Howeve, and just as a note here, it is ALWAYS RECOMMEDED to check with your regulating agency FIRST before even using a river sluice to make sure you aren’t violating some obscure law. What you call it doesn’t matter, what it is, and how it’s made “DOES MATTER”.īecause hand suction dredges are non-motorized and considered a hand operated tool, are legal to use in many states, provinces and countries, including area’s totally off-limits to any kind of power equipment altogether. Not to mention in many area’s reclamation deposits can run into the thousands of dollars which is usually out of the reach of most of us.Įnter the “Hand Suction Dredge”, “Gravel Sucker”, “Gold Sucker” or what-ever name you want to give it. Regulations for motorized power dredges are getting more and more stringent, and permits harder to get. Not only do you lose the gold that slips off your shovel while digging in the water, remember, the bottom is usually where the coarser gold ends up.īelieve it or not, there is a lot of gold that gets left behind if you don’t have the right equipment to claim those values. You'll be amazed how much gold can get wedged into a small bedrock crack.So, what about a hand suction dredge? We have all likely heard of, checked out, built or purchased a hand suction dredge for getting those gravels from the bottom of your holes, under boulders, off bedrock, etc. A common tactic (Called sniping for gold) is to stroll the sides of a river where the bedrock slopes into the river and clean out all the little nooks and crannies where gold gets lodged during floods. Often the best gold hides in the little cracks of exposed bedrock. Specialty tools expressly made or adapted for cleaning out the cracks and crevices in bedrock. Home > Gold Mining Equipment > Black Sand Magnets (Gold Magnet) > Black Sand Gold Recovery - Part 2 > Black Sand Concentrates > Fine Gold Recovery Equipment > Gold Prospecting - FREE TIPS > Dry Land Dredging - Gold Vacuums > Crevicing + Sniping for Gold Nuggets > Crevice Tools for Bedrock Home > Gold Prospecting - FREE TIPS > Dry Land Dredging - Gold Vacuums > Crevicing + Sniping for Gold Nuggets > Crevice Tools for Bedrock
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