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Hi Mate, your LeTrap sluice looks quite good. Drop riffles do work and your sluice is like the Canadian Angus McKirk drop riffle sluices. Also easy to clean up...no mats and no bits to remove. Only thing I cant work out...how does the water get into the head of your sluice...that is...can it...

I use a brand of US made gaiters with the following description: Constructed with polycarbonate and acrylic inserts the Snake Guardz will stop a 3-1-8 lead shot round from a 12 gauge shotgun at 11 metres. Snake Guardz are manufactured with a range of fabrics encasing polycarbonate and acrylic...

I purchased an Aldi 75inch OLED tv a couple of years ago. It is going great and cost about $1500 at the time. If it craps out I will buy their 82inch next time and will still be in front ($ wise) of the more expensive big brands like Samsung. Most modern TVs are 4K resolution (super high...

I am interested. Finished product will be heavy so knowing the weight will give a clue on freight costs within Australia.

Well done Dave. Looks like a great unit. Might catch up with you and Brett some time. cheers Mike

I really like the Gold Rat foot operated double bilge pump.... but for an old bloke (like me) unsteady on my feet...with buggered knees and irregular balance, I would have to do a modification to operate the pumps with a long handle...making it genuinely "hand operated". Working alone, there...

The rocker used by Yobskin (Gympie Qld) had one hand operated bilge pump which also moved the rocker at the same time it pumped into a spray bar over the sieve. It had a sieve in the top of the cradle and he would stop throw some dirt in the sieve and start pumping/rocking. Didn't seem to be...

This should be OK in Qld as a 'hand operated' device is OK . Still, it is a 'mechanical' pump so some idiot bureaucrat could still find a problem. Well done Gold Rat on the construction. :Y: :perfect: Yobskin in Gympie built a hand operated rocker box years ago that had a bilge pump that...

Like Mackka, I too have been watching this thread for a very long time. The efforts of NAFPA are to be commended but the war was lost a long time ago. Personally I think there is no chance of getting legislation changed and/or getting rules in place that work for everyone. Only hope in NSW...

I have two Angus MacKirk sluices. The large one is the Alaskan and I can fit a sieve into the flare end and throw gravels straight into the sieve. The drop riffle system works great. Agree with Brendomatic about getting a V into the water flow. My small MacKirk is a backpack version known as...

Interesting. In Queensland we are limited to declared fossicking areas that are open to any licenced fossicker. I am aware that if you roll up to a dig site and there are digging tools in a hole....then someone is already there on site and it is courteous NOT to move their stuff and dig the...

If Minelab are going to ask their customers to undertake a survey, least they can do is send same customers a summary of the findings. They have our contact emails so it is not hard. I did a Minelab survey a while ago and heard zip after that.

Macka...your question is a great one and timely...what is Australia Day?. So many people including politicians, members of the media, teachers and social commentators think that 26 January is a celebration of Cook's landing or arrival of the First Fleet. Neither Cook nor the first fleet...

Hi Stephen 123. Pretty sure I can't answer all your questions. Here goes anyway: Yes my two lithium batteries are connected in parallel...that way you get 12 volts but add the Ampere Hours. If you connect 2 X 12V batteries in series you will get 24 Volts. Solar panels should be also connected...

My solar set up relies on two panels connected in parallel one is 200W and the other 110W. There is some loss in overall watts because the system will rely on the lowest voltage of either panel and a combination of amps. When using a mix of solar panels my research says to work it out the...

I will do some testing on my LifePo4 batteries and let you know. I am about to install a battery monitoring system that relies on a shunt with a coulometer (it will measure amps when fully charged and also let me know amps going into and out of the batteries.. I will post my findings. Lithium...

I have just finished a project of converting my 7 X 4 box trailer into a self sufficient camper trailer. I am using LifePo4 100AH batteries times two. I have set it up to charge from solar panels and it also charges via alternator when vehicle is on. Solar and alternator charging at the same...

Thanks Daniel and Jaros

How do we make contact...is there a facebook site or website :D . I am happy to support this Qld business. cheers Mike

Hi Jaros, the unit itself is working well...just a darned line across the screen.