What is a good and cheap gold recoverer?

[mrmanpig1]

Is there anything that's like 50$?

 

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[Ragnor]

The poop tube sluice box. A cut in half 6" corrugated pipe makes a surprisingly effective sluice box. Lash it to a light weigh aluminum frame. I used mine for a couple years till I could find a real sluice box to buy 'pre-internet' .

 

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[Capt Nemo]

$54 24x48x1/4" plexiglass.
$25 180 GPH 120VAC fountain pump.
$10 10 gallon Rubbermaid "toughbin"
$9 green cutting mat.
$7 Plexiglass welding solvent.
$4 plexiglass solvent applicator.
$4 5/8"od acrylic tube.
$3 1/2"id pvc hose.
$2.50 1/8" NPT/1/2" hose barb.
$0.50 glass vial.
Free labor.
=$119 Miller table.

 

[russau]

Nice job Capt!

 

[Capt Nemo]

And once you're done with the miller table above, you should have enough plexi and solvent left over to build a 12V recirc fluid bed.

$78 Deep cycle marine battery.
$30 CPVC pipe and fittings.
$50 800 GPH bilge pump+cable, clips, heatshrink, and fuseholder.
$10 7 gal mixing pan.
$5 Silicone sealant.
$5 3/4"ID Vinyl hose.
$3 3/4"NPT/3/4" hose barb.

 

[goldhog]

This is my gold pan. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My gold pan is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My gold pan, without me, is useless.
Without my gold pan, I am useless. I must use my gold pan true.
I must use my gold pan with more skill than the miner down the creek, he wants the gold too.
I must get the gold before he does. I will...
My gold pan and I know that what counts in mining is not the number of pans we work,
the amount of dirt we move, or the speed. We know that it is the specs of gold that count.
We will find them...
My gold pan is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its feel, its grooves and its function.
I will keep my gold pan seasoned and ready, even as I am seasoned and ready.
We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed.
My gold pan and I are the purists in my country. We are the masters of the creeks.
We are the finders of riches.
So be it, until the gold is mine, there are no more creeks, and I no longer can stand.

 

[Jeff95531]

Doesn't get much cheaper than this and it works very good!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/474956-my-poor-mans-bgt.html

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

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[KevinInColorado]

I like his metal detecting and flagging technique a lot. All those classifiers seems a little silly out in the field.

 

[russau]

This is my gold pan. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My gold pan is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My gold pan, without me, is useless.
Without my gold pan, I am useless. I must use my gold pan true.
I must use my gold pan with more skill than the miner down the creek, he wants the gold too.
I must get the gold before he does. I will...
My gold pan and I know that what counts in mining is not the number of pans we work,
the amount of dirt we move, or the speed. We know that it is the specs of gold that count.
We will find them...
My gold pan is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its feel, its grooves and its function.
I will keep my gold pan seasoned and ready, even as I am seasoned and ready.
We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed.
My gold pan and I are the purists in my country. We are the masters of the creeks.
We are the finders of riches.
So be it, until the gold is mine, there are no more creeks, and I no longer can stand.

Doc I seem to remember this poem/post back when it had some other words like riffle and gun! Yep I got caught saying gun in the Army referring to my riffle and had to run around the company area saying that "phrase" over and over!!!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Russ you've been in the gold game so long you now spell rifle the same as a sluice rifFle!

 

[GoldpannerDave]

I like his metal detecting and flagging technique a lot. All those classifiers seems a little silly out in the field.

Especially if you have a Bazooka placed so you can shovel directly in. I do like his idea of determining where the black sand concentration is. I know to do that but never have. My detector doesn't tell me % mineralization, though so I have never been too tempted to do it. In fact, the small creek I enjoy working with you, we just work it from bank to bank. With a larger stream, his technique could be very useful.

If there was bedrock, a hand dredge would be handy but there don't seem to be crevices and cracks to clean out. Maybe I ought to use one directly into a Bazooka instead of shoveling?? Sitting like Reed Lukens does might be nice!!