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I have a Gold Cube. This is my primary material running machine. I have caught very fine gold. Some 70 mesh and bunches of -100.

Black sands that I catch in the GC, would these sands possibly contain in the matrix, micro gold or other heavies as to the BS that runs on out of the discharge. as the heavier material pushes out the lighter. Or is it just any weight of BS that is filling the low pressure spot in the mat? Just wandering about other TN thoughts. I am sending a sample off for info. but I am leaving the tiny gold in the sample, so I will not know the actual content either way. Just the gross. I may ask them if they have a microscope to check for me.

Thanks.

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Today, 02:09 PM#2AlwaysBusyJ Feb 2013Washington StateTeknetics Delta 400042 16 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

I would imagine that the BS caught in the goldcube might be a little heavier than the BS that gets discharged. Although it might be that the blacksand left over is just the stuff that didn't have time to work it's way down before you turned off the water. But yeah, if the BS has micro gold attached in theory it would be slightly heavier than identical sized blacksand with no gold attached. But the difference would be pretty minimal. Now if you run just straight blacksand through the cube the results might be more accurate. But if it's mixed in with the rest of your cons, then the blacksand thats been in the cube longest will have had more time to work it's way out of the cube. And did you mean you were sending the BS from the cube to be tested, or the BS that got discharged? I guess the best way to know for sure is to send two seperate samples.

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Reply With Quote Today, 04:35 PM#3goldog Sep 2012Tujunga, CA69 16 times Prospecting

I was wondering basically the same. How far down to pan my concentrates. Let's say there is two cups of 99% black sand when the blondes are mostly gone. I pan that down to say half a cup or 1/4 as much material. Would I want to save all the bs or some. In other words, what would be optimum.

Scaled up lets assume 20 gallons (4 buckets) vs one 5 gallon bucket a season. Would the gold recovery, be a lot different? I'm sure you'd lose some gold. The 4 buckets would have more total yield but not four times as much.

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Discoveries »  +  ?  Results 1 to 9 of 9 4Likes TopAllThis Page 1Post By okbasspro 1Post By Critical Recovery 1Post By okbasspro 1Post By KevinInColorado Thread: Only Subsistance Panning in Bradshaws ? T or F«Prev Thread | Next Thread»LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacksThread ToolsShow Printable VersionEmail this Page…Subscribe to this Thread… Ignore this ThreadSearch Thread Advanced SearchDisplayLinear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded ModeYesterday, 06:34 PM#1TheNewCatfish Mar 2011194 33 times Only Subsistance Panning in Bradshaws ? T or F

What is "Subsistance" Panning ? Well it amounts to only finding enough gold every day to cover expenses. Since i don't use any gas operated equipment, that amounts to around $15 dollars a day for me. Last season i spent a couple of months at Lynx Creek near Prescott, AZ. While i was there, all i found was less than $15 dollars worth of gold a day. That was working 9 to 5 with a stream sluice. Pretty dissapointed, i inquired around and found no one else was doing any better. A veteran prospector, who's been on Rose Creek for five years told me there's no point trying anywhere else. "It's about the same, all over the Bradshaws" (His words). Several other panners agreed with this dismal appraisal. I'm wondering if a return trip to the area this season is even worth doing. I know some spectacular nuggets have been found occassionally in the Bradshaws, but these are rare and infrequent incidents (as near as i can tell). The average gold take for the Bradshaws doesn't look very impressive so far. What do you think ?

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Yesterday, 06:53 PM#2Critical Recovery Darting from the shadowsOct 2012Constitutional RepublicWhite's MXT pro, MXT and DFX, Fisher F5501 263 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

I am curious. Exactly how would they determine WHAT your daily expenses are?
What if they change?
What if you can keep affording a bigger and bigger operation?
Or, what if your "subsistence" is flying a helicopter in and eating lobster three times a day?

That just sounds silly to me that they would do something like that...

then again, no regulation,no matter how ridiculous surprises me anymore.

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 08:54 PM#3okbasspro Jan 2012Chickasha,Oklahoma237 34 times Prospecting

The Bradshaws is a big range with lots of great gold.Lynx is pounded hard as any public place is.As far as my gold and the ranger is concerned I always practice catch and release.If you are in the public panning area and get caught with a sluice it will turn into a bad day fast.

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Originally Posted by okbassproThe Bradshaws is a big range with lots of great gold.Lynx is pounded hard as any public place is.As far as my gold and the ranger is concerned I always practice catch and release.hey, just like metal detecting...What they don't see doesn't exist...

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 09:03 PM#5okbasspro Jan 2012Chickasha,Oklahoma237 34 times Prospecting

Originally Posted by Critical Recoveryhey, just like metal detecting...What they don't see doesn't exist...I have used a mini sluice there just kept the whole thing covered with a pile of rocks.I have even dredged there but that was back when it was alowed around 77-78.I got my first taste of gold fever there.Now I drive 3.5 hrs each way just hoping I might find some dust.The gold just is not the same in Oklahoma.I pulled a lot of gold off the south side of the Bradshaws.

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I have been all over the state of AZ and finding the big nugs or even pickers is few and far between and I mean far. That is why I am pulled in the direction of metal detecting, dowsing, and LRLs. All the guys I know think finding a spec of the Au is a good day. If you expect to get rich or even pay expenses your going to have to find some areas that aren't beat to death with guys with sluices.
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Reply With Quote Today, 12:01 AM#7KevinInColorado Jan 2012Centennial, Colorado565 139 times Prospecting

There is an old saying:

The prospectors who say they are doing well are only just getting by
And those who say they are just getting by aren't even!
Those actually doing well have the sense to keep quiet! ( and probably will stay that way even here on tnet!)

Here in metro Denver, I can do $5 an hour with a good sluice. About half my gold (by weight) is -50 mesh so you HAVE to be good at catching fine gold here! Also, my most productive spot is nowhere near the well known areas in Metro Denver....lesson learned: you have to get out there sampling and exploring away from the beaten path to get the good gold even here in the city.

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Reply With Quote Today, 12:17 AM#8Terry Soloman TerrySoloman.comMay 2010Congress, AZ - White Plains, NYTesoro Sand Shark - Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq - Minelab GPX 50003,411 1069 times Prospecting

The Bradshaw Mountains have many, many areas that can only be hiked into, or dropped in by helicopter. About 99-percent of "gold prospectors" that go into the Bradshaw's never get more than 100-meters from the vehicle that they drove in. Don't believe everything you are told by "gold prospectors" at Lynx Creek. LMAO..

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Reply With Quote Today, 04:27 AM#9TheNewCatfish Mar 2011194 33 times

I'm real careful where i use a sluice. There's a small piece of private land between Stoneridge Rd. and Faine Park on Rose Creek where using a sluice is allowed. I just referenced nearby Lynx Creek because most people are more familiar with that location. Both areas are pretty much pounded though. Looks like i'm gonna be doing some bushwhacking in the Bradshaws this season. No problem there, i'm an experienced outdoorsman. Walked and tubed down the San Francisco River from NM border to Safford Az just for fun. Took about three weeks. So i guess a little more walkin won't kill me.

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