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Good point... I did do that. I guess I might have forgotten to mention that step haha.

It seemed to work best with 1/8" classification. 1/4" works, but funnel gets clogged every once in a while.

Thanks a bunch. Yea I love those DIY classifiers.

That is a pretty cool idea. Seems useful for using with this device. Thanks for sharing!

haha thanks... That is a funny thing to say. I have videos of me showing me using everything I make in action. Most of the time I even have links in the description you can click to go see me using it in action. I guess this must be the only video you watched from me.

yea we aren't aloud to use electric pumps where I prospect, so had to make it a hand pump.

Yea good point. I ended up kind of realizing that too. This was sort of the first time testing it out. Was also trying to come up with better ideas on getting a constant flow of water in the bucket with out having to keep filling up buckets of water to keep pouring in. Electric pump is the easiest, but where I was those are not allowed, so I thought about making a gravity hose using a bucket with a hose attached to it feeding the fast current water into the hose pushing it into the bucket at a constant flow.

That is an excellent Idea. I thought about attaching one of those underwater scope things to the dredge so you could see the bottom better, but the live cam thing is a great idea.

Yea I came to the same conclusion. I did quite a bit of tests and my first model had no little funnel in the device at all. that is why I added a smaller funnel into the big funnel to concentrate the flow. However all the tests I did after adding the smaller funnel showed that if you classify it down to a 1/8" it loses no gold at all. It was rare to ever find a piece in the overflow ketch container.

@@CDCGoldProspecting That's cool. I was looking into building my own a while back and the large enough diameter funnels seem pretty hard to find. I've already got the classifier screens so the funnel is the challenge. Would be cool to hook up my cheap little 12v (1100gph) pump to speed up processing. I saw there are footpedal switches on amazon to turn it on and off as you want water added intermittently. Maybe use a simple spring loaded clamp or rig something to hold a water hose at top of bucket. Brainstorming, as usual. I already have a folding backpack sluice but they can be a hassle to set up just right.

yea those are all great ideas. I had thought of some of those too. But most places I go don't allow electric pumps. That is the hard part, the constant filling it with water. The funnel I used, I believe I linked to on amazon but it says it is out of stock. I used a 12" or 30 cm beer funnel and then just cut a smaller size funnel to make the hole more narrow.

That is actually a really great Idea. I started do something similar but only classified the 1/2" and 1/4" but still used the 1/8" classifier in the nugget bucket. Your way might be easier! Thanks for the tips!

Yea Eric, that is totally understandable and a good idea. A big reason why I opted for making my own, was I was trying to make it work without classifying bellow a 1/4", and the regular nugget bucket didn't do that.

Wow, those are a lot of good recommendations. Thanks for sharing. After I built it I found some areas I would do differently if I made another one. Such as have the down spout concentrator all one piece and maybe put a float in the back and front as well. You had some good ideas too. I like the floating function, it makes it a lot easier especially if it is flowing water, because you don't have to deal with the bucket floating away or getting knocked over or something. Your concentrator just follows you around, lol...

Interesting... Thanks for checking out the video. Those are some good tips, I didn't find it collapsing all that much when I was using it though. You kinda start learning the correct way to pull after a while to keep it from happening. Like your products though, very smart ideas you've come up with.

haha awesome! Thanks for the sub!!! Glad the video helped you out. You might want to check out the floating one I made, I find it easier to deal with than the bucket one. It just follows you around concentrating the material as you suck up the material. Here is the link for how I made it and one for me testing it out: th-cam.com/video/Wln-Y2gA6jA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/GwXPD_FOhtk/w-d-xo.html

Thank You Clare!

Thanks Cory, Yea works pretty well for a cheap homemade sluice stand. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks appreciate it. Yea it is convenient to bring along if you are trying to pack light and you want to have something to clean out the bedrock with. I do have one video I made showing me testing it out some. Here is that link: -> th-cam.com/video/bVLJnKzwL5o/w-d-xo.html

@@CDCGoldProspecting Oh, right on! It looks like it works great! Thanks for sharing your work with everyone. Good luck out there.

You're welcome, glad you found it useful. Good luck out there to you too. Snipe up that gold! :)

Wish I had them for sell, however I have some videos showing you how to make it. You might want to check out these two vids: th-cam.com/video/CtxSJ2eP2ro/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Wln-Y2gA6jA/w-d-xo.html thanks for checking it out. Good luck!

I am 6 foot tall. I guess I should had stated that in the video.

You're Welcome, hope it works out great for you. Hope it ketches you a bunch of gold! Happy prospecting!

Yea Sorry Jeremy, Those are things I could have noted better. Truthfully it depends on the shirt you buy from them. They have a large selection of different shirts you can buy, and some have side seams and some don't. These were two of their different shirts they offered, the long one had side seams the grey one did not. The grey one was heavier material than the other one, but still not considered heavy weight in my opinion. Seems a little more heavy than teepublic's shirts though.

Yea, I had never used them before when I made this video. I got a little bit better with them with some practice but, I needed someone like you to show me how to use them! :)

I wouldn't say it was like a sticker, they are printed so you can feel it. Redbubble and Teepublic are way better quality than Amazon's Print on Demand products. That is for sure!

I got a L

I ordered a large, glad you liked the video!

Haha, yea that is just a little 22 gun with snake shot bbs in it. I Try not to hurt any snakes, but there are rattlesnakes and cottonmouth snakes around. So usually just carry it to be on the safe side.

I'm not sure. I only practiced with them a bit. However, I didn't have too much luck with them. Some people swear by them and say they work, I might have not been using them correctly. That is pretty deep. Maybe you should start asking it to find you surface gold, and then you can check how reliable it is for you.

@@CDCGoldProspecting Thats fine. Thanks. I will certainly give it a go and see how it goes. I will keep you informed about my findings. Surprisingly, some spots I was led to had old markings from previous prospectors. I just wonder sometimes. It would be a great find to then unearth a gold vein but I dont want to get too excited. Once again, thanx for the response.

So what are your results?

Lol... funny Dan... maybe, but no guarantees it would spill in the river. 😆

Interesting idea, no you are the first to suggest that!

Pretty good ideas. I bought some valves for my big hand dredge, might had been a better idea just making them.

You are welcome, glad you found it useful. Thanks for the comment.

Sorry... there is always the mute button though if you don't like the music. Thanks for trying to watch it though.

Hey Azael, thanks for the watching and commenting. So far they have held up quite nicely. I just ordered some shirts from TeePublic and they are on the way. Thought I would check quality of both and Compare. Maybe I can make a video on that too.

CDC Gold Prospecting yes! Sounds good I'll love to see a review on alternatives.

Got the Tee Public shirts. I felt they were pretty close to being about the same as the Redbubble ones. Just thought I would share that with you!

Hey Marco, Well they have several types. I think their premium shirts are thicker heavy weight. The classic shirts, I felt was about average. They were not really what I would call think cotton, But they were not all that thin either. The tag on them does say heavy weight cotton. Hope that helps.

CDC Gold Prospecting wanted to buy premium but is it see through/cheap feeling/thin?

Marco, I wouldn't say it was cheap feeling. If you hold it up to the light and look through one layer you can see light through it. But most shirts do that. The slim fit shirts are 4.2 oz (145g) fabric weight. Classic shirts are a little heavier at 5.3 oz (180g). The one I got was the denim heather but it is 50% cotton, 50% polyester. The shirt quality feels pretty good to me, I wouldn't call it cheap quality. Just go with either the classic or the premium, those are going to be a heavier weight than Slim fit or the long style shirt. I just ordered some Tees from Tee Public, recently to compare the quality. I haven't got them yet though.

Awesome Todd, great to hear you made one too. How did the 7 gallon design work out? I bet it helped with not having to bend over as far. Interesting deign with 9 screens. So I assume that is going pretty small with classification. I made some bucket classifiers that worked fast and well, so started pre-classifying with 1/2" and 1/4" and started to only use 1/8" screen on the nugget bucket. I felt it was a little easier because you didn't have to fill it up as high with water, meaning less bending over to pick up buckets of water. Good idea about the duffel bag, that would make it much easier to carry around. Thank for letting me know you built one Todd!

Thanks Kyle, Yea I have always liked that Painting. Thanks for the comment and checking out the Video my friend!

Hey Sandra, Yea I guess I forgot to say all those things lol. :) I ordered L. Shorter one was only 50% cotton, so less to worry about it shrinking on me. I usually need a large for the length but sometimes if it is not slim fit it can look baggy on me. Which was not the case with these, which was cool :). The long t-shirt was a little long though lol. I am 6 foot tall or I think that is about 182 centimeters. Let me know if you need to know anything else!

Thank you!!!!!!!! This really helps

Yea you have to use a flapper check valve on both ends of the pump facing the right directions. I used sump pump check valves on mine I got on amazon. --> --amzn.to/2KhlMN8-- <-- Those are the ones I used. Bought two of them. One for intake and one for outlet. Hope that helps! :)