12" x 47" Gold Sluice Box with Dredge Mat – Heavy-Duty Gold Recovery & Prospecting Sluice
Take your gold prospecting to the next level with this 12" x 47" Gold Sluice Box with Dredge Mat, designed to help capture gold nuggets, flakes, and fine placer gold from gold-bearing sand, gravel, and concentrates.
Featuring a generous 12-inch-wide channel and 47-inch length, this sluice provides ample room for processing gold-bearing material. The included Dredge Mat recovery system features a larger, more aggressive trapping profile designed to handle higher material volumes and a wider range of gold particle sizes compared to finer recovery mats.
Whether you're working a gold-bearing creek, processing gravel from a riverbank, or setting up a compatible recirculating gold recovery system, this sluice is a versatile addition to your prospecting equipment.
Key Features
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12" Wide Sluice Box: Generous channel width provides room for processing gold-bearing sand, gravel, and concentrates.
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47" Overall Length: Extended recovery channel helps provide sufficient travel distance for gravity separation.
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Dredge Mat Recovery System: Larger trapping features are designed to capture gold and heavy concentrates in suitable higher-flow applications.
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Handles Mixed Material Sizes: Well suited for processing gold-bearing gravel, sand, flakes, and small nuggets.
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High-Volume Processing Potential: Dredge-style matting is designed for applications involving greater material flow than typical fine-gold cleanup mats.
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Gravity-Based Gold Recovery: Uses flowing water and differences in material density to separate gold from lighter material.
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Convenient Cleanup: Recovery mat can be cleaned to collect trapped gold and heavy concentrates.
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Versatile Prospecting Applications: Suitable for creek sluicing, placer mining, and compatible powered recovery systems.
Product Specifications
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Product Type: Gold Prospecting Sluice Box
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Sluice Width: 12 Inches
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Sluice Length: 47 Inches
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Recovery Mat: Dredge Mat
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Recovery Method: Gravity Separation
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Primary Application: Placer Gold Recovery and Higher-Volume Material Processing
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Quantity: 1 Sluice Box with Dredge Mat
Dredge Mat Gold Recovery System
Dredge Mat features larger trapping structures designed to create areas where heavier gold particles can settle while lighter sand and gravel continue downstream.
This style of matting is particularly useful when processing mixed-size placer material and operating with sufficient water flow to keep lighter material moving through the sluice.
Benefits of Dredge Mat:
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Larger trapping features for mixed-size gold recovery
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Designed for applications involving greater water and material flow
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Helps retain gold flakes, small nuggets, and heavy concentrates
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Useful for processing gold-bearing gravel and sand
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Suitable for compatible dredge-style and powered sluice applications
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Provides a practical alternative to finer recovery mat configurations
Important: Gold recovery performance depends on water velocity, sluice angle, material classification, feed rate, and gold particle characteristics. No recovery mat guarantees 100% gold capture.
Dredge Mat vs. Mini Mat vs. Micro Mat
Choosing the right recovery mat depends on the type of material you're processing and the size of gold you're trying to recover.
Dredge Mat: Designed with larger trapping features for mixed-size gold and higher-volume processing applications.
Mini Mat: A versatile option for general placer gold recovery and smaller gold particles.
Micro Mat: Features finer trapping structures intended for very small gold particles and finely classified material.
For prospectors processing larger quantities of sand and gravel with adequate water flow, Dredge Mat can be an excellent choice.
Ideal Gold Prospecting Applications
This 12" x 47" sluice with Dredge Mat is suitable for:
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Creek and stream gold prospecting
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Processing gold-bearing gravel bars
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Placer gold recovery
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Recovering small gold nuggets and flakes
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Processing larger quantities of gold-bearing material
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Compatible recirculating sluice systems
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Suitable small-scale powered prospecting setups
Please Note: Use with a dredge or powered recovery system requires compatible equipment and may be subject to local regulations and permitting requirements.
Tips for Better Gold Recovery
Maintain Proper Water Flow: Dredge-style matting generally requires enough water velocity to keep lighter material moving through the recovery channel without excessively washing out gold.
Adjust Your Sluice Angle: Start with a moderate slope and adjust according to water flow, material characteristics, and recovery performance.
Avoid Overloading: Feed material at a consistent rate to prevent excessive buildup in the recovery mat.
Classify When Necessary: Removing oversized rocks can help improve material flow and prevent interruptions during processing.
Check Your Tailings: Periodically pan material discharged from the sluice to determine whether gold is escaping and make adjustments as needed.
Perform Regular Cleanups: Remove accumulated heavy concentrates when necessary to maintain effective recovery.
What's Included
Important: Water pump, hoses, dredge equipment, classifiers, gold pans, buckets, and other accessories are NOT included unless specifically stated.
Why Choose a 12" x 47" Sluice with Dredge Mat?
The combination of a wider sluice channel, extended recovery length, and larger-profile Dredge Mat makes this setup a practical option for prospectors who want to process mixed-size placer material.
Compared to finer cleanup mat configurations, Dredge Mat is intended for applications where sufficient water flow and material volume make larger trapping features beneficial.
Whether you're working a productive creek, testing a gravel deposit, or building a compatible gold recovery setup, this sluice provides a versatile platform for recovering placer gold.
Gold Prospecting Equipment at High Plains Prospectors
High Plains Prospectors carries a wide selection of gold sluice boxes, recovery mats, classifiers, gold pans, pumps, and other prospecting equipment for beginners and experienced gold hunters.
Whether you're recovering fine placer gold, searching for nuggets, or processing gold-bearing gravel, we offer the equipment to help make your prospecting adventures more productive.
Get more out of your gold prospecting adventures with the 12" x 47" Gold Sluice Box with Dredge Mat from High Plains Prospectors!
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