A specialized, unbacked vinyl loop carpeting placed in the bottom of a sluice box to catch and hold heavy minerals. The open, tangled fibers allow water and light sediment to wash over while trapping dense particles like fine gold, preventing them from being washed out of the recovery system.
Heard on the job
Pull the riffles and wash out the miner's moss into a bucket so we can pan the concentrates.
Also heard as
- sluice carpet
- nomad matting