How to Build a Gold Dredge

Way back in 2005 I started making this movie when I was asked by a few friends to put a video together. I first put it on CD and gave them away and then in 2011, I was able to get DSL here in the bush. So here is this old movie cut down from 3 parts into 1 to help you see how to build your own dredge. By using the ways laid out in this movie and my other movies you will have everything that you need to build a dredge of any size on your own.

[@PartridgeFamilyProspecting]

i gotta tell ya.. you really have done it all! ive been watching your vids for a long time and would like to say Thank you!

[@ReedLukens]

🤩 Thanks 🤩

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

excellent video as usual Reed, ive been going back and forth on dredges for awhile now but i think ive settled on a proline 4 inch partly by learning from folks like yourself. I going used but its a proline 4inch with the GX 200 and HP 400 pump complete with all the bells and whistles a bit on the pricey side but i like it, it just speaks to me lol.

[@OptimisticFlyingSaucer-mq8rl]

I got a spot ...or to I'd like to invite you to ..soon actually in a few hours I'll go check and see what I see. Then I'll get back to here. Have is water level. Is not too high possibly next week. It should be perfect.

[@jeffp8474]

Love that multi layered sluice. Great idea

[@chuckp3131]

Great video thank-you

[@donaldperson948]

I got a 420 ho engine I bought at harbor freight! 200.00!im going to set it up with 3?sluice boxes and s air pump! And move some material off a 2” pump!

[@backup-ll5hc]

Your a boss

[@jerrymaulden9805]

Hey Reed I like you and what yer a sayin...It's like candy at a store... they put the good stuff behind glass. Yeah you set the value. Your value is ease of transport, cost of parts. Say you get in a hurry and heaven forbid forget a piece of the tubes that support the barrels.... or lose a pipe off the back o the truck... Not a big deal, cheaply resolved. Right? What I saying is don't cut yourself down... you got a mechine that's producing right?..

[@CSIDecon]

Hi Reed, please check out "Franks Amazing Gold Machine" on KZbin. Let me know what ya think. I built my own suction dredge/boat.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i was hoping youd show us some gold

[@chucklotro8749]

Good thing commie-fornia is protecting us from these weapons of mass river destruction.... #sarcasm

[@davidtomasetti8520]

Awesome rig ,, well thought out. I love the multi layer sluice, seems like it won’t miss much.

[@finnmatteo8763]

i guess I'm pretty randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to stream new series online ?

[@alfredernesto8386]

@Finn Matteo flixportal xD

[@finnmatteo8763]

@Alfred Ernesto thank you, signed up and it seems to work =) Appreciate it!

[@alfredernesto8386]

@Finn Matteo No problem :D

[@jeffgreen977]

My 5" submerged dredge is made from 5" exhaust pipe inside of 12" plastic culvert with a grizzly and a single 2 inch riffle...The whole thing is about 5 feet long.... Jeff

[@jeffgreen977]

Reed, I have looked at many videos on building your own dredge but I like yours the best!.... You make it easier for the average guy to build something that will work and you show how it can be done on a budget.... Could I get your opinion on my specific needs?, I live in Branson Missouri and want to build a dredge to collect fishing weights, coins, bullets and rings that swimmers and fishermen have lost over the years.... I have been doing this by hand for two years and I work the clear streams and dig stuff out of the cracks in the bedrock and have found lots of coins and rings in the gravel too.... I built a hookah and can stay down for about 4 hours at a time, and use pumps on floats to help blast away silt and gravel to speed things up a bit. I lose things because I can't control the water blast very well. I have a 5" suction nozzle and built a short 5" submerged dredge but have not tried it out yet.... I only have an 8 hp 4" trash pump and don't know if this will work or not... I am hoping to keep it submerged... Any ideas?... Jeff

[@veisal1]

Good afternoon, thank you for your educational videos very useful for us, can we ask you to make a video on how to construct power jet, we are from Bulgaria and here we do not have dredgers like KEEN or Proline. If possible one obrazavatelen clip How construct a 5 inch Power Jet. thank you in advance

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

Hey Reed how much was your. 4" hose I'm needing 30 feet of or more to hose i have are all in sections because piecing it together i just need new hose can you get a good price for them where your at thanks Rodney

[@justfeelgreentoday7779]

Great...just great....but how do you make the air system you need to breathe underwater? Hope you or someone else can reply on this with plans....thanks for the great video...btw,are there also plans for this dredge?

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

Hey Reed how much was your. 4" hose I'm needing 30 feet of or more to hose i have are all in sections because piecing it together i just need new hose can you get a good price for them where your at thanks Rodney

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

are you allowed to use a dredge in yosemite

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

my uncle used to pan for gold.. they live in coulterville

[@LUCKYB.]

man you have some big money invested in your Dredge , I have only had 3 in my life and them 3" 5 poly pumps do a good job . nice rig ,

[@southernwulf6983]

So if u still do this how much do you make a summer? because i want to do it my self

[@tomyck3573]

Hi Reed, is that a 6 inch or 8 inch dredge? i am building one in Argentina.

[@huntmulies39]

sluice is 14.5"x36" really short to me

[@huntmulies39]

how important is the angle of sluice box ? I'm building a 3'' crashbox style dredge with old 5hp b&s engine and an old gold king pump not sure of size of pump 1 1/2'' x 2". should i use standard 1" per foot ? thanks for the video

[@ReedLukens]

With the old riffles, 1" per foot is a good place to start. My movie on building a pump platform will also work great for a 3" or you just need 4 15 gallon barrels

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

Hey great that's what I'll do thanks Reed

[@anthonycosta7439]

What are the dementions of the entire dredge?

[@calebbennington7322]

Great Video Reed Lots of good info..

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

I have a 4" pump with a 28"W-48"long and i have 6 of the same drums like you have but white.And a aluminum frame. if i use a smaller water hose like a 3"in to and 4 inch pipe will it speed up the 4" inch suction for a better dredge .or just leave it all at 4" pipe.i would like to have your setup. thank you Rodney

[@ReedLukens]

+Rodney Hendrickson Hendrickson You will do a lot better keeping it a 4

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

Yeah thats good Now if i can find gold Lol I'd love to find i place like your at I'm oute here in Indiana and there's nothing here but pinhead and flower gold and thats it my Sister lives in Colorado by Pikes Peak and that's where I'm wanting to go I'd love to go to California but i herd that you can't run a dredge out there

[@rodneyhendricksonhendricks8423]

28"x48" sluice box

[@MrLodak]

Great video

[@davidbean5807]

Liked the look of your dredge I was wondering why you didn't add a couple of bicycle wheels on the ends by the thirty gallon drums and make them where they could be slid down or pulled up to make carrying easier by just lifting from the sluice box end and rolling it from location to location. Sort of like a deer drag. Looks like a very good design though overall.

[@ReedLukens]

I have wheels but I don't use them on is one because it's 7' wide when put together and the trails that I'm on are way too narrow. So I drive it and then run what I need to in a wheelbarrow.

[@davidbean5807]

I like the design. I feel sort of like you it's more about function than anything else.

[@Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot]

Cool

[@kevinhoney1385]

great vid love it

[@AutoTUFAN]

Super

[@bombillo18]

Awesome..

[@aliciafishing8815]

any advise on sluice width for single stage 5" running a single gx270/hp500?

[@ReedLukens]

Depending on riffles, 20" is standard for standard Hungarian, but with dovetails instead like we built in this video, 22" would be fine :)

[@aliciafishing8815]

Thanks a million ☺

[@zoomzoom2491]

Where can I find the pumps at?

[@ReedLukens]

They are Proline HP400 & HP500 pumps. Fing a mining and diving store in your area or go here - www.prolinemining.com/parts_accessories_engine_pump_combos.html

[@Thebald1]

where do you get the blue containers from?

[@ReedLukens]

I got most of the barrels from work and bought 2 new 15's at Capital Drum in Roseville. Then if you look at my how to build a floating pump platform clip, You can get those for free at a lot of car washes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4LMhn1vm9yaqc0

[@Thebald1]

+Reed Lukens thank you for the quick response

[@gumptashirvan7956]

Does that dredge float with him on it?

[@ReedLukens]

+Gumpta Shirvan Yes... Duh... lol.

[@noaliwendyida8873]

i need one my number:[phone] whatapp

[@randythomas3478]

Where's your new videos? Looking for them. Hope you're doing ok! Bo in North Carolina