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Dream mat to classify or not to classify
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<blockquote data-quote="Anolphart" data-source="post: 399752" data-attributes="member: 11434"><p>I bought an 8 Gold Rat sluice that uses the dream mat several months ago and have used it a couple of times in a local river. Whilst there has been gold mining and dredging activity in the area in years gone by, its not a high yielding river, however the Rat has caught some gold there and I am pleased with its performance.</p><p></p><p>My normal procedure is to classify the material prior to feeding it through the sluice, but the other day I experimented by feeding 3 buckets of unclassified material straight through the sluice and the returns appeared to be no less productive than when I had classified them. The unclassified material contained some golf ball sized rocks which were washed down the dream mat and spat out without too much trouble. Occasionally an odd shaped rock would jam, but for the most part it seemed to work quite well. I guess on hindsight I should have tested the tailings to see whether I had lost any gold but I was wondering what you guys do. Do you classify your material when using the dream mat?</p><p></p><p>PS; I might add that I had not altered the angle nor the volume of water flowing through the sluice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anolphart, post: 399752, member: 11434"] I bought an 8 Gold Rat sluice that uses the dream mat several months ago and have used it a couple of times in a local river. Whilst there has been gold mining and dredging activity in the area in years gone by, its not a high yielding river, however the Rat has caught some gold there and I am pleased with its performance. My normal procedure is to classify the material prior to feeding it through the sluice, but the other day I experimented by feeding 3 buckets of unclassified material straight through the sluice and the returns appeared to be no less productive than when I had classified them. The unclassified material contained some golf ball sized rocks which were washed down the dream mat and spat out without too much trouble. Occasionally an odd shaped rock would jam, but for the most part it seemed to work quite well. I guess on hindsight I should have tested the tailings to see whether I had lost any gold but I was wondering what you guys do. Do you classify your material when using the dream mat? PS; I might add that I had not altered the angle nor the volume of water flowing through the sluice. [/QUOTE]
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