River sluicing in Reedy Creek Beechworth

I recently had a few weeks away holidaying at one of my favorite gold bearing spots, Reedy Creek near Beechworth in north east Victoria, Australia. I spent 11 days sluicing, panning & crevicing, which included almost 3 days digging this hole, but I didn't dig all day on most days. The rest of the time I spent catching up with friends in the area & just enjoying the great Australian bush. Cheers, Andrew.

[@zlatozezeme2656]

Ahoj.Je to radost,když se zlato ukáže ne pánvi. Znám to,Je to super pocit.Přeji mnoho zážitků při rýžování.Díky za video a dávám 👍

[@gonegolding]

Ahoj. Díky za komentář

[@EricatBallaarat]

You may like vogus prospecting Chris is his name he works that area, great video thankyou, I have spent many years in the 80s in that area , I found your video channel today and am enjoying your videos,

[@KennethKramm]

Excellent, informative video, Andrew~ Thanks for posting. Thumbs up. ATB, Ken

[@gonegolding]

Thanks Ken. Thought you'd like it. I'll be going back up to the same creek maybe next month with something different. ATB, Andrew

[@kirkc4696]

Excellent video. Thanks.

[@gonegolding]

Glad you liked it, thanks.

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

A most watchable video mate.Thumbs up from me.Top gold and a great location.Cheers,Trev.

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for the kind comment Trevor. ATB, Andrew

[@mysmokey22]

Great Video, nice to see some North East Gold, where was this creek when we were allowed to dredge.. lol boy that’s a lost era...

[@aumetalmental8403]

Great idea for dealing with clay. Everyone has their own way of doing things, trial and error, right. It does take a bit to get it right, but that's the fun, learning.🤗

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for the comment William. You're right, if everyone did every thing the same way, life would be boring.

[@therrienmichael08]

Good idea putting the punch plate at the bottom of the flare. Never seen that before.

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for the comment Michael. The gate is very beneficial in high hard clay areas to give you the opportunity to break it up before letting the gravels go through the sluice. You can actually use anything for the gate, punchplate, flue guard, piece of tin, even a short length of fence paling. The gate in the video is a section of flue guard folded over to make it double thickness then folded at the ends to match the angle of the flare. Cheers.

[@BalxiesGoldAdventures]

Great video. And great part of the world.

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for commenting balxie. ATB, Andrew

[@mysmokey22]

Great Video, nice to see some North East Gold, where was this creek when we were allowed to dredge.. lol boy that’s a lost era...

[@tasdgoldprospecting2979]

Great video mate and nice looking gold ⚒

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for the comment Tas, glad you like it.

[@stevewiles7132]

That is a decent size sluice.

[@gonegolding]

G'day Steve, thanks for the comment. Yes it is a decent size. 138cm (54 1/2 inch) long, 74cm (29 1/8 inch) wide across the flare intake, 32cm (12 1/2 inch) wide across the riffle catchment & 63cm (24 3/4 inch) flare front to back. This is the second river sluice I built, the first one was nearly 2 feet longer an inch or so wider across the riffle area & 3 inches wider across the flare intake.

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

You're very welcome.

[@triplebacon1]

Good idea!

[@josemanuel6448]

Revise las piedras puede ser coltan tiene buen precio

[@statenmh123]

I would love to do what you are doing and I would pay if I get permission to go out there with you I just bought all the tools did I need for gold searching

[@townsville69]

ever find any gems ?

[@gonegolding]

Yes. Most are very small, but topaz, quartz crystals & citrine can be up to thumb size or a bit bigger.

[@williammolchan3883]

Just like the link I sent you

[@williammolchan3883]

You have your Sluice set up all wrong . For one the expanded metal in your Sluice is wrong you have it sideways . For two just put a 1/4" punch plate a 1/2" above your flare and over 3/4's of your Sluice that way you can just shovel right on it and let the water do the work .

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for your comment William. The sluice is set up correctly & the expanded metal is the right way around for this application. The expanded mesh is only there to allow larger rocks to flow off the end so they don't interfere with the separation of the gold from the gravel that happens under it. This is not a flat sluice for the whole length. What you can't see in this video is the 2 inch vertical drop from the flare into the catchment section. This vertical drop is right at the end of the flare & just in front of the mesh. You can see the gap from 4:20 Under the mesh is part of a rubber door mat, miners moss & a riffle plate on top of those. The riffle plate sits about 2 inches away from the flare drop off so the gravel falls straight to the bottom of the sluice just in front of the leading riffle of the riffle plate. At the beginning of the video you can see me shovelling the gravel without the gate. The gate is essential to hold back the wash because there is so much clay in this creek that you need to break up before letting it go through.

[@newbee1016]

The second time out with my high banker I had the expanded mesh in the wrong way around, and it made no difference to the amount of gold I caught at the end of a 1 1/2 hour run. I run it the conventional way if there is one.

[@mysmokey22]

Great Video, nice to see some North East Gold, where was this creek when we were allowed to dredge.. lol boy thats a lost era...

[@gonegolding]

Thanks for the comment Allan. It was where it is now mate, you just didn't find it in time. :) Cheers, Andrew.

[@mysmokey22]

Your right there Andrew ... I found some nice color in the Buckland River dang hard work, like all things with gold you need the time.