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Best way to get gold dust out of silt and sand when panning?

I’ve got a bucket of dirt/rocks that my uncle brought back from his trip to Alaska. After he passed I found it at his house and have taken up the task of panning it out.
Ive ran it all through a screen and gotten down to concentrates.
I’ve added Dawn to my pan to get the dust to settle but not sure how to get it separated from the silt and such.
I also have some mercury I found as well at my uncles but not sure how to get that to work properly.
I do have a schematic to build a tort that filter thru water to recollect mercury. So any advice on the amalgam method would be appreciated.

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u/Nutlesswonder — 9 days ago

Dull gray that is reflective at right angle to light. Heavy for its size

Origin unknown. Feels like metal. Not magnetic

u/Nutlesswonder — 2 months ago