urbangold95 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 What is the proper way to set up a sluice box? How fast of water? How deep to set the sluice? Where the best place to set it up in the creek is and in regards to where you will be digging and doing your classifying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbangold95 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 If you can help me in anyway that would be great...I have been doing a lot of research about gold, but however I havent been able to find a video on the right way to set up a sluice...everyones ideas seem to be different. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Really it depends on the material your running.The size of the gold your recovering.The water available.Even the Sluice your running.This should get you in the pitcher.http://www.goldgold.com/stories/propervelocity.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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urbangold95 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 thanks bill and homefire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbangold95 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 I have one other question...Say you go through a 1/4 of a bucket of material through a sluice box....can you leave the material in the sluice box for a while to get the gold more concentrated or would your gold just go down stream? I guess what i am trying to get to is it ok to try to get rid of much dirt as possible? and if not how much should you try to have when you go to pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbangold95 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 Also would you by chance know what model that keene sluice box is in the 2nd video? I think it might be the A51 or A52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Also would you by chance know what model that keene sluice box is in the 2nd video? I think it might be the A51 or A52That's an A51 sluice.http://www.keeneeng.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A51&Category_Code=GPHSS Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbangold95 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 ok thanks skip...do you think that is a reccomended sluice or would you recommond somthing better within the price range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I like portable and I've got a couple of sluices and don't really find one to be any better than the other its just a matter of how much room I have or how far I have to carry it that makes me use one over the other as well as a few other small variables...I might try this one someday for fun...hey its portable!! Looks kinda like the floormat in my truck...and its capitalism at its finest!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 The A-51 is a good sluice and I wouldn't hesitant to recommend it.There're many good sluices on the market, what sluice you buy would be determined by the conditions/flow and the gold of the area/s you would be doing most of your prospecting in, some sluices need more water flow than others, some need less flow, some are better for fine gold than others. You may want to check out some of the drop riffle sluices on the market, these types of sluices are made of plastic, but don't let that brother you, they are tough and not very likely to crack or break, the Le Trap is the first plastic sluice and is still a great choice but needs medium to fast water and a little bit more flexiable than most would like, the MacKirk sluices are very tough and there're many to choose from, fast to slow water, small or large, and varying price range, MacKirk has a great selection for any need, there's also the California Sluice boxes, I don't as much about these but many like them, little less pricey compared to the Le Trap and Mackirk sluices, but also a little more flexible than what I would want. Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbangold95 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Thanks skip and bucket that rubber mat seems like a pretty good idea...however im not sure how you would put it in the creek to where its not to deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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