help with mud panning Options

[fenixsmom]

Hey there! I'm just starting out and the soil I'm working in is alluvial mud. It seems that it will stratify with minimum water and it also seems to be so light that it takes everything with it when I feather. I use Gold Hogs "rock and roll" method. Does anyone know how to keep the goods in the pan and get rid of the light mud with only a 14" gold pan? I can't afford a sluice or fine recovery system. Thank you for reading my dilema!.

[fenixsmom]

Thank you! I was fooled by the fools gold. I found a sedimentary rock with a streak running through it. I pressed on it with my nail, it seemed to be really soft and malleable I quietly freaked out inside thinking I hit the mother lode. I got home and looked at it for the tenth time and realized it's kinda brassy. So I crushed it with a hammer and realized it wasn't a vein but a small pocket. For now ill set it aside until I can get some muriatic acid.

I am really disappointed in the condition of the river. People aren't respecting wheat ridges rules and I'm afraid they'll shut it down. Get down there while you still can. Enjoy the sluice "runs" people left snd tge MASSIVE HOLES people never filled in. SMH. Oh and they are undercutting the banks and digging on the south side of the river, which is a nono.