Gold cleanup equipment - help with design and build

[angermd]

So I'm thinking about how to make some clean up equipment so I don't have to spend hours panning the large amounts of cons I have. When I went to the gold show when it came to town, they had a number of pretty nice clean up systems. Things like the gold cube or black magic or spiral wheels or blue bowls or mini recirc sluices are all quite nice pieces of equipment for the job. However, I like making things and some of those systems seem like they could be made for cheaper. I was thinking of making something similar to the black magic or small clean up sluices since they look the easiest to build. Any recommendations on how to do this? What kind of matting/bottom material should I use? Any thoughts where I could get some rubber matting? Thoughts on a simple v-rib matting sluice with a small electric pump? Any suggestions/thoughts are appreciated

 

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[2cmorau]

Start building! many try to reinvent the wheel, just type in the search that subject has been hammered on
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/d...7-help-me-learn-clean-up-properly-please.html
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/378906-homemade-bluebowl.html
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[goldenIrishman]

Go for it! It's not hard to make some of your own equipment for cleanup. There are plenty of threads that cover the "How-To" on the forum. Just do a search for what ya want and *POOF* it will come up!

For the most part I have built all my equipment with the exception of the metal detector. Given a circuit diagram I could build that as well but why should I? It's easier to buy something that is that complicated.