Martin Sluice Box, Yes?

Hello All: I'm trying to figure out what sluice box I want to purchase. I reside in Northern Utah, and all we have is very, very fine flour gold. I have been doing some research, and I have narrowed it down to a Martin MS46 and Keene A52. I would appreciate any and all thoughts before I invest any money...

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  • i have to agree with jimbo on the clarkston study in  the past 50 some years of prospecting and trying all different types of matting i find that the keene will do the same as the martin both are good sluices i like and use the vortex mat in  all my equipment it works great in sluices as well as in bankers and dredges i recover very fine gold with what piece of equipment i use mat as well as sluice boxes are a prefence to the person  as to what they like feel free to ck out the pic s of the fine gold i have recovered on my page

  • Hey Jason. It's a tough decision.I dredge on a river that is full of real fine gold and I mean fine.there is a drop riffle sluice i use its like a letrap-angus mc.set up and when I do testing I find the drop riffle design works great.having said that I used a keene 52 and that also does a great job on fine flour gold .I hope this helps, as both your choices work well and as jeremy said the letrap works great .
  • Jason, I have Martin's big highbanker. I dumped the carpet and riffles straight away, cuz like you, I deal with small gold here in MI. I went with gold hog matting and I've not been disappointed. I need to get a new mat setup for the various places here in MI as some places have bigger pieces than other places. Ya wont be bummed out with gear from Martin's. Good luck!

  • Hey Jason, here's my take.  Everyone has a different opinion so this is mine.  Forget the hungarian riffle sluices and choose a drop riffle sluice.  You will get way better micron gold recovery with these and of course they get the big stuff too!  I recommend the Le Trap sluice.  It has 19 riffles and gets gold the super tiny shiny!  

  • As far as being able to turn it in to a highbanker the martin box it's the one he uses for his highbanker just add legs and a header box. I have a mackirk and they do work very well not quite as easy to build a highbanker out of but I did. I have pics of it on my page I believe.
  • Keen over Martin..  BUT have you looked into the drop riffle sluices? Like the Angus McKirk? I own a A52 sure its nice, but without the stand it can take time to setup in the creek...the drop riffle I won from GPS a few years ago..Wow that baby is awesome!..drop that sucker in the creek and hit it with dirt..takes no time to setup and tune, and WOW does it catch the gold!

  • martin mini sluice great for fine gold

  • try wolftrap sluice . has fastwater & slowwater revervisable  riffels 

  • Both  boxes have their ups and downs but I prefer the A52. You can build a high banker easily by adding a header box and legs, plus you can get a set of dredge riffles for the A52 so it can handle the water flow of power equipment.

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