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Gold prospecting is becoming an ever-increasingly popular hobby. Spending time in the beauty of the outdoors and the lure of striking it rich are some of the attractions. The gold sluice allows a prospector to process more than 10 times the material than someone simply using a gold pan. The instructions below will teach you how to use your sluice to concentrate and collect your gold-bearing material. | Gold prospecting is becoming an ever-increasingly popular hobby. Spending time in the beauty of the outdoors and the lure of striking it rich are some of the attractions. The gold sluice allows a prospector to process more than 10 times the material than someone simply using a gold pan. The instructions below will teach you how to use your sluice to concentrate and collect your gold-bearing material. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
#Find an area to start your search. For your sluice to work, you need to find a source of running water, in the same area where gold can be found. Your sluice utilizes flowing water and gravity to separate the lighter gravel (the “tailings”) from the heavier material (gold, black sand), by keeping the lighter material in a state of “suspension” as the material is carried through the sluice and collecting the heavier materials on the back side of the riffles. This works on the basis that gold is 19 times denser than water, and much heavier than the material it is found in. So when you run material through the sluice, gold will fall out, and valueless material will continue through. Walk along the stream bank and look for a promising place where you can set up your sluice. Keep in mind that you will want to set up your sluice close to where you will be digging up your gold bearing gravel. You will need to find a place where the current is moving quite swiftly. Once you find such a place, | #Find an area to start your search. For your sluice to work, you need to find a source of running water, in the same area where gold can be found. Your sluice utilizes flowing water and gravity to separate the lighter gravel (the “tailings”) from the heavier material (gold, black sand), by keeping the lighter material in a state of “suspension” as the material is carried through the sluice and collecting the heavier materials on the back side of the riffles. This works on the basis that gold is 19 times denser than water, and much heavier than the material it is found in. So when you run material through the sluice, gold will fall out, and valueless material will continue through. Walk along the stream bank and look for a promising place where you can set up your sluice. Keep in mind that you will want to set up your sluice close to where you will be digging up your gold bearing gravel. You will need to find a place where the current is moving quite swiftly. Once you find such a place, | ||
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# Pan the concentrate. To get the gold out of your concentrates you will need to pan them. Instructions on “how to pan for gold” can be found on this site (link can be found below in related articles). | # Pan the concentrate. To get the gold out of your concentrates you will need to pan them. Instructions on “how to pan for gold” can be found on this site (link can be found below in related articles). | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
