How to choose between a gold pan, gold dredge or high banker
Disadvantages: You still need to shovel the gold bearing material into the high banker hopper, so the amount of material moved per day is probably about the same as a regular sluice box or about 1/2 to 1 full yard a day. On top of that, the hopper of the high banker is usually pretty high off the ground so the digging is more difficult than a ...