My table is just a test before I invest my money Feeding my micro sluice with a spoon is not the way to go lol. But a lot of gold has been recovered with it. My son and his friends have a number of claims which I will gladly run the cons for my fair share. My method is still riding the quad pick up float crush and wash some days good some lousy. I like running the metal detector finds from my son always some treasure. He's down the hill right now trying for the find of a lifetime before this new storm hits. We haven't been able to work our placer sites no water yet.Well it’s clear this is a project you’re interested in and willing to rebuild several times. I like that type of work as well. Not everyone has the experience, knowledge, and skill to pull it off. I’m sure you do. I still think you and your boys could justify a commercial table that would surely provide better recovery while lasting longer.
I’m not saying your site is playing out, but even if it did, the knowledge has been gained to recover ore elsewhere and the equipment will be productive for a long time.
It’s kind of like folks eyeballing ore successfully for a year and someone is telling them they should get a metal detector. Hoarding gold while not taking advantage of success. Invest in yourselves
My dad bought a USA made one years back and set it up in his shop so he could capture gold on rainy days. We don’t use it much because it’s mostly placer that needs recovered and not much flour. An old friend has a jaw that feeds a roller crusher that trickles onto a shaker table. Real neat set up. All under nice 3 sided shelter. His problem is also lack of water. Some years the spring runs and others not so much.
So I've been waiting to see how the jaw crusher held up and it sounds like it's been a good buy! How much did it cost and was it an alibaba purchase? Do you have the exact link? I was looking at alibaba shaker tables too. I called them and they wanted $1,400 for the one advertised at $400. Must have been delivery costs I'm guessing? Any rate went with a used RP4 and absolutely love the thing. Catches that fly poop gold in the pic. Probably could have saved the bucks with a Chinese model but I wasn't sure of quality. Anxiously watching your thread to see how it pans out!
Works great to get the material down to 1/4"- you can adjust for finer grind, but I finish with a chain mill. I purchased off Amazon $925 + shipping Not sure about the import tables I'm building my own as a test lol.https://www.amazon.com/TECHTONGDA-Crusher-Machine-Electric-Shatter/dp/B09TQPRY7B/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1OC2GCDVCT6KA&keywords=jaw+crusher+machine+for+rock&qid=1706994787&sprefix=jaw+crusher%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
My goodness, you're fast. If those casters are a problem, try V rails and wheels. My observatory roof sits on those, and they allow me to move that heavy roof with just one hand.
That looks like pretty hard quartz. Looking forward to seeing what is revealed.
Yup, those are the same ones I will be using. I'm somewhat leery of the ball bearing block bearings, I will use them until failure. I went ahead and purchased replacements. The bearings are that fancy plastic
I had some aluminum channel I salvaged from an RV awning mount same width as the bearing blocks. So I have a small problem with the bolts I purchased the rim on a couple of bolt heads hit the edge of the channel so a little grinding should work. The bearings that came with the rails are ball bearing that plastic just wipes the rail. But should still be plenty strong they roll easier with weight on them. They use them on CNC machines so rapid movement hopefully won't be a problem?
That deck looks odd. I’d visit and ask them to run some material and verify with a pan before I’d be convinced. Who can’t easily capture “larger gold” before running something across a shaker table? But I’d be interested in watching a video of it in use.
