Drywasher Bellows

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Bill Southern mentioned in a Nugget Shooter video that the small tacks found while metal detecting were often misidentified as boot tacks. The tacks were actually used to attach a drywasher bellows. Found this older video of a homemade drywasher that helped to demonstrate what he was explaining. In the foothills of the Sierras the temperatures during mid to late summer in the river canyons get hot enough to dry the pay dirt for processing in a drywasher. When I now detect a tack upslope far from water I start looking for drywasher piles. Either way great idea for a DIY non-motorized drywasher.