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by Geowizard » Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:50 pm
Astro-turf;
The time proven matting used is Astro-turf.
Expanded metal over astro-turf works very good at catching GOLD. I have monitored sluice tailings over a number of years and never found GOLD in the tailings. In fact, the GOLD is captured in the first four feet!
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by Geowizard » Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:54 pm
A sixteen foot sluice box?
Well as explained in the prior post, the GOLD settles in the first four feet of the sluice box.
Yes, I was surprised and that led to the first revision of the prototype - the sluice box was reduced to 8 feet.
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by Jim_Alaska » Sun Apr 21, 2019 9:17 pm
Nice narrative Chuck, thanks for all the pictures, they really bring things alive.
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by Lanny » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:24 pm
Great to see the pictures, and thanks for taking the time to post everything. Nice to see someone out inventing a gold-getting machine.
All the best,
Lanny
