limited space for sluice run-off water

hi guys

ive been doing some test panning in a creek and want to run my sluice there, but unsure of the 'right' way to go about it.
The creek has limited space to sluice without the water running from my sluice back into the main creek. Limited space, meaning a matter of feet (like 4 or 5). So is it acceptable to let the sluice water run back onto the gravel eg. 3 feet from the waters edge so it helps filter before entering the creek? Or could i possibly run it into some sort of settling bucket before having it tipped back into the creek?

Im not sure of the legalities of this.

your help is much appreciated

what kind of soil are we talking about? lots of clay? lots of gravel ? is it a long way from a river ? are there any pump pick ups down stream? ---- lots to consider!! so lets say its a combination of all of these it would be a good thing to make sure the silt ect. is contained onto the gravel above the water line and as you have tailings coming out make a ground race to filter the water as much as you can best of luck hows the hand?

ahh ive now seen that you have a river sluice and not a Banjo !! dam you will have problems keeping the silt plume out of the water then!! you need to build a Banjo so as then you can take the banjo to the dirt and not have to carry the dirt to the sluice

Oh mate it has been years since I have worked a river sluice in the days of old we used to run them close to the bank. So the plum from the sluice would hug the bank. As they say it is easer to take the water to the dirt than the dirt to the water. Cheers mate but that is the best I can do.
James 101

thanks guys

hand is ok, cheers

T/H glade the hand is on the mend. Sorry I could not be of more help. cheers

its all good James
I know banjo's are the way to go but im very happy with my sluice. Its the first one ive ever made and works a treat. I can pretty much put it anywhere cos its not big and awkward or anything like that. I run an electric pump so its nice and quiet and nobody comes to see what im doing because they dont even know im there

Its all gravel and sand where i go.... very little clay/dirt, but enough to dirty up the water but no more so than if i was panning. I will work it out

Cheers, Dee

Mate let us know how you get on it will be interesting to see how you over come this problem. cheers