Gold Concentrates

Immerse a small quantity of water into the pan and tilt it backward, doing so will wash the small amount of gold concentrates to the bottom of the pan. Swirl the water in a light circular movement which causes the contents to expand themselves slowly but surely. This allows the best visual identification. The gold flakes, garnets, sapphires, etc. which are larger (whatever thing that is sufficiently large to be picked up with small tweezers), should at this moment be removed. In point of fact, the most minuscule pieces have the possibility of being removed with pointed tweezers if you have the desire to expend the effort. Position your precious metals or gems into a little bottle for safekeeping and transporting borne. They will be seen well with a small quantity of water which should be added to the bottle. By and large, most panning topics and instructions at the present suggest dropping a small quantity of mercury into the material that dies not have size enough to be picked up with tweezers. In point of fact, if this amalgamation operation is not on a large scale you may perhaps never gather an adequate amount in this manner to fill a tooth. In addition, at the moment that you have put mercury on the gold it destroys the color of the gold, the mercury makes the gold practically impossible to sell with the exception of brokers who will buy them in large amounts, and generally is not worth the effort on so small a quantity. On the other hand, do not grow to be disheartened and dump it back just yet. The "Gravity Trap" pan has one more important function which cannot and will not be duplicated by pans of any other category or design. These pans are broadly used in the western states which work with gold mining by professionals for this very same purpose. During the panning actions which were described through Point Seven, you have repeatedly kept the sharp 90 -degree riffles in the downward or 12:00 position. This prevented any of the gold from escaping, but at this moment the pan ought to be used in a dissimilar approach in order to divide the tiny amount of the concentrates which are considered leftovers. 

At this specific point only the gold and some of the gold con­centrates which are the heaviest, maybe materials such as silver flakes, garnets, sapphires, platinum (or BB's if you are practicing) are what remain. A very small quantity of the heavier magnetic black sand will still remain so at this point it is time to put an end to the use of the riffles. The "Gravity Trap" riffles which are of 90 degrees have accomplished their purpose! 

Every now and then slant the frontward edge of the pan in an upward direction and back toward you at the same time as you carry on with the shaking movement. This movement causes the concentrates which are heavier to get together or become regrouped back in the bottom of the pan and permits the sharp riffle design to stop them as you lower the pan forward once again. It is important for you to remember to keep these concentrates covered with water. You will assuredly notice the fine colors or the practice BB's showing through each time you group the material again. You will also be able to judge how much action is best to cause them to sink. You can also try out or experiment by using a fore-and-aft movement, a diagonal, pitching, or tossing movement, or whichever variation of these movements of your own style that you might have developed. You will notice that the gentle side-to-side movement possibly allows the fine gold to stay trapped behind the 90-degree riffles better and more safely, but you will definitely de­velop your own particular method after you gain confidence. Bear in mind that will certainly not lose the gold collected when using the gravity trap pan.

Continue lowering the pan into the water at the same time as you are shaking it gently and let the material which is lighter to continue to spill off. Visual observation all through this procedure permits great momentum as you are able to watch the gold or BB’s be submerged rapidly and turn out to be firmly trapped behind the sharp riffles. You can get this same step or cleanup course of action done in a matter of seconds after only a small amount of practice attempts. On the other hand, bear in mind that you have to repan your discards or tailings at this step for the reason that you are at the stage of no return after you have once made the black sand concen­trates redundant.