Part two-I think this cla.y is robbing my sluice. What's your opinion? Just for your info the tertiary gravel is well ceminted but breaks up well in the box. It consists of quartz sand, blue quartz cobbles, some metamorphic cobbles, a few andisite cobbles, and a very few granitic cobbles. Gold is no bigger than 8 mesh generaly. Thanks for any imput you have I'm impressed with your knowledge of mining.
I've been enjoying your vids for years! I have a question, what is the slope of your sluice? My A52 is a single four foot and I'm loosing gold out the end, fine gold, not dust. My water flow is a little less then your's. I'm thinking I need to increse the sluice length because the ore body is a true tertiary channel of which I'm excavating the bottom 5 feet. I'm also taking the top 1 foot of the anchient bedrock which is a very decomposed meta-sediment. This bedrock is now a very heavy clay.
Thanks....it's 2 keene A52 piggy backed an I run A honda 5 1/2 hp pump.....I stuck the other sluice on the end to see if I was loosing an golds an I only found one spec in the second sluice.
Great video, it looks like you have 2 keene 52 sluices piggy backed onto your own hopper ? I liked the video but I missed the part when you show us the findings of the day, but I guess that should be a secret ;)
Part two-I think this cla.y is robbing my sluice. What's your opinion? Just for your info the tertiary gravel is well ceminted but breaks up well in the box. It consists of quartz sand, blue quartz cobbles, some metamorphic cobbles, a few andisite cobbles, and a very few granitic cobbles. Gold is no bigger than 8 mesh generaly. Thanks for any imput you have I'm impressed with your knowledge of mining.
Dredgerguy 1 year ago
I've been enjoying your vids for years! I have a question, what is the slope of your sluice? My A52 is a single four foot and I'm loosing gold out the end, fine gold, not dust. My water flow is a little less then your's. I'm thinking I need to increse the sluice length because the ore body is a true tertiary channel of which I'm excavating the bottom 5 feet. I'm also taking the top 1 foot of the anchient bedrock which is a very decomposed meta-sediment. This bedrock is now a very heavy clay.
Dredgerguy 1 year ago
what's your water flow rate?
PandoraLeigh 1 year ago
Cool machine.
cauby43 1 year ago
I guess the keene a52 is good heh.
piecartbox 2 years ago
Thanks....it's 2 keene A52 piggy backed an I run A honda 5 1/2 hp pump.....I stuck the other sluice on the end to see if I was loosing an golds an I only found one spec in the second sluice.
hixonAu 3 years ago
Great video, it looks like you have 2 keene 52 sluices piggy backed onto your own hopper ? I liked the video but I missed the part when you show us the findings of the day, but I guess that should be a secret ;)
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mnbvczxc 3 years ago
is it made out of normal sluices welded together?what pump you use im making on like this.and how many feet of sluice?
weeder57sluice 3 years ago
Welcome....easy to make an funner to use.
hixonAu 3 years ago
nice rig, need to make me somthing like that for mine.
secoxxx 3 years ago