The material is then sorted/sifted using water. Small suction machines are currently marketed as 'gold dredges' to individuals seeking gold: just offshore from the beach of Nome, Alaska, for instance.Ī large gold dredge uses a mechanical method to excavate material (sand, gravel, dirt, etc.) using steel 'buckets' on a circular, continuous 'bucketline' at the front end of the dredge.

The original gold dredges were large, multi-story machines built in the first half of the 1900s.

Gold Dredge, Klondike River, Canada, 1915 The Yankee Fork dredge near Bonanza City, Idaho, which operated into the 1950s.Ī gold dredge is a placer mining machine that extracts gold from sand, gravel, and dirt using water and mechanical methods.

Classifier Nozzle- filters sticks and leaves and gets just the sand #8 and smaller.For the historic landmark in the United States, see Gold Dredge.

Bulk Sand Nozzle- Designed to quickly draw sand and 1/2 inch material.

Sniper Nozzle with 'Rock Block' reaches into cracks and crevices.

2 gallon 'Quick View' bucket and twist off 'Gamma Lid'ģ nozzles are included with this hand dredge:.

The Ultimate way to process more material and win more gold. Or go Sniper and clean out those crevices and cracks where gold likes to hide. Use the bigger nozzle to process sands and upto 25mm material directly to your bucket or with the optional 10 Inch header box, directly down your 10 inch sluice run. 3 Nozzles make sure you have the right one for the right job. The xtsream Hybrid pro is perfect for getting down in the water and processing material ready for your sluice run. The new patented valve is designed to eliminate clogging and spitting (forward flow) while still using our tried and true leather cups. Designed to mine placer gold from creeks and streams with the ability to replace the valve gasket in the field. The Non-motorised X-Stream Hybrid Pro hand pump represents 10 years of development and is totally submersible. X-Stream Hybrid Pro, Legal To use, Hand dredge system to process paydirt faster and win more gold.

Gold hand dredge