what size classifers

[utah1066]

I am thinking about buying some classifers but not sure what size i should get, I am thinking about 3 of them for my buckets and then put down my sluice or in my pans
thanks for your feed back

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[ahaulil]

I use 2.4.8 and a 30.

I bought the 2 & 8 first.

The 2 was too course for my drywasher and the 8 runs great, but takes so much longer to process.
The 4 was a great trade off.

The 30 I use on concentrates before using my table for the super fine gold.

Some guys in the club have them all, but they are great customers to those who sell supplies.

Hope that helps

[2cmorau]

what size gold you findin ?

[ahaulil]

finding all sub 30 so far...too hot right now, but I have 3 buckets to check here at the house

[prospectordamon]

in the field I usually fill a 5 gallon bucket with 1/2 classified material, then I transfer to 1/4 inch and a 5 gallon bucket full of 1/2 in the area I prospect usually fills a 1.5 gallon bucket full of 1/4 inch. then I run this through the sluice. dump all my sluice/dredge/highbank/etc concentrates in a bucket and bring home. then those get classified down to 30 mesh and 50 mesh, each processed individually in the blue-bowl to grab that smaller gold! its small but it really adds up quick!

ive read that the best fine gold classifier recovery setup should be 30/50/70/100 meshes but past 50 is micron, but I've read that in this range most of the gold is in the 70 mesh range..... how they come up with that without knowing the area someone is prospecting, I have no clue so take that with a grain of salt! best of luck in your decision making!