Short afternoon with a Homemade Sluice Bucket.

I make a valiant effort to try and gather up some of the recent flood gold from massive rains in November 2021. I didn't last very long, but we still put some shiny in the BOWL. Also testing for losses, with great results.

[@GSProspecting]

Great day out fam. Cool setup indeed. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Merry Christmas 🎄☃️. Gold Squad Out!!!

[@adriaannikken7519]

Beautiful idea. Thanks for your time, sir.

[@2Goiz_1ShanDA]

Been paying attention to this a little. The handwashing flow pace seems sufficient and moving any faster imagine would negate the process. The funnel seems to mitre well although there may be some improvisions available in that arena. Good stuff👍

[@Goldpan-SuntanNM]

New Subscriber here. Good job on that bucket great idea and doesnt look too hard to make at all! Hope you find pounds of gold with that thing!

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks a bunch!

[@georgezink8256]

It’s to me all about fun and at our ages , we need all exercise we can get

[@terrybirkholz2794]

And if it is outdoors, all the better!

[@01mustang05]

6:57 to 7:20 Shot is/was awesome! The slow motion was as well. Have you seen the concentrator cup in the Production model, it has a tapered section to a wider upper part of the cup, I have to think that the difference helps slow down the turning & helps let out the lights to keep the heavy particles. Nice idea with the pad, although I'm not sure it helps as the turning is closer to the spill. And I don't think that cut out is all that helpful either - playing with the distance between the funnel & the cup - I got to think makes a difference too.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks for the comments. I HAVE added a few changes since the video. Added a lip to top of cup, among others.

[@makeminea4wt]

Hello. Great video. You have stimulated my DIY interests. Question? What did you use for the white primary funnel. Thanks...........

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thats a good question. It was hard to find. It was larger than necessary and i had to mark it and cut it. Maybe a funnel for beer making??

[@RodrigoF777]

muchas gracias por compartir su experiencia !!!! 😎

[@pappyb9644]

Nice gold enjoyed the video

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks for looking at it 👍

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

My GRNB has at least a 90 to 98% capture rate. Really a great tool to do casual prospecting. Also a diffrent way of processing material.

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

nice job ;) find gold is always nice ;) great video

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Icing on the cake!

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

@@terrybirkholz2794 ;)

[@hoborobprospecting]

Cool idea

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks!

[@dirtypawsgoldadventures]

Nice job! Keep it up.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks, you too!

[@SKILLED521]

I like your style!

[@SKILLED521]

Low-key, medium tech and realistic. And inexpensive! Thanks, my new friend!

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks for that!

[@soggybottomgoldprospecting3586]

I love your set up but your fluid bowl needs to be thicker and cut the miners moss on the bottom of the bucket to hold your bowl in the center.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Ooh, I like that. I could just use thick miners moss on bottom of bucket with a hole sized for the bowl to keep it in place, and then skip the little 10 inch pan on the bottom. Good idea!

[@pmustoe]

Reminds me a bit of a rocker box in its action. Not exactly the same but similarities.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

It still amazes me all the gold stays in the bottom of the bowl, with that boiling action going on.

[@easer777]

I have actually been thinking of a system quite like thát, with material in a bucket, allowed to flow over, and half-emptied every now and then, and with all the good stuff ending up by the bottom. But rather than how You do it, I'm thinking of having air pumped up through the bucket, either electrically or mechanically (< foot-pump for bike, or one of those for air-matresses). Your system is a bit more lightweight and portable, but I think that air going up through the material is more efficient, in terms of making the flow/separation happen.... - Hmmm, thinking about it, the (heavyish and bulky, and not particularly easy to trek with) pump can probably be avoided, if one have a highish placed feeder for water, that are led down through a thick (< low-drag) pipe to the bottom of the bucket with the material, by gravity, If the pipe has a bend by the bottom, then there will be a swirling flow, hmmm, but probably air will be more lively when going up through the material, so it is probably the better solution....? - Any way, very interesting, thanks for sharing....

[@terrybirkholz2794]

What about just using water from the top, constant flow, with exit holes on the side about 4 inches from the bottom, and miners moss lining the bottom. You would have to hand empty the top layer quite a bit. Half the fun is dreaming this stuff up, i think.

[@derekeimer7758]

That's basically a fluid bed bucket...

[@edwingolddelirium]

perfect nice

[@mikeconnery4652]

I have a similar idea. Put the bucket in the creek with your similar setup and let the running water remove the light particals

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Maybe, if you can. Some places, like where I am, do not allow that. It is too similar to sluicing.

[@tomshaeffer36]

Can I ask how you made ur bucket sluice or did u buy it. If so where from.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

I just figured it out from some other ideas I seen. It was not terribly hard to piece together. Hardest part was finding a funnel that size. Had to tape a couple funnels together to get perfect sizing. I will try and do a review of it in awhile. Thanks!

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

Same principle as the Gold Rush nuggett Bucket.

[@chuckster6513]

You probably missed a great amount of gold by not having some type of suction device to clean out the deepest parts of the cracks or pits between the rocks.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Ya, my plan is to go back and get it eventually. Thanks!

[@psychonautproductions1096]

Keep improving your setup. I think you are on to something.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Thanks, will do! Happy with the way this works, and pretty quickly all things considered.

[@tmac1586]

What state are you in

[@terrybirkholz2794]

British Columbia

[@lotharschiese8559]

Strongly suggest you acquire a clip-on mic that is Bluetooth and sends crisp audio to your camera, need a wind screen, some are furry for windy times. Great video and great concept of creating a vortex in the bowl from the constriction of the funnel, had a similar setup conventionalized but not a cutout on the bucket and my dish was located below a inverted lamp shade, with the sieve on to. Run the smallest 12V bilge with switch for water. Here is something to help find the heavies associated with the deposition of gold, bring some bright flagging tap to mark your spots. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJeuZa14q62Yp5o

[@lotharschiese8559]

The early metal detectors where BFO which picked up increased concentration of iron, if you found the iron, you find the paystreak. I wonder if modern detectors set on iron will pick up the black sands?

[@lotharschiese8559]

Dan Hurd uses a rechargeable vacuum cleaner, check out his channel. He is restricted from exertion also.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Funny you say that. I have one being delivered as we speak:)

[@jeffbybee5207]

I thought BC forbadde dirty water going back into the stream?

[@jeffbybee5207]

Also you sive the pay into the bucket then another sive into the catch buckit. Please if I mat ask what sizes are the sives?

[@terrybirkholz2794]

You are correct. Usually I am back a couple feet which is all it takes with this little bit. Or I look for a separate pool of water, which I like the best.

[@terrybirkholz2794]

I use a 1/2 inch on the first one scooping paydirt, then I use a 1.8th inch on the funnel bucket. Tried 1/4 inch but it plugs the whole system up.

[@jeffbybee5207]

@@terrybirkholz2794 thankyou how do you treat the 1/8 to 1/2 inch sizes? Hope you are blessed with some nuggets. Your design is beautiful in compactness. Have you though about mechanical vibration to help flow? Best wishes

[@georgezink8256]

Try getting materials from under big rocks not much gold in flo sand

[@terrybirkholz2794]

I certainly will try again, but in the past I have tried and it dries up at about 5 inches. The bigger gold must be on a different path, just need to find it....

[@daz41262010]

great video :) glad I found your channel :) new sub here :) I will checkout a few of your videos :) happy new year to you :) and here's to more great videos in 2023 :)

[@terrybirkholz2794]

Same to you. More videos - rah-rah