The Pro-Camel 24 Gold Panning Machine and the Pro-Camel 18 Gold Panning Machine are the largest 12 volt spiral panners manufactured anywhere. Both are fast, high capacity machines capable of processing up to 400 pounds of placer sand per hour! The only difference is the size of the wheel -- choose 24 inches or 18 inches. These gold panning machines are for the miner who wants to process a lot of concentrates in a short time!
These spiral gold panning machines use the same basic method of gold separation as a traditional gold pan: Water, Motion, & Gravity. Because gold is so much heavier than the other material that it’s found with, it can be easily separated from like sized material. With a traditional gold pan, you create a slurry of water and material mixing it well to allow the gold to drop down to the bottom of the pan. You then slowly and carefully wash off the lighter material by dipping the edge of the pan in the water.
The same basic principles are being applied with the Pro-Camels, but much faster and more efficiently than panning by hand. The Pro-Camel’s Aqua-Jet provides an ample water supply to the edge and bottom of the spiral wheel to create the slurry needed to allow the gold to separate from the other material. As it does, the gold is scooped up in the 15 spiral riffles and stays there because of the deep “V” design. As the wheel turns, the spray bar rinses the lighter material away allowing the gold to ride up the spirals. When the gold drops into the second stage, any material tagging along for the ride is washed away allowing the clean gold to be deposited through the center hole of the wheel and into the gold catch cup hanging on the back of the machine.When the base material is properly classified, meaning the relative size of the material being processed is the same, the Pro Camel 18 and Pro Camel 24 both work well on recovering fine gold and pickers and flakes!
Click on the photo of the Pro Camel 24 below for more information. Click on the photo of the Pro Camel 18 below for details. 18 inch replacement wheels and 24 inch replacement wheels also available below. Both ship FREE via UPS to street addresses in the continental USA.
