How To Build A Budget Portable Recirculating Sluice Box

I built a simple, portable recirculating gold sluice box with a total cost under $40 using reclaimed lumber I had on hand, a few pieces of plumbing, a water pump and a sluice mat.
Your own cost will vary depending on what materials you already have on hand. I already had the lumber, buckets and water container laying around.
I got a 208 gph aquarium pump from HF. I found a piece of scrap PVC pipe in my garage. And I used an old bucket and a pot from a plant. I had to purchase some fittings to connect the water pump to the PVC pipe. And the sluice mat I got from ebay.
First I put holes in buckets and put them into a larger container for the water to flow through. Then I built the frame for the sluice box and cut the sluice mat in half. This will give me a 50 inch long by 6 inch wide sluice box. You can make yours any size you want.
I wanted mine longer to catch the black sand as well as the gold because I want to keep the black sand for projects I have planned.
Next I put together the plumbing and then built a base for the sluice box. I made it portable and easily adjustable.
It is working quite well. I am very happy with the results.
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Can't believe you not getting a thousand views on most of the videos. Am I the only one who has kept watch from like t 5, 6 or 7 years ago?

[@violetsdr]

You are not alone. I have been here all these years, as have others. He does deserve to be getting more views.

[@scorpio1122a]

@@violetsdr glad I'm not alone. Like many I don't use my phone or computer to view so I rarely comment or I mass comments some time just give the likes

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

KZbin for some reason is messing with notifications for the past few years. Sadly most of my subs dont get notifications anymore when I upload a video. Thanks for being there all this time.

[@pcpowpowpou8583]

its a Cool idea and you executed it perfectly. Please make more projects like this, thank you.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thank you. I will :)

[@Peter195267]

I have been watching your channels for years now Troy, and notifcation has just started again. I had too search for your channel each time for about 18 months, don't know what youtube did,but its all working great. Keep up the videos,I find them interesting. Thank you.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thanks for looking for me. I think I am figuring out YT. They only notify a few of my subs if my stats are lower. But as my stats climb, they notify more and more. Sort of unfair but I have to work harder to get everyone back. I am working at it. Happy you are here.

[@RaymondJames-os1hl]

Thanks, sir very helpful what's the thickness of the material?

[@debbies6192]

You are are a man with many talents. God bless your family and you.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thank you

[@sunflower9797]

Michelle is the gold that you have.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Well, yes but she cant pay the bills. lol

[@sunflower9797]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld I guess you need to keep panning for gold then.

[@Camperhollow]

I wanted to add that I did a little searching about a sluice box. I had not known about these before. I like your idea because it helps people on a budget but I did find that you can buy them at Walmart for about 20 bucks at least a smaller version.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

That 12 inch one wont help anyone really. Not sure if I will ever find a use for mine. I am going to experiment with it one day with a tiny water pump and see if it can clean gold from black sand at least.

[@thewannabetradesman]

Troy?? You're still here? Last I watched your channel you were fixing that nasty RV you had. That's dedication.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Hi, yes I have been pretty much making videos all along except for some breaks now and then. Thanks for coming back to see how things are going. Hope you stay.

[@sunflower9797]

When you shut Michelle off, that's when I shut the video off.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

That is a very cruel comment. I make videos. I could not hear Michelle with hearing protection.

[@sunflower9797]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld I love hearing Michelle talk, but you often tell her that you are recording so she needs to be quiet. She's at a naturally talkative age right now but she won't always be like this.

[@jimdavenport4484]

@@sunflower9797 sunflower 🌻 do you have children or make videos? Troy spoke to his daughter very nicely giving her the reason she needed to be quiet and also why he couldn’t answer her. This interaction with his daughter is one of the reasons she is such a nice and pleasant child. Parenting is a tough job that doesn’t come with instructions. We are also only seeing a very small portion of Troys life and from what I have seen I feel Troy and his wife are doing a fantastic job raising their child.

[@sunflower9797]

@@jimdavenport4484 Dear Jim, since you want to know, I have a 41 year old daughter and a 17 year old granddaughter. Sure, I've shushed them, but I don't include it in videos on youtube. My comment is not about how Michelle is being raised at all.

[@jimdavenport4484]

@@sunflower9797 I have 4 of my own my oldest 38 I just can’t understand why why Troy interacting with his daughter bothers you? He didn’t yell he simply said not right now I’m making a video and can’t hear you🤷‍♂️

[@MichaelJohnson-ux7pe]

Nicely done on your sluice 👍. My first home made was only half as good as yours.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thank you!!

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

By the way, I started a new channel for my prospecting here: kzbin.info/door/1uDSJfmgLkjrCVKmK-3xIA

[@MichaelJohnson-ux7pe]

Ok thanks I'll check it out

[@beachlife9419]

Even Michelle and your wife can learn to use that , right on , troy , go buy a metal detector too ok , super nice 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 , I'm panning beach sand , now myself for few years , I'm one mile from seaside oregon coast , we have tons of Beaches and sand lol

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thanks. It is a lot of family fun. Have you found anything in the sand yet? From the beach I found nothing but from my yard I find flakes.

[@beachlife9419]

Yes troy same thing small super fine gold , but having issues getting the fine gold apart from the fine beach sand no fun lol , I work full time in a seafood cannery only get 2 days off a week lol

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Yes, I am having trouble separating the fine gold from the black sand. Frustrating. I am getting flakes in this but then I cant get the flakes out of the cons easily. I am going to have to invest in a blue bowl eventually I guess.

[@OldTimerpit]

Great job on video Troy...

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thanks

[@activatehmode5119]

Awesome video!! Glad I came across it

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Happy you like it. Thanks.

[@tonitoadventuregdl5899]

you already have a new subscriber nice video my friend and interesting too I'm looking forward on making my own sluice box 📦 😀

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thank you. I am working on more gold panning/mining videos. Its a great winter thing to sort out the cons and sand I saved during summer.

[@dropedlow33]

well until i can get or build a shaker table wich it the best

[@yoyoswift9926]

Pulling for your success in gold mining. So interesting following your journey

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thank you :)

[@cliffandrews]

Very interesting

[@tracydavis8182]

I think your holes could of been bit smaller for better water pressure but very good idea,

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thanks. Still using this system and loving it.

[@dropedlow33]

make sure u can agest to 5 to 7 degrees what the pro tell me it should be set at

[@smellyjomelly3573]

How many gph would a pump need to be to run a 10x36 sluice?

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

For my larger one I am going to use a small gas powered pump. You will probably need about 2,000 gph. More is always better because you can adjust the flow as needed to get the right results.

[@stevecaswell]

You struck it rich!

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

haha

[@prime9584]

Hey troy, i'm excited for you. Bu any chance have you took any of them flakes to have to tested? You know to reassure yourself that's it's real. Im just curious because i'm ready to start digging on my properties south of you.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Hi, no I cannot afford to have them tested. But when you look very closely under a magnifying glass, you can clearly see it is gold. You can see the indentations and how it has been flattened under wear. Pyrite will crush and shatter instead.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

And it is heavy. The heaviest thing in the pan.

[@prime9584]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld down where im at id you take it to a jeweler they'll test it for free. That's odd they charge up where your at from me considering we're only about 2 hours from one another. Heck even pawn (good ones) shops would test it. I've taken stuff to get appraised and it was all free and I didn't sell them nothing. Call around or if you have any near by just take it up there and see what they say. Have a blessed day, we're getting pounded by a storm right now.

[@dropedlow33]

so ever one no .i do not say what he did to be mean or say he don't know what he doing. if I do something wrong on my change i wood want some to tell me y it wrong and how to do it right. teaching and helping how we all lern from each other and sharing is careing

[@DavidJohnson-qr5he]

I bet your mind never stops on your gold mining

[@dropedlow33]

yes, hard not to, i belong to a site sects of the pro from east to mines. and how to build stuff u need

[@Camperhollow]

My mind wouldn't stop either if I struck gold on my land.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Lol, no. I am constantly thinking about it now. I got the fever.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Camper, now every step I take, I think about how there is gold under my feet. Actually its in the gravel pits, creeks, streams, everywhere out here due to glaciers. Its tiny but its there.

[@roobb353]

When is the clean up vid coming out

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

In a couple days. I had so much fun with this that I ran out of day light. lol. Still have to clean out the mats and see what I got. I plan to run a mess through on video next time and clean it out.

[@TheCritterWindow]

I think you need more water flow?

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

I will get a stronger pump later.

[@dropedlow33]

with me i go all out love my tools and time is money

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

This will be my finishing sluice box or for traveling. I am building a highbanker soon for fast work. It will process a half yard at a time.

[@dropedlow33]

old time plumber use sanding cloth stuff come on a role with hole in it pve cleaner then primer then cement

[@larrykestner7224]

Great design. I hope you find a big nugget some day.

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Thanks. I sure hope so :)

[@b.b.grenade1407]

Thumbs Up Every Time

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

thanks.

[@ToddD81]

super cool!

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

thanks

[@geminijustgemini7784]

What did Michelle need? Nevermind, just joking. I can relate to being into a project and a child or grandchild needs something important to them. Hope you find gold.

[@johnny0253]

lets run more dirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Yeah!!!

[@davidjones1393]

THKS

[@timmore1]

I thought I seen on a gold mining show it worked best with 26 degrees slope but not 100 percent sure but look it up there's information on it

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Yes the angles are important as well as water flow.

[@jimdavenport4484]

I don’t think that pump pumps 200 gallons a min that would be like Niagara Falls. Good video hope this does what you want it to and on another note how are the baby chickens 🐓 doing?

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

I meant to say per hour. Thanks. The chickens are growing fast. Healthy too. But they eat so much!!!

[@jimdavenport4484]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld thease little pumps are most likely only pump about 60 gallons an hour 200 gal an hr would still produce quite the flow. Just don’t want people to be mislead if wanting to make one themselves and are searching for a pump..

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

True. The pumps are over rated for sure.

[@fredricknolan3905]

Hope no one jumps your claim son!!!

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

Soon they are gonna have to jump a 6.5 foot fence to get here. lol

[@LostLeftyLimb]

Your box isn’t level. See how it migrates from left to right with the blonds.

[@dropedlow33]

u need more of a reg face shield for wood working to keep sawdust and stuff out your eye

[@darrellwampler3882]

You. Are sluesing 👍

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

lol

[@dropedlow33]

if u ware u really good mats like dream owl or hogg mat wouldn't need the steal and on the safe side u should have some miner moss to make sure it doesn't blow out if some go wrong

[@carolinezook]

Your family can have loads of fun playing with your set up.

[@dropedlow33]

i wood of use wood glue to make it stronger and steal it

[@dropedlow33]

that pump no ware nere 200 gpm

[@TheDoItYourselfWorld]

200 GPH. Per hour

[@dropedlow33]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld trues me it not u flood that bale with one it a china pump and there tell u any thing

[@dropedlow33]

@@TheDoItYourselfWorld hear how u test the pump vol get a 200 gal tank and time it to see how long it take to fill and that the rate it one the test you use for test fuil pump

[@dropedlow33]

u no how good it is when u find good in the box and hope no gold in the tailing and look a little slow on water to me don't have enfo water u lose gold to much u lose gold