Hello fellowship of the dredgers, lol ,well I got out after a few weeks of healing, this is my favourite time just at summers end .I use a dry suit and a 100 under suit and I can dredge until nature calls or I run out of gas ,the biters that we call insects don't want to eat me so much lol,I can't wait till they all die off or go were they go and finally I can get my flexion 200 on and be rid of thease bloodsuckers, gold ain't free ,that was my thoughts, am I the only 1
Anyone know of good places to dredge in Indiana without getting complaints? I wanted to go to Sugar creek in Crawfordsville, but was told no prospecting what so ever at the campground there. What the heck???
im no expert but on a 2 inch pump your looking for 100 gallons per min.and about 150 feet of head pressure. I used a honda gx50 with a keene p90gh pump.that will give u plenty of power.a 3 inch is a major step up in engine and pump size hope this helps a bit.
Help Please, I'm working on a 2" dredge I have a 2 in suction nozzle that works. the problem I'm having is my pump is to week if its on lay flat hose it doesn't provide any real suction but will work OK with ridged hose. What Kind of GPM and PSI are normally needed for a 2" or 3" dredge.
Hello fellow dredgers, i managed to get out last Saturday and got just 3 hrs or so in the creek great fun,butt i have a question about the green carpet on my keene 3 inch ultra .does anyone dry the carpet and get more gold from it dry or wet.i had a 2 inch keene and the matt when dried flat i could shake it in a pan n sometimes i would recover fine gold .is this normal cheers .???
I learned a valuable lesson from my last outing with my dredge. It is when you are removing sand overburden it is wise to clean out the box prior to working the hardpack under. I am sure I loaded up the box with black sand and blew out the gold.
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Anyone know of good places to dredge in Indiana without getting complaints? I wanted to go to Sugar creek in Crawfordsville, but was told no prospecting what so ever at the campground there. What the heck???
Thanks John, I need to up grade my pump it works fine for the high Banker but just doesn't have the presser for the dredge.
Henry B
Hello henry,
im no expert but on a 2 inch pump your looking for 100 gallons per min.and about 150 feet of head pressure. I used a honda gx50 with a keene p90gh pump.that will give u plenty of power.a 3 inch is a major step up in engine and pump size hope this helps a bit.
cheers
Help Please, I'm working on a 2" dredge I have a 2 in suction nozzle that works. the problem I'm having is my pump is to week if its on lay flat hose it doesn't provide any real suction but will work OK with ridged hose. What Kind of GPM and PSI are normally needed for a 2" or 3" dredge.
Henry Batchelor
Hello fellow dredgers, i managed to get out last Saturday and got just 3 hrs or so in the creek great fun,butt i have a question about the green carpet on my keene 3 inch ultra .does anyone dry the carpet and get more gold from it dry or wet.i had a 2 inch keene and the matt when dried flat i could shake it in a pan n sometimes i would recover fine gold .is this normal cheers .???
I learned a valuable lesson from my last outing with my dredge. It is when you are removing sand overburden it is wise to clean out the box prior to working the hardpack under. I am sure I loaded up the box with black sand and blew out the gold.
undefined lower sluice lots of black sands
Bill it has a 5.5 HP Honda and not sure what size the pump was, bought it used.
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