Patent ID: 9067215
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B03B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured to recover gold and transport gravel, the apparatus comprising: a bucket mechanically coupled to a higher pressure water feed and a lower pressure water line; a make-up water supply connected to the higher pressure water feed; a classifier assembly attached to the bucket and configured to filter larger material from smaller material; wherein the smaller material includes gold particles and gravel a gold concentrator plate detachably coupled to the bucket and configured to segregate the gold particles from the gravel; wherein water enters the higher pressure water feed and travels through the make-up water supply running across the gold concentrator plate and causing the gold particles to be caught in the gold concentrator plate; wherein the water additionally travels through the lower pressure water line with the gravel transporting the gravel away from the bucket; wherein the classifier assembly further comprises a classifier carriage mechanically coupled to a classifier ring and a classifier grate; wherein the gold concentrator plate further comprises a upper miner's moss covered with an expandable metal; and the upper miner's moss is further mechanically coupled to a plate.