People that are not blind and can see the GOLD and possibly people that are blind and can feel the GOLD.
We would clean the sluice (upper and lower at this point) and if the visible free gold was a respectable number, typically 1 to 2 grams of gold per ton of feed gravel, we would stay there.
We have left the free gold, which may be substantial, in the black sand concentrate to be extracted under more secure conditions.