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Welcome Dave you never know. Hope you learn lots mate

Sounded like a good day out there clegy. Was there any gold being detected out there on the trip mate? What was the country like? WaZ

Thanks for the info mike. Had a great few days. Only managed 1 piece close to the homestead. Didnt see too much of the country out back. Met a few folk as well.

Thanks prooz. Hopefully i can get a piece or two. What are the tracks like out west of the station? Waz

Hi prooz Many thanks for the info mate. will be sure to try that area. Good that it is close by too. cant wait to hit the area. have no idea what to expect other than a few youtube videos lol. i guess the gold in the area is coming from decomposing quartz reefs in basalts? Is it pretty...

Hi folks. Im from wa but making my dream trip across with the family and visiting the goldfields of qld. Spending a few nights at western creek stn in mid sept swinging an sdc 2300. Just wondering what weather i might expect in mid sept and if snakes are any problems there at this time. Of...

Hi skip great suggestions mate, will definitely put the bucket inside the larger tub. I have been told rinse aid is best to stop fine gold floating away, perhaps half a small bottle per sluice run. With the 8 inch recirculating sluice, dustin sells the 3000 GPH pump, but I ended up getting a...

Hi falcon. My dryblow concentrates are coarse but i do classify through a mesh (not sure maybe 5mm) and then maybe 1mm haven't measured to be honest so end up with 2 types fine dirt and also tiny rocks if that makes sense. Once i get the gold rat working ill let u know how it goes on these...

Hi guys Grabbed an 8 inch gold rat with header yesterday wjat a great bit of gear. Now the challenge to make it recirculate ?. Couldn't find a thread to answer my questions below so go easy on me? Looking to put some indicator deep v matting between the reverse riffle and the dream mat. can...

Thanks stru great link cheers waz

Hi guys Thanks heaps I think dustins stuff is the way to go. Quick question regardind classifying. Using as just the 8 inch gold rat river sluice in the field typically what do you have to classify down to (roughly) or can you just tip in raw dirt and rocks? And with running concentrates...

Hi chris cheers for the feedback mate. Are either of thosr suggestions relatively easy to dismantle and take the bare sluice to the creeks/rivers? Pretty new to sluicing so appreciate the help Cheers waz

Hi araluen Thanks. I guess I will mostly be dryblowing so i will need to run concentrates. I just saw the keene a52 as a potential alrounder....can use in the rivers for general sluicing...and then could make into a power sluice to run my dryblower concentrates. I would have thought there are...

Hi guys new to sluicing so please bare with me . I am looking to get a sluice to use in rivers but also be able to cheaply convert to a recirculating power sluice at home to run concentrates through. I have selected the keene a52 sluice as a possible one (the new version comes with magic mat...

Hi all. I managed to get things working well with my old gold wizard. Much thanks to nightjar too. Basically the old girl needed correctly weighted flaps in the upper chamber to pressurise the bellows downstroke....plus it seems this machine needs a heavy tight weave riffle cloth which is what...

Hi moneybox. I should probably explain my setup........ I have an old gold wizard dryblower. GCAUSE poster pics of one he was restoring years ago. Night jar has been helping me on this too. I have come to believe the gold wizard is unique is has a lower bellows chamber and then an upper air...

Ran about 100litres dirt today (about rubbish bin type size) but still managed to get 10 or so table spoons of dirt into the bellows. I used reeds keene replacement cloth which has a very fine mesh so not sure what else might stop the fines. Maybe im just unlucky! Cheers waz

Thanks a lot for the info guys I certainly will take that info when I pop into spotlight GD Cheers Waz

Thanks GD, Any further info you can add about this, like a type or something? The spotlight guys are pretty young and vague so I haven't had much success with their guidance! Appreciate the help Cheers Wazza

Hi Guys I am trying to find a suitable riffle tray cloth for a bellows drywasher. I bought some keens replacement cloth and will be testing this soon. I also bought some muslin cloth from spotlight but this let way too much fines through. Would anyone know of a type or brand of fabric I could...