Mining Placer Gold in Australia With a High-Banker!

[@godsoffspring4195]

Chris... if you want to make your bucket loads lighter... build a little 10 gal. barge and float it down the creek. Or, stick each bucket in a little innertube. 😆

[@mikeblair2594]

I'm sorry to hear bout your grandpa. Grandparents are fountains of knowledge and we are always too young to soak it in. Give Fernie a hug for me.

[@jacobwilson6296]

I like teh Frankinbanker. A lip on the top at the end to stop missing some gold blowing off your classifier. Also USE MINERS MOSS AT THE TOP OF YOUR BOX, even on top of your mat. It just helps. Keep it up mate.

[@CrystalSkiles-r1o]

How to get free Buckets. This has worked for me. Have a friend that paints for a living. Painters buy 5-gallon buckets of paint it is a lot cheaper. To get the dried paid out a metal dish scrubber we call it Chor Boy, it is fast and easy. Dry Wall construction also had 5-gallon buckets. Behind restaurant's has food containers washed out. Get a degreaser and wash it out with a water hose. People that farm and have livestock also have 5-gallon buckets. Farmers that harvest or pick food use 5-gallon buckets. I am from America so, these are the ways I get buckets for Free. I have found that f you just ask most places do not need the buckets they are in the way. They may not be perfect but free is good.

[@MickTee2k]

Considered a hybrid approach to collecting the dirt? Shovel into pan, classify, quickly reduce to heavies, dump heavies into bucket, heavies go into high-banker? That should reduce the issues with mesh size.

[@James-fi6rv]

Chris, before they dried up the rivers in Arizona to make lakes, like lake pleasant, for the power companies, I had used miners moss with rubber small riffles under it...of course that was a quarter century ago when I could walk, BUTT Now I worked hard & Can walk Again!! Bummer is, we are without water unless it rains, so I use miners moss in small recirculating slices. Rock on bro...oh, by the way, sapphires can be purple, Red & green too, a Refractometer will help you sort your gemstones

[@danielgalbraith144]

I invested in a gold trek highbanker, its plastic, folds up and fits in a backpack, really durable, not a fan of the mats though, produces alot of cons but gold losses are very small

[@chakrazoo]

I try an have multiple mats. (Expanded metal over miners moss and v-mat at the head and gold hog mat further down) nothing gets away. I never rely on a single "Mat" to capture everything. Cheers!

[@scottowens1535]

Chris The two five gallon buckets aren't for carrying twice as much. There for making it twice as easy on your back 😊 the point being fill each one halfway full 🎉🎉🎉 😉

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Wow…cool. I love that you look at the rocks. It’s nice that gems are heavy, too. Thank you.

[@danfurrow4077]

I just picked up Crux Gold Trek and live it. It will fold up and fit in a 5gallon bucket so I can back pack it in the mountains from Maine to New Hampshire. Very well built and light weight with different grizzly bars to choose from. Also I believe Pioneer Pauly is using one now and again.

[@chriscarley9951]

Hey Chris, why don't you order a different type of Hog mat, like Talon or Motherload, cut it, put it in there, and tested at the house with a known amount of gold and check your course and fine tailings.

[@herbertboelk7545]

Chris, Kyle from Utmost Outdoors just moved to Australia. He also is working on a light weight high banker for fines. Maybe you both may team up for an effective bit of kit.

[@randydixon9512]

I just wrote the same thing.

[@andypandyAU.6669]

Great vid on the creek, have youcthought about a flexible sloar panel. Roll it out it will give you more run time for each battery . . the "Frankenstien" sluice, mate. Mix up your catch zones , 1 x "V matt," expanded mesh with grass or miners moss, then gold hog & dream matt! As Freddy Dodge said, " it's fickle ( gold). I dont like that spot, I like that spot. Not that I am in any way an expert! ( you taught me), but I glean as much info as I can from everyone. I have repeatedly tested my tailings, and I think a 99.9% catch rate is pretty good. Love what ya do, mate. I'm glad you are still punching out great content. It gives me a very high benchmark. ❤it 😊

[@joannagrimmer]

What a fun spot. Great variety of gems and shiny stuff. You've convinced me you can't look past dream matting. That and coarser punched plate and your Frankenbanker would be pure joy! Hope you go back to that spot, Chris. love this video!

[@a.b.c.adventures3484]

For the super flat and tiny flakes, I have found expanded metal over miners moss works the best. The Molded rubber mats seem to be best for super tiny specs and corse gold. I would recommend doing a small test at home with your cons and see if it works with the gold you find.

[@PilotMcbride]

Next time you come across an Echidna, you might want to video it close up concentrating on its hind feet. I’m sure your overseas (and some city Aussies) might find them interesting. I enjoy your efforts very much, thanks for posting.

[@ITubetc]

Is that what critter was at the 2 minute mark..??

[@PilotMcbride]

@@ITubetc yes. Fascinating little creatures, with a secret….. 😂😂😂 If you watch the video again and pause it you may see what I’m hinting at. I’ve had many meetings with these guys during my hunting years (too old now) and they stop everything, I have to watch them, very hard to explain. They harm no one, destroy nothing, they just go about their daily activities regardless of where they are. Thank you for asking.

[@goldfeverreliever]

Cheers Chris, been feeling flat and needed to see some fresh gold. Can't get out because of crappy body so this video hit the spot 👍

[@timothyodonnell8591]

Chris - thank you for bringing us along on your golden adventures!

[@Golden-dog88]

hey Chris just a suggestion if that hog mat dosnt work that well next time your at bunnings grabbin another 5 buckets, grab 1 or 2 of those flexible plastic tubs to put at the end of the sluice to catch any potential loss

[@Side85Winder]

The frankenstine highbanker was good and the fixes are easy. Next time your at bunnings there is a grey miners moss door mat for $8.50 and add some expanded mesh on top. Its seriously the best and chespest gold capture mat you can get and its seriously better than most of those high tech new age mats. I have even ran the grey noodle door mat with no expanded mesh on top and it is just awesome, you just have to clean out more often. The mesh does allow the exchange of material better and helps wash out material. You will get a lot more cons than the high tech mats so be warned your cons bucket can get heavy. When in doubt set up a sluice at the end of your highbanker and keep or check the cons of that. From memory you own something like a adventure sluice. It doesn't have to be perfect but just something to do a basic check. I often sit a pan at the end and let the water flow in and over the riffles till its full.

[@OptishockClips]

congrats... My tips for the big buckets is... if you take a saw, a pretty short piece of thick Treestick and saw a groove into the Branch it does not hurt your Artworkershands while carrying this huge Buckets if you use these branches as insulation for the bucket handles... Supermarkets should have this...anyway plasticbags are forbidden here in grey Germany

[@Golden-dog88]

plastic bags are banned down ere to, they have made decomposing bags now n they cost minimum of 10c each some bags are upto $4

[@jeffbybee5207]

Doc at gold hog coined the name distruction chamber for the area you put the pay dirt into. I like to put mats in the bottom of the distruction chamber and run it flat or even at a negitive slope so the gravel getts completely washed as i work it back and forth with a short handled garden hoe over the punch plate

[@1kreature]

Cassiterite is only density 7 vs gold 19 so as long as you classify to within a 2x volumetric ratio it will be cleanly separable. That means a mesh hole ratio of 1.25 max. That's a very tight classification! I think you can only go 5 pr standard us sieve size. In tyler that means 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 Mesh would ALL have to be used to keep classification tight enough. That's a LOT of sifting!

[@hasmeadali7316]

Bonanza City there Chris, awesome gold. Careful of the shovel doggers that watch your show. Yeah and please stay safe out there

[@STARMAN-OK]

Since you dont like that mat, put a bucket at the end and let the water run into it and catch any missed gold in the bucket. You can pan it out at the end.

[@jimmurphy6095]

If you spin the buckets in opposite directions, they come apart a lot easier. A little bit of water kept in them helps as well.

[@James-fi6rv]

I tell Everyone wanna be prospectors to learn to pan!! Yesterday I gave a girl a vial full of garnets I picked with tweezers outta gold pans, she said Thank you James! I will cherish these forever!

[@susanturcotte3176]

I was surprised that you found a picker at the creek, along with all those gemstones and gold. However, even though the highbanker set up is where the problem was located. But if you don't try, how would you ever know to change something for the better? You can't rely on your thoughts or theories to be correct all the time. Many, including me, learned this lesson the hard way. Thanks for sharing my friend and I hope you stay on the awesome gold and gemstones! Blessings from Alabama ❤️

[@elizabethlewis3509]

Your a never ending gold finder and teacher. Love watching you

[@robertmackey5608]

Hi Chris, have you ever thought about using a Styrofoam float to place your buckets on to help float your heavy buckets of material to your highbanker walking through the creek. Me being 72 years old and not as strong as I use to be, it works great and saves the back. The water does need to be deep enough to do this. Thank for all of your great videos you have done through the years. Working the streams of Washington State , in the USA. I Love your highbacker build. I have build all of my gold recovery equipment. Bob Mackey

[@That_vagabond98]

I know it might sound dumb and it's something extra to bring but you should build a yoke for your buckets it's like one of those things people used to bring water buckets back from a well and it just hangs the buckets off your shoulders about 30cm down to about hip level it will save your arms in the long run and ease up stress on your back muscles as well because your shoulders aren't being pulled down their supporting that weight above your centre of gravity

[@danhodgins4015]

The Crux highbanker with a 2,000 GPH bilge pump would give you way more production capability. It has two different sizes of grizzly bars (1/4" or 1/2") you can swap in/out to adapt to different areas. Run it with a wider extension containing 1+ variations in capture media (e.g. expanded + astroturf, ribbed carpet or rough top conveyor belt), and you would be unstoppable. Source: I own one, and have used it for 2+ years. P.S. You can run the Crux machine with an 1,100 GPH pump, but you would need to switch out the default matting and use something super low profile e.g. ribbed carpet or conveyor belt)--- with no riffle or expanded metal on top.

[@asjamuir5534]

Good gold for the work done for sure mini franken does need more work maybe make some of your own mats to have deeper holes for the black sand to stay in and the au😊

[@Matts_Crevice_tools]

Hi Chris. Congrats on a great clean up. I run the good hog in my trommel. I occasionally attach a 12” river sluice with dream mat on the end, most of the time when I clean up the extension I have next to. I gold in it. I would suggest making a miners moss and ripple before the good hog mat. Call it a top Mat. Happy digging.

[@thehorde9798]

Use compressed air to get the buckets apart. Even dust off with the red straw works.

[@SPMining]

You motivated me to take out my little 6 inch highbanker today. Best day I've had so far in 2024. Thanks for the motivation man!

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Your ghetto slews is cool really cool😂 lots of nice shiny😂 it is all about trial and error we are not perfect😂❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you for the video I will see you on the next one😂🎉🎉🎉🍻

[@randydixon9512]

Well, you pointed out yourself the big problem, the mat in the multi-sluice is meant to lose gold, at least it is meant to clean gold so which is sort of the same thing. Personally I like drop riffles for prospecting and miner's moss/expanded for working but different Gold Hog mats will do the job.

[@kelterskelter1969]

just use astroturf carpet & 2 sizes of expanded metal riffles, rest of the franenbanker works, hey

[@danhodgins4015]

That is pretty much the design behind the PopAndSon sluice out of the US. It works exceptionally well on fine / flour gold.

[@carroll-w7wxv]

I like the franken banker. Like you say if you change out the mat and the hopper screen then I think you will have a winner! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

[@shyPandemonium]

That piece of jasper was really pretty, and I loved that sapphire you pulled out too. I liked the idea of your frankensluice lol, switching out the mat and changing the size of that punch plate and I betcha it’ll be perfect for what you want it for. Great video Chris ❤

[@tammybrazeau1213]

Im not your mom, but I am a mom....i love the Frankenbanker! Keep these great videos coming, but dont stress yourself out doing it.

[@jameswillis1788]

in America most restaurants get their pickles in 5 gallon buckets. most of them throw them away or give them away. giving saves trash costs.

[@markrobson948]

Best gold in this episode was at 14min 58 :) keep up the good work !

[@salamiinferno]

The gold hog piglet might be up your alley for a mid sized sluice. It runs best on a gas pump, but I run one well off a 4,700gph bilge pump.

[@The_Filming_Company]

putting empty crushed milk cartons between each bucket, will make you never have to worry about them getting stuck again

[@peterlock3881]

G'day Chris, I used to buy second hand pickle buckets from Maccas back in the day. They came with lids and smelled like pickles but they were a lot cheaper than from the big green shed. Just used to ask at the counter if they had any pickle buckets.

[@chrisjudd8576]

Or you can use a snuffer bottle in-between the buckets lol 😆

[@weedfreer]

You need a foldable solar panel sponsor so you can charge the batteries while working another. Also, set it up atop some sticks and you've got yourself a nice whack of shade there too!

[@ecks_marks_the_spot]

Here's a thought. Glue some pool noodles to the bottom of your bucket. Not only will they not stick together when you stack them, but it should give the bucket some buoyancy when you carry them thru water.

[@Chris-vt5zb]

That was a cool and interesting episode carnt wait for the clean up congratulations on the reedy creek picker. thanks Chris

[@wendymorrison5803]

I think you had as much fun and acheiement making the frankensluice. What a machine!

[@Kakiro_Miro]

Feankenbanker looks so fun! Good show!

[@jamesculver829]

Heck yeah! 4 hours all ya need is a bit of expanded over moss, and a new punch plate! You will be in it good!

[@matthewweynton3340]

Thank god some more content. I was having withdrawles. Thankyou chris for the vids i look foward to watching

[@daviddietz1165]

USA here I would get a work sled or ice fishing sled I have one and it can float about 150 lb you would not have to carry them buckets plus if you wanting to get your gear up or down the creek it would be so easy

[@markcahill2200]

Thanks Chris, always a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work.

[@bigwoodbear4192]

That picker by the look of it might be pretty close to source. Nice background music and thanks for the upload mate.

[@ut000bs]

A very wise and observant man once said, "If you put a hole in the bottom of all your buckets they'll never get stuck together." I could voice no argument. Of course the moral of the story was we suck when it comes to making buckets. Where did that picker come from? Looked very, very fresh. Hm.

[@Golden-dog88]

picker came from his nose, had it there for safekeeping 😂

[@PowRKord]

I think you can easily improve the Frankenbanker to be as good as or better than any mid-size you might find out here and for a whole helluvalotless $AU too. And hey, ain't drilling holes to make a spray bar the mostest fun ever?! No matter how hard ya try the water shoots out about 60 degrees different. And wait 'til the holes start clogging with floatsam! Big fun!🤣 Slot(s,) if you have the pressure.

[@markfoust8910]

I watched this video 3 times to try to help you figure out your loss. How about adding a jarvey riffle plate at the top and miners moss and riffles more toward the bottom of the sluice!! Just an idea. The jarvey will catch the v mat will catch what the javey doesn't and the miners mat and regular riffles should catch the rest

[@PrairieProspecting]

That was a wicked spot Chris, right on!

[@trevdyer173]

To separate two buckets stick the snuffer in there and squeeze a bit of air in as you pull

[@johnfarrow5873]

Chris look up the flower gold wizard He does beach gold which is just like your stuff and he uses high bankers all the time

[@mikealexander4518]

Great content, well explained and high quality production value.

[@croatiansensation6062]

Well done mate! Thank you for another fun and informative video.

[@bobmulder4064]

Get hold of ya local plasterers and painters they have heaps of buckets i ended up with quite a few when my house was built

[@oliverriggs4535]

Chris don’t change the High banger if that’s what you want in the size there change the mat same mat they use your cleanups find some that’ll fit inside. Think what’s happening with your black mat is when your material is rolling down it the bigger pieces are actually grabbing gold and basically throwing it off, I’m thinking you’re losing too because of the mat change the mat love all your videos

[@norandois]

I’m sticking to a good ol pan and doing production panning, just peace of mind this way

[@Paintcan11]

Gotta use your thumbs to press those stuck buckets apart, works easy every time, love the channel 🤙

[@jamesmormon1663]

Keep a plastic straw in your vehicle from a fast food cup bend the end flat place in between stuck area of two buckets and blow....Magic..... buckets fall apart

[@Dundee.]

Paper straws now fella unfortunately

[@Dundee.]

In saying that you can put a tyre valve in a empty paint can from a paint supplier, been meaning to make one for a while, can fill it with air or any liquid

[@andypandyAU.6669]

If you're lucky, you could find a plastic straw in the ocean. Billions of the bastards out there!😢

[@brendangray1985]

You probably already know cause they looked like new buckets but if you chuck something small in the bucket so they don’t bottom out on each other you don’t have to fight the force to separate.

[@mattharper7395]

I think the floating highbanker. Idea would excel there. Just take your sluice for a walk while you dig😂

[@mawbass2272]

Love the ghetto box. What ever works😅. MAW bass in Tucson AZ. Love the Chanel.

[@hectororellana3397]

I wonder if you can keep the batteries charged with a solar cell, there’s electrical devices that run on solar cells when there’s no electricity, and I Australia has plenty of sun light, I just thinking about the possibility that it can be done .

[@sandygilbert8711]

did you know that if you put a single rock between each stacked bucket they will come apart much easier. prevents suction

[@toddstarling5214]

Thanks for sharing Chris.

[@tommynoel9929]

Thanks Chris 😊

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

My gold hog stream sluice mat catches pretty good id say around 95% that multisluice mat is the same width as my stream sluice i think.

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Hey Chris, not a bad (mid) high banker!! Hello from Fletchers Lake, Nova Scotia,Canada, has been snowing here since Friday, with 50-60cm of snow on the ground!😕👌👍✌

[@markfryer9880]

Sunday here in Victoria was around 38 degrees C with a wild wind for a lot of the day. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@stephenpublicover8818]

@@markfryer9880 Hey my Aussie friend it's 0c here in Fletchers Lake, Nova Scotia Canada, Monday here, ended up with 81 cm of snow!🙄👌👍✌

[@TonyWalker-e9m]

I do understand that the longer videos are one-hell-of-a-lot-more-work, for you

[@watchvideos9104]

Chris try asking at your local restaurants for buckets they usually have too meny also the Heavy Duty Repair shops have tons they would love if you took them off their hands

[@stevefry2972]

One of the best channels around

[@junkatrontas]

If you're blowing the flakes through, what if you tried lowering flow rate or angle and re running all the fine tailings back through ?

[@randysmith3171]

Where can i get a metal batea pan? I know you had a video on it but i cant find it no more. And like your setup. Made a setup similar to that on my gold hog piglet last year same results losing about half the gold. Cant wait to see what you figure out. I was thinking of going with small trommel possible hand cranked save on batteries.

[@codysilk6002]

Put some vogus modifications on that thing and it will be a great piece of gold eatting machinery

[@photoadventures]

wonder if a gold cube with trommel would work well for this kind of material?

[@markwright196]

Hey Love the content and the Beavis & BH motif. Really waiting for the GOLDHOLIO episode ;)

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

HOLY HELL CHRIS, that’s an amazing take for 4 hours of work. Good job man 💥👊😎

[@syguit71-bq1tq]

Dreammat makes a mat that fits right into the Multi sluice

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Great video Chris and you sure did have a fun day mate, I got that patreon thing fixed lol. Stay safe bro....

[@dizzious]

I classify material before carrying it to the sluice, so I'm not lugging a bunch of worthless rocks down the river

[@marcuswerner3397]

Nice spot. Can see why you're keeping it a secret. Would your custom out tray dry pan work really well there?

[@michaelaustin3748]

Another great video. Do you have other types of gold hog mats? Maybe using a different model of mat like razorback, mother load or scrubber mats or a mixture.

[@brocojack]

Im amused that way down in Australia your golden quartz floaters look exactly like they came out of the Columbia river in the USA.

[@whosaidthat5236]

You need a raft for your buckets see if you can float them up or down the river to your sluice. Save on carrying them

[@TalRohan]

I think Buckets has stopped listening and theyre not going to give you any bunnings .....very unsavoury of them The Banken franker looks awesome its a totally legit way of making stuff work, I have cobbled together different parts of tools to make them works There is a weird tecnique for getting stuck buckets and trugs apart..hold them up by the top one then wiggle them side to side really fast till the bottom one falls off....its alchemy but it really works and its less finger abusing than just pulling (also works when the top one has stuff in it) Dude what a day .....that last mat looks like little gnome noses

[@jimmylarge1148]

U need to try that vdr (vortex drop riffle) mat that flour gold wizard uses. He swears by it and it’s the same size gold he’s after as u are. I’d like to see how it works for u before I order some! 😂

[@MadMarlin1964]

Was so glad to see a gram cleanup. Hopefully that spot won’t be smashed when you get back.

[@brendachilders8075]

Love the good cleanups!!! Whooooo!!!

[@michaelswanson7881]

Vortex mat and miners moss for the fine stuff you RICHARD CRANIUM, you know this. Oh, well done ! GOT ME TO COMMENT.