Super Fast Gold Recovery With The Rotapan Gold Machine
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- We got our hands on a Rotapan Gold Machine to try out at the creek. Being an older piece of equipment we have never gotten around to using one and we are glad we did. With the creek flooding and the high dirty water it was an excellent way to work some gravels that were newly exposed. The Rotapan made quick work of the clay and black sands. We are looking forward to taking it back to the creek and find some more shinny.
Cheers for watching and we hope you enjoy.
#GrotyGold #RotaPan
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I'm not sure if I missed it, but I have a Rotapan, and the instructions say after doing the jiggy jiggy back and forth, your supposed to give it a complete 360° spin so that the sweeper bars underneath can get rid of the excess materials in the catch pan.
I love my Rotapan, it's my go to piece of kit when I'm out panning and prospecting. It may have been a bit pricey, but it made all my money back the first weekend I took it into the field.
I'm a pretty darn good & fast panner, but the Rotapan is even faster.
Cheers. 👋🇨🇦
Like with any equipment bud you have to be where the gold is or it doesn’t matter what you got it won’t help one bit.
@@fishmut, well being where the gold is, I would think that would be kind of obvious, especially if I was able to pay for my Rotapan in a weekend. I've been panning for gold since I was five years old, well before the advent of the plastic gold pan, and I've own my claims since 1980, when gold was sub 500 dollars.
My metal detector on the other hand still owes me money.
@@andyfunke9484 This is the first time I've seen this "Rotapan", without doing any research yet, might you have a good idea how the sweeper bars deal with super fine gold or flour gold as some say?
@@01mustang05, I've panned the tailings from the Rotapan many times. I've never found more than one or two fly specks in the tailings. It has a very good capture rate.
Pretty cool classifier looks to work awesome 👍🏻👍🏻you sure called weather just in time. Looks like you get nasty storms we just get sever cold like -40F be Safe & pan on
Thanks 👍mate.-40f is way to cold lol. Cheers for stopping by🍀⛏🇦🇺👍
top looking pan stay safe
Thanks Peter it's a great bit of kit.
Thanks for showing how the rotapan works, never seen it before, I may have to get me one⛏⚒🤠
No problem 👍 Cheers for stopping by mate.
Cheers for the trip! I Canna wait to get out again ✌🏻
Cheers for watching mate. Hope you get some sweet shinny on your next gold hunt.
Nice ive never used one but a great way to classify :)
Cheers for stopping by mate, It works well we were happy with how it went.
Wow ! Something new. Good stuff.
Glad you liked it!
Yeah well you've convinced me. I'm off to the rotarpan store
Cool i want one
They are cool we like it. Cheers for stopping by mate.
Hi Grotty Gold, that's a great little sorter you have there, saves on carrying in batteries ! Thanks for showing how it's used. 👍
Thanks for watching Tim, Its a cool bit of gear works well.
That was my dad's idea . The bunnings bucket and the tub. Murray Rivers Gold Adventure.
Great minds must think alike we will have to check it out. We were just going to run it in the creek water but when we saw the flood water decided to use the wet classifying in dry area method. At least we didn't have to cart the water to far. Cheers for watching.
Hello Alicia and Steve,
Looks like a great device
to sample dirt...
good to see you both self isolating on the Creek...
take care guys stay safe ATB Jim
Thanks 👍Jim, It's a great bit of kit we like it. I think we are lucky to have this spot a nice safe place to be out for some fun.Hope you and your family are doing well mate stay safe we feel for you guys down in Vic hope they can get on top of it soon.
Wanted one of those for years, but I don't live where it's worth trying to look for gold. There are numerous posts and videos on the net about improvements that can be made to the thing.
Wow look at all the gold in the pan!
Cheers mate, It always looks nice.
Good video guys. My mate uses a roto pan and loves it 👍🏼
I can see why it's so fast even on the black sand & clay mix we have. Cheers for watching Sonjays Good luck & Happy hunting.
@@mohammednovalija I have lots of prospecting mates
Cool upload guys 🍺
Those things have been around for a fair while (20 years ) but are more in focus these days with our stupid anti prospecting laws.
Yes they have been out for a long time i remember ads for them in the gold gem & treasure mag back in the 90s. they fit in the law and work fast top bit of kit we think. Cheers for stopping by ADZ
Now that looks like a pan for someone with a crook back 👍🏻 good to see you 2 are still at it. GL and happy hunting
Hey mate. Yes it helps to be up out of the water. Hope your getting some nice gold out your way be nice if it would warm up a bit lol. Cheers for stopping by
Nifty device you have there. Well explained. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching mate👍
cool . that worked out great fam. nice AU for the day. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Appreciate it!! Mate, Cheers for stopping by.
Hey guys! Great to see you guys back at it. Nice little contraption you have there! Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Will do! It seems to work well. Cheers for watching C&K
Really a sweet unit to have.
It is a cool thing very clever. Cheers for stopping by David.
Cool little setup!!!!! I see your krik looks like mine... FULL 😆🍻🍻✅✅
Cheers for watching mate. I think it got even fuller later on hope some gold was exposed for us.
Another great vid guys , wow , i like that Rotapan , never seen those before , a simple but easy way to classify a larger amount , and collects the gold in the bottom at the same time using like a centrifuge idea , very good , well done . And you made it out just in time , lol . thanks for sharing guys , cheers .
Glad you enjoyed it Ned, I have always wanted one there were ads in the 90s for them but just never got one. A mate got this one in 2012 and used it once he didn't find any gold so it was chucked in his shed and forgot about. Until i went looking for it lol. That storm was warning us to get out. Cheers for watching mate.
Looked pretty good. I want to see more
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Thank you 👍
Pretty nifty vid thanks for sharing that's interesting
Glad you enjoyed it Adam it's a handy bit of kit. Cheers for stopping by mate.
Great video guys
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Good job you wore wellies x
Yes they were needed in that cold water. Cheers for watching Nathan.
Obviously a rich gold area but just a few feet can mean good or great finds. Beginning and end of inside bend are best. The black sand indicates where to dig. A small clean out sluice using buckets of water should probably even catch the specks without too much extra equipment to carry. You can't beat some type of sluice for catching gold. That's how mother nature does it in the streams which are natural sluices.
Cheers Frank, Thanks for watching.👍
Nifty piece of gear!!
Thanks for watching Lester, It is nifty we like it.
worked well 👍
It is cool we like it. Cheers for watching mate.
That little gizmo works great. Four little specks is definitely acceptable losses. I would like to see you use that some more. Great video
Thanks for watching David, It does work well and we will use it some more.
You did perty good there, nice lil take of gold. ✌️🤙
Thanks Dan-o, This area has been worked over hard for 130 years by the 1930s the old timers got an amazing amount of gold the records show 249,000 oz and we know they didn't get it all lol. Cheers for stopping by mate.
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Looks like a nifty little classifier to make life easier. Nice vid guys
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Very neat! Best of luck in your gold prospecting adventures! Good to see ya, like the new haircut! Happy Hunting!🌵😁🍀
Thanks! You too! Hope all is well with you guys and it's not to hot. Stay safe & Happy hunting Tammy.
that was my dad's idea, top
Theoretically, you can keep shoveling into the Rota-Pan until the basin fills with gold, displacing all the lighter sand/gravel. You should dump your catch bucket 5-10 times at least before panning the Rota. No matter how mm any shovels you put in the Rota, you will have the same amount of cons to pan.
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Thanks mate!👍
Cool little device, great narrating 😀
Thanks for watching👍👍👍😀
Was just wondering where you G.G.P. was fun little video guys cheers Napa California
We are from Australia. This was filmed in New South Wales. Cheers for stopping by mate.
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Thankyou for watching
Hey Guys! That looks cool but way too cold haha! Good to see you made it back to the creek, must be a while now that you guys have been back there. Hope you're all well after the trip to south coast. The virus seems to be showing up everywhere but up here. We still have no infections but the borders recently opened again so hopefully they can still keep it out of the territory. Nothing exciting happening up here lately just eat, sleep, work......car-ni-va-ly time up here during the dry season, so a few events are still going ahead which is good. Have a good one and good to see the season change in the vids.....up here is just wet or dry haha, stay safe!!
Hey dude. Been freezing down here, heavy frost last night, was 1c when i did the school run this morning. Hoping to get back up the creek in the next few days but short of time now as the boys are playing footy, so there goes Saturdays. Have been meaning to ring, was going to try tonight. Had a good time away. Cheers for watching and will chat soon.
Hi Mate's,
Now that is a great pan,
Is it a local made item.
Good to see you getting some color.
Dennis
G'Day Dennis yes the Rotapan is Aussie invented & made here to. A few of the gold shops sell them. It works well and it's fast. Cheers for watching mate.
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Thanks mate.👍
Y'all need to scrape up the black sand level that's where the fine gold is going to be
I have never seen a roto pan before. How much fast it that for test panning compare to a pan and classifier?
Thanks for watching Kurt.We recon it cuts 10min of panning down to about 2min it makes working heavy black sand a lot faster.
Great video guys , loving watching your adventures. Do you prospect for az living or just a hobby ? You guys are super passionate about this and it shows on every post. Any luck ont getting Steve to do a home made sluice video ? Sizes , matting types and build would be great to learn.
Well done, there a great pan to use. We used one at the Central Deborah in the panning troughs when they got to full of gravel, one of the fastest ways I found to work and concentrate larger amounts of material.
Been thinking about getting one for myself as last year they the doctors put a heap of mess in my stomach to keep everything in place. The worst thing is can't bend down to pan much without reflux and pain.
Did you get yours on line or from the shop?
Cheers Craig ⛏️
G'day Craig ,I (Steve) gave a panning lesson to a heap of people at the Deborah troughs once lol. The Rota pan would be perfect for that trough clean up. If you could set it up so you are standing to work it that would be spot on. I hear ya on the bending over bit i've had 2 rounds of spinal surgeries and its not fun to be bent over for to long. This rotapan came from a mate that got it in 2012 used it once didn't find 10oz LOL so it was chucked in the shed and forgot about until i went looking for it. I think miners den was selling them and prospectors patch in WA. Cheers for stopping by mate.
@@GrotyGold thanks mate, I'll check them out though I think miner's den Bendigo don't sell them anymore.
Worked at the Deborah several times over twenty odd years from volunteer, braceman, trainee miner, miner, Forman & Mine manager. Everytime I walked passed the panning troughs had to give lessons best job to sharpen your panning skills ever.
When developing the third level we found shoe boxes of gold (jewellery boxes) there still plenty down there if you know were to look😁⛏️
@@craigparry5648 That would be Awesome to see gold like that. On our family's farm there was a gold mine it had an 8 head stamper sadly removed before i was born but 2 parts were left behind a S wheel and what i think is called a collet the lug the S wheel lift's i still have them. When we were at the Deborah i noticed that it's mill had the same sized parts. Bigger than most i have seen. great to see the Deborah mill still in place and all its other equipment we will go back some day for another tour.
it's great and all but you never dump your tailings lol
Hi guys love ya rota pan what brand is that?
Hi Garry the Rota pan is made here in Australia they have made them for a long time it must be about 30 years now. They are made by Cresswell engineering. Cheers for stopping by mate.
Could this be used for sapphires or is just gold?
Great question we have not had much to do with sapphires. But we think it would work on the small ones. Cheers for stopping by Peter.
Nice, have you ever tried the nugget bucket? It works great.
Not yet! We will have to check one out. Cheers for watching Glen
@@GrotyGold cool it's what can use legally in BC can not use a river sluice. We got some crap rules here..lol thanks!
So it's essentially a classifier?
A very handy one that catches the gold and clears most of the black sand. Cheers for watching mate.
Hello. I realize this video is 2 years old, but do you know anyone with a Rotapan that I could buy?
Where can I get a rotapan, please
Not sure they are hard to come by, there is a prospecting store in Western Australia that did sell them but cant remember their name.
That rotapan works a treat where did you get it
It does work well John. A prospecting supply's shop in Australia by the name of The Miners Den had them. Cheers for watching mate.
Where can I get one please
They are hard to find, some stores do stock them but they are only made in small batches, if you google Rotapan gold concentrator you might find something. Cheers for stopping by.
Try bataea pan
I notice on you tube people are copying the same concept but with plastic buckets sieve and funnel to do the same thing , bogan style lol.
Yes , I think these are a bit hard to get and expensive if the bogan style works go for it home made gear does real well some times. Cheers for watching mate.
@@GrotyGold … true don’t know if the rota pan is still available these days , I own one I bought years ago and was very expensive , I still haven’t found enough gold to pay it off yet lol , I think the ones with plastic bucks are called bucket sluice , hand made , very basic but couldn’t do as much materials that the rota pan does I don’t think , that’s about it and a load of dollars cheaper 👍
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