Is there still "good" money to be made on gold dredging?
I watched this programme I think it was in Alaska (could have been somewhere else northerly and cold in USA) and there were these guys with homemade dredging machines like on keeneeng.org,
They were dredging out at sea (not very far out) and although it looked like hard work they were getting decent amounts of gold. Not vast lumps, the UK guy who was making the documentary had a go for 1 hour (with the dredgepipe, under the water, while hot water was pumped into his wetsuit....
After 1 hour they took what was dredged and after panning it he was left with around 200 dollars worth of gold
I'd imagine the more skilled dredgers would make more than that, 200 dollars is good. but that would be between at least 2 people, maybe the skilled dredgers could suck up more than 200 an hour
Is gold prospecting only really a hobby now, as theres not enough gold to be dredged anymore?
or is it still a viable business?
I watched this programme I think it was in Alaska (could have been somewhere else northerly and cold in USA) and there were these guys with homemade dredging machines like on keeneeng.org,
They were dredging out at sea (not very far out) and although it looked like hard work they were getting decent amounts of gold. Not vast lumps, the UK guy who was making the documentary had a go for 1 hour (with the dredgepipe, under the water, while hot water was pumped into his wetsuit....
After 1 hour they took what was dredged and after panning it he was left with around 200 dollars worth of gold
I'd imagine the more skilled dredgers would make more than that, 200 dollars is good. but that would be between at least 2 people, maybe the skilled dredgers could suck up more than 200 an hour
Is gold prospecting only really a hobby now, as theres not enough gold to be dredged anymore?
or is it still a viable business?