What are Crevice Scrapers?

Something that prospectors use is a crevice scraper. Now what are they exactly? Well, most river bed rocks have cracks in them and these cracks are what are known as crevices. When the waters of the flood come crashing down on to the river, the crevices in the rocks become filled with dirt and sand as well as gold. Therefore once the water goes down, you will probably be interested in scooping out what can be found in these crevices and pan the stuff in side the crevice in order to see if you strike gold.

The crevices in the rocks come in different sizes though and can be any where from an eighth of an inch to a foot long across. If you find a rock with a big crevice you can use your trowel to get it out and the inside of the medium sized ones can be dug out with a spoon. However, what happens in the case of these teensy little cracks?

Obviously there are different ways of doing this and solving this little dilemma. Some people file down an instrument such as screwdriver down to a point and bend it to use it like a hoe. There are also people that file the edges of a teaspoon in order to make the small scooper that is narrower.

A knife is something that can also be used in order to scrape the sides of the crevice. There are also chisels etc. but as we mentioned earlier there are these things called crevice tools and using them can prove to be a very profitable thing as it can help save you some time. Place the substance you scrape out from the crevice into your pan and pan it until the mixture reduces down to pebbles and sand. Get the pebbles out and then place the rest of it into the wide mouthed plastic container so you can refine it later on.