New to highbanker/dredging... Couple questions

[Brehmdig]

Here is a video of what I've constructed so far... Video has a homelite 1860 gph pump but I have an electric 2200 gph one coming in the mail soon for Washington state laws. The matting is a gold hog mat so I need lots of flow!

So here are my questions!
1. Where is a link to Oregon regs? I was told anything is fair game year round up to 4" dredge
2. Is it possible to convert a bilge pump into a dredge?
3. Any inputs/ recommendations for the build would be appreciated!

 

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[omnicron]

1. Google search!
2. NOPE!
3. You sluice box is really small, smaller then my clean up sluice, your not going to be able to process much with that.

For a dredge you need both water flow and pressure.

 

[dredgeman]

1 Jefferson mining district website has truckloads of Oregon info
2Yep look on ebay and from youtube.
3Washington has a collection size limit for the sluice. We sell up there all the time.

 

[HoneyPot]

Cool of you to try something new. Couple of quick pointers. Your sluice is way to small. If you can put a bigger box together your going to be able to run a proper amount of material. Otherwise your time and effort won't be put to good use. Also your sluice is way to steep. Good Luck.

 

[Brehmdig]

1 Jefferson mining district website has truckloads of Oregon info
2Yep look on ebay and from youtube.
3Washington has a collection size limit for the sluice. We sell up there all the time.

Thanks for the info! I knew about the wash regs but couldn't find Oregonian, ill check Jefferson out...

Cool of you to try something new. Couple of quick pointers. Your sluice is way to small. If you can put a bigger box together your going to be able to run a proper amount of material. Otherwise your time and effort won't be put to good use. Also your sluice is way to steep. Good Luck.

I'm staying within the 3sq ft law for Washington... And I didn't have my angle adjusted for the test run... Just firing it up seeing if it worked...

Turns out it did work! Here's a pic of what I got in the two hours my battery lasted.

 

[panningjack]

Good idea using the spreader. I agree with the others. Bigger sluice. Where are the rocks going off the grizzly?
Check out south west Oregon miners association (SWOMA)
They have tons of info on miners rights and regs

 

[Brehmdig]

Good idea using the spreader. I agree with the others. Bigger sluice. Where are the rocks going off the grizzly?
Check out south west Oregon miners association (SWOMA)
They have tons of info on miners rights and regs

I had the closet rack there in case I needed it, turns out the rubber matting was sturdy enough to hold without the rack there. Thanks for the swoma info!

 

[Brehmdig]

Video Link: http://youtu.be/1YscbgMzXIc

Here is a video of what I've constructed so far... Video has a homelite 1860 gph pump but I have an electric 2200 gph one coming in the mail soon for Washington state laws. The matting is a gold hog mat so I need lots of flow!

So here are my questions!
1. Where is a link to Oregon regs? I was told anything is fair game year round up to 4" dredge
2. Is it possible to convert a bilge pump into a dredge?
3. Any inputs/ recommendations for the build would be appreciated!

So I got it out today and here are the results after 4 hours of running...



Any idea what I should classify down to? I have a 1/4 in there now but I'm feeling it is a little too small...