With the discovery that a homestead is downstream from an area rich in gold, matt raney wants to build a gold sluice box 'raney style' and create a new sourc.

How to build a gold sluice box. The first photo below shows the recirculating sluice is set up on the banks of one of my favorite gold panning streams in arizona. Holes and holding it all in place. If your sluice box is small enough to go into the bucket you could.

I drew up a simple plan for a cradle that would sit on top of a plastic storage bin full of water. A sluice box is a very useful tool you can make for yourself or you can improve one that you already own. A sluice is often the second piece of equipment aft.

The grating has holes in i so dont worry about that. For fine gold recovery the use of riffles can actually be a negative design element and most boxes specifically built for this type of gold don’t use any type of. I used a soldering iron to punch a hole 4 1/2 from the front of the carpet if you dont have one you can.

The typical wooden homemade sluice is made of boards and varies in width from 8 to 18 inches, usually with a depth of 6 inches to a foot. Water carries gold laden gravels down the box and gravity ultimately separates the gold from the lighter rock and. My goals with this build were:

Then, you will need two 1″ dowels to support the ends of the box. Thin plates of metal situated at a 45 degree angles and held by rails that fit just inside the box are ideal. Now rinse the crevices and traps of the sluice and pour the concentrate into a bucket.

A typical length would be in the three to. These riffles are then held in place with a few bolts. The principal behind the sluice box is the same no matter what design is used.