best sluice for fine gold

[rawdog]

Le Trap for me always. Even the thieves love them because I've had 2 stolen at different times!! Frame?? Frame?? Don' need no stinkn' frame-John

I dont need no stinkin frame..Hoser Johns the man...You will need a piece of ply wood to go across the top, to put some rocks on, to hold sluice.

I dont understand why more people dont use the letrap...Its simply put, the best sluice in the world. Gold wont make it past the first 4 drops, and any idiot can set it up. I can't believe people use carpets, moss expanded metal, etc, when the letrapm is newer, better technology..Ive used quite a few sluices..the ltrap gets it all and cleans up in seconds, not minutes.

I run mine pretty flate and plenty deep. You know you are running a bit fast if its blowing black sand out unevenly...you still wont lose the gold!!...

As I said, I like to run mine flat and see the dirt collecting evenly, while the unclassified material blows out the back...

Keep the back clear with your shovel and dont be afraid to put your hands in the box to pull out the big rocks ...most should blow through..and again...keep that back end clear..dont worry about the front as much...

hope this helps

rawdog

 

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[wild eyed willey]

I built my own sluice, black rubber mat from Depot, two sections of ribbed carpet also from depot, small section of expanded metal screen ( gutter gaurd) .. How you set it up makes all of the difference in the world. ( 1/2" of water and keep the back out of the water or just at the surface) I catch only fines and they are in the rubber matting at the front. But I have to classify, because the big rocks move the gold off of the black mat.. I assume it gets caught in the carpet, but as long as I classify it keeps up front. I also find lots of metal bits while panning out the cons. I have my eye on the bazooka gold trap.

 

[NeoTokyo]

My bazooka Miner caught very fine gold, no micro but very fine pintip stuff.

My new combo is the Bazooka and the E-Z sluice to cleanup its cons.

The E-Z sluice fits right down inside the underflow of the bazooka (along with other tools.)

 

[ncclaymaker]

I use an Angus with a 4" suction dredge that produces enough water and material flow to fill a swimming pool in short order. Once you get the angle right for the water flow, the sluice works like a charm. I preclassify the material before it goes onto the sluice, so that rocks and such don't bang the sluice. If you buy a sluice that offers "miners moss" and the like... the engineering might be suspect. There are a considerable number of people that buy products because others "identify" with it. Step out of the herd.

 

[KevinInColorado]

SO TRUE NCclaymaker!

Do your research and buy modern technology!

 

[Barndawg]

SO TRUE NCclaymaker!

Do your research and buy modern technology!

Or build your own improved version of something you like for yourself if you're capable of doing so.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Well yes, if you are as good at making things as barndawg!

 

[NeoTokyo]

If that isnt fine gold I dont know what is, great job barndawg.

 

[Vance in AK]

I use an Angus with a 4" suction dredge that produces enough water and material flow to fill a swimming pool in short order. .

Which Angus are you using? I would love to see some pics of your setup.


Barndawg, beautiful work!

 

[rodoconnor]

Neo , you want to see some fine gold, come up here to the Snake. And yes, the fluid beds do catch it

 

[HeadHigh]

I use an Angus with a 4" suction dredge that produces enough water and material flow to fill a swimming pool in short order. Once you get the angle right for the water flow, the sluice works like a charm. I preclassify the material before it goes onto the sluice, so that rocks and such don't bang the sluice. If you buy a sluice that offers "miners moss" and the like... the engineering might be suspect. There are a considerable number of people that buy products because others "identify" with it. Step out of the herd.

curious to know which Angus Mckirk sluice you use with your dredge ?

i am thinking of getting the Great Northern Canadian for a high volume High Banker and want to find people who have used one for other opinions on it first

I had used a foreman sluice for the same job but its too small and i overwhelm it with too much gravel volume

 

[sgtfda]

No question the Gold Well sluice. As I mentioned on a thread I drove up to Dewey Az to help my friend set his up. My friend has been mining since 69. A neighbor of his gave him 5 five gallon buckets of solid black sand the was beat to death. Sluice, la trap and hand panned. For the test run I told my friend lets toss a couple gallons of the beat black sand into the Gold Well and see if we get anything. The photos speak for themselves. I was shocked at the huge amount of very fine flour gold recovered. My friend said he has never seen so much super fine flour gold come out of a machine. Let alone from beat to death black sand. We just dumped the black sand in and the Gold Well loved it.

 

[goldenIrishman]

WOW Sarge! If your friends neighbor considered that as all cleaned out he really needs to learn how to do a proper cleaning! What I'm seeing in the pictures is NOT what I'd consider as "Superfine" gold at all. Either that or the scale is off because of whatever the gold and sand was sitting in for the pictures was not a standard sized gold pan.

 

[deserdog]

The stuff I consider super fine is just right on the edge of visibility with the naked eye.

 

[sgtfda]

Used my Iphone for the photo. It's there but the phone does not show it well. The club Gpap is having a outing at Woody's sat in Dewey, Az. Come see for yourself. The smallest stuff is powder and a lot of it. Directions to Woody's is on our Facebook group page Gpap group. You can run some yourself

 

[sgtfda]

The Gpap of Phoenix is the largest GPAA chapter in the country. Our members are wound up over the Gold Well sluice. Why? Because we have seen what it can do. We will be experimenting with it and ill post results. Or if you are in Az come to a outing and see one in action. Bring your tailings and see the results. I or one of the members will run it for you. On our next test we will take one to a secret spot and we will be shoveling in unscreened dirt. Fast as we can just like we did with the black sand.

 

[goldenIrishman]

I was talking about the larger pieces that are clearly visible in the pictures Sarge. I can understand someone missing some of the gnat poop sized pieces, but those should not have been missed by anyone that knows what they are doing when cleaning cons.

Thanks for the invite but since it's almost a 5 hour trip each way for us we'll pass. Besides..... My sister lives in Prescott and that's too close for comfort! Just kidding of course. That's the "good" sister. The "Evil" one is in San Diego

 

[sgtfda]

I agree

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

View attachment 898279 View attachment 898280 i modded mine last nite so it will work great now

 

[JB Hunter]

Has anyone here used a Gold Welll Sluice?