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Gold Cube vs Blue Bowl, Which is better the Gold Cube or Blue Bowl and why?
DavidJ
post Jul 20 2016, 02:47 PM
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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.




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post Sep 28 2017, 07:35 PM
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There are several of us who prospect year round. But in the winter that often means working nuts deep in ice. Gotta have insulated waders. But we do have some stretches of decent weather where it isn't too bad


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post Sep 28 2017, 07:57 PM
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There are several of us who prospect year round. But in the winter that often means working nuts deep in ice. Gotta have insulated waders. But we do have some stretches of decent weather where it isn't too bad

That sounds pretty hard-core! char060.gif
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