Angus mackirk New riffles design the abyss riffle vrs the bazooka gold trap

[Skiddum]

Alright This is for all you AM lovers out there.
I'm deciding on weather to get a recon 2.
I have the bazooka 24 inch sniper and bazooka mini 16 inch.
I'm looking to see what you all think about this. now I know this is a cleashay question. so understanding the question is important. I'm asking witch is better at capturing gold up to 200 mesh. not witch is easy to set up, or what works best. cause we all know there is no perfect sluice out there. now the fluid bed is amazing at catching things I've found out. and the recon 2 design is supposed to be pretty much a fluid bed. it has the dual riffleDesign called the abyss riffles. I know it'll break b down to person preferance in the end. so if anyone has used both. the AM with the new riffle disign. or even the le trap cause it has the same dual riffle disign and the bazooka. I'd like to hear you honest opinion. so anyways I leave the floor open to youvguys

 

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[Vance in AK]

I'll start by saying I have never tried the Bazooka.
I have an Explorer & like it. I have really wanting to try one of the bigger taper/flair models with the "Abyss" riffle system.
I was considering the Foreman (midsize) or the Boss (largest). The slickplate area of the Boss is large enough to dump full shovel loads into.
That said, the prospector model of the Bazooka has my attention too.
Cabella's is handling the boss from AM & I have a gift card & a bunch of points there so that may be the deciding issue...

 

[Skiddum]

I love my bazooka. theres no doubt about that. I was just wondering what was say better at holding onto the fines down to 200 mesh. my bazooka has caught some really nice stuff since I've had it. but I haven't got to thoroughly test it up in my old stop to see how well it holds 200 mesh

 

[Rdg Sluicer]

I have Bazookas and AM and love them both. Different sluices for different jobs. You can't go wrong with either.

 

[Skiddum]

kk RdG sluicer. so what would you say the AM is for. I know people say it's great especially for low amount of water. what you'll you take the am out for

 

[vaquero44]

well I have both now as well but I'm new to the AM's and just bought the reconII small version and the got grub stake for low water flow conditions plus I have a bazooka 36" sniper as well ooooooooooooooh winter is killing me itchin to go here!

 

[Skiddum]

that's where I'm at. stupid cold weather. it was nice and I got to go out for a couple days. new spot really low water but still got some nice stuff. But that's what got me curious about the AM. and the recon 2 has a really nice design and the theory behind it has Ben used in the Le trap so I thought I might as well ask the ones who've ran them and those who own both what there opiniond are

 

[vaquero44]

Reed Lukens runs one and liked his pretty well more or less he got for the kids I think he said but did well just the same my main thing is to crevice just built a vac and collect where ever I am and depending where I'm at hopefully will have some sort of water flow

 

[GoldpannerDave]

Alright This is for all you AM lovers out there.
I'm deciding on weather to get a recon 2.
I have the bazooka 24 inch sniper and bazooka mini 16 inch.
I'm looking to see what you all think about this. now I know this is a cleashay question. so understanding the question is important. I'm asking witch is better at capturing gold up to 200 mesh. not witch is easy to set up, or what works best. cause we all know there is no perfect sluice out there. now the fluid bed is amazing at catching things I've found out. and the recon 2 design is supposed to be pretty much a fluid bed. it has the dual riffleDesign called the abyss riffles. I know it'll break b down to person preferance in the end. so if anyone has used both. the AM with the new riffle disign. or even the le trap cause it has the same dual riffle disign and the bazooka. I'd like to hear you honest opinion. so anyways I leave the floor open to youvguys

I have a LeTrap and it is great for lower water. If I hand-feed it, I don't classify. If I want to dump material in, then I classify. With the Bazooka, there is no hand feeding, just feeding as fast as I can. As long as I can dam the creek to get enough water flow, the Bazooka is my choice. I think if the fluid bed is working properly, I don't lose anything, even fine flour gold. I like the fact that I can put it completely under water and it still works fine. Given the choice, I will use my Bazooka. I think it catches as well as the LeTrap and probably better. It certainly allows me to work more material.

I don't own a MacKirk, but I suspect they are close to the performance of the LeTrap.

 

[Skiddum]

Yeah I've decided to stick with my bazookas. I have the 24 inch sniper for good flow. and 2 16 inch minis for prospecting and low flow. 1 for me and 1 for the wife. she wanted her own sluice so I got her 1.and then we use the sniper when where in full production mode with good flow. I've used both of the bazookas and love them. if there's low flow me and the wife can set up both and probably run the same amount of material as the 24 inch sniper and catch just as mutch if not more cause will both be working different areas of the river.

 

[Skiddum]

And thanks guys. you've been a great help