Thanks Aaron for the kind compliments !! Greatly appreciate it !! It's been a fun engineering project to tinker with. Of course, not done yet. More to come. This was only stage #1 of 3 to build a portable desert wet unit. Stay tuned ! Keep safe out there. Heavy pans ! 🤠👍👍👍
Great job on the wash plant. Thanks for pioneering the way I bought a 80 pound shaker motor and it looks like it will work for what I am going to do. Thanks Allan.
thats great Allan...love that variable speed controller and vibrator feed tray...... spray bar looks great .....very good set up....always wanted to check out the magnet spinners..... very nice clean up too ...Good Job my friend
Hi Jeff ! Thanks for all the nice compliments. Glad you enjoyed it ! Can't wait to post another ! Yeah, I really like that spin It Off. Been using it for a couple years now. Thanks for all your help and inspiration too Bro !!!
Those upgrades should make a huge difference. Can't wait to see what the other speed controller does! What a great set up you got there👍that maverick pan seems intriguing
Thanks for all your kind compliments. Hope to have next speed controller addition operational in a couple weeks. Very hard to loose gold in a Maverick Pan. Great for super fine specs !
Thank you Sir ! That machine has evolved into my final product called the Gold Rattler. Please watch some of my current videos. You'll be amazed. Thanks for watching, and best of luck prospecting. 🤠⚒️⛏️👍👍👍
Allan my friend I think you really have something with the new vibrator motor.✅ The plant seems to be working very well. Very good tips for any type of wet prospecting🤔😊. Spin it off is a real time saver.👍Thanks for sharing all of your equipment upgrades and tips.😎👌👌👍👍⛏⛏
Thank you so kindly Chuck ! Nice words coming from a fellow DIY innovator. Glad you liked the show ! More innovations to come ! My end goal to make dry washing obsolete. Good luck to you on your next gold adventure !! Take care, and be safe !
Hi Joseph. Thanks for the kind compliments ! Glad you liked the video. Yeah, that shaker deck really likes to eat dirt ! Best of luck to you prospecting! 🤠⚒⛏👍
The processing is the fast part. It’s the driving, setup, digging up your pay, and then tear-down, clean-up, and upgrading your cons that takes up all the time. Not to mention… making your own meals, camping out and not getting great rest like you would at home, and dealing with the weather too. Bugs, snakes, spiders, eye-flies, and mosquitos too. Yeehaw! Much respect to this guy for finding time to film, edit, and share these videos too!
@@paraglidingprospector Allan is a great guy and a former member of a club that once was. And yes indeed, I agree whole hardheartedly to everything you said. Although we don't have to worry about snakes where I go!
Thank you for going through your cubic yard of material. I'd actually mentioned it in a comment from your how many buckets are in a cubic yard, but edited it out after you said you'd go through it. My call for the how many buckets is closer to 50 like your friend mentioned due to less compaction than its' natural state.
Thanks for watching ! I used the same box in one of my latest video, "Going for Gold - Virgin Wash Mining and Processing." It took 42 buckets of wash gravel to fill it. Best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Oh wow! Big changes for sure! That’s an impressive new wash-plant! After watching your videos, I’ve saved a 12v wiper motor in hopes of building my own setup. For now, I just need to focus on the basics, such as getting better at panning. 😂 I’m stoked you built that bin for 1 cubic yard too. I tried to do the math and am curious if my estimates were close so I’m gonna watch your previous video about that next!
Thanks for the kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the video. I usually average a gram/yard, but I was testing a different area. That's how it goes sometimes. Sort of like fishing. Lol ! Best of luck to you ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Subbed, love the plant, love the spin it off, loved that pan. I certainly wouldn't mind running something like that on the ground I work, at a guess I reckon you would see about 5-6 grams of colour at the end of the day, hehe come for a holiday to Aus.
Hi Chris !! Glad you enjoyed the video. Would love to AUS !! Definitely on my bucket list for years. I enjoy astronomy as well. Would love to view the southern skies ! Thanks for all you great comments ! Best of luck to you mate !! Cheers !!
Thank you for the compliments ! Glad you enjoyed the video. More on my channel. I'm and avian fancier. Have owned several birds. My Moluccan Cockatoo died at 25yrs couple years ago from cancer. Sad. I miss her. Raised her from an egg. Good luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Thanks Tony. Glad you like the show ! Hope all is well in your part of the world. I heard a rumor AUS government shut down prospecting ? Wife is doing very well. Stays home to reduce exposure.
Allan's Gold Mining We are doing well here considering what’s happening.. They have closed prospecting in three states.. I live in South Australia 🇦🇺 and ok to prospect.. Only problem is not much Gold in this state.. Love the black sand magnet 🧲. Cheers
great video, hope you are doing well and surviving this crazy time. Any gold is always fun, Had a great time visiting with you at the GPAA show, glad I got to do that one as the rest have been cancelled.
Glad you liked the show ! Thanks ! We are doing good. Wife stays at home to reduce exposure. Best to be in wide open spaces like the claim. Me too ! Glad we met before all this craziness shut things down ! Hope you and family are doing safe and well. Will keep digging. 🤠⚒⛏👍
It may be a little on the spendy side but if you could incorporate a rp-4 table it would help a lot to get the fly poop gold. And try adding a colagulent and some la totally awesome the yellow cleaner. It will clear the water and help drop the gold.
Thanks for watching Skylor. The sluice mat is specially designed to trap fine (-200 mesh) gold. It's amazing. I also use a floculant to settle suspended particles. I'm designing a new filtration system that will be revolutionary for sluice recirc systems. Stay tuned !
Hey Allan, Love the evolution of the plant! It looked like the trommel with the hopper was getting things comparatively clean, is the table more effective? What would you say is the downside to the shaker... obviously Way easier to make one, and transport... anything the trommel does better? Why arent they more popular? Fantastic progress!
Hi Brad. Thank you for you comments and compliments ! I still favor the trommel, even though it's higher maintenance and limited to feed size. Shaker deck can easily handle larger rocks, which my goal, to wash all rocks. Downside to shaker is rocks don't tumble as well, making it challenging to clean the underside. The shaker does not occupy as much height comparatively. Therefore, designing a trailer mounted wash plant (my end result) it's critical to manage height for ergonomic reasons. Shaker occupies half the height as a trommel. In my next video, the dewatering trommel is replaced by a new revolutionary dewatering shaker deck. It's far more efficient. Stay tuned !
Hi John. Thanks for comments. Actually, the shaker deck and dewater trommel run on a single deep cycle marine battery. Lasts all day. The pump is a gas powered 1 1/2" trash pump. Runs all day on 1/2 gallon.
Love your Set up Alan. Here’s another upgrade for you. Check the Aussie bloke on CZcams who used a small concrete vibrator mounted on top of the sluice, not underneath, he captured find gold that could not be By a normal sluice and capture and lots of it. I think that would give you a complete outfit. Keep up the good work, Warren.
Good question. Mostly along the shallow bank of the Arroyo. The old timers came through and mined the center, which had less clay. There's about 1/2 gm/yd of gold in their tails.
Hi Chuck. I bought both of them on eBay. The vibrator has come down in price to about $60. The 10 amp speed controller was $5 from China. Thanks for watching ! Glad you liked the video. Be sure to subscribe. Will have more innovations in the future. Cheers !
Chris !! Thanks for watching ! Glad you enjoyed it ! This represents phase 1 of 3 steps that I'm perfecting to build a trailer mounted unit for commercial sales. Best of luck to you out there ! Love your videos ! 🤠
I’ve been looking forward to this one! Thanks Allan! Would have been nice to see a gram or two, but that’s why it’s prospecting, not Finding. Lol Did you get a water tank for your trailer? That would be sweet for the setup you run. Looking forward to the next one!
Hi Chris ! Glad you enjoyed the show. Yeah some days on the gold is better than others. How it goes. Actually, this was mostly topsoil. Haven't got to bedrock yet. I find good gold within the cracks ! You can see the tank trailer in the background during operation. It holds 500 gallons. 250 gallons will last me a weekend.
That's what you're watching in the video. That is a vibrating shaker deck that feeds the sluice. The trommel in background is a dewatering trommel which separates the slurry.
For a minute I thought this was a Benny Hill video lol jk with ya ,seriously tho very impressive plant you got there ,good luck to ya and stay healthy .
Did you find that the frequency/vibrations of the shaker cause the material to climb up hill? It seems to happen with mine regardless of how step an angle or direction of motor spin.
The running water had too much speed that I think some of the fine gold was washed down. The system looks good, with some little adjustments you can get a lot more shine
Nope. Volume, velocity, and angle are perfect. No gold lost. Conducted extensive testing. I prove this with other videos. Please Check out my original Gold Rattler video, which demonstrates the efficiency of the wash plant.
A vibrating screener is better at moving yardage but not as effective at cleaning then a scrubber trommel. If you use a vibrating hopper feeder and a trommel you almost triple the yardage and it comes out clean. Clay and most material
Problem solved. See my Gold Rattler videos on my channel. Thank you for watching. Keep in mind that my goal is to create a portable wash plant for the small miner/prospector. Adding a vibrating feeder and trommel adds to the complexity and is not ergonomically feasible. Vibration frequency is the key, not a trommel.
Hello Shane. Thanks for your question. That is a dewater trommel filterng system that separates solids from liquids. I invite you to go to my channel to learn more. I have several videos from 2016 to 2019 that exhibit trommel before the sluice. Be sure to check out my trommel build series as well. Soon the lower trommel (dewater) will be replaced with a new concept. Hence why I mentioned the 2and speed controller. Thanks for watching and best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Hi David. Glad you enjoyed the video ! Most of the music I find on free sites or from my video editing program. Banjo Rag, Piano Rag, Pop to name a few.
10:46 wonder if iron ore would be financially viable to sell if this process would be scaled up and automated :) Where you get your energy from? DIY Solar PV could be a fun project, Jerry Rig Everything has a video about it, only he mechanically stressed panels unnecessarily.
It would be financially viable if could market it to artesian blacksmiths that make Damascus pattern objects. Then th hey can sell their items as locally sourced or from a certain region. To try to do it on a commercial level to sell to foundries you would need to be able to do tons and tons an hour and send it out in large dump trucks every day
About 60 gallons to start and 40 for replenishment for a total of 100 gallons to process a cubic yard. Stay tuned for my next video. Radical changes and improved conservation !
Hi Mark. Thanks for your question. Not much value other than the gold mixed in it. Mostly iron oxides with a very small percentage of chromium. Thanks for watching !
Clay steals gold, your hand full of screen deck tailings was full of rocks with clay sludge. Put a trommel between the vibrating deck and the sluice box and you'd have the cleanest rocks around
Not the case. These rocks are metamorphic and appear dirty on the video. Trust me, they are whistle clean. I'm the first to know that. As I mentioned before, watch my latest videos.
What encouraged you to process a yard of material in the first place? Maybe a smaller representative sample might have told you the same thing. A cubic yard is a lot of material! Thanks for making this video for us to see.
A cubic yard is how placer gold is assessed in the US. It's more accurate measure than a couple buckets. Furthermore, not all ground is perfectly the same. Just got some nice gold with nugget and pickers from same source this past weekend. So, you be so rigid in your judgment. That's how mining is. You have to take the not-so-great along with the good parts.
@@allansgoldmining, thanks for the response. I'm not trying to be rigid in my judgment, I just want to know the thought process that a prospector, like yourself, would go through to choose one location over another. I'm a relatively new subscriber, so I followed your advice and watched your video on determining the number of buckets per ton. You certainly did a lot of work for our benefit. Thanks for all your work!
Hi Bill. Thanks for your comments ! I usually do as you suggest. I screen down to 1/8 and 20 mesh. Don't normally show on video to save time. Glad were thinking the same thing !! Best of luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Good evening Allan, I live in Australia and I have taken a few ideas from your washplant videos and have now built myself a plant on a trailer which I'd love to show you a video of if I can get in touch somehow?
Hi Sam ! Would definitely love to see your trailer mounted wash plant. That's not the same one Parker bought when he was out there ?? Lol !! I'm designing a trailer mounted version too. You can send pics to my email: allan.goldmining@gmail.com. Cheers !! 🤠⚒⛏👍
@@allansgoldmining Parker will have to come back to Australia and run a real trailer plant once I have this perfected! No big machines this time, just a gantry and a 14ft hole. He'll be surprised what Victorian wash can deliver :)
@@samschreuder1335 right on !! No doubt your plant will be better than $10k they paid for that junk ! So, do you know Chris from Vo-Gus Prospecting and Sean from Busted Knuckles ? They live in Victoria. One of these days I'll make it over there. Want to spend a month prospecting and astronomy of the southern skies. Cheers mate !!
@@allansgoldmining I haven't met either of them although I have watched a fair few of Chris's videos, perhaps someday I'll make a trip over to Gippsland for some educated knowledge. We get some of the best nights skies in the bush here in Vic! I sent you an email with a video and some further info on what our plans for the near future with the plant and prospecting
@glennnilson498 the shaker deck has 1/8" and 1/4" stainless steel punch plate. If you watch my Gold Rattler videos, you can see the latest configuration of the shaker deck, which is more efficient.
I don't have plans for this machine. It's a test model for something greater called the Gold Rattler (www.goldrattler.com). If you want to build trommels, I have a 3 part series on my channel, which includes a parts list on videos 2 & 3. Please check out my Gold Rattler series on my channel.
Good question Jeff. I estimate to be about $900 in closing pump and battery. Thanks for your concerns of the wife. She's doing very well. Let's hope it continues. Was planning on Phoenix, but other things popped up, so couldn't be there. Heard it was good. I made the Pomona show.
I don’t think I would care too much for that maverick pan. I did try one at a gold outing but only panned a couple of times and had to give it back to its owner. I could tell in this video you was having a hard time getting it down to a minimum and once you got it down there seemed to be too much to work with in that small square pan. You said you couldn’t bring it down and further because the gold was about to come out. Tell me, does that happen a lot? Because I was thinking I may order me three of these for me and the friends for this season but after seeing this video I’m thinking I may not. Didn’t really want to spend the money on something I wouldn’t use much. We all know we need our money to buy other gold toys! 😂
Thanks for your comments. Actually, I love this pan.... Wouldn't trade it for any other for panning cons. The Gold in the video is very fine, so it mingles within the black sand. I do a rush job for the video, to demonstrate the gold. Yes, I could tap it more to bring all the fines up to the top edge, but really no need to, because I will clean it all with my Blue Bowl or Miller Table. If you watch my latest videos, you'll see the gold piled up nicely at the top. BTW, I've re-panned my cons and found no visible gold. Thanks for watching, and best of luck to you. 🤠⚒️⛏️👍
"As a general guide, 1 cubic yard of aggregate, sand, or dirt is equivalent to 1.5 tons." (short tons) - course you had rocks in their so more .. 2200 #ton, or 2000 # short , interestingly a metric ton is very close to an english ton, slightly more.
You betcha ! They would ecstatic ! Honestly, my yield is usually around 1 gm/yd. I was testing a new spot. That's how it goes sometimes. Thanks for watching and good luck to you prospecting !
@@allansgoldmining for the other switch on the box 😅 love the content man! Just getting into prospecting and your channel has showed me a lot! Thank you.
@@Rockbottomadventurez That extra switch has turned into the Gold Rattler. LOL ! Welcome to the hobby. Glad you're enjoying the channel. best of luck to you prospecting !
try this boss I have a milwaukee tools rover light 2 AA batteries on low power 100 lumens lasts for 16 hours if those were metal posts it has 2 magnets one on the base and one on the back of the light even on low power it will light up my hole room pretty dam good and fits in your shirt pocket (very small) just a thought have a good day boss check it on youtube milwaukee rover work light
It called a Maverick Pan. It's the best pan for concentrates. Excellent clean out. I was just demonstrating a quick assessment. Stripping of black is much easier than a standard pan with assorted riffles.
Very nice Allan! Lots of work, trials, and engineering in your machines and I love it! Thanks, great job, great videos! Stay well and HH, Aaron
Thanks Aaron for the kind compliments !! Greatly appreciate it !! It's been a fun engineering project to tinker with. Of course, not done yet. More to come. This was only stage #1 of 3 to build a portable desert wet unit. Stay tuned ! Keep safe out there. Heavy pans ! 🤠👍👍👍
Great work mate, love the set up. Cheers for sharing Alicia & Steve.
Thank you Steve & Alicia ! Glad you enjoyed the show ! Hope all is well for you in your part of the world. Best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Great job on the wash plant. Thanks for pioneering the way I bought a 80 pound shaker motor and it looks like it will work for what I am going to do. Thanks Allan.
Glad you enjoyed the show. I bought a 50 lbs unit, but was a bit under powered. 80 lbs might do. Good luck !
Allan you are amazing! Thank you for all of this wonderful information. Yours is my favorite placer mining info channel!
Hi Micah. Thanks for the great compliments ! Hope these videos can be inspirational for your prospecting adventures ! Cheers !! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Awesome how that simple piece keeps most of the water in. Really Cool wash plant system.
Thanks David for the compliments ! Glad you enjoyed the video. Best of luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Thanks for the awesome video of processing a cubic yard
Thanks Jamie ! Glad you enjoyed it. A lot of work running that yard. Although, video makes look easy. Lol ! Best of luck to you !
Thank you Allen, love the upgrades! Can't wait for the 'mystery button' :)
Thank Sir ! Glad you enjoyed the video. Stay tuned ! 🤠
thats great Allan...love that variable speed controller and vibrator feed tray...... spray bar looks great .....very good set up....always wanted to check out the magnet spinners..... very nice clean up too ...Good Job my friend
Hi Jeff ! Thanks for all the nice compliments. Glad you enjoyed it ! Can't wait to post another ! Yeah, I really like that spin It Off. Been using it for a couple years now. Thanks for all your help and inspiration too Bro !!!
sweet video allan entertaining and as always knowledable :) thank you for doing these and sharing
Hey Paul, Glad you enjoy the show ! Thanks for watching !
Those upgrades should make a huge difference. Can't wait to see what the other speed controller does! What a great set up you got there👍that maverick pan seems intriguing
Thanks for all your kind compliments. Hope to have next speed controller addition operational in a couple weeks. Very hard to loose gold in a Maverick Pan. Great for super fine specs !
Excellent video and setup Allan !!!✅
Thanks Jason ! Glad you liked the show. Hope Rigby liked it too. Lol !! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Nice finds thanks you gave me really good information
Glad you liked the video. Best of luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
You got a real nice set up there bud! It’s very impressive that’s Forsure
Thank you Sir ! That machine has evolved into my final product called the Gold Rattler. Please watch some of my current videos. You'll be amazed. Thanks for watching, and best of luck prospecting. 🤠⚒️⛏️👍👍👍
@@allansgoldminingI did right after that comment lol! It’s evolved vary nice!
Nice job Allan!
Thanks Edwin ! Glad you enjoyed it !
Awesome set up nice work on that box of material man thats one heck of a vibratrator
Thank for the nice compliments ! It was a fun video to put together. Best of luck to you and Mrs. M !
Ready the popcorn and your favorite drink, and watch it on the big screen. Enjoy !!
That is crazy!! whooooheee!! High tech upgrades! Thanks for sharing !
More upgrades coming in future ! Stay tuned and thanks for watching !
Right On!! Right on!! ⛏
Way fun, You're awesome!
Allan my friend I think you really have something with the new vibrator motor.✅ The plant seems to be working very well. Very good tips for any type of wet prospecting🤔😊. Spin it off is a real time saver.👍Thanks for sharing all of your equipment upgrades and tips.😎👌👌👍👍⛏⛏
Thank you so kindly Chuck ! Nice words coming from a fellow DIY innovator. Glad you liked the show ! More innovations to come ! My end goal to make dry washing obsolete. Good luck to you on your next gold adventure !! Take care, and be safe !
@@allansgoldmining I can't imagine no dust in my nose and no dirt on the rest of me.🤣
@@CandSMINING dust turns to mud ! 🤣🤣🤣
@@allansgoldmining🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣
I just love that set up of yours Allan! Yup, that was a bit of work but, you went through it pretty quick actually.
Hi Joseph. Thanks for the kind compliments ! Glad you liked the video. Yeah, that shaker deck really likes to eat dirt ! Best of luck to you prospecting! 🤠⚒⛏👍
@@allansgoldmining Thanks Allan! You as well.
The processing is the fast part. It’s the driving, setup, digging up your pay, and then tear-down, clean-up, and upgrading your cons that takes up all the time. Not to mention… making your own meals, camping out and not getting great rest like you would at home, and dealing with the weather too. Bugs, snakes, spiders, eye-flies, and mosquitos too. Yeehaw!
Much respect to this guy for finding time to film, edit, and share these videos too!
@@paraglidingprospector Allan is a great guy and a former member of a club that once was.
And yes indeed, I agree whole hardheartedly to everything you said. Although we don't have to worry about snakes where I go!
Thank you for going through your cubic yard of material. I'd actually mentioned it in a comment from your how many buckets are in a cubic yard, but edited it out after you said you'd go through it. My call for the how many buckets is closer to 50 like your friend mentioned due to less compaction than its' natural state.
Thanks for watching ! I used the same box in one of my latest video, "Going for Gold - Virgin Wash Mining and Processing." It took 42 buckets of wash gravel to fill it. Best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Oh wow! Big changes for sure! That’s an impressive new wash-plant! After watching your videos, I’ve saved a 12v wiper motor in hopes of building my own setup. For now, I just need to focus on the basics, such as getting better at panning. 😂
I’m stoked you built that bin for 1 cubic yard too. I tried to do the math and am curious if my estimates were close so I’m gonna watch your previous video about that next!
Thanks again for watching ! Enjoy the Trommel build series too ! Hundreds have built one as a winter project. Best of luck to you !! 👍
Great video. I esp like that vibrator set-up. half-gram is not bad like you said and a heck of a lot better than getting skunked!
Thanks for the kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the video. I usually average a gram/yard, but I was testing a different area. That's how it goes sometimes. Sort of like fishing. Lol ! Best of luck to you ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Subbed, love the plant, love the spin it off, loved that pan. I certainly wouldn't mind running something like that on the ground I work, at a guess I reckon you would see about 5-6 grams of colour at the end of the day, hehe come for a holiday to Aus.
Hi Chris !! Glad you enjoyed the video. Would love to AUS !! Definitely on my bucket list for years. I enjoy astronomy as well. Would love to view the southern skies ! Thanks for all you great comments ! Best of luck to you mate !! Cheers !!
Such a great content good job
Thank you for the compliments ! Glad you enjoyed the video. More on my channel. I'm and avian fancier. Have owned several birds. My Moluccan Cockatoo died at 25yrs couple years ago from cancer. Sad. I miss her. Raised her from an egg. Good luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Thanks for sharing this Allan.
Hope your well mate in these testing times..
Cheers Famo59
Tony 👍🍺🤓⛏
Thanks Tony. Glad you like the show ! Hope all is well in your part of the world. I heard a rumor AUS government shut down prospecting ? Wife is doing very well. Stays home to reduce exposure.
Allan's Gold Mining
We are doing well here considering what’s happening..
They have closed prospecting in three states..
I live in South Australia 🇦🇺 and ok to prospect..
Only problem is not much Gold in this state..
Love the black sand magnet 🧲.
Cheers
@@Famo59 at least you can still get out there. Really makes no sense why they closed it. Seems that being out in wide open spaces is best. 🤔
great video, hope you are doing well and surviving this crazy time. Any gold is always fun, Had a great time visiting with you at the GPAA show, glad I got to do that one as the rest have been cancelled.
Glad you liked the show ! Thanks ! We are doing good. Wife stays at home to reduce exposure. Best to be in wide open spaces like the claim. Me too ! Glad we met before all this craziness shut things down ! Hope you and family are doing safe and well. Will keep digging. 🤠⚒⛏👍
Good job.!!
Good video
great job love the up grades .Have a good weekend .AZ gold get out get some .
It may be a little on the spendy side but if you could incorporate a rp-4 table it would help a lot to get the fly poop gold. And try adding a colagulent and some la totally awesome the yellow cleaner. It will clear the water and help drop the gold.
Thanks for watching Skylor. The sluice mat is specially designed to trap fine (-200 mesh) gold. It's amazing. I also use a floculant to settle suspended particles. I'm designing a new filtration system that will be revolutionary for sluice recirc systems. Stay tuned !
Good Video!
Hey Allan,
Love the evolution of the plant!
It looked like the trommel with the hopper was getting things comparatively clean, is the table more effective?
What would you say is the downside to the shaker... obviously Way easier to make one, and transport... anything the trommel does better? Why arent they more popular?
Fantastic progress!
Hi Brad. Thank you for you comments and compliments ! I still favor the trommel, even though it's higher maintenance and limited to feed size. Shaker deck can easily handle larger rocks, which my goal, to wash all rocks. Downside to shaker is rocks don't tumble as well, making it challenging to clean the underside. The shaker does not occupy as much height comparatively. Therefore, designing a trailer mounted wash plant (my end result) it's critical to manage height for ergonomic reasons. Shaker occupies half the height as a trommel. In my next video, the dewatering trommel is replaced by a new revolutionary dewatering shaker deck. It's far more efficient. Stay tuned !
You must need a pallet of batteries to run all this stuff, very cool setup its turning into .
Hi John. Thanks for comments. Actually, the shaker deck and dewater trommel run on a single deep cycle marine battery. Lasts all day. The pump is a gas powered 1 1/2" trash pump. Runs all day on 1/2 gallon.
Love your Set up Alan. Here’s another upgrade for you. Check the Aussie bloke on CZcams who used a small concrete vibrator mounted on top of the sluice, not underneath, he captured find gold that could not be By a normal sluice and capture and lots of it. I think that would give you a complete outfit. Keep up the good work, Warren.
Thanks Warren ! I'll check it out. Might be a nice addition.
That backdrop looks familiar, are you over by Meadview?
So where do you get your material from? The washes or just plain ground? I live in similar terrain
THX
Good question. Mostly along the shallow bank of the Arroyo. The old timers came through and mined the center, which had less clay. There's about 1/2 gm/yd of gold in their tails.
Where did you buy the vibrator and control box? Loved the video. Thank-you.
Hi Chuck. I bought both of them on eBay. The vibrator has come down in price to about $60. The 10 amp speed controller was $5 from China. Thanks for watching ! Glad you liked the video. Be sure to subscribe. Will have more innovations in the future. Cheers !
G'Day Alan, love your videos, could you let me know where you acquired the 12 volt vibrating motor from?
You can purchase on Amazon or eBay for about $65 USD. Thanks for watching and best of luck prospecting !
i found him people...Benny Hill's long lost son...
Ha ha !! That was my nickname in college.
Nice water tank behind you.
Thanks Lincoln ! It's a 500 gal tank. Will run my wash plant 4 days !
That was cool
Chris !! Thanks for watching ! Glad you enjoyed it ! This represents phase 1 of 3 steps that I'm perfecting to build a trailer mounted unit for commercial sales. Best of luck to you out there ! Love your videos ! 🤠
Shaker motor and magnet are pretty cool. Got any more info on those.🤔
Hi William. You can Google both of them and are available online at Amazon or eBay. The vibrator is about $60, and Spin It Off $120.
Yahoo gold in your ! Stay safe
Thanks, and best of luck to you prospecting. Stay safe !
Great video man! Can't wait to come down your way we got to do a collaboration sometime
Look forward to it ! Glad you liked the video ! Best of luck prospecting !! 🤠⛏⚒👍
I’ve been looking forward to this one! Thanks Allan! Would have been nice to see a gram or two, but that’s why it’s prospecting, not Finding. Lol
Did you get a water tank for your trailer? That would be sweet for the setup you run.
Looking forward to the next one!
Hi Chris ! Glad you enjoyed the show. Yeah some days on the gold is better than others. How it goes. Actually, this was mostly topsoil. Haven't got to bedrock yet. I find good gold within the cracks ! You can see the tank trailer in the background during operation. It holds 500 gallons. 250 gallons will last me a weekend.
Have you tried using a shaker hopper feeder to feed your trommel?
That's what you're watching in the video. That is a vibrating shaker deck that feeds the sluice. The trommel in background is a dewatering trommel which separates the slurry.
Nice. I like that.
Thanks ! Glad you enjoyed the videos ! Best of luck to you in your prospecting adventures!! 🤠⛏⚒👍👍
For a minute I thought this was a Benny Hill video lol jk with ya ,seriously tho very impressive plant you got there ,good luck to ya and stay healthy .
Actually that was my college nickname. LOL !! Thanks for watching. Best of luck to you too !
Did you find that the frequency/vibrations of the shaker cause the material to climb up hill? It seems to happen with mine regardless of how step an angle or direction of motor spin.
I'm down in aus though so maybe things work diffrent down under :)
Yes. Placement is critical as well as the direction of the spin.
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@@kennethkustren9381 yes, I've seen them in action. Work good once the flow and angle adjusted. 👍
The running water had too much speed that I think some of the fine gold was washed down. The system looks good, with some little adjustments you can get a lot more shine
Nope. Volume, velocity, and angle are perfect. No gold lost. Conducted extensive testing. I prove this with other videos. Please Check out my original Gold Rattler video, which demonstrates the efficiency of the wash plant.
Come along, friends, good luck always
A vibrating screener is better at moving yardage but not as effective at cleaning then a scrubber trommel. If you use a vibrating hopper feeder and a trommel you almost triple the yardage and it comes out clean. Clay and most material
Problem solved. See my Gold Rattler videos on my channel. Thank you for watching. Keep in mind that my goal is to create a portable wash plant for the small miner/prospector. Adding a vibrating feeder and trommel adds to the complexity and is not ergonomically feasible. Vibration frequency is the key, not a trommel.
I'm wondering why your trommel is after the sluice mat and not before?
Hello Shane. Thanks for your question. That is a dewater trommel filterng system that separates solids from liquids. I invite you to go to my channel to learn more. I have several videos from 2016 to 2019 that exhibit trommel before the sluice. Be sure to check out my trommel build series as well. Soon the lower trommel (dewater) will be replaced with a new concept. Hence why I mentioned the 2and speed controller. Thanks for watching and best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Ah now I see, it's just for water recovery so you can recirculate.
Exactly. Water in the desert is precious, so conservation is paramount. 🤠
Yes! Bring it on sir👍🤠🇺🇸🤩🇳🇴.
Hope it's not too late in your part of the world. Cheers !!
@@allansgoldmining No problem
What is that song you used in the film? Funky work song, thanks Allan
Hi David. Glad you enjoyed the video ! Most of the music I find on free sites or from my video editing program. Banjo Rag, Piano Rag, Pop to name a few.
10:46 wonder if iron ore would be financially viable to sell if this process would be scaled up and automated :) Where you get your energy from? DIY Solar PV could be a fun project, Jerry Rig Everything has a video about it, only he mechanically stressed panels unnecessarily.
It would be financially viable if could market it to artesian blacksmiths that make Damascus pattern objects. Then th hey can sell their items as locally sourced or from a certain region. To try to do it on a commercial level to sell to foundries you would need to be able to do tons and tons an hour and send it out in large dump trucks every day
What is the weight of the gold that you found? 1g 0,5g !!!
How many gallons of water did you use?
About 60 gallons to start and 40 for replenishment for a total of 100 gallons to process a cubic yard. Stay tuned for my next video. Radical changes and improved conservation !
Was that a garret scorpion gold stinger?
It's a Fisher Gold Bug 2. Thanks for watching !
Does the black sand have any value?
Hi Mark. Thanks for your question. Not much value other than the gold mixed in it. Mostly iron oxides with a very small percentage of chromium. Thanks for watching !
Clay steals gold, your hand full of screen deck tailings was full of rocks with clay sludge. Put a trommel between the vibrating deck and the sluice box and you'd have the cleanest rocks around
Not the case. These rocks are metamorphic and appear dirty on the video. Trust me, they are whistle clean. I'm the first to know that. As I mentioned before, watch my latest videos.
What encouraged you to process a yard of material in the first place? Maybe a smaller representative sample might have told you the same thing. A cubic yard is a lot of material! Thanks for making this video for us to see.
A cubic yard is how placer gold is assessed in the US. It's more accurate measure than a couple buckets. Furthermore, not all ground is perfectly the same. Just got some nice gold with nugget and pickers from same source this past weekend. So, you be so rigid in your judgment. That's how mining is. You have to take the not-so-great along with the good parts.
@@allansgoldmining, thanks for the response. I'm not trying to be rigid in my judgment, I just want to know the thought process that a prospector, like yourself, would go through to choose one location over another. I'm a relatively new subscriber, so I followed your advice and watched your video on determining the number of buckets per ton. You certainly did a lot of work for our benefit. Thanks for all your work!
Panning might be a lot easier if you invest in an 1/8 inch screen and pan the oversize and under-size separately..... Well Done.
Hi Bill. Thanks for your comments ! I usually do as you suggest. I screen down to 1/8 and 20 mesh. Don't normally show on video to save time. Glad were thinking the same thing !! Best of luck to you in your prospecting adventures ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Really interested in what you have done, thanks
Good evening Allan, I live in Australia and I have taken a few ideas from your washplant videos and have now built myself a plant on a trailer which I'd love to show you a video of if I can get in touch somehow?
Hi Sam ! Would definitely love to see your trailer mounted wash plant. That's not the same one Parker bought when he was out there ?? Lol !! I'm designing a trailer mounted version too. You can send pics to my email: allan.goldmining@gmail.com. Cheers !! 🤠⚒⛏👍
@@allansgoldmining Parker will have to come back to Australia and run a real trailer plant once I have this perfected! No big machines this time, just a gantry and a 14ft hole. He'll be surprised what Victorian wash can deliver :)
@@samschreuder1335 right on !! No doubt your plant will be better than $10k they paid for that junk ! So, do you know Chris from Vo-Gus Prospecting and Sean from Busted Knuckles ? They live in Victoria. One of these days I'll make it over there. Want to spend a month prospecting and astronomy of the southern skies. Cheers mate !!
@@allansgoldmining I haven't met either of them although I have watched a fair few of Chris's videos, perhaps someday I'll make a trip over to Gippsland for some educated knowledge. We get some of the best nights skies in the bush here in Vic!
I sent you an email with a video and some further info on what our plans for the near future with the plant and prospecting
I scrolled down to make a reference to his long lost uncle Benny & he's already been spotted , uncanny in't it
Hi Allen can you please tell me what size of mesh for a size please ,
Regards.
Glenn
The dewatering trommel has 60 mesh. 👍
@@allansgoldmining Hi Allen i mean the size on top of the mini high-banker the sive.
Regards.
Glenn.
@glennnilson498 the shaker deck has 1/8" and 1/4" stainless steel punch plate. If you watch my Gold Rattler videos, you can see the latest configuration of the shaker deck, which is more efficient.
That sugar packet analogy is pretty accurate! That would be a good day really!
Yep. A sugar pack a day would be awesome. Lol ! Thanks for watching !
Can you please send me a plan for building a gold washing plant
I don't have plans for this machine. It's a test model for something greater called the Gold Rattler (www.goldrattler.com). If you want to build trommels, I have a 3 part series on my channel, which includes a parts list on videos 2 & 3. Please check out my Gold Rattler series on my channel.
you need a dream mat!
Nope ! They are a nightmare. Won't recover the fine gold. Same with Hog ! Been there, done that. They are crap !
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what is a guess as to what your whole system cost to build? Hope your wife is doing well, we didnt see you in phoenix .
Good question Jeff. I estimate to be about $900 in closing pump and battery. Thanks for your concerns of the wife. She's doing very well. Let's hope it continues. Was planning on Phoenix, but other things popped up, so couldn't be there. Heard it was good. I made the Pomona show.
I don’t think I would care too much for that maverick pan.
I did try one at a gold outing but only panned a couple of times and had to give it back to its owner.
I could tell in this video you was having a hard time getting it down to a minimum and once you got it down there seemed to be too much to work with in that small square pan. You said you couldn’t bring it down and further because the gold was about to come out. Tell me, does that happen a lot? Because I was thinking I may order me three of these for me and the friends for this season but after seeing this video I’m thinking I may not. Didn’t really want to spend the money on something I wouldn’t use much. We all know we need our money to buy other gold toys! 😂
Thanks for your comments. Actually, I love this pan.... Wouldn't trade it for any other for panning cons. The Gold in the video is very fine, so it mingles within the black sand. I do a rush job for the video, to demonstrate the gold. Yes, I could tap it more to bring all the fines up to the top edge, but really no need to, because I will clean it all with my Blue Bowl or Miller Table. If you watch my latest videos, you'll see the gold piled up nicely at the top. BTW, I've re-panned my cons and found no visible gold. Thanks for watching, and best of luck to you. 🤠⚒️⛏️👍
@@allansgoldmining ah, I see. I don’t have a blue bowl or Miller table. Maybe I’ll go ahead and buy them then. Thanks for the quick reply.
@Day Trader you betcha. If you're panning general ground material, I suggest a Garrett Super Sluice pan. It's great for prospecting regular ground.
cubic yard turns out to be about a ton ?
"As a general guide, 1 cubic yard of aggregate, sand, or dirt is equivalent to 1.5 tons." (short tons) - course you had rocks in their so more .. 2200 #ton, or 2000 # short , interestingly a metric ton is very close to an english ton, slightly more.
Yep, that's about right. 👍
I like that.....
Thanks Rafael ! Glad you enjoyed the video. Best of luck prospecting.
1:24 oh, ok. My girlfriend was just going to suprise me with prospecting equipment. She's right. That does sound fun.
Smart girlfriend ! Better keep her. 👍 Good luck you in your prospecting adventures !!
should put hinges on the bucket and you could just flip the tailings straight out!
Thanks for the great suggestion ! Best of luck to you !!
That would be $25 a yard wouldn't it? If so compared to most the guys on TV that's really good ground!
You betcha ! They would ecstatic ! Honestly, my yield is usually around 1 gm/yd. I was testing a new spot. That's how it goes sometimes. Thanks for watching and good luck to you prospecting !
Hi Allan, do you still use your same email address, have some couple of questions, thank you for this great , once again...👍
Your video is very interesting👍👍, and I want to be friends with you, I'm from "Borneo Metal Detector" Indonesia 🇲🇨, Greetings ... 🙏👌👋
Glad you enjoyed the video ! Be sure to subscribe to my channel. And welcome !! Cheers !! 🤠⚒⛏👍
May not be a pack of sugar , but it is still sweet ! ! !
Yep, will take it ! Lol !! 🤠⚒⛏👍👍👍
Are you selling any gold?
No, I work too hard to get it. Lol ! Hope you can find homes for those stray kitties !
He didnt weight it??
You must have skipped over it near the end. .48gm
Hi like
Still praying for you and your wife
Was hoping you'd get more gold than that
Me too ! That's how it goes sometimes. Exciting days when you get more than expected ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Going to be good, show me the gold.
We got the shiny !
@@allansgoldmining You got my attention, lol.
All gold is good gold eh?
Will take it as it comes. Some days are better than others. Thanks for watching !
Still waiting on a update
Are you referring to the Gold Rattler ?
@@allansgoldmining for the other switch on the box 😅 love the content man! Just getting into prospecting and your channel has showed me a lot! Thank you.
@@Rockbottomadventurez That extra switch has turned into the Gold Rattler. LOL ! Welcome to the hobby. Glad you're enjoying the channel. best of luck to you prospecting !
try this boss I have a milwaukee tools rover light 2 AA batteries on low power 100 lumens lasts for 16 hours if those were metal posts it has 2 magnets one on the base and one on the back of the light even on low power it will light up my hole room pretty dam good and fits in your shirt pocket (very small) just a thought have a good day boss check it on youtube milwaukee rover work light
Thank you for sharing. It's amazing how bright and efficient they make flashlights these days !
lol,.gold is where you find it.
gringo crazy..
Love the bad 90s porn music
Wouldn't know. Don't watch porn.
okay
Just use a round pan the one you’re using can’t see gold
Hello friend I'm from Perú we work gold of diferent form
Thank you for watching. Best of luck !
@@allansgoldmining where You work in united states ? I'd like work together .
@Ida Espíritu mons I have claims in Arizona. I mine gold as a hobby. Maybe someday day strike it rich. 👍🤠⛏️⚒️
Need a better camera can hardly see any gold
Hi Tommy. I know what you mean. I've made some improvements on that. Check my latest 2 videos. Much better. Thanks !
plant looks good, but your rectangle pan looks like a pain, doesn't look as effective as a round pan.....
It called a Maverick Pan. It's the best pan for concentrates. Excellent clean out. I was just demonstrating a quick assessment. Stripping of black is much easier than a standard pan with assorted riffles.
Last bucket , one eighth in box and on the
ground around the crate
Wow, you're too critical. Your assessment is not accurate. The crate is empty. The material you see is foundation and support from tailings.
@@allansgoldmining😉 my apologies.