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Anybody make their own equipment?

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pan4au

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I just put together a hand dredge. you can pump the material out of a crevice straight into a bucket or gold pan.
 
Nice build! I design and build mineral and gold jigs. You can see a video of my auto-pan, or what I call the Sweep Jig, here:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no5R5hs1SgM[/video]
I have videos of some of my other stuff on the same channel.
Jim
 
Thanks, I hope to use it in Co. in Aug.. I'll check out your YT vid
 
I watched your video plus one on the dry jig. that would been nice to had years ago when I was in Az. I did find a few nugget then with a SD2200.. best of luck with you cone jig project.
 
Many thanks! The ability to work either wet or dry with a single machine is big. I think it will do very well once it's well known. It's really fun to just go up to a gravel bank and start running, knowing if there's gold there you're going to recover it. Even though this unit works either way, I like running it dry the best. Just seems like there are more places to work running dry.
Jim
 
Jim, I just made a gold vac from a 2 stroke leaf blower.. tested it with my driveway gravel.. it seems to work well. I'll be checking some yard sale for a cordless leaf blower to make one w/o the need of gas..
 
I made a hand dredge it works good. I did modify a shop vac crevice tip to fit and gets down in bedrock crevices further than a round tube.
 
Piedmontartifacts said:
I made a hand dredge it works good. I did modify a shop vac crevice tip to fit and gets down in bedrock crevices further than a round tube.
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I made a second tip and heated the end and made it oval to get into crevices better.. I hope to find some spots to use it in Co or Wy next month..
 
Enjoyed looking at ya'lls different home-builds above and in my opinion they just add more excitement to the finding of Oro :clapping: This past summer I built me a 3' sluice which consists of a slick plate then vortex mat followed by a section of miners moss with Keene carpet at the end...the moss and the Keene carpet are under expanded metal with no riffles. Need to toss it in the Jeep for a test run.


Also built me a smaller size wooden puffer-type drywasher for sniping around old mine tailings out west in Arizona. A lot of times out there I may have to walk far from the Jeep so I like to travel light and this drywasher weighs under 10 lbs with no need for a battery or gas. If I get lucky and find a decent spot I can always bring in my old mid-size Gold Buddy blower-type drywasher for processing ground quicker. Next I want to build me a VacPac using a 2-cycle gas blower engine. Here close to home our neighborhood Ace Hardware store is going out of business so maybe I can get a good deal on a Stihl gas blower engine and start this project. Best of luck out there and HH!
 
good work..post any finds you get hand built equipment best of luck
 
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