Keene A51A or Keene A52?

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

I'm curious as to which sluice is better? Currently I am working a medium sized creek with a decent water flow...Not too concerned with mobility, just want to catch as much of the yellow stuff as possible.. A51A or A52

 

[goldog]

If you are not worried about the weight or flow go with the bigger A52. You'll be able to move more dirt.

 

[GoldpannerDave]

You did not say where you were working and what the gold found there is like. Here in Colorado, where I am, it is small. I now leave my Keene home and use a LeTrap. Please give a few more details and some of the great folks here will be able to give you better answers.

 

[Aufisher]

Bazooka 36" Prospector

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

Thanks goldog!

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

Aufisher... are you saying the bazooka trumps both?

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

thanks for the insight GoldpannerDave....I'm mostly finding small - medium flakes...not too much powder..no pickers at this creek yet

 

[H&F909ORO]

Aufisher is saying the bazooka beats both.

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

I'll have to wait til I can afford the 215 for the bazooka...thinking about the A52 in the meantime..

 

[Aufisher]

I'll have to wait til I can afford the 215 for the bazooka...thinking about the A52 in the meantime..

You will save money not having to buy extra buckets and classifiers. You will double or triple your gold take. Paid mine off in 4 months.

 

[Aufisher]

Bazooka gold

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

well...double or triple the gold sounds nice to me and your beautiful photo speaks for itself...maybe i'll see if the old lady will let me spend a little more than planned.. thanks a lot Aufisher!!

 

[ALewis]

Good choice

 

[KevinInColorado]

Chiming in...get the Bazooka. Faster, easier, more gold... Really! Been running one for the last year and a half or so. Used it well over 100 times in a variety of situations. I no longer use my plastic drop riffle sluice or the metal sluice it replaced back in the day. The Bazooka rocks!

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

Thanks for the advice.. good luck

 

[goldog]

Chiming in...get the Bazooka. Faster, easier, more gold... Really! Been running one for the last year and a half or so. Used it well over 100 times in a variety of situations. I no longer use my plastic drop riffle sluice or the metal sluice it replaced back in the day. The Bazooka rocks!

You Bazooka guys are outta' control. Can't run a respectable A51 much less an A52 without one of you "fluid-heads" chimin' in with your stories of Faster,easier, blah, friggin' blah, blah... Personally my little A51 has served me well over the years.

But in all honesty, I hope all the Bazooka hype is true. My Prospector 30" arrives tomorrow

 

[KevinInColorado]

You Bazooka guys are outta' control. Can't run a respectable A51 much less an A52 without one of you "fluid-heads" chimin' in with your stories of Faster,easier, blah, friggin' blah, blah... Personally my little A51 has served me well over the years. But in all honesty, I hope all the Bazooka hype is true. My Prospector 30" arrives tomorrow

I'm happy to acknowledge that a well carved log can catch gold...but still ya gotta keep up with the improvement in tools, using better tools is a sign of intelligence in any field of endeavor ;-)

 

[goldenmojo]

You Bazooka guys are outta' control. Can't run a respectable A51 much less an A52 without one of you "fluid-heads" chimin' in with your stories of Faster,easier, blah, friggin' blah, blah... Personally my little A51 has served me well over the years.

But in all honesty, I hope all the Bazooka hype is true. My Prospector 30" arrives tomorrow

I am sure your A51 did very well for you. With your new BGT you can classify a lot of fivers prior to feeding like the old way or just classify the cons in the fluid bed at the end of the day from all the unclassified fivers you carried to it, or setup close to the site and just shovel directly. Soon you too will be spouting the hype.....

Much gold to you

Goldenmojo

 

[goldog]

Well School... Looks like the verdict is in. I predict you'll be wearing one of these soon.