Thanks for the videos, dave. You sure make it look easy!

I'm sold on the Angus MacKirk brand sluices. Can't believe the fine gold it catches, and no messing with Miners moss and other components for clean ups. You literally just pick the thing up and wash it into a pan or bucket.

The one in the video is the Foreman, it requires a decent amount of flow, and won't quite fit into a 5 gal bucket so you have to angle it carefully to clean out.

I'm more than likely going to get a "Recon" soon, same design, but smaller. It'll almost fit in a backpack and requires very little flow. Both of these models are double flair so they grab as much waterflow as possible and then drop it out on the backend.

Angus MacKirk's are extremely cheap and durable, I think mine was $80 maybe?

You do still have to classify to run one, but i just use 1/2" and it works fine.

The other alternative is a Bazooka sluice, its a double fluid bed system, the big advantage with these is you dont have to classify, you can shovel straight in. I'll probably wind up getting one of those as well, They have smaller models that aren't too pricy, one that you can really dump full size shovel loads into with ease is somewhat cumbersome, about 3.5-4' long and 1.5-2' wide, and its $250, but to not have to classify, you can really move alot of material. And many say its excellent at catching the fines as well.

-Dave

Thanks for the info, sluicing just looks a whole lot more productive than panning.  I will let you know how it turns out!