John-Edmonton
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- Mar 21, 2005
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Retirement is getting closer, and every man needs a hobby to keep busy! A local guy builds all sorts of prospecting equipment, so earlier this week, I purchased a kit and assembled during the last 3 days.
I had some clad cash saved from the past many years, and want to increase my gold this year. Luckily, there is flour gold in a river running through downtown Edmonton, and have nugget producing steams several hours away. On days where I want peace and quiet, I set up my rocker and look for flour gold. The MAX I use in Edmonton.....I run it as unstable as possible so it will growl more in areas with higher iron black sands. Then I set up my rocker or (new) sluice in those areas, as golds is also heavy and also hides in these same areas.. I have been using a rocker for years, and figured a high banker is in order!
So, with a little luck, a little skill, I can do some nugget shooting using a small coil with the MAX in the right creeks, and pull in some flour gold at home.
Here's the unit assembled.....still need to get a pump.
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Here's my setup for flour gold. The highbanker is 4" x 10" and the sliuce is 8." Each will use different types of matting and riffle systems to capture as much as that fine stuff as possible. The unit cost me about $400.00 with the matting.
Below is some of the flour gold I have found in the last 25 years.
I had some clad cash saved from the past many years, and want to increase my gold this year. Luckily, there is flour gold in a river running through downtown Edmonton, and have nugget producing steams several hours away. On days where I want peace and quiet, I set up my rocker and look for flour gold. The MAX I use in Edmonton.....I run it as unstable as possible so it will growl more in areas with higher iron black sands. Then I set up my rocker or (new) sluice in those areas, as golds is also heavy and also hides in these same areas.. I have been using a rocker for years, and figured a high banker is in order!
So, with a little luck, a little skill, I can do some nugget shooting using a small coil with the MAX in the right creeks, and pull in some flour gold at home.
Here's the unit assembled.....still need to get a pump.
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Here's my setup for flour gold. The highbanker is 4" x 10" and the sliuce is 8." Each will use different types of matting and riffle systems to capture as much as that fine stuff as possible. The unit cost me about $400.00 with the matting.
Below is some of the flour gold I have found in the last 25 years.
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