Sluicing one ounce of gold. (High Banking, How long?)

Let me show you how long it takes to sluice or high bank one ounce of gold. In this video I demonstrate high banking on a good claim and show how long it would take to get one ounce of gold.
I use a sluice powered by a water pump away from the river, known as a high banker. The ground here is good but no where near as good as the ground I used to demonstrate panning one ounce of gold. For gold panning I was able to be right at the river's edge, but because of rules here in British Columbia (BC) we can not discharge dirty water back into the river, so we have to have a settling pond away from the river. Thus I have to go to lesser ground for this demonstration of recovering one ounce of gold using a high banker sluice.

For my high banker setup I am using gold owl mats. Supplied by Mark from Gold Stream Placer Supplies in Grand Prairie, BC. I made a couple mistakes in the sluice box setup where it went out of level for a bit. And I was running a high banker a bit too hot for a while with too much angle and too much water. But we still got good gold recovery in the highbanker mats.

This video is produced by Dan Hurd, Prospector, Miner, Teacher and YouTuber, as part of his YouTube channel based on educational videos about gold mining, gold panning, prospecting, rock hounding, and mineral collecting.

#goldpanning #thefinders #findinggold

[steven_ewen]

I love the fact that not everything was set up perfect. Show's that it doesn't really matter. You'll still catch gold. Thanks for sharing your adventures Dan

[unoleagotiya]

Dan, I watch numerous gold videos. Yours are by far the best and my favorite to watch! Not only do you teach and educate, but you make them entertaining also. Thanks for all the time you put in teaching us!

[bswift]

is gold prospecting illegal without a beard?

[m.i.s.t.]

Teacher: What do you want to become in Future?

Child: Highbanker.

[bradonhoover]

Using poor land with poor setup and still making $30-40 an hour. That's three times what I get paid.

[workwithnature]

you know you are going to be rich in three years when the gold price goes nuts.

[cdanielh]

I did not realize this was a real job still. I grew up in the country and have heard of all types of hard work but this I thought had gone the way of the dodo. Looks like good work for good pay. Thanks for sharing.

[brettcouacaud]

I say good day to everyone that gives Dan crap he’s showing you ways of gold recovery and he is very informative! Good job Dan

[joeljeffery]

Can't say anything about your set up, you got gold! Beautiful gold. Great job. Thanks.

[josephzerbe]

Your videos are so interesting and always have taught me something new in every one! Thanks a bunch and keep those videos rollin out!

[gavinjones]

Really enjoy watching your videos Dan. I have learnt a lot and love the beautiful places you get to work in.

[antonclark]

If I was finding that amount of gold whilst prospecting, I’d be doing it from dawn till dusk...

[MrSlartiB]

thank you for the info on local rules and regs. This is very useful. Love the videos Dan, keep it up.
DavidG - Northern Ontario

[TazzzieAdventures]

As a demo its spot on who's asking for exact, 1ounce 3day gotta love that.

[autovilletv]

Hey Dan, I have now watched many of your videos. Great info you put out not to mention your experience shared. Thank you. I've always been drawn to gold prospecting

[willholder]

We usually put a "stucco" mesh, which is an angled wire mesh, over the baffles to trap even more, plus an extended sluice run with moss here in the golden corner of S.Carolina.. It works well to knock down the flour increasing yield per yard of dirt

[hockeydad]

Love your channel and this is my favorite video, must have watched it a dozen times or so. Very motivational, if I could get even half that in 3 days I would be happy.

[stevewoods]

Love it thanks! I might do some of this when I retire. Hobbies that pay are the best hobbies, IMHO.

[travisjames]

Love your videos. Just started watching you about a week ago. You make my gold fever worse, lol. I'm from spokane Washington. I have had my best luck prospecting in Sullivan Creek (about 10 miles from the Canadian border). Best I have done there is 11.1 gs in 3 days (about 8 hours of actual work each day). I was high banking with my home made high banker with a 1 inch honda pump and 4 foot sluice (it can do a shovel full about every 20-45 seconds depending on material). I wish I had ground here as good as the ground is your videos. But anyway, good job, you keep me hopeful. Your channel is the first ive ever actually subscribed to. Love your attitude, and of coarse all the GOLD!

[hawaiianongu-lol]

Haven’t tried panning or doing such. But by watching this makes me want to do this. A good outdoor family activity for sure.