I use a Keene A52 Sluice box (48" x 10"). I am currently using: Raised Expanded Metal, Miners Moss and Deep V Matting. I run 1/4" material. I am not overloading the box. Maybe a handful every 10 seconds or so. It seems I should be recovering more fi
Read more…Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for all the friends and family that keep my life interesting. My wife and kid for putting up with me. And still having a job in this crazy economic time in America.
Be safe and responsible everyon
Read more…Since you are on this site, you might be a prospector. Read what the Gov is planing to do in Jan. 2013.!
http://www.sleepybearmining.com/gov-taking-back-public-lands-gold-mining-law-desert.html
Read more…Hello, I have been on the GPAA site but it seemed a little slow over there so I searched for more gold forums and found this great site!
I would like to prospect full time living out of my vehicle in Northern California. I am 37, recently single afte
Read more…I am thinking of a "Plan of Opperation". Setting up a Zipline to send 40-50lbs. SandBags of Ore down a 30* - 600' Hill side. My question is how fast will the bags be traveling and what size Rope should be used ? At the bottom of the hill is a 2 Foo
Read more…I'm sure all of you are aware that the California Legislature is trying to STOP SUCTION DREDGING forever in California. We have been under a two year moratorium, by Court Order to the Dept. of Fish & Game to produce another Environmental Impact Repo
Read more…well the election is over and i don't get california miners thinking. they want dredging back have spent tons of money in the courts fighting the ban THEN on election day vote the same people back in office. DAH the people in washington d.c. make the
Read more…I really can't figure this out. First let me list my gear:
10" x 48" Keene Sluice with miners moss & green carpet, 10" x 12" homemade hopper w/ 1" spray bar, 2" in/outlet 6 hp water pump.
I have operated my setup 3 times now at 3 different location
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I have been working on some beach sand cons and would like to know what mesh size the specs in the picture may be? I'm new to this and the smallest mesh I currently own is only a 20.
Thanks for the help.
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Please can someone Explane "SG" to me in Linemans terms.. My understanding is 1 cup of water = W , and one cup of Ore = O ... W + O = Total , T (I dont see a Devide Buttin) .... T ~ W = SG of O.??? :) ??? HaHa ???
Read more…Obviously if you're on this site you have a love for that pretty yellow metal. Just thought it might be fun if we all shared other hobby/obsessions we are into when we're not thinking about moving dirt.
Myself....I'm into saltwater aquariums. I have
Read more…The perfect Weekend for me would have the truck loaded and out the door saturday mornings by 5 am and not unloaded until 7 pm sunday. But that would lead to unhappy people at my house. So This weekend Saturday was for prospecting and putting my
Read more…I was thinking about how politicians got involved with this ban on dredging in ca, and basically it all comes down to $$$. Politicans want cash to fund election and re election campaigns, large contributers get something in return for funding, our po
Read more…There was two cowboy drining, one from North Dakota and the other from Montana. They were driving down the road and the Montana cowboy saw a sheep stuck in a fence and he looked at the North Dakota and said did you see that, and the North Dakota cowb
Read more…Has anyone had any luck or suggestions about fine recovery wheels. I have been thinking about the Desert Fox unit but am not sure if it is the right move. It is very hard to figure out which unit would be best to use. I screen all my material down to
Read more…I plan to build a bellow or blower drywasher. I am having a hard time figuring out some items
Riffle tray: Muslin. is there different grades f Muslin (Thread count)? does it matter what I order.
Does it matter how far apar
Read more…Will doing a conversion be as simple as it looks? Here is what I would like to acomplish. I would like to run it off a bilge pump and battery in highbanker mode and assume I need a bigger gas motor to dredge. Is that correct? Can I sluice/dredge/high
Read more…Just finished watching my new dvd and wanted to give a quick review. Tim was generous enough to give me the choise between Castle Dome City or the Prospecting Adventures Randsburg Edition. I chose the adventure set. 3 discs/6 hours full of A LOT of g
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