I have done this before but without the 90s at the bottom..... stroke of genius my friend! Without the 90s at the bottom it is pretty aggravating to get started to say the least. May i suggest putting something in the middle of the last two containers to segregate them into two halfs. Seated from the bottom and below the surface of the water level (like a upside down T) and putting the pipes stagering,one on the left then one on the right then left etc. to prevent any tailings from vacuuming into the container with the pump. It will also allow the silt to settle out more by dampening the flow in the pools. Thanks for the tip. Hope you find gold in your pan! Best of luck to you. - GoldTrapper
@Crozbyguy-rg1iu3 ай бұрын
Add 1/8th cup or less of pool flocculant to settle the silt, it last and last, one quart does a medium size pool. Environmentally friendly. Gravel yards and big mines use it. It's cheap. About $12 a quart. Keeps your matts and gear from build up. Increases pump life too.
@carrollquarles87757 жыл бұрын
Now, this is one of the best videos I've seen. I've been wracking my brain to figure out the simplest, and most efficient way to transfer water like this. I never thought of a simple syphon! Thanks for going to the trouble!
@victoroliveira32567 жыл бұрын
Make your exchange pipes shorter this way you don't pick up silt and sand from bottom of tank, it still works great and the water stays way cleaner.
@dignntex53175 жыл бұрын
agreed
@cameronmoore14915 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@billbergstrom93555 жыл бұрын
No, at the bottom the diameter of a 3" 90 is 4". I use a 4" #16 classifier siliconed to the end.
@rogerolander4582 жыл бұрын
@@billbergstrom9355 Best (cleanest) water will be in the middle of the tubs as the heavies settle to the bottom and the floaters stay at the top. The goal is to move the cleanest water from one tube to the next. Also, your # 16 classifier is a potential plug problem.
@breckfreeride3 жыл бұрын
Sweet setup!
@trevorwhat5 жыл бұрын
Great system, Bob. Brilliant design.
@allenluken58586 жыл бұрын
I have wanted build one of these and I'm glad I watched this one more time. I was going to use 2" pipe and fittings. Even though the pump is 1200 gph I wouldn't want to have to re-do it. Thanks, this is brilliant.
@manVSgoldNorthToAlaska9 жыл бұрын
Thats a great idea and one hell of a tip.Im sure this could save a lot of guys a ton of hassle.Well done my friend. Great video!
@PeteThecurious1009 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Very effective. Serious gold there. Great.
@bobbydemar888 жыл бұрын
+manVSgold NorthToAlaska Thanks for your feedback Ryan. What's your next adventure?
@braylenjefferson6083 жыл бұрын
pro trick: watch series at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@jorgegregory54543 жыл бұрын
@Braylen Jefferson yea, have been using Flixzone} for years myself :D
@orlandoaiden62503 жыл бұрын
@Braylen Jefferson definitely, have been watching on flixzone} for since november myself =)
@MdvGau9 жыл бұрын
Bob, just an observation, your pan has some very large riffles which is fine for larger gold. Try a Pioneer Blue pan 12" or 14" diameter. It has two different size riffles built in to the pan. This allows you to pan out the larger material until nothing is washing out, and then rotate the pan so the material is going over the smaller riffles. I think this will improves your capture rate on fine gold and speed up the panning process in general.
@jdeluisa9 жыл бұрын
Nice job on the gold! I really like the PVC pipe siphon you have, I will definitely have to try that.
@EdBragg9 жыл бұрын
Nice Job. I plan to try this out in the next 2 weeks.
@johntaylor46386 жыл бұрын
Very helpful and I stumbled on your video just in time - was going to build my recirculating sluice Christmas week. Thank you!
@rockwasher78405 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir, I have been looking for the water tank transfer idea for a while, its just gravity but your 90 elbows on the bottom are the key to success. Great job! Thanks for sharing.
@billyt98856 жыл бұрын
Great stuff will be building one this weekend
@keithress9 жыл бұрын
I'm going to try this thanks
@erican4428 жыл бұрын
I like the idea to be able to stack up quickly and get out of there but I think the end of the pipe going into the dirty bucket should be shorter so you don't suck dirt off of the bottom of the dirty bucket It might work better that way.
@robertsletten74662 жыл бұрын
might be better if both where shorter.. say 6 inches off the bottom of the tanks ... it will lessen the disturbance of the sediment, from the outlet ... and draw cleaner water at the inlet
@DriverDean6 жыл бұрын
Prospector Dean here - Thanks for posting!
@donttreadonmining91468 жыл бұрын
Just an observation, please take for what it is worth. I was just thinking..... if the PVC was alternated from one side to the other (meaning - from bucket 1 on near side then from bucket 2 on the far side), might that allow sediment the chance to fall out a little more before being siphoned to next bucket? Really like the setup! Thanks for the video!
@skeets60607 жыл бұрын
Science is a wonderful thing
@Deepwoodsjoe Жыл бұрын
I like the way you think. That's some dirty water.
@goldpromoshow85276 жыл бұрын
Bob, great video, I needed a couple tips in regards to the muddy water highbanking issues here in AZ.I am hauling water for good gold now and using 2000 GPH pump. I think I will be able to filter much better now after watching this. Hope to see you here soon after you return from the Dakotas.
@bobbydemar886 жыл бұрын
Goldradio Show Hey hey!! I just flew in last Friday. Im in town until the 20th. Lets get together!
@keeptheunout74308 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I Very much appreciate your video, reminder and shared information. I am fairly disappointed that this is not the common practice in the desert, instead of flanges and silicone.... This is after all Old, Old science and the 2 oldest of mans practices..moving water and acquiring gold.
@bobbydemar888 жыл бұрын
+Sean Flope Thanks Sean, working on a much larger version with 300 gallon tanks.
@ziongray9185 жыл бұрын
Smart brother....They need to make waterproof fabric folding totes. That you can fill with water....like the folding camping chairs or folding cots...but maybe put a screw plug to release the water on bigger models.......a folding tote would be a good idea not only for goldpanning....firefighting or other applications...and theyd pe portable.
@raydowdy6914 Жыл бұрын
What a great idea.
@breckfreeride3 жыл бұрын
If that was 15 buckets I'm on a sweet spot cause that looks like a Colorado 2 bucket cleanup!
@dignntex53175 жыл бұрын
I will also add, that in the desert with cactus needles etc....I have a full width vertical screen, to block the vegetation between tubs...it stands between the inflow siphon and the outflow siphon,,,.and in the 3rd it stands between the inflow and the pump.....vegetation messes with my pump too much...it does not block it all, but it helps......
@bayoubilly69718 жыл бұрын
Nice set up. You took that to another level man!!! Blows mine out the water. Lol
@Jaysgold3 жыл бұрын
I made the same water project with 1 1/2" PVC for my DIY bucket trommal.
@1FeistyKitty5 ай бұрын
ur getting pressure off the bottom which has the weight of the water above ---- great idea
@ed45648 ай бұрын
Dude…first off the NY accent. Music to my ears. What part of AZ are you at? I’m in the Tucson area and about to buy my first claim. Anyway, great idea for the Bernoulli connectors. So I built a suit like yours, with 4 tubs instead of 3. The 1st and second tubs have micro filters splitting the tub basically in half. I’ve found I can run pretty much all day like that, and I remove sludge when me and my son take a lunch break. I’ll post a video of my system on my new channel. Cheers!!
@bobbydemar888 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! I just bought a patented claim that will have me up a rolling again. I'm in the West Valley towards Wickenburg.
@tonydanielleirby91802 ай бұрын
Would like to see the micro filter set up. We need one!
@haroldharold39088 жыл бұрын
thanks mate great idea and info
@BlindDude2 жыл бұрын
does 3 tubs really keep your water clean? I have 2 big tubs with smaller tubs to catch tailings similar to yours. I cant keep water clean what so ever.. After a bucket of running dirt, the water is too muddy to see what is going on in the riffles.. Does this really work?
@bobbydemar882 жыл бұрын
It works...the tubs act like settling ponds. In theory, the more ponds in line the cleaner the water. The water, when recirculating, is going to get cloudy as soon as you start running material. Watch your sluice activity by testing your tailings looking for loss.
@patrickjobling86763 жыл бұрын
Bring back bob .. 😍😎😁
@patrickjobling86765 жыл бұрын
We love our bob in Australia..yes we do ..😁
@2dawgsmiked6848 жыл бұрын
Looks great, thanks for posting this! I have one question, tho.. Would shortening the legs of the abs "U" cause any problems? I just thought this might help keep any sediment at the bottom from transferring between the bins and tearing up the pump's impeller over time. Thanks again!
@bobbydemar888 жыл бұрын
+Mike D Actually, I am going to make a much larger version of this concept for a trommel build I am putting together. The tanks are going to be 300 gallons each. I will shorten the intake side to bring cleaner water in and leave the discharge side longer to, hopefully, leave sediment towards the bottom. Great minds think alike Mike.
@2dawgsmiked6848 жыл бұрын
+bobbydemar-goldstryker Nice, man. I hope you post a video of the next one, as well!
@account22922 ай бұрын
Looks like complete overkill to me. Also, why transfer from the bottom where all the trash is? I use 1 slightly lower additional tub to to my trailing tub with a small spillway. My water is way cleaner than that.
@patrickjobling86765 жыл бұрын
Bring back the bob ...😁😎
@williamsalazar68409 жыл бұрын
The way you water transfer system works between tanks is the theory of high to low concentration water is a very free flowing liquid and will do anything to maintain a balance of concentration if you lift one bucket higher then the rest it is a fact that bucket will empty completely if raised above toe tops of the rest
@leeadams55447 жыл бұрын
Nice blue containers that look really heavy duty. I can't seem to find any like that in my area. Is there a brand name on them?Thanks
@bobbydemar887 жыл бұрын
Lee Adams Thanks for watching. I picked them up at Walmart.
@goldpromoshow85276 жыл бұрын
try a feed store like a farm supply
@RHYGAR16 жыл бұрын
how long does your battery charge last?
@user-kn7sm7qn1r3 жыл бұрын
Why does guitar like this prepare you for a mission, spying, surfing or running a sluice box in your backyard.
@GoldChump8 жыл бұрын
I made a recirculating sluice box and it works very well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGnXfqutprmckMk I made an improvement similar to yours using another bucket not so much for volume but keeping the water cleaner. I added to my buckets, not shown in video, a 2 inch drain ( 2 inch pipe connected as buckets seen in video connected) just under the lid of each about 3 inches down from top. They are very effective at removing much of the silt and other debris. I do have to add water while using the system to make it work but this is not a problem.
@ramoneritchie4729 Жыл бұрын
This guy sounds like he isn't a native of Arizona
@thingsofdoing45072 жыл бұрын
Just buy a gallon of clean water don't drink use it on final clean panning at least when filming
@thingsofdoing45072 жыл бұрын
I got that an black sands before they went black outa veggie soil kzbin.infovE00cLqCeiY?feature=share
@michaelboles7925 жыл бұрын
God I hope I don't grow to be old like you! What a way to go thumbs down