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RDH Prospecting

Family-built highbankers and power sluices from the Mesa area

Where
Mesa area, Arizona; no storefront
Makes
58 Highbanker; 6-inch and 10-inch power sluice setups
Orders
Online and by phone, or at A&B Prospecting in Mesa and Prescott Valley
Ships
Units sold around the world

Builder: builds the gear it sells

Family business building highbankers and 6- and 10-inch power sluices

Sells online or by order: no storefront to visit

Works from Mesa, Arizona.

Builds: Sluice boxes · Highbankers & power sluices · Dredges & parts

What they sell: Sluice boxes · Highbankers & power sluices · Dredges & parts

Makes: 58 Highbanker; 6-inch and 10-inch power sluice setups

Ships nationwide.

rdh-prospecting.com ↗

What RDH Prospecting builds

Manufactured by RDH Prospecting in the USA; family business, about 20 years.

#48 Sluice ↗

Aluminum hand sluice · Sluice boxes

  • 48 x 10 inches with 3-inch sides, 8 lb
  • .080 gauge 5052 aircraft aluminum box and riffle cage
  • Elongated 45-degree Z-riffles over expanded metal
  • Ribbed matting on top, ribbed miner's carpet below
  • Aluminum, so a magnet cleans out the black sand

6" Power Sluice Setup ↗

Small power sluice that also works as a highbanker · Highbankers & power sluices

  • 32 x 6-inch sluice, 8 x 6 x 6-inch header box, 8.5 x 24-inch stand
  • 12-volt 800 gph pump, 4 ft of 3/4-inch hose

10" Power Sluice Setup ↗

Full-size power sluice or highbanker · Highbankers & power sluices

  • 48 x 10-inch sluice, 12 x 10 x 6-inch header box, 12.5 x 36-inch stand
  • 12-volt 1,200 gph pump, 6 ft of 1 1/8-inch hose
  • Runs with a recovery tub as a recirculating system

10" Power Header Box ↗

Turns any 10-inch hand sluice into a power sluice · Highbankers & power sluices

  • 12 x 10 x 6 inches with a 12-volt 1,200 gph pump and 6 ft of hose
  • Fits any 10-inch sluice, including Keene A51 and A52

Gold Buster (2) recirculating highbanker ↗

Highbanker for places with no creek, in its own tub · Highbankers & power sluices

  • Fits the 35-gallon tub that comes with it
  • Hopper 9 x 18 inches plus box 9 x 27 inches: 45 inches of classifying area
  • .080 gauge 5052 aluminum, aluminum riffles and cage
  • 12-volt 1,200 gph pump; runs off a 12-volt lawn mower battery
  • Tub stand, gravel catch, leg kit, matting and miner's carpet included

Hopper & Dredge Combo Box ↗

Converts a 10-inch hand sluice into a highbanker or a dredge · Dredges & parts

  • Aluminum hopper with spray bar and adjustable flow and pressure ports
  • Sluice extension included
  • 2-inch or 1 1/2-inch dredge inlet
  • Removable black matting

Also builds: #58 Mini Highbanker · 48-inch Highbanker · Gold Buster · #36, #20 and #12 mini sluices · 6-inch power header box · 10-inch sluice dredge box · Backpack Prospecting Kit with a 6 x 24-inch mini sluice.

How to order

  • Online store on their site
  • Ships worldwide

Where to use your gear near Mesa

51 gold spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.

There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.

Open the gold map around Mesa →

Prospecting and collecting rules in Arizona →

About RDH Prospecting

RDH Prospecting is a family business that started the way many small gear makers do. The family went out prospecting together as its shared hobby, the hobby turned into building its own equipment, and about twenty years on it sells its machines to prospectors around the world.

The line is short and aimed at running gravel with water. The 58 Highbanker pumps water over a sluice so you can work material dug from a bank instead of standing in the stream, and the 6-inch and 10-inch power sluice setups move more gravel for people who want a step up in volume without going to a dredge.

There is no RDH storefront. You can order straight from the family, or see the equipment in person at A&B Prospecting, which stocks RDH gear in its Mesa and Prescott Valley stores.

Clubs and places nearby

Other shops and gear makers nearby

Access

Sells online and by phone. Based in the Mesa area: no storefront.

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