Gold Panning -- Backwash & Tap Method

How to pan gold and use the "Backwash & Tap" method to separate fine gold from black sand. Use several drops of JetDry per gallon of panning tub water too.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• gold
• panning
• backwash
• black
• sand
• sluice
• dredge

[C0017A]

Thanks for viewing... I have had this video out there a while now for all to see, enjoy, learn. :) Yep, not the only technique, BUT it does work. Good luck in future panning adventures. Randy "C-17A" triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz

[C0017A]

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

[C0017A]

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.

[C0017A]

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

[C0017A]

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

[C0017A]

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

[al648srobloxvideos]

Dang! IF only I had this information when I went to Coloma...

[HighV0LTAGEzZ]

BigCountry4570,

Thanks! I made it in 2008 to help a fellow panner out get more fine gold out of black sand when panning. Tried to e-mail it direct. File too big. Only way was to get a YouTube account and send him the link. Here we are 166,000+ views later! Crazy. Glad you liked it and hoped it helped. I have 170+ other short prospecting videos too. Enjoy! Randy C-17A triple w (dot) goldadventures (dot) biz

[bigcountry4570]

great video :-)

[jamesh20101]

Thanks man for uploading this I learn a lot from this video u explained it good thx post more videos

[LilLotspeich]

ramdomness is the way to go

[LilLotspeich]

boo!