Home Made "Gold Lab"

I decided to make a home made "Gold Lab" which has a blue bowl above a small sluice to catch anything that makes it up the cone, and a small vibrating hopper that regulates the flow of material into the blue bowl.
This is what I came up with from stuff I had lying around the shop and of course my blue bowl and pump... enjoy!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• gold
• prospecting
• gold prospecting
• panning
• minerals
• concentrates
• black sand
• garnets
• silver. platinum

[imatelly]

yes i would very much like to see you use this.

this may be a stupid q but why is the blue bowl raised in the center,i thought gold liked to fall to the bottom,how would it even enter the sluce below it?

[staticincanmore]

@imatelly The blue bowl is raised in the center so that when the water starts to spin the lighter dirt climbs up the cone and out of the center leaving most of the gold in the bottom of the blue bowl. The small sluice underneath is just a second stage recovery system to catch any tiny gold that may have made it's way out with the dirt.

[crampoable]

great video cob, i'm just about to make my version of the gold lab, looking for ideas on you tube & came across yours, i'll chase up your next one & hopefully get more ideas of you. once i've done my version ill upload it.

love the use of the milk crates, use them my self for everything.

cheers crampo

remember to enjoy your adventures & good prospecting

[staticincanmore]

@crampoable

Thanks for the comment :)

Gotta love milk crates!

I've decided I need to redesign it a bit... Having the funnel attached to the bottom seems to disturb the blue bowl's water flow (backs up a bit and water can't escape the bowl quickly enough).

I think I'm going to abandon this project and start on my miller table.

I spent an afternoon feeding material through a friends miller and I'm convinced!

The blue bowl is great for what it is, but it's tediously slow... Miller from now on!

[williambheil1]

@staticincanmore hi, nice work!!! where can we find a vibrator? please reply, thanks in advance.

[staticincanmore]

@williambheil1 There are a few different options... a cheap low voltage option is a playstation controller.. I used a motor from a 12V drill and ground off part of the cog on the end making it spin off balance and causing a pretty good vibration.

Good luck! :)

[brennanjohnify]

dude you just saved me like 800 bucks haha

[svberry]

You are a breath of fresh air my man. No "state of the art" BS. Jest good old fashion "get it done" information. Dam good job and thank you for the awsome video.

[ArizonaBob]

Nice!

[DawsonDaveFreeman]

Awesome !!! Cant wait to see ya Cashin in .