That's so awesome! I really love your videos too! I got the gold kruzer after I saw the one where you compared it to the monster
@Aaron_Hanson Жыл бұрын
You really do get around Chris 😂🇦🇺🍻
@benmartin57142 ай бұрын
I appreciate DIY at low $. Great vid!
@goldnoob2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Goldhunter7769 Жыл бұрын
Lol awesome video man. New sub here and I’ll tell you your production value is great. Your channel will blow up!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@buffalokrisgoldprospecting Жыл бұрын
Great job on the build.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kris!
@leonkellerhuis3642Ай бұрын
For support try using slips from heating duct on the sides and bottom
@goldnoobАй бұрын
That's a really great idea, thanks!
@AnArmAndAGreg3 ай бұрын
Great video.
@goldnoob3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@GSProspecting Жыл бұрын
Loads of great info fam. Great job all around. Keep on having fun and living the dream. Gold Squad Out!!!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Always! You're the best dude
@michaelclark6610 Жыл бұрын
I was looking for something like this! Love that you didn’t cut out the part where the sluice fell into the bucket and how crafty you were when bending the material. I’ve seen some small short sluices for fine gold recovery online. It looked like a rain gutter, small fish pond pump and black rubber ribbing. I was going to try something like that for circulating sand I pick up while traveling but haven’t made the jump because it was almost $75! I’ll definitely be trying this but maybe with a thicker sheet metal or adding wood support on the bottom using homedepot yard sticks or other stuff.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Those are some great ideas! One thing I didn't mention in the video is that I was looking to sell these for $10. If you make it yourself it's only like $6 per sluice, but you can't buy any of it small enough for just one. Besides even if you could it would drive the cost up.. My ultimate takeaway was that the sluices you buy online, I suppose, are really truly worth what you pay for them. I'm just trying to come up with somethign that's .. I dunno, like a paper cup disposable version LOL
@LoneStarGoldProspecting Жыл бұрын
Excellent prototype for the price! As it sits, it's definitely a good value. I like your diy metal brake for the diy sluice! And the intro had me cracking up and also nodding in agreement! Like the above comment said, great production value! Keep it up! Now my 2 cents' (which should be taken with a grain of Llano fly poop) I wonder if the matting would benefit from the fabric being looser and more porous, and if a wire brush could be used to accomplish this with what you already have? Idk how rigid the fabric is, but I imagine if its compacted pretty tightly, then then surface tension and agitation would benefit from having a more porous surface to catch more heavies on top and in between the riffles/ridges as well. Experiment with different folds and bends and you can definitely accomplish the rigidity you're wanting. Maybe using a 1/4inch lip bending outwards on all sides of the sheet metal (once cut into the size you're wanting) before bending the sides and flare would aid in that? *Edit* if you did incorporate some type of lower ridge, into the bottom or bottom edges. You could use JB water weld to seal the lip from particles settling into it, and add rigidity at the same time. I used some to bond and reinforce a header box I made and its held up awesome for two years. Either way, great build, great video! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your suggestions! I want to find some way to curl the top edges, but the main thing is the bottom.. Well, now you got me thinking.. I could put a keel type bend right up the middle, but I'd lose width.. The carpet itself is too thick and soft. I wouldn't be surprised if there's still lead stuck in the fibers, but besides that my water flow, the fact that I dropped the sluice itself, the angle - there was a ton of stuff that contributed to the bad recovery. I just don't have a rig to properly test. Thank you so much for such a detailed comment!! I really appreciate conversation about this stuff
@LoneStarGoldProspecting Жыл бұрын
@@goldnoob you're definitely onto something! I couldn't even build my clean up sluice for $20-30. 40% recovery in a $10 sluice is better than no recovery and no sluice at all! You'll get those numbers where you want them! And besides, DIY is how the old timers started this great tradition. And we ALL know someone who has spent too much on sluices (its me, I'm guilty😂) One day, we might be telling folks how we witnessed your rise to fame as you become a household name like Keene or Minelab. Dream big! You can do this!
@GoldFeverAdventures Жыл бұрын
Nice Job!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
OMG Jack thank you so much!!! I love your videos and took a ton of inspiration from you when I made this one! Thank you!
@justsluiceit Жыл бұрын
Love DIY Just Sluice It !!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ToddVargo-pf9nc Жыл бұрын
As a recent machinist...I can appreciate what you were trying to do here. 👍
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
What kind of machining did you do? I worked on Brown & Sharpe single spindle screw machines
@ToddVargo-pf9nc Жыл бұрын
@@goldnoob Well...here goes it...I'll try and keep it short. I'm a 3rd generation machinist. Worked next to my father and grandfather growing up. I started sweeping at age 9...saw/deburr age 11....was reading mics at 13 and full on mill hand by 15. That was before cnc...all manual....mill saw lathe and grinding. That was down by Detroit. Then The folks moved up here to Wisconsin while I shifted to landscaping in Detroit. Fast forward to 2007 and what my folks built up here was a world of difference. I moved here and learned cnc. After and intense couple years I was able to work independent from print to product. We became iso and aerospace certified. We also built a 2nd location around a giant boring mill. That became my baby and I also managed that building. Without to much detail (NDA) I 3D machined some large naval ship components. With all of that said I needed a break...which I am using to start all Gold and silver related hobbies.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
That's an awesome story!
@WildKatProspecting Жыл бұрын
I love this and was so hoping on a $20 sluice! I like the concept. I just wonder if you add some sort of support on the bottom if that would make it less flimsy??
@justsluiceit Жыл бұрын
RPE all the way
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Do you have a model that goes for $10? Last I checked, it was $40
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Kathleen, I have a few things I'm thinking about.. like a little bridge thing over the top and i think the riffles will firm it up. But adding stuff bumps the cost up
@justsluiceit Жыл бұрын
@@goldnoob no but I have a video that showed you how to make one out of a window shutter
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Cool! Would you mind commenting with a link to it here?
@danhodgins4015 Жыл бұрын
Dollar store ribbed carpet might surprise you with its gold capture ability. With smooth and even laminar flow (unlike the scouring flow you had), a moderate feed rate and a damper flap, the capture rate for gold is extremely good - probably 100% of the coarse gold, and 85% capture down to 200 mesh. Tip - a 12 inch wide x 36 inch length plastic boot tray is $3 from the Dollar Store and is much more rigid than that aluminum you are using. Just saw the bottom and top of the boot tray horizontally to turn it into a river sluice. Good stuff!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
I found the dollar store rug literally 5 minutes after getting the other thing! I'll definitely look at that for the next one. I'll see if I can find that boot thing
@tjsmith3060 Жыл бұрын
6 inch ribbed drain tile. Cut it in half and then you have 2 sluices.😊
@FlourgoldWizards Жыл бұрын
Diy built America 😃✅✅✅✅
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
It sure did!
@prospectpat4 ай бұрын
This is excellent, although we need to send ya some gold to run through it! Haha. You left us with a bit of suspense when you chose such light material for your metal, but it stayed put in the river! Well done man.
@goldnoob4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@goldpanningDutchmanjacco Жыл бұрын
🎉
@Deepwoodsjoe2 ай бұрын
Try a heating and air sheet metal is a little more durable and the cost is right.
@goldnoob2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tip! Any idea where I might find that?
@leefoster4133 Жыл бұрын
Re-enforce the structure at the top with bars/etc so it would hold the form better. Don't use carpet as it's not good for this but get the proper mats. Also, I don't think you can get away with a 10 AUD version of it. Just not going to happen. I have a design in my head that I would make but am so far away from gold country isn't not funny. But I would set up three sluices that perform different functions if I could do it. First one removes the magnetics from the flow by using neodymium going across the sluice. There would be about 8 or so magnets to capture the magnetics. Yes, you could trap gold there but in order for it to trap it; it would have to have iron in it. Else it will go to the second one. Because it will add as ridges to trap small gold. You can dump sluice one into a cons bucket and go through it later. Plus it makes it easier on the second and third as you will have have to deal with the black sands. The second one will remove anything that is 1/16 in and above. Some like to capture gems as they go and it will row off and allowing the under 1/16 in to continue to the third. The third is the last chance capture of gold prior to running off. This entire system is feed by a trammel that is connected to the first one. For me this would work as I would process the raw gold into refined gold as am more interested in the refinement bit of it. The black sands at a given stage of the process would remove gold from the solution and take iron into the solution.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Great ideas but it would make the sluice another of hundreds of products that cost $100. It's funny you mention not being near any gold - I'm in North Texas and the nearest gold is hundreds of miles away. I thought this challenge would make for interesting videos and let people with extremely low budgets see how they might be about get into the hobby.
@bkgold9968 Жыл бұрын
I definitely need a good sluice
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
I have upgrades planned for this one
@RobW-AU Жыл бұрын
I think you could improve the recovery with some expanded mesh over the top
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Yup. I plan to add miner's moss, expanded metal and riffles
@killmimes Жыл бұрын
Since you have more flashing, use a hole punch and make your own expanded metal to go over your mat... up the gold recovery
@Aaron_Hanson Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could do a few more design tweaks to help with the rigidity. I’m thinking maybe single piece but double layered and some sort of hammered ribs running length ways? Maybe a less flexible light weight material in between layers? Folded edges to help hold its form? I really love the fact that you’re trying to show people that it really doesn’t take a genius, a master craftsmen or hundreds of dollars to get into the hobby of prospecting! Awesome job mate, cheers from Australia 🍻🍻🇦🇺
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your thoughts!
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
I was trying to be quick yesterday but I wanted you to know I'm seriously thinking through your suggestions
@allen_p Жыл бұрын
Not done with the video, but I was thinking of a plastic, paint roller tray with the textured shelf liner material. Wally World has, EasyLiner Select Grip 12 in. x 10 ft. Shelf Liner, Black. I would cut the end wall of the tray shorter and maybe screw some washer on bottom to give some weight.
@AquaDonkeyProspecting4 ай бұрын
Seems like you spent more than 10 dollars😂 Nicely done though❤🎉🎉❤
@goldnoob4 ай бұрын
Lol! Well, in truth the $10 number is what I intended to sell them for
@terrienhumain672314 күн бұрын
Your sluice box could work much better if you used it properly: the current is way too strong. I do not know if you are using this tool often but with that fast water flow in that amount, it is surprising that you got 40% back. I doubt your skills but trust your ingeniousness :)
@goldnoob13 күн бұрын
I have never used a river sluice in my life lol! There's no gold in Texas, so there's never been a need. The one claim I've been to was in New Mexico where I took buckets of dirt and ran them through a highbanker If I send you this thing, I would absolutely love it if you tested it on camera and sent me the video! I don't care if you say it's horrible lol, my whole thing is telling the god's honest truth
@terrienhumain672313 күн бұрын
@@goldnoob I will build mine similar to yours. Thank you very much for idea.
@goldnoob13 күн бұрын
That's awesome!! I'd love to see a video of your efforts!
@terrienhumain672313 күн бұрын
@@goldnoob next spring I'll have it done ready to go, maybe faster but it is big and will only use it next year.
@goldnoob13 күн бұрын
Sounds super awesome!!
@jamiebarry1974Ай бұрын
Buy a piece of plywood, attach it to the bottom of the sluice
@goldnoobАй бұрын
Wouldn't it float?
@gmm55503 ай бұрын
making a "$10 sluice" with equipment worth 1000$...ok...i made a wooden one to my son from old wood frame packing materials from a fridge with a hammer saw some nails and 40 yr old old moldy mat from the cellar
@goldnoob3 ай бұрын
You may be thinking of somebody else's video lol. I used a $40 circular saw, a $3 2x4, and a broken fence picket
@MountaineerMichael3 ай бұрын
Did you buy the rubber back rug? Cause those aren't cheap in my area and besides the needed saw. Pretty nice build, what's your total price? Take care. ✌
@goldnoob3 ай бұрын
I did use the rubber backed rug for my first sluice. It absorbed water and helped it stick to the riverbed, but yeah, I needed to bring the proce down. My second sluice (there's a new video on that one) I used marine carpet which was MUCH cheaper, but it didn't weigh the sluice down so it tended to get away from me.
@paulsmith2105 Жыл бұрын
My problem is the gold note the sluice lol
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
LOL!!! Me too brother
@royjohnson465 Жыл бұрын
Buy a cheap lightweight plastic sluice from Geo Sluice Mining.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
I'll check it out!
@royjohnson465 Жыл бұрын
@@goldnoob Yes, Geo Sluice Mining (in Oklahoma) has both plastic highbankers “and” river sluices. In both drop riffles “and” dual-ramp or 2-step riffles in the Le Trap and Le Trap Mini. I love the large size Le Trap, it is very, very good at catching fine flour glacial gold, famous, and has been around since the 1980’s is when I purchased one about 37 years ago. A disadvantage is it needs even water flow and no surging (no start-stop-start) of water which blows out gold. >>But the drop riffle plastic sluices withstand surging better I think.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@bartbley1269 Жыл бұрын
You get what you pay for.
@goldnoob Жыл бұрын
Naturally, but sometimes one can't pay for what they want. In those cases, something - anything - is better than nothing at all.
@dickie80153 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, but in what universe does this add up to $10? That roll of flashing is $25. The saw, clamps, wood, etc were not free. This is much closer to $100 or more than it is $10. Thanks for the false advertising click bait title. Great idea and design. Just be more honest with the title. Maybe say, DIY Sluice box for $100 or less, instead of $10.
@goldnoob3 ай бұрын
Hi, thank you for your interest! This video series documents my attempts to design a sluice that I can sell for $10. That said, I bought a roll of flashing for $25, but it's 10 feet long, making the amount I used for this project $2.50 The matting is similarly inexpensive. I'd like to put these up for sale, but there are still some issues I need to work through. As far as tooling, no project instructions ever include the cost of tools. Recipes don't include bowls and ovens in ingredient lists, etc. That said, I don't use any specialized tools or tools that require special skill. In fact I don't have any diy skill or tools at all myself, having to buy them all and learn how to use them as I go. If you were to use the method I demonstrated here, the end product would only consume less than $10 of materials. There are ways of getting smaller pieces, such as talking to contractors and buying scraps from them, etc. Meanwhile if you're interested in a sluice in the short term, I absolutely shouldn't mind selling you the prototype I made in the video for $10. You can contact me at goldnoobvideos@gmail.com
@dickie80153 ай бұрын
@goldnoob hmm. Wonder what shipping would cost for such an item. I'm sure, if it's not too much, you could get some business going. People closest to you would be your best customer base. Also curious, how it would hold up to the many careless people whose hands this passes through during transportation.
@usarian3 ай бұрын
@@dickie8015last time I shipped one it was less than $10 for shipping. They're light but they have to go in a box that accommodates the size. I do use corrugated cardboard though so there's no opportunity for damage. But you're absolutely right that the thing is not rugged at all.