Anybody tried a bucket dredge?

[Jeff95531]

Drawback of course is the electric wires tethered to the battery source. Upside is it would be invisible when submerged.

In the comments section, he says he went to a steel bucket and different hoses and solved the way too much suction problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYq4lpj5rEc&feature=youtu.be

 

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[johnedoe]

Gonna destroy that pump first time out......... everything about that idea is destined to failure......
Waste of time, energy, money and equipment........

I'd tell you how I really feel about this dumb idea but I would get banned...

 

[johnedoe]

Hey Reed..... lets go into business and produce these wonders......be bankrupt in about a week.........

 

[winners58]

I like the idea just not the execution, it may work if it was like a wet vac with a filter
and have the bilge pump in the same place as the wet vac motor...

 

[johnedoe]

You just end up with a lot of cons in a short time..... Open, empty, repeat....WAY too often.
Just my 2 pennyweight...

 

[winners58]

true... I just use my gold-n-sand when I'm not dredging...

 

[ClaimStake]

i would get a fine screen or some kind of way to filter what the pump is sucking.

great idea though.

 

[Jeff95531]

Well as I said, (and especially here in Commie CA) there are many advantages to a quiet submerged invisible 12 volt suction dredge in areas that have not been dredged in over 6 years. Just saying.

 

[Lanny in AB]

It's interesting the things people are able to imagine, then develop. It's never been my strong suit, but I enjoy seeing what others are dreaming up, and someone somewhere along the way may figure out a way to make it operationally functional so it'll do the job right. I take my hat off to people that try to imagine new ways to recover the gold, for without them, we'd all be stuck using the same things the 49'ers were way back when.

All the best, enjoyed the concept even though it obviously needs more developmental time as many seminal ideas do,

Lanny

 

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[russau]

Before I retired ,I used to work for a company that had a division that but things with NO purpose intended. It was their R&D shop. They made things for the future and made them available to to like types of companys or other divisions of companys that were in cahoots with each other . Sometimes a person could review their projects and find a applicable project that could use their project and make it work for them....It was pretty neat to see all they did !

 

[Hoser John]

I have a set of plans from the State Geo publications....just might be about time. John

 

[winners58]

for those that can run gas motors, this is one I would like to build.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/drywashing/331022-build-your-own-vacuum-blower.html#post3119794

 

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I have one of these GoldSnare dredges. It works as advertised, but also as expected: it's a 1" powered by a battery so it doesn't move much material. Jeff (or anyone) PM me if you want more info and more details.
- Brian

 

[Jeff95531]

TYVM Brian. I've been looking at the capacity (for both) and impressed by neither. So...I'm gonna modify my shrimp gun to inhale underwater gravels and exhale into a bucket...or sluice. more to come

 

[winners58]

how about a guzzler hand pump on a bucket, maybe make it foot powered?
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