Diy Sluice Box Matting

Dec 15 2012 very cool sluice box matting.

Diy sluice box matting.

Lay down the ribbed mat as you first layer in the sluice. We carry miracle mat vortex dream mats v matting gold hog miners moss and gold catching carpet. 2 profiles on each mat. We have matting for your highbanker river sluice and gold concentrators.

If you are using wood make sure you apply silicone to the edges to prevent water leakage. He made a mold using legos. Fexible versatile slice mats. This cost around 30 and will get you some good gold if you know where to look.

It is a good idea to experiment with different water flows angles of the sluice box riffle types and different matting to increase the fine gold recovery. Sunny mountain carries a wide variety of sluice box matting. Once you ve constructed the box added some sort of matting material and have riffles in the box you ve basically got a sluice box that is ready to use. Fully customizable these mats can be configured any way you want them.

The sluice is placed in a moving stream of water and pay dirt is put into the upstream end of the sluice. Choose if you want to build a sluice box from wood aluminum steel or plastic. From low profiles for fine gold to aggressive mats with riffles for course gold you have every option. Gold owl sluice matting.

In years past all sorts of devices besides metal riffles. For the do it youself er this matting will trap all sizes of placer gold from 1 4 nuggets to fine flour. Everyone will tell you a small one will drop gold out the back but if you build it right then it wont. Start creating the frame of your sluice box.

The moving water washes the dirt through and out of the sluice while the gold which is much heavier than the rest of the material is caught behind the riffles or in the matting. But you may want to refine it further especially if you are going to use it for different gold prospecting sites. Quality matting is important not only in a basic sluice box but also for the sluice on a suction dredge. He then made the mat using silicone c.

To prevent clogging of the riffles and matting don t feed the riffles to fast.