Wash Plant testing

Justbent · Mar 31, 2013

seems to be working well

Aurabbit79er · Apr 1, 2013

That is a nice piece of metal work.
Looks fairly portable too.
Where is the water source?
Good clean up too. :goldpan:

Justbent · Apr 1, 2013

Aurabbit79er said:
That is a nice piece of metal work.
Looks fairly portable too.
Where is the water source?
Good clean up too.

See the 55 gallon drum under the table. It recirculates I've taken it to the field but mostly I just collect dirt and bring it home.

Justbent · Apr 1, 2013

It's got some water spillage issues but I can fix that. It's a lot faster than the old way I was doing it with the garden hose and a sluice box.

Justbent · Apr 6, 2013

All upgraded with new plumbing and splash guards.

kazcoro · Apr 7, 2013

That is a lot of dirt you collected to take home. You are def not messing around with the shovel!

Justbent · Apr 7, 2013

That was 5 gallon bucket, 2 at a time, out of this hole.

Justbent · Apr 7, 2013

Right, no shovel.

Justbent · Apr 7, 2013

Finished plumbing, once the glue dries its time to test.

maverick41950 · Apr 8, 2013

Justbent said:
That was 5 gallon bucket, 2 at a time, out of this hole.

I like your rig :icon_thumright:

but that hole looks like a fine place to collect snakes. :icon_scratch:

Justbent · Apr 8, 2013

maverick41950 said:
I like your rig but that hole looks like a fine place to collect snakes.

When I started, that hole wasn't there. Now it's about 3' deep. When the wash runs again, it should be a gold trap.

Gelmac · Nov 22, 2014

A sophisticated gold contraption rig , looks great and works as in the pics excellently :headbang:

IMPDLN · Nov 26, 2014

Seems to be working well. Hard to tell from the pics, but it appears as if you are running at rather steep angles. ?? Just an observation. Dennis

Justbent · Dec 30, 2014

you are right... I was loosin gold so that unit is retired now.

Desertphile · Dec 30, 2014

Amazing and awesome! But.... was it worth the expense and time?

Justbent · Dec 30, 2014

It sure was. I've probably built 5 or 6 different wash plants since that one. That was my first and you know you always love your first the best.