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Prospecting & Detecting

Drywashing for Desert Gold—Part III

April 2021 by Dan Stanton

If the material drops down out of the hopper too fast, it can overwhelm the riffles and you can blow the gold right out. If it runs too slowly, the riffles can clog up and the process is too slow.

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