Diy Sluice Box Matting

2 profiles on each mat.

Diy sluice box matting.

The sluice is placed in a moving stream of water and pay dirt is put into the upstream end of the sluice. In years past all sorts of devices besides metal riffles. Gold owl sluice matting. One of the people i follow by the name of alan robertson got me interested in trying this.

Fully customizable these mats can be configured any way you want them. Lay down the ribbed mat as you first layer in the sluice. Start creating the frame of your sluice box. He then made the mat using silicone c.

He made a mold using legos. Fexible versatile slice mats. It is a good idea to experiment with different water flows angles of the sluice box riffle types and different matting to increase the fine gold recovery. Once you ve constructed the box added some sort of matting material and have riffles in the box you ve basically got a sluice box that is ready to use.

We carry miracle mat vortex dream mats v matting gold hog miners moss and gold catching carpet. Everyone will tell you a small one will drop gold out the back but if you build it right then it wont. For the do it youself er this matting will trap all sizes of placer gold from 1 4 nuggets to fine flour. Choose if you want to build a sluice box from wood aluminum steel or plastic.

We have matting for your highbanker river sluice and gold concentrators. Sunny mountain carries a wide variety of sluice box matting. Cheap sluice box that gets gold. To prevent clogging of the riffles and matting don t feed the riffles to fast.

From low profiles for fine gold to aggressive mats with riffles for course gold you have every option. This cost around 30 and will get you some good gold if you know where to look. If you are using wood make sure you apply silicone to the edges to prevent water leakage. The gold owl story.

The moving water washes the dirt through and out of the sluice while the gold which is much heavier than the rest of the material is caught behind the riffles or in the matting.