Designed to mine placer gold from creeks and streams with the ability to replace the valve gasket in the field. The Non-motorized X-Stream Hybrid Pro hand pump represents 10 years of development and is totally submersible. Sniping, however is a great way to recover gold off bedrock or from crevices while underwater, discover the X-STREAM HYBRID PRO by Gold-N-Sand. Thought about picking it up and making modifications, but went the cheaper $11 route.Prospectors know that underwater gold recovery represents a challenge where motorized dredging is not permitted. It looked a little flimsy and had the hose connected at the top instead of the bottom. It was just a manual water pump, but was the same size as the hand dredge I just made. It looked like a hand dredge with a long hose. Last time I was at the Wild AM in NH, I was reaching into 18" of water with a soup spoon. Gravity caused the pay dirt to come out of the cup without removing the actual cup. He brought the hand dredge to a bucket with some water, turned it so the 'Y' was on top, and then pumped it out. The last video I watched was the same design, but the guy emptied it without removing the cup. I had extra 2" PVC and made a longer cup to bring, because it does look like a pain to repeatedly empty it out. Then I saw the one with the 'Y' attachment and the directions to empty the cup. When you got to the full extent of pulling the handle back, the ball would plug the hole and prevent anything from falling out. Another one I saw had a string and rubber ball at the end. It suggested to quickly pump back and then tip the dredge to prevent the pay dirt from falling out. When I was checking plans online, the first did not have that 'Y' adapter and cup. Plus, I wanted to try something before the end of the season. I just don't have a spare $119 at the moment. Eventually I'd like to get one of those X-Stream HYBRID Hand Dredges.
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