Isn’t that weird? It will actually push large rocks, 3 or 4 inches, up and over the lip! It isn’t the size of the rocks, it’s the specific gravity of the material you are adding. When I’m out on a creek I don’t prescreen the material anymore because with a few exceptions (overly large or very dense rocks) everything keeps moving and I can still screen out the shot at the end.
@@RiverdanceGoldMining --- i understand but not EXACTLY if you know what I mean. Is it because it gets so full that something has to go and it's never the gold? Seems like something you could load a hopper and feed a slurry into somehow. I'm not a miner I am very inventive and building a rig to clean a bunch of gravel and decomposed grannite out of soil. From tests it seems like there is a fair amount of trace gold so I want to set up to grab it while I am at it. My concept is that if you are doing construction you may as well classify anything you dig out if you can use the aggrigate and get some gold as a byproduct. Seems like a mini wash plant that also moved on it's own power and could dredge using a vac and a pressure washer. It would be an expensive machine but next step would be automation. Like immagine having a dredge setup with a littler crawler that works on auto pilot. And shit, has anyone thought of robotic metal detectors ? Your machine looks very interesting. How much is the machine? I'm interested in collaborating and maybe bartering somehow. I design ALL KINDS of stuff. I have invented a bunch of stuff. Example, cheap sluice box, wood frame, lay a bed of (x hardening material) use whatever means to make impressions, sealer, whatever, done. I used veg oil mixed with exterior wood glue (gorilla) and concrete glue (acrlic) and sawdust. those three parts in different ration make an interesting cheap finish. Though veg oil is $10/gallon though. I have used 1:1:1 and 3:1:1 (veg/glue/acrylic). I tried more veg oil and it seems very tough and slightly plastic. After I finished I was thinking whynot just use thinset. I have also used sant/cement/latex paint on a lot of stuff including walls, roofs, facia. For walls use drywall mud/paint/plastic cement (light gray) or paint (white)/ lime/mud for an off white color. I have used plastic cement and drywayll mud 50/50 and it's only slightly chalky but tough and natural looking. You can apply with a trowel with berber carpet padding (or similar) glued to it. It fixes the walls as you put 1-3 coats. If you have a uniform color under you can do one light or heavy coat and have a very custom looking wall and you litterally use a cereal bowl full of material for an 8x12 wall per coat. If you know what you are doing you can create a much nicer product, quicker and a lot cheaper on materials. Color can be changed with the paint or concrete coloring.
For some reason I can’t reply to the long comment you left. Very interesting stuff though! I’d like to hear more and see some photos. Yes, the material moves when new material,is added. The lightest material can and will be bounced out with just the jigging action and the little water flow that you see, but the heavier rejects have to be displaced by new material. Gold sinks and is trapped against the screen or goes through it.
@@RiverdanceGoldMining the only somewhat revolutionary idea i have is this amazon mini cement mixer ($170) . a 2gallon kills paint buckt snaps into the snout with a little coaxing as and extension. The bucket will remain stationary and have a feed tube which is a 90deg ABS street fitting that curves into get the material in. The snout will stay roughly levlel with some fine adcustment. The same bucket will have an exhaust port that can feed a sluice on a continuous basis. It's a super quick DIY tromel i guess. I'm planning to have it go throught 2 stages before that. Material will be shoveled into a hopper maybe 5-6 feet off the ground. Maybe just low enought to dumb a small bucket or you can stand on something. It's going to be interesting. Nothhing much to photo yet. I'm just using stuff i have laying around but i have a lot of random materials so....
These machines can process a lot of dirt. A good rule of thumb is 6-8 minutes per 5 gallon bucket. You can speed up or slow down from there depending on the performance.
Great question Jim. Lead is heavier than steel but it’s softer and not great for your body. I’m sure it has been used but it wouldn’t be my choice. By the way, mineral jigs work great for separating lead from soil (shooting ranges) and the lead will definitely displace the steel shot.
Instead of all the typical demo "it does this"... give us some hard numbers. Weight/volume processed per hour, capable of running 'X-to-X' size material, etc.
Weighs 16 lbs. Runs up to 1/4 cy/hr. Will run +1 inch material but I screen the material to -1/4 so I can screen out the jig shot during clean up. The screens are now removable and there is a 2nd stage attachment as well. Thanks for asking 👍🏻
Thanks for the demonstration. I want one.
Intresting and cool looking, too!
Thanks sir
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@@ProspectorTripp thank you!
nice idea.i make one its a flat diaphragm pump.
Wher can I buy that magnet tool you use and what is it. Called?
i don't see how that thing could push rocks out ---- how does a pepple get over the lip?
Isn’t that weird? It will actually push large rocks, 3 or 4 inches, up and over the lip! It isn’t the size of the rocks, it’s the specific gravity of the material you are adding. When I’m out on a creek I don’t prescreen the material anymore because with a few exceptions (overly large or very dense rocks) everything keeps moving and I can still screen out the shot at the end.
@@RiverdanceGoldMining --- i understand but not EXACTLY if you know what I mean. Is it because it gets so full that something has to go and it's never the gold? Seems like something you could load a hopper and feed a slurry into somehow. I'm not a miner I am very inventive and building a rig to clean a bunch of gravel and decomposed grannite out of soil. From tests it seems like there is a fair amount of trace gold so I want to set up to grab it while I am at it. My concept is that if you are doing construction you may as well classify anything you dig out if you can use the aggrigate and get some gold as a byproduct. Seems like a mini wash plant that also moved on it's own power and could dredge using a vac and a pressure washer. It would be an expensive machine but next step would be automation. Like immagine having a dredge setup with a littler crawler that works on auto pilot. And shit, has anyone thought of robotic metal detectors ? Your machine looks very interesting. How much is the machine? I'm interested in collaborating and maybe bartering somehow. I design ALL KINDS of stuff. I have invented a bunch of stuff. Example, cheap sluice box, wood frame, lay a bed of (x hardening material) use whatever means to make impressions, sealer, whatever, done. I used veg oil mixed with exterior wood glue (gorilla) and concrete glue (acrlic) and sawdust. those three parts in different ration make an interesting cheap finish. Though veg oil is $10/gallon though. I have used 1:1:1 and 3:1:1 (veg/glue/acrylic). I tried more veg oil and it seems very tough and slightly plastic. After I finished I was thinking whynot just use thinset. I have also used sant/cement/latex paint on a lot of stuff including walls, roofs, facia. For walls use drywall mud/paint/plastic cement (light gray) or paint (white)/ lime/mud for an off white color. I have used plastic cement and drywayll mud 50/50 and it's only slightly chalky but tough and natural looking. You can apply with a trowel with berber carpet padding (or similar) glued to it. It fixes the walls as you put 1-3 coats. If you have a uniform color under you can do one light or heavy coat and have a very custom looking wall and you litterally use a cereal bowl full of material for an 8x12 wall per coat. If you know what you are doing you can create a much nicer product, quicker and a lot cheaper on materials. Color can be changed with the paint or concrete coloring.
For some reason I can’t reply to the long comment you left. Very interesting stuff though! I’d like to hear more and see some photos. Yes, the material moves when new material,is added. The lightest material can and will be bounced out with just the jigging action and the little water flow that you see, but the heavier rejects have to be displaced by new material. Gold sinks and is trapped against the screen or goes through it.
@@RiverdanceGoldMining it looks awesome --- from what i have seen you have the best pound for pound machine out there
@@RiverdanceGoldMining the only somewhat revolutionary idea i have is this amazon mini cement mixer ($170) . a 2gallon kills paint buckt snaps into the snout with a little coaxing as and extension. The bucket will remain stationary and have a feed tube which is a 90deg ABS street fitting that curves into get the material in. The snout will stay roughly levlel with some fine adcustment. The same bucket will have an exhaust port that can feed a sluice on a continuous basis. It's a super quick DIY tromel i guess. I'm planning to have it go throught 2 stages before that. Material will be shoveled into a hopper maybe 5-6 feet off the ground. Maybe just low enought to dumb a small bucket or you can stand on something. It's going to be interesting. Nothhing much to photo yet. I'm just using stuff i have laying around but i have a lot of random materials so....
Where do I buy one and how much
@@ericlopezjr3 rgmak.com
How do we know you didn't salt the sample?
Fair question. I did not salt the sample or change the results in any way.
How much material can be processed per hour?
These machines can process a lot of dirt. A good rule of thumb is 6-8 minutes per 5 gallon bucket. You can speed up or slow down from there depending on the performance.
Would using lead shot be better
Great question Jim. Lead is heavier than steel but it’s softer and not great for your body. I’m sure it has been used but it wouldn’t be my choice. By the way, mineral jigs work great for separating lead from soil (shooting ranges) and the lead will definitely displace the steel shot.
Instead of all the typical demo "it does this"... give us some hard numbers. Weight/volume processed per hour, capable of running 'X-to-X' size material, etc.
Weighs 16 lbs. Runs up to 1/4 cy/hr. Will run +1 inch material but I screen the material to -1/4 so I can screen out the jig shot during clean up. The screens are now removable and there is a 2nd stage attachment as well. Thanks for asking 👍🏻
Wher can I buy that magnet tool you use and what is it. Called?
@@goldgitter3548I got mine at Alaska Mining and Diving Supply in Anchorage AK. It’s called The Big Orange Magnet 🧲