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Honan's Mining Supplies

Builder and dealer: builds some of its gear and sells other gear too

Hand-forged, heat-treated crevice tools and Huntley spoons; shop opened in 1972

Sells online or by order: no storefront to visit

Works from Biggs, California.

Builds: Sniping & crevice tools

What they sell: Gold pans & classifiers · Dredges & parts · Sniping & crevice tools · Picks, shovels & hand tools

Makes: 13-inch crevice tool; 13-inch angled crevice tool; 15-inch Huntley spoon; 12-inch Marian stainless steel crevice tool; 8-inch crevice pick

Ships nationwide.

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What Honan's Mining Supplies builds

Made by Honan's, a shop opened in 1972.

13" Crevice Tool ↗

General crevice cleaning tool · Sniping & crevice tools

  • 1/4-inch cold rolled steel
  • Hand-forged, heat-treated tip, 3/8 inch wide
  • Powder coated red

13" Angled Crevice Tool ↗

Same as the 13-inch tool, with an extra angle to keep knuckles off the rocks · Sniping & crevice tools

  • 1/4-inch cold rolled steel
  • Hand-forged, heat-treated tip, 3/8-inch wide blade
  • Powder coated red

15" Huntley Spoon ↗

Reaches into deep crevices to scoop material off the bottom · Sniping & crevice tools

  • 1/4-inch cold rolled steel
  • Hand-forged, heat-treated tip
  • Powder coated red

12" Marian Crevice Tool ↗

Hooks and pries rocks packed into hard bedrock crevices · Sniping & crevice tools

  • Work-hardened 14-gauge stainless steel
  • Cut with a high-pressure abrasive water cutter
  • Plastic handle

8" Crevice Pick ↗

Small clean-up tool for a crevice after the larger material is out · Sniping & crevice tools

  • 14-gauge stainless steel, very sharp tip
  • 8 1/4 inches long, blade 1/2 inch wide
  • Welded stainless handle with plastic coating

Also builds: Crevice sucker and crevice brush · Gold pan and classifier screens · Plastic hand trowels and a prospector's scoop · Proline 2.5-inch dredge (pickup only).

How to order

  • Online store
  • The Proline dredge is pickup only in Biggs

Biggs maker of crevice tools for sniping gold: hand-forged, heat-treated steel crevice tools and Huntley spoons, plus stainless steel Marian crevice tools and crevice picks. The shop, opened in 1972, also sells gold pans, classifier screens, crevice suckers and brushes, plastic trowels and a Proline dredge.

Where to use your gear near Biggs

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

5 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.

Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 115 miles away.

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

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Clubs and places nearby

Other shops and gear makers nearby

Access

No storefront listed: sells online. Mailing address in Biggs; the Proline dredge is pickup only in Biggs.