Sold 3″ Proline to British Columbia
Sold this like new 3″ Proline dredge to a fellow down in Florida. All of our dredges shipped are crated in wood crates and shipped by a quality shipping company. Crating and shipping to Florida cost $420.00. From Florida he plans on taking it up to BC for mining next year. Crating consists of plywood […]
Proline 4″ dredge to North Carolina
Hello miners/reclamation people, Sold this 4″ Proline dredge to a miner in North Carolina. Crated it and shipped it to him. This might be the 10th or 11th dredge I’ve crated and shipped to North Carolina. Evidently there is some decent gold there or some streams and rivers that need to be cleaned up via […]
Shipping our sold dredges
Before we sell one of our used dredges, we very carefully and methodically go thru the entire machine to be sure it will run and function properly. Rust and rusty parts are either cleaned up and painted or replaced on the framework. Sluice box is inspected and repaired if necessary. Engine and pump are run […]
6″ Keene Gold Dredge to Alaska
Interesting story…sold this lightly used 6″ Keene dredge to a guy in Wisconsin. He paid for it and said he would drive out here to the Sacramento area and pick up it. He did. He was a wirey character, long blond hair, blonde mustache and beard, older fellow maybe in his 70’s. Looked like a […]
Budget Air System for Gold Dredge
Recently sold a used 2 1/2″ Keene gold dredge to a pal up in Nevada County. He said he was going to dredge on a small creek and didn’t think he’d need air. It’s been a few months now, he reached out to me asking what it would take install an air compressor, including the […]
T-80 Air Compressor for Gold Dredge
Tested this compressor before disassembly. It was pumping air but not holding any pressure. This is what we found after removing the head and valve plate, you can see why. Exhaust flapper valve was broken (see pic). Intake flapper didn’t look too good either. Cleaned the inside of the compressor, replaced the intake and exhaust […]
Gold Dredging in Calilfornia
I’m getting a lot of people asking me if suction dredging is open in California. I’m not an attorney and I don’t give legal advice but…here is a copy of an article published in the December 2023 edition of the Mining Journal (ICMJ) written by Public Lands for the People (PLP) that seemingly states suction […]