Well looks like you did it again another great product and video. It's a real honor and privilege for you to let us in to you life and mind,kinda like hanging out with family thanks and prospect on.
Wow what a great comment so glad you like what I do. I feel like I have made a lot of new friend since I started this channel. You take care and thank you for watching.
It's great that contraption.who needs fancy shiny metal to do the job.I reckon lodes of people will see your inventions and be able to do what you do because they can't afford a machine.👍
Thank you I think you are right I can see that from some of the comments I think it proves you don't have to spend a ton of money to get something that works.
I've been cutting and riveting everything in my back yard as a DIY challenge to not spend a crazy amount on a recirculating high banker. The sluice was easy enough as i took the sheet metal covering of an old fridge but who knew the big white 20litre bucket i sometimes sit on to pan was the answer for the top piece lol. Your channel after a quick glance looks like a wealth of information so i'm making some popcorn, grabbing a beer and settling in for some education. Cheers 😀👍
Great job. Don’t worry about the nay-sayers, “necessity is the mother of invention”! You have the ingenuity and intelligence to think of new things and build em. Keep on doing what you do, it’s inspirational. Great idea!
KCD....Keep Costs Down used to be my dad's mantra, and boy you always hit the nail on the head! I really like how this works, and one of the best things you have taught me was to quit wasting time drilling holes in my spray bars, all they do is catch junk and plug up! Thanks again for sharing and best of luck.....
Thank you Ken That is a great saying and yes this one was low cost for sure. I never got the spay bars to work either I think you can accomplish the same thing with pressure and water flow. Take care and thanks for watching.
Dude that’s so cool the manager hooked you up with that metal shelf/screen! It’s perfect and they could have easily asked for some dough. If they still work there, you should totally go back with a little vile of some shiny from your custom high banker! 😂
Very very cool?! I just bought land with a creek on it and I want to try panning it. As a newbie I can't afford thousand dollars for a whole rig. Got a pan a sluice box and a stand and I'm gonna try out you design idea if you don't mind to see what's in there after a few hundred pounds of materials. Great video I subscribed!!! Keep them COMING!!!
Great build adjust angle of 5gallon as well keep hands out of water means you stay dry and can run longer in cold weather love it i made one simliar with smaller square buckets all slides together easy for packing into dig site
I agree it needs some fine tuning and if I get a chance to get out again it will be cold. I can see the square buckets working well as well . Than you for watching.
Thanks for sharing this Alan. I had a chance to run a $600 Gold Hog with a destruction chamber and it worked well but I have to say your machine works quite a bit better ! Like your ideas and inventions and wish you luck out there in the goldfields !
Thank you Mike I am headed out to day to give it a try in the field I think once I get it dialed in it will work just as good if not better than most high bankers on the market.Thanks for watching.
Thats a good idea i am in the process of collecting gold equipment and your bucket idea is perfect for me too use as a starter for finding gold thanks and keep up he good work
One observation of your Bucket Blaster, I recon if you heated the spray nozzle and made a fan type spray it would cover more of the bucket, and wash more material. Thumbs up. You've Done It Again. Robert, "from down under"
Thanks Robert I think I like the water flow just the way it is if I make a spray out the nozzle I think I would lose a lot of the pressure. Thanks for watching.
A(u) Robertson....lol ...very nice setup ya got there ...always making things better and better.....love the interchangeable parts idea....thank you for all you do and share with us....it makes life better. Great gold from that hole...Keep diggin, stay safe ..and we will anxiously await the next one.
Thank you I think I am just about there just need some new sluice mats to handle the bigger rock I hope to get out one more time if the weather will just hold off. Thanks for watching.
Thank you I would love to have a truck load of that dirt to run but I just don't see that happening I hope to get out one more time this fall. Thanks for watching.
Thank you I can't help it always trying to make things better and run more dirt. I love your gold traps that you are making. Thank you for watching and subscribing.
@@alanrobertson2510 Thanks Alan!! They are patent pending as a classifier. Sure hope the PTO lets it through, making it legal in all 50 states. Time will tell!
Hello Alan, I have been following you for quite a time now. I enjoy the way you present your videos and I also enjoy your practical genius. Thank you for a friendly and interesting video. Harry van Niekerk, South Africa.
I miss digging in the dirt to find that shiny I’m unable to do to my hips see I had two total hip replacements and I can’t get out like I use to but great shiny and good luck
Nice work Alan, that should help you move more material. I think I would try and work that new hole a little more before the snow flies. Looks like it is a good one.
Thank you I think this is what I have been looking for all summer. And yes I want to get back to that hole soon if not I will have to wait 6 long months.
Glad you like it. The best blue print is the video I never make any plans I just have a idea in my head and go with it. If you have any questions I would by happy to try and answer them for you. Thanks for subscribing.
Good luck It's pretty simple to make I did do away with my grizzly bars and went to screen and it keeps a lot of the big rocks out. I did do a video in that a few weeks ago.
Hey Alan, I know this is an old video, but I've heard you mention gold hog mats a couple times and now the gold owl mats, which exact mats are you using under your pump?? thanks...
Alan that's as about the cheapest I have seen as far as making a high banker with , the slues box cost more then a five gallon bucket. What is your length of the slues , is it good for floor gold in black dirt. Alan would you use a blue bowl for beach sand, it looked like you were scooping out Sand wet like you would find on a beach. Can you send me a copy of your setup using the five gallon bucket or are you selling the unit as a add on to a lighter high banker. Thnx Alan have a Good bless day.
How about using a washing machine tub, porcelain one... tilt it backwards and cut 5 inch slot in the back for waste to escape after classification into a metal slide to get it away from trommel.... any large rocks simply use the shovel and catch them and toss away. You can run a water source through the front. The motor could actually be above the tub or on the back of the tub... pretty simple process
Just a thought. You know how a Dry Washers works with a weighted cam rotating. Would it be hard to put one on the water inlet so it would rock the bucket and the bars just a little to help clear the bigger rocks?
I am sure that would work I would have to make some changes the buckets are sitting on the sluice and I don't think I want the sluice to shake. Thanks for the idea.
Necessity is the Mother of Invention ! Being Broke and wanting cool tools helps too. LOL What pump you using there ? Seems to be Chooooching along quite good. I'd like to come up with a little MINI High Banker something along that line. Smaller, eaa?
In your earlier videos you've talked about a 2000 gph pump and a 1000 gph pump. I assume 'cause there's a generous water flow that you're using the 2000. Or do you have a bigger pump now? What size, what model, what brand? That would be fun to include on EACH of your vids. You're fun to watch! Thanks.
Thank you James the pump I was using was my 2000 gph it is a Amarine bilge pump that I bought off Amazon I have used it for two seasons now without any problems. Thanks for watching
Hi Alan, you did a great job of showing the yellow bucket and explained that very well but we did not get see the square bucket very much (Close up) how is it cut etc. I am gathering material to make one of these. I also have a yellow-dog pump that I hope to restore and use. I also noticed that you moved the rocks from the grizzly bars by hand a lot could they be on more of an angle? (steeper?)
Hi Keith. The beginning of the video show the white bucket the best. There was two cuts in the bucket one for the grizzly bars to sit on and could be adjusted to any angle you want and one cut in the front for the sluice. I hope this helps good luck with your project.
@@alanrobertson2510 I was out yesterday running my gold hog stream sluice and I messed my back up.. after classify material for 2 hours, I decided to sit on a bucket and feed it.. well I think sitting on that bucket hurt my back... Lol. I guess I deserve it for trying to be lazy
@@alanrobertson2510 I have a homemade crash box highbanker that I made for it.. I just put it back as a stream sluice to try out a powerhead that I made.. I made one like the power pig that doc made.. It's ok.. but I like the highbanker way better
Really ingenious way to make a high banker,question can you make the sluce out of thin plywood if you can't afford an aluminum one asking for a friend...lol great video sir thank you much... merry Christmas
As big as you can... to me washing is key,, but if you notice most of the trommels don’t allow for a good washing... in other words it’s falling off the back before it’s washed good