Testing DIY Silicone Dream Mats in Keene MiniMax
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- This is the first creek side test of my DIY silicone Dream Mats using the "Robertson Method".
There are some minor tweaks I'll make but overall, I'm pleased with initial results. The LED lighting under the highbanker deck worked extremely well. My headlamp doesn't light up the sluice the way the overhead lighting does. 👍👍👍👍👍
Big shout out to Alan Robertson for his pioneering work on this. Check out his videos.
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Just fond your channel! LETS GOLD! NICE TAN!
Thanks! Welcome aboard. Lots more to come.
Nice job. Thanks for showing. Greetings Tom
Tom, thank you! Cheers!
Hey Larry Thanks for the shout out. I will say that is the first time I have ever seen lights in a sluice box before that is a fantastic idea.
Good job on the mats they look great and I am not surprised by the gold you recovered as we all know now gold sticks to silicone like sand paper. Great job thanks for sharing.
DUDE!!!! THE LIGHTING IS FRICKIN AWESOM!!! I AM STEELING YOUR IDEA, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE CREDIT!
So how did it turn out? Did you get lighting on your sluice? Did I get all the credit? LOL. just kidding. I am curious if you lit it up or not. It really works well for night highbanking. - cheers
Great video. Just made a similar one 12x12. Am super confident now!! Thanks to Alan Robertson and Larry.
Thank you. Yeah, AR is a true pioneer. Good luck & Happy Prospecting!
Thank you.
I love the light. I was wondering if a bar on top the sluice would help adjust the angle of the box. Very cool idea.
Nice setup, getting a dream mat sliuce Saturday,subbed🙂
Thanks for the sub! - I'll be posting a lot more content in the coming weeks.
Hi nice job I have a cascade 10x55" sluice with large dream mat.
I want to build an extension I run a 2000 gph pump but I am thinking of increasing the gph. As I think it's not enough water. I am not sure how much water I should be running as the water depth hardly covers the mat very shallow water level. Any ideas?
In the extension I was wanting to put Cape d style matting.
But I am unsure just how wide to make the extension. With a flatter slope
Do you have any ideas 20" ?
18"? 16"?14"?12?
I'm thinking 16" wide.
If I go with this odd size can you make matting for me"
Phillip, thanks. I'm surprised the 2000 GPH pump is not giving you enough water. Have you checked the impeller or looked inside the pump to make sure there isn't anything fouling the output? I use a Johnson SPX 2000 GPH pump and it puts out good volume. Granted my box isn't as long as yours but I think the width is the same. I also have a Johnson SPX 4000 GPH pump and it will be more than adequate for your sluice/extension setup. That pump is $160 though and pulls 15 amps. One thing I do to get the max flow out of my pumps is to slightly overvolt them. I make my own Lithium-Ion battery packs so instead of 12v I run my pumps at 14.4-16.8v. 16.8v is fully charged and the 14.4v is the nominal voltage (not cutoff). I can run it down to about 12.8v. You will be surprised at the increase in flow. I realize making battery packs is not for everyone, so an easier and cheaper solution (than buying a 4000 GPH pump) would be to buy several RC LIPO batteries that are 4S (14.4v) and use those. They're so much lighter than having to carry a car/motorcycle battery. You can probably buy 4-5 batteries for the price of the 4000GPH pump. For the 2000GPH pump, a 14.4v 5000mah battery will last approximately 45 minutes. But if you had 4-5 of them you can run most of the day and the whole setup would be much lighter. I pack all my gear so weight is always important to me. Since you already have the 2000 GPH pump, try overvolting it first to see if it gets you the volume you need. I hope this helps.
@@3DProspecting good advice on overvolting.
I have some dewalt 20v batteries
Wonder what would happen if I rigged one up to my 35 amp hour 12v agm battery just to bump up voltage.
I'm sure it will shorten the lifespan of the dewalt battery
But that is what experimentation is for.
@@phillipjacobson4457 I don't think connecting the 20v dewalt battery to the 12v agm battery is a good idea. At best your 12v agm would leech the dewalt battery but wouldn't overcharge itself. I think the agm battery fully charged is 13.6v (or very close to it) I would wire as many of your 20v batteries in PARALLEL to increase the 20v packs mAh capacity. FYI - I've run my 12v 2000 GPH Johnson SPX pump at 24v with no ill effects. It was pushing way more water than the 14.4-16.8 I normally use. I'm not sure how it's wound or what the max voltage it can support, but I keep it at 16.8 to ensure I don't burn it out.
Love the lighting idea brother! What state are you prospecting?
I live in the land of milk and honey (and chunky gold). California :-)
I haven't even filmed a video yet, but that lighting idea is already stolen! (With credit to be given, of course.)
You better hurry up - I've moved on to integrating solar power to drive it all. :-)
After researching gold hog raptor a 16" wide extension is proper for a 10" wide sluice so I will make a 16x48" extension
The flair will be a slick plate. I will use a flat mat to slow down and smooth out the flow and use 4000 Gph.
So if you can help me with a 3d printed mold 16" wide or a mat with cape D design I would appreciate your help.
Ok, I guess the 4000 GPH is the pump you settled on. You will certainly have enough water volume now. Sure, I can help you out with a mold. Do you have a printer?
@@3DProspecting I do not have a 3d printer.
I was looking at the matting for a gold cube 4 stack cape d style.
@@3DProspecting I am not 100 % on using 4000 GPh yet.
I have a smaller pump off my black magic, it is a 320 GPh so I may try adding that into the highbanker to see if the little extra helps.
The 2000 worked fine as long as I didn't over feed.
@@phillipjacobson4457 So basically you need a Cape D type mold that is 16" wide?
@@3DProspecting if you are interested .
I would be interested in a mold, or a mat.
How many grams was it, by the way?
I don't recall, but I'm sure it wasn't more than 3 or so.
Cut that rod in half so your top is so friggin steep I mean it’s way way too steep
Kevin, LOL. Thanks. I know. The reason why it is like that in this video is because I was just testing the mat and I didn't want to tear it by putting the support rod on it.. The Keene sluice has that bolt welded right in the middle to hold the expanded metal down and the rod is hollow so I just used that as a temporary holder until I came up with a different support location. If the rod pushes into the silicone mat, it will put a hole in it. But thanks for the heads up.