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Prospecting for early GoldCone artifacts

I was able to get in touch with the original Alaskan prospector who designed the GoldCone as a preliminary to possibly filming him coning as well as providing video history of his experiences.  While we don’t have the videos yet, what we do have is the original mold to produce GoldCones.  This mold along with [...]

Coning Instructions

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1. Agitate 2. Separate 3. Check

CONING INSTRUCTIONS
Fill the CONE about three-fourths full of placer material to be concentrated and, holding it level, submerge it in the stream. When the sample is thoroughly saturated or flooded with water, hold the GOLD CONE upright between the hands, and roll it back and forth under pressure, as shown in Fig. 1.

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