Kiddos thread-gold prospecting Georgia

[KiddoTheMiner]

copper pipe?

its cheap and the only pipe in the 1/2 inch

 

[allenkeeton]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/sluicing/263238-my-diy-fluid-bed-gold-trap-sluice.html

be sure to check out that thread. i'll be using the info from it to build mine tomorrow.

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

heres the poor mans BGT I made



and some gold I found with it

 

[Duckwalk]

How does the fluidization happen? Looks like a self classifying sluice.

 

[allenkeeton]

How does the fluidization happen? Looks like a self classifying sluice.

that's what i was thinking. kind of an interesting setup though. trial and error i suppose. where did you test it out at?

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

How does the fluidization happen? Looks like a self classifying sluice.

first off at the end where material exits there is wall higher than the riffles, and the copper pipe has holes drilled in it so water comes in from the end and causes fluidization in the chambers

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

that's what i was thinking. kind of an interesting setup though. trial and error i suppose. where did you test it out at?

just at a creek near my home, its kind of like running a mini highbanker. I throw material on it, scrub it around to clean off any clay,and use my shovel to clear off any bigger rocks

and in my cons im finding flakes that I need a a magnifying glass to see, so its working

 

[Duckwalk]

Ohhhh. So it's like a sluice that has a fluid trap at the very end? That's a cool design!

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

Ohhhh. So it's like a sluice that has a fluid trap at the very end? That's a cool design!

*sarcasm*NOOOOOOOOO, that's totally not what a bazooka gold trap is*sarcasm*

 

[Duckwalk]

Lol well it isn't because a bazooka doesn't have riffles...

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

Lol well it isn't because a bazooka doesn't have riffles...

if you popped one open I pretty sure its the same design(they're not really riffles their more of fluid chambers)

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

sorry i haven't been posting I've been looking for somewhere to dig and
I've been prototyping my gold trap sluice

 

[Duckwalk]

Hey, that last little wooden sluice you built, was it just flat riffles? no angle to them? im curious how well that works? im looking at building a sluice to a specific size for the stream im working.

 

[ywevis]

sorry i haven't been posting I've been looking for somewhere to dig and
I've been prototyping my gold trap sluice

Don't give up your ideas man, people watch these forums, and then patent your ideas.

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

Not gunna make it out for a while
I got a serious case of poison ivy so bad. I had to get a perscription for it
Sorry guys

 

[Failed to Find]

Yup, it will start to feel better within 36hr after taking the prescription. Just got poison oak and cleared up totally in a week or less.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Not gunna make it out for a while
I got a serious case of poison ivy so bad. I had to get a prescription for it
Sorry guys

Sorry to hear that Kiddo...next time stay away from that nasty stuff!

Never had it myself, but have run into Devil's Club enough times to
know it can't always be avoided. Fortunately, with devil's Club the
plant that bits ya also holds the cure for the stinging.

FtF....you ought to know better..lol Glad ya got over it!

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

Sorry to hear that Kiddo...next time stay away from that nasty stuff!

Never had it myself, but have run into Devil's Club enough times to
know it can't always be avoided. Fortunately, with devil's Club the
plant that bits ya also holds the cure for the stinging.

FtF....you ought to know better..lol Glad ya got over it!

I've never had it before , so I thought I was immune, because of that I was never aware of any plants I was touching,
so essentially I've gotten lucky up till this point

 

[Duckwalk]

My body is extremely allergic to poison ivy. It's like I just look at it and break out. I usually have to get steroid shots at the urgent care to get rid of it...

 

[TheGoldProspector]

I've never had it before , so I thought I was immune, because of that I was never aware of any plants I was touching, so essentially I've gotten lucky up till this point

I wish you the best. Hopefully you can get back to the river soon enough