testing the sluice

i tryed out the sluice in the back yard with some dirt that i had got from a mates farm. eveything was running sweet until i seen a bit off a gap between the sluice and the ribbed matting. i had a look and they hadn't cut it straight. so i might have to go back to the carpet. i did find a few nice little bits tho.





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stoppsy

good stuff stoppsy
dave

thanks mate going to be taking it out tomorrow for it's first big run. dad's going to be running it so i'll be detecting. should be a great day out.
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stoppsy

hi stoppsy .... that set up looks bloody great.... hope all goes well on the big run i noticed your sons yellow and orange earth moving equipment....that might come in handy cheers

the young fella is comming out i should get him to chop down the diggings with them and move some dirt around
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stoppsy

Stoppsy I have PM you
Wombat

Stoppsy mate well done i do like the setup you have. All you need to do now is get it out in the field. That unit will not disappoint you have a ball with it mate. it may take a bit to work out all the little odds and ends but that is nothing really. cheers and well done.
James 101

Looks good Stoppsy. That pump has plenty of power. A few questions mate, because I have no idea about wet setups. I know you are new to this stuff, but just roughly, How often do you turn it off and check for gold? Do you slowly put a shovel full in the top? Do you have a concentrates bucket nearby, and how do you get any gold from the sluice into the bucket? Basically mate, How does it work?? Sorry about all the questions mate,(from West Aus) cheers Pete.

piston broke wrote:Looks good Stoppsy. That pump has plenty of power. A few questions mate, because I have no idea about wet setups. I know you are new to this stuff, but just roughly, How often do you turn it off and check for gold? Do you slowly put a shovel full in the top? Do you have a concentrates bucket nearby, and how do you get any gold from the sluice into the bucket? Basically mate, How does it work?? ? ps sorry for all the questions buddy but I haven't seen or used one. cheers Pete. (from WA)

thanks guys should be good fun... PB i have just kept it running untill there was no rocks and loose dirt had stopped running down it. you can go slowly i dumpped a good pile off dirt on it to see how it would go and it just slowly pushed it all down. i have a bucket close by for when i have finished as you take out the grate and then your matting. you put the matting into the bucket and wash it down so the dirt and gold is on the matting is put into the bucket. after you have done that you pan off the dirt to get to the gold... pretty easy but will just take a little time to work out what hight i have to have it sitting at...
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stoppsy

hey wombat PM hasn't come in mate

Ok mate I stuffed up coming soon

no probs mate

Stoppsy. I think your best bet for set up is to use clean water so you can see what's going on!
Not sure where i heard this term, may have been here! Shovel in dirt etc, If it takes 20 seconds for your riffles to clear then the angle is not enough, If your riffles clear in 10 seconds the angle is too steep! I recon that's pretty good info because it makes you notice changes that may occur due to digging changes in soil/rocks/gold??
Looks like a nice set up mate and good luck!

thanks for that someday, the water was clean for a start then i just kept running the same water through it so it wasn't wasting any...
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stoppsy

That water flow is too fast and will toss out fine gold.

The ten & 20 seconds, or the video!

The video

It's sitting on way to big an angle in the video! Pretty sure once it set at the right angle it will be a different story.

i'll work it all out tomorrow when i'm out giving it a good run. this was realy the 1st time i have used it. just going to take the time to work out how low or how high to run it. it just like leaning how to detect in away again
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stoppsy

From zero to 2 inch slope per foot on the bottom sluice! I can't tell how high the riffles are, there's a lot of water movement so I can only imagine there around one inch?
I'd suggest laying some mesh on the hopper to classify smaller so water isn't an issue!