My brother wants to start Gold prospecting with a sleuce, would like advice please

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My brother is interested in prospecting for gold. He has no experience.

Anyway, he has identified a sleuce box he wants to try and plans on going to the South Fork of the American River or Merced River, here in California.

Before he starts spending money on equipment, I was wondering if anyone has advice for him? i.e. brand and type of sleuce box, minimal equipment, avoiding claim sites and etc...
I know he will need at least a sleuce box, shovel and a bucket...not to mention his brain and some knowledge on where to find gold.

Thanks for your input, it's greatly appreciated.

-Joanne

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Today, 10:00 AM#2calisdad Sep 2010Groveland, CA801 146 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

What timing. There's a Gold & Treasure Expo this weekend at the fairgrounds in Turlock. I'm sure he'll get all the friendly advice he needs: GPAA Gold & Treasure Expo - Goldshow Articles

enjoy-

Reply With Quote Today, 10:43 AM#3Lanny in AB Apr 2003AlbertaVarious Minelabs(5000, 2100, X-Terra 705), Falcon MD20, and the Tesoro Sand Shark for sniping underwater on dredged bedrock.2,206 301 times Metal detecting for gold and dredging.

Originally Posted by EmptyPocketsMy brother is interested in prospecting for gold. He has no experience.

Anyway, he has identified a sleuce box he wants to try and plans on going to the South Fork of the American River or Merced River, here in California.

Before he starts spending money on equipment, I was wondering if anyone has advice for him? i.e. brand and type of sleuce box, minimal equipment, avoiding claim sites and etc...
I know he will need at least a sleuce box, shovel and a bucket...not to mention his brain and some knowledge on where to find gold.

Thanks for your input, it's greatly appreciated.

-JoanneSince he's a green rookie,

Pick a sluice that has a frame that holds it firmly in place or one that is able to be weighted in such a way so that it won't go rocketing down the stream on him.

I'd suggest you watch some youtube videos on stream or river sluices to get an idea of what I'm talking about, and have him watch some videos as well.

I started a thread on here somewhere about gold panning that has some great links as well--I'll see if I can find it later today and I'll post the link on here for you.

All the best,

Lanny
Bedrock and Gold: The mysteries . . .

Nothin' quite as fun as chasin' sassy gold!

Reply With Quote Today, 12:49 PM#4TheNewCatfish Mar 2011241 50 times

Sluices are tricky and darn hard to set up proper. Every situation is different. Videos on the internet won't help much in the field. Best bet is to partner up with an Ole' Timer and learn from him. If he does go to the Expo, try to convince him to leave his money in his pocket, and concentrate on making contacts instead. That would be a good start.

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