Dan, your enthusiasm for the hunt is contagious and you have a beautiful spirit! We are grateful that you choose to share your life with us. I know that you invest a lot of time and energy to take us along in your journey. Thank you, kind sir!
I wish there were more people like you in this world. Love how you say I hope to earn Your subscription today! So many people just say subscribe and don’t work for it! You sir are one in a million
Dan, I know this is an old video, but have you considered replacing the ball valves on this machine with needle valves? They are much more precise and allow for much finer adjustments. Highly suggest if you are trying to dial it in just right.
Dan, I came across your channel a few weeks ago and have found your videos to be very interesting and entertaining. I grew up in the Northern California Gold Country so I have some background knowledge, but I won't claim any expertise. I did some panning when I was younger, and watching your videos is giving me an itch get out and try it again as a way to get out of the house.
Dan, thank you for the awesome videos! I recently changed a well pump and kept the dirt/debris from the strainer located 300' under ground.... two years later and I still have a baby food jar of either pyrite, gold, or brass shavings from the well pump innards.
Excellent presentation Dan! You have a great video personality and I appreciate your enthusiasm.The loss you experience will be captured by the Magnet Sluice I sent you when added to the discharge of the GOLDROP. My demo video of the Magnet Sluice will be uploaded later today. I surely look forward to working with you when the border opens up
When doing densimetric separation you absolutely either classify density or size, you MUST run each size class on its own. Great information for anyone.
What an interesting video Dan. You're great at explaining everything and of course it helps that you do have gold in the pan to look at in the end. Thanks matey. xx
Hi. I was just watching your video and noticed that you were having a bit of trouble finally adjusting the water. I used to do homebrewing and I had the same problem with those ball valves I had to change to Bell valves. you can make finer adjustments bye just 1/4 of a turn or 1/8 whatever you need to do
All I can say is, thank You, thank you and thank you Dan. I’m a new subscriber and follower for life. I’m spending my day and evening watching everyone of your wonderful videos. I love your passion.
Hey Dan, when you run the clean water through, will you mix in some baking soda as a base to neutralize the sulfuric acid on the machinery?? I do that when I’m melting silver making jewelry. One dip in the Sparex, one in baking soda and water, one in regular water
MR.DAN that Vibrating classification was awesome to watch but what you should of done with that wet PAYDIRT was spread it out on a tarp and the wind and sun would dry that up in no time lol AWESOME VIDEO MR.DAN 👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦
How about running the tailings through once more to catch more fine gold? Throw in a drop or two of soap to break surface tension? Or will that be irrelevant for the Goldrop's effect on super fine gold? If the main idea is that the separation takes time, how about getting a 12V hopper feeder and let it all chug away no scooping required? Or does it make more sense to just multi sluice the darn thing in the first place? How do they compare?
9:34 The GolDrop separates by density of similar sized particles. Like any other density separator, if the particle sizes are all the same, the separation will be better. Dan mentions the Pyrrhotite as being very, very heavy. Actually, the specific gravity (density) is, like nearly all black sands, only ~4.3-4.5, while that of (most hard rock) gold is ~16.5+, or 4x that of pyrrhotite, or any other black sand. If there are 16 mesh particles of black sand mixed in with 50 mesh particles of gold, they are the same weight, and will react similarly in the water column of the GolDrop. Only when all particles are 50 mesh or smaller will any density separator approach 100% success, and give back 100% clean gold. 16:30 See how much larger the pieces of sheelite (S.G. ~6) are than the pieces of gold. They are probably similar in weight, that's why the GolDrop captured them all. If Dan had been able to classify better, the GolDrop would have eliminated nearly all the non-gold materials, because they would be so much lighter than the gold.
If you can bring John up that would be awesome. I’ve watched his Sluice Goose progress for a long time and that’s a man that deserves to retire doing whatever he wants to. I love it when people have that kind of passion and make something useful.
I have been retired for 40 years because I have always thoroughly enjoyed what I am doing. I work at it 12 hours a day and yet I haven't worked a day in my life! What a mind can conceive and believe can be achieved!
You are one of my favorite teachers.! You make 6. 3 more points to you. You beat them for profit. Number one is my HS math teacher, i think you are very close on that one. But i have a soft spot for granddad, and dad. Love what ever you show. Thank you.
I'm enjoying your channel, and learning a lot. And finding out I knew so very little at the beginning. All of the tools and machines are amazing. The vibrating classifier makes so much sense when I saw it. That one machine looks like it saves a lot of slow tedious manual labor. - Keep up the good work.
Hi Dan - have been enjoying your videos. Thank you! I'm also in BC , and am curious what prospecting I'm allowed to do as a casual weekender (no red tape / more out for the activity :D ) If you (or anyone reading this), can direct me to previous videos, or resource links - it would be much appreciated. Thx!
I have been a viewer for about a year now. I subscribed like on the 2nd video I watched. It cost nothing and it helps him out so much. That it's the least I can do. For all the wonderful videos he makes for us.
You could probably add magnetic separation below the separation chamber by increasing the drop distance to the collection jar and configuring the pipe correctly with a fork in it, with magnets the right distance away on one side,, letting the mags drop into a separate jar on one fork while the gold, scheelite and pyrite drop straight down.
Hey Dan, Sounds like you need a needle valve in parallel with the ball valves to more precisely control the water flows in the Gold Drop during the separation process.
Howdy Mark, while testing my many prototypes of the GOLDROP as I developed the process, a needle valve was my first choice. What I found is that the orifice in the needle valve plugged immediately due to its small opening capturing the fine sediment flowing in the water. I had to continuously adjust the needle valve to clear the dirt and discarded that idea. I tried various types of gate valves and globe valves with the same results, sediment piling up in the valves. The ball valve was the only valve that did not capture the dirt in the water and keeps a consistent flow of water regardless of how much dirt is in the water. Thanks for the thought!
@@sluicegoosegoldrop2821 I had thought the same thing regarding the valves. Would it be worth adding a back flush line to clear any sediment build up? It may allow you to use valves with better flow control ie gate/needle. All you would need to do then is back flush when the flow becomes too restricted. P.S. Its a brilliant bit of kit you have designed
@@sluicegoosegoldrop2821 Howdy Sluice Goose "GOLDROP". Thanks for the reply and the info. I had thought of clogging as a pit fall of the small orifice needle valves. To make it work, I figured maybe it would be OK with a filter but how to clean it? I knew a test was needed to prove their value to add in parallel to the big ball valves. The ball valves would set ~ 90% of the water flow and the added needle valves to fine tune the flow. Then I thought if the water flow was slow through the needle valve and vertical perhaps the needle valve would be OK if you used a large diameter tube to connect the valve, debris would be less likely to climb to the orifice. - The Goldrop valves look through the video to be 1/4". If ball valves have been tested as true and best for the job then perhaps the best solution is another small ball valve like a 1/8" to use as a fine adjust to your 1/4". Thinking of the ball valve success over the others it may be because they can be fully ported (when open no restriction) so no place to build up debris on valve surfaces. If that is true then maybe over throttle the valve to 110% and use a pinch adjustment on the hose itself to fine tune it down. Good luck I hope you sell a million of them.
@@Mark_Nadams Thanks Mark, It is a 1/4" ball valve and it is capable to meter the water where it needs to be. The pump is a 1100gph submersible bilge pump that produces no pressure, only flow. The water is metered and can be controlled precisely from 0 gpm to 1 gpm and anywhere in between without fluctuation. I hope I sell a million of them too! The GOLDROP is expensive and more suited to miners than prospectors. The current size can process over a yard of pay dirt in a days time.
I saw the same machine on the Klesh UA-cam channel. I think when he ran it, he had the agitator on a lot higher, and then that kept it from all piling up and causing a big sticky mess down by the cone. I think he put quite a bit less material in at a time as well though which might slow you down with the higher volume of material. I love watching these vids though. Such a fascinating piece of kit.
Wow that was a lot of gold sure like that golddrop machine it works well thanks again dan for the informative video and ive been a subscriber for a long time
I just subscribed because I love these videos. Reminds me of when I was a kid out in the desert gathering buckets of iron filings that washed down from the Sandia mountains( lots of pyrite too). I'm not sure if this was asked before but do you ever do a total ounce/gram count after a cleanup? If so we would love to see it.
You have my subscription Dan! Gold mining is so addictive to watch. I would have a go myself but the UK has been well picked over already! Regarding the Gold Drop concentrator, would small gate valves make the fine tuning of the water flow a bit easier?
@@cumrocketinuranus1129 A modified gain of function virus killed over 3 million people, and 650,000 of your fellow citizens. Either your doing it for a joke, or you hate your country, 90% of humans, and the military - which is the only reason you get to say anything you want and the reason that your "comment" was't typed in Mandarin or Arabic.
I was thinking the same thing after watching the first video the other day. Now, after watching what he got from the gold hog it would be even a better idea
Might be to much water, and not enough material going through it ( the hog) I assume once he gets the gold drop dialed in, you wont need that step. I think the actual intended use of that gold drop would be the other way around actually. You would first run it through a sluice, and then run that stuff out of the sluice in the gold drop. I have seen other videos of the gold drop ( or something very close to it) and that is the way they are intended. And the video I seen they had it dialed in so good they were just cleaning gold out of the black sands. That being said, I am just some dude who watches other people mine. I have zero experience and my knowledge of the subject is limited to UA-cam University.. lol Also where he mentions classifying it more, what he is saying is if he crushed it more, more of those large "heavies" would have been powdered and not gone into the jar in the first place. They would have stayed in the tube.
@@fortwoodmisery nope, you got it backwards. Size matters, also for gold particles. The reason there was gold in the tailing was due to the large differences in particle size. By making them of homogeneous size the dropper can be dialed in such that it can sort out everything and no longer loses the finest gold in order to spit out the larger pyrites. Also, running the tailings directly into the sluice will work fine, catch the water at the end of it and cycle that back instead of from the tailing bucket.
Have you considered roasting off the sulfides and sulfites ? Jason from mbmmlc does that to good effect (but then uses cupelling for the last separation, an entirely different process)
So out of curiosity. If I am driving though BC and see a nice spot to gold pan and it turns out that i am accidently on someones claim what exactly do you do? is there a website showing the claims?
what a fantastic machine & a great channel, ime in the UK where we dont get so much gold & what we do get is usually fine alluvial gold, i have been using a home made contraption i built from old coke bottles & a bucket & some old fire hosing that i can use at a riverside with no power fore some years with some notable results at times, i can plow thru with my work of bodgery what would take me an afternoon of conventional panning in around an hour or 2 depending on how lazy ime feeling. It all fits in a backpak too. This gold drop machine of yours takes those fluid dynamics to a whole new level, its amazing to see it all working like that up close. Keep up the cool vids Dan, i do enjoy watching how you do it Stateside & seeing what you find, happy prospecting
It would be very interesting to find what you consider 'very rich gold' in the hard rock... i.e. oz per ton? Thanks for continuing to educate about gold mining!
Your video's are so exciting.. I watch from Manchester UK 😊 seen you lift that heavy box please stay safe and allow yourself to recover we love your videos but love you more take care
Of all the metal detecting, magnet fishing, gold panning, gold prospecting channels I watch, Dan has by FAR the best content on all of youtube.
I bought one these and I haven't tested yet but can't hardly wait to do it!!!😎💯
Dan, your enthusiasm for the hunt is contagious and you have a beautiful spirit! We are grateful that you choose to share your life with us. I know that you invest a lot of time and energy to take us along in your journey. Thank you, kind sir!
Yes sir I love his enthusiasm 👍
Here here!!!
Yes he does
Contagious 💖🇦🇺
I couldn't have said it better myself.
95% is still darn good for this stage.
But that Gold Drop system is a pretty slick.
I love watching the Gold Drop concentrator doing it's job! what an awsome thing
Yeah really cool! I hoped for another video of it haha
That was a wonderful demonstration of separating the heavies in the pan.
One would be crazy not to subscribe to Dan's channel, he is a plethora of information, and just entertaining to watch! Thanks for all you do Dan!
Another OUTSTANDING VIDEO DAN. LOOK FORWARD TO MORE FROM YOU.
The dubstep music during the classification stage LMFAO that had me laughing pretty good idk
Thank you for using different music in your time lapses Dan. That intro song gets stuck in my head and keeps me up at night 😂
I wish there were more people like you in this world. Love how you say I hope to earn Your subscription today! So many people just say subscribe and don’t work for it! You sir are one in a million
I have been watching your videos for several years now and every time I see one I get gold fever.I am just a little to old for the hard work you do.
Im fascinated by this machine Dan. Thank you for making these videos for us! I can’t get enough of them!
The Gold Drop is cool. Thank you for showing us how it works.
Dan, I know this is an old video, but have you considered replacing the ball valves on this machine with needle valves? They are much more precise and allow for much finer adjustments. Highly suggest if you are trying to dial it in just right.
Dan, I came across your channel a few weeks ago and have found your videos to be very interesting and entertaining. I grew up in the Northern California Gold Country so I have some background knowledge, but I won't claim any expertise. I did some panning when I was younger, and watching your videos is giving me an itch get out and try it again as a way to get out of the house.
Dan, thank you for the awesome videos! I recently changed a well pump and kept the dirt/debris from the strainer located 300' under ground.... two years later and I still have a baby food jar of either pyrite, gold, or brass shavings from the well pump innards.
Excellent presentation Dan! You have a great video personality and I appreciate your enthusiasm.The loss you experience will be captured by the Magnet Sluice I sent you when added to the discharge of the GOLDROP. My demo video of the Magnet Sluice will be uploaded later today. I surely look forward to working with you when the border opens up
Never enjoyed prospecting videos until I found your channel! Keep it up!
Dan pumping the videos out! I love it!❤️❤️❤️
When doing densimetric separation you absolutely either classify density or size, you MUST run each size class on its own. Great information for anyone.
17:23 tell me I'm not the only fully grown man laughing like a child...
Wow! Again the knowledge of what we are seeing is outstanding! Layer on layer of heaves, Vary cool. Thank you. Stay safe and all the best to crew!
This was an awesome video. I love both the information and your as per usual enthusiasm. It makes it such a joy to watch.
Great video(s). I enjoy the time lapse of much of the processing segments.
Your a beast. Your the best. Keep on finding the elements of life. I'll keep watching.
What an interesting video Dan. You're great at explaining everything and of course it helps that you do have gold in the pan to look at in the end. Thanks matey. xx
Dan, I really enjoy your videos. Always hoping you will land the big one. Be safe. Thank you.
I love your content. I would have loved to have you as my teacher growing up. Thank you Dan your content is inspiring. 👍😀
Spot on explaining the gold drop goose....great job Dan Hurd!
Wow, that was so, so, so cool I love seeing all of the steps you have to go through to get the gold!
I really liked watching the separation chamber working😀Nice piece of equipment Dan👌🏻⛏🏴
Can't wait to see you get the golddrop settings perfect
I've never panned or prospected anything, there is not even any gold in my country. But I LOVE those videos, Dan is such a good teacher.
Hi. I was just watching your video and noticed that you were having a bit of trouble finally adjusting the water.
I used to do homebrewing and I had the same problem with those ball valves I had to change to Bell valves.
you can make finer adjustments bye just 1/4 of a turn or 1/8 whatever you need to do
All I can say is, thank You, thank you and thank you Dan. I’m a new subscriber and follower for life. I’m spending my day and evening watching everyone of your wonderful videos. I love your passion.
I’ve watched about 20 of your videos over the last three days - you have earned my subscription!
Hey Dan, when you run the clean water through, will you mix in some baking soda as a base to neutralize the sulfuric acid on the machinery?? I do that when I’m melting silver making jewelry. One dip in the Sparex, one in baking soda and water, one in regular water
Well-done video w/ excellent explanations along the way!
Kudos to inventor John Richmond!!
MR.DAN that Vibrating classification was awesome to watch but what you should of done with that wet PAYDIRT was spread it out on a tarp and the wind and sun would dry that up in no time lol AWESOME VIDEO MR.DAN 👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦
the more ways you can extract that gold the better, I loved that Goldrop gadget. Real mad scientist stuff!
The water is blasting today in the river. Nice separation of gold from the pay dirt .
What an awesome contraption. Very cool science behind it. That is a TON of gold! Very cool!
That is an awesome piece of equipment in the gold drop. Looks like fun to use
Thanks Dan really enjoyed watching you process that crushed rock to see the gold that was hiding in there
Great start to the spring/summer season. Keep making this great content!
Thanks Dan, appreciate you explaining as you go.
Thanks for your videos .....they are always pretty uplifting for me ..... just puts a smile on my face to see your enthusiasm.
How about running the tailings through once more to catch more fine gold? Throw in a drop or two of soap to break surface tension? Or will that be irrelevant for the Goldrop's effect on super fine gold?
If the main idea is that the separation takes time, how about getting a 12V hopper feeder and let it all chug away no scooping required?
Or does it make more sense to just multi sluice the darn thing in the first place? How do they compare?
9:34 The GolDrop separates by density of similar sized particles. Like any other density separator, if the particle sizes are all the same, the separation will be better. Dan mentions the Pyrrhotite as being very, very heavy. Actually, the specific gravity (density) is, like nearly all black sands, only ~4.3-4.5, while that of (most hard rock) gold is ~16.5+, or 4x that of pyrrhotite, or any other black sand. If there are 16 mesh particles of black sand mixed in with 50 mesh particles of gold, they are the same weight, and will react similarly in the water column of the GolDrop. Only when all particles are 50 mesh or smaller will any density separator approach 100% success, and give back 100% clean gold.
16:30 See how much larger the pieces of sheelite (S.G. ~6) are than the pieces of gold. They are probably similar in weight, that's why the GolDrop captured them all. If Dan had been able to classify better, the GolDrop would have eliminated nearly all the non-gold materials, because they would be so much lighter than the gold.
Wow Dan amazing process!!! I extremely enjoyed watching this video. Thanks Dan.
If you can bring John up that would be awesome. I’ve watched his Sluice Goose progress for a long time and that’s a man that deserves to retire doing whatever he wants to. I love it when people have that kind of passion and make something useful.
I have been retired for 40 years because I have always thoroughly enjoyed what I am doing. I work at it 12 hours a day and yet I haven't worked a day in my life! What a mind can conceive and believe can be achieved!
Awesome vid and commentary Dan. Much appreciated mate.
Dan you are funny! You make me laugh which is good!
Keep getting that gold!
You are one of my favorite teachers.! You make 6. 3 more points to you. You beat them for profit. Number one is my HS math teacher, i think you are very close on that one. But i have a soft spot for granddad, and dad. Love what ever you show. Thank you.
Lol, thanks! No need to respond.
Hey. I'm only 3 hours late. Glad I seen this one. Looking forward to the end results.
You the man Dan !! Always an amazing day when I get your smiling face😃
I'm enjoying your channel, and learning a lot. And finding out I knew so very little at the beginning. All of the tools and machines are amazing. The vibrating classifier makes so much sense when I saw it. That one machine looks like it saves a lot of slow tedious manual labor. - Keep up the good work.
What a fine machine Thanks Dan,be well and prospect.David out
Hi Dan - have been enjoying your videos. Thank you! I'm also in BC , and am curious what prospecting I'm allowed to do as a casual weekender (no red tape / more out for the activity :D ) If you (or anyone reading this), can direct me to previous videos, or resource links - it would be much appreciated. Thx!
I have been a viewer for about a year now. I subscribed like on the 2nd video I watched. It cost nothing and it helps him out so much. That it's the least I can do. For all the wonderful videos he makes for us.
I love the results and the knowledge that you shared with us. thank you for sharing. what mat in the gold hog that where used to catch that fine gold.
You got my subscription! I love watching your videos. Keep up the great work, be safe, and happy hunting!
You could probably add magnetic separation below the separation chamber by increasing the drop distance to the collection jar and configuring the pipe correctly with a fork in it, with magnets the right distance away on one side,, letting the mags drop into a separate jar on one fork while the gold, scheelite and pyrite drop straight down.
Very educational this time.. and absolutely loved it
Very informative and entertaining. Your enthusiasm is infectious.
Thanks! 😃
Hey Dan, Sounds like you need a needle valve in parallel with the ball valves to more precisely control the water flows in the Gold Drop during the separation process.
That's what I said. Lol
Howdy Mark, while testing my many prototypes of the GOLDROP as I developed the process, a needle valve was my first choice. What I found is that the orifice in the needle valve plugged immediately due to its small opening capturing the fine sediment flowing in the water. I had to continuously adjust the needle valve to clear the dirt and discarded that idea. I tried various types of gate valves and globe valves with the same results, sediment piling up in the valves. The ball valve was the only valve that did not capture the dirt in the water and keeps a consistent flow of water regardless of how much dirt is in the water. Thanks for the thought!
@@sluicegoosegoldrop2821 I had thought the same thing regarding the valves. Would it be worth adding a back flush line to clear any sediment build up? It may allow you to use valves with better flow control ie gate/needle. All you would need to do then is back flush when the flow becomes too restricted.
P.S. Its a brilliant bit of kit you have designed
@@sluicegoosegoldrop2821 Howdy Sluice Goose "GOLDROP". Thanks for the reply and the info. I had thought of clogging as a pit fall of the small orifice needle valves. To make it work, I figured maybe it would be OK with a filter but how to clean it? I knew a test was needed to prove their value to add in parallel to the big ball valves. The ball valves would set ~ 90% of the water flow and the added needle valves to fine tune the flow. Then I thought if the water flow was slow through the needle valve and vertical perhaps the needle valve would be OK if you used a large diameter tube to connect the valve, debris would be less likely to climb to the orifice.
- The Goldrop valves look through the video to be 1/4". If ball valves have been tested as true and best for the job then perhaps the best solution is another small ball valve like a 1/8" to use as a fine adjust to your 1/4". Thinking of the ball valve success over the others it may be because they can be fully ported (when open no restriction) so no place to build up debris on valve surfaces. If that is true then maybe over throttle the valve to 110% and use a pinch adjustment on the hose itself to fine tune it down.
Good luck I hope you sell a million of them.
@@Mark_Nadams Thanks Mark, It is a 1/4" ball valve and it is capable to meter the water where it needs to be. The pump is a 1100gph submersible bilge pump that produces no pressure, only flow. The water is metered and can be controlled precisely from 0 gpm to 1 gpm and anywhere in between without fluctuation. I hope I sell a million of them too! The GOLDROP is expensive and more suited to miners than prospectors. The current size can process over a yard of pay dirt in a days time.
I'm loving the Gold Drop use. Such a clever way to separate.
I saw the same machine on the Klesh UA-cam channel. I think when he ran it, he had the agitator on a lot higher, and then that kept it from all piling up and causing a big sticky mess down by the cone. I think he put quite a bit less material in at a time as well though which might slow you down with the higher volume of material. I love watching these vids though. Such a fascinating piece of kit.
That's a adventure that everybody like to see. We all love gold ! I gonna shere with all my friends! Thank you ! God bless!
Awesome video, thank you for sharing 👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
You always bring the energy Dan. You earned my subscription on my first video like you implied would happen. Very interesting content
Wow that was a lot of gold sure like that golddrop machine it works well thanks again dan for the informative video and ive been a subscriber for a long time
Dan, you get me so excited. thank you for your amazing videos. im gonna become a patreon
I just subscribed because I love these videos. Reminds me of when I was a kid out in the desert gathering buckets of iron filings that washed down from the Sandia mountains( lots of pyrite too). I'm not sure if this was asked before but do you ever do a total ounce/gram count after a cleanup? If so we would love to see it.
I GET SO EXCITED FOR THESE VIDEOS!! . BeardManDan is da man! Haha
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You have my subscription Dan! Gold mining is so addictive to watch. I would have a go myself but the UK has been well picked over already! Regarding the Gold Drop concentrator, would small gate valves make the fine tuning of the water flow a bit easier?
Dan... great to see that you are still questing for that Boulder size Nuggets...and No Worries
I'm a Subscriber...Love all your Videos..
Such a nice guy! Great luck Dan!!!
Dan, how r u feelin now days after sugury. You look good!!! I know you're having a blast. I really learn alot watching. Thanks, Benny
Dan died
@@cumrocketinuranus1129 That's BS
@@cumrocketinuranus1129 A modified gain of function virus killed over 3 million people, and 650,000 of your fellow citizens. Either your doing it for a joke, or you hate your country, 90% of humans, and the military - which is the only reason you get to say anything you want and the reason that your "comment" was't typed in Mandarin or Arabic.
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@@cumrocketinuranus1129 no he is still alive
Ahhh Dan, what have you done! You've destroyed all those nice pickers, turned them all into... Piccalilli!
:-)
Is there any way to have the tailings go straight into the gold hog?
I was thinking the same thing after watching the first video the other day. Now, after watching what he got from the gold hog it would be even a better idea
Might be to much water, and not enough material going through it ( the hog) I assume once he gets the gold drop dialed in, you wont need that step. I think the actual intended use of that gold drop would be the other way around actually. You would first run it through a sluice, and then run that stuff out of the sluice in the gold drop. I have seen other videos of the gold drop ( or something very close to it) and that is the way they are intended. And the video I seen they had it dialed in so good they were just cleaning gold out of the black sands. That being said, I am just some dude who watches other people mine. I have zero experience and my knowledge of the subject is limited to UA-cam University.. lol Also where he mentions classifying it more, what he is saying is if he crushed it more, more of those large "heavies" would have been powdered and not gone into the jar in the first place. They would have stayed in the tube.
@@fortwoodmisery UA-cam University. Good one! Or is this more of a Technical and Further Education, what we in Australia call TAFE, kind of subject?
@@fortwoodmisery nope, you got it backwards. Size matters, also for gold particles. The reason there was gold in the tailing was due to the large differences in particle size. By making them of homogeneous size the dropper can be dialed in such that it can sort out everything and no longer loses the finest gold in order to spit out the larger pyrites.
Also, running the tailings directly into the sluice will work fine, catch the water at the end of it and cycle that back instead of from the tailing bucket.
Gold drop inventor uses gold hog with magnetite bed and magnets. Could pick up some leftover gold and should make for easy cleanup.
Dan Hurd: "I had heart surgery"
Also Dan Hurd: "Oooooh, it's heavy!"
Excellent video, you seem much happier then when I watched you in the past.
Try a corkscrew worm gear pulling up from the center just above the seperrator. and size off the gear will make a difference??
Have you considered roasting off the sulfides and sulfites ? Jason from mbmmlc does that to good effect (but then uses cupelling for the last separation, an entirely different process)
I really enjoy watching you clean out with your new toy!
So out of curiosity. If I am driving though BC and see a nice spot to gold pan and it turns out that i am accidently on someones claim what exactly do you do? is there a website showing the claims?
Awesome gold ! ! ! super video ! ! ! you rock Dan !
Im curious. Would heating up the rich sand to melt the gold help aglomerate it into bigger chunks easier to extract?
what a fantastic machine & a great channel,
ime in the UK where we dont get so much gold & what we do get is usually fine alluvial gold,
i have been using a home made contraption i built from old coke bottles & a bucket & some old fire hosing that i can use at a riverside with no power fore some years with some notable results at times,
i can plow thru with my work of bodgery what would take me an afternoon of conventional panning in around an hour or 2 depending on how lazy ime feeling. It all fits in a backpak too.
This gold drop machine of yours takes those fluid dynamics to a whole new level, its amazing to see it all working like that up close. Keep up the cool vids Dan, i do enjoy watching how you do it Stateside & seeing what you find,
happy prospecting
hello Dan hurd, I love your channel, watching here from Japan, despite being Brazilian!
It would be very interesting to find what you consider 'very rich gold' in the hard rock... i.e. oz per ton? Thanks for continuing to educate about gold mining!
Up here in new hampshire its so hard to find a speck of gold dan got totes of it hangin around DAN YOU DA MAN
Your video's are so exciting.. I watch from Manchester UK 😊 seen you lift that heavy box please stay safe and allow yourself to recover we love your videos but love you more take care
What a awesome piece of machinery, such a interesting video 👍💕
We use laminar flow air con in operating theatres. Works the same way as your Gold Drop.
Would you swap your ¼ turn valves for needle valves it would give you more control? Good vid
if you put a longer bar on ur "tuning valve" i imagine you can make more precise adjustments to the water flow
Thanks Dan, very informative!