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The pump is a 180 L/H (~50 GPH) and the solar panel is a 10 year old GoalZero Nomad 7+ and it seems to be a little bit too powerful. I am sure there are smaller panels that are more efficient by now so I am starting to explore some options.

@@shineyrocks390 I was really hoping that by increasing the size, it could increase the size mesh that it can handle but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case so far. However, with the right auto classifier, it could run a larger version while sending the plus 20 mesh material to another trap.

It actually seems to do well with the fine gold, there is a lot of “drop out” area with a 3 dimensional, 360 degree trap.

@@LogicLincoln You must be new to my product. It isn’t really about the battery, but what the battery is powering :)

​@@toothpickminingyou don't provide the name or description of your product. Also the video does not clearly show what the product does. It just shows water flowing through it.

​@peatmans it's the toothpick mining siphon sluice but I'd rather it be called the siphon classifier as there is no matting involved. But I really can't wait to get mine and run it

@@peatmans Yeah I need to work on my descriptions more for sure, it has been a while since I have attracted any new people but it basically just catches fine gold at a fast rate. I just got used to people already knowing what it was but thank you for the input, I will work on explaining it more to all the new comers :) and thank you for your comment.

@@WrenchRepairsAndProspecting I know “Sluice” maybe isn’t the best term. My very first customer called it a super concentrator, so maybe The Siphon Concentrator is a better name but just because it is a more 3 dimensional sluice doesn’t mean it is not a sluice, I think haha. I know you said you would order one when I get the drain component figured out, I did make a lot of progress toward that but not enough yet to send a TH-camr to review. I thought you didn’t care for it after that last Miller review but maybe I misinterpreted your comment on his video. Either way thank you for commenting bro, I thought you were with the rest of the people who “seemed” to be against me. Maybe it was just me being overprotective of my baby.

@@Drivelinemgt Yes sir, the point is that it is amazing that the smallest clean up sluice on the market could possibly run on 4 1.5v batteries, for 6 hours according to Grok 2.0. Still all experimental at this time but it seems like this system needs the minimal amount of energy possible

@ all we gotta do is 3d print a bunch of fingers to run 1000 pumps then we are off to the races😂. Still interesting tho. Figuring out stuff is fun, and making new things always gives you ten more ideas for the next 10 things.

Ah I added an extra battery to the mix taking it from 4.5 to 6 volts, and has been running for the past hour nonstop. So I should clarify that I now have 4 1.5v in series that is working pretty damn good so far.

@ that’s cool! Keep making videos!

@ I understand what you are saying, but this isn’t anything new. This device has a global reach at this point, it is world wide even though it doesn’t show up on your main prospecting feeds that most people watch :)

@@paulshrove9901 In a way yes, but so much different at the same time :)

@@paulshrove9901 Ah and it is called The Siphon Sluice - Nano, I didn’t answer your question last time so I apologize. It is basically a super concentrator for gold bearing material, it doesn’t get it down to pure gold but it significantly reduces the amount of cons that needs to be further processed.

@toothpickmining Thank you. I've seen it before and couldn't remember the name. Making it much harder to find again. I'm always looking for different and better ways to get the small stuff. I appreciate the help. 👍

@@bansheemining You know what it do Fam! :)

@@GSProspecting Gold Squad Unite! ;)

@@BabaTaifa I choose to stay humble so all I can say is thank you brother

@@mandybrown7758 Thank you.

@@savinvera836 I was recently contacted by Muhseen Hassan in Kenya, a community advocate, who is looking for a way to reduce the use of mercury. I am sending him a Dual Nano but he mentioned that they are off grid. I had this old solar panel and thought id try it out, seems to be working good so hopefully this will be a big step in the right direction for them :). Thank you for the comment 👍

This is a real solution for a lot of problems facing artisanal miners in Kenya, especially the women who wash cons for men miners and use mercury with their bare hands. Energy efficient, saves water and portable. Good stuff.

@@BabaTaifa Thank you good sir, it will take some getting used to for them but I do believe it will help in some way and hopefully enough to significantly reduce the amount of mercury they use!

@@BabaTaifa Sawa Gold eh… :)

@toothpickmining lol yes brother, Yes. Can't wait to test this out.

@@bnae38 I used to include some experimental pieces that were meant for crushed ore but I wasn’t able to test it enough and when I did it didn’t seem to help much. I have updated the look of the design a little too recently so I still need to take the new photos and update the website

@toothpickmining I'm interested in using it on bond wires from incinerated IC chips (e-scrap processing). Likely classified ultra fine before sluicing.

@@bnae38 For some reason it doesn’t notify me when you comment so I just now seen this. That would be interesting to see how it works with e scraping, it will most likely super concentrate the material but you may have to do a little post processing after that. Send me an email to toothpickmining@gmail.com. We can discuss this further and figure something out so you can test it.

@@MerchantMarineGuy Bro! Welcome back. Things are getting good 😎

What’s the buzzing sound?

@@brittdoss there’s a vibration component that helps stratify the material

@ It is a “vibe capsule”, better known as something else lol but it turns out to have a really good use for prospecting

@@savinvera836 I meant to reply yesterday but had to find a video and ended up getting side tracked. I just uploaded a short though that shows my good friend/OG customer testing the vibe on the Dual Nano with a stand he developed that acts as a third trap and magnetite separator. He has been non stop testing and developing new products for the past 2 years or so that we are about to be promoting so definitely check him out. As of now, him and his manufacturer has a Facebook page that they created a few days ago “ Gold Hive Originals “. Follow them for all the latest updates. He is ready to launch a vibe setup that should pretty much work on every cleanup sluice. As far as this video goes, I was mainly experimenting with embedding the vibe into the stand but his approach seems more practical and is wireless. With a pound or two of alluvial gold you shouldn’t really need it but if you are running more than that, or if your running crushed ore like he is then it makes a bigger difference.

@@savinvera836 Ah and no it is not from a cell phone, its from more of an adult type stuff haha, which is weird to talk about but it turns out these things have more uses than its original purpose lol

@@TerrasTreasure Wow I guess I didn’t have my email in my description but I just added it there. It’s toothpickmining@gmail.com. I actually emailed you from my other email saying ill endorse you haha and that I could tell you have a passion for rocks. I like to help out other channels when I can, especially in livestreams, so no problem at all :)

@@mandybrown7758 Ah yeah, this was in my earlier years before I had a sellable product. This design still has some potential that I will explore more when I begin to have free time again :)

I thought about providing the STL files but I spent so much time developing and redefining the design to create a product that I could start a business with, I am afraid of selling the STL and then having it shared for free. Although I do understand most of my customers are older and dont have 3d printers so it is definitely something I think about doing but I have some concerns to address first. I know about removing the black sands but I like to test each run without removing them to see how it does (as well with panning to challenge myself) and in some cases like in Australia, not all black sands are magnetite. From all the testing though, it seems like the black sands help to recover gold, which I know seems completely opposite from most other devices but it really does seem to help, or at least doesn’t affect the recovery rate unless you run 4 gallons or more of material. That depends on the material of course but nonetheless black sands dont usually seem to affect the recovery rate. Id be willing to do a trial type run with selling the STLs if you are up for that. No promises as there is a lot to figure out about that but I am willing to talk more about it if you are interested, email me at toothpickmining@gmail.com.

@@FrankBlackcrow Oh yeah, right now its PETG filament bought in rolls but that is the plan one day to recycle old bottles to turn into my own filament and then print my products from there

@@shineyrocks390 Thank you sir, I am working on a video running 8 pounds of crushed ore from Alaska. The velvet turbulent flow of material in the tailings container always amazes me. The bigger one still needs some work but I will be getting back to work on that pretty soon.

Gezz a I forgot to respond, I apologize. Im not sure what you mean with final production run. If you are talking about the amount of material it can run, then it should be able to run for hours and maybe 120 pounds of concentrates before it starts losing gold. However it still needs some more work to retain the fine gold. This is based off of the smaller version which works great but scaling it up seems to have some challenges so far.

@@Ltn.Immelmann Yes sir, just a larger version so I’m not completely starting from scratch but there is still a lot of work and testing to be done :)

@@shineyrocks390 I had to do some research on that and yeah surprisingly it is kind of similar. I couldn’t find any good videos of it working or a cross section of the design but it seems like this device would work as a sediment bulb if it was made of the right material for gas. That is interesting though, thank you for making that comparison, I might have to try that out one day just to see what happens.

I do use jet dry with just about every run. This would definitely work for beach sands, it might be slow for all day use but I am working on a slightly scaled up version that I ran about 60 pounds of cons in 30 minutes. The last video I uploaded shows that one. I am hoping this larger version will be good for beach sands or high volumes of crushed ore. The material has to be classified to -1/8th inch material, other than that it seems like it would be good for the beach. It should be as fast or slightly slower than existing products on the market right now but with this you should be able to fill up a 2 or 5 gallon bucket hopper full of dirt and walk away while it processes the material by itself so you dont have to constantly hand feed it. There is a ton of fine gold everywhere and with the right equipment it should end up being easier to get than the bigger stuff, thats just a guess a this point. And yeah you should be able to use it in most places. I live in California and we have the same laws but I think you can use it as long as it’s like 50 feet from a water source and you recirculate the water. Send me an email to toothpickmining@gmail.com, I can send you a prototype of the larger version to play around with. I’ll just charge the $18 shipping fee. It will be several weeks before I finalize that design but so far it seems like it will be useful in certain situations.

Thank you, yeah it still needs a lot of work but it seems like a would be a good device for field work when using - 1/8th material

Yes Sir you keep doing the same and keep up the good work, “Strong emoji” haha I’m not always sure how to do those emoji’s like yall do.

Thank you for the comment, there is still a lot of work to do on this model. It handles 1/8th inch mesh pretty good but only time will tell if it is practical for that mesh size. However, at this point I do believe it would be great for handling large amounts of crushed ore.

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Hey Teo, yes sir, I have ran 11.3 kilos and it did a good job. I thought I made a video to share with you but I guess not. It will take an hour or less and you will probably get around 95% recovery in the first run. After the first 20 minutes or so the feed rate will slow down but as long as there is material coming out of the discharge tube then it is still processing. Another TH-camr ran his 5 gallon bucket of cons and was impressed so yeah it will run as long as there is dirt coming out of the discharge tube.

Thank you Sir, I am getting back into the swing of things and have some things to make new videos with :)

I apologize for the late reply but yeah that is one way for sure, the height of the discharge tube plays a role in that as well and also there are USB motor controllers that others and me have been using to control the flow.

@@toothpickmining I did see the USBs in your other videos. Your setup is epic.

@@activityaccounts5975 Thank you very much, it came from 6 years of trial and error trying dozens and dozens of ideas. So it definitely didn’t happen over night or anything.

Thank you, there is more to come :) it takes a lot time but step by step I am making progress.

Not yet, it’s all sulfides so it’s hard to see the difference in a pan but the vibration definitely helps. Even with the material compacted on the bottom I see it all move a little when I turn the vibe on.

I do plan on making bigger ones but it’s best to start small and figure out all the little details before going bigger. This setup can do 4 gallons in little over an hour though so, it can handle more than it seems like it could.

Um ok, thank you for letting me know lol

Awesome things created by awesome people, I have spoken with Pete and Leon almost everyday for many many months and they are working hard developing their own ideas, Including this one :)

It is pretty cool huh? One of my customers started with this idea a few months ago and has been collaborating with another customer to come up with this beauty. The loose rings hold a vibrator that settles the gold deeper in the traps, and yes that kind of vib lol I will be doing a video explaining it in more detail hopefully soon.

@@toothpickmining wondering if this could be setup to separate, gold, silver, and PGEs individually with one run. Adjust flow in each to ideal deposition for the given densities.

@@JCombe Between the 3 of us “Pete, Leon and myself” I am sure we could figure it out. It may take some revisiting of my older work but yes this kind of approach gives you so many more options. I am not one to promote myself so I say this as a community that could create more than one mind could conceive. A teaser to the group we are creating….. :)

Thank you Julie happy late birthday as well, I didn’t know until my son said it was Julie’s birthday yesterday haha

Eh kind of, he is still working on it but good eye and thank you for being my 500th subscriber :)

Thank you for the comment sir 😃

yes sir it can be too calming at times when I need to make progress haha Chase them dreams brother and get that simcade up and running, that is a legit idea