The Gold Pup Mini Highbanker is a compact two-stage gold-recovery system built for sampling, recreational prospecting, and processing classified material. Its portable aluminum design can be operated beside a stream or placed over a suitable tub to create a self-contained recirculating system.
The package includes a 12-volt 1,100 GPH pump and four feet of recirculating hose, giving the Gold Pup enough water flow to process material without the size and weight of a full-scale highbanker.
Material is first washed inside the hopper by the built-in spray bar. Larger rocks are separated before the remaining material enters the sluice.
The lower recovery section combines ribbed matting, miner’s carpet, and hinged Hungarian-style riffles. These components create multiple opportunities to capture gold while lighter sand and gravel move out of the sluice.
The Gold Pup is sized to operate over commonly available plastic tubs. Add a suitable tub, 12-volt battery, and small tailings bucket to create a recirculating system for use at home, camp, or in dry locations where running water is unavailable.
It can also be operated beside a creek or stream with the included pump positioned in a suitable water source.
Compact two-stage highbanker
6-3/4-inch-wide sluice
26-inch-long sluice section
Approximately 47 inches of combined hopper and sluice classification area
Included 12-volt 1,100 GPH pump
Includes four feet of recirculating hose
Built-in spray bar
Adjustable legs for slope control
Ribbed matting and miner’s carpet
Hinged Hungarian-style riffles
Aluminum riffle cage
Lightweight aircraft-aluminum construction
Suitable for streamside or recirculating operation
Made in the USA
Sluice dimensions: 6-3/4 inches wide x 26 inches long
Combined hopper and sluice area: Approximately 47 inches long
Construction: .080-gauge 5052 aircraft aluminum
Pump: 12-volt, 1,100 GPH
Hose: Four-foot recirculating hose
Recovery system: Ribbed matting, miner’s carpet, and Hungarian-style riffles
Legs: Adjustable
Manufacturer SKU: GPMH
Country of manufacture: USA
Gold Pup Mini Highbanker
Hopper with built-in spray bar
Sluice and recovery components
Adjustable leg system
12-volt 1,100 GPH water pump
Four-foot recirculating hose
For recirculating operation, you will also need:
Suitable plastic water reservoir or tub
12-volt lawn-and-garden battery or compatible power source
Small bucket or container for discharged rock
Proper battery connections and fuse protection
Classification and cleanup tools
The tub, battery, tailings bucket, and cleanup accessories are not included.
Position the highbanker on firm ground and adjust the legs until the sluice is stable with a consistent downward slope. Connect the hose and pump, then place the pump in a clean water source or recirculating reservoir.
Start the pump and confirm that water is distributed evenly through the spray bar and recovery section. Feed classified material gradually into the hopper. Avoid overloading the system, as excessive material can interfere with classification and gold recovery.
Adjust the slope and water flow until lighter material clears the riffles while heavier black sand remains concentrated behind them.
The hinged riffle assembly lifts for convenient access to the miner’s carpet and ribbed matting. The aluminum riffle cage also allows a magnet to be used near the equipment to help remove accumulated magnetic black sand.
Remove and rinse each recovery component carefully into a clean tub or bucket so captured gold is not lost during cleanup.
Sampling creek and bench material
Recreational gold prospecting
Processing classified gravel
Paydirt and concentrate processing
Home or camp recirculating systems
Dry-area prospecting
Prospectors wanting a compact, portable highbanker
This product ships from the manufacturer. Allow approximately 3–6 business days before tracking becomes available, plus normal transit time. The current leg configuration may differ from older product photographs; refer to the latest image for the supplied design.
The Gold Pup Mini Highbanker is a two stage highbanker with a hefty motor to keep the water flowing. Made in the USA, this highbanker has all you need to catch the gold.
The unit comes with 12volt 1100-gph pump and a 4ft Recirculating hose. It has adjustable legs for easy slope control and a built in spay bar, down below is ribbed miner's carpet to catch fine gold and hinged Hungarian riffles. These are made to fit in a plastic tubs. All you need is the tub,12V-lawn mower battery and a small pail to catch the waste rock. You can use the Gold Pup Highbanker in the desert or on your favorite stream or even your home garage.
The Gold Pup Highbanker will help get the gold much faster than panning or drywashing. The sluice and hopper make 47" of classifying area. The hinged riffles and cage are aluminum , making it easier to use a magnet to remove the black sand build up. Hinged riffles make for easy cleanup. This mini high banker has a 12volt 1100-gph pump for plenty of water volume. The sluice and hopper is a strong .080 gauge 5052 aircraft aluminum.
Tub not included. Please note, the leg configuration has changed to the one in the last picture.
Pros : Price, portability, Sluice + hopper craftsmanship
Cons : To get this unit to sub-par efficiency (70-80% gold capture) you will have to drop another 250 bucks to extend the sluice, change the mat, make the legs stronger.
Thoughts: yes I will be taking this as my "cheap high-banker" on all of my camping and ventures through my Alaskan summers. Yes I would recommend it to anyone who wants a lightweight portable unit. No I would not recommend this to anyone who knows that gold capture efficiency should be 90+%, No I would not recommend this to anyone who sees how proper functioning high bankers work.
End Note : This straddles the line between novelty and usefulness. It's useful for backpacking trips and sampling as long as you classify your material and have a lot of time to clean the mat consistently. Novelty because I consider this my "disposable" high banker where if I'm worried about damaging one of my more costly but efficient highbankers, due to the distance I have to travel via utv to access a site - I'll pack this guy.
Would I buy it again - for backpacking yes, for serious gold recovery - NO No No
This makes it way easy. And I do it in my living room while watching football on snowy days. Love this thing
Very inconvenient it has great potential but it arrived a week early and one of the back legs didn't work because the screw to tighten the leg is stripped therefore I can't use it.
I already did this!
It’s perfect for what I need as a prospecting tool. I set it up at camp and run my samples with easy quick results.
Another satisfied customer!!!
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