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Bought one.,Sniping sucker pump. - Small to Large

Sailor		Posted : Monday, 31 March 2014 3:27:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: Canterbury Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Have bought one now thanks. Edited by user Wednesday, 16 April 2014 5:21:18 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Golddigger7		Posted : Tuesday, 1 April 2014 1:00:34 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 6/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 252 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 35 post(s)		Hi There I use a modified oil pump which mechanics use for transferring oil, works great, made of metal, so sinks straight away if dropped.

FossickFester		Posted : Tuesday, 1 April 2014 6:39:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/09/2013(UTC) Posts: 174 Location: Tasman Thanks: 63 times Was thanked: 35 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Hi Sailer. If you don't have any luck buying one, here's a youtube link on how to make one. In one of the clip description comments, a good fella put up a list of the parts that are used in the clip. Just print this list off and go to your local plumbing supplies stockist, or you could copy & paste the list and email them before hand and save ya self some time. note tho, measurements are imperial not metric. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_4qu15zZs Hope this helps :) Edited by user Tuesday, 1 April 2014 6:41:22 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Sailor		Posted : Tuesday, 1 April 2014 7:19:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: Canterbury Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		I,m coming across like that gut on tele. One get,s someone else to do it.One does it himself.I,ll give it a go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-_4qu15zZs Hope this helps :)
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Sailor		Posted : Tuesday, 1 April 2014 7:21:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: Canterbury Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Golddigger7 Hi There I use a modified oil pump which mechanics use for transferring oil, works great, made of metal, so sinks straight away if dropped. Ok I,ll get innovative.Appreciate your input.
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bushbasher		Posted : Thursday, 3 April 2014 8:57:30 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 2 Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Hi all, I used 65mm gutter downpipe to make mine see (attached image) . The female end of the pipe I used for the collection nozzle .I turned 2 wooden end caps one for the nozzle end and one for the handle end. my plunger is a whole Tennis ball with a full length threaded rod though it with nuts and washers on either side . I have since added an extra 5mm thick piece of rubber (cut in a circle about 2 to 3mm bigger than the diameter of the pipe), between the end nut-washer and the tennis ball; this has stopped and water getting past the ball. Remember to drill a small hole up by the handle end to let the air out. Make sure you extend your nozzle up into the trap area ( As far as the lip on the female end of the pipe or as such that the plunger doesn't hit it ) so you can keep sucking until your trap is full; as the gold and gravel cant get out once its in there (just like snuffer bottle for your pan ) ; not like the one in the video above, and those pvc fittings in the video are bloody expensive. Mine would cost $30-35 new, less if you got parts laying around. Pictures of my sucker upper Edited by user Thursday, 3 April 2014 9:04:13 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

goldpig		Posted : Friday, 4 April 2014 10:11:03 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 7/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 6 Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Sailor Hi any one interested in selling me a sniper pump.I,ve got just about everything else in the meantime to keep me busy.I,m in ChCh and willing to pay freight. I reckon the best way to go about it is 65mm downpipe, a loose plastic guide at the top end to allow the air to escape and a wooden handle, a big flat washer holding a seal made of blue closed cell bedroll foam. the foam allows easy use with very little friction and seals immaculately. cut the seal the same size as the outer of the pipe. ok , the seal only lasts a day or so, but ya just make a heap of them for next to nothing. stretch a bike tube over the bottom end so that it can handle a few bangs.

gjj109		Posted : Friday, 4 April 2014 10:45:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 464 Location: Thames Thanks: 217 times Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)		I don't use a plug for the handle end. You can then just tip or rinse the gravel in the pipe into a bucket or pan.

bushbasher		Posted : Saturday, 5 April 2014 8:07:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 2 Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)		I turned my pipe ends out of a hunk of beech I had laying around , but you could easily make a guide at the handle end with a square block of wood screwed in and a hole through the centre for the rod.