A modified DFS sluice for cleanup work, Buck's modded sluice |
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 Nov 30 2007, 10:55 PM
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This is Buck's pic of his modded DFS sluice, used for fine gold cleanup. I'm just posting it for him. He sings the praises of this excellent sluice for fine gold recovery, as do many other prospectors.
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faaus A modified DFS sluice for cleanup work Nov 30 2007, 10:55 PM
russau yep ole Phil did a good job of designing this slui... Dec 1 2007, 05:54 AM russau if the DFS sluice didnt work so well, why are ther... Dec 1 2007, 05:58 AM redrum Count me in as one who sings the praises! I... Dec 3 2007, 11:31 PM mo_bob love my DFS and i does a great job i use it to ru... Mar 31 2008, 09:23 PM kgphoto What is the purpose of the 2x4's? Dec 4 2008, 04:19 PM
russau the 2x4s make the sluice narrower to speed up the ... Dec 5 2008, 05:16 AM kgphoto QUOTE (russau @ Dec 5 2008, 04:16 AM) the... Dec 5 2008, 11:02 AM russau well basically by narrowing the sluice with the 2x... Dec 6 2008, 06:55 AM russau [yes the narrower the sluice. the less material yo... Dec 6 2008, 06:59 AM kgphoto QUOTE (russau @ Dec 6 2008, 05:59 AM) [ye... Dec 7 2008, 06:26 PM thegeno My DFS is about 4-5 yrs old and it's my number... Feb 5 2009, 11:05 AM mini4x4 What does the DFS stand for? Probably a dumb ques... Apr 13 2009, 03:30 PM kgphoto QUOTE (mini4x4 @ Apr 13 2009, 03:30 PM) W... Apr 13 2009, 05:31 PM Phil(NM) QUOTE (russau @ Dec 6 2008, 05:59 AM) [ye... Aug 29 2009, 10:00 AM russau thanks for the post Phil! yep prices of labor/... Aug 30 2009, 05:31 AM Phil(NM) Narrowing the width down to clean up your cons whe... Jul 25 2009, 07:50 PM kgphoto Hey what about us loyal customers that bought your... Jul 26 2009, 08:01 PM russau i dont beleive Phil has these in production yet. b... Jul 27 2009, 04:53 AM Phil(NM) QUOTE (russau @ Jul 27 2009, 03:53 AM) i ... Aug 29 2009, 09:41 AM kgphoto QUOTE (Phil(NM) @ Aug 29 2009, 09... Sep 1 2009, 10:29 AM Phil(NM) QUOTE (kgphoto @ Sep 1 2009, 09:29 AM) Do... Oct 7 2009, 01:16 PM kgphoto QUOTE (Phil(NM) @ Oct 7 2009, 01... Oct 7 2009, 05:20 PM Phil(NM) QUOTE (kgphoto @ Oct 7 2009, 04:20 PM) Th... Oct 9 2009, 01:23 PM kgphoto QUOTE (Phil(NM) @ Oct 9 2009, 01... Oct 9 2009, 02:41 PM Coalbunny I'd love to buy a DFS from ya Phil, if ya got ... Oct 6 2009, 11:31 PM russau when tightening down your wingnuts, make sure the ... Oct 8 2009, 04:18 AM kgphoto QUOTE (russau @ Oct 8 2009, 04:18 AM) whe... Oct 8 2009, 12:49 PM rich on western slope I made some changes to my DFS and have had great s... Oct 8 2009, 01:28 PM rich on western slope I'm going to use mine for a 2" suction dr... Oct 15 2009, 06:58 PM russau as is, theres not enough slick plate to use as a d... Oct 16 2009, 08:02 AM rich on western slope Russ, how much slick plate do you think should be ... Oct 16 2009, 08:33 AM russau Rich, Phil Hontz (PhilNM)should/could answer that ... Oct 17 2009, 06:09 AM Phil(NM) QUOTE (russau @ Oct 17 2009, 05:09 AM) an... Sep 6 2010, 05:34 PM rich on western slope Here is my DFS converted into a 2" dredge. I ... Oct 22 2009, 06:14 PM rich on western slope Finally got to test out the dredge. It has been ra... Aug 19 2010, 05:00 PM ScottKS QUOTE Posted Today, 05:00 PM
Finally got to tes... Aug 19 2010, 09:18 PM russau well this is my first post in awhile! my compu... Aug 23 2010, 07:07 AM rich on western slope You're probably right about the slick plate le... Aug 23 2010, 11:40 AM ColoradoProspector QUOTE (Phil(NM) @ Sep 6 2010, 05... Sep 7 2010, 07:37 AM rich on western slope Hi Phil. Love the old DFS. Would you build any of ... Sep 8 2010, 02:21 PM Phil(NM) QUOTE (rich on western slope @ Sep 8 2010, 02... Sep 24 2010, 02:55 PM russau i cant speak for Phil,but i cant see him makeing/s... Sep 10 2010, 06:57 AM rich on western slope Here is a pic of my cleanup from about 4 hours wor... Sep 24 2010, 06:09 PM russau looks like you are in a promising spot! thanks... Sep 25 2010, 05:25 AM deserdog Here is what I use, it is like a DFS. but I did no... Sep 25 2010, 10:44 AM russau Wally Koz was a friend to all! sorry to see hi... Sep 26 2010, 05:36 AM Coalbunny QUOTE (russau @ Sep 26 2010, 04:36 AM) Wa... Sep 27 2010, 06:20 AM rich on western slope Here is another 5 hours worth of goodies from my D... Sep 26 2010, 11:40 AM ColoradoProspector Darn nice looking pan of cons there Rich! Lo... Sep 27 2010, 09:30 AM rich on western slope Here is another 4 hours worth of clean up. Sucked ... Oct 7 2010, 06:13 PM swizz Awesome results with your DFD Rich! Did you ev... Oct 8 2010, 06:29 AM rich on western slope Thanks Swizz! Yes, I am using some of the smal... Oct 8 2010, 07:35 PM Mrs.CP Nice looking equipment, and finds Rich!
Wh... Oct 9 2010, 09:44 AM swizz Hey Rich,
I'd like to rig one of my sluices wi... Oct 12 2010, 12:09 PM russau its been my experience that the riffels,matting or... Oct 13 2010, 05:19 AM rich on western slope Swizz. The original sluice came with 1/2" ope... Oct 14 2010, 04:44 PM swizz The expanded metal plate that came with my A52 han... Oct 16 2010, 06:17 AM swizz This is what I'll be running today for some lo... Oct 17 2010, 06:23 AM swizz She worked well today!!
As you can see in ... Oct 17 2010, 07:19 PM russau Swizz if that setup dont capture fine gold then no... Oct 18 2010, 06:45 AM rich on western slope Got a question for you guys. I want to set up my D... Jul 26 2011, 11:04 AM swizz Hi Rich, hope you are doing well.
1100gph is proba... Jul 26 2011, 01:00 PM russau i agree with swizz, plus you can run your bilge pu... Jul 27 2011, 06:00 AM  |
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