Gravity dredging for GOLD - WORKS !! 

First - Hi Jason!

Add a 4" pipe maybe up to (6") to a 4" reducer down to your 2" pipe. Try a couple different lengths of the 4". That will build up the volume and probably keep the pressure higher. Good luck. 😊

That's one thing I love about this community, the new techniques and ideas that everybody shares. Thanks Jason. Keep digging brother! Cobbles! AFNB...🍺🍻🍺

Rex is well behaved for a pup. Usually they would run off exploring and he stays close by. Rigbone is still the top dog though.

feel a mason's line into the tube up until it goes on the other side. Then , tie up a sponge at the top end, and go at the bottom end and pull-out the line and clear all the gravel

Cute pup, looks like German shepherd pit mix to me. It's easy to see how they so easily did hydraulic mining back in the 20's and 30's just by putting a bunch of pipes together that got smaller as they went while running downhill. That setup is just begging to become a motorless pump. Something else you could try (though you don't really need to already owning sluice boxes) is running a piece of corrugated drain pipe with a T in it and putting an adapter that goes to a rectangular gutter hole. Then you can put a hopper into that hole and just shovel into that hole while the entire pipe is under water. The water flowing through it will work just like a sluice and the corrugations will act like riffles. Especially with how fine your gold always is, it'd make for a super simple setup. Something else you might try is Y-ing in a couple more pieces to your main pipe down in the last 10 feet so it can get a lot more water pushing through. The venturi effect of water pushing through should pull through the main pipe even harder. Also increasing the diameter of the pipe as you go will decrease the pressure output at the end, but will increase the overall velocity. (Odd that I know a lot about fluid dynamics huh? It's because it works a lot like exhaust :P) Oh and if you're wondering why you haven't seen a comment from me in a while after I was commenting on everything.. My back's been fucked up lately and so I started getting depressed. I want to be able to go out and do things but I can't even get out and walk the dog without ending up in serious pain.. and then I had a fight with a parent and had a small autistic meltdown and hit a stucco exterior wall three times as hard as I could sideways and busted one of the bones in my dominant hand.. so even if my back starts feeling better, I'm very limited on what I can do because as STP once said "you gotta take time with a wounded hand.." I picked up a 30 pack of beer at the store today and hurt it again. (of course I didn't get it looked at, because they would've asked questions according to my dad) So yeah, when I start getting depressed because I can't do something I want to, I don't want to watch videos about the thing that I want to go do and can't. Using a shovel right now is definitely off the table for me. Living in a den of negativity doesn't help either. Oh and on top of it, I've been writing a lot for the last week.. over 30,000 words of a story set basically in the DnD universe. :D

You could do 3" pipe and reduce the nozzle and flex hose to 1.5" and you should have more suction power. That's definitely working with what you got. Love that setup.

Nothing like back woods engineering. Your idea will develop. Keep up the good work.

Awesome video Jason! I was extremely successful using a 50 ft pool flexible vacuum hose. It was 2 inches in diameter and smooth bore in the center which did not stop Gold until it hit my sluice. I was successful with less drop than what most people suggested I believe due to fast water flow. Add a diffuser at the end of the pipe to slow it before it hits your sluice similar to your screen on your beach rigbone. Cobbles!

Nice work.. God Bless you 🇮🇩⚒️⛏️💎👍👍

I look forward to seeing you run this way again with the improvements, can’t believe the pan tipped over 😩 sorry that happened to ya … gold or no gold this was another awesome episode 👍🏼

There's a dip in the pvc pipe causing it to load up. Just put some rocks under that section to flatten it out. With enough pipe (and water)you could gravity feed water to a highbanker. Larger pipe reduced to spray nozzle, high pressure spray bar. Change out elbow for one with smaller pipe or tubing, down to pex tube, for crevicing. You could put a garden hose adapter on the flex pipe for washing down bedrock into a low spot

Hi Wizard….Great vid!, thx!….as a retired Chemical Process Operator, who knows a little bit about Vac process, I’m impressed! Lol!….a small suggestion u might consider, adapting something similar to a vacuum rug cleaner at the end of pipe at ur sleuth it might help with more even flow….a small strip of cloth across the end, on top, might help a bit, stop air creeping back up the pipe, plus smooth out the water flow! Hope the tips might help….Rex was my 1st dogs name, they actually look very similar….mine was the 57 varieties type!!!….I appreciate ur enthusiasm for life!!!

Fun video! My brother in Madison got the prospecting itch from coming up and working with my 6” dredge. Now he is getting into prospecting in the lower 48, starting in WI. I’ve forwarded a lot of your videos to him to speed up his learning. Thanks for the help getting him going.

Jason, i think if you really want to do this I would recommend adding a 11° injector onto the suction tube maybe halfway down the length of your main line going to your sluice. I would make that injector half inch inside diameter. Tapering out to 2 inch. This would be like adding a jet log to your set up. That would give you more suction. I've done a lot of reading on these many years ago. I think it be worth your while to tinker around with this to get your most efficient set up

Your Dredge worked better than I expected. I finally finished cleaning up my beach gold 4 days of running my cube and I got exactly 1 gram . Then I cleaned up my black poison bag from you and it was exactly the same material plus some silver very pretty>

Thanks for doing this. I've been wondering about a setup like this for a while.

Hi Jason , I was watching how the pipe suction is working and had a thought that if you extended the pipe further up stream and the same length you have down stream and fitted a "Y" section with the flexible hose where you want to dredge to do your suction as it would act as a siphon but you would also have more water speed travelling through the pipe and also more suction. The more fall you have with the pipe the more suction Pye R squared = more suck or something like that LoL!😊The only draw back is the amount of pipe involved and the drop in elevation of the creek or stream of your chosen location , but other than that a hydraulic ram setup . Learning has the occasional curve and trying something new and challenging is what life is all about. Cheers and Cobbles Mate👍👍👍😎💨🏴‍☠☮☮🌈☕☕💡🔧

oh my gosh sitting around on Saturday night having some cobbles and the wizard shows up with new Ideas, how cool is that 🤠👍👍👍

I just love how he sort of dances while he talks with his hands. Love you brother. ❤👏🏻👍🏻❤

It looks like it works very well. Awesome job and way easier on the back! I had to laugh when your pan flipped over. That has happened to me once at the beach and ounce at home. It is nice to see it apppens to others...lol. Thanks for sharing 👍

Excellent experiment bro!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!

Try turning your gravity dreg into a venture vacuum. About 1/4 to 1/2 the way down your first upstream pipe, add a y duct. Make sure your y is pointed up stream. Hook your suction hose to the y. I would probably go up in pipe size also. Adapting down to your suction hose from the y.

He needs that. He's a hard-working miner!

You might try adding a smaller screen to the suction Inlet, 1/4" hardwire cloth... possibly even two layers at 45 degrees to each other. That should eliminate rocks and just let the fines through.

Its a joy watchin someone who loves what they're doing. Results are important sure...but enjoying the ride is where the true riches reside❤

Your videos are so interesting and relaxing. Appreciate the hard-working miners! 😊

You hit the nail on the head by saying: "But you got to try new stuff, you know? Unless it's Spinach".

Adam is very knowledgeable glad I found his channel years ago definitely helped me find gold and he even gave me a few awesome places to play in the creek great guy.. another awesome video Jason 😎

That's so cool 😂 maybe as an adjustment to it you could cut the bottom of a bucket off, cut a hose sized hole in that, submurge it in a hole in creek so it's all under water, have the hose going into it through the hole in the side you cut and then you kinda classify into the bucket and then it'll vaccum the material out, bit more labor intensive but we all know you're a hard working miner and it's not just the hounds doing all the work

“Unless its spinach” hahaha me2

Packer game, ice cold PBR , and flour gold wizards. Decent Saturday.

that trout you scared outta that hole in the bank in a previous video is gonna love that new man cave you dug for him. cobbles!

Great job Jason so cool never thought of that congrats on getting it to work and shoveling directly on the sluice works so much easier awesome job keep it up

Always fun to try something new

Try using a sanitary T, where the t curves in to the main part, you can use the flow end for water only and the curved T end for sucking. Use the other extra hose to connect and to go further up the stream for more fall.

What a different idea! I like learning new stuff like this. Take care!!

Absolutely inspiring! It is definitely true that necessity is the mother of invention

Great vid thank you dan

We all have those days where an accident happens and we lose it.. i was on river after a good day. I went to grab my snuffer bottle for last pan of the day and realized to my horror that I had dropped it in the river. A while days work gone, minus the last pan I was cleaning up. 😢 like the auction dredge idea! You'll get it dialed in. Keep at it.

Super freaking cool. Best and fastest way. Glad you got a great design. Keep up the great job

Cut the end of a racing gas can off for a funnel. Attach it to the main pipe. Then Y off below it for the suction pipe. This should increase velocity.

Great video! Thank you

Raccoons must have snuck in while Rigby was busy working and stolen all the jerky.

What an awesome idea!!!

hehehehehhe!!!! Nothing better than getting plenty of fresh air and sunshine and no gold JJ!!! 😮😮🤣🤣 Thanks for the video JJ.

Kudos for hauling all that gear in and trying something new!

I like using 2" and I use between 200' 300'feet of pipe and I have a great outcome but I've seen people use as little as 100' . This is a great way to dredge with out the sounds of a gas engine

What a day! Lots of ups and downs , The dredge is sure a winner.

Tragic! I've tipped a gold pan before as well though not running that much material. It was awesome to see the gravity dredge at work though I am inspired and want to build one.

Gravity dredge is a great tool. I think if you use a Y fitting at the top of 5 lengths of pipe and add one length to the top you will get better suction and too clean out the pipe of the material. But I would use 3 inch pipe and reduce the fitting for your flex hose to 2"

Great effort, you're back thanks you. Classifying at the nozzle is slowing everything down. classify at the sluice so the material can keep moving. Great job can't wait for more.

Sorry forgot to add the 45 degree up top like a sand blaster at the 4" section. That's where your flexible nosell will be at. 😊

It works!

Sometimes it's just about enjoying the outdoors. Without bad days there would be no good ones. Thanks again 🇨🇦👍😎

Thanks for the video Jason. Glad Rigby and Rex could get you going today to do some dredging. Looks like you had a good start on it, but sucks that your pan flipped over and that your jerky vanished. Weird.🤔 I will refrain from giving suggestions as it looks like you have enough to keep you busy until snow flies. Thank you again to the Flour Gold Wizard Team and have a great weekend. Cobbles!!🍻

Like the concept,very informative video,good luck on next one,I'll be watching.

Good idea with the dredge.

If you run a pipe upstream, connecting with a Y to your main pipe after your suction hose. It might increase the draw on your suction. I've seen this done in the mountains, but there was much more elevation. 🤔

punch plate over the top of the mate would help and i agree longer maybe 4 in flex tubing (so you can follow the stream around corners if need be) hard pipe is fine if you have 80 feet or so with smaller screen over the nozzle so the bigger rocks don't plug up the pipe. thanks for the share! stay awesome!

Great video Jason. Thanks for sharing👍👍

Great job Jason. I’ve been wanting to make a gravity sluice for a while now. I tried once before but I didn’t have enough fall and I was trying to use too big and long of pipe for me to handle. I was using 50, rolls of add drainage pipe and the ridge’s were too hard to clean out. But yeah this time I’m going smooth pipe into a flexible pipe like you did.

It's different. I like it.

Anybody wanna play a game while watching this video? Every time you hear the word suck ,take a drink 😂😵‍💫

At the suction end just put one piece of rounded metal about half an inch in front. Then the only other thing you need is more drop so either more pipe or a steeper creek.

Jason! Dial in that setup and you're golden!! Literally!! Also, 20:54 - 20:57 ... That's what SHE said 😂

Your theory is good. You just need a crash box or hopper to distribute your materials and water better. Thanks for the great videos!

I'm happy to help you are a great guy and one of the only channels I watch ! Sorry I'm late to the show I've been to busy 😢

Great innovation

I see, while you are hard at work mining those little rascals scarfed the treats! Oh, the what me? looks on those two was priceless. I hope you at least enjoyed a few liquid gold treats. A fun video and a bit of a shame about the spilled pan. It’s just nice to get out! Take care Jason and may gold shine a light on you.

Looks like you had a good time. And your gravity dredge also moved some material, cobbles to ya. It’s a lot of fun just to watch you try new stuff. I can tell you really love what you do. Great video Jason. By the way, do you think a Sasquatch stole those beef sticks??

Cool idea. A little more tinkering and the boys will be able to do all work! Cobbles gigantis!

I love the concept. Tweak it. Check out charts of drop of elevation to drop for vacuum values. I used to use siphon tubes for irrigation in my youth and the higher the source vs. drop was imperative to flow. Good luck. I hope this helps.

Cool setup indeed fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

Hi J 😁 I like what your doing there, to try to eliminate those issues I would use a phenom tube at the bottom and a reducer nozzle at the top like a vacuum cleaner attachment for small spaces.

you might use a larger header and reduce it down to 2 inch and then hook your 2 inch suction down the line of the pipe. that might create vol in return increase more pressure. might be able to use a bucket as the intake.

Some of the guys I know say to use a 100' roll of smooth flexible plastic tubing, about 3-4" diameter. If you use the corrigated pipe, it acts a sluice in the pipe. Works good but then 100' of it can get mighty heavy full of sand & pebbles.

Pretty freaking cool man!

Vacuum 😮

What a great vid JASON as you said more studding l think it will work great in the end 👍 👏

Right on bro that awsome. If you can find a spot with more drop in the river you could actually get that bad pony ripping hard. . That's awsome. I've been wanting to try the ole gravity trick. . This video was awsome

Awesome 👍 My thoughts were to put a funnel at the beginning, the larger opening should = more back pressure. Vs getting a 4" pipe.

I just seen a small ginseng plant the other gold of Wisconsin

Dang bucket

Love it

Your having too much fun with the word suck 😂 great video man! Another winner 🏆

Right on, mate ⚒👍🤠

Well that's a super cool idea

Adapt fitting to 3” and you’ll be in bidness quick ! Always remember, a suction should be roughly half again as big as your discharge. You’ll find that sweet spot for sure ! 👍💯🔥

I can definitely see some ways to improve your system. Use a 8 foot 4” pipe at the beginning section then taper down to 2” Cut the 4” pipe in half add a 4” Y that splits to 2” for your suction hose to connect to. This will keep the water flowing better and not effect the suction . Hope that makes sense

Saturday night special 👍🏼

Awesome video.

@flourgoldwizards How about take a bucket, drill 2 inch holes in the bottom sides, hook up suction pipe to one side. Classify the size you put in the bucket and want to go through the pipe and feed the bucket with a shovel so you don't burn off your finger tips

Very creative idea. My digging spot doesn't allow gas dredging either. Thanks for the video.

Maybe add a 2~3 foot smaller dia intake nozel. like a 1.5 inch pipe. that should increase the suction while adding small degree of classification.

I’m digging this ! ! ! The jerky on the other hand is a complete mystery eh lol.

This is cool!

Jason, flare the water into the pipe, build and take advantage of a "venturi" affect.

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That was pretty interesting, I was thinking the whole time about combining 3" and 2" might increase flow