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And also I’ll add after re reading this thread, I run about 200 yards per day and do a cleanup after 400 yards, three separate 24” by 16 foot sluice runs of expanded metal, a couple of nugget traps included yields about 10 gallons of minus 3/8” concentrates.

A few thoughts on this.. My dredge will run 25-30 yards an hour before overrunning the sluice boxs (48’ of sluice) I have a mechanical dredge, surely you are referring to a suction dredge, both types share a few of the same principals the biggest being the tailings they generate, if your current isn...

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Good luck to you, Be safe out there !

That looks familiar Dick, I just did the same job on my newly acquired 200-3 yours looks much easier with the help of a second excavator, I used a makeshift engine hoist in the back of my pickup, I had heard horror stories about the bolts holding the swing drive assembly in place, others back east t...

Another point I thought was worth a mention, when I got the Starlink working at camp it worked great… inside of camp (a metal sided trailer) but did not work very well outside in the camp yard, the router signal was weak and not liking the metal siding on camp, a few weeks later I moved the Starlink...

The feeder has the curved belt rollers, the hopper has belting bolted on it at about the same angle as the conveyor belt and overlaps several inches, the gravel lays on the “curtains” attached to the hopper making a seal of sorts, water takes the path of least resistance and most of it drains into t...

I would think your 1-1/2” riffles will catch any nuggets that you would encounter.

A few more of the floater.. https://youtu.be/k_m8AH-J348?si=CzluJ9brXpcumeXv https://youtu.be/X_SO9hsCESA?si=L2kju5dKtlRdEvvE https://youtu.be/H95oL3qi52o?si=-U7jNe8uOoFEU73D https://youtube.com/shorts/XA97kJaVrzY?si=29YzBotRUe96puoG https://youtube.com/shorts/8NH5vvZtahY?si=0Mq8m1j03tWGXWzn https:/...

Thanks Dick, it has been a work in progress, The cover makes it nice if I get a hopper plug.. I can climb up and unplug it without shutting down. Lots of changes thru the years, I think I’m on my 4th revision of sluice configuration, I’ve built a new and longer stacker, added an auto feed hopper, fr...