8″ x 47″ Gold Sluice with Vortex Dream Mat

Process more material while reducing cleanup time with the 8″ x 47″ Gold Sluice with Vortex Dream Mat. This full-length stream sluice combines sturdy 16-gauge aluminum construction with Prospectors Dream’s patented vortex-cell recovery technology for efficient capture of fine gold, flakes and larger placer gold.

The included Regular Vortex Dream Mat creates active exchange within each recovery cell. Lighter sand and gravel are continuously displaced while heavier gold settles into protected capture zones. This riffle-free system reduces the amount of unwanted material retained in the sluice, producing smaller cleanups with fewer concentrates to process.

Its narrow 8-inch channel is easier to place in smaller streams and concentrates available water flow over the mat. The approximately 36-inch-long recovery surface provides plenty of capacity for serious stream prospecting, sampling and placer-gold recovery.

Key Features

• Regular Vortex Dream Mat: Versatile recovery profile for fine gold, flakes and larger placer gold

• Patented vortex-cell technology: Uses controlled hydraulic action to separate heavy gold from lighter material

• Active material exchange: Clears lighter material while retaining gold in protected recovery cells

• Front-row gold capture: Gold begins settling as material enters the mat

• Full-length recovery area: Approximately 36 inches of Dream Mat provides extended capture capacity

• Narrow 8-inch channel: Helps concentrate available stream flow and fits easily into smaller waterways

• 16-gauge aluminum construction: Provides a sturdy and durable sluice platform

• Slick-plate mat clamp: Simple hook-style retention system requires no loose screws or separate clamps

• Reduced concentrates: Captures valuable material without retaining excessive amounts of lighter waste

• Fast cleanup: Remove and rinse the mat without disassembling traditional riffles, expanded metal or miner’s moss

Benefits

• Handles a broad range of placer-gold sizes

• Processes a high volume of material for its width

• Can accept suitable material without extensive classification

• Produces fewer concentrates for faster final processing

• Eliminates complicated traditional riffle assemblies

• Fits waterways where wider sluices may be difficult to operate

• Offers quick visual inspection of the recovery cells

• Easy to clean between sampling locations

• Suitable for beginning and experienced prospectors

• Operates using properly adjusted natural stream flow

Ideal For

• Creek and river prospecting

• Narrow or lower-volume waterways

• Placer-gold recovery

• Fine gold, flakes and small nuggets

• Processing sandy and gravel-rich material

• High-volume stream sluicing

• Testing potential pay streaks

• Recreational and serious prospecting

• Remote gold-bearing locations

• Custom power-sluice or recirculating projects

Specifications

• Product type: Gold prospecting stream sluice

• Manufacturer: Prospectors Dream

• Sluice material: 16-gauge aluminum

• Recovery system: Regular Vortex Dream Mat

• Recovery technology: Patented vortex-cell design

• Mat retention: Hook-style slick-plate clamp

• Sluice width: Approximately 8 inches

• Sluice length: Approximately 47 inches

• Mat width: Approximately 8 inches

• Mat length: Approximately 36 inches

• Power requirement: Natural stream flow

• SKU: PD-8X47-SLUICE-VORTEX-MAT

• Mat color: May vary

Dimensions

• Sluice box: Approximately 8″ wide × 47″ long

• Vortex Dream Mat: Approximately 8″ wide × 36″ long

• Dimensional note: Sluice and molded-mat lengths may vary slightly

What’s Included

• 8″ × 47″ aluminum sluice box

• Approximately 8″ × 36″ Regular Vortex Dream Mat

• Hook-style slick-plate mat-retention system

Pump, hose, header box, stand, legs, battery and recirculating tub are not included.

Recommended Operation

Place the sluice securely in a suitable section of moving water. Adjust its slope and water flow until the vortex cells are actively exchanging material. The cells should clear lighter sand and gravel while maintaining protected low-pressure zones for gold capture.

Although the Vortex Dream Mat can process unclassified material, remove rocks that are too large for the sluice and break apart clay before feeding. Add material steadily across the width of the sluice and avoid burying the active cells faster than they can exchange lighter material.

Water conditions and material composition vary. Begin with small amounts of material and make gradual adjustments to the slope, water flow and feed rate before starting full production.

Fast Cleanup

Stop feeding material and allow the water to clear lighter material from the recovery cells. Release the slick-plate retention system, carefully remove the Dream Mat and rinse the captured concentrates into a gold pan or suitable cleanup tub.

Because the recovery system does not use conventional riffles, expanded metal or miner’s moss, cleanups are fast and require fewer parts to remove.

Important Mat Information

Dream Mat color may vary according to the manufacturer’s current production run. Slight dimensional variations are normal with molded recovery matting and do not affect its intended performance.

Why Choose the 8″ x 47″ Gold Sluice with Vortex Dream Mat?

The 8″ x 47″ Gold Sluice with Vortex Dream Mat combines the capacity of a full-length sluice with a narrow, water-efficient channel and modern vortex-cell recovery system. Its sturdy aluminum construction, extended recovery area and easy-clean design make it an excellent choice for prospectors who want to process more material while taking home fewer concentrates.

Process More Material, Reduce Your Concentrates and Recover More Gold with the 8″ x 47″ Gold Sluice with Vortex Dream Mat.

8"X47" SLUICE BOX W/ REGULAR VORTEX DREAM MAT.

THE SIMPLE HOOK SLICK PLATE CLAMP REQUIRES NO SCREWS OR CLAMPS. 16 Ga. ALUIM. CONSTRUCTION IS VERY STURDY. 

THIS SLUICE WILL OUTPERFORM A TRADITIONAL 10" WIDE SLUICE IN VOLUME & YOU DO NOT NEED TO CLASSIFY, SHOVEL IT RIGHT IN. REDUCE YOUR CONS, HAVE INSTANT CLEAN OUTS, PROCESS MORE MATERIAL, TAKE HOME MORE GOLD!