Shake Your Dirt in a Jar and the Gold Drops First — The Oldest Test There Is

The Gold Prospector's Bible (2026 Edition) — the complete field guide: https://goldprospectorsbible.com Long before pans, sluices, or detectors existed, prospectors had one of the simplest tests there is — shake dirt in a jar of water and watch what settles first. In this video I break down why gold's density makes it drop to the bottom before almost anything else, how to run this test properly so you're not fooled by heavy black sand, and what the settling pattern actually tells you about whether a spot is worth working further. It's a test that costs nothing, takes two minutes, and still tells you more than people give it credit for.