keene 2 inch backpack dedge

[bigalathenstn]

Well i sold my 4inch Keene and bough a new Keene 2 inch backpack dredge at Crisson's gold mine in Dalonega GA last Friday,finally got it all put together and built a big backpack using conduit,rivets,and some backpack straps off of one of my tree stands,it weighs about 5 pounds, have to replace the straps b4 archery season opens up.Good lookin little dredge, i was surprised at how light this little setup is. I'm finally gonna get to try it out tomorrow, woulda used it sooner but had to get 4 wisdom teeth cut out last Saturday morning at the oral surgeons.Does anybody have any tips for using these little dredges? it is a jet log instead of a suction nozzle, i also added deeper ribbed matting than stock and a section of miners moss ,, Thanks
Allen

 

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[Hoser John]

Dredging without a blaster nozzle is a monumental waste of time--dredges suck but they don't blow!! 12' garden hose and a blaster lawn sweeper nozzle and you get 4X the production with half the hassles-Tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[bigalathenstn]

yea i know, but i wonder if i can use one with this little pump its only a p90?

 

[49erjohn]

hi allan, did you do any prospecting while you were at the crimson mine? if so how did you do? are you dredging in the georgia area? thanks JOHN

 

[Hoser John]

Blast/dredge/blast/dredge but if you only run small stuff through the box while blasting you can let'r rip all the time-Tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[Hoser John]

oops-1/2" hose not 5/8"-John

 

[bigalathenstn]

i made a blaster out of an old water hose, its 5/8 id it worked like a charm,didnt hurt the pressure at all, but man it took me all day to dredge a hole that would have only took an hour with my old 4 inch,kept getting plug-ups,im dredging a creek that has flat shale rocks,only found 2 small pickers about 1 grain between the 2 of em.



Yes, i do prospect on WEGM property in Ga,I find some small-fine gold in yahoola creek,most of it has mercury on it.Every now and then you might come across a picker in the etowah river,atleast thats all i have found,as far as panning at crissons, a $12.50 bag of concentrates has about .5 grams of gold in it, then more you spend for concentrates the more you will find,i bought a $100 gallon last year and found some nice pickers in it,IMO its worth a try,its fun and the gold bright yellow and shiny,the gold i find here in TN has more orange to it, which ive heard means it has copper or iron content to it,but the jewler tested mine that i found last year and its 23K

 

[Urban Prospector]

A little hand rack and a jigger half and half water- Hydro Peroxide ( for the teeth) don't swallow just lite rinse.

 

[strickman]

run a small bolt through the end of your suction nozzel,it helps reduce your plug ups ,and don't hurt your suction to bad.

 

[Hoser John]

NO NO NO !!! AND LLLLLLL NO-NEVER-NO WAY JOSE-turn a puddle jumper into a worthless piece a junk(cleaned up version) Learn how to dredge like a man!!John