Sluice Box Karl

04/12/2025

One of my friends from school passed away. Will need a few days off. See you soon.

01/12/2025

01/12/2025

All the gold in my pics comes from public ground where anyone can search with a cheaply priced miners right.

01/12/2025

The old timers called it a poverty pan. To save time on the creek I’ll pan down to the black sands and gold and tip into a second pan to clean up back at camp. You still get a glimpse at the gold and can use your time in the water as best as possible. With shalllow flowing water like this just use a river sluice. I was only panning because we were having a friendly brotherly challenge with a beginner on a river sluice vs an expert gold panner. Update he got 0.65 grams and I got 0.62 grams. I should have done one more pan but I was completely spent 🤔 it wasn’t beginners luck. The sluice will process 10 times the gravel an expert panner will. Gold prospecting isn’t a complete written series yet there’s room for a few new ideas so who knows what new perspectives you might bring. Who uses a poverty pan or is working on something new?

30/11/2025

Looks like we got to this little hole
First after the last rains. Seems to have gold everytime we visit this spot.

30/11/2025

If you want to have a go at your own Lego drop riffle sluice here’s a close up photo. The riffles are build into the sides and every brick is interlocked for strength. The length of the standard base trays isn’t ideal but it will catch the gold. If this is too much you can also use a rubber lined mat to have a go. Just place in flowing water and shovel on some gravel. Remove the bigger rocks by hand. Who is building a sluice?

30/11/2025

This Lego river sluice worked so well we made a second version. What a perfect way to prototype a new type of gold collector.

30/11/2025

One simple tool can double your gold average with very little effort. If your not sluicing your not producing and if your not raking honey your not making money.

29/11/2025

We are at the richest creek in the world. You still have to find the gold so a little bit of gold panning and exploring the bush.

29/11/2025

modern day gold rush New South Wales $6400 AUD per ounce. Gold Bearing Creeks and locations to try. I hope you get to wet a pan soon.

Adelong creek
Campbells river
Native Dog creek
Mitchell’s creek (sunny corner)
Hill end Turon river
Uralla rocky river
Racecourse creek
Abercrombie river
Trunkey creek
Tuena
Grabben Gullen
Oallen ford
Araluen
Kirkconnell creek
Sofala Turon river
Nundle
Windburn rivulet
Wilson’s creek
Shoalhaven river
Abercrombie river
Little river fossicking reserve
mogo creek
ophir

Check local laws. If you can’t find something keep searching as I won’t be giving out maps or directions. Have fun and I hope you get to wet a pan soon.
Let me know if you have done well at any of these places or you have some legal spots to add to the list.

29/11/2025

Slaty creek in creswick Victoria is a picturesque fossicking area rated 7/10. Some areas are better than others but dig down to the clay layer and you should have a good day. It’s a seasonal creek and There is drop toilets at one of the camp grounds and free hot showers available on water street in town at the dog park. Gold can be found by all levels of prospectors and being close to Melbourne this is a must visit for anyone new to the hobby or just wants to have a go at a nice camp ground. Nuggets can be found metal detecting around the old diggings

28/11/2025

It’s that easy to find gold in 2025