arizau
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- May 2, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Beach High Banker, Sweep Jig, Whippet Dry Washer, Lobo ST, 1/2 width 2 tray Gold Cube, numerous pans, rocker box, and home made fluid bed and stream sluices.
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Ever wonder what to use to hand carry or back pack 5 or more gallons of water to your remote areas to run recirculating devices? I have/had that problem for a site about a mile or so from where I park my truck. I shopped around and the best and most suitable one for back packing I could find at the time was this one so I found a local store that stocks them and just got home from buying one. http://www.amazon.com/Reliance-BPA-2dFree-Gallon-Storage-Container/dp/B00COE8H3C. After I got home I did some more online research and stumbled on this one that never showed up in my original searches. https://www.google.com/webhp?source...2&ie=UTF-8#q=scepter military water container. This one is military grade and made by the same company that supplies them to our troops. Maybe durability is the reason for it being over twice the price of the Rhino Pak though it too got mostly good reviews. If my new one cracks or whatever the military grade Scepter will be on my shopping list.
Heavy pans.
Heavy pans.
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If the tub is tilted then the depth on one side increases so even less water is required. The drawback to that (not me but maybe others) is that I then pan backwards or towards me. Actually that is a pretty comfortable way to pan if you are sitting on the ground with your legs straddling the tub. That actually is a method I was taught by a ranchhand in an area I was prospecting at the time. I was carrying water cross country at that time too (more than 40 years ago) but I had no catch basin so I would run out of water in about an hour. Now, being able to conserve water, I should be able to pan for much longer or all day.
