Using a long box with no riffles

[DanB]

I use a 6'x18"x8" long box as a pre-soaker box to soften the dirt to release the gold before it goes through the high banker....I use large rocks throughout the length of the long box to regulate the flow of the water as seen in the photos.....this is near Lynx Creek in the Bradshaws....

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[strickman]

never seen a set up like that ,hows it do?

 

[DanB]

works great........the longer you can soak the dry dirt the better chances you have in recovery, I use a pan at the end to see what falls out of the high banker....... I never find excess in the pan now that I use the long pre-soak-er box, it greatly increased gold volume found for same quantity of dirt dug.
I bent the aluminum box to best suit my needs.....

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[russau]

where does the lower sluice tie in with the upper sluice? from the picture it doesent look to be very far.

 

[DanB]

The long box dumps into the back of the high banker, the receiving side or back side of the high banker has a built in classifier this allows all material less than 1/2 inch to flow through to the lower level and kicks out all larger material off the back side..... By having the long box before the high banker this allows me to dump 5 gallon buckets of dirt in at once with out over loading the system.....

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[russau]

ok, i see now! i was thinking you were feeding from the other end. good idea!

 

[Arid-Zone-A-seeker]

hey danb. Did you bend this metal yourself? I have been reserching stuff like this. works like a long tom.Eh? This is just cool!

 

[DanB]

yes, I do bend my own boxes....I also have 4'x10"x8" boxes that can be hooked up in a series......kind of overlapping into each other......db

 

[DanB]

here are a few pictures of the longer boxes......first box is 4' long, second box is 8' long and the third box is 12' long...,depending on the flow volume, dictates riffle and screen size and placement.....

good luck...HH

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[UINTAEXPLORER]

COOL shots
Ive had to do this with material that was real condensed mud it breaks it up nice,only it would flow into the hopper after that for classification. down into the main sluice...nice work