Jul 28, 2011· For many years, most sluice boxes were home made affairs designed and built in the gold prospector himself. To this day, in the gold bearing regions of third world countries, prospectors design and build sluice boxes out the most unusual items – …

Angus MacKirk sluices, our own home made boxes, a DFS and two versions of the popular 'Gold-Buddy', a 'Grizzly' brand mini high-banker, A G-1 power sluice, A Proline 2-1/2" power sluice, a D&K 1-1/2" power sluice and a new Keene 2-1/2" power

DIY Sluice Box. Building a sluice box for gold prospecting is a fairly simple project, and is a fun way to spend the winter in preparation for the mining season. Using simple tools, you can design and make your own sluice box, and be prospecting for gold in no time. Build your own prospecting equipment.

Nov 13, 2011· The following explains how to build sluice box from everyday materials. Functionality of this unit is based on a boil box or gravity column. The advantage of this design is that you are only left with metals in your boil boxes. All of the blonds and …

The 8 inch model "Original Clip-On Recirculating Highbanker Header Box" attaches to most sluice boxes that have a standard size flare by simply setting the Original Clip-On Recirculating Highbanker Header Box on the flare and sliding it forward.. Now you can convert the river sluice you already own into a recirculating sluice box in seconds without drills, wrenches, nuts, or bolts.

Most fine gold will wash right out of this style of sluice box. Previous miners faced the same problems you will, separating the smaller gold flakes from the rock and sand. Early prospectors had limited tools and materials to work with so the would build very long sluice boxes (Long Tom Sluice) and many variations to try to catch finer gold.

Dec 31, 2012· The boil box in a system dose work great the length and depth of the box also plays an important part in it's operation. Miners Moss tends to clog up in them a more open or woven mate works much better. Depending on the position of the box or box's in a banker cleanup can be a pain. In a river sluice there is no trouble in cleaning them. Cheers ...

The vibrations and flow of air replace the function of water in the normal sluice, allowing the gold to settle downward. Screened gravel passes down an inclined riffle box with cross riffles. The bottom of the box consists of a thin, light weave canvas or some other fabric through which moving air passes upward.

That meant there were a lot of strange designs as every guy had some idea about building a better mousetrap, or, sluice box. To this day, in the gold bearing regions of third world countries, prospectors design and build sluice boxes out the most unusual items – …

Nov 04, 2018· Aluma-Sluice: DIY Highbanker Gold Sluice Box Conversion/Build. Over the years, the highest volume equipment I had been limited to using for gold prospecting/mining was a stream sluice, which is obviously a fantastic tool. However, I finally came upon an opportunity where I could use power, to move more volume of pay dirt.

Dredging with Levels by Jim Witt, California I found that judging the right angle of drop on my 2" dredge sluice box was to cumbersome and I was often wrong. I often times work alone and could not take the time to watch the pitch carefully so I attached two levels on the dredge that would visually show me when the dredge was level side-to-side ...

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Jul 26, 2017 - Build your own home made shaker table to catch more fine gold : . Jul 26, 2017 - Build your own home made shaker table to catch more fine gold : ... When to Clean Up a Sluice Box Some miners like to clean up their sluice boxes after every hour of operation. Some prefer to do clean up at the ...

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back in the early fifties, Using a 4' wide sluice, fed with an overly large Grizzly and 'Dozer. Stories of Pop and our dad [Don] bringing home Mason jars full of large nuggets from the El Dorado creek area above Foresthill CA still gets me excited. Some years later My dad started Dredging in …

Build & Use a Sluice Box. Go on an Arizona Adventure in Prospecting as we use a Sluice Box built from scratch on a stream that only runs a few days during the year. Plans and explanation of how to build the sluice available on extended DVD version. See the Programs Page for additional Show Selection.

Jan 04, 2010· This sluice box cost about a buck in screws and about 2 hours of my time to build. It uses what I think is a hungarian style of riffle (but I could be wrong)...

For many years, most sluice boxes were home made affairs designed and built in the gold prospector himself. To this day, in the gold bearing regions of third world countries, prospectors design and build sluice boxes out the most unusual items - sometimes whatever materials are available locally.

So I decided to build a recirculating sluice. I drew up a simple plan for a cradle that would sit on top of a plastic storage bin full of water. The cradle would hold the sluice and allow me to adjust the angle of tilt. Water would be pumped out of the bin to the top of the sluice.

May 27, 2010· How to build your own sluice box.

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Angus MacKirk sluices, our own home made boxes, a DFS and two versions of the popular 'Gold-Buddy', a 'Grizzly' brand mini high-banker, A G-1 power sluice, A Proline 2-1/2" power sluice, a D&K 1-1/2" power sluice and a new Keene 2-1/2" power

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This page shows you what I did build my sluice box. Building a 3 stage sluice box for a gold dredge. Header / crash box / flare: This is one where you have to decide what you want to do. You can go with a crash box style head and is relatively easy to make. A crash box is just a box that sits and the head of the sluice, directing the flow of ...

The sluice box is 6 feet in length and 24 inches wide. The sluice breaks down into two connecting sections, each with supporting adjustable legs. The top hopper is designed with 3/16 inch woven wire mesh to reduce the size of material entering the recovery box. Capacity 1 1/2 cubic yards per hour.

Choose if you want to build a sluice box from wood, aluminum, steel, or plastic. Start creating the frame of your sluice box. If you are using wood, make sure you apply silicone to the edges to prevent water leakage. Lay down the ribbed mat as you first layer in the sluice…

Homemade 3 Stage Under Current Sluice Box catching Gold ... Build a home made Sluice Box, make your own design plans and then build it yourself; Prospecting for Gold, dredging,: . ... Nearly all portable dredge sluices have Hungarian type riffles, and I wanted my homemade ....

This portable aluminum sluice box by Stansport is the perfect tool to power through large amounts of gold-containing material in short periods of time.. All you have to do is use rocks and dirt to position the sluice box in the current of the river or stream so water runs across the top.