PROSPECTORMIKEL
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I hope you have better luck next time at the creek.
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What a contraption!
I mean it in a good way. As a tinkerer I've found that half the fun is in having an idea and then building an apparatus to see how well the idea pans out. (trial and error)
"Keep on keepin' on"
Don't give up and down the road you may stumble on to something that will be great! "There is always more than one way to skin a cat"
While you may come to the ultimate conclusion that the commercially produced fluid bed gold trap is tough to improve upon (because it has already achieved a high level of perfection) the learning experience you gain through tinkering is worth it's weight in gold.
GG~
A feature change that I incorporated on one of the gold traps that I made was to make a vee diverter that sits on top of the chamber roof and starts just after the grizzly. Of course there are no side extentions after the vee starts and the diverter has the effect of directing the oversize material to exit off to the sides rather than the end of the box. I figured that there should be less buildup of waste material at the end of the sluice that eventually requires clearing especially when using the gold trap in shallower water.
This is basically what happens to the fluid bed chamber when it's angled too steep, The steeper the angle the worse it becomes.
Here is level (preferred) and at about 45 degrees. It's not so much scouring as it is just physics.........
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GG~
Yep and when the tube holes are not buried into the materials they are not helping in material exchange and since there is less resistance through those holes there is less flow through the holes that are buried. Still physics.
Exactly right! Great observation arizau GG~
I am using 1/4" punch plate for a grizzly because I have a dread fear of large stones in the bed. On the other hand, I read where large stones or marbles should be placed in the bed to prevent black sand lock-up. My thought is that these materials will take up space and cause earlier lock-up. Please set me straight.
I am using 1/4" punch plate for a grizzly because I have a dread fear of large stones in the bed. On the other hand, I read where large stones or marbles should be placed in the bed to prevent black sand lock-up. My thought is that these materials will take up space and cause earlier lock-up. Please set me straight.