First test run, using my new Gold Hog Raptor Highbanker + Results

[jvan]

So decided to head out to my claim today before the kids woke up, Setup my new Gold Hog Raptor Highbanker and did my first test run with it...

Plus finally got my gas water pump to work and went out today and ran 8-10 buckets of dirt, Got some nice color as the Raptor ate it up in about 10 mins or so...



Results:






All and all not bad for about 10-15mins of running.... Very Very happy with the Raptor, plus these Hog mats are the best out there IMO!

All and All good day....

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

 

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[BurntBear]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

 

[AlaskaGold]

Nice gold! Next time get more video of that thing working! Great job

 

[Prospector70]

Sweet color! " Before the kids got up " heheheh!

 

[jvan]

Nice gold! Next time get more video of that thing working! Great job

Will do tomro as I am going out tomro..

 

[AzViper]

Nice color. Don't you just love the mats?

 

[jvan]

Love them mats, with adding a few feet on to the raptor and adding a few personal tweaks I think I can get it to a 100% recovery rate vs standard mating would be hard to say the same thing... At least from my exp...

 

[jvan]

Well you guys wanted to see more of the Raptor running so here is it in action on the north fork consumes river on my claim...



And drum roll... the cleanup! Only getting better and better compared to Thanksgivings day clean up got about double the amount...

 

[jvan]

by the way this cleanup pics were just from about 1 1/2 un-classified buckets from one crack.... Not to shabby..

 

[TheGoldProspector]

Congrats on the Raptor. It should treat you quite well on the NF>

Peace

 

[EccentricInTexas]

NICE!!! At that rate that thing will pay for itself pretty quick!!!

 

[jvan]

NICE!!! At that rate that thing will pay for itself pretty quick!!!

Hope so

Need to get more Crevice Tools for the vacpac and I will be all set...

 

[Goldwasher]

That is sweet. I changed my spray bar to the pipe set up on the raptor after watching Docs. video. How wide is the box? I am running way more flow I might throttle down a bit. Hangtown and I went out again with some tweaks I made and we didn't have the issue we had last week. Glad you got your pump running and didn't have to send it back.

 

[jvan]

That is sweet. I changed my spray bar to the pipe set up on the raptor after watching Docs. video. How wide is the box? I am running way more flow I might throttle down a bit. Hangtown and I went out again with some tweaks I made and we didn't have the issue we had last week. Glad you got your pump running and didn't have to send it back.

Yeah raptor is about 9 1/2 inches wide by 78 inches long... Going to add on another 78 inches as I have a fine recovery mat and a normal gold hog mat, just to be 100% certain I will have a 99.9% recovery rate. ordering raw sluice frame from yuba guy on ebay so it fits with the raptor, this will also help with increased feed rate with no loss.

Yeah I am running my 3hp pump at full throttle as Doc said it would be best, so now since I raised the flow it creates a much better flurry of breaking down the material and leaves the tailings pretty clean.

I think your adjustment with the spray bar will help for sure...

 

[BurntBear]

Awesome!

 

[AlaskaGold]

Nice gold! Thanks for the longing video of it running. That is a pretty sweet rock washer. Wish I could use mine, not for a few months after this white stuff outside melts! Good luck finding more gold!

 

[jvan]

Nice gold! Thanks for the longing video of it running. That is a pretty sweet rock washer. Wish I could use mine, not for a few months after this white stuff outside melts! Good luck finding more gold!

What part of Alaska are you in? Do you have a claim up there?? Keep Warm!

 

[AlaskaGold]

I'm in what we call south central. Close to Anchorage the big city! Haha. Not the best area in the state for gold but it's around. Been all over the state and this area is the best place to live in my opinion. I don't have a claim currently, once I finish sampling an area in the spring I will file on it. We have so much state land that you don't really need one to find gold. The real good areas have been claimed for a long time. Gotta pay big to play in those areas. Again with so much state land that I can dig, dredge or highbanker on, no point doing the paper work yet. Staying pretty warm as of now we've been sitting in the twenties and it's not to bad, except it keeps everything froze up. Errrrr.

 

[jvan]

Yesterdays find, with only one bucket of dirt, this crack I am working has so much dirt left but it is getting hard to get it out... Gold keeps coming though...

 

[Prospector70]

Also, have you ran it at stream level? I noticed in your video that it looks like it is about 10 feet higher than the water level, and it may reduce the head pressure on the pump (Speculating, I have no gas pump or a sweet cherry highbanker like that either hehe).
Nice job, looks like a really cool area with some sweet big rocks.
Gold sweet gold!