Prospector’s Dream 12″ × 36″ Beach Sands Mini Dream Mat

Upgrade a wide sluice, highbanker or custom recovery system with the Prospector’s Dream 12″ × 36″ Mini Dream Mat. Its large recovery surface and patented vortex-cell design make it especially useful for processing sandy material, black sands and fine placer gold.

The Mini profile is designed for higher water and feed rates than lower-energy cleanup profiles. It handles a mixture of sand and appropriately sized gravel while creating active recovery zones that capture fine gold, flakes, pickers and larger placer gold.

How Mini Dream Mat Works

Each molded cell uses flowing water to create a miniature vortex. This controlled exchange carries lighter material out of the cell while dense gold and black sand settle into protected areas below the main water flow.

Unlike conventional sluice systems, Dream Mat does not require carpet, miner’s moss, expanded metal or a traditional riffle cage. The single-piece mat can be removed and rinsed directly into a bucket or gold pan.

Designed for Sandy Material

The Mini profile is a strong choice for locations containing large amounts of sand and black sand. Its active cells continuously exchange lighter material while retaining dense values.

The 12-inch width provides substantial processing capacity, while the approximately 36-inch length creates an extended recovery path for fine and coarse gold.

Key Features

• Approximately 12″ wide × 36″ long

• Genuine Prospector’s Dream Mini Mat

• Patented vortex-cell recovery technology

• Excellent choice for sandy gold-bearing material

• Suitable for beach sands and black-sand deposits

• Designed for higher flow and feed rates

• Captures fine gold, flakes, pickers and larger placer gold

• Extended recovery surface

• Front-row gold capture

• No carpet, miner’s moss or expanded metal required

• Flexible construction for easy handling

• Fast rinse-out cleanup

• Can be trimmed when required for a custom installation

• Mat color may vary

Benefits

• Upgrades conventional carpet-and-riffle sluices

• Provides a full 12-inch-wide recovery surface

• Processes more material than narrower mat configurations

• Reduces the amount of concentrates requiring final panning

• Eliminates layered recovery media

• Provides quick visual inspection and cleanup

• Suitable for new builds and existing equipment

• Works in stream sluices, highbankers and recirculating systems

Specifications

• Brand: Prospector’s Dream

• Product: Mini Dream Mat

• Product type: Gold-recovery sluice matting

• Dimensions: Approximately 12″ wide × 36″ long

• Recovery profile: Mini vortex cells

• Application: Sandy material, black sands and placer-gold recovery

• Installation: Drop-in or custom-fit installation

• Mat color: May vary

• Dimensions note: Molded mat lengths may vary slightly

Package Includes

• One Prospector’s Dream 12″ × approximately 36″ Mini Dream Mat

Mat only. A sluice box, mat clamp, mounting hardware, pump, hose, header box, stand and other equipment are not included.

Ideal For

• Beach-sand prospecting

• Sandy placer material

• Black-sand deposits

• Fine and flour-gold recovery

• Stream sluices

• Power sluices

• Highbankers

• Recirculating recovery systems

• Custom 12-inch sluice builds

• Replacing carpet and conventional riffles

Installation

Measure the inside width and available recovery length of your sluice before ordering. Nominal sluice widths can vary, and molded mat dimensions are approximate.

Place the mat flat against the sluice floor with the recovery cells facing upward. The cells should be oriented according to the manufacturer’s indicated flow direction.

Secure the upper edge with a compatible clamp or compression plate. The mat must remain flat during operation, with no water or material traveling underneath it.

Do not drill through the recovery cells. If trimming is necessary, mark the cut carefully and remove only the minimum material required for a proper fit.

Operating Guidance

Begin with a moderate sluice angle and enough water to activate the cells across the full 12-inch width. Feed a small amount of material and observe the cell action.

The cells should continuously exchange lighter sand while retaining dense material. If the cells remain completely packed, increase the flow, slightly increase the slope or reduce the feed rate. If material moves through too aggressively, reduce the flow or sluice angle.

Classifying oversized material can improve consistency and prevent rocks from interrupting the flow. Conditions containing clay should be thoroughly broken down before feeding.

Cleanup

Stop feeding material and allow lighter sediment to clear. Release the separately purchased clamp and carefully remove the mat.

Roll or flex the mat over a bucket, tub or gold pan, then rinse each recovery cell thoroughly. Reinstall the mat flat against the sluice floor before beginning another run.

Product Notes

• Mat colors may vary according to the current production run.

• Actual molded length may vary slightly from the nominal 36-inch measurement.

• Minor cosmetic molding variations may occur and do not necessarily affect recovery performance.

• Final performance depends on proper water flow, sluice angle, classification and feed rate.

~12"x~36" beach sands mat. This mat is going to be the new standard for fine gold recovery, lighting fast, higher flow & feed rates, better recovery. WOW is what experienced miners are saying!