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Ok so I am new to the forum and new to gold dredging. I see everyone says to buy there first dredge and I'm not, so save it please.. One of my employees has worked for a dive company and done alot of commercial dredging and built venture jets for there dredges.
I live in Maine where we can dredge up to 4"
I have built 2 pontoons out of 3/4 plywooded and filled them with dock floats. They are 78" Long 14" wide and 11" deep, they are filled with foam for floating docks.. I have a gas powered 3" pump it is brand new never been run got a great deal on it locally from someone on CL. Was new in the box never been oiled or gased. I am having a dock company weld me up a nice aluminum frame to connect the pontoons and support the motor and sluice box. I am using a pvc Y pipe with that is 4" with a 3" in for the outbound water from the pump. I have ordered a sluice box but it is just the jobe 45 river sluice. 10" I know its not big enough and would like the keene 16" 3 stage but can't afford to dump the 650.00 on it so I'm just going to attach the jobe best I can. Perhaps make a 3 stage sluice later on or buy it if all goes well. Let me know what what you guys think?
Should I put a Y pipe 3" out on the pump with a 2" and 1" and make a suction nozzle as well? Running 2" to a the 4" Jet and a 1" to the end of the suction nozzle? Do they make 4" nozzles or should i reduce it to 3" in for the jet with 2" in with the 1" coming in on the suction nozzle? Any thoughts?
Also I live in Maine so any suggestions on places to dredge for mainers? I have a few places in mind already and I hope to have everything set up to use this weekend near a friends house who has found a few gold nuggets in the stream on his property. I will let you guys know how I make out with home made dredge. Frame is going to be ready thursday morning so I'm taking friday off to tweak everything and hopefully have it in the water for Saturday.
I will post some pictures when we get it going maybe even do a video...
I live in Maine where we can dredge up to 4"
I have built 2 pontoons out of 3/4 plywooded and filled them with dock floats. They are 78" Long 14" wide and 11" deep, they are filled with foam for floating docks.. I have a gas powered 3" pump it is brand new never been run got a great deal on it locally from someone on CL. Was new in the box never been oiled or gased. I am having a dock company weld me up a nice aluminum frame to connect the pontoons and support the motor and sluice box. I am using a pvc Y pipe with that is 4" with a 3" in for the outbound water from the pump. I have ordered a sluice box but it is just the jobe 45 river sluice. 10" I know its not big enough and would like the keene 16" 3 stage but can't afford to dump the 650.00 on it so I'm just going to attach the jobe best I can. Perhaps make a 3 stage sluice later on or buy it if all goes well. Let me know what what you guys think?
Should I put a Y pipe 3" out on the pump with a 2" and 1" and make a suction nozzle as well? Running 2" to a the 4" Jet and a 1" to the end of the suction nozzle? Do they make 4" nozzles or should i reduce it to 3" in for the jet with 2" in with the 1" coming in on the suction nozzle? Any thoughts?
Also I live in Maine so any suggestions on places to dredge for mainers? I have a few places in mind already and I hope to have everything set up to use this weekend near a friends house who has found a few gold nuggets in the stream on his property. I will let you guys know how I make out with home made dredge. Frame is going to be ready thursday morning so I'm taking friday off to tweak everything and hopefully have it in the water for Saturday.
I will post some pictures when we get it going maybe even do a video...