watch how he feeds that plant....nice and easy does it the plant stays level where others put too much in and the whole plant thrashes about putting the sluice off level when it does this fella knows how to do the job properly...nice work.
Cool setup. Only problem is you can't see the bottom. Then the excavator reach is the furthest you can go. Cheaper than a rock truck or loader hauling pay though. Then the tailings from the sluice cloud up the water. Put some wheels on it and it'd be easy to move. Still a good setup. More efficient than all those pieces of heavy equipment. It depends on the claim and type of gravel though, whether or not you can run something like that. If there's alot of big rocks, it'd be hard to use that setup. Then you can't see the bottom so you really don't know what's down there unless you drain the pond and refill it. Hell, you could always pump it down and scoop out the bottom, then float it again. Pretty cool. I give it a 8 on a 1-10 scale.
excavator needs to be a longreach . you must be losing the best gold thats sitting on the bedrock . can you use a dredge on the bedrock before you move forwards each time ?
I'm sure they checked out the ground first. Right by a big creek bedrock cant be but so deep. People who know what they're doing know what type of setup to use. That excavator'll dig 20 feet. They prolly dug the hole, let it fill with water, then plunged the dredge in. Long reaches ain't for loading a hopper.
every time you add a bucket of gravel to the feed hopper the pontoons tilt backwards in the water by 5 inches , the gravel flows through to the output conveyor and the pontoons tilt forwards 5 inches , you must have lost alot of gold with the sluices being tilted side to side 5 - 10 degrees every 2 minutes
why is it floating in the water . you know if you dig under the water you lose gold on the way up , but i dont know where you are so it maybe the rules not to mud up the stream
watch how he feeds that plant....nice and easy does it the plant stays level where others put too much in and the whole plant thrashes about putting the sluice off level when it does this fella
knows how to do the job properly...nice work.
Cool setup. Only problem is you can't see the bottom. Then the excavator reach is the furthest you can go. Cheaper than a rock truck or loader hauling pay though. Then the tailings from the sluice cloud up the water. Put some wheels on it and it'd be easy to move. Still a good setup. More efficient than all those pieces of heavy equipment. It depends on the claim and type of gravel though, whether or not you can run something like that. If there's alot of big rocks, it'd be hard to use that setup. Then you can't see the bottom so you really don't know what's down there unless you drain the pond and refill it. Hell, you could always pump it down and scoop out the bottom, then float it again. Pretty cool. I give it a 8 on a 1-10 scale.
would love to see a bucket ladder dredge in this location. very unique landscape .
nice trommel, im making my own right now
excavator needs to be a longreach . you must be losing the best gold thats sitting on the bedrock . can you use a dredge on the bedrock before you move forwards each time ?
I'm sure they checked out the ground first. Right by a big creek bedrock cant be but so deep. People who know what they're doing know what type of setup to use. That excavator'll dig 20 feet. They prolly dug the hole, let it fill with water, then plunged the dredge in. Long reaches ain't for loading a hopper.
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every time you add a bucket of gravel to the feed hopper the pontoons tilt backwards in the water by 5 inches , the gravel flows through to the output conveyor and the pontoons tilt forwards 5 inches , you must have lost alot of gold with the sluices being tilted side to side 5 - 10 degrees every 2 minutes
it is adjustable---belt conveyor could be longer if u like.
I run this plant set it all up for a guy ho owned it demonstrating the floating plant for the a guy ho built it .it had its problems.
why is it floating in the water . you know if you dig under the water you lose gold on the way up , but i dont know where you are so it maybe the rules not to mud up the stream
agree. Exactly currect
Nice, no haulage...
How deep can you reach with that excavator as I'm looking at some land, what's a floating trommel cost ?
Could this method be used in Australia, being so close to the river as you know the greenies cause so much trouble or use
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genius!
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Hope you're better at finding gold then you are at editing videos lol. Awesome set up
No distance restrictions sir ?
Fortymile River?
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