Also, didnt have a straight river flow, i tried to do an angle because of how limited i was to rocks to secure it. I didnt have proper pitch and rocks gummed up at beginning of skid. Come home and review what i did wrong. I love it. Thank you. I waited so long to get one. I am excited to try again.
A perfect V on the skid plate is indeed nice but, the GMGT's are forgiving if they aren't perfect. If the fluidization is good in the capture tray, you are good to go.
I own the smallest bazooka gold trap. Great size for back pack and lug everywhere. However, while in Ohio gold prospecting at a low flow river, I found it was blowing all the small gold out the tail end. I made a video about it Vickie and Ryan Gold Adventures, not a plug just so u can see what I did wrong. So I ended up putting my banjo pan with a dream mat in it under the outflow of my little bazooka and found a lot of blown out gold in the banjo pan sluice. I have not felt good safe using it since. I used to believe it was gold blow proof getting all pounded down to the bottom of the tray, but I was wrong. Who knows how much gold I've lost using it wrong. Thank you for the demo. I Wish I could find someone to trade my Bazooka in for a clear Vermont made one so I can see inside, love that clear plastic. It's like watching laundry wash through a clear door. Fascinating. Another reason I would like to trade my Bazooka for a Vermont, is every time I have to pull the whole thing out of my rock cradle it took me forever to make just for good water flow, is a nightmare to try to reposition it in just the same spot after emptying it. With the Vermont, that small removable tray is the perfect testing for gold piece of the entire sluice. Anyone who wants to barter a small back pack size bazooka for a Vermont made one I'm open for a trade. Size is not important. That little clear sliding tray for me IS. Love these, and since I live in Maine I got to get me one. Sorry I missed meeting you at the Vermont Awoooo meet and dig. I looked for you. Was kind of lost amongst all the good mining folks. Hard to recognize people in the dark. One day soon, I'll be buying me one.
Sadly Vickie I did see you at the dig but didn’t know it was you until well after the fact in a conversation I had with one of the folks that were there. I was a bit bummed after that conversation! I went and watched your video. Left you a comment. I see you have several on Tunnel Brook as well. I’ve been there a few times!
That was a nice short trip indeed...good gold for a quick dig 😉. Plus nice little do and don't segment...I like it...Sorry you couldn't ship though...hopefully this thing will blow over soon and our countries can get back to normal as it were...You take care and have a great day 👍.
Many are wondering if this is the start of the new norm. Let's face it, after 9/11 things changed. And you can believe this, THEY Never let a good crisis go to waist.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap No I can say that they don't...always someone capitalizing on them indeed...Though it will be nice for things to simmer down to a low rolling boil for a while.
I love how u respond to people im going to buy one of your sluices it seems like fluid bed is where its at cant wait to get at this left hand canyon gold it seems like u can move a hell of a lot of dirt
And here we are! So sorry for the delayed response. I do my best to respond to everyone but, RU-vid fails to send All comment notifications. Your about to get a mention in my Sorry Video shortly. Thank you for your kind words.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap I have a few different pieces of equipment, but the by far, the fluid bed sluice is the way to go, besides a highbanker and bigger. You can process so much more material than a old school sluice. Good hunting brother.
I can really use such a video now. Very well shown👍🏻. Thanks for that, Joseph🙏🏼. I just noticed that I put too much material in my FB at once. Stay healthy my friend, greetings to Vermont. Rafi✌🏻
Thanks Joseph! Great tips. Can’t wait to get back home to use my 3 footer. My brother in law has been using it lately. He says it fits perfect on the front cargo area of our kayaks, and he’s gotten some really good gold with it. A lot easier and more efficient than our old Keene.
That's awesome Bob! It does work well providing it's used properly. Nothing on the market, mine included, has a 100% capture rate. But, we can dial it in and capture more if we treat it right and let it tell us what it likes. In time it becomes second nature in any set up scenario. At least it is for me. Thanks Bob!
Awesome video describing the ins and outs. It’s always good to see you getting out on the river. Looking forward to seeing you in person again soon......!!!!
You will also get instructions in the package. The one thing I failed to put on them is, (When your storing / not using the gold trap, leave the pin out.) This way the foam seal wall doesn't get smushed and always stays firm.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap I know right! My gold field is 80 miles one way and I still don't know if things are thawed out there. But I'm going to go check.
I had a black bazooka but it melted in a camping accident. I'd love a 2' clear GMGT for the Scottish and Welsh gold we hunt down. Many thanks, Robert 😁👍🍻⛏🇬🇧
That's some really nice looking shiny gold Brother. That's an Awesome piece of equipment you made Brother. You are in a beautiful spot to prospect at. Thank you for sharing Brother. Keep doing what you are doing and have a great and blessed day Brother.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap AMEN Brother. I pray this passes quickly and those who are not yet believers of God that they will be soon. I pray you and your family stay safe and healthy Brother. God bless you. Keep doing what you are doing and have a great and blessed day Brother.
My opinion is erelevant. It's the opinion of my many customers that really counts. I just wish more of them would take the time to leave customer reviews on the web site. Thanks for your thoughts.
I see it captures small gold pretty well how does it do on quite a bit of 100 to 200 mesh gold The creek i work on has an abundance of that size gold? Really need one of these🤠
One of the rivers I work is much the same in spots and it works very well. But I prefer my customers do the bragging. On the web site www.greenmountaingoldtrap.com you can look at reviews from customers by clicking on both models. To the right of the picture you will see something to click on by the stars to get into those reviews. Thanks Stephen.
Very nice vid joe, confirms the way I use it and even a few extra tips. Not sure when we are going to get started this year. Back surgery went well and I am ready to go,
Thanks James. I could have started prospecting 32 years ago but, when invited I laughed and kept partying like a dumb ass. Didn't get into it until 2012. Started developing the GMGT's in 2015 but, didn't have any intentions of a patent. It was a suggestion made to me by a state geologist who saw the first one I made. And it was a clunker and weighed a ton but, it worked great.
That sucks. Sadly, it will probably come to that everywhere, and I'm not liking that idea one bit. I understand it but, don't like it. You stay safe as well Jeff.
Hi Joseph from ireland. Quick question should the pipes be visible at all times and if they get covered completely with material is the box over full and gets too compacted to stratisfy. In short when should you do a clean out.
Hello Brendan, thanks for your question! While feeding the gold trap the pipes will cover over. The white tubes and walls assist the user in feed rate. After shoveling material onto the skid plate, I watch for the top of the front wall or the tubes to know when to shovel more onto the skid plate. In good flow this will have taken place before you can get you're next shovel full ready. As for the material inside the capture tray getting compacted, this can take place only when it is left unattended for 15 minuets or longer. It has to be kept active. Other wise, the heavies inside the capture tray will puzzle together as I like to put it. As long as it's kept active and you have the patience to keep going without doing a clean out, you can run material all day long. Hope this helped😁 Joseph
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap Sounds good. We were on the 300 level, exploring the versatility of the GMGT's, and working on material for the 400 level??? We got permission to work a historic claim between Idaho Springs and Denver. Hopefully it will provide some opportunities to get some amazing video. Stay tuned, as I'm sure Dingus & Eva will appear again soon!
You will get it Vicki! Just remember, the pitch is based on water velocity. So with that said, it's almost always different. The best thing to do is get used to what needs to be taking place in the capture tray. That determines the pitch needed for all situations.
Itd be realluly nice if it was built large enough to accomodate a full size shovel scoop...i 100% love the desighn....but digging w that tiny spoon and shovel handle seems like it would take 8 hrs to dig a large hole to get near bedrock.
Thanks for the complement on the design! As for the rest, I'm not too sure I'm following you Bill or, maybe your joking! But if not, allow me to fill you in. During the testing stage, myself and two other people worked together feeding the 3' Riverbed hog for 8 hours only taking short breaks. I prefer the small shovel that you call a spoon because it does far better than a #2 shovel in tight spots. As for how much can be moved, I run over two yards a day by myself. Which is the reason I was nicknamed the human backhoe. The other down fall to using a #2 shovel is you would be over feeding the capture tray. With a clear design we can now gain greater understanding as to how a fluid bed works. All the others to date on the market were black abs plastic therefore we couldn't see what was taking place within the capture tray. So the misinformation of plopping full shovel fulls on thew skid plate was just that, misinformation. Eventually, once I get the needed cnc router, I will offer custom sizes. I myself want to have a go at a large version as well. But I will need a bucket loader to feed the monster! 🤣
Is this Joseph that I was just talking to Couldn't find you on messenger, can you please tell me what picture is on there and what it says with your name so I can relocate it, Also just watched another of your vids , you handle your spade over your trap with the skills of a samurai my friend Gary from New Zealand 🥝
Gary! Yes, you found me! Now I know that I have messaged the wrong person on messenger and sent them a friend request after asking if he is a Fossiker🤣 See the picture here, it's the same on FB and messenger. Joseph John / or / Green Mountain Gold Trap Are you wingknutt?
You don't demonstrate what angle to run the sluice , nor say how much water is needed. Is it possible to run your sluice beside a large pool of using a water pump like a highbanker can ?
Sorry Mohammed. I don't speak of what angle because it all depends on water velocity. Every location = a different scenario. That's where Clear comes in handy. Set it up, prime the capture tray and let it tell you if it's set up properly. As for running it with a pump like a highbanker, you can indeed. Go to Ed Marvin's channel (Flash In Your Pan). He has two or three videos posted on how he converted his 23" Pay Streak Finder. In the future I will be coming up with something better as an add on package both for a highbanker and dredge set up.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap Thanks , I'll go watch your mates tapes and see how he went. Many of the creeks in Victoria (Australia) have very little flow , if any , for much of the year
@@mohammednovalija The only remedy for that is building a dam to get elevation and drop, which does work using gravity. But to be honest with you, my gold traps work best with velocity.
@@GreenMountainGoldTrap It's all good. Where I am I won't find gold any larger than 1/8 so I put perforated punch plate over the whole sluice. It adds weight but I don't have to worry about classifying - ever. Put the punch plate 1/2" above my mats and I can just shovel it in where I am. Fast water. Less back breaking working with 5 gallon buckets.
@@ddeboy002 Nice! I've seen others do that as well. Way to go and, it works well. I'm headed back out now. Lets see what I get with the gold trap. Coming soon in my next video. It really does keep the Pixi Dust.
