Cleanup is the last step of recovery: separating gold from the black sand concentrates your pan or sluice caught. The right gear turns hours of hand-panning at home into minutes, and it keeps the fine gold that rougher methods lose.
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How to choose cleanup
•A blue bowl or spiral wheel does most of the separation work for a modest price — the two most popular concentrates finishers in the hobby.
•Strong magnets pull magnetite out of concentrates first, so the final pan has far less material to work.
•A jeweler's loupe lets you see what you actually recovered, tell flakes from pickers, and spot fine gold you would otherwise discard.
•Vials and display cases are the last mile: clean gold worth keeping is worth storing properly.