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  1. #1
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    Mar 2011
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    Mesh Screen Sizes

    I was looking to take make a 1/12 mesh screen for my concentrates. If I took a 1/12 inch drill bill bit and made a bunch of holes on the bottom of a bucket, would that work. Thanks.


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    I can dig it! "WP"

    Mar 2007
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    Re: Mesh Screen Sizes

    Better to cut your 5 gal bucket off 6" from the top and then use a propane torch to melt a screen on to the bottom of the top section. Then trim off the edges.

    That way it nests nicely into another 5 gal. bucket to screen your concentrates into.

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  3. #3
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    May 2009
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    Re: Mesh Screen Sizes

    Quote Originally Posted by mu50stang
    I was looking to take make a 1/12 mesh screen for my concentrates. If I took a 1/12 inch drill bill bit and made a bunch of holes on the bottom of a bucket, would that work. Thanks.

    Thats one option , but I tried it and its just to difficult to completely wash all the small gold out of the material with it. The small stuff has a tendency to cling to the plasitc surface or get lodged in the little grooves and crevices in the plastic created by the drill. Metal screen though lets everything freely pass through it and washes out quick.

  4. #4
    us
    Nov 2011
    2
    Beach and Shallow Water Hunting

    Re: Mesh Screen Sizes

    Buy a bucket classifier from a Prospecting supply,,, they fit the bucket perfect and you can get them in different grades of screen and they all stack together,,, they even have small ones that fit 2 1/2 gal buckets......,,,,,, spend your time gathering concentrates not reinventing the wheel..... Mahalo David If you are looking for the smaller bucket classifier pm me for a contact #

  5. #5
    us
    Nov 2010
    6
    Prospecting

    Re: Mesh Screen Sizes

    When you classify your materials , try a drop of dish soap in you bucket of water. This should keep the gold from sticking to the plastic......

 

 

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