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24/08/05 Australia
Gold Prospecting Australia |
| Gold Prospecting Australia. The Banjo Rules Yea. Saturday afternoon found me at my chosen destination, on my favorite river. I was on a two part mission the first I can_t talk about but my wet suite still fits and with a _4 frost settling by gee_s it took your breath away when first entering the water. Sunday morning what a charmer it was, nice and sunny by the time I climbed from my sleeping bag, I had managed to get around 5 hours sleep. Breakfast was soon had and the gear I had used put away safely. Time to try the new Banjo I was working on It is not completed as yet but it was time to give the unit a test run. And boy is this unit a good one even though it is only 75_ completed it worked like a charm. Ok to give you a run down I will start at the jetting which is 1.5 mm holes spaced one inch apart in two rows spaced _ inch apart they work just fine for sandy to moderately clayey soils, but not in heavy clay only a cement mixer I feel can work that type of soil with any degree of success. The grate in the top hopper dose a great job at breaking down any heavy soils which makes the Banjo very versatile indeed. Once the material passes through the grate it the drops down onto a deflection plate which Then moves the material to the back of the bottom hopper. From there the material passes over a few tricks which is not in any other unit on the market _they should be but there not_. Once the material passes that stage it then passes over the gold retention area. But with the new tricks installed 98_ of the gold is still at the back of the bottom hopper and never reaches the retention area. The clean up is quite easy with the Banjo, you can do this while the unit is set up and only needs doing once a day if you so wish. To clean up first unscrew the two end caps on the jetting bars this releases the water pressure. Then you can remove the riffles and mattering, which is done in two sections which is designed to give greater control when cleaning up What I mean by control when your pan is almost full and there is a heap more material coming through and not enough room for it what would you do_ Hence the two stage system. You may also take note that the shovel I use has been modified, I find this shape makes it very easy to dig between rocks and you seem to move much more material because you are using less effort. Same as when working the Banjo there is no need to bend your back or put your hands in the top hopper, let the shovel do that for you. You would be very surprised at just how light the Banjo is, at how much material it can process, the ease of operation and best of all the gold you get back. To see photos of the Banjo please drop in to http://groups.msn.com/AlluvialGoldProspectors/~whatsnew.msnw/ |
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