Has anyone used equipment from Angus Mackirk

I have not, but from the few people i have conversed with who have they are pleased with the results.

From what i gather the products are not to dis-similar from the Canadian made Le Trap I am fond of and promote to others, the big difference is the Le Trap comes in just one size of a sluice. As a fan and user of the Le Trap I can tell you that the molded plastic catches the very finest of gold along with the larger chunks too, it is easy to clean up and set back in the stream and they can run in different amounts of water flow a whole lot easier than the metal counter parts. The nice thing i think about the MacKirk items are the varying sizes a person can choose from [since i dont have a brick and mortar storefront i am not able to purchase at wholesale and resell] I would love to be able to offer them to folks cause i think the smaller ones can double as decent tale top clean up pieces and still drop into a backpack for high mountain streams in the back country which are only accessible by hiking too. [idhao still has a few of those not included in the wilderness zones, but very few where the gold is]

It takes awhile for folks to get used to a change in materials, and everyone thinks that plastic is used cause its cheap and it breaks down faster, but a friend of mine has used his Le Trap now for about 8-9 seasons and it still looks near new and has no problems catching fine and micron gold. at 14 inches wide and 48 inches long it still only weighs about 4 pounds making it something a person can cart to about anywhere without getting tired, so i reckon that the MacKirk products would be as good in that respect and better in the smaller packages.

And remember, even as a "hobby" you can use the equipment as write off on your income tax to offset your income from other areas of life, though you probably aught to yak it over with a accountant on that part.... and then git a third opinion. So you can buy something, try it out, and then donate it to a group if you don't like it and try something else.....

William
Idaho

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Central Virginia Gold Dredgers March 7, 2010 at 6:05am

I have an Angus beaver dredge the whole thing including the motor is 41 pounds great for small creeks if i am hawgin material i will put it behind me and let one of the kids clean up the bed rock
- truenorth > Central Virginia Gold Dredgers March 7, 2010 at 8:50am
  
  Are you happy with the beaver dredge?
scott white March 6, 2010 at 9:28am

i have a small sluice from them. its one of the smaller ones. have to feed it kind of slow but traps the gold really good. turned it into a recirculating sluice this year to run my concentraits through at the end of the day before i pan them.
Tim G (Creator) March 5, 2010 at 5:36pm

one of our members Dan murphey makes a plastic sluice take a look at them he sells them on ebay also has seconds that you can get for a good price
blueduck March 5, 2010 at 12:46pm

I have not, but from the few people i have conversed with who have they are pleased with the results.

From what i gather the products are not to dis-similar from the Canadian made Le Trap I am fond of and promote to others, the big difference is the Le Trap comes in just one size of a sluice. As a fan and user of the Le Trap I can tell you that the molded plastic catches the very finest of gold along with the larger chunks too, it is easy to clean up and set back in the stream and they can run in different amounts of water flow a whole lot easier than the metal counter parts. The nice thing i think about the MacKirk items are the varying sizes a person can choose from [since i dont have a brick and mortar storefront i am not able to purchase at wholesale and resell] I would love to be able to offer them to folks cause i think the smaller ones can double as decent tale top clean up pieces and still drop into a backpack for high mountain streams in the back country which are only accessible by hiking too. [idhao still has a few of those not included in the wilderness zones, but very few where the gold is]

It takes awhile for folks to get used to a change in materials, and everyone thinks that plastic is used cause its cheap and it breaks down faster, but a friend of mine has used his Le Trap now for about 8-9 seasons and it still looks near new and has no problems catching fine and micron gold. at 14 inches wide and 48 inches long it still only weighs about 4 pounds making it something a person can cart to about anywhere without getting tired, so i reckon that the MacKirk products would be as good in that respect and better in the smaller packages.

And remember, even as a "hobby" you can use the equipment as write off on your income tax to offset your income from other areas of life, though you probably aught to yak it over with a accountant on that part.... and then git a third opinion. So you can buy something, try it out, and then donate it to a group if you don't like it and try something else.....

William
Idaho

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