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Advice sought. Vortex mat on bazooka
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<blockquote data-quote="Edi" data-source="post: 538300" data-attributes="member: 9405"><p>Thanks everyone for the ideas. Dustin you are a champion with a wealth of patience and great advice. Although the idea seems a little stupid I have tried the mat and have temporarily clamped it along the sides of the bazooka and it's obviously been a success with the bulk of the gold being collected before it hits the grizzly. Most importantly my gold retention has definitely improved. I've got a few old holes for comparison and whilst you can never be sure the material concentration is similar I'm pretty confident I'm getting more gold per shovel. I've taken to shoveling onto a quarter inch sieve placed on the slick bar and it hasn't slowed things down much. The whole bazooka capture problems I've faced I believe are due to the high proportion of small flat river rocks locally. Replacing the grizzly with a punch plate screen helped a lot. Using the mat has taken my retention to a new level. In hindsight I think for simplicity just using a goldrat 10 or 12 inch sluice would work just as well and certainly be more cost effective. Those bazookas are big bucks and I'm surprised the croc guys couldn't make the business payable. On that note I read codan metal detector sales hit $100m last year. The Golden triangle and west oz goldfields must be getting hammered!!</p><p>Thanks again Dustin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Edi, post: 538300, member: 9405"] Thanks everyone for the ideas. Dustin you are a champion with a wealth of patience and great advice. Although the idea seems a little stupid I have tried the mat and have temporarily clamped it along the sides of the bazooka and it's obviously been a success with the bulk of the gold being collected before it hits the grizzly. Most importantly my gold retention has definitely improved. I've got a few old holes for comparison and whilst you can never be sure the material concentration is similar I'm pretty confident I'm getting more gold per shovel. I've taken to shoveling onto a quarter inch sieve placed on the slick bar and it hasn't slowed things down much. The whole bazooka capture problems I've faced I believe are due to the high proportion of small flat river rocks locally. Replacing the grizzly with a punch plate screen helped a lot. Using the mat has taken my retention to a new level. In hindsight I think for simplicity just using a goldrat 10 or 12 inch sluice would work just as well and certainly be more cost effective. Those bazookas are big bucks and I'm surprised the croc guys couldn't make the business payable. On that note I read codan metal detector sales hit $100m last year. The Golden triangle and west oz goldfields must be getting hammered!! Thanks again Dustin [/QUOTE]
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