Keene New Super Sluice and Crevice Trowel

[@markhaugen9592]

Ran into Mark and his lovely wife in the San Gabs Sunday. He gave me one of his new digging trowls awesome tool maybe the strongest composite tools on the market. Trust I have them all.

[@leduynhat92]

Wow!

[@outlawgoldprospectordigger862]

Wife bought me an A-52 back in 2005 , use it just about every weekend and it’s still going strong, I’m interested in getting your leg stand setup , that’s bad azz!

[@KeeneEngInc]

We should have the legs ready to go in a few weeks. As long as you have a drill and pop rivet tool you are in business. Just under a $100.00

[@arcticminer32]

Thanks for making the retrofit kit for all of us that have A52 sluice. @@KeeneEngInc

[@allansgoldmining]

Classification is key to fine recovery. Hope see this at the Phoenix Gold Show next month.

[@WanderingBuffalos]

Nice sluice... god I love those creeks and streams out in California.

[@testiclestoshirleycles5755]

do you eat buffalos?

[@WanderingBuffalos]

@@testiclestoshirleycles5755 you betcha

[@waynewoodall7584]

Where is the shovel made?

[@Smithsgold]

Looks good !!!

[@chromosomehoarder6927]

Very interesting guys. Miner moss?.

[@KeeneEngInc]

I have mixed feelings about miners moss in this sluice. Miners moss works great in larger boxes. The combination of the green ribbed carpet working with the expanded metal works really well in this box. Miners moss under the smaller expanded metal can expand upwards and take out the back eddy of the riffle. I really like the combination of the carpet and expanded metal, together they are very forgiving on water fluctuation to much or not enough water etc. There is a lot of talk about rubber rifle these days and they work great in perfect conditions. We even have a section of miracle matting that works amazing on the flower gold however you have to be careful not to disturb it too much. We are going out tomorrow for a new round of testing. Hopefully not so cold and rainy.

[@hound4u937]

I would raise the mesh higher over the sluice box. That would wash the rocks better and allow gold to quickly fall down when you first feed the sluice box.

[@kurtdiegel7430]

Can't wait to buy one

[@brianbarrett8314]

that looks awsome i have a keenea52 and love it but that screen would make it so much better

[@shanebehringer7952]

Cool ass dog though

[@kurtdiegel7430]

How deep in the water is optimum for running the sluice and how often should you do a clean out?

[@KeeneEngInc]

The speed of the water determines the depth of a sluice box. Fast water you may only be a few inches deep. In slower water conditions the sluice can be completely under water. I use a simple technique I will grab a handful of rocks, golf ball size rocks and drop them into the head of the sluice. The rocks should roll through the sluice not blast out or just sit there roll through end over end.

[@kevinerickson2595]

Fluid bed sluice Like the Italians use. 2 layers

[@boneyfreak9197]

Nice trowel for MD'ing but that would wear out too fast for sluice feeding. And anyways 99% of sluice digging is with a real shovel or the smaller steel shovel . In the video it's like 4-5 small scoops compared to a single full size shovel scoop. I like the idea and this comes close to what I would want. But. One thing about the sluice is it would be nice if the silly rubber mat extended further upstream so when in prospecting mode you can see the gold, find a good streak and then go into mining mode slamming shovel fulls into the sluice. Also some carrying strap rungs would be nice. For full on river/stream mining mode I still use my chopped up sluice box off my 3" circa 1975 Keene dredge

[@genofromrenoprospector6940]

I really like the leg mounts. Great feature. Time to upgrade to the A52s. Hope the price is right.

[@KeeneEngInc]

The legs system works amazingly well. The price is not cheap probably around $100. All the parts are aluminum, steal and there is water jetting, machining and welding etc. More labor than we like however the product is very robust and I should last a lifetime if you take care of it.

[@goldpromoshow8527]

Love the new legs, that will save so much valuable time!

[@303prospecting7]

I have the best idea for river classification working on it this winter hopefully it will work.

[@ziongray918]

I think a rock would be better to use on the trowl than your wrist buddy but i like how he explains physics very approachable man you guys all seem chill. It would be cool to see you guys do a black n white video

[@mgilbert1987]

I'm super stoked about this, can't wait to upgrade my A52s. When is the projected release date?

[@KeeneEngInc]

We went out again this weekend and do some further testing. We are closer now however we are not totally satisfied just yet. We have a few more things we are going to try. I should be posting a few videos this week.

[@MrLawman82]

I like it.

[@renepaz4208]

Good Stuff seems to be coming along really well. I can't wait to pick one up. I'll probably end up using it at times as an extension for my mini max.

[@thebodgingbigfoot4014]

That looks like an awesome design! Wouldnt mind giving it a review on my channel

[@danzoller7397]

Great lookin new design ! On my a52 i have a cross bar where flair bolts up for extra grab spot when taking it out ! Killer set up though

[@Junk-O-Mology182]

I like when they talk technical. it's an excuse for older guys to play in the dirt and water

[@gannonsmith4091]

When can I buy that leg kit to put on my a52

[@KeeneEngInc]

We are doing some final testing however next week we should be ready to start selling some of the parts. The legs will be sold separately for around $100.00

[@seangonsalves2191]

IM no expert but it looked like to me that the water flow was ripping way to hard through that box.......?

[@larrykasiah8852]

Kyle Thymine on KZbin ran one in low flow like a beast work good you guys should check it out. Have a great day and prospect on.

[@KeeneEngInc]

Level3-RC If you take a good close look at the equipment you will find that it is all American made products with a lot of quality engineering and testing involved. When I hear comments like yours it just makes my blood boil. Just for an example if you look at the legs we have a heavy-duty aluminum bracket with over 10 holes for mounting to the box and positioning the legs. There is 5 different setting for the legs. This is all done on a water jet machine. The brackets are water jetted drilled tapped welded and plated the legs are cut welded and plated the hardware is all quality the legs cost us over $100.00. The screen is not some simple bent piece of punch plate aluminum. There are aluminum welded side rails woven wire screen with a welded frame around it even the front screen has individual rods welded in place again this is not a cheap part to make. The riffle board is also three different designs that are a lot of extra work. So next time you make a derogatory comment against any company you should at least do your homework.

[@KeeneEngInc]

Thank you I will keep that in mind

[@brucecollins4838]

WHY DONT SELL IT FISHED

[@nickkinney4942]

Way to much water in the sluices

[@KeeneEngInc]

For any other sluice box, you would be right. But not for this one!!!

[@nickkinney4942]

@@KeeneEngInc the sluices mouth was completely submerged

[@willwarro4054]

THAT SLUICE IS WAY TOO LOW. YOU'RE LOSING A LOT OF GOLD. THAT WATER FLOW IS TOO FAST. IF ANY FLAKE GOES THROUGH IT WON'T HAVE TIME TO DROP. YOU NEED TO WATCH MASSEY,S VIDEO ON PANNING, SLUICING AND HIGH BANKING. HIS WATER FLOW WAS LIKE A 3RD THE FLOW MAYBE LESS. ITS NOT A SUBMARINE. THE WATER NEEDS TO SLOWLY FLOW THROUGH IT. THATS HOW I RUN MINE. THE SAME AS HE DOES.