How to vessel bullion as well as operate a “Backwash & Tap” process to apart excellent bullion from black sand. Use multiform drops of JetDry per gallon of panning cylinder H2O too.
Gold Panning — Backwash & Tap Method
Posted by admin on September 23, 2011, filed in Mining Engineering and tagged Backwash, Gold, Method, Panning. You can leave a response via the comment form below and follow any responses via the RSS feed.
Mrbunglestuff,
Ha….that was me trying to keep my 11 year old son on point/on focus filming the video. I never really intended to post it on YouTube and go global with it. I sold some cons to a very senior gent who was have great difficulty getting all the fine gold out of the copious Georgia black sand, and try as I may to describe backwash & tap on the phone, no luck. I made the video, but was WAY to big to e-mail. So, I opened a YouTube account, sent him the link. My YouTube start! C-17A
at around 3:00 somebody whispers “watch this” creepy, but on topic , thanks for sharing this method of panning. looks like real good concentrate.
Much easier to just dump the whole thing into concentrated nitric acid, wash completely, then dump it into hydrochloric acid, and wash the only thing that can be left is gold and other platinum group metals.
Hobbes0331,
Hard to say w/o me seeing the look & action. The Kern River does have very fine flood gold in it. One good way to check for real gold (even tiny specks & micro flakes) is sun vs. shade viewing. Fool’s gold, mica flakes, etc., will shine in the sun but go instantly dull in the shade. Real gold will have a nice gold luster in both. Real gold should tend to hold in the black sand and not move if you use little laps of water, not big washes. Pan some real gold to check the difference.
I have been trying to pan some stuff from the kern river in Cali. The black sand seems to stay and he flakes go away. Does that mean its fools gold?
CAgoldprospector97,
Hmmm…….oil out of plastic gold pans? Well, I’d start by washing it in REALLY hot water and dish soap. Scrub the heck out of it & rinse/dry several times. Then, take a really rough piece of 30 grit sandpaper and sand/scratch the entire inside including the bottom really well. Make it have cross sctarches on the sides and circular in the bottom so specks can hold ont to when panning. Use JetDry in your panning water to prevent fine gold float. Pan in clean water. Randy
hey Randy, im stuck i just started prospecting and your videos have tought me alot, but i still dont have a clue how to get the oil out of plastic gold pans. could you maybe help me with that little problem? Thank you so much!
I GOT GOLD FEVER
the key is…….. you need a garrett 15in super sluice pan and detergent, you would have a much better result!
Haynerbass,
Sorry my 12 year old son, who was shooting the video, didn’t have the camera panned out a little wider angle, but yes………I was tapping (rapping) on the far side edge/lip, 180 degrees out from my stomach, with that end elevated maybe 10 degrees, as I backwashed and tapped. I also take a 40 grit piece of sanpaper and REALLY scratch the inside of the bottom with circular scratches, and a crosshatch pattern on the sides so as to give the sinking gold a place to grab. Randy
What side were you tapping on? I’m guessing the top or far side.
Fuugon,
Yes — easy. Concentrates are the material that’s left over from panning, sluicing, dredging gold bearing material, usually stream gravels, so as to catch most of the heaviest materials, like black sand, lead, iron, and other heavy stuff, that also usually has the heavy gold in it. One may dredge for hours, moving square yards of gravel to end up with a sluice box of heavy concentrates that may only be 1/2 a 5-gallon bucket. This is concentrates. Randy C-17A
i dont under stand when you talk about concentrate dirt, can somebody explain me please????
@Lengarces like $10 a day….good day…
Willy4623,
GLAD to help! That was why I made it several years back…to help others overcome fine gold & black sand. Plz check out my web site and free Forum. Over 200 registered users on my Forum now. Lots to learn, share, chat about! triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz Randy C-17A
Great vid. I show new panners this & encourage them to use the technique. It got me on my way into panning. Thanks heaps
@C0017A
lol As a full time Prospector I do understand your feelings. I make living with it. too…But Liife comes first much more than a tiny specks on colors in our Pan. Yeah, Our Oceans & Rivers , Water,Airs are really polluted by the mercury & heavy metals you name it..We got it inCA But i’m glad that they still let us “Go sign” with Good old Sluice & Panning. It’s became hard work since then but If anyone don’t like old style of prospecting then people should not quit day job.
@maxinpains,
Yep, currently no dredging in Kalifornia (The People’s Republik of), and hear there’s open comment now to the Dept of Fish & Game. I sent my letter complaining about their OVERLY restrictive proposed new rules. EVERYONE needs to e-mail or send a letter complaining to the DFG now! Thanks,
Randy C-17A triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz
@C0017A
NO DREDGE IN CALIFORNIA.
Lengarces,
Holy Cow…what a question. Honestly, it all depends. Panning out concentrates from your 4 inch suction dredge on a gold rich stream in CA, OR or AK……..hmmm….maybe 1/4 ounce from a good hard day. Just hand panning gravel from any average fine gold creek in GA, IL, VT, NC…..maybe 100 specks & very small flakes. If you can snipe or crevice for gold stuck in bedrock cracks in CA, maybe 1 to 5 grams a day if you know how to do it & get lucky. Do it for the fun. Randy C-17A
How much money can a person make daily, on average, panning for gold ?
Pkrske,
Most will use the traps for initial panning, and then move to the smooth side for ultimate visibility & control, and see literally every speck. I let the specks move to about 1/2 way out the pan then resettle every time. Use JetDry in your panning water to break the surface tension to avoid fine gold float on the top of the water to was out, or fall out in the back of the pan. Save all your old cons for another day to repan/reprocess. Always gold in them! Randy C-17A
I noticed that youy are using the side of the pan rather than the grooved part. Is there an advantage?
Axdexter23,
Yep, and I use some coarse sandpaper, about 30 grit, to scratch the heck out of the inside of my pans, including the bottom, to gile the gold a place to grab and hold on to. REALLY helps! Happy panning!
Randy Witham C-17A triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz
Just tap it in. Give it a little tappy tap tap taparoo