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  • Bill Tavui April 13, 2010 at 3:52pm
    They can be as long as you like. In the old days, they were hundreds of feet long. Your sluice size is determined by your needs. Are you back packing it? Do you have a base camp to go big? How willyou handle the run off. Thats what determines your sluice needs.
  • Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 7:04pm
    Look in videos Larry Broman's got a long pinch sluice that looks great for fine gold recovery
    • George Curnow > Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 7:35pm
      Just checked out Larry's videos. I get it!
      Thanks again.
  • Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 6:57pm
    noper
    • George Curnow > Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 7:00pm
      Well then, an 8 footer it is!
      Thanks!
  • Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 6:42pm
    No problem in most places exceptions in some parks that only alow 6 inch trowels and pans California is still gold country as long as You don't run a dredge (a soon to change law we all hope)
    • George Curnow > Howard Hadsall April 9, 2010 at 6:52pm
      So, I gather that the length ain't a concern, legally?
  • Bill V. (flourchild) April 9, 2010 at 6:34pm
    As long as you have enough water flow to run the sluice I don't think size is an issue. The question is how portable do you want it, and what are you going to use as a water source? if it's just going to be a stream sluice I would stick with a 3 to 4 foot sluice this gives you a good cross between portability and productivity with the ability to use only the stream current to run it of course the 8 footer setup right could perhaps recover the finer gold better but may need a swifter flow of water maybe even a water pump although if you're just using it in a stream this may not always be available year round. many factors play in the size and shape of a sluice the 4' sluice just seems to be a happy medium.
    • George Curnow > Bill V. (flourchild) April 9, 2010 at 6:49pm
      Well, like ya mentioned, I'd like to go after the fine/flour gold too. That's why I'm thinkin' about a longer box. Got plenty of water flow on the Calif. claim, so that ain't no problem. Got a little claim in Calif. and another in Nev. Just 20 acres each, but I'll never have the time to work every inch. Jus' me an' ol' Danny, my dog. He ain't much help.
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