Dear Dan,
building a dredge is really simple. I recently built a small one from a
bycicle basket and some weights from the sport store - costs about 10
Dollars (without rope) and one hour of work. I didn't have a chance to test
it yet but it looks promising.

Roland G.


> Thanks, Paul and Bob, for the invaluable information.  It sounds like the
> dredges I mentioned are not the right kind for dredging shells (which
> makes
> David Kirsh's question about whether they're for salt water moot.)  It
> also
> sounds like a homemade dredge is something even I can build, and for a lot
> less than $200.  I'll post back to the list as our plans firm up.
>
> Dan
>
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