Hi, welcome,

 

   I would say from watching Gold Rush, they might do an early clean out if they suspect a problem with a sluice box. Maybe to see if there's Gold or no Gold. Or too much water or sluice angles and all that. Otherwise if it's set up right, they go all day. I think you have to test pan the areas first. I've done really dumb things like sluice all day in a hole with no Gold, that was a waste of time. So now I run 2 buckets in a sluice, and if there's no Gold, I move on. If we spend all weekend sluicing, I want it to be down where the red gravels are packed under a big rock.

Shawn,

Many variables figure into your question
Is this a prospecting trip or a mining trip ?
As Adam suggests, if your prospecting (looking for gold), I go three buckets, clean up, any gold, yes continue
If you are mining (know there is gold present), don't clean up until your ready to go to the house
Cleaning up is time you could be running material
Using an extension, I may clean up the extension once just to see if the primary is missing any gold
No gold in the extension, put a little more slope in the primary

The name of the mining game is to move material that holds gold, the more material you move the better your chances of finding gold
Any thing that stops or slows production is gold lost (not found)

I believe Gold Hog has videos available that show how to setup your box, follow them
I know Gold Hog has done extensive testing, take their advise on setups
Again many variables, water flow, slope, classified material, speed of feeding the material

I don't have a GH Box, my experience will be different than yours, and I know GH doesn't have riffles in their boxs
I set my box up to clear the second riffle within 10 - 20 seconds of adding material, I will adjust as necessary
The more time you run, the better you will be on setups

Take a little time to look around and enjoy life out on the river.
Happy hunting

Bill

We got home late Saturday nite and I had to work yesterday. We are going to run the multi tonight and I will post our findings!

Pretty!