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Looking to buy a Sluice Box
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Posted : Saturday, 3 January 2015 6:10:34 PM(UTC)
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I wondering if anyone has a spare sluice box they would be willing to part with, ill pay of course. My home made is not really cutting it :P
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Posted : Saturday, 3 January 2015 7:51:34 PM(UTC)
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Trade me is good for a few, but to be fair I have a Keene a52 for rivers and homemade job for creeks and the homemade job finds more gold! It's just a 6" irrigation pipe cut in half with a plywood base to hold it in the river, all the corrogations work a wonder and have trapped nuggets up to 4gram so far, my creek sluice weighs less than 500g and is about 800mm long and can fit into any daypack without taking up to much space.
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Posted : Saturday, 3 January 2015 9:17:02 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: gavzilla Go to Quoted Post
Trade me is good for a few, but to be fair I have a Keene a52 for rivers and homemade job for creeks and the homemade job finds more gold! It's just a 6" irrigation pipe cut in half with a plywood base to hold it in the river, all the corrogations work a wonder and have trapped nuggets up to 4gram so far, my creek sluice weighs less than 500g and is about 800mm long and can fit into any daypack without taking up to much space.


I have a similar set up, although I employed some plastic trays from a fridge and some old car mats :P, how do you get the piping attached? I nailed mine and filled the nails in with silicon sealant that would have water flowing over them.

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Posted : Saturday, 3 January 2015 9:41:20 PM(UTC)
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Its a little tricky to explain, but I had some roofing flashing spare, once the pipe was cut in half I made a flare shape out of the roofing material so the water would flow into the pipe better, then siliconed and screwed the flare through the pipe into the plywood legs. I think the flare is the trick to squeezing more water in the pipe
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Posted : Sunday, 4 January 2015 12:45:14 AM(UTC)
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Here is my home made joby. Went for a play up the Arrow.

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Bit of gold caught up in the ribbed rubber mat.

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One clean up after an hour

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A second clean up.

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Good luck out there

JW :)
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Posted : Sunday, 4 January 2015 1:41:45 PM(UTC)
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Hi there mate,I have a keene A51 for sale,just sent you a private message,Cheers
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Posted : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:33:36 AM(UTC)
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Sorry to hijack the thread but what do you guys think would be better for central otago waters

1) Le trap Sluice

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2) Bazooker Gold Trap

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They both look like much easier to use and clean out than the standard sluice. Or am I best to stick to the rubber matting and carpet styled sluice?

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RioGold  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:29:46 PM(UTC)
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Hi there mate, I bought a Bazooka Gold Trap Awhile back works great!! catches fine and heavy gold real well! I think it would work well in any waters.
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