yankee joe
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Vortex mat is nothing new. It is nothing more than non skid type belting developed for industrial conveyor use. I never heard of it un till the early 90's when I picked up a piece of cut off (scrap) from where I worked and tried it in my 2 inch. It worked better than any thing I had ever seen or heard of. A year or so later I introduced it with pictures on Tom Ashworth's prospectors catch. ( now Mike Higbee's ). Check into Tom Ashworth archives and dig up all of the posts by Yankee Joe. It will be there. I an tired of every one getting rich on this stuff. Something I gave for free. I see Hog is even selling it now. There is lots of it out there. Check with any company that uses line production. Ask for there (conveyor belts throwaways.) You and all your prospecting Buddy's will be glad you did. If you are in need of cheap miners moss/gold catcher. Try (red Scotts Bright pads) with edges glued to gather with 100% silicone. Pads can be picked up at any Automotive paint supplier by the box. Use over ribbed rubber floor mat. Lay the pads flat on apiece of newspaper with a bead silicone on the edges allow to cure for 24 hours then trim to size then soak in water to wash away the news paper. It catches the finest gold and cleans easily and they last. There are many things you can use for gold recovery with out spending lot of money. Make your own classifiers from 5 gallon throw away buckets and hardware cloth 1/8,1/4 and 1/2 inch or visit the house wares dept. at Wal Mart. The list can go on. Good luck
