Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge
Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge

Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge

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Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge | Gold Prospecting Crevice & Bedrock Suction Tool

Get Gold-Bearing Material Out of Cracks, Crevices & Bedrock

The Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge is a compact manual suction tool designed to help gold prospectors recover material from bedrock cracks, crevices, behind rocks, shallow pools, and other hard-to-reach locations.

When gold settles into a narrow crack, getting the material out can be the hardest part. The Quick Sniper allows you to use hand-operated suction to pull gravel, sand, concentrates, and gold-bearing material from places that are difficult to clean with a shovel, scoop, or gold pan.

Compact, portable, and requiring no gasoline, battery, or electric pump, it's a handy tool for crevicing, sampling, and small-scale gold prospecting.

Perfect for Bedrock Crevicing

Gold is heavy. Once it reaches exposed bedrock, it can work its way into cracks and depressions where moving water has difficulty dislodging it.

These natural traps can contain:

  • Fine gold

  • Flakes

  • Pickers

  • Small nuggets

  • Black sand

  • Heavy concentrates

  • Gold-bearing gravel

The Quick Sniper helps remove this packed material so it can be collected and processed.

Hand-Operated Suction

No motor or external water pump is required.

The manual suction design makes the Quick Sniper especially useful in locations where bringing a larger dredging or pumping system would be impractical.

It's a great option for prospectors who want a simple tool that can be carried directly to the creek.

Reach Material Other Tools Leave Behind

Shovels and scoops work well for loose gravel, but they can't always reach material buried deep inside narrow cracks.

Use the Quick Sniper to work areas such as:

  • Bedrock cracks

  • Narrow crevices

  • Around large rocks

  • Behind boulders

  • Small pockets

  • Shallow pools

  • Exposed bedrock

  • Gravel trapped in depressions

  • Hard-to-reach streambed areas

Excellent Companion to Crevice Tools

For best results, first loosen packed material using a crevice pick, screwdriver, scraper, brush, or other appropriate prospecting tool.

Once the material is loose, use the Quick Sniper to suction it from the crack for collection and processing.

It's a great companion to:

  • Crevice picks

  • Gold pans

  • Classifiers

  • Snuffer bottles

  • Gold tweezers

  • Brushes

  • Vials

  • Sluice boxes

  • Concentrate cleanup equipment

Great for Sampling

The Quick Sniper isn't just useful for recovering visible gold.

It can also be used as a sampling tool.

Pull material from promising cracks and bedrock pockets, pan the recovered material, and determine whether the location is holding gold before spending additional time working the area.

Compact & Portable

Unlike larger dredging equipment, the Quick Sniper is easy to carry into remote prospecting locations.

It's ideal for keeping in a:

  • Prospecting backpack

  • Gold panning kit

  • Vehicle

  • Equipment bucket

  • Crevicing kit

  • Camping setup

This makes it particularly useful for prospectors who hike into remote creeks and want to minimize the amount of equipment they carry.

No Gas, Battery or Electric Pump Required

The Quick Sniper operates manually, making it a simple addition to your prospecting setup.

There's:

  • No gasoline engine

  • No electric motor

  • No battery to charge

  • No external water pump

  • No fuel to carry

Just take it to the water and start working promising crevices.

Features

  • Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge

  • Manual hand-operated suction

  • Designed for gold prospecting

  • Excellent for bedrock crevices

  • Helps recover material from narrow cracks

  • Great for fine gold, flakes, pickers, and small nuggets

  • Useful for sampling promising locations

  • Compact and portable

  • No gasoline required

  • No batteries required

  • No electric pump required

  • Excellent addition to a crevicing kit

  • Great for shallow-water prospecting

  • Easy to carry into remote locations

Package Includes

  • 1 – Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge

Gold, concentrates, pans, crevice tools, buckets, classifiers, and other prospecting equipment are not included unless specifically stated.

Important Prospecting Notice

Rules regarding suction dredging, hand-operated suction devices, and removal of streambed material vary by location.

Before using this product, always check current federal, state, and local regulations, as well as rules established by the property owner or land-management agency.

It is the user's responsibility to determine whether this type of equipment is permitted at the location being prospected.

A Handy Tool for Working Gold-Bearing Crevices

Some of the most promising material in a creek can be packed into cracks that ordinary prospecting tools simply can't reach.

The Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge gives you a compact way to pull material from those hard-to-access locations without hauling a motorized dredge or pump into the field.

Pair it with a good crevice pick and gold pan, and you'll have a simple setup for sampling bedrock, cleaning cracks, and recovering gold-bearing material from places other prospectors may have overlooked.

QUICK SNIPER. A little buddy partner to the Gold-N-Sand X-Stream Hybrid Pro. A great gift, too!

- Works from the top of the surface or completely submerged
- Flexible nozzle makes easy access to the crevice material; virtually unbreakable
- Easy to carry in backpack - less than 24" long
Chamber; 2.5" OD, 2" ID
Nozzle: 1" OD, 3/4" ID
- Nozzle cavity created by interior pipe; captures heavy material and discharges lights

This is part of a new set of products now offered by Gold-N-Sand.
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Geo
Most expensive single use item I’ve ever owned

Used once - worked great. Used in normal creek sand. Second use - did not work. Rinsed to clear sand. Suction tip was so tight it could not be removed. Design won’t allow you to clean or replace inner seal - suction end cap is glued in place. Length of suction rod is too short to allow access to seal or seal retention nut. Very very poor design - so bad I believe it was intentional so it cannot be cleaned/fixed/maintained so you have to buy another- not me. Making my next one DIY - serves me right for thinking I could buy quality design in a tool you can easily make yourself.

Hi George, thank you for sharing your experience. We're sorry to hear about the issues you've encountered with the suction dredge. Your feedback is valuable. I pulled one off our display. I believe you take the top off to access the suction rod and seal/diaphragm. Its best to let the diaphragm soak in water when you make the suction adjustment since it contracts when its dry, swells when its wet. This is a popular product and we typically have pretty good feedback. Lets see if we cant get this figured out.

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Tod G.

Quick Sniper Mini Hand Held Suction Dredge

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James A.

I haven't had a chance to use it but I'm sure it's fine well made

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Scott F.
This suction dredge is worth it's weight in Gold

I've used the hand dredge several times and it's well constructed and works very well. While it won't gaurentee finding gold, it certainly helps! I highly recommend.

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