Gold Cube vs Blue Bowl, Which is better the Gold Cube or Blue Bowl and why? Options

[DavidJ]

Which do you think is better at recovering fine gold, the Gold Cube or Blue Bowl and why? I have owned and used the Blue Bowl for several years now, and can really appreciate how much fine gold it recovers. However, I don't like the fact you need to wash your concentrates first or else the water gets really cloudy, which makes it very hard to see what you are doing. This process can take a lot of time and water to accomplish. Unfortunately, I have only used the Gold Cube once, so I can't really voice a non-bias opinion other than to say it seemed really easy to use and you don't need to prep your concentrates other than to classify them. Of course you should do that with any recovery system you are using. Cleaning up the Gold Cube seemed a little awkward because of the individual stack size, but at the time I only had one gold pan to put everything in, not very much room to do the cleanup, and no running water. I had to use my sniffer bottle and splash water out of the pan to clean up the individual stacks. I also have a Desert Fox, which I also haven't used very much. Now I am thinking about buying a Gold Cube, so I would really appreciate hearing what fellow miners have to say on the subject. I appreciate your input.

[Crusty]

Found this interesting blue bowl/banjo pan combo. I've got both; may give it a try this winter!

[ChuckD]

Found this interesting blue bowl/banjo pan combo. I've got both; may give it a try this winter!


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Hey Crusty, do you collect a whole bunch of classified dirt (I don't know the correct term) in buckets during the summer, and then go thru the really fine stuff during the winter time? Are you able to find places during the winter to go get more potential gold-bearing dirt? ( forgive my lack of knowledge for the correct terminology- I'm sure it's not called "gold-bearing dirt")
I'm only asking because there's a chance I might still make it to Colorado this winter and I know that getting to actually do any real gold prospecting out in the field is probably out of the question, but I'd love to maybe meet up with you somewhere and just watch how you sort thru the fine stuff. I've seen it on YouTube, but I'd love to watch it "live" and in person!