How to use a Gem Sieve

This video is part of a video series made for a high school gold mining and mineral prospecting course. This is a demonstration of the gem sieve in action using very specific materials in order to easily show the separation of heavies from lights.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Dude seriously dan, thank you for your enthusiasm for minerals and for sharing it and your knowledge with us all.

[@Danhurd]

Thanks for taking the time to watch. New video should be out shortly!

[@highenergyog]

Hi Dan , I find y our videos to be quite informative and easy to understand . Awesome work and thank you . Oh ! And I've subscribed .

[@juggalo121186]

i wish i had a class like this when i was in high school! and a teacher like that!!!

[@prodbydramatic]

man I had construction and photo which was fun but the beats rocks out the socks. but I honestly learned something and will be checkin out your course with my gf she's obsessed with rocks and gems .

[@daz41262010]

i find your lessons really good to learn :)

[@Johnbro8]

Thanks Dan , didn’t even know there was such a thing as a gem classification grid. May be one day get to do some👍👍😁

[@amandaperez7549]

Wished I had a cool class like yours growing up

[@frederickbierweiler8020]

love this stuff thanks for sharing

[@Danhurd]

Thanks

[@johnruckman2320]

Hmm! I seem to remember that a screen saruka is slightly conical so that the heaviest is right at center.

[@Painio]

Can you do this with a kitchen strained lr does it have to be exactly like this model?

[@johnruckman2320]

Looks like your screen is too tight to get a perfect separation of materials. Would a saruca work better as a gem sieve?

[@Danhurd]

+John Ruckman the saruca is just another name for this same tool. And kinda expensive to buy. I use this small mesh size because there are no gems in our local creeks that are much bigger than 1/16". They are not useful for anything, but the students have fun finding them. And it teaches them the technique just fine.

[@TheSlimej]

Can you do this for gold?

[@therrienmichael08]

I would like to collect garnets but they are hard to identify.

[@daviddancuk5026]

+michael therrien Just take anything that looks nice xD

[@gelmgren]

Free to join us on the prospectors forum, gpex.ca/smf/index.php

[@bluenetmarketing]

The expression of the audience is one of "nobody's home", like they'd rather be texting or rather be somewhere else. What a bunch of lackadaisical uninterested people.