Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved portable lightweight apparatus for the separation of gold and similar metals from pulverized ore, sand, debris and the like. More particularly, the invention is a portable lightweight apparatus which uses currents of air to separate gold from sand and debris, in which the apparatus includes in combination a frame, an optionally detachable screen rack, an optionally detachable hopper, an inclined riffle board which contains holes through which air currents jet and an attached bellows to provide the currents of air to separate the gold particles from the debris, and a means to operate the bellows one side of which is in combination with the riffle board and a means to operate the bellows. In one instance, one solid side of the bellows is the bottom of the riffle board.