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Hello everyone! I just joined Treasurenet finally, I have read probably a dozen or more threads just searching google for different gold related things... My name's Ben, I live in WI which isn't great for gold mining I know.. But I will hopefully be doing some traveling this year.
Anyways, I am a newer prospector and have a Keene A52 Sluice box being shipped to my house as we speak. The question I have for all you knowledgeable folks who have used the A52 before is this, what kind of setup have you found works best for the A52 particularly for catching FINE gold? Does the stock green carpet with the hungarian and large riffles work just fine? Or should I spend the money and get some miner's moss? Any other setup ideas that you would suggest, please let me know! I plan on using it here in WI a lot, mostly for practice setting flow cleaning up etc. before I go somewhere with good gold. I want to be a pro at it, but I also want to be using the best system for this area. It should be here monday and I'm going to take it out the minute I get it even in this freezing snowy weather, I'm too excited!
Also, any of you WI folk know of any good areas, I'd love to hear it. I have some ideas on where I want to go so PM me and we can share ideas.
Thanks alot!
--Ben


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I've got the A51 keene sluice and it works good on the fine gold, I'm in Indiana so the gold here is the fine glacial gold and the carpet works good. HH




Good to know, thanks for the reply!!




Went panning on the Menomonee River today in Menomonee Falls... freezing cold the ground was too solid... I dug a little behind some bedrock in the stream and found a whole lot of black sand and no gold.Can't wait to try Arkansas next week!




BG,
The wash down bucket is important, a classic 5 gallon bucket works BUT the A 52 will not go all the way down into it and this can cause the bucket to crack. I purchased a rectangular about 5 gallon bucket at a large hardware store and my A52 goes all the way to the bottom of the bucket no problem.
With water just breaking over the top of the riffles and the sluice box level you should have a pattern form as the water goes down the sluice. At the entrance you will have a "V" form as the V gets to its point it will start making an upside down V that will then make another V or you will have the first V and then it will look like X's. When you have this pattern the box is setup properly.Here's the A52 in the rectangular Recycle Bucket. Fill it at least half full before standing the sluice box up in the bucket as the weight of the water will help to keep the entire thing from falling over. Winds have something to say about this as well. I used some light rope for a handle on my blue bucket. Best of luck............63bkpkr
I added two crossbars at the flare of my A52. The lower one comes in handy as a handle for picking the box up out of the river. It makes a good handle helping to keep control when lifting the box with water in it and adds stability when walking the sluice back over slippery boulders to the bankside for cleanups. Putting a hold down rock at about the mid point of the A 52 helps to keep the river from washing it away.
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Hi BG and welcome.Being a Viking Fan and You probably a CheeseHead I really shouldn't give you any help but I will. LOL! Every thing 63 said is good info and dead on. You have purchased a very versitile and reliable sluice. It will catch fine gold very well and it is sturdy. I have been using one for years and like it very much. It is versitile because you can get conversion kits to change it into a highbanker or a dredge with out spending too much more money. I would suggest buying the adjustable legs for it. Then you can set up in deeper water if you need to.
Good Luck!
B H Prospector



When dealing with miniscule glacial gold preclassification really increases your recovery,1/2" works kust fine,some folks even down to 1/4". A little more work but just do it and see for yourself as proven by you for you always best-John

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