This is absolutely fantastic John. Extremely well filmed and an absolute pleasure to watch. It's like a modern day.. old world prospecting movie. Well deserved gold and definitely well worth the effort. Very informative and professional production. Great to see you back. Beautiful property you have as well. Extremely skilled prospecting. All the very best mate 👍
@Dennis The Only Solution not quite sure where you get 54grams from, but for the record, 56 Grams actually equals 1.8004 Troy Ounces being: 56 divided by 31.103 (1 troy Oz) = 1.8004
To bad you couldnt set a puddle box up above your sluce with a 6"x3" door . That way you can turn it all to a liquid open the door and feed it rt out into your sluce .👍
Aussie Bloke what a beautiful set up mate. I’ve just turned 50;and I’ve made me mind up. I owe me home and I’m over working for the man so to speak. I’ve always had fun prospecting with the Kids and my beautiful wife. So I. Going full time buddy. It’s just the life style. Yeah it can be hard work and at times shit happens. But I believe it’s the perfect time. I got some good funds in the bank. I’ve got me 9th but reliable caravan. All my gear. But this has sold me this sir. I’ll be Prospecting with the metal detectors. Plus say I bring 400 kms of perishables I’ll bring back 400kms of ore. And the set up I’ll have at home will be me job. Classifying and learning what works best. Plus’s I can give me self a good 5 years of practice, learning adjusting and live what I know 100% would be a humble but successful HAPPY LIFESTYLE. GOOD ONYA BUDDY.👌🇦🇺
Found this by accident and it's incredible. Best step by step ore crushing I've found. All the other ones I found required tons of expensive equipment so thanks again for simple ore crushing when you DON'T have 25k in equipment.
Thanks mate for the huge thumbs up. Where there is a will there is a way. Us Prospectors have to be resourceful if we want to get ahead, and I'm happy to share such info which the average person can afford. Regards Aussie
Unlike a spray bar with holes on the sluice you use the bucket which gives you an extra riffle to catch gold and a place for the water to start agitating the surface tension of rock! Bloody legend! That's Thinking! Thankyou for your videos mate
Love the low tech way mate. It’s nice to see hard work and safety. I wont mention channel names, but a guy (US company) has $25000 setups to do it all in a half day. Rock crusher, grinder, wet shaker table,clouds of silica dust and doesn’t even barely use a dust mask. Good on ya for being safe and keen to break it the old hard way to show us how the common man would do it. Edit loved every minute of this video. Thank you 👍
Don't dis' Jason! He and his family own an engineering/mill equipment business and he does some really informative work! I worried about some of the things until I realised everything he does is vented!! Check out mbmmllc. people. One of his most recent videos literally had a silicosis warning!!
Cheers mate. The old boys did it tough and like them, I can only use what I have to get the job done. It gives a glimpse of just how tough they had it...when OH&S didn't exist. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector Don't get me wrong for a moment! You literally provide insights that others gloss over (or don't think about). I love your work. Take care, you and your family!! EDIT: Old Timers?? My great grandfather went to work at Broken Hill in the early days; he came home again when he was his mid teens and his family thought they were being haunted by a ghost! He was so contaminated by Lead. Lived to age 85 I wish i had met him.
Absolutely FANTASTIC!! The best bar none demonstration of how to crush ore. There's alot of work and processes but what a result, beautiful clean chunky gold. Thankyou so much for taking the time to make such a brilliant video.
Really glad you appreciate it mate. Yep it's a process alright, but if done methodically and deliberately, it can produce great results. Regards Aussie
Absolutely love your videos - thank you. I built a rock crusher about 5 years ago to do the same thing as your Keene. I run mine off a 240volt electric motor ( in the bush it runs off a generator) the shaft which has hardened steel hammers chained to it (not really hammers but the grab claws off truck chain tie-downs) , it rotates at 1400rpm so it destroys the rocks in no time. It is hard work but at the same time a really enjoyable labour of love crushing ore.
Well done John 'G', you've come a long way mate..you're an inspiration on following/fulfilling your own 'life' journey..trust all is well with your family...stay safe....we had a bit of prospecting fun together few years ago...great times. regards,
That is some very rich ore for sure. The coarseness of the gold also makes it nice. The project I am currently working on has 80% passing 8.6 microns (about 2000 mesh). This gold won't even settle in water- to say nothing of concentrate! I'm jealous. I suspect that if you crushed all your left overs to 100 mesh, and used something better for super fine gold than a sluice, you could still get several ounces per ton out of your tailings.
2000 mesh...Wow that's ludicrously fine... and I suspected the same, so re-crushed and came up with a Vibrating Sluice setup to do just that. (the video released after this one). Regards Aussie
It is...and so simple...been doing it for years..it's all about controlling your immediate environment (in this case the water flow) to gain maximum recovery. Regards Aussie
Really interesting and informative...and fun to watch, I enjoy your lowkey can do attitude and commentary - I love love love your water saving sluice!!!! good results for your effort - thank you
Found your channel by accident and just subscribed, man you guys are real proficient in your operation, a ton of learning material you are providing to your viewers, looking forward to more of your content.
Yay! so glad you are back!! Hope things have recovered a little since the fires. Thanks for the video it was great, certainly a lot of work but what fun!
Thanks for another great video mate. Extremely well made, clear and concise explanations and as usual I've learned a lot yet again. Your videos are not only very informative but also a great motivation for us to go out and improve our skills. Cheers mate
Excellent job mate !! Nice haul of gold !! Definitely some very rich specimens. Hope there's more where that came from ! Thank's for sharing, and good luck prospecting !!
Amazing video! I'm new to all this and was getting more confused as I went along, but your video is awesome the way you explain and show start to finish. I was thinking I couldn't find a gold ring if someone threw it in my pan. Excellent narration and hands on, thank you!!!
Cheers mate. It is...very tough work. The first bucket I crushed out in the field took me a whole day to get it down to fine stuff...but it produced about an Ounce and a half. Regards Aussie
Great video, very informative. I have a much smaller scale operation going in my garage blue bowls and lots of classifying. I spend my time out bush getting the pay dirt then bringing it back. Noise is my issue.....crushing quartz quietly is near impossible , I dont want to piss my neighbors off. When you've got it 30 mesh, have you ever thought of passing it through a leaf blower as part of the separation process ? would that not blow most of the waste off making the sluicing process easier ? I'd be interested in your opinion. Cheers Doc
So good John mate , excellent editing skills , even better gold recovery skills . Hands down the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips this year and I’ve been on it a lot lately . Goin out for the first swing of the year satdy , try and save some stranded nuggets ⛏⛏⛏⛏🍺🍺🤙🏼
Aussie Bloke Prospector yeah mate only rescued a 4.6g and half a kilo of lead Warwick is a tough old place one nug and nothing around it , admittedly I was swinging fast looking for the big signals . I will need a good rake and a couple of days to vacuum up the tiddlers if they are even there ⛏⛏🍺
Really educational, and very high grade ore, if 150 kilos yields an ounce and a half then your around 10 ounces per tonne which is super high grade ore. An ounce a tonne is worth mining & processing, so 10 ounces per tonne is super high grade ore. My only observation is that perhaps you’d get a little more if you cyanide leached your tailings to get whatever passes through the wet plant, and if you used a jaw crusher and ball mill you could take out a lot of the re-crushing steps. Can I ask do you get your quartz ore by detecting and saving “hot rocks” that the detector locates over time -or is this reef quartz that you have specifically excavated from an old mine or something? Just unusual to have such high grade ore is all.
The years of practice really shines, amazing video very informative no spam. I love it the reasoning in your technique speaks volumes. Thanks for sharing, I feel I have received a profit through information. Thanks again.
Awesome weight in. That is some really rich ore. Gotta admit, got a bit of a horn watching that gold flow onto the scale. Thanks for the ideas, and video.
Great stuff John. You are an awesome educator. It would be fantastic if you could also possibly prepare an episode on how to clean out a sluice box for us novices:-). Cheers mate.
Hi I'm in the state of Washington in the United States I live in Bonney Lake City. Cheers mate you show the process really well and that's awesome. You got a new subscriber that was very interesting to watch
I have just been in the process of building a shaker / vibration setup.. a definite added advantage to catching the super fine Gold. In fact, I have tested it and it works extremely well... Hopefully a video to come soon on it. Regards Aussie
Very interesting and educational. I was thinking two ounces when all was said and done. Not sure you’re costs for obtains the ore but it would seem that minus the costs you would clear one once profit each run. You can’t complain about that. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! My one suggestion would be to do some of the crushing process using cloth to wrap the stones. It contains the blast, dims the noise and lessens chance of flying particles. Plus helps with sparks and dust.
Bloody good gold and a good workout. I was in Creswick the other day and there is so much quartz it looks like snow on the ground. I want to give crushing a go. Any tips on selecting quartz with non visible gold in it? Thanks.
Cheers mate. Sometimes I find an area like the place you mentioned that is so prolific with Quartz, that I find myself saying “how can there not be Gold here”, but the reality is that Quartz is literally the most common rock on the Globe, and only a very very small percentage of it carries Gold. The Oldtimers used to do a lot of Knapping; they’d find a likely Quartz occurrence and sit there with a hammer breaking pieces to find a visual show of colour. If you find small random piles of Quartz in the Bush then most likely an Oldtimer was knapping. Generally they did this close to or within vicinity of a “known occurrence and in an area where they reckoned it was a fair chance of results. At the very least, take a few small samples first and crush them and pan them off... that’ll tell you if it’s worth crushing bulk amounts. All the best. Regards Aussie
Wow what amazing results congratulations mate all the hard work crushing payed off. Loved this video may I ask how much did the end total of gold weight
a series of rollers like a hot dog heater, layered over one another with spaces between bigger at the top tier, this is a dry or wet sleuce that will bring gold between the rollers and even roll it into balls while rocks and other stuff pass and fall through
a silly question if collecting ore ;how do you know witch rocks ,i go to a creek and pan and get gold ,,,,so do those rocks in the creek contain gold also,,,,your advise is sought thanks
There are certain rocks which contain or carry gold, mostly igneous like quartz and ironstone. If there is either of these 2 about there is always a chance there may be gold about. Having said that, quartz is about the most common rock in the world...and it's presence does not guarantee gold, but indicates the possibility that it is about. Regards Aussie
Gold is a very soft metal. Quartz is a hard rock. The Keene impact crusher method results in quite a bit of gold coated sand unless the gold is alloyed with silver or copper which are harder metals. What would you estimate your recovery loss? If only we could find gold in softer rock the impact method would be ideal.
Interesting point you raise. Regarding the fine crushed material, I estimate the recovery loss at around 5%, however I don't believe that is solely due to the gold coating the sand, but rather a combination of super fine gold escaping the sluice, and gold still trapped within the material as well as the coating you refer to... Why 5%?... because as an experiment and for curiosity sake, I actually dried and re-crushed the fine crushings down to 100-200 mesh and then ran the resulting material through a vibration bed and recovered a further 1 gram which represents about 5%. Of course without the use of mercury and cyanide, 100% recovery will never be achieved. Now that extra gram, took 2 days to recover, so in the light of economy for effort, hardly worth the time, but none the less assuring me that my recovery rate is within a comfortable 90-95% range which considering the equipment available I'm happy with. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector I was guessing %65 to %80 over here, alot of silver in the mix. I examined the tailings with a loupe and I got plenty of gold coated sand. Goldfields LTD. out of South Africa had and used a natural harmless to man method of extracting gold from ore they say. I wonder if the method makes sense for small scale miners. That would be safe way to test the tailings. Interesting video. Thank you.
💎💎💎Aussie Bloke Prospector💎💎💎 I might have an improvement on your water distribution at the bucket. Try it, install a rake or comb as, (Austrailians use different names for words as Us Americans) okay so mount across like a gate flow and adjust with a large to small rake. Would act more like a rapids water effect. Great gold recovery mate. Let us know how you like the water flow improvement. If you like it, make us a video. Cheers. 💎💎💎
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This is absolutely fantastic John. Extremely well filmed and an absolute pleasure to watch. It's like a modern day.. old world prospecting movie. Well deserved gold and definitely well worth the effort. Very informative and professional production. Great to see you back. Beautiful property you have as well. Extremely skilled prospecting. All the very best mate 👍
Thanks Neil, your comments are greatly appreciated... as always, a great encouragement. Regards John
54 gram that's just under 2oz not 1& half oz like he said 56g = 2oz
@Dennis The Only Solution not quite sure where you get 54grams from, but for the record, 56 Grams actually equals 1.8004 Troy Ounces being: 56 divided by 31.103 (1 troy Oz) = 1.8004
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To bad you couldnt set a puddle box up above your sluce with a 6"x3" door . That way you can turn it all to a liquid open the door and feed it rt out into your sluce .👍
Aussie Bloke what a beautiful set up mate. I’ve just turned 50;and I’ve made me mind up. I owe me home and I’m over working for the man so to speak. I’ve always had fun prospecting with the Kids and my beautiful wife. So I. Going full time buddy. It’s just the life style. Yeah it can be hard work and at times shit happens. But I believe it’s the perfect time. I got some good funds in the bank. I’ve got me 9th but reliable caravan. All my gear. But this has sold me this sir. I’ll be Prospecting with the metal detectors. Plus say I bring 400 kms of perishables I’ll bring back 400kms of ore. And the set up I’ll have at home will be me job. Classifying and learning what works best. Plus’s I can give me self a good 5 years of practice, learning adjusting and live what I know 100% would be a humble but successful HAPPY LIFESTYLE. GOOD ONYA BUDDY.👌🇦🇺
Just goes to show you don’t need to spend millions to gather gold, just ingenuity, patience and dedication. Top vid, thank you
Very true! Cheers mate. Regards Aussie
Found this by accident and it's incredible. Best step by step ore crushing I've found. All the other ones I found required tons of expensive equipment so thanks again for simple ore crushing when you DON'T have 25k in equipment.
Thanks mate for the huge thumbs up. Where there is a will there is a way. Us Prospectors have to be resourceful if we want to get ahead, and I'm happy to share such info which the average person can afford. Regards Aussie
No one works harder for the gold than you gents. Hats off to you.
Thanks mate.Regards Aussie
Unlike a spray bar with holes on the sluice you use the bucket which gives you an extra riffle to catch gold and a place for the water to start agitating the surface tension of rock!
Bloody legend!
That's Thinking! Thankyou for your videos mate
Love the low tech way mate. It’s nice to see hard work and safety. I wont mention channel names, but a guy (US company) has $25000 setups to do it all in a half day. Rock crusher, grinder, wet shaker table,clouds of silica dust and doesn’t even barely use a dust mask. Good on ya for being safe and keen to break it the old hard way to show us how the common man would do it.
Edit loved every minute of this video. Thank you 👍
Don't dis' Jason! He and his family own an engineering/mill equipment business and he does some really informative work! I worried about some of the things until I realised everything he does is vented!! Check out mbmmllc. people. One of his most recent videos literally had a silicosis warning!!
Cheers mate. The old boys did it tough and like them, I can only use what I have to get the job done. It gives a glimpse of just how tough they had it...when OH&S didn't exist. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector Don't get me wrong for a moment! You literally provide insights that others gloss over (or don't think about). I love your work. Take care, you and your family!! EDIT: Old Timers?? My great grandfather went to work at Broken Hill in the early days; he came home again when he was his mid teens and his family thought they were being haunted by a ghost! He was so contaminated by Lead. Lived to age 85 I wish i had met him.
You teach incredibly useful information
No one else on the web is near as good
Thank You !
More Gold To Ya !
Absolutely FANTASTIC!! The best bar none demonstration of how to crush ore. There's alot of work and processes but what a result, beautiful clean chunky gold. Thankyou so much for taking the time to make such a brilliant video.
Really glad you appreciate it mate. Yep it's a process alright, but if done methodically and deliberately, it can produce great results. Regards Aussie
Absolutely love your videos - thank you. I built a rock crusher about 5 years ago to do the same thing as your Keene. I run mine off a 240volt electric motor ( in the bush it runs off a generator) the shaft which has hardened steel hammers chained to it (not really hammers but the grab claws off truck chain tie-downs) , it rotates at 1400rpm so it destroys the rocks in no time. It is hard work but at the same time a really enjoyable labour of love crushing ore.
Cheers mate. Ingenious. Good to hear how others go about it. Always enjoyable crushing Gold bearing Ore. Regards Aussie
Well done John 'G', you've come a long way mate..you're an inspiration on following/fulfilling your own 'life' journey..trust all is well with your family...stay safe....we had a bit of prospecting fun together few years ago...great times. regards,
That is some very rich ore for sure. The coarseness of the gold also makes it nice. The project I am currently working on has 80% passing 8.6 microns (about 2000 mesh). This gold won't even settle in water- to say nothing of concentrate! I'm jealous.
I suspect that if you crushed all your left overs to 100 mesh, and used something better for super fine gold than a sluice, you could still get several ounces per ton out of your tailings.
2000 mesh...Wow that's ludicrously fine... and I suspected the same, so re-crushed and came up with a Vibrating Sluice setup to do just that. (the video released after this one). Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector Sounds interesting. Let me look....
Super video-ing....great and very, very inforamative......and I thank you, you deserve the rewards you're receiving, mate.....Bill
Thanks for the huge thumbs up mate and I'm really glad you found it informative. Regards Aussie
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Thanks for sharing the way you Process yourGold Specimens..
Hope you and your family are doing well.
Cheers Tony Famo59 👍🤓🍺⛏
Cheers Tony. Doing well thanks... hope you are too. Regards John
Just watched this with my mrs and I’ve subscribed! I’ve learned a lot from your video! Thank you and Well done!
Love the slot in the bucket with a rock for regulating the water flow for your sluice, great idea!
It is...and so simple...been doing it for years..it's all about controlling your immediate environment (in this case the water flow) to gain maximum recovery. Regards Aussie
Really interesting and informative...and fun to watch, I enjoy your lowkey can do attitude and commentary - I love love love your water saving sluice!!!! good results for your effort - thank you
Found your channel by accident and just subscribed, man you guys are real proficient in your operation, a ton of learning material you are providing to your viewers, looking forward to more of your content.
Thanks for the thumbs up. Glad you got a lot out of it. All the best, Regards Aussie
Yay! so glad you are back!! Hope things have recovered a little since the fires. Thanks for the video it was great, certainly a lot of work but what fun!
Things are slowly getting there. Thanks. Yep a lotta work, and yes a lotta fun too especially with a helping hand. Regards Aussie
Hard work and a ton of fun ... Thank You
Very inspiring
@ 6;50 that would likely be real nice as a polished cab. Nice bands of color in the quartz, some flecks of gold would shine in the light! Sweet!!!
Thanks for another great video mate. Extremely well made, clear and concise explanations and as usual I've learned a lot yet again.
Your videos are not only very informative but also a great motivation for us to go out and improve our skills.
Cheers mate
Thanks for the awesome feedback mate. It's great to know that my vids are inspiring others improve. Regards Aussie
Great vid. Well filmed, explained, and demonstrated. Blessings and continuing success.
Thanks mate. Good to know I'm getting it right. Thanks for the feedback. Regards Aussie
Excellent job mate !! Nice haul of gold !! Definitely some very rich specimens. Hope there's more where that came from ! Thank's for sharing, and good luck prospecting !!
Thanks mate. I believe I may have found the source...so there's definitely going to be more. Regards Aussie
Very nice presentation. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers mate. You're Welcome. Regards Aussie
No thank you mate 😁👍.always a pleasure watching..
Great to hear. Regards Aussie
Very cool video. The bucket header box is ingenious.
Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Aussie
Jeez your videos gives me the gold fever 😂 great work mate! Awesome looking gold and great process!!
Thanks mate...happy to spread the fever. Regards Aussie
Amazing video! I'm new to all this and was getting more confused as I went along, but your video is awesome the way you explain and show start to finish. I was thinking I couldn't find a gold ring if someone threw it in my pan. Excellent narration and hands on, thank you!!!
Thanks mate. Glad you liked it and found it easy to follow. Regards Aussie
Awesome video mate!... thanks 4 the lessoms and sharing your knoledge and tricks of your trade
Cheers mate. You’re most welcome. Regards Aussie
Nice free gold and generous of you to invite Mick to join you top notch 👍 thanks for sharing regards Sleepy
Cheers mate. Mick was a great help. Regards Aussie
Congratulations, I'm so glad to see you come across some fantastic ore. Great setup and process.
Thanks for sharing your hard work with us.
It was my pleasure mate and thanks for the congrats. Regards Aussie
Awsome job mate , good to see you back into it and the property getting back to normal .
Thanks mate. It's great to be back. Regards Aussie
Crushing rocks is hard physical work. I did this once, I only crushed half a bucket and it took me two hours. Cool video 😎 👍
Cheers mate. It is...very tough work. The first bucket I crushed out in the field took me a whole day to get it down to fine stuff...but it produced about an Ounce and a half. Regards Aussie
Great video, fun to watch. Sure appreciate your efforts to put it together. Cheers
That was an impressive amount of gold in the ore and still more when you crush what’s left. Great setup you’ve got there
Yeah not bad hey... The first bucket I crushed in WA produced the same amount. Good stuff. Regards Aussie
Truly enjoyed gold recovery procedure, great pile A/U as tbthe end .....wow very nice......
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Aussie
Great video, very informative. I have a much smaller scale operation going in my garage blue bowls and lots of classifying. I spend my time out bush getting the pay dirt then bringing it back. Noise is my issue.....crushing quartz quietly is near impossible , I dont want to piss my neighbors off. When you've got it 30 mesh, have you ever thought of passing it through a leaf blower as part of the separation process ? would that not blow most of the waste off making the sluicing process easier ? I'd be interested in your opinion. Cheers Doc
So good John mate , excellent editing skills , even better gold recovery skills . Hands down the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips this year and I’ve been on it a lot lately . Goin out for the first swing of the year satdy , try and save some stranded nuggets ⛏⛏⛏⛏🍺🍺🤙🏼
Cheers Benny... glad you liked it mate. I Hope you rescue many stranded nuggets.... I can hear them screaming for help as I speak.... Regards John
Aussie Bloke Prospector yeah mate only rescued a 4.6g and half a kilo of lead Warwick is a tough old place one nug and nothing around it , admittedly I was swinging fast looking for the big signals . I will need a good rake and a couple of days to vacuum up the tiddlers if they are even there ⛏⛏🍺
Great mother of gold ore. That’s a great run wow man
Really educational, and very high grade ore, if 150 kilos yields an ounce and a half then your around 10 ounces per tonne which is super high grade ore.
An ounce a tonne is worth mining & processing, so 10 ounces per tonne is super high grade ore.
My only observation is that perhaps you’d get a little more if you cyanide leached your tailings to get whatever passes through the wet plant, and if you used a jaw crusher and ball mill you could take out a lot of the re-crushing steps.
Can I ask do you get your quartz ore by detecting and saving “hot rocks” that the detector locates over time -or is this reef quartz that you have specifically excavated from an old mine or something?
Just unusual to have such high grade ore is all.
Nice work mate love the video and nice looking gold to keep up the good work 👊🏻🤠👍🏻
Cheers Tas. Regards Aussie
The years of practice really shines, amazing video very informative no spam. I love it the reasoning in your technique speaks volumes. Thanks for sharing, I feel I have received a profit through information. Thanks again.
You are most welcome mate and thanks. Mission accomplished..it's good to know that the info I put out there benefits others. Regards Aussie
Thank you for your excellent video, Sir. I can use it to show my students the beauty and trouble of gold mining. Big cheers from Hungary!
Please do! Cheers mate. Regards Aussie
Awesome weight in. That is some really rich ore. Gotta admit, got a bit of a horn watching that gold flow onto the scale. Thanks for the ideas, and video.
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Very much enjoyed this video 🤝. You are sooooo fortunate!
Glad you enjoyed it and yes, we are VERY fortunate to live in this beautiful country of mineral wealth. Regards Aussie
That was an awesome video . Thanks for sharing mate.
Thanks for the motivation again.
Presentation was first class.
Dennis
You're most welcome mate. Thanks. Regards Aussie
Awesome video ,really enjoyed that 👍
Glad you enjoyed it mate. Regards Aussie
38:38 Mick Face :😳 What ?? Thank you ?? Pay me Brooo !!!! 😂
Lol...Cough up mate
Nothing but respect on how you break your ore.....
Cheers mate. Regards Aussie
Great video - very informative - thanks for sharing! And great gold yield for just 150 KG of material
Love your tech..thanks a lot for your education.
excellent video and great information, looking forward to the next one..
Cheers for the thumbs up mate. Regards Aussie
Love the video a lot of processes but easily explained and to follow i hate fidderly processes too
Glad you found it easy to follow. Regards Aussie
Mate, thank you. Great video and well worth the watch. Can't wait to see you clean up
Thanks mate.... not sure if you missed the cleanup at the end...about 1.5 Ounces of goodness. Regards Aussie
luvit! big effort honest results. kudos to you both. thx 4sharing👌
G’day John, epic Video mate. You deserve every gram. Well done and stay safe mate. Cheers Mark
Thanks Mark. Glad ya liked it mate. All the best. Regards John
Yes awsome video mate and fantastic skills all round, I was glued to every minute.
Tim
That's awesome mate. Regards Aussie
Another great informative video, thanks for your time and the upload :)
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Aussie
Great stuff John. You are an awesome educator. It would be fantastic if you could also possibly prepare an episode on how to clean out a sluice box for us novices:-). Cheers mate.
Cheers for the big thumbs up mate. I will see what I can do. Regards John
Hi I'm in the state of Washington in the United States I live in Bonney Lake City. Cheers mate you show the process really well and that's awesome. You got a new subscriber that was very interesting to watch
Thanks mate. Really glad you got something out of it. Welcome aboard. Regards Aussie
great set up if anything what would you need or what would you do otherwise (eg shaker table build crusher build)
I have just been in the process of building a shaker / vibration setup.. a definite added advantage to catching the super fine Gold. In fact, I have tested it and it works extremely well... Hopefully a video to come soon on it. Regards Aussie
Love this video, the only question i have is why did you run the courses through a sluice and the fines through a highbanker?
Was wondering if you ever use any jet dry or dawn dishwashing liquid in your fine powder slurry to break the water tension on your super fine gold?
Yep...good quality dishwashing detergent. Regards Aussie
First time watcher , which state are you at and is most of your equipment easily accessible for beginners mate
Very interesting and educational. I was thinking two ounces when all was said and done. Not sure you’re costs for obtains the ore but it would seem that minus the costs you would clear one once profit each run. You can’t complain about that. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely can't complain. You're welcome. Regards Aussie
Great video! My one suggestion would be to do some of the crushing process using cloth to wrap the stones. It contains the blast, dims the noise and lessens chance of flying particles. Plus helps with sparks and dust.
That's a good idea... but I reckon I'll need a whole bag of rags... as they'll cop a floggin. Regards Aussie
Great set up. Nice haul
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks. Regards Aussie
Thanks for the education Bloke, I’m subscribed 👍
Glad to help out...welcome aboard. Regards Aussie
Knowledge is Gold my friend, thanks again 🍻. Cheers from Mackay.
Good vid . . would you need to be pulling that each week to make a living ?
If its hobby money thats pretty good .
Thanks mate. Not even... these days with the high Gold price...you could get away with less. Regards Aussie
Bloody good gold and a good workout. I was in Creswick the other day and there is so much quartz it looks like snow on the ground. I want to give crushing a go. Any tips on selecting quartz with non visible gold in it? Thanks.
Cheers mate. Sometimes I find an area like the place you mentioned that is so prolific with Quartz, that I find myself saying “how can there not be Gold here”, but the reality is that Quartz is literally the most common rock on the Globe, and only a very very small percentage of it carries Gold. The Oldtimers used to do a lot of Knapping; they’d find a likely Quartz occurrence and sit there with a hammer breaking pieces to find a visual show of colour. If you find small random piles of Quartz in the Bush then most likely an Oldtimer was knapping. Generally they did this close to or within vicinity of a “known occurrence and in an area where they reckoned it was a fair chance of results. At the very least, take a few small samples first and crush them and pan them off... that’ll tell you if it’s worth crushing bulk amounts. All the best. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector Cheers thanks mate. Good advice. I will give it a go.
For the fine material have you ever used sluices in series to determine which sluice
shows no gold?
You have a really effective way to separate your gold from rocks . Great job !
mel
It is labour intensive, but produces results. Cheers. Regards Aussie
I agree about labor being intense at your process and prospecting gold. It's a well deserved reward !
Thank you and the best to you folks . mel
Nice vid buddy its crazy how much fine gold you got there cant wait for the next vid haha
Cheers mate. Yep it is crazy. Regards Aussie
Excelente video!
Greetings from Chile, South America
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Aussie
Man, nice job, nice video. Cheers from California.
Glad you enjoyed it! Regards Aussie
Love the Bath great video well done ❤️🇦🇺
Cheers, it's the perfect way to re-purpose an old bathtub. Regards Aussie
You had some nice feelers and seers and quite a few pickers.
Lol.
Wow what amazing results congratulations mate all the hard work crushing payed off.
Loved this video may I ask how much did the end total of gold weight
Cheers mate. The results are at the end. Regards Aussie
a series of rollers like a hot dog heater, layered over one another with spaces between bigger at the top tier, this is a dry or wet sleuce that will bring gold between the rollers and even roll it into balls while rocks and other stuff pass and fall through
I can wait for the day I can afford to make it to Australia it's always been a dream great video your living a dream.
Maybe one day mate. Yep...sure am. Regards Aussie
Good video, very informative, step by step process how to extract gold from ore.
I'm really glad you find it informative. Mission accomplished. Regards Aussie
Good job
Watching a Smart Miner a year later. God’s Blessings man.
Cheers mate. Regards Aussie
a silly question if collecting ore ;how do you know witch rocks ,i go to a creek and pan and get gold ,,,,so do those rocks in the creek contain gold also,,,,your advise is sought thanks
There are certain rocks which contain or carry gold, mostly igneous like quartz and ironstone. If there is either of these 2 about there is always a chance there may be gold about. Having said that, quartz is about the most common rock in the world...and it's presence does not guarantee gold, but indicates the possibility that it is about. Regards Aussie
Did you remove the iron and Black sands before total?
Yep, what you see in the weigh up has been cleaned of iron and 98% of the black sand. Regards Aussie
Bloody awesome! Earned my subscription! Keeping it real!
👍👍👍🇦🇺
Cheers mate and welcome. Regards Aussie
Great set up.
Gold is a very soft metal. Quartz is a hard rock. The Keene impact
crusher method results in quite a bit of gold coated sand unless the gold is alloyed with silver or copper which are harder metals.
What would you estimate your recovery loss? If only we could find gold in softer rock the impact method would be ideal.
Interesting point you raise. Regarding the fine crushed material, I estimate the recovery loss at around 5%, however I don't believe that is solely due to the gold coating the sand, but rather a combination of super fine gold escaping the sluice, and gold still trapped within the material as well as the coating you refer to... Why 5%?... because as an experiment and for curiosity sake, I actually dried and re-crushed the fine crushings down to 100-200 mesh and then ran the resulting material through a vibration bed and recovered a further 1 gram which represents about 5%. Of course without the use of mercury and cyanide, 100% recovery will never be achieved. Now that extra gram, took 2 days to recover, so in the light of economy for effort, hardly worth the time, but none the less assuring me that my recovery rate is within a comfortable 90-95% range which considering the equipment available I'm happy with. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector I was guessing %65 to %80 over here, alot of silver in the mix. I examined the tailings with a loupe and I got plenty of gold coated sand. Goldfields LTD. out of South Africa had and used a natural harmless to man method of extracting gold from ore they say.
I wonder if the method makes sense for small scale miners. That would be safe way to test the tailings. Interesting video. Thank you.
Amazing gold, good job
Good vid. Very interesting.
Glad you think so. Regards Aussie
Another great video mate thank you
You're welcome Aaron. Regards John
You have a good system mate
Cheers mate. Regards Aussie
Amazing quantity in the end!
I haven’t read all the comments, but could you add dish soap to the prewet mix to help with surface tension and less floating of the very fine gold?🤔💰
I prefer to add it to the water while processing... that way I can make sure it’s not too much to see what’s going on. Regards Aussie
Great set up you've got there, good run of species, source can't be far away. Cheers Craig 🍻⛏️
It does the job... and yep the source is close... a few soil samples in the area have indicated it is very close. Regards Aussie
💎💎💎Aussie Bloke Prospector💎💎💎 I might have an improvement on your water distribution at the bucket. Try it, install a rake or comb as, (Austrailians use different names for words as Us Americans) okay so mount across like a gate flow and adjust with a large to small rake. Would act more like a rapids water effect. Great gold recovery mate. Let us know how you like the water flow improvement. If you like it, make us a video. Cheers. 💎💎💎
Cheers mate. Sounds like a good idea...I'll give it a crack. Regards Aussie
Fantastic mate! loved it.
Thanks mate. Regards Aussie
@@AussieBlokeProspector Australia is a dream for me mate. thanks for this wonderful channel. João from Brazil
That was super amazing ore!
What material did you mix the super fine ore before sluicing ? Thanks mate
Cheers mate. Just water and a bit of detergent. Regards Aussie