This is the same method I used on my first trip out to Maytown, many years ago. Nice pan of specks, in a home made sluice. I'll have to put a much bigger hole in my Miller table. Keep digging, the more dirt and rocks you wash the more gold you will have.

I have an idea, mount the clasifier to a wheelbarrow with hinges so you can tip off the rocks then dump the wheelbarrow of dirt in the giant sluice. 🤔

Just can't say thanks enough for the home made miller table build, I never thought that piece of equipment was something I could make in my garage, I've made something like a blue bowl, from a Bundt cake pan. . . . And I've modified my Keene dry washer to function like a high banker with a 2,000 gallon per hour pump, but I never thought I could make my own miller table!!! Thank you sir, wish I could shake your hand!! Hey, GOD Bless you and yours, even Mr. Sweatpants!!

@buckshotprospector

11 ай бұрын

RIP my sweat pants

"we'll give that a bit of a pan job".....Chris, you are dancing on the lines of KZread authority 😂

Ahh the joy of seeing something you’ve created yourself, from scratch, work just as you imagined. Nice.

I am just getting in to prospecting, but we're extremely poor. So equipment like this has been a big part of my efforts. Your "Mega Sluice" inspired my current design. I built a dredge raft with a 12V suction dredge, and it feeds a box that is right around half a meter wide(19.5 inches) and about 1 meter long(38 inches). I'm taking my girlfriend and my 9 year old son out to do a family prospecting day some time this week if all goes as planned. I just finally got the dredge nozzle working right today so that's a huge milestone. Thanks for the inspiration! I'll try to get our adventure up on KZread as soon as we get back!

@ChicoSpins_

9 ай бұрын

where are you prospecting?

@GamingKeenBeaner

9 ай бұрын

@@ChicoSpins_ We are in Iowa

Love the DIY builds and attitude. I did a little panning years ago and half the enjoyment was the quiet sounds of water and wind.

Tie a tension string from center of the iron screen around the tree and tighten it a bit. This should do 2 things. 1. Will remove the bounce out of the screen and 2. create a convex shape to focus the cons into the bucket a bit better. Just my couch prospecting idea.

@RICDirector

10 ай бұрын

When I have sifted worm bedding, that bounce helps keep the screen from becoming blocked.....

@PunCraft

10 ай бұрын

@@RICDirector ahh interesting, hadn't thought of that

You do an INSANE ammount of physical effort to recover nano crumbs Chris. You deserve all you find , 🎩🧢 s off to you.

The ballerina pyrawet fail was hilarious!!

I’m stoked to hear that project Low Banker is continuing. Excited to see what you do for water delivery, hoping for manual power.

For those that aren't aware Chris is red/green color blind. Now, we're all in on the joke.

@VoGusProspecting

11 ай бұрын

I'm trolling 🧌

@MRCtouring

11 ай бұрын

I always laugh at his colour comments and than seeing people correcting it because they haven’t been around long enough to know Chris is colour blind 🤣🤣🤣

@Sk8rdad420

11 ай бұрын

Trolling for comments 😜

@jeremymaas8464

11 ай бұрын

​@@VoGusProspectingbaaahaaahaaahahahahahahaha

@rodneymiddleton1044

11 ай бұрын

@@VoGusProspecting bwahahahahahahaaa

It's always more satisfying to make your own stuff and have it do what you want it to do.... Roadside Shopping is a great source of materials 🤣😂 Thanks for the video Chris 👍🤓✌️

When you hit that rock with the shovel I burst out laughing because I've done that myself so many times. Great video as always mate keep up the good work.

Just a thought, have you considered using a watering can (sprinkly bit removed) rather than a bucket?

@markfryer9880

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking about a watering can, but with the sprinkler head. I guess that Chris can try both ways. 😂

DIY is just an awesome feeling isn't it 😝 I went a bit too overboard and made a aluminium folding sluice with flare and then I went on to make mini-vortex mats in silicone for it. So much fun making it, so amazing to see gold caught when using it. Took bloomin ages though. Keep up the DIY!

2:09 Actually, removing all the larger stones makes the bucket heavier, as there is less air space between particles of small gravel/sand.

@SandhillCrane42

10 ай бұрын

That's a theory and maybe science proves it. Certainly screening is a huge upgrade for material and the big stuff stays where it should. Rocks tend to be denser than sand. It's probably a volume in the container thing-air is very light, but there's more air in sand than rock. If you get enough air in with the rocks, they'll be lighter than the sand. This is a persistent truism. Go pick up a 5 gallon rock if you don't believe me.

While we might not have that type of gold around here, we do have traces of ancient fluvial deposits left behind by glaciers from the last ice age. I've managed to find a couple of specks, although not as consistently as you come across. Witnessing the incredible equipment you create is truly inspiring, and it has motivated me to try my hand at crafting some of my own!

This is pretty rad, Chris! Could cobble this together with stuff I have around already, run some local samples I've always wondered about. I know there is yellow here in Maine area USA, be so awesome to get into it the "old fashioned, New fashioned " way! Thanks, Mate!!

I love this stuff, man… You, Gadzee, Dan Hurd, Pioneer Pauly, and Flour Gold Wizards are my go-to for solid information and GOLDEN entertainment. 😉👍

I love that you enjoy making your own equipment. The gold that you got pretty much paid for the materials to make your sluice. It is almost all profit when you use that sluice now. Most of us take it for granted that all we have to do is go down to our local mining supply store and pick up whatever we need.

Worth every second watched, and much more. Thanks for the mental stimulus, and another exciting adventure.

... and never stop thinking we don't appreciate your "Humor With Prospecting 401" master course. It's 31.84267 + - % of the reason I watch your channel, bonus percentage points awarded when you're able to corral Maestro Sweatparts for a guest appearance, since he's galavanting (or gallivanting, dependent upon locale I done suppose) hither-and-yon doing his own thangz now-a-daze.😁 Thanx 4 being you, Chris.

Having fun is the best part of any hobby.

You're so strong lifting that big purple bucket of soil! My hero! 😂 Loving the make your own equipment series matey. 🎉

I love the way you deliver your videos, even the ones that only go for a minute or 2 when you unexpectedly have something to share. It shows that this is a true passion turned into being a KZreadr instead of being a KZreadr chasing the content that only brings big numbers.

Best video ever!!! You and Fernie are having so much fun and that’s what an entertaining video should be all about. A little bet of history and science thrown in is always welcome and at the end of the day you found GOLD! Thanks you 2 for taking us along ❤

As someone who carried and dumped thousands of buckets of water, cement, and grout up and down and all around as a tile installer, doing what you are doing will build awesome muscles when you are young, but it will destroy your back as an old man... not sure you classify as an old man, but you're heading in the direction. Watch your back!

Great video and very engaging! Nice clean-up as well!

Had me questioning which one of us is color blind… then I remembered your video not too long ago, well done 😂

So much fun. More fun with homemade. So much more satisfaction when you did all yourself is what I have found with my projects.

best day I've ever had out was with a mega sluice. a little different to yours but it worked a treat. 1 half Onces in about 2 hours. we moved a lot of dirt that day 3 friends two shoveling, one raking the big rocks out., we could not keep up that sluice was a hungry boy. thanks, Chris for bring back some good memories

One of my favorite videos you have ever done. This equipment is inspiring. Your attitude about loss is on point. Fun makes up for the losses. You sure are starting to perfect your craft. The entertainment and your videography/commentary/editing are peaking

VGP I don’t know what it is about your videos but I find myself constantly refreshing my feed to see if you have posted. I’m from middle Tennessee where is this absolutely no chance of there being any gold at all, and I find myself wanting to buy a pan and pay dirt just so I can enjoy your hobby. Keep it up man look forward to every video.

As Oliver would say to Stanley that’s another fine MESH you’ve gotten me into 😂

When I first started I built a rocker box . It was better than any of the sluices I bought after it

I like the homemade equipment idea and how good it works. It surely gives you extra fun using it. Simple is often better and the larger surface of the low banker seems to change the water flow to work very efficient. I could also imagine that you are able to carry the lighter equipment now to places which are hardly accessible with all the heavy stuff you have to carry using the normal highbanker and pump. Imagine, lowbanking at places where nobody tried it in recent times :) Great work, happy to see more.

I like almost all the content you post. Very few I didn't care for. But, thank you very much for showing videos like this one. You built it by hand and PROVED that it's possible without spending mega money for a hobby. Going to craft my own "Low Banker" of my own.😁 Keep up the great work Chris. And Verne, stop making Chris walk buckets so far away.😅 Though it is good for him. 🤪

Chris, you are so funny in this video!😂✨ I love watching you enjoy making your own tools for.prospecting gold and/or simply for fun in the process...😉✨💗Love you energy, keep on going!!

I'm just wondering out loud here, but would a plastic watering can be easier to use than a bucket? A plastic watering can would seem to be easier to carry than a bucket, the spout would help control the flow of water, and plastic would be lightweight and not rust like a metal watering can.

15:00 With a doff of the Adventurer’s Fedora to Jeff Williams, that is a great monker! This DIY equipment proves it doesn’t have to be high tech to be high yield.

Thanks for sharing, Chris.

This video was awsome. Great presentation and great explanations on things. I really like the home made sluice and traditional ways of mining. . Keep em coming

That miller table is working really good. My next project. Glad to see it! Love these DIY vids.

Chris, I've REALLY enjoyed the last couple dozen videos where you've experimented with homemade equipment. With the low-banker, I'd consider using a water pump so you have uniform flow over the mat, but aside from that, it's great to see your success! Keep it up....

Very cool Chris, congratulations on all your epic engineering.

nope your guess was correct, 1 gram on the creek always magically weighs to 0.5g on the scales, i love your rock screen, im already making one that sits on my wheel barrow. low banking was my first upgrade on my 6 inch gold rat... a bit of V mat leading to the sluce, fill classifier and wash away, i netted 2g over 4 trips with it so sluice payed for itself

The classifier makes a perfect gravel pyramid

I like your homemade equipment, talking about the old bed frame sieve, I used one in my veggie garden to sieve compost 👍

Epic DIY, looking forward to seeing the diffuser, header, water delivery thingee you come up with.

Apparently NASA did their calculations for the Apollo programme using the metric system, but the instruments displays read in imperial.

Very nice sluice, classifirer, very simple and portable. I love building my stuff too.

If the politicians and their ridiculous laws prevent you from plugging in your regular high banker, have you considered doing a gravity high banker like Flour Gold Wizards did a few months ago? Or perhaps a combination of gravity high banker and rocker box?

Love the DIY videos! Probably my favourite of your Channel!

Love the bucket colour change lol

Really enjoying these videos and will be super-interesting to see what tweaks of improvement you make to your home-made items.

Another cool vid the Gold under the Microscope was awesome Thanks Chris.

Awesome idea Chris! Perhaps a water machine bottle cut in half upside down with a tube attached to a box that has a hanging thin rubber flap resting on the low banker would help with ease of pouring.

Great recovery of that gold and the specie wow. Love ya stuff mate keep them coming

Stick a wall at the top of the lowbanker and your water pouring will be more efficient and alloy you to pour from the bottom

Nice work!!! It's as much fun to come up with and make our jigs to get a job done. ;-] I real joy to follow along as you play.

really like seeing the all the home made gear videos, thats how i got my start into prospecting was building all my own stuff, i will admit i was no where near as successful in my builds , keep the awesome vids coming !

Chris, you need to plumb some pipes so that you can dump your buckets of water into them. That would allow you to control the flow. Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to future videos.

@Marculon5

11 ай бұрын

Thats what I get for commenting before the video is done. See minute mark 9:45.

Enjoy watching you have real fun!

Shift the bucket when it's half full . You won't be a spring chicken forever . Take care of your body is a good investment for the future . Cheers from an old bloke .

One one wanted idea... how about using a normal high banker without the water system? The aluminum high banker should be easier to carry into the bush?

Jam a couple metal bars in the ground to hold a bucket with a few 1/2 holes in it . To let water rum onto your low banker. Shovel Shovel bucket of water. Might help.

Nice to see how you keep this very simple. Amazing to see it works well.

Loving the Vogus Bogus sluice & Classifier❤

hey chris. thanks man im going through a lot and i mean a lot.....but your videos are helping easy the pain. i wanted to say thanks for making us feel like part of your family and adventures. one day who knows we might get to do a video together. god bless stay safe and most of all keep that pup golden

Nice to see someone build there own things

Very nice homemade build on the miller table. Maybe you should consider a sideline. For those weather related times of not being able to get out in the bush.

I gold prospect for the money, it's how I make a living. 100% of my cash flow comes from prospecting gold from the river and enjoy watching you do it not only for fun but also for mental health. Keep up the good work and videos, you give me some good ideas for helping with clean outs and that pesky black sand.

Looks like you had fun. Good video.

Good job. Large screens are better than grizzlies. They knock the rocks and you can dump them where you please. Either about 3 gallons for tossing or a frame suspended like a swingset that dumps. Best over a wheelbarrow. Small mesh over support screen because big rocks don't come back out. Square screens crush clay in the corners fairly easy. Very nice strake there. Love the riffle wedges. Respect ✌.

Totally loving this sluice box brother

Very satisfying when you built it all yourself and as you said that it was once in your head and now there it is in front of you. Good take Chris. Take care mate 😁👍

Making your own gear is so satisfying. Well done Good Sir!

What a fun day on the creek!

Love the videos - it's the first thing I do each morning . Coffee and a Vo Gus video .

Way too much fun! Loved it.

Hey Gus, I have to say I love this calmer down-to-earth content you're putting out! I hope this style works out well for you in terms of views, I stopped watching gold videos completely for a long time because every video was fast cuts, huge finds, gotta surpass last video... The tidbits of info you're dropping about history and so on while you are working is also great! Thanks for the video, seee ya!

Hopefully one day this channel can fund you to head off nugget hunting and we get to come along for the journey.

Bwahahaha, “what a rude rock.”

Stoked to see you building gold chaptering gear

good to see you still enjoy your great carpet adventure !!!!😁😁😁

@VoGusProspecting

10 ай бұрын

I am! its been wickked

Crazy how the old ways can still hold true! Enjoy

Different color buckets had me rolling Chris

Interesting sideline...personal manufactured sluices and Millars....😂

Prospecting on the cheap, I like it.

Good stuff Chris! Keep it up.

I think for an easy water delivery system maybe one of those buckets with a pvc valve with flexible hose and the a rigid pvc pipe at the top of the low banker and you can use one bucket to file the other and the valve to control/stop flow and when your done everything just goes in the bucket.

oooh budget gold.....I wonder if you could put the super sluice on four rocks to basically place it over water and make your sluicing just a smidgen bit easier...I am big on not using electricity but I do like to be kind to things like my back All you need now is a sheet of mild steel and a couple of hammers to make yourself a potato pan and you would be totally DIY and getting more gold for your money to boot Inspire...ating Chris

Well done!👍😎⛏️

Love the home made stuff bud

I have always enjoyed this man's videos. And being green brown blue red yellow color blind makes me laugh at his jokes. Technically I'm green brown color blind but have to joke about it 😂

Thanks Chris for the entertainment. I love it

@VoGusProspecting

10 ай бұрын

my pleasure mate

I knew I should have hung on to my old wire single bed base from the 60's. Made for this application.

That seemed to work really well, you done a fine job.

Your Canadian trip were some of your best videos