Little Prospector Inc. Floating Centrifugal Concentrator

[factory 487]

19 hours ago, CNew said:

Does anyone here have one of these cool Little Prospector units?

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/gold-prospecting/515078-what-weird-little-contraption.html

 

No, but I have seen another of these without the makers decal, not that I can find anything on the makers "Little Prospector Inc" on the decal.

 

From what I can see on the linked site, the engine has a reduction gearbox driving the centrifugal concentrator bowl, this would have been fed with with sand/gravel and used to separate the waste & hopefully find the placer gold they were after.

Of course all the waste sand, gravel end up in the stream, river or lake, which can cause water pollution from the minerals, hence why dredging is banned in some states.

 

 

David

[Wallfish 698]

That's a new one on me.

I've seen pics of the sluice type units where the O&R powers the water pump

[factory 487]

The sluice dredge & separate pump must be the Keene one, I have some pictures of one that need adding to the appropriate thread.

 

David

[Webhead 95]

7 hours ago, Wallfish said:

That's a new one on me.

I've seen pics of the sluice type units where the O&R powers the water pump

+1