Homemade or DIY highbanker Hopper/ crashbox

[X4FRNT]

Anyone on here attempt to make a highbanker attachment for their River sluices? I am exploring ideas on the best way to approach this. I’ve seen bucket versions and aluminum versions, but without access to an easy way of manipulating aluminum to form a box, I am open to any and all opinions. Looking at converting my 18” x 6” wide River sluice (running dream mat) into a highbanker. Thanks for the suggestions

 

[russau]

18 x 6 is going to be a small High banker for sure ! Depending on what you use for a water source it may be O.K. BUT if your trying to make a high banker I'd go bigger on the sluice , say 24 X 10 wide and I'd come up with several set ups on riffle's /screen / and matting for the different geology's of the creek /streams your going to work ! I did this for my dredge's because I'd travel to different state's . You would be surprised the difference between creeks !

 

[akflyer]

18x6 and you wont need much more than a coffee can to feed it.

 

[N-Lionberger]

Thats a little sluice, never tried anything that small. Probably want to extend the box a little for some slickplate before your riffles help get the air out. I made my first hopper out of wood, then I made one from two five gallon buckets, now I'm making one for my Letrap sluice from an old grow light hood.

 

[X4FRNT]

Sorry, let me clarify. I have 3 extensions, so 6” wide by 5’ long. I use the gold rat vortex matting, so I don’t need a long sluice, the gold gets caught in the first few cells. And I am primarily interested in making a header box for cleaning up my cons, just something that allows the gold to separate out before entering the main sluice

 

[X4FRNT]

 

[Goodyguy]

Anyone on here attempt to make a highbanker attachment for their River sluices? I am exploring ideas on the best way to approach this. I’ve seen bucket versions and aluminum versions, but without access to an easy way of manipulating aluminum to form a box, I am open to any and all opinions. Looking at converting my 18” x 6” wide River sluice (running dream mat) into a highbanker. Thanks for the suggestions

You could use a wastebasket instead of a bucket. They come in many sizes and are strong and easy to work with.

GG~

 

[Reed Lukens]

I've built headers out of plywood and they work fine, just go with the goldhog piglet style and an old fridge shelf for a grate.

 

[Gold4Mike]

I was trying to figure a way to build the same thing to prop onto the lower section of our Piglet and wracking my brain. My brilliant wife found a plastic bin with lid that fit perfectly between the sides of the Piglet sluice portion. A simple boat bilge fitting into the lid and a hole cut in the downhill side of it and it works so well we've taken it out to the river with us several times. Looks cheesy but was practically free.

 

[X4FRNT]

Thanks Mike, I’ll look at doing something like that!