Diy Sluice Box Matting

One of the people i follow by the name of alan robertson got me interested in trying this.

Diy sluice box matting.

Gold owl sluice matting. To prevent clogging of the riffles and matting don t feed the riffles to fast. But you may want to refine it further especially if you are going to use it for different gold prospecting sites. Sunny mountain carries a wide variety of sluice box matting.

The moving water washes the dirt through and out of the sluice while the gold which is much heavier than the rest of the material is caught behind the riffles or in the matting. The gold owl story. Quality matting is important not only in a basic sluice box but also for the sluice on a suction dredge. Fully customizable these mats can be configured any way you want them.

We have matting for your highbanker river sluice and gold concentrators. Lay down the ribbed mat as you first layer in the sluice. In years past all sorts of devices besides metal riffles. It is a good idea to experiment with different water flows angles of the sluice box riffle types and different matting to increase the fine gold recovery.

Choose if you want to build a sluice box from wood aluminum steel or plastic. This cost around 30 and will get you some good gold if you know where to look. Cheap sluice box that gets gold. He made a mold using legos.

If you are using wood make sure you apply silicone to the edges to prevent water leakage. 2 profiles on each mat. For the do it youself er this matting will trap all sizes of placer gold from 1 4 nuggets to fine flour. Start creating the frame of your sluice box.

From low profiles for fine gold to aggressive mats with riffles for course gold you have every option. Dec 15 2012 very cool sluice box matting. The sluice is placed in a moving stream of water and pay dirt is put into the upstream end of the sluice. Everyone will tell you a small one will drop gold out the back but if you build it right then it wont.

He then made the mat using silicone c.