LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76 
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Post by LordJR on Nov 30, 2016 18:53:34 GMT 10
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Post by shivan on Nov 30, 2016 19:15:11 GMT 10
Shame about the weather but good to see you got out for a dig. How did the sluice go?
Hope you did well.
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LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76
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Post by LordJR on Nov 30, 2016 19:23:10 GMT 10
It worked! I ran a bucket from a new place I was testing and told there would lots of gold there. I saw shiny stuff in the clay/sand as I was shoveling it. But must of been pyrite or mica as my panning on clean up turned up zero gold from that spot. For a moment I worried the sluice may of not worked and I was losing gold. So I ran another bucket from a place I knew had gold and turned up with quite a few specs in my pan. But I do need to do something about the water flow at the mouth. There is a tilt wooden bar that is meant to control the flow of water, great concept, but for me it was cutting my water flow in half and not all the gravel/sand on the second bucket was clearing. I adjusted the height of where the water was coming in, but nothing seemed to help much. As much as I like it, I'm thinking of removing the wooden bar. Also, thinking of cutting up some ribbed rubber matting for the metal mouth area so no metal is exposed and I'll dump classified dirt right onto the mouth.
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golddiggerart
Super Sluicer
I was born for a reason...
Posts: 381
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Post by golddiggerart on Nov 30, 2016 23:50:56 GMT 10
Good to see the sluice and it is all trial and error with them.  |
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nuggethill
God of the Goldfields
A 4 1/2 oz find at Kingower by a friend
Posts: 519
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Post by nuggethill on Dec 1, 2016 11:12:43 GMT 10
G'day Jon
You need to elevate the front of the sluice Jon as it doesn't work flush in the river I use to look for the drop in the river pile stones across the drop and set up the sluice once you have worked out how it works you won't know your self  |
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LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76
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Post by LordJR on Dec 2, 2016 13:25:00 GMT 10
Video of my trip to Oallen Ford showing the sluice in action.
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LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76
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Post by LordJR on Dec 2, 2016 18:29:43 GMT 10
Found my prospecting hat and put it on, got into character, and found more gold on my final clean up from Oallen Ford!  |
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nuggethill
God of the Goldfields
A 4 1/2 oz find at Kingower by a friend
Posts: 519
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Post by nuggethill on Dec 2, 2016 20:19:33 GMT 10
The golds mate WTG but I don't know about the hat LOL |
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LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76
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Post by LordJR on Dec 2, 2016 21:27:18 GMT 10
The golds mate WTG but I don't know about the hat LOL Yeah.. it's meant to be comical  L ooking forward to getting a Head Net for it though to keep away those horrible horrible bush flies. They are enough to make a man go insane and were out in force going in my ears, up my nose and attacking my eyes as I was trying to pan and get gold the other day. That when I had a good amount of bushman's deet on me. |
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Post by shivan on Dec 3, 2016 20:48:45 GMT 10
Love the hat, great stuff.
Looks like you did ok on the gold front too.
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LordJR
Gold Digger
New to gold prospecting- panning and detecting
Posts: 76
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Post by LordJR on Dec 3, 2016 21:43:20 GMT 10
Thanks shivan! Yep that's my total from my 2 trips to Oallen Ford. Heading to try the Turon River tomorrow for the first time. Got a spot in mind I'm going to do some test pans and see what happens. Headed north for a change. Cheers!
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