ASR Outdoor Riffled Sluice Box Matting is manufactured from high quality thermoplastic rubber (TPR) that remains flexible and durable in cold conditions, and will not harden or crack. This premium gold recovery mat features three proven riffle trap patterns, Hungarian, V-shape and Square, engineered to create optimal water turbulence and efficiently capture fine gold, flour gold and small nuggets, as material flows through your sluice box. The different riffle patterns allow for various sizes of material to be trapped:
- Hungarian Riffle Trap: Increases the turbulence behind the riffle, which agitates the sand, improving gold deposits within the recovery traps
- V Shape Riffle Trap: V-shaped groves work very well for catching fine gold
- Square Riffle Trap: The large groves allow for catching small finds, pickers and small nuggets
Sluice box matting has been designed to be used in a sluice box, high banker system or other custom set up. The riffle trap gold sluice box matting is pre-scored, so it can easily be cut down to only 8 inches wide using the guide line on the back of the matting. Overall, the dimensions of the matting is 27 (L) x 10 (W inches, with riffle traps running the entire length of the sluice box matting. Notably, ASR Outdoor rubber riffle sluice box matting is the perfect sluice box mat for fine gold recovery that performs well in both fast or slow water conditions.
Once classified material has run through your system, the rubber riffled matting can easily be extracted, rolled up and washed out in a 5 gallon bucket or wherever you're collecting paydirt. With your paydirt now rinsed from the matting, it's ready to be extracted using gold pans. ALWAYS sift or screen raw material before running it through a sluice box, using our 5 gallon compatible, heavy duty classifier screens; this ensures that the raw material running through your sluice box isn't filled with unwanted organic material, that will quickly junk up the matting and lessen the chances of gold being trapped. Good luck!