The FissureMan II GOLD-N-ROD has been designed to be the most comprehensive replacement for all other manual suction dredge designs currently found in the marketplace. This device not only incorporates the usual functions found in common gold suckers, it also incorporates unique features not yet identified within any of the other manual suction dredge designs previously available.
As a location sampling device (while prospecting or searching for the best spot with the most "color" to work) this device can't be beat! The FissureMan II separates your sample into three distinct levels of concentrates to facillitate easy identification of the size and count of color at the sampling point. You can bypass a large portion of the usual labor and time consuming action of hand processing samples by having the material seperated while you collect.
If color shows (or not) at the first level you can move up (or down) to the next level of concentrates and then the next. If you find you have nothing of interest showing - drop the material out and move on to the likely next location. This will allow evaluation of more locations along the stream bank or channel, faster in a given period of time, than stopping to hand process samples each time and having to pick out the oversize rocks. You will be able to find the best spot to actually work before you get out the shovel or heavier classification and prospecting equipment used for intensive mining of an area.
FEATURES:
> Three levels of material classification contained within a single unit.
> Three separate interchangeable classification screens are provided. (-4 , -14 & -32 mesh)
> Three supplied nozzles: 12" x ½" straight; 12" x ½" x 45 degree angle; 7" x ½" to ¼" flared.
> Four additional 6" x ½" specialty nozzle tip configurations, normally sold seperately, are also provided.
> All nozzles are threaded and incorporate a unique mechanism that prevents deep nozzle rock plugs.
> Weighs in at a light 3 lbs. 11 ozs. fully assembled for use.
> Four fast, twist to open, bayonet port connections for easy use & simple field assembly.
> Easily suctions and retains loosened sand and gravel materials < ½" overall diameter.
> Has a large collection chamber which means no backaches or fatigue from multiple back and forth movements.
> Allows working of streambed material with multiple suction and expulsion jets of water.
(Powered dredges use expulsion jets to assist breaking loose tight material for suction collection)
> Incorporates a heavy duty, adjustable 2" rubber piston seal.
> Provides the highest proven ram pressure to flow ratio of any Manual Suction Dredge currently available.
> Does not use check valves, toilet tank valves, hoses, reducer fittings or nozzle screens that could jam or plug.
> Needs to be emptied only when the collection chamber is full.
> May be used to collect bulk stream material when no classification is desired (just remove the classification screens!)
> Four coloration schemes of brilliant color shifting custom paint available to choose from.
> Fast shipment combined with both pre and post sale customer assistance for your complete buying satisfaction!
> PROUDLY - MADE IN AMERICA
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Testaments to the above design features:
" I am very pleased with the prompt, courteous response of the Seller in sending the device that I bought from him. The FissureMan II exhibits well-engineered improvements that show the thoughtfulness of the inventor as to product performance. In addition, the inventor was willing to responsibly dialogue with me about his invention when I had a question. It has been a pleasure doing business with him."
W. Wheatcroft
Holbrook, Arizona
"Dennis,
I hope you are doing well. I've used the Fissureman II several times and enjoy using it. I used it today and found a few pickers here in Georgia....."
Edward B.
Kennesaw, Georgia
> Three separate interchangeable classification screens are provided. (-4 , -14 & -32 mesh)
> Three supplied nozzles: 12" x ½" straight; 12" x ½" x 45 degree angle; 7" x ½" to ¼" flared.
> Four additional 6" x ½" specialty nozzle tip configurations, normally sold seperately, are also provided.
> All nozzles are threaded and incorporate a unique mechanism that prevents deep nozzle rock plugs.
> Weighs in at a light 3 lbs. 11 ozs. fully assembled for use.
> Four fast, twist to open, bayonet port connections for easy use & simple field assembly.
> Easily suctions and retains loosened sand and gravel materials < ½" overall diameter.
> Has a large collection chamber which means no backaches or fatigue from multiple back and forth movements.
> Allows working of streambed material with multiple suction and expulsion jets of water.
(Powered dredges use expulsion jets to assist breaking loose tight material for suction collection)
> Incorporates a heavy duty, adjustable 2" rubber piston seal.
> Provides the highest proven ram pressure to flow ratio of any Manual Suction Dredge currently available.
> Does not use check valves, toilet tank valves, hoses, reducer fittings or nozzle screens that could jam or plug.
> Needs to be emptied only when the collection chamber is full.
> May be used to collect bulk stream material when no classification is desired (just remove the classification screens!)
> Four coloration schemes of brilliant color shifting custom paint available to choose from.
> Fast shipment combined with both pre and post sale customer assistance for your complete buying satisfaction!
> PROUDLY - MADE IN AMERICA
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Testaments to the above design features:
" I am very pleased with the prompt, courteous response of the Seller in sending the device that I bought from him. The FissureMan II exhibits well-engineered improvements that show the thoughtfulness of the inventor as to product performance. In addition, the inventor was willing to responsibly dialogue with me about his invention when I had a question. It has been a pleasure doing business with him."
W. Wheatcroft
Holbrook, Arizona
"Dennis,
I hope you are doing well. I've used the Fissureman II several times and enjoy using it. I used it today and found a few pickers here in Georgia....."
Edward B.
Kennesaw, Georgia
GENERAL OPERATION
Place the nozzle tip at or in close against the selected area and then using a pulling motion on the FissureMan II piston handle, suction up the material. Then you may push the handle back down and flush water back into the same area before the next suction stroke to help break loose additional material .
Repeat the above process as many times as necessary to completely clean out a location to your satisfaction while emptying the various classified materials as needed. It's that simple!
The internal design of the collection chamber prevents the backwash of the liquefied solids through the suction tip, but not the water, so you can move as fast or slow as you like.
(No worries of losing the material if the suction vacuum breaks because your thumb came off a vent hole too soon or you bump a rock while having to move the material quickly to a bucket!)
How aggressively to suction or flush an area will be determined through actual practice since all users and their locations will be unique. No material that enters the collection chamber will be lost until the chamber is full.
Repeat the above process as many times as necessary to completely clean out a location to your satisfaction while emptying the various classified materials as needed. It's that simple!
The internal design of the collection chamber prevents the backwash of the liquefied solids through the suction tip, but not the water, so you can move as fast or slow as you like.
(No worries of losing the material if the suction vacuum breaks because your thumb came off a vent hole too soon or you bump a rock while having to move the material quickly to a bucket!)
How aggressively to suction or flush an area will be determined through actual practice since all users and their locations will be unique. No material that enters the collection chamber will be lost until the chamber is full.
PRIMARY FUNCTION
As a location sampling device (while prospecting or searching for the best spot with the most "color" to work) this device can't be beat! The FissureMan II separates your sample into three distinct levels of concentrates to facillitate easy identification of the size and count of color at the sampling point. You can bypass a large portion of the usual labor and time consuming action of hand processing samples by having the material seperated while you collect.
If color shows (or not) at the first level you can move up (or down) to the next level of concentrates and then the next. If you find you have nothing of interest showing - drop the material out and move on to the likely next location. This will allow evaluation of more locations along the stream bank or channel, faster in a given period of time, than stopping to hand process samples each time and having to pick out the oversize rocks. You will be able to find the best spot to actually work before you get out the shovel or heavier classification and prospecting equipment used for intensive mining of an area.
Gold is where you find it - but it isn't everywhere!
Why work a gravel laden spot containing no color?
Remember to sample, sample, and then sample some more for the best spot to work.
Why work a gravel laden spot containing no color?
Remember to sample, sample, and then sample some more for the best spot to work.
SECONDARY USE
Once you have located the best spot with the highest color count, the FissureMan II may be converted to a raw material collection tool. - Just remove the classification screens (put them in your pocket) and start suctioning the raw material for your heavier prospecting equipment to process. With or without the screens in place this unit will collect material less than 1/2" overall size and when the chamber is full, holds as much material as a standard 10" gold pan can process efficiently at one time (possibly twice as much if you continue to fill into the piston chamber). At this rate of collection you should be able to fill a bucket quickly with easy to process material minus the oversize junk gravel other larger diameter nozzle units collect.
Collection Tip: Just because the collection chamber is full doesn't mean you must stop and dump out the material. You may continue to collect material past this point and allow the piston chamber to hold the overflow if large volume collection is your desire (but expect to lose some material along the way). This method could double overall quantity collection of material between cleanouts.
Collection Tip: Just because the collection chamber is full doesn't mean you must stop and dump out the material. You may continue to collect material past this point and allow the piston chamber to hold the overflow if large volume collection is your desire (but expect to lose some material along the way). This method could double overall quantity collection of material between cleanouts.
FISSUREMAN II - GOLD-N-ROD
Please be aware that you won't be purchasing a couple of lengths of unfinished plastic pipe stuck into one another using a skinny O-ring for a piston seal and some mismatched fittings glued in place for a simple sniping tube that just moves some dirt. That type of suction device was the only choice for the prospector of yesterday,
The technology for the recreational gold prospector offered here is far more refined and has been adjusted to allow for easier retrieval and classification of the gold bearing material found in those hard to hike or reach places. In the following text you will be reviewing information concerning a new, quality custom sampling & prospecting tool that works as explained.
This is the technology of today ........>
If you are still interested in a unique and quality constructed Custom Manual Suction Dredge, one that definitely won't look like it was built in a garage, then please read on and thank you for your interest!
The technology for the recreational gold prospector offered here is far more refined and has been adjusted to allow for easier retrieval and classification of the gold bearing material found in those hard to hike or reach places. In the following text you will be reviewing information concerning a new, quality custom sampling & prospecting tool that works as explained.
This is the technology of today ........>
If you are still interested in a unique and quality constructed Custom Manual Suction Dredge, one that definitely won't look like it was built in a garage, then please read on and thank you for your interest!
- CUSTOM COLOR SHIFTING PAINT -
The FissureMan II - GOLD-N-ROD is a prospecting tool sporting the professional appearance of multi-layer, Gold to Magenta color shifting lacquer paint.
You have probably seen this awesome paint used on high end autos like Porsche, Cadillac and many of the best customized machines and personal tools - the coloration exhibits one metal flake color and as it moves by, shifts to another dazzling metal flake color!
This is not an inexpensive step using an overcoat of cheap "fancy" paint but rather a quality addition to an already well-crafted prospecting tool incorporating the best materials available. In addition to being visually pleasing, the contrasting offset in color to surrounding natural earthtones provides easy visual identification of the device should it be left on the stream bank or dropped into moving water.
This functional quality enhancement is not provided with any other manual suction dredge on the market.
You have probably seen this awesome paint used on high end autos like Porsche, Cadillac and many of the best customized machines and personal tools - the coloration exhibits one metal flake color and as it moves by, shifts to another dazzling metal flake color!
This is not an inexpensive step using an overcoat of cheap "fancy" paint but rather a quality addition to an already well-crafted prospecting tool incorporating the best materials available. In addition to being visually pleasing, the contrasting offset in color to surrounding natural earthtones provides easy visual identification of the device should it be left on the stream bank or dropped into moving water.
This functional quality enhancement is not provided with any other manual suction dredge on the market.
HOW IS IT USED?
The following pictures and written descriptions here are offered for general operational understanding of the FissureMan II.
Displayed within the operational pictorials is the original B&W engineering prototype. It was used and photographed under typical field conditions and with the actual material results presented. The material collected and shown in the pictures is as found.
Displayed within the operational pictorials is the original B&W engineering prototype. It was used and photographed under typical field conditions and with the actual material results presented. The material collected and shown in the pictures is as found.
IN SUMMARY
- You do not have to disassemble the entire unit to get at the collected fines - it takes only a 1/2" twist of the fines cup to open
it for inspection.
- If you like what you see at this point you can remove the fines cup classification screen to access the next level/size of
collected material for inspection.
- Finally, a 1/2" twist of the fines cup extender allows access for complete removal and/or inspection of the largest material in
the collection head.
it for inspection.
- If you like what you see at this point you can remove the fines cup classification screen to access the next level/size of
collected material for inspection.
- Finally, a 1/2" twist of the fines cup extender allows access for complete removal and/or inspection of the largest material in
the collection head.
We make no claim that this tool will find gold - that is the function of the knowledgeable prospector.
We do assert with complete certainty that if placer gold is located where you are searching with a FissureMan -
you will be able to collect it!
We bid you - Good Hunting!
We do assert with complete certainty that if placer gold is located where you are searching with a FissureMan -
you will be able to collect it!
We bid you - Good Hunting!
What you can expect to receive:
FissureMan II - GOLD-N-ROD
2 1/2" dia. - 36" long - 3 level classifying - Manual Suction Dredge.
3 Interchangeable classification screens
(-4 mesh, -14 mesh & -32 mesh)
** 7 - ½" ID interchangeable nozzle tips
Gold to Magenta color shift finish
FissureMan II - GOLD-N-ROD
2 1/2" dia. - 36" long - 3 level classifying - Manual Suction Dredge.
3 Interchangeable classification screens
(-4 mesh, -14 mesh & -32 mesh)
** 7 - ½" ID interchangeable nozzle tips
Gold to Magenta color shift finish
** The nozzles may be used under different prospecting conditions to help locate and retrieve the gold or gem bearing
material. While not evident in the pictures provided, each tip incorporates a mechanism that helps to eliminate the potential
for deep nozzle plugging that might occur while not affecting the overall nozzle performance.
material. While not evident in the pictures provided, each tip incorporates a mechanism that helps to eliminate the potential
for deep nozzle plugging that might occur while not affecting the overall nozzle performance.
Price: $89.95
Removing the fines classification screen from the fines cup to transfer the fines to final cleanup.
The FissureMan II GOLD-N-ROD is also an excellent companion tool for use in conjunction with a metal detector.
(Be sure you are using a waterproof coil if searching watery environments)
(Be sure you are using a waterproof coil if searching watery environments)
Search tip: Try de-tuning your metal detector to identify black sand deposits instead of eliminating the noisy signature.
Use your detector in and around such holding structures as behind boulders, the slow inside bends of a stream
bank, crevices or submerged gravel bars to name a few. Since heavy mineralized sand (black sand) collects at the
lowest points within these water environments, this would indicate the more likely areas where deposits of gold
bearing material may also be present. When you get a signal - start suctioning that spot with the FissureMan II to
see what may be hidden under the water or structure.
Processing tip: Check the larger material in the collection head by passing a metal detector over it with the screens removed
and piston retracted or seperated from the collection chamber - your detector will alert you if any sizable
nuggets or chispas have been captured - No signal?- No panning necessary!
The pictures and descriptions that have been supplied here are but a few methods for accessing the collected material - you are not limited to doing it this way. Once you start using your FissureMan II you will find the best way to take advantage of this versatile tool that works well for you.
Use your detector in and around such holding structures as behind boulders, the slow inside bends of a stream
bank, crevices or submerged gravel bars to name a few. Since heavy mineralized sand (black sand) collects at the
lowest points within these water environments, this would indicate the more likely areas where deposits of gold
bearing material may also be present. When you get a signal - start suctioning that spot with the FissureMan II to
see what may be hidden under the water or structure.
Processing tip: Check the larger material in the collection head by passing a metal detector over it with the screens removed
and piston retracted or seperated from the collection chamber - your detector will alert you if any sizable
nuggets or chispas have been captured - No signal?- No panning necessary!
The pictures and descriptions that have been supplied here are but a few methods for accessing the collected material - you are not limited to doing it this way. Once you start using your FissureMan II you will find the best way to take advantage of this versatile tool that works well for you.
Removing the fines cup and the cup extension while over a collection pan. Dropping the secondary material that resides between the fines screen and the secondary screen into the pan for inspection.
Accessing and removing the larger material left in the collection chamber.
