36" bazooka sniper

[Lefty2u]

Does anyone have and use a 36" bazooka Sniper? I am trying to decide
whether to get a 30" or 36" sniper. I want to shovel dirt. There is not
enough water for a prospector. I have a super mini but I have to use a
trowel to feed it.

Thanks Lefty2u

 

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[Prospector70]

Go big or go home my papie used to say.
I would strongly push you to a prospector model if you want to do production, but thats mostly because I don't have a sniper (yet), and can't speak to how fast you can work it.

For instance, I would have gotten the 48 Inch miner when I got my 48 inch prospector, but I was scared I couldnt dead lift it out of the river by myself heheh.
All that said when I can get a sniper it will be the big one.

PS
Sniper 4.5 inches tall (Probably two inches ish from the bottom of the sluice to the bottom of the top plate)
Prospector 6 inches tall
I imagine the fluid bed divider is in the middle of each measurement (I just measured my prospector its 2.5 inches from the bottom of the sluice to the bottom of the top plate)
C'mon you can't wing dam the water up two or three inches more?

<3 best wishes for lots and lots of Oro!

 

[Prospector70]

Heh, if you have to trowel feed, I saw a good ol boy down at the river with a treasure scoop on the end of a shovel. That should save your back for a little while if you can duplicate it

Edit:
I mean no shovel, just the plastic treasure scoop where the shovel blade would be.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Heh, if you have to trowel feed, I saw a good ol boy down at the river with a treasure scoop on the end of a shovel. That should save your back for a little while if you can duplicate it Edit: I mean no shovel, just the plastic treasure scoop where the shovel blade would be.

Too funny!

I feed my sniper with a shovel but it only eats about 1/3 as fast as a sniper so I have to sort of wiggle the material off the shovel rather than just toss a shovel full. Net result, I like my prospector more