prospecting

[tweeta_bear]

is it fair to say that most of the high mountain have fissures in them? is it also fair to say gold follows water? with these questions in mind if i find an old dried up creek bed coming down off the mountain and i dig in the right spot i can get what im looking for or has it nit made it down off the side off the mountain yet(ie not reach the creek yet)?

 

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[425jesse]

What is it made of?

 

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[tweeta_bear]

some kind of rubber coated sponge. its actually trash can linner.

 

[tweeta_bear]

almost like the sticky mat you put under a rug on hardwood floors to keep it from moving.

 

[425jesse]

And you want to use it as sluice matting? That's cool, please tell us how it works! When I made my separation sluice (kinda a finish sluice with a pretty big slick plate) I looked and looked for just some cheap matting...what I found was a rubber mat made for temporary floor protection for moving companies. The guy I met cut me off a few feet from his role and I applied to my sluice. Try searching temp floor covering, or even stopping by a flooring company and asking. Good luck!!

 

[tweeta_bear]

oh im not gonna use it i just look at everything and wonder how can i use that for gold panning.

 

[425jesse]

I love it!! That's what I do! I am an electrician by trade, and come across so much stuff that I imagine I could use. Various chunks of metal that has some imaginary use, or just about what ever I find. I found a 3500 GPH pump at a garage sale last week for 12$. Holy s*it does it pump some water!! I love applying all things I find to my hobby, with or without success!!

 

[fowledup]

Thanks tweeta, I've been playing with this crazy idea of lining the fluid bed in my Bazooka. I've been looking for something that would hold the fines a little better, but washout easily when dunking it in the bucket for clean out. Think I'm gonna try it.

 

[tweeta_bear]

home depot

 

[tweeta_bear]

ok so i got this bucket i dug up... do i wet it first or can i just put it threw my sluice?

 

[KevinInColorado]

WET IT! Dry gold can float right out of a sluice!

 

[tweeta_bear]

ok i will thanks

 

[Jimmydolittle]

i wonder how this stuff would work?

Only one way to find out!

 

[tweeta_bear]

hello guys... so i finished my low flow sluice or what ever you wanna call it and it seems to be working just a lil slow. lol i found his as it was rolling down. its quartz and the other substance has a blue metallic shin to it. not sure what it is. i tried to take several pics to show the blue gun metal type shinny color.

 

[DizzyDigger]

No idea on the stone, but that's very cool looking sluice setup!

 

[KevinInColorado]

What he ^^^^ said!

I can see you took inspiration from the Sandaway device I showed you!

Seems like you are developing quite a collection of gear...how is the gold production coming along?

 

[tweeta_bear]

lets just say im having fun collecting the gear!

 

[KevinInColorado]

lets just say im having fun collecting the gear!

clearly!

...nice shop work for sure!

 

[tweeta_bear]

so i decided to change it up abit!

 

[tweeta_bear]

so i figured i would change it up a bit!

 

[tweeta_bear]

my biggest piece yet!