Testing new sluice!

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  @SweetPhil · 1 year ago

  Don't worry about anyone saying you're wasting your time. They are the people that stare at their phone for 11 hours a day. Meanwhile, your out in nature, learning new things, also meating up with people interested in the same thing.

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• CL

  @cloudedcrow8822 · 1 year ago

  The same people who say panning for fun is a waste of time probably spend hours on social media daily. Thanks for continuing to share your prospecting experiences! I enjoy tuning in to see what you find

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• NL

  @nlo114 · 1 year ago

  I've got a pal who goes fishing without hook or bait - He just likes to sit by the lake and relax, de-stress, and generally chill with a flask of tea and a box of sandwiches. He doesn't care about getting fish, it's just a few hours of freeing his mind.

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• MR

  @mrmillerjr · 1 year ago

  I feel like broken record but man I love your videos. The geology lessons are great. Thanks for the content.

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• PA

  @patrickperry4533 · 8 months ago

  VEVOR Sluice: These sluices are offered for sale to Utah Gold Prospectors Club members and others on prospecting websites.<br>1. They are cheaper and catch more gold than almost all the other cheaper smaller plastic sluices.<br>2. Some of our prospecting sites have primarily over half the gold smaller than 1/50”.<br>3. The finest gold goes down through the miners moss and lodges into the carpet on top of the aluminum!<br>4. When the cleanup is done, there is a yellow ‘mud’ underneath the carpet. That is extremely fine gold.<br>5. We prefer to sluice into a 5 gallon bucket set inside a large rectangular cement mixing tub with a sump pump and a few drops of dish detergent (works better than JetDry).<br>6. That way the extremely fine flour gold gets caught.<br>7. To find areas of heavier flour gold concentrations, we use Manticore metal detectors and listen for louder base sounds (the constant hum).<br>8. Those areas get checked in the sluice. The best areas are screened to -1/4” and a load of filled buckets are taken home.<br>9. GPS coordinates keep track of the best production areas on our gold claims.<br>10. I asked VEVOR to send me free sluices so I could make a quality video; they didn’t provide any sluicing kits, so we purchase 10 sluices at a time for under $50.<br>11. Utah Gold Prospectors Club member check out my videos and they say they are a good help to double or greater their gold recovery.<br>12. You are loosing all the microfine flour gold by not using a recirculating pump in a closed loop of treated water.<br>13. Gold Hog Dream mats cost more and they make many patterns for different situations, but all catch gold better than your or the original fine ribbing.<br>14. The Best scenario is to put it where the fine mat is on the origional setup.<br>15. The VEVOR sluice with a short length of DreamMat and 4 different catch areas traps gold better than both types of rubber mats (Original and yours).<br>16. Wood paint stirring sticks can be bolted along the inside and create great rigidity.<br>17. Keep a medium weight rock on top to prevent the sluice from being washed away<br>!¡! Thank You !¡!<br>Patrick Perry<br>Salt Lake City

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• FL

  @flourgoldwizards · 1 year ago

  Your nugget detection department is fantastic!

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• FE

  @Fearmylogic · 8 months ago

  If you&apos;re having fun, It&apos;s not wasted time. &nbsp;If your having fun, and also earning a bit of money, then even better. &nbsp;And if you can have fun, while making money, while being able to film it and put it on youtube, That&apos;s the best. &nbsp; <br><br>You&apos;re super fun to watch. &nbsp;Calm explanations, genuine excitement for the process, Educational, and you don&apos;t come off as arrogant, and make people think that your the best, or only your equipment or techniques work.

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• AN

  @andywalker8064 · 1 year ago

  Obviously, some people establish value solely by dollars and cents.<br><br>It&apos;s great to see someone fascinated by and enjoying the wonders and surprises that nature has to offer.<br><br>Thanks for sharing!

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• LI

  @lisamills-wv6nc · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s never a waste of time when you&apos;re enjoying yourself! It&apos;s so much fun searching for gold! 😊

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• IS

  @isaaco5679 · 1 year ago

  He remembered his scoop! Is exactly what I was thinking right when you mentioned it!

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• ZA

  @zamin_ali · 1 year ago

  If you ENJOY an activity you are doing, then it&apos;s impossible to be wasting time. Stop with the hate people. Love your adventures. 👍✌️❤️

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• DA

  @davevanderwall7644 · 1 year ago

  Another great video lucas. And yes almost every sluice will catch heavier material its all a matter of how you set it up and use it. Just look at what&apos;s available from the Miller table ( smooth and no rifles) to the big trommel setups 2 and 3 inch rifles.

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