Bunch of articles from Doc and other Experts
GoldHog Articles

Prospecting Fine Gold Clean up
Prospecting Clean Ups with Fine Gold Doc and Jess cleanup some gold concentrates with tons of fine gold. Using the MultiSluice they strip down the concentrates to almost pretty much pure gold in one run. […]

Mini Highbanker and Sluice Combo Package
The Full Combo Prospecting Package WARNING: Watch out for Facebook SCAMS. We will not contact the winner. The winner will be posted. The new combo package includes the Mini, the flare extension, the stream sluice […]

2019 Highbanker Update
2019 Raptor Flare and SuperHog Update When designing both these units we felt the FLOW BREAK bar on the small flare out area was needed. (See below) Some recent testing challenged that thought process and […]

Gold Cube Concentrator
The Gold Cube and Using GoldHog Mats By: Mike Primer, Commercial Mining Consultant The Gold Cube is a very good piece of equipment and Doc has owned one for about 6 years. However according to […]

Wave Mat Testing
Wave Mat Testing Notes – Basic Wave Mat (Not the Big Wave Mat) Wednesday Jan 9, 2018 NOTE: The Full Wave Mat info page is → HERE. These are just field notes from Doc. Setup… A […]

Iphone Level Moved Location
Where is the angle, pitch, and level for the IPHONE? IOS 12 update. Gold prospectors and gold miners can use their iphones to tune and level their sluices. Finding the app is the first step […]

Commercial Gold Op with GoldHog Mats
The Perfect Size Gold Op? I’m sharing some emails and pics which Bill was nice enough to send us. One reason I’m sharing is the SIZE of the operation. To me, I think many “prospectors” […]

What Mats for Commercial Gold Sluice
READ ALL and Read CAREFULLY……. then watch the video at the end. Answer this question… What is G ÷ W x SG x P x ST = X We can’t answer it either… but it’s kind […]

Tuning Your Sluice – The Fear Factor
Tuning Your Gold Sluice The Fear Factor By DOC , www.GoldHog.com Whether you’re a commercial operation running 200 yards an hour or a new prospector running a stream sluice for the very first time, I […]

Doc’s Favorite Invention
My Favorite Invention? The other day someone asked me, “What product do I consider my greatest or favorite invention?” You know it was a good question because it made me pause… and took me a […]

Fine Gold Sluices and Fine Gold Panning
I’m So Fine… So Treat Me Special While I have written on the subject many times, I simply wanted to stress again that “One shoe doesn’t fit all”. In the same light, one setup or […]

FlowPan Field Results from Customers
Great forum post, thought I would share it. Thanks James. I’ve been greedy and keeping this secret to myself and just working away but I might as well share as it will get out eventually. […]

How to Run a Stream Sluice – Best Riffle and Matting Designs
5:30 am… the coffee is brewing…. Turn on the computer and yep, there’s another email asking what type of mats I should run in my stream sluice. It’s not that we don’t love helping people; […]

Preparing Your Highbanker and Prospecting Trip Checklist
Just thought I would jot down some thoughts as they may help you out. Things that go through my mind regardless of the type of gold prospecting I’m doing. Remember, it’s usually the ‘little things’ […]

World’s Fastest Gold Pan?
The World’s Fastest Gold Pan? Mike Primer For over 200 years the “gold pan” really hasn’t changed that much. Let’s face it… you take dirt, put it in a pan, shake and wash, the process […]

Highbanker Selection and Thoughts
Selecting the Right Highbanker Doc, The GOLDHOG ® This is a tough article to write being a designer, inventor, and manufacturer of highbankers, but I think having some insight into MY mind, will help you […]

The NewFLOWPAN Changes Gold Panning Forever
Changing Gold Panning Forever? Let’s face it… it’s a pretty simple process. Put dirt in a pan; add water, shake, and wash. Regardless of where you are, the gold you have, the dirt you have, […]

Cleaning Concentrates with the Multi Sluice
In the video below Doc runs some commercial concentrates through the Multi-Sluice. The points… #1 The SPEED in which this happens often amazes people. What used to take people hours and hours to do now […]

Gold Prospecting Equipment Testing
Last week we set off to do some testing. I figured I’d start posting some of the details here. I will be updating this over the next few days as we get more pics. Here […]

New Sluice Mat Ready for Market
The new patent pending MotherLode Mat ™ is a unique mat that requires some understanding. This mat was first designed for commercial ops to be installed at the end of sluice runs to help catch […]

Catching Fine Placer Gold – Part 2
In this second article we’ll talk about your sluice, catching fine gold, the importance of understanding proportional force, and other impacting adjustments you can make. PART 3 coming later this week. WARNING… This article […]

Fine Gold and Mesh Sizes – Part One
This is PART ONE of a three part series on FINE GOLD. Part one: Will deal with the GOLD itself. Part two: Will deal with proportional force and exchange issues in sluices. Part three: […]

Tuning Your Gold Sluice – Part 2
Tuning Your Gold Sluice Part Two – The River (Your Slurry) Runs Through It By Doc – ©GoldHog.com Part 1 is HERE In this part of our “tuning your sluice” series, we’ll take a look […]

The Story Behind the Multi Sluice
The Story and History Behind the Multi Sluice™ Is it really the world’s best concentrate cleaner? I 100% believe so and to stand behind that statement it’s the only product I know, of in its […]

Calculating Sluice GPH
Calculating sluice gph or gallons per minute.
Feeding a Highbanker – Stepping Up
Great little video from a customer working a claim, sampling and testing. “You can kinda see the nasty dirt we are running in this other video… Our gold is crystalline in nature and is more […]

Prospecting Water Pumps – Some Basic Thoughts
We get a lot of “pump” questions, so I figured I’d grab some posts from the last year and put them into this post. Here is our “small pump” storage room. Some Q&A You state […]

Tuning Your Sluice – The Fear Factor
Tuning Your Gold Sluice The Fear Factor By DOC , www.GoldHog.com Whether you’re a commercial operation running 200 yards an hour or a new prospector running a stream sluice for the very first time, I […]

Converting Dredge to GoldHog Mats
There are two sections to this dredge conversion…. #1 is the video with Dean. #2 is the breakdown and pics from Ron. From Doc… I suggest you watch the → BRAND NEW VIDEO about what mats […]