Proline Mining Equipment
Builder and dealer: builds some of its gear and sells other gear too
Builds 2- to 3-inch dredge/highbanker combos and dredges up to 8 inches
Sells online or by order: no storefront to visit
Works from Coulterville, California.
Builds: Gold pans & classifiers · Sluice boxes · Highbankers & power sluices · Dredges & parts
What they sell: Gold pans & classifiers · Sluice boxes · Highbankers & power sluices · Dredges & parts · Sniping & crevice tools · Picks, shovels & hand tools · Fine gold recovery
Makes: Dredge/highbanker combos (2, 2.5 and 3 inch); Big Banker highbanker; dredges from 2 to 8 inches; HP series pumps; aluminum sluice boxes; Professional Series gold pans; pontoons, flares and hoppers
Ships nationwide.
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What Proline Mining Equipment builds
Built in their shops in the California Mother Lode; pumps cast and heat treated in the USA, then machined and assembled by hand.
2-inch Dredge/Highbanker Combo ↗
Small machine that runs as a 2-inch dredge or a highbanker · Highbankers & power sluices
- Honda GXH50 engine, HP100 pump
- Sluice 10 x 35 inches
- 60 lb
2.5-inch Dredge/Highbanker Combo ↗
Dual-purpose machine for one or two people · Highbankers & power sluices
- Honda GX120 engine, HP200 pump
- Sluice 12 x 42 inches
- Over 5 cubic yards an hour as a dredge
- 95 lb
3-inch Dredge/Highbanker Combo ↗
Their largest combo, with a reinforced hopper · Highbankers & power sluices
- Honda GX160 engine, HP300 pump
- Sluice 14 x 48 inches; two triple-row spray bars
- 155 lb
Big Banker ↗
Highbanker sized to be fed by a mini-excavator · Highbankers & power sluices
- Hopper 29 x 33 inches; sluice 20 x 72 inches
- Honda GX270 engine, HP500 pump
- Axle and tires; 270 lb
4-inch Dredge ↗
One-man dredge that fits in a pickup · Dredges & parts
- Honda GX160 or GX200 with HP350 or HP400 pump
- Sluice 16 x 48 inches; four polyethylene floats
- T-80 air compressor standard
- 208 to 212 lb
Professional Series Gold Pan ↗
Gold pan with undercut riffles · Gold pans & classifiers
- 14 and 17 inches
- Riffles cover nearly 40% of the side; large flat bottom
Sluice Boxes ↗
Aluminum hand sluices · Sluice boxes
- Small 8 x 30, medium 10 x 36, large 10 x 50 inches
- Expanded wire welded onto the bottom of the riffles
Also builds: Dredges 2, 2.5, 3, 5 and 6 inch; Commercial 6 and 8 inch · Wetsuits and air compressors for dredging · Blue Bowl concentrator, crevice tools and crevice flushers, sieves · Estwing hammers, picks and chisels.
How to order
- Print the price list and order form, then email or fax it
- Phone or email for questions and shipping quotes
- No handling or crating fee
Coulterville builder of suction dredges from 2 to 8 inches and dredge/highbanker combos, plus the Big Banker highbanker, aluminum sluice boxes and Professional Series gold pans. Their pumps are cast in the USA and assembled by hand.
Where to use your gear near Coulterville
472 gold spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
9 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 153 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
Clubs and places nearby
- Merced River Recreation Area (Briceburg)Free public dig · 15 mi
- Mariposa Gem & Mineral ClubClub · 20 mi
- California Gold Panning (guided digs on Woods Creek, Jamestown)Pay-to-dig · 20 mi
- Goldrush Originals (gold panning tours, Angels Camp)Pay-to-dig · 31 mi
- Calaveras Gem & Mineral SocietyClub · 35 mi
- Mother Lode Mineral Society of CaliforniaClub · 42 mi
Other shops and gear makers nearby
- Stories in StonesShop · 31 mi
- Valley Detector SalesShop · 44 mi
- 49er Detector SalesShop · 55 mi
- Placerville HardwareShop · 78 mi
Access
No storefront: orders by phone, email or fax with their printed order form. Based in Coulterville.