Is This Illegal Gold Mining?

Is This Illegal Gold Mining?
Gold mining in parts of the world has been made completely illegal. And the local government is turning its sights on hobby gold miners here in Victoria Australia. Will they ban gold mining all together?
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[@VoGusProspecting]

My latest video copped a copy right for a song that has some seriously complex usage rights. Because of this I have removed it from viewing, re-edited it and now have re released it with updated music. It's probably going to absolutely destroy the views on it. Making this video cost more than it'll make back. If you could drop a comment and a like if you've already seen it. And a share to outside social media goes A LONG WAY. I'd really appreciate it! That will help increase its reach. Trying to salvage my days work here.

[@goldpanningDutchmanjacco]

Done bro

[@1966garyh]

have you thought about maybe trying to build a gravity high banker

[@andyfunke9484]

So that's what happened. The video disappeared from my history. I reposted my comment, and gave it another big old 👍. Cheers. 👋🇨🇦

[@GoodForYou4504]

Ah yes, the life of a KZbinr... 🙄

[@chriswheeler9984]

Gravity system for the spray bars

[@666bbdoll]

Jason, at Flour Gold Wizard, had same problem. He put a hole in the bottom of one bucket (suspended over his sluice) and fill that one from another bucket to deliver a constant, equal water flow. Worked well for him.

[@justinollis4979]

There a. Way to pump water without a motor

[@calebkz]

nothing saying you can't fill your bucket with a pump... run a pump and use 2 buckets, one fills while you scoop and dump your 2nd bucket. And, use a bucket as a water hopper as said.

[@justinollis4979]

@@calebkz why go through the trouble when you can just run a water line to i

[@ste887]

@@justinollis4979 ram pump, syphon, putting the end of a hose in moving water, theres a few off the top of my head, ram pump is just as staccato as using a bucket so that wouldn't be the best, syphon might be a bit slow, but a big enough tube should move enough water to make it not a problem taking advantage of a slow river (even better if its near a still pond youre panning) seems the easiest to me, stick a hose and funnel in the stream up river

[@tomb816]

@@ste887 I'm with you. So many ways to use gravity or hydrostatic pressure to accomplish this. Another piece of equipment that seems to be legal would be a foot pump or type of bellows. You could easily use this under-foot, while dumping paydirt into the sluice. It could even be used to start a syphon or build pressure for a your ram pump, if you don't have enough elevation.

[@richardoconnor7162]

Kris what if I tell you that a gravity water line can be made to supply that little unit. You just need for the drop of the water to be higher than the top of the unit. This is used by Moonshiners in the hills to supply running water to the Stil sites and power small water wheels. Natural drop in the Creek or making a small rock dam with a plastic liner to feed water to the top of a pipeline that will then gain water to feed your low banker set up. No Electric, no Petro pumps running just the power of gravity.

[@FeatherHorseforge]

Is that what they call a ram pump?

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

That’s a good idea, weed growers also do this.

[@Jake12220]

Sadly this idea would be completely illegal anywhere in Australia. It's stupid, but it somehow counts as dredging or something ridiculous even though it isn't.

[@scotthultin7769]

Take a 5 ft section of 4in x it's amateur PVC put it in the 2 in pipe PVC and into your 5/8 garden hose to run up to your sluice box you should have enough pressure and maintain water flow as long as the creek is flowing water

[@geoffszczypior644]

Bucket feed a header tank with valve use stored water when needed.

[@danoconnell1833]

It's been years since I wielded a gold pan. As a hobbyist like you, I valued getting out into the woods more than I did finding gold. I love your attitude and your experimental approaches!

[@a.b.c.adventures3484]

I tried this myself and found a LOT of gold in the tailings. I feel like the water flow needs to be consistent to hold the gold in place.

[@travismickelson9011]

Ridiculous to even consider this in America. Our rights have been trampled on. Check out public lands for the people. Support them. This is the only way to go. They have miners rights and laws figured out!!

[@davidbeer]

Use a water hopper to work the spray bar Chris.. (A bucket connecting straight to the pipe). Just fill the hopper with another bucket to continue the flow.

[@digr810]

This seems like a great idea. Same as flour gold wizards have done previously. Tempted to try it in Nz where using machinery is also illegal in public areas.

[@jeffshackleford3152]

Or build a higher reservoir and pump water to that reservoir.

[@Free_Aussie]

GoldRat Highbankers have a twin bilge pump set-up that is foot operated to supply constant flow as long as you pump it. My thought was to get two pump sets and make it into a "stepper machine" There would be no over weight miners for sure.

[@gypsyjustgypsy]

Love how informative and entertaining your channel is. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@C_Wood]

I really enjoy you content chris. You are the reason I picked up this hobby. It’s the perfect hobby for relaxation and it clears your mind because it gives you something to focus on. So thank you Chris.

[@thetechnopig2416]

On a river system you can use pip put under the current further upstream and have a reducer to create a higher pressure, the longer the pipe the higher the flowrate

[@KnightsAdventures]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing the tip

[@danlowe]

Any small pump can do the work of a big pump if you use it to fill a reservoir uphill. I use a 12v aquarium pump to send water droplets up to a tank with a full size hose outlet. Still electric and not conducive to the field, but you could do the work of an aquarium pump with a handheld bicycle pump. Connect it to a basic aeroponic bivalve that allows water to leak into an air hose and you can use the air pressure to push that water where the pressure is lowest. Once you have some water uphill you can even use its weight to push air out of a second hose into the first one, reducing the amount of work you have to do with the hand pump. This method was originally popularized for aeroponic vertical gardens but the principles work for moving water anywhere. Once it's in a tank it's the same kind of gravity pressure in any water tower.

[@paddlesmcbean2366]

That is a most perverse interpretation of law. Typical, they want you to be able to do nothing.

[@asya9493]

They, ie the Victorian Socialist Government, want to stamp out anything that encourages personal independence and self sufficiency, because people who want this do not want a socialist government sticking its nose in to keep people dependent.

[@gilbs-jb5hw]

Just do it anyway lol 😂 words of wisdom

[@davy9802]

if you take a garden watering can next time the holes might be perfect to wash the dirt better, been enjoying the experimenting and exploring other ways to find gold a lot great videos

[@MrNigel1340]

Hi Chris, this may not always be practical but if you have enough of a height drop in the water course a length of garden hose feeding from higher up may give enough flow to operate the high banker, could be worth experimenting with this, regards Doc Cox.

[@Litruv]

kinda like syphoning a river ?

[@scriptles]

Thank you for explaining the dream mat. Someone else had one in their video but didn't say what it was and I was interested in seeing more about them. Now I know what to look up. Thank you kind sir.

[@TalRohan]

I find these little experiments absolutely fascinating, great fun and cool to watch and wonder about what I can do.

[@stevecasvan5225]

Rig up a big bucket with a valve on it to constantly flow water into the box. You can alternate between refilling the bucket and feeding the material. Plus I'm pretty sure the constant Even flow would increase recovery. Thanks again! Hippie Steve from the motherlode in California.

[@19Philza87]

Hey mate, great idea. Could be improvised/improved by using a waterfall/trickle set up. Using a valved spout in bottom of a larger bucket to give you a steady flow of water into your washer section. Idea being fill the bucket with water and should allow a few scoops through before having to top up the water in your bucket/tank. Just a thought. Awsome video as always amigo 👍🏻

[@andyfunke9484]

Here in B.C. Canada it's illegal to use sluice boxes in creeks and rivers. That was brought a couple of years ago. High bankers are not allowed to discharge back into any body of water. Panning is still o.k. You may want to consider yourself fortunate...... for now.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Bloody Governments are Fecking Criminals!! Turdue should be kicked out of office!! There again, ~ that goes for practically Every Politician Here in the UK people are being robbed by the government as well.... 70p in every £1:00 earned and then some!!

[@KWAHU93]

🇨🇦 = 🚽

[@timobatana6705]

All you would have to do is set up a tiny water tower. So instead of dipping that bucket and dumping it directly into the sluice, what you should do is hook up a 5-liter reservoir directly to the sprayers but narrow in high so it has decent head pressure and keep filling up the bucket that's hooked to the sluice so it keeps a constant stream running through the sprayers

[@tandr3w]

I wonder if setting up a electric pump to fill the water tower would be in violation? The high banker would be fed by the water tower, not the pump.

[@caoryn]

I've seen a "bucket pump" setup for a highbanker where the bucket had holes in it and would be placed over the headerbox to trickle water into, and would be regularly refilled with another bucket. Provided you can get the holeage right in the bucket to still have enough flow for some reasonable amount of time to keep constant flow, it should allow you to get by the ecofreaks.

[@FlourgoldWizards]

You don’t say ! 🤣✌️

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

That is a solution people go with where pumps are banned. Another solution is the way much gold was recovered in the 1800s, with pans and you put the highbanker in the creek so the natural flowing water pumps itself. Thats how its been done for a long time. Luckily i live in a mostly free country so I can pump water with a battery or gasoline or propane whatever you want bro its about diversification around where i live there is low water sp what we do is we bring water and have to recover it to feed it back in or else you will run out because there isnt any. The problem here is you have a dirty supply.and the nice thing about pumping from a creek and back is that the water is clearer and you can sse what youre doing bettee. In places like britain they ban prospector grade mechanical equipment that isnt industrial mining equipment and i think its to keep their people poorer.

[@caoryn]

@@TheAnnoyingBoss For sure. I don't think pumps are banned per se here, at least based on how many people use them, but there's enough waterflow to just river-sluice here. Got a sluicebanker hybrid - sluice with adjustable length legs, and that works reasonably well. 🙂

[@asjamuir5534]

I am totally loving the new man playing style we are in atm seeing stuff made is and has gave me so much encouragement to give it ago myself next years season me and my son plan to build a sluice and make a pan or two

[@themikemason]

You could also rig a bucket on top of the hopper with some plumbing attachments to better control water flow. Just a thought. Sorry to hear they copyright slapped you. I have liked, shared to my Facebook, and here is my comment 😊

[@VoGusProspecting]

Yeah man, im working on that ATM!

[@kevinroberts781]

You could use a hand pump and a 20 gallon barrel at the top of the hill. Let the barrel feed the high banker by gravity

[@nancienordwick4169]

Excavation is the part with a shovel before the sluicing. Sluicing with a motorised pump has nothing to due with ore excavation. Sluicing is not excavation. Its an ore refinery process, rather.

[@abrr2000]

you could install a water tank at the top you bucket into, that feeds through a restricted nozzle and thus provides a more consistant flow of water to the top of the device.

[@armata143]

If you're looking for an effective pump that you can make yourself that requires no power, check out spiral pumps! Whether you put paddles to allow the flow of the stream to turn it or rig it up to turn it manually, you may be able to get an effective amount of water through without the need of an electrical/combustion pump

[@danhodgins4015]

I think this video is an indication of the future of small scale prospecting---technology for gold prospecting may starting to get simpler due to laws and environmental regulations. Things such as raised bucket reservoirs with a ball valve and hose coming off the end to regulate flow and prevent surging will become more commonplace. It might be a great opportunity for KZbin content for the creators willing to do the work. I like where you are going with this Chris, and can't wait to see what you come up with!

[@hearsayhenderson2623]

Unless you’re an attorney, “legal “ doesn’t apply to you! Nor does illegal! Learn lawful and unlawful!

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I can see a system where you can "plug in" a yabby pump to a water system that can bring the river water to the sluice box. It might take awhile to work out the kinks but the mechanics can work.

[@kaznats1]

You should consider using a Ram pump, I use one for my mountain cabin and it pumps water 300 ft uphill with a water flow rate from my pond at about 3 gallons a minute. That file of water in the river should be more than adequate to power a pump that only uses 2 one way valves and isn’t considered as a powered tool

[@aussiegypsy6273]

I rememdber they added 2 words to the laws here in NSW 2010. At 1st it was just you couldn't use power tools to dig then they added the words " Or processing. Screwed us.

[@greybushthegreat2391]

I have a suggestion, try making a water hopper to gravity feed the water to your spray bars. Love your videos bro, keep up the good work

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

I stopped feeling bad for the slaves in britain. Stuck always following orders and complying

[@wiskijack]

Flour Gold Wizard in USA runs a pail above highbanker, with a hose, then fills bucket with a second bucket

[@tstellar4190]

set up a water reservoir above the sluice with a valve so that you can use the the proper flow to clean your material.

[@albertcab]

Hello, I tell you: I use a 25 liter bucket with a 1 inch hole in the bottom and made a stand for it to sit on top of the high bench. It works wonderfully and if there are two people or more, one can take care of filling the bucket and thus the stream of water is continuous. This support is 30cm above the high bench

[@captain-hayward]

I would recommend a foot pump for a manual pump. Just like the kind we use on a boat for the sink. That will free up your hands to do the work you need to do. A foot pump will build enough pressure to you through your spray jets.

[@Miketz]

Sounds like I should ask my question again then. Can you use a pump to fill a water tank up the bank a bit? Can you then use that water to gravity feed your high-banker?

[@jackass123455]

think of the water as dirt the "pump" is excavating the water. but something to consider is nothing is stopping you from setting up a water reserve higher than your "highbanker" and using gravity to feed the water into the plumbing via a siphon or gravity fed tank

[@KB-yn7up]

ever thought of putting a tarp or some extra collection mat under your horizontal/ tilted screen classifier to help collect your sieved dirt, just so you don't have to scrape it off the ground that missed the bucket. meat scoops are good but work smarter not harder. ;)

[@mikemcchesney2555]

You have to do a lot of experimenting to find the best water flow for whatever type of matting/vortex/whatever you are using to catch the gold. Every mat has a sweet spot. Too slow and you get crap built up in the riffles and the gold just flows right over them and out the bottom. Too fast, and the gold blows right over the riffles and out the bottom. The right speed/attitude/side angle will create the vortices necessary to catch gold. If you are only going to rely on native water flow, you should get underlayment that closely matches that water speed. The best sluice I have ever seen for fine gold is the "Gold Well Vortex Sluice". The big five footers, we run 4400gph pumps at full tilt and not lose a bit of gold (and thats dumping twenty-five five gal buckets classified to 1/2" in a few minutes time!!!!!). The smaller three foot Gold Well backpack sluices we run with 2200gph pumps. Its all in the setup.

[@williamopry7967]

A large water blivet (rubber bag) uphill would allow for constant flow without any power. Fill with a bucket, run a hose down to high bank, go down and run till the water runs out.

[@n5sdm]

Use the pump to deliver water to a bucket. Use the bucket to dump water to a metering bag and use that to fill a bucket right next to the high banker and then pour the bucket into another bucket that feeds the high banker.

[@rabiehellan147]

Use a reservoire (another bucket) on top of the Toy to feed water regularly and smoothly, connect the reservoir to where the pump used to be

[@Grimfest14]

possible improvement. attach a portable water tank above that you can quickly dump 2-3, 5 gallon buckets full of water (with a spigot) that gravity feeds the high bank.

[@lordhostile]

Love the vids man! cheers from Las Vegas!

[@StonerSmurfin]

I could see this also being useful for areas without good flowing water for a sluice box.

[@shardj5151]

You can make a wirtz pump water wheel combo out of a coiled hose pretty easily: carry that with you, plop it in the water with some height adjustment, feed the hose to your high banker (is that the spelling?). You might need a couple of them, but it should still work I think?

[@theshadowoftruth7561]

if you knew in advance you were going to be in one spot for a while you could set up a plastic water reservoir (say 20 gallons) above you rig and run a hose with a valve in it to your rig's sprayer. Fill up the reservoir above and when your ready to feed the rig turn on the valve and off you go. This way you can use your sprayers. Just be sure to manually fill your reservoir.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

That screening system is possibly the most lossy system I've ever seen.

[@MrEddiecos]

G'day mate, just as some of the previous commenters have mentioned place a bucket with a hose and valve to control water flow to the spray bar but use the bilge pump to fill the bucket instead, technically your suppling water to the high banker via a bucket not a mechanical pump. Cheers mate.

[@exterminater267]

Just prime a hose with water, and then as the water comes out into the washer, it will suck up more water from the river. Just need to have the washer lower than the input of the water. Even if there’s an incline in the hose. The lower the output of the water is to the input, the more flow you will have. No mechanization required.

[@alexkitner5356]

Guess I'm not the first but will also suggest rigging a bucket with ball valve and some vinyl hose. Youd be able to adjust the water flow to suit a consistent even flow so you eliminate the surging and can keep a good pattern from the spray bar. Depending on height above the sluice that you set up the water reservior you could manage the water pressure, half a pound per foot of elevation so you could again have an even flow and pressure to suit your needs in any given soil/gravel conditions.

[@lordhostile]

with sites that have streams/rivers you can use a coil of hose on a waterwheel to make a water pump using the streams power pump the water to a bucket above the highbanker

[@gunnarrandersen9492]

This is an awesome way to innovate the thought process and come up with new Ideas to solve the problems for Many

[@ste887]

hmmm, depending on how much water it needs how often, if the water was moving at a semi recent rate, a length of hose and a funnel further upstream so it catches the water and feeds itself would be a simple to make system and stay within the silly guidelines. and with still water, a syphon of decent diameter might give enough water with maybe a couple tubes, for the cost of a thick hose, some thin hose and a funnel might save your arm a little bit? or at least keep a base load of water running through to be supplemented with additional buckets if needed. though on starting the syphon youre on your own on that one, personally id just risk a case of the brown rain and suck the water up the tube myself, depends on how worried youll be about a chance of the screaming trots

[@NET-POSITIVE]

You can modify a bike to spin a pump, or is that also too mechanical?? It wouldn't take that much to make a frame stand to elevate and stabilize a bike to spin a pump.

[@MandoMTL]

Fine and dandy when corporations do it. $$$$$

[@fatwombat2611]

Great video. I have been thinking about this problem for some time. Your video answered some things and raised more questions. Thanks for doing the experiment.

[@DrSafely]

If you try a 50 gallon drum used to gravity feed your high-banker, you should get through a bucket of concentrates with no problem. Good luck with all the changing laws!

[@ericzaiz8358]

Another fun way to get around it be a manual pump. Likely preferably a Pedal power one. Just sit down and pedalwhile working the device.

[@petertseglakof4568]

Like others say - gravity water line or siphone from into high banker won't be high volume however not mechanical. Keep up the good work!

[@codaman127]

Water Ram pump. It's not a mechanical pump, it's powered by water pressure where you're already getting it from, so setup a tube upstream a bit. It won't be fast, but it's powered by the stream's flow, not a motor.

[@jasonstatham5879]

I wonder if you set a larger bucket above it, with a pipe coming out and an adjustable valve to control the flow, and just kept filling the bucket (manually) so it's a more consistent flow and not splashing?

[@briankarlsen6676]

Somthing to try is a tredle pump less surgy than a manual bilge pump and using your biger leg muscles save the arms for scooping and panning. As others have sugested id say pump to a reservoir then gravity feed to your spray bars

[@chinesepopsongs00]

Just fillling a bucket on a stand that feeds the old setup trough gravity must be allowed. As long as you fill that bucket by hand, so with other bucket of with a hand cranked pump.

[@gregstastanivich9890]

The way to get around the pump is to put a large tub up hill and plumb it to the high banker. You might have to carry 5 gallon buckets to fill the tub but then you can run continuously.

[@MrEditor6000]

I think maybe the Government must go back to its roots and be FOR THE PEOPLE and BY THE PEOPLE. We tell THEM what to do, and they keep quiet.

[@MarksGoneWicked]

A water storage tank that can be pressurized with a hand/foot operated air pump to wash your rocks/mud. Gardeners have a couple of sprayers that are hand operated. A jug and a backpack version. Or use some sort or super soaker toy that doesn't use motor/batteries.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

Its not worth it bro if you go without powered equipment its going to take him ages to prospect enough to pay for all the junk

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

We can use whatever. Here in Czech Republic is gold mining forbiden, but unles you have excavator it is not mining. So, any small scale motor pumps are allowed. General rules are, do not destroy river banks, if using pumps, use electric, (benzine pumps are seen as dirty and noisy). No prospecting in national parks and protected areas... So, no special law in play, just don't be stupid or reckless, take care about nature, clean after prospecting, good luck, have fun...

[@gunnarrandersen9492]

Yes the sifan used in farming could also work well with a little adjusting the length and Height Give that a try and save your Back bro Love the vids👍

[@drsatan9617]

In my country we can pan or sluice in most places so long as they arent using anything motorized That said you could make a hand powered dredge pump

[@4roryvt]

Hey so question- the law (potentially) bans use of a "mechanical" pump- but could you get the full value of the system by manually filling a gravity tank and using that to wash as you would with the pump, rather than bucketing directly into the pan? On that note, I gather that a mechanical pump using only a water wheel- like you see in some gardens- would also be disallowed? Probably not enough water flow to use directly, but could work well in combination with a gravity tank.

[@TurboLoveTrain]

All the laws I've seen in the US focus on the discharge into the water--not the device itself.

[@donaldgulledge729]

Set up for gravity drain to your nozzles. With a water source (bucket) up hill you should be able to gravity drain it down to your nozzels at a workable pressure. Taking the water uphill if you dont have a higher sounce might be a pain, but if its available use nature.

[@stefanhuber7357]

I’m guessing the “marry an Orange” part of the prospectors proverb relates to not wanting a lemon 🍋 . A “lemon” is something that’s very flawed.

[@RalphlConant-he4ht]

What if you had a long pipe upstream would that be considered mechanical cuz then you could make a suction dredge

[@user-xs1fm3bo8t]

Why not use a manual gravity feed pump like for cleaning fish tanks. Once you get the water flowing it won't stop until you remove the inlet from the source.

[@watchvideos9104]

You need a bucket water reserve (a bucket with a hole to control the water output and flow into the box, will speed up time and more efficient

[@jasonflannery4741]

Correct only hand tools no pumps etc, even tho people still use them and show this on their channels. Since I started prospecting 4 yrs ago it's been that way there plus you must stay within the markers which were washed away last flood. Jumping creek up from the bridge, stony creek from the bridge back down to the Yarra and within the markers at andersons creek. Can use highbanker elsewhere as this is really just an area to learn how to pan and for kids. Love your channel Vgus. I only use a bucket to feed it, plus the caretakers of the creek don't appreciate all the off creek digging ie the banks and in the park itself. Rangers regularly patrol the area.

[@bobbyhicks7972]

Your ingenuity and diligence is inspiring!

[@PollexTheCat]

What about a Wirtz pump? Letter of the law that probably counts as mechanical. But in practice it's just a coiled up tube spun around by the water. A shovel is technically a machine too.

[@TSNEISLER]

Crazy regulations smh

[@MickH60]

Hi Chris, I commented on your last rendition of this vid so I'll repost. I mentioned on another vid of yours that some black plastic would help you with your clean up from the crusher at home, A piece of black plastic would also work well under the screen you're using in this video, shitloads easier to clean up...

[@DingleBerryMTB]

I have a full goldhog setup that has had very little use as the rule came out just after i got it in NSW.

[@L8rCloud]

What about using the force of the river to constantly flow into a bin which the feeds water into your device at a constant rate? No pump, just nature and physics

[@Crashalbert]

I wonder if a just a simple garden hose and make a simple water siphon if that would be consider mechanical excavation. No moving parts and it would supply easier than moving it by hand and be continuous. Just food for thought.

[@PhilipLeitch]

Thanks for the update because i missed this at first.

[@slickwillie9526]

The Rectal Cheeseheads in California State Parks only allow hands and pans...no hand tools, just your bare hands.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

You can buy a kind of woven canvas pipe, there are different types, one is called Lapeta Pipe. 90Mtrs of 6.5 cm diameter pipe weighs just 1.1 Kgs. You could carry five lengths of it into the bush with you, with simple lengths of pipe as joiners. That gives you half a kilometer of pipe you could lay alongside the water-source, the top end in the bottom of a small dam you could make in minutes, and the other end down at your high banker. I promise you, that will have a HUGE flow of water through it. You could actually use it to dig with, washing the top-soil off the side of the creek. 😐

[@fatwombat2611]

I think a vibrating feeding tray you could put a whole bucket in and a longer thinner sluice with a large flat reseviour that has baffles to prevent surges could be the answer. With such a thing you could unload the bucket of wash dirt then just concentrate in keeping water up to it.

[@roosterqmoney]

A vibrating tray is a machine. Ie mechanical

[@fatwombat2611]

@@roosterqmoney yes. So even if its not used for actually digging ? I thought thats what the main issue is Back to cradles I guess.

[@theyachty]

You mentioned an irregular water supply being a problem with manually feeding water to the high banker. Just an idea but would adding a funnel to the spray bar not regulate the water flow. By pouring the water into the funnel you can use the spray bar the way it's supposed to operate. Just an idea, might be rubbish.

[@tadvanallen]

What if you had a BIGGER UPPER WATER TANK of sort, that sits above and has a flow control, where you can load the tank with water and adjust water flow...

[@brushitoff503]

Gotta pause @02:08 for a sec, just a random thought, instead of putting just a bucket behind the screen for classification, couldn't you attach some hessian cloth to the top of it making a kind of chute that captures the material & feeds it into the bucket. Kind of like a half Hammock is the way my brain is seeing it. Could also dig out behind the screen to make the bucket lower or even use a 10L bucket instead. Anyway random thought. Back to the video! Cheers, Leo.

[@mickowens9839]

I think if you want to gravity feed the water in you need to sway it back and forth to break up clay etc, kinda like my old school rocker box. I use another bunings bucket, lifted with a syphon. keep loading that with water instead. gives the grandkids something to do.

[@MatthewLancaster01]

I wonder if setting up a siphoned hose to feed the highbanker would work

[@MrSpalex82]

what about using an electric pump to fill a large barrel then using gravity through a hose and tap to feed the sluice? The electric pump wouldn't technically be being used to feed the sluice especially if it is turned off while running gravel

[@seanb3516]

I think if you pump to a reservoir higher than the HighBanker and then deliver water by gravity you can seperate the Pump from the HighBanker. I do believe it would be a valid defence in Court. At least enough of a stumbling block that you would likely never even go to court over it.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

The place I live is so mountainous that I cannot comprehend a creek slow-moving enough that you wouldn’t just put the sluice in the creek. Just put the sluice in the creek! What’s going on here?