mattfink
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- Dec 23, 2012
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Here's what I do (for what it's worth). Set the sluice up. After you notice alot of black sand build-up, put a 5 gal bucket at the discharge end of the sluice. Now, starting at the top-most riffle, dislodge the sand using your fingers. Working down to the last riffle, collect the sand in the bucket for panning later. You can keep this up for long periods. Then, the final clean-up goes into the same bucket you've been using to collect the sand in. In other words, no need to shut the sluice down till you're ready for final clean-up. TTC
lol thanks!!!!!80 buckets or dusk (quittin time), whichever comes first. Oops, just saw you're from min., not calif., - nevermind.
Sorry for the delayed reply. Tim came over so I had to "wup" him at chess. In WI? I'm from WI so I know you have to leave the sluice in the water till you get one gram of gold or 6 months, which ever comes first! Just kidding! No, just continue to clean out the riffles till you're ready to call it a day then shut down and pan the cons.so in other words just rinse it out every 2 buckets or so and break it down for clean up every 6 buckets or so? I should also mention that its wisconsin gold which is flour gold....
hahahahaha ok!!! thats about it though I'm pretty sure it would take longer than six months to get a gram but gold is gold thankfully the creek we've been hitting has been flowing all winter so there is a chance......lol!!!!!Sorry for the delayed reply. Tim came over so I had to "wup" him at chess. In WI? I'm from WI so I know you have to leave the sluice in the water till you get one gram of gold or 6 months, which ever comes first! Just kidding! No, just continue to clean out the riffles till you're ready to call it a day then shut down and pan the cons.
After a little while i notice my black sand starting to ''wash'' out a little. Does that mean I'm losing gold or is it concentrating my gold? I get worried when i get my second bucket ready to run through sluice and i see some material gone. I tried slowing flow down by wedging a rock in front of flare, but then i get worried when i see all the action come to a halt. I wish i had an expert with me for one day to show me lol. But thankfully i got my friends at tnet net to give advice. Anyone got any advice on my conundrum?
63bckpkr has a good idea.... put another handle across the sluice just like the one near the end. Onother one across the flare-end and you have a handle at the top and bottom. TTCView attachment 762264
I know the picture is kind of jacked up looking, but here's mine. It's about 12" wide and 36" long, I made the long handle on top so I could lift it straight up out of the water.
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I know the picture is kind of jacked up looking, but here's mine. It's about 12" wide and 36" long, I made the long handle on top so I could lift it straight up out of the water.