The design seems to work very well! Everything was running smoothly. "Hobby Miner" sounds like a catchy brand name you could use LOL

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kind of a catchy name. It's working out very well.

I Must have ocd because every time people spill material on the side of the sluice something inside makes me want the person to sweep it into the sluice. I think it's because when I'm doing it It's. So much work for me and every bit of material is precious gold bearing stuff. 😂👍❤💛💚 Thank you for sweeping it in.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. What about all the material that fell off the end of the shovel when you put it in the bucket. LOL

@rastamanralph6670

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 I never spill it these days because the stuff worth running takes that much to get to with the overburden. Saying that I don't get out very much either through looking after animals and health.

@alwcurlz

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the classifying process on the wheel barrel bugs me. I see a lot of material going on the ground. Dry chunks could have gold in them too. A lot of guys will wash the large pieces away.

That’s some nice looking gold. Man you just keep making this sluice better and better. Can’t wait to see what you make for it next.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 I need to make a slide on flare for it next.

@larryjmcdanel9342

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 cool . Can’t wait to see it.

The ideas never stop nor get stale. Another fine invention Mr Alan

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed. This little sluice is turning out awesome.

Works as awesome! Glad you made the self feeding “lazy prospector” changes. 😂 Hey, I ain’t gonna lie. I need every break I can find.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both! This is why I made it. Don't always want to run a yard of dirt in a day. Like I can anymore these days. LOL

Fly PooP! That's Great! Sluice is Awesome! Good on you, Livin the dream. Cheers from Washington State 👍

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I love this little sluice.

I really like how this unit works. Good job.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! Thanks

Great work guys. Each of you got some good looking gold👍🏻😎

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 We sure did. You need to make it down before we get all the gold. Lol

Very nice 👍 love the versatility!! And some good gold to boot! Great job✌🏻

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

You've got that sluice system dialed in real good ! Nice gold recovery ! Upper mat is the champ ! Thanks for sharing Alan. Looks like a great day up there !

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 Thanks we had a great day. Need to get back up there before someone else finds our new honey hole.

Very nice design, great job!! Looking forward to next video, and taking notes! All the best from CO.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Just finished a slide on flare for it for in the stream

Self feeder sluice is a really good idea Alan. Very well done brother. Dual power heads seem to pull it all together. Thanks for sharing this great idea.😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. This little sluice is awesome.

Nice work Alan, Still enjoying that brain of yours and the creation process on your devices.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks

Great job, Alan.....keep it up....

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Excellent matériel de prospection bravo

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

You said it that one's a win-win I think this is what I've been waiting for to come out on market I just picked up a set of dream mats but I really want to set a your mats✌️

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Win Win for sure. I am loving this little sluice the more I run it. I am working on the mat now.

Also cheers for cleaning the top part of the mat separately😉👊👍

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍 That was a good idea you had.

@rastamanralph6670

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 it surely paid off and you can see just how effective that top mat angle is. Might be worth experimenting with that kind of angle all the way down the mat by raising and dropping it. There now a new mat design for you and you can call it the Rasta mat😂😂😂👍

Nice video Alan trial and error that's how you get the best product. I hope that the fires are not to close. Stay safe and keep up the good work

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron. We don't have any fires close by Just smoke.

Good idea to run 2 systems from the same hole to compare the results. Nice gold there. 👀🤔🤠🌵⛏

That’s pretty sweet syrup looks to work great 👍🏻

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

It does work great. Thanks for the visit. I need to visit your channel and catch up. Just feel like I'm chasing my tail lately.

Always have fun fam. Keep at it. Gold squad out!!!

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

great video Alan

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Good morning Al, thinking about your wife loading this sluice, (adding another piece), Add a bracket to hold your bucket-shovel to sit in so your wife can sit there and with a small shovel/scoop and sprinkle in your dirt. I would enjoy seeing an update on your mats at the sapphire mine. Also, please let me know when you receive the card with my first deposit, so I know how long it takes to get there. God bless and put a Band-Aid on that boo-boo on your hand!

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea building a stand for the bucket shovel. I think the wife is going to enjoy the new sluice. I sure hope to get back to the mine before the season is over. I will let you know. The Band-Aids just keep falling off.

I love the design of your sluice box! The adjust-ability is king in my mind and world. Terrain and ground features can be a pain when using something like this, especially along a stream with lots of rocks around. Being able to slid those adjusters along that groove is great! Bet you'll be modifying this over and over and improving as time goes along! You'll have to patent this thing and have revision numbers for it one day?

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks that was the whole idea to make it so everything is adjustable. Just finished a slide on flare for it today.

Looks great. What i need is something that can run, 40 to 80 five gallon buckets (1 to 2 yards) in 6 hours. That is powered by 12v and recycle the water for that time. In other words. Can run all day without needing to be cleaned out and fresh water. And the plans to make it. Oh I should add. When I say plans, it doesn't count a 3D printer. As I don't have one. And likely never will.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

For a set up like that I would check out Allan's gold mining channel. He has a great wash plat design. Thanks for watching

At 14:03 you can see the frond of the new pile floating...It is not just light weight biologic material, anything powder sized can and will float.. this is why you wet before sluicing

That is a great name for it😉👊😁❤💛💚

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I like it.

Some nice looking gold!! The extra water going definitely helped out!! Really like the system! Definitely most the gold should just drop right down to the mat and not go past the water header! Would definitely love to give that system a try some time!!

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. No losing gold with this setup. Super happy with it.

@joshortiz1576

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 i can imagine you would be. I know I would be definitely!

love it awesome put a square in the bottom of a bucket that fit the sluice you got a 5 gallon hopper

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I will see what I can come up with.

I think that the first way in this video was excellent, gives the material longer to stratify, also I think it would be great with the material after you crush Quartz , great work mate 🤠⛏️🇦🇺

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

I agree the double power head is the way to go. The mats do work good on crushed ore.

@ChasingGoldAustralia

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 awesome Alan, I have no idea what the freight is to Australia

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChasingGoldAustralia It's horrible. Like $80.00 us last time I checked.

@ChasingGoldAustralia

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 bloody hell hell that's crazy

Loving it curious as to how the flair will be attached round head wing nut I’m guessing nice looking gold and sweet nugget thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. My hope is to have the flare slide onto the rails with no nuts. We shall see how it goes.

@48thstateprospecting

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 that’s awesome🤩👍🏻

Thank you

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Veey cool !! It didn’t look that hot out either!!🥵✌️✅👍🏻

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 It was not to bad with the wind blowing. Nice gold you found on the beach.

How about a paddle wheel system to run conveyer belt? Or a gravity feed? Or maybe a sluice with with curves and silicone mats.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

OK you never know. I have my hands full right now with this project.

Nice job with your new sluice system. Thank you for sharing with everybody. NCSWIC WWG1WGA

Great video Allen, do you think an old dishwasher would work somehow for cons? I picture one with open back and front with a conveyor belt.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

never know unless you give it a try.

Awesome

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Just missing a hopper 👍👍👍

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

The hopper is 6x8

Are you an engineer by trade? I really like the sluice set-up and PVC piping, very lightweight.

If you could pack it all in that create it would be a great box to set easy carry

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree. I think I need a little bit bigger crate.

Didn't know you were in Montana, just bought some paydirt from there! You don't sell paydirt on ebay do you?? Would be a crazy coincidence lol.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I am in Montana. No I do not sell paydirt. Probably from the Helena area. Have fun with it.

Would you be willing to check out something that I have been working on? I have been designing and 3d printing new ways of catching gold as well for the past three years and the latest one I have been working on has a ton of potential. I tested the first design at the river and it worked pretty well, I’m almost done with an improved version of it and hope to be testing it soon.

Awesome video thanks for sharing! Also where can I get me a sweet sluice like that?

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

They will be at printingprospectors.com in the next week or so.

@adventuresofaliftime4989

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 I’d really like to get one for my dad. He only has one arm and it looks like it would be perfect for him to be able to setup and use.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofaliftime4989 Yes super simple to set up. I will do a assembly video when they are ready.

Hi Alan. What part of Montana are you from? I live in Boulder and prospect down here.

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe. We dig near Lincoln and also Helena sometimes.

@joeturner5950

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 Awesome. I enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming.

Awesome dude.....selling???

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Not yet I hope next week.

I want one when there available let me know

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

I sure will let everyone know when. Soon.

You have an automatic Bob

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

I do. Thanks for watching.

@danielade9694

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanrobertson2510 it's always nice when you have someone that will team up and give you a hand when you're working out in the field! Have a wonderful day

Exelent only mising the beverage holder

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don't give me any ideas. LOL

By gingoes by heckterinies mr big al ..youve dont it agins ..😁

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

I sure think so. Thanks Patrick.

looks like you got a busted knuckle

@alanrobertson2510

2 жыл бұрын

Yep just part of it I think.