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How fine to crush rock for panning
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<blockquote data-quote="BrokeInBendigo" data-source="post: 570228" data-attributes="member: 18943"><p>With some assistance from my partners pops Ive welded a diy dolly pot (? I think thats the name, its just a steel tube with flat base and a very heavy rod to smash with), was quite fun. </p><p></p><p>Anyways I brought some rocks back (ironstone and quartz in a hardened clay) and crushed the heck out of them then tried panning. Well Im not sure but I dont think there was any gold in them, but I dont think I would have been able to spot it if there was. I crushed the rock till it was dust, I dont think I could have crushed it more. </p><p></p><p>I did see a couple tiny specks that looked like gold but they were seriously tiny, Id need a microscope to see if they were gold. </p><p></p><p>Did I over do it? How fine should I crush? Different size particles for different types of rock? It *was* fun to crush the rocks so thoroughly but perhaps its not the way to test your rock samples <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrokeInBendigo, post: 570228, member: 18943"] With some assistance from my partners pops Ive welded a diy dolly pot (? I think thats the name, its just a steel tube with flat base and a very heavy rod to smash with), was quite fun. Anyways I brought some rocks back (ironstone and quartz in a hardened clay) and crushed the heck out of them then tried panning. Well Im not sure but I dont think there was any gold in them, but I dont think I would have been able to spot it if there was. I crushed the rock till it was dust, I dont think I could have crushed it more. I did see a couple tiny specks that looked like gold but they were seriously tiny, Id need a microscope to see if they were gold. Did I over do it? How fine should I crush? Different size particles for different types of rock? It *was* fun to crush the rocks so thoroughly but perhaps its not the way to test your rock samples :) [/QUOTE]
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