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Suction dredge - Help with dredge

Jleyser		Posted : Saturday, 28 September 2013 2:16:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 28/09/2013(UTC) Posts: 0 Location: Cromwell		Hi everyone I am looking at building a gold dredge or getting a dredge built just wondering if there's anyone in the central Otago area that could help or may know of someone cheers Jonathan

NUGGY		Posted : Saturday, 28 September 2013 6:40:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Kiwi JW out of Queenstown could point you in the right direction, have not noticed him on here recently though. Lots of great info and pics of dredges on here if you read back through old posts. NUGGY

pc5001		Posted : Sunday, 29 September 2013 9:56:16 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 5/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 26 Location: central otago nz Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 8 post(s)		Hi,Cromwell is a good place to build a dredge.Murdoch Weldrite in McNulty road are well experienced at building gold mining equipment as is Gavin Spencer Engineering in Alex.These guys are building floating trommel plants etc for commercial miners but are still great to help you with your power jet,fold up a sluice box or roll a flare.Try GES in Alex or Cromwell or Blackwood Paykels in Queeny for what hose the local dredgers are using.One thing I gotta say is don`t be temped to get a trash pump,theyre cheap and locally available but if you want a real dredge to perform properly for years,spend the money on a real pump on a quality motor.Keene or Proline,don`t know the current situation with Proline in NZ but Daniel Gerber [Danidor] is good to deal with and will give you solid advice.I`ve built a few over the years and have a little 3 inch on the workbench at the mo,I`m nearby so if you want to have a look or a chat PM me.

webby1		Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 8:09:42 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 22/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 16 Location: omarama Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		hi mate, ive got 4 dredges here in omarama if you ever passing and wanna have a look 2 keenes and 2 home made cheers

chrischch		Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 7:06:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Originally Posted by: webby1 hi mate, ive got 4 dredges here in omarama if you ever passing and wanna have a look 2 keenes and 2 home made cheers Hey there, my family are in Omarama and I may be moving down that way. Where's the closest gold? It seems like there's not a lot near Omarama.....is the Nevis the closest?
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G-old		Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 9:02:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 7/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 10 Location: south island Thanks: 15 times Was thanked: 11 time(s) in 4 post(s)		depending on the money you want to spend ebay has some very cheap pro dredges and the shipping cost is around 900 nz dollars ive not brought a dredge in but a couple of bikes its 6 week wait but much cheeper than here in nz

Oliver123		Posted : Sunday, 22 December 2013 7:15:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 77 Location: christchurch Thanks: 32 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		How much would one expect to pay for a dredge to be made not including the water pump?

jafa		Posted : Monday, 23 December 2013 9:20:29 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 22/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 134 Location: auckland Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 23 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Hi Engineers can be bloody expensive if you wanted a dredge built not including engine or pump you would have to bank on spending around the 2k mark but then of course that depends on what size dredge you want built but if your talking 2 pontoons,frame,flare,powerjet nozzel ,sluice i would think even the simplest frame design youd still be looking around the 2k probably probably more. sometimes your just better off buying a dredge all set to go take the hassle away and pluss even an engineer that has built a few dredges probably dosent have a clue as to how well what he is building works so if you did get 1 built youd probably have wee issues tuning it in if i were you id just buy1 theres always a fe on TM but i would try before i buy as there are some total home built shitters out there .
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Gold monkey		Posted : Sunday, 3 January 2016 9:39:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 1/01/2016(UTC) Posts: 5 Location: Cromwell Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)		Just get ya mates to do if for you and pocket the gold

kiwijw		Posted : Thursday, 7 January 2016 10:51:54 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Gold monkey Just get ya mates to do if for you and pocket the gold With a comment like that....I guess you would't have many mates.