Gold Cube

kikinit247

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yotaboy86

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arizau

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According to the excerpt of Oregon Shore Recreation Rules shown below, beach sand removal is limited to 20 gallons per year! Pretty ridiculous to say the least.

(9) A person may engage in recreational prospecting as provided in this section. However, the department may restrict disturbance or removal to specific areas of the ocean shore state recreation area, by quantities of material, and by time of year.

(a) A person may remove sand from the ocean shore state recreation area for personal prospecting use. A person may remove a maximum of one five-gallon volume container per day; for up to 20 gallons per person per calendar year.

(b) Equipment is limited to hand-operated instruments;

(c) A person may not use motorized equipment, including solar, battery operated pumps, or other similar motorized devices;

Here is where the quote came from: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_700/oar_736/736_021.html
 

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Oregon Viking

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According to this excerpt of Oregon law shown below, sand removal is limited to 10 gallons per year! Pretty ridiculous to say the least.
"Removal for Personal Use:
(B) Sand: no more than a five-gallon volume container per person per day; up to 20 gallons per person per calendar year. beach sand removal is limited to a total of 10 gallons of sand per year." Here is where the quote came from: Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division

OOPS I forgot to remember this the last time I was there.
Sure. I have seen people on Nesika beach standing in a hole 5 feet deep. Running a sluice using sea water. major no-no X3.
 

Oregon Viking

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So sounds like i need to bring some astro turf with me to solve that vegetation line issue...lol. Well looks like i'm going to have to go up there and do some exploring here soon i have nothing better to do anyways. How far north of brook is that nesika beach?
35 miles or so. Ask at Lorings lighthouse sporting goods store. The one employee has spent a lot of time up there. Mention my name! :laughing7:I grew up with him. Whaleshead is a lot closer. wear boots, cross the creek 1/8 of a mile....black sand.
 

yotaboy86

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35 miles or so. Ask at Lorings lighthouse sporting goods store. The one employee has spent a lot of time up there. Mention my name! :laughing7:I grew up with him. Whaleshead is a lot closer. wear boots, cross the creek 1/8 of a mile....black sand.

Cool thanks for all that information its nice that you would give someone that much info its much appreciated if you ever need anything south of the border let me know
 

yotaboy86

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According to the excerpt of Oregon Shore Recreation Rules shown below, beach sand removal is limited to 20 gallons per year! Pretty ridiculous to say the least.

(9) A person may engage in recreational prospecting as provided in this section. However, the department may restrict disturbance or removal to specific areas of the ocean shore state recreation area, by quantities of material, and by time of year.

(a) A person may remove sand from the ocean shore state recreation area for personal prospecting use. A person may remove a maximum of one five-gallon volume container per day; for up to 20 gallons per person per calendar year.

(b) Equipment is limited to hand-operated instruments;

(c) A person may not use motorized equipment, including solar, battery operated pumps, or other similar motorized devices;

Here is where the quote came from: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_700/oar_736/736_021.html

Wow that is crazy strict....
 

Oregon Viking

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Cool thanks for all that information its nice that you would give someone that much info its much appreciated if you ever need anything south of the border let me know

No problem. before you head to Nesika beach let me know I will give you more details. Of course being storm season the sand can get buried in 1 day.
 

yotaboy86

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Alright will do thanks again
 

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J have not done any serious digging at Whaleshead but have always found gold just by being selective in running the visible black sands that collect around the driftwood or on the small dunes close to the creek.* That gold is beyond teeny tiny as no gold was found that was above 100 mesh and is probably mostly small enough to pass a 150 or 200 mesh screen, neither of which I have. I can only guess that the black sands around the stones below the sand level may contain larger gold. The creek has had enough flow, the times I was there, to run a small sluice and I ran my homemade bazooka once. I found that was not a good choice.
Good Luck

* Just for kicks I panned a finger pinch of these black sands and could see many colors. My production did not come close to equaling what I expected to find based on that test. Back to the drawing board for sluice capture media or fine tune the flow and feed rate for the Gold Hog mats (I used a configuration that Doc suggested but did not have time to test at different settings as he also suggested) that I used on my last excursion. I may have run it too hot. I think that low rib mat is probably one of the best and least expensive choices.
 

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Oregon Viking

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J have not done any serious digging at Whaleshead but have always found gold just by being selective in running the visible black sands that collect around the driftwood or on the small dunes close to the creek.* That gold is beyond teeny tiny as no gold was found that was above 100 mesh and is probably mostly small enough to pass a 150 or 200 mesh screen, neither of which I have. I can only guess that the black sands around the stones below the sand level may contain larger gold. The creek has had enough flow, the times I was there, to run a small sluice and I ran my homemade bazooka once. I found that was not a good choice.
Good Luck

* Just for kicks I panned a finger pinch of these black sands and could see many colors. My production did not come close to equaling what I expected to find based on that test. Back to the drawing board for sluice capture media or fine tune the flow and feed rate for the Gold Hog mats (I used a configuration that Doc suggested but did not have time to test at different settings as he also suggested) that I used on my last excursion. I may have run it too hot. I think that low rib mat is probably one of the best and least expensive choices.


Whalesead creek is like a small river right now. Deep V matting, just run until....well you will see. Nesika beach gold. About 125 lbs of black sand = beachsluiceready-1-IMG_5859.jpg And sore back, arms. You won't get rich this way.
 

yotaboy86

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As long as you had a good time and are healthy enough to dig than your already rich in my book
 

yotaboy86

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ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1421453935.129068.jpg this is my take from 12 gallons of sand today
 

yotaboy86

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That's really neat Yotaboy. That is some really fine stuff. Which side of the border were you on?

Mike

Yes it is very fine stuff and i am on our side of the border. I haven't got the chance to head north of the border yet....oh i have a question for you but ill pm you
 

kayakpat

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So the cube is just good for cons and a sluice would be preferable most of the time?
 

Reed Lukens

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So the cube is just good for cons and a sluice would be preferable most of the time?
Kinda but the Cube also can be bought with a trommel or a high banker set up which really puts up above a sluice and with the trommel the price is over $1000.00 I believe. So the price of the unit still makes it into the old saying that "You get what you pay for" A sluice is a lot lighter and can be carried in to the bush a lot easier where a cube with a trommel will need a wheelbarrow at the least.
Gold Cube Banker - Mini Highbanker - Gold Prospecting Equipment - Recovery
 

SHoward

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The trommel atatchment is $575 and another $400 for the Gold Cube so right at $1000 is right. So far my gold cube has proven to be worth it.....Waiting to see what others have to say about the trommel, for now I'll keep my classifers. But it does look good in the video's I've seen
 

KevinInColorado

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The trommel is pretty awesome...shovel, shovel shovel! I don't own one but I got to run the original prototype last summer with Red Wilcox. We were doing a volunteer event together.
 

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So the cube is just good for cons and a sluice would be preferable most of the time?

Bboth require classification to catch fine gold but The cube will capture gold that the sluice never even knew was there
 

N-Lionberger

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Isn't a gold cube just a scrunched up sluice box? Like a Yukon zig-zag? not to be confused with cigarette papers and the riffle system.
 

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