Have water, no flow. How to sluice?

[Joel1316]

I'd like to work an area where there is zero to low flow, but tons of water, 1-2 feet deep.

I want use a Rocker Box or a Grizzly Sluice. I can't find a rocker box and the Grizzly is pricey.

What other alternatives do I have? Besiding panning and I'm not too keen on the Pyramid Pro Pan.

 

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[kazcoro]

Pan. Practice, and you will get good at it. You can knock down the pan till you get to the black sand part, then flush it into a bucket until you get three or so pans knocked down, then carefully pan the concentrated black sands to get the gold. Should take you about ten minutes to pan out three pans. The, another five to carefully finish/clean up. Classifying your material down to 1/4 inch before you pan will help you out a lot. Do the classifying with the classifier, pan, and material IN the water. You can keep your eye out on craigslist for a used sluice. You are going to need a pump to force water over it. Hope this helps you. Good Luck!

 

[B H Prospector]

Highbanker. Water pump is your water flow.

 

[wingmaster]

You could use a bilge pump and a spray bar with a sluice stand, I made a sluice stand from 1" pvc to make a recirculating setup for running dirt at home when the water level is low. A nice gas powered pump would be nice as well as I've thought about draining some of the large deep pools of water to get to the dirt in the bottom of the deep holes when the water level is down, this will be the only time I can get to them.