How much effort to put into saving that ultra fine gold

[DrDuck]

Reading the link that Jembaicumbene posted on another thread, I found that Jack Douglas (Gold in Placer, How to find it - How to get it) has a some thoughts on the matter.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/doc/member-docs/158/1450312440_placer_page_50.pdf

 

[Diggertom]

Eldorado is filled with fine stuff, if I didn't keep that stuff I wouldn't have much unfortunately!

I remember with my first oz, I put it through a mesh, which was for tea so don't know the mesh size, but pretty small. 4/5th of the weight went through. It was a mix of panned and highbanker stuff and I find my matting doesn't lose to much.

Gold is gold to me, small, medium or big, though the bigger stuff is better to look at.

 

[Outback]

Reading the link that Jembaicumbene posted on another thread, I found that Jack Douglas (Gold in Placer, How to find it - How to get it) has a some thoughts on the matter.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/doc/member-docs/158/1450312440_placer_page_50.pdf

Fully agree with that , unless the area has only very fine gold your better off going for the heavier bits .

I also can't see myself ever paying $10,700 for a detector to go crumb hunting

 

[richo966]

gold is gold go after every flake time well spent better than the idiot box (tv)

 

[jamie]

i save all i can, big,little, verry fine.. the lot!, if it runs out the back of the sluice i guess i don't deserve them bits anyway but when i was last at tuena i tested the runoff with a bucket and panned all that came over the edgy and didnt find anything in that, so in my cons i do take my time and try to get every bit i can, i still haven't got much gold tho in total