How to Move Sand & Gravel Underwater

Float the suction dredge onto the river or lake you want to dredge. Insert the hose leading into the jet next to the pump in the water on the floor of the body of water.

Turn on the air compressor, and the pump. Run the pump and drag the hose along the bottom of the body of water so that sand and gravel move up the hose through the jet and into the sluice box.

Set a bucket at the bottom of the sluice box, so the sand and gravel can fall into the bucket and the water just overflows back into the body of water.

Float the bucket of sand and gravel where you want to move it on the floating dredge, and shovel it out where you moved it. Rinse out the bucket with water to get all of the sand and gravel into the new spot and repeat the whole process with the next load until you have moved everything you wanted to move.