Slucing for Gold

This is a video of me useing my home-made sluice box to find gold in the north saskatchewan river. This is near the town of Devon, AB.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• gold
• pan
• panning
• sluice
• box
• river
• prospecting
• mineing
• mining
• truck
• homemade
• rocks
• digging

[fuandback]

Ah! the good old days, no longer able to go down to waters edge with a vehicle, Devon town council decided without any consultation, to close both sides of river.

Fascist bastarts! still, an election is around the corner so maybe some will have to get another job. In the meantime the Mayors name is Anita Fisher, you can find the bitch at... mayor@devon.ca send her an email and tell her what you think!

[3D42Jamie01]

@fuandback

I haven't been out there this year but I had heard about this. That is totally depressing. What was the reason they closed vehicle access?

[ipodtester1]

Damn i went on a rafting trip there one time that's why I thought that place looked familiar where is devon near rocky mountain house or something????

[3D42Jamie01]

@ipodtester1

Devon is actually just about a 15 min drive South-West of Edmonton.

[smoke9699]

dude i live in devon, u were just under the bridge hey, how much did u get ?

[3D42Jamie01]

@smoke9699

Last time I went out, I got about 6 grains.

That's around $10 worth. Not going to be quitting my day job anytime soon. I just like collecting it.

[thestevewallis]

I use a sluice box on the NSR as well

[fuandback]

@3D42Jamie01 On enviro grounds, vehicles in the river etc. The only good thing about this noisy dirty unfinished fascist run town has just been taken away, as far as I am concerned they can all go and rot in hell

[goldspring187]

thinking about picking up a desert fox or even a better one..found any more decent locations? was this close to the Devon bridge?

[firedathan]

i was down their today looking around and doing a little panning, and have decided to get a sluice , was that you who made those two holes up river, i heard their is a group of prospecters who meet up their every year do you know the name.

[7777dmith7777]

@biggrex Ya man You kick ass !! anyone that hunts for gold is good in my book !!! i sucked too when I first got into it . I made a sluice box with the riffles totally backwards and i used it for 2 days before some dude came up and was like ?? .... Wtf ARE YOU DOING !! lol !!! Keep hunting and you can't go wrong.. Peace ...

[biggrex]

@7777dmith7777

yeah, that slope is nuts

[7777dmith7777]

dude your sluice is set up way too steep, 3/4 of the gold is washing straight through, why dont you drop it to 3 inches per 2 foot of run. your box looks about 5 foot so you should have it about 7 or 8 inches up out of level not 3 feet LOL..

[22tana2]

@Ssmallfry your drop should 1.2" to 1.8" per foot of sluice box