Homemade Floating Sluice Experiment | Finding Gold
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2019
- Today we headed back up to the creek to give our homemade floating sluice a test run and find gold. After trying to solve the problem of low water flow in this section of the creek we experimented with a design to float a sluice that was operated with a hand pump.
The sluice ran really well but an issue arose that put an end to the days sluicing operations. For the small time we got to run the floating sluice the results were very good and now we have solved the issue it's ready to head back and suck up some more Australian gold.
Cheers for watching and hope you enjoy from the team at Groty Gold. - Розваги
Bro, 100% mad.
Suggestion is to get rid of that riffled pipe, they cause headaches. $30 from Bunnings you can buy a smooth bore kit.
Thankyou Chris we really appreciate your comment. We walked around Bunnings trying to find the right hose but had no luck, having to deal with imperial measurements in a land of metric measurements is painful sometimes, LOL. Might search Bunnnings online as our local one just may not stock it. Thankyou for the tip. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
@@GrotyGold eBay have smooth bore clear hose.
I was wondering if you watched this video Chris ,it's a great idea
I think Pauly would love this device ,don't you think?
WELL HELLO CHRIS I just said in the comments that PAULY would like this thing cuz he is not allowed to use a regular sluice in BC Canada cuz this thing is FREAKING AWESOME hope everyone is good with this virus going around b safe out there CHRIS AND STEVE AND ALICIA 🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍
Maybe the best diy set-up ever created. Awesome and I will be imitating it STAT. Mad props to you guys down under!!!
Texas...I'm very impressed, and that was just from looking at it.
Texas doesn't have much to offer for looking for gold. 20 minutes and you two got THAT? Really can't wait for round two.
Excellent!!!
That is one slick gadget...!!! Wow 🤩
This looks cool! Great ingenuity! Very light for those of us that don’t want to drag a battery, pump, & sluice box up a trail!
Outstanding guys! Very creative use of handy materials. Great job and thanks for sharing. Enjoy the search!
Thankyou Matt, cheers for watching
What a fantastic idea!! lightweight, and inexpensive, but most important, extremely effective! Bob in Germany
that's what I love about prospecting. been able to think of a idea and then see it work is awsome! i wasn't expecting that much gold. u will be itching to get back there! thanks heeps for the shout out!!! glad you like them
Thats it mate, we had our doubts about it working but it impressed us. We fixed the pump and hopefully we will take back up the creek in the next few days and give it another run. You are very welcome dude, we dig your channel and hope to head down your way in the next few months and look for some Gippsland shiny, would be kool to meet up. The stones are unreal our young fella has been sorting and inspecting them, even took a hole heap of photos of them. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
That is so cool, 10/10 for effort. Can't wait to see the results of a full session
Cheers should be a video out soon.
Truly enjoyed the adventure with the sluicer...
Wow, love your invention! Great clean-up for only 15 minutes!
Thankyou Leigh, we have fixed the pump and looking forward to hitting the creek again and getting stuck into it. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Cheers from gold country in Northern California. This is great! Super lightweight, cost effective and it works. I did something similar but I 3D printed the whole thing. I hated pumping into the bucket and having to tote the bucket around. I also used the flotation noodles for buoyancy. I originally used a corrugated hose. I switched to a smooth hose and maintenance/clog issues were greatly reduced. Great job! Thanks for posting.
Thanks mate, it was a bit of fun to see if it would work Cheers for watching.
Looks like a great way to find archaeological sites in creeks. Thanks for the vid and idea! Happy hunting and finding!
At first I had my doughts but after seeing those pans I'd say that's an awesome idea! Great little pump sluice guys!
We thought she would have sunk once the tailings pan filled up but it surprised us. Looking forward to getting it back in and pumping. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
This is great stuff to watch. My dad gave me pump like this from his Coy carp pond shed. Very resourceful and creative . Keep up the good work.
Thankyou very much, we appreciate it. Cheers for watching, Alicia & Steve
That is incredible!!!! Bless your beautiful hearts!!!! Thank you Soooo Much!!!😊
Thankyou so much Ginger, very kind. Cheers for watching, Alicia & Steve
Great little invention, well done, imagine a weekend away using that device, not just 30mins or 3hrs, hope you find heaps more..... 👍👌
Very creative of you both !!
Thankyou Liz, we like to tinker. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Awesome. Great job
That’s awesome guys great idea thanks for sharing enjoyed watching 👍👍👍👍👍⛏⛏
Thankyou mate, I think sometimes we have too much time on our hands, LOL. We tinker with hotrods and always looking at making different things. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Wow. Great job guys. I applaud your ingenuity. The best challenge any prosector faces is creating equipment for your specific area. Every area is different. You have to become the expert in the area you're working.😁👍 cheers from Massachusetts
Thankyou Joseph, we both have tinkering brains and it always helps out. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Wow you guys, excellent design and idea! I love seeing this kind of stuff, gives me ideas!
Thankyou Jerry, we have been thinking about it for a while but finally got in and made it, so happy we did though. All fixed now and ready for it's second voyage. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
nice interesting design. thats cool! time to watch the rest the video.
Nice design and I like the sluice box and riffle set up. Some nice Australian gold you folks captured. Someday I hope I can visit family I have in Australia and do a lil minin !! Take Care and find lots of gold pockets !
I would be happy with that. Thanks for the vid.
That's pretty sweet! Thanks for sharing your creativity 😁
Thankyou Adam, we had fun testing it out and looking forward to running it again. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Looks like it was working well before pump broke. Will be good to see it have a few hours run time! Can't wait to see the next vid cheers
As soon as we got home we fixed it and looking forward to heading back up and giving it a longer run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Very clever both go with a smooth wall hose, can't wait to see you guys next time.
Thankyou Greg, we have a few leads as to where to buy some that will fit. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great minds think alike, I just watched your cool Frankenstein.. And a few days ago wanting to makea clean up sluice I was at bunnings and got that same gully drain, I also saw that miners moss matt, it seems to look like it will do the job, good to know someone's used the same items with success, glad to know I'm on the right track, Im now going to look to see if u have a update vid on your Frankenstein, good job
Outstanding idea, Great job!
Thankyou mate, it's been on the design table for a while but so happy we decided to build it. Looking forward to her 2nd run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
I'm impressed, great invention guys..... you'll work out the bugs and this sluice will work great for you!!!!!
Cheers Susan and thankyou for watching, Alicia & Steve
Worked pretty good for the area your using it . Nice job looking forward to seeing more
Thankyou Jeff, we were pretty happy with how it ran and we have the pump fixed so going to be heading out with it soon. Fingers crossed for smooth sailing. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Groty Gold Prospecting good luck 🍀
That's a fantastic idea as a hand used dredge. It's brilliant.
Awesome work well done love it
What a brilliant design. Simple but very effective.
Thankyou mate, it's all fixed and ready to hit the creek for it's second run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great invention guys, its cheap, easy to make, light weight and it works
Very cool! Hope you find lots of gold with it. 👍
That’s awesome!!! Good thinking Nice little invention
Thankyou John
Nice one look forward to make a Frankenstein for my self. Thank's for the video
Thankyou mate and have fun making your Frankenstein, it was a fun project to make. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
I'm impressed, you should draw up a set of plans with an actual backpackers sluice and your home made sluice and sell the plans online. I'm sure other will be asking in the future.
Thankyou Andy, sounds like a good idea, cheers for that. Happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Super awesome job. Happy Hunting.
Thankyou mate and Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Well done Guys..👍
Cheers Famo59.👍🤓🍺⛏
One word : GENIUS !
i was thinking of getting that kinda hand pump for if my battery died! Great to see it in action!
Beware dodgy plastic pieces i guess! Cheers from Montreal Canada!
Great set up guys lots of black sand very well done got me thinking now cheers
Thanks mate it was something i had to try out. The black sand is nuts in that creek Cheers Steve.
@@GrotyGold yeah the sands a great clue as to what else is there but a bugger to work good luck mate cheers
That is ingenious!
I can’t wait to see what you get when you put a few hours on it. Thanks for sharing!
The pump is all fixed now and hoping to hit the creek with it in the next few days. Hope we get a few hours of pumping in. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great little project a hand flotation dredge it works that's for sure great job
Thankyou mate, we were quite surprised that it went as well as it did. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Very Nice! Proof of concept!
Thankyou, looking forward to the next run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Really nice little sluice guys, great stuff!
Thankyou mate, we are very happy with it and looking forward to hitting the creek again with it. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
G'day Alicia & Steve. Love your design, straight forward in its approach with a good layout. To be honest I was expecting it to go arse over once the pan at the end filled up with waste. I'm guessing that for most of us, we would have to wait till the end of summer to be able to steal the kids pool noodles and get away with it 😆😆.
If you can replace your existing hose with an internally smooth hose you'll find its easier to work with because you'll obtain higher suction pressure and water velocity with less pumping effort simply because an internally Smooth hose has about 30% less restriction to flow than an internally Corrugated hose. It's the same with airflow through corrugated duct versus smooth duct, pipe or tube.
Thank-you for another top original video 👍.
Thankyou Tim, Steve was lucky I had a few spare, LOL. We thought the pan at the end would make her sink but surprisingly that ring of noodle holds it up. We have had a few suggestions on where to get some smooth hose so hopefully we can get some in the right size. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Congrats ! This video took off fast ! 😎😁🐕👍
It did, it got there fast spun us out how it took off. Thanks mate for watching. Happy hunting Adam & Petey.
you 2 are the best I lmao when I seen the floaty things because that's something I would do🤣 it worked great well done👍
Thanks 👍
Well done on the design guys and all made from stuff you can buy at Bunnings. Nice catch on the shiny stuff for 20 minutes work.
Thanks a bunch!👍
very nice job on the sluice. hope the next outing brings you lots of SHINY! :-)
Super Duper little invention. Register that design guys x
Hi A&S, Thanks for a great idea. Even if some gold gets in the pipe it don't matter you still have it. Dennis
Thats it and you can always pan it out eventually. Cheers Dennis.
You two might be on to something there. I can see some potential in that idea. Cool...😎✌️
Love the concept great idea
Thankyou mate, we were surprised with how well it worked. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great idea 💡. Works really well. Hope 🙏 you get all the bugs out. I think I will build one myself. Thank you for sharing. Maybe you could do a video of the construction of little Frankenstein. Much love ❤.
Thankyou mate, we managed to fix the pump and its ready for its 2nd run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Nice!! i love it. i am going to make one . thanks for sharing.
Thankyou Gary and let us know how you go with your build, cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Wow that’s nice way easier then shoveling and hauling buckets great idea
So much easier then carting buckets, we have a few spots that it will be very handy in. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Nice gold and good idea !
Thankyou Milan and Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
That is genius love it sorry about the pump I’m thinking you got this design ready to try again for sure nice job
Thankyou Karen, we fixed the broken part when we got home so hopefully when we take it back up it will work with out braking again. Just checking if the package arrived yet, we are thinking we will have to resend you another as it seems to be ages since we set it off, i hope customs didnt confiscate it, LOL but you never know. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great little idea I remember the gold dredging days we would get some gold in that rippled pipe.I think if u could get a pipe without the ripple it would be even more efficient enjoy.
Thankyou mate, we have been trying to find the right size that we need we have a big roll of it but its the wrong size. Trying to find American size hose in Australia is a pain, but its got to be out there somewhere. The dredging days would have been awesome, we are a little jealous, LOL. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Well done guys hope your gonna patent that little bad boy !!
It was very recently I found your channel, very fun and informative. Also like the design you have, two things I was thinking about, one that someone mentioned with smooth hose between pump and sluice. And two maybe use a rectagular tube as s,luice instead, I think due to the curvature of the bottom that it is not as effective as a straight bottom. Here in Sweden we have type rectagular ventilation ducts in plastic that are 4x2 inches and very light which could work. Maybe worth a try and I would like to see how it does! Haha. Keep up the nice work!
Great idea, gunna make one. Congrats!
Thankyou mate and have fun with your build, its a great bit of gear. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great idea guys👍👍 looks like it will work well.
Thankyou mate, we were quite surprised with how it worked, we thought it would have sunk after a few minutes, LOL. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
very nice invention . Well done also .
I have one of those pumps, after trying it a few times I put some stainless steel wire across the intake to filter rocks above 1/2" which were always plugging the valves.
Works much better now, except for leaves which still plug it up occasionally.
Cheers and great idea, thanks for sharing, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great video Guys!!!!
Please please do another one with this same setup as I’m very interested to see how it goes!!!.
Also wondering if you’s have a video on making the hand pump dredge as it seemed to work great while it was going..
Cheers
You guys did great in fifteen minutes of pumping for sure...
Go Frankenstein LOL HH jim
Your sluice box is awesome! I'm a new subscriber, sent to you by Metal Pirate Girl! Looking forward to your adventures!
Thankyou Cynthia and we are very sorry for such a late reply, thankyou for following our channel, Metal Pirate Girl rocks and we adore Karin's channel. Cheers for your support, Alicia & Steve
The only thing I can see that might be a problem is every time you pump you are sending a surge of water across riffles which might cause gold loss. It is better to have a consistent flow of water with the sluice being at the appropriate angle. Good job on the design it is more than I have done.
Great idea looks pretty cool I’m sure with a little tweaking you’ll get it working awesome. I give you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻quick easy & items that won’t break your budget. Endless possibilities keep up the awesome ideas 👍🏻be safe & pan on
Thanks 👍
Very nice guys!! Clever, grab yourselves some Dream Mat for that bad boy. 😁
Thankyou Donnie, we had fun making it, a nice piece of Dream mat would be great. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Genial la rampa,me gusto mucho el video.like👍👍😊😊
Saludos desde España
Thankyou so much Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
you kiddos did a awesome job i really enjoyed watching. i wish you 2 all the best may your pan always have gold in it
p.s. if you are like me you had just as much fun building your idea as much as me i built my own equipment as well 3 in suction dredge. getting ready for this season can't wait to get up on the river
Thankyou very much Tony, we had fun building and hoping to get some free time and head back up the creek and give it another go. Hope you have a great season and may your pans be full. Cheers for watching, Alicia & Steve
Cool kit there, good work, hope it fixes up ok and you can refine your idea.
Tc and Happy Hunting my friends
Thankyou and it's all fixed and ready to rock again, just need to find the time, LOL. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
great idea guys.
Thankyou Kevin and Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Hey guys, very inovative of u both it's an awesome idea. Can i make 1 suggestion, u should try using a smooth wall hose so as 2 eliminate having cleaning out aswell thus shorter clean up time. Top work guy's.
This is a great idea good job!!! You guys should try it with a larger hand pump and smooth hose supplying the sluice! you will probably be able to pump the
Material with less effort do to less friction with a smooth hose
Cool little invention 👍
Thankyou Dan and Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Great idea that.. Very impressed guys & girls.. 💛 the hair colour.. Suit's.
Thankyou mate, glad you like the purple too. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Awesome idea dudes and shame that pump broke haha! Looked like heaps of gold in that creek. Doing it with a pump is definitely the go! Can't wait to see the next time you give it a go over a few hours. Have a good week, cheers!
Cheers dude, we reset it with super glue when we got home and it seems to have set really well. Hoping to head back up in the next few days and give it a go for a few hours. Its a great little piece of the creek and the gold is really good too. Thanks for watching, have a great weekend, chat soon.
@@GrotyGold Good one! nothing that glue can't fix. I was thinking maybe a metal o'clamp to reinforce it. Still frankenstein looks awesome and people love it haha! great job on it and definitely on a winner there.
I often thought of doing something like this awesome idea guys
Thankyou Blake, its been on the back burner for a while but super happy we decided to build it. We fixed the pump and looking forward to taking it back up the creek and giving it another run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Parabéns pelo seu vídeo ficou show. feliz 2019
1,450th thumb up. 👍
I got that manual dredge. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. Paid for itself in 2 trips.
8 mins in. That miner's moss matt...😳 Looked like a helluva catcher for fines.
Nice 👍
Brilliant!
Cool cut down on moveable parts and boom a ripper
Would be great in my area with Nevil Jardine of Gold Hunter
Cheers
Crouch
Nice job ! good idea .
Thankyou mate, looking forward to heading back and giving it a longer run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Nice, not bad for 15 minutes. Maiden voyage of the SS Groty 😎
Haha, like the name will have to write it on it. All fixed now and looking forward to its second run. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
Pretty damn cool! Where there's a will there's a way!
That's it, and that beautiful gold is great motivation. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve
WOW THAT FLOATING SLUICE IS AWESOME YOU SHOULD PUT A PATENT ON THAT SLUICE or kickstarter cuz this is brilliant I know a few gold prospectors that can't run a regular sluice in some parts of like Canada Australia or whatever Pioneer Pauly would probably love that thing cuz I know in B.C CANADA he is not allowed to run a regular sluice there SO GET THIS THING GOING ASAP LOL any who till next time 🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍🇨🇦😎👍
Great idea.
Thankyou Thomas and Cheers for watching, Alicia & Steve
You just turned my subscription if this actually works I'm actually going to be impressed even if it doesn't work I'm impressed just to think of that is awesome Bob from Connecticut I already know I'm going to enjoy your Channel that's an innovation I have not seen or even would have thought of thank you God bless you and yours and good luck I hope it works
Thanks for the sub! mate, and yes it works if you have a strong arm for pumping it can go all day. Cheers Bob.
gives you a good work out
Nice coloring guys
Looks good 👍
Thanks 👍
Steve’s an ideas man😆 cool setup guys your going to do well next time🤙 thanks for sharing
Cheers
Steve ⚒👍🏻
LOL, It must be something most Steve's have in common. She is all fixed and ready to get back to sucking. Cheers for watching, happy hunting Alicia & Steve