For the sluice box (48 inches long) I took a piece of sheet metal to a machine shop and traded some bags of candy for them to bend it. Some of the pieces of the hopper box would barely fit. I purchased a 18 inch bender at harbor freight but I recommend getting the a larger one. Obviously to build both portions you will need a sheet metal bender. If you need some paydirt to test out your equipment or just work on your panning skills go to my page here. In this post I will talk about how to build the sluice box portion and where to get materials. In a previous post, I showed how to build the hopper box portion and posted dimensioned drawings so you can build your own. I took some pictures (in my attic) of my dredge/high banker so you can see how I build it. Take the mats to the extreme, then back off some.I finally got back around to finishing my posts on my Dredge and Highbanker Plans. Most make the mistake of seeing gold in the tailings and slow the mats down when this is the opposite, they are already loading up. With Gold Hog you have to understand not only the lower extreme, low water and angle till the mats are full, but also the high extreme, running them so hot they are bare. While others process X amount of dirt, in the same time I can several times the amount dirt. The plus with Gold Hog is being able to process a lot of material and still hold the gold. A lot of commercial ops are happy to run at a 80 or 85 percent capture rate. But look at the numbers, if you catch say 10,000 pieces of gold in the mats and you are at a 99 percent capture rate (which I am at or better) your losses will be 100. Do they catch all the gold? No, and nothing else will either. I have pulled some nice gold from the Llano river by being able to process large amounts of material. Painstakingly tested capture rates vs loss rates. I tested different angles, different velocity of water, volume of water, feed rates. I have been testing all the Gold Hog mats since Doc first came out with the UR mat. Tim, I live in Texas, where ask anyone and they will tell ya there is no gold.
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