Took the Highbanker out of the box and no damage. Decided to try it out on the back porch. Was losing lots of water past the rear screen. We will use this where there is no water so fixing this problem was imperative. Installed a PWM motor control on the battery. Was able to slow the pump down and this helped some. Ended up putting some 1/2 inch aluminum, deflectors to stop the overflow. Ran a bucket of sand with some #9 shot in it to see if I could catch them. (Didn’t have any concentrates) was able to catch 9 out of 12 BB’s . Took the machine to a GPAA claim and ran several buckets of material. Did find a few colors. Think I was digging in the wrong place. So far, we really like the Gold Pup Highbanker. It is light, portable and seems to work as designed. I did add some miners moss but I’m not convinced that it is the way to go. We ( my wife and I ) plan to visit several claims as the weather cools down and use it more. I’m happy with my purchase.
