimen . Only been a few pieces of my GOR I've shown
them that they didn't say " might as well crush and extract that " .

Anyhow ............ I use simple tools now days . Got rid of my 3" dredge
several years ago for various reasons . Best gold ain't in the water anyway .
Most sophisticated and expensive piece of equipment in my arsenal
now days is a 2006 BH Time Ranger ( $ 484.00 when I bought it ) but
I don't use it very often , just certain situations . Works better than
it's ever got credit for in the MD world . I also still use my ball mills on
occasion . Then , a couple of A52's and some home made extensions
along with different bedding and flow set up's . I still like to get in the
water now and then in the summer but I don't hump the homemade
sluice stuff for that . Just the A52's . Of course I use different bedding
materials and flow set up's in the field like everybody else does .
Just depends on what your up against I guess .

I haul as much as I can home to work for the obvious reasons . I guess
about the only use I have for a gold prospecting supply place currently
is for my Trinity pans and some screens . I could make the screens
too but I don't mind buying them . They are good quality , stack easy
and sit the ole 5 gal. in good order . Most stuff I use can be bought
at hardware stores , Wallyworld ( cotton sheets ) , Harbor freight ,
Co-Ops , tractor supply outfits , on line ... etc. Oh yea , I put the
ole brain to work on that pic thing . Turns out the original Tnet processed
IMG size codes from Photobucket different than this new Tnet .
Go figure . Hope you continue to pile the shine .
Luck to Ya Nick .

 

[TAKODA]

I am going to get me a big honkin pile of those darn righteous NUGGETS, that I very well hold mineral rights to, come this summer.
Don't give a crap about all the BS or what anyone thinks or says. Have at it I will.

That's some nice nuggets Gravel Hog . Be hard to take a stroll on that kinda stuff .
I'm with Strick , give'm hell every chance you get . But keep a sharp eye .

 

[strickman]

and always remember FLY UNDER THE RADAR !!!!!!

 

[nickmarch]

I made a 10oz bar and put the pirate pic on it. Pretty Cool!

 

[Hoser John]

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR now thats a righteous bar a oro puro!! Sure miss the old emoticons as we had a pirate--now jus' pansies and pretties-such drivel. tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[Gravel Hog]

Arrrhh.... Pirates of The Melted Gold.....Nope....won't be catching me melting my gold. Naturally .980 fine and curiously shaped by the centuries of setting around.

Just waitng on the snow to melt (what lilttle there be this year) so I can get back down to the canyon bottoms to get me some more.

 

[williamsingr]

Wow thats real nice, havent seen anything that big around me yet it all flour gold if you find it

 

[Hoser John]

As dreams of nuggets danced through my head last night and poundage found in bygone days, I jus' gotta' look forward to yet another mining year and the gold I truly hold so dear. I want mo'mo'mo'--tons a au 2 u 2 -John

 

[GrayCloud]

Hoser Gold Hog John I presume.

 

[Hickory1]

That depends on where you are really. Some states it is more common to find flour or flake gold.....the nugget is the thing of dreams so I would use a small screen and scan your tailings for gems and any nuggets if they are to be.

 

[Hoser John]

I'm definately a gold hog but----Gold Hog is a great friend and not me--sorry--although I definately see eye to eye with him on quite a few points over the years-John

 

[Gravel Hog]

I'm definately a gold hog but----Gold Hog is a great friend and not me--sorry--although I definately see eye to eye with him on quite a few points over the years-John

Who is Gold Hog as I have never seen any of his posts?
Don't matter much, if he is a friend of Hoser then he is a friend of mine.

 

[Gramps43]

Jog took me to the beach spot he found and we worked it for about 5 hrs.. This is what I got with my A. MacKirk "Mini Long Tom" after 2 passes through my Blue Bowl. Not a lot but fun was had by all.


Gramps

 

[greydigger]

Permit

Did you happen to get a beach permit ?
Last year I tried for 2 weeks to get an official permit and
several in the system said to just do it and nobody cared.
This was for Mouth of Nehalem and only for 2 weeks I finally got official permit.
Bunch of crap.
What happened to Oregon Gold Hunters ?
Grey

 

[Swampbuckster]

Pretty much flour gold around here!! lol. Here is my mighty collection so far. 12 specks from 5 outings. (This is accumulated from panning directly from the river/creeks around me, just classified)

 

[NuggetN8]

Where I go most of the time I get at least 1-3 0.3-0.6 gram nuggets and a lot of smaller flakes too. I'm in Northern California btw. I'll go take a pic of some of my gold and post it.