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Hand dredge help? - Gold Fever / Equipment - Paydirt Community

Hand Dredge Recommendation

Rocky is going on a trip and wants to make a hand dredge, the type that goes into a bucket. He is looking for recommendations for a good design with NZ parts.

Alternative Suggestions

webby1 thinks a shovel and sluicebox will get way more gold. Mal suggests getting a warm wettie and sniping that gold up.

Sluice and Crevice Sucker

Rocky is making a lightweight sluice out of drain pipe. kiwijw suggests a crevice sucker instead of a hand dredge, calling it a waste of time and impractical. He describes using it to suck up gravels from a crevice well above the normal creek level, bucketing water into the crevice and dumping the contents direct into a gold pan.

Underwater Viewfinder

kiwijw suggests making an underwater viewfinder out of 100mm PVC pipe with glass siliconed into the end, keeping the glass up about 15-20 mm for protection.

Final Thoughts

kiwijw says no gold is easy gold, but it can be fun trying.