Metal Detecting discussions and finds

That sucks, but I'm sure it's for the best. You gotta be happy with what you are buying.

 

Definitely. We got a few updates to do. Fans bulbs, nothing crazy

 

Good for you!

 

Too damn hot to go looking....

 

No updates for me, taking programing classes online and nearing our finals project time so I cannot go out. Besides, it was 111° by mid-afternoon yesterday, so I’m laying low in the den like a tortoise!

 

this, been well above a hundred every day this week.

 

Only 111 degrees? What's the real reason you're not going out??

 

Yep, me too. That's not gonna change for at least another week.

 

It's actually supposed to only get into the upper 90s this weekend, so hopefully I can experiment a bit in the mornings with the Nox

 

Cool! Get out early and play!

 

A buddy of mine just made me this cleanup sluice. It has this handmade silicone mat that supposedly really catches flour gold. I like cleanup with a pan, but this will speed up the process. I can’t wait to test it out.



I am also fixing to get a larger blower-type drywasher - gearing up to work a site later this fall when it cools off here.

 

Ill bring waters and watch

 

He wants to sell it but doesn’t have a name yet. Maybe the “golden shower sluice”? Uhh, maybe not...

 

Cool! Curious to see how well it works.
Have you used a spiral bowl or a Gold Cube?
The bowls work quite well, and I have a buddy who swears by the Cube.

 

Spiral bowls are slow, aren’t they? The Gold Lady has a video of using one to do dry concentrating, looked interesting and they were demonstrating using a Keene 190.

My friends were crushing ore you could see microspecks of gold in and using a gold cube at the claim when I was there. I just drywashed with my puffer and had a half bucket of concentrate by the time they cleaned the cube out. It seemed slow to clean and didn’t do that well. Guess they were using it wrong or something. I think the sluice will work well, I will make a PVC stand for it with a catch basin and 12v pump to recirculate the water. I also plan on panning the tailings to double check how well it did.

 

Totally oblivious of gold panning/prospecting/etc., but can you use the same type of sluice for dry and wet panning?

 

A sluice designed for water wont work dry, the riffles or bumps are too low. Drywashers only work because they have high riffles and work with air, or a combination of vibration and air, to “float” away lighter dirt from heavier gold which gets stuck behind the riffles. You can also drywash successfully with a gold pan too, it’s a great way to test an area you’re hiking through:

https://youtu.be/02vz-486kv0

 

Gold Flour Shower or just The Flour Shower gold sluice.
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