First Test On My Keene Puffer

[Gold Junkie]

I've been wanting to get some drywashing done. This is my first run ever. It's been so hot lately,  I decided just to go grab 12 buckets of unclassified material early in the morning and bring it home. After classifying to 1/2" I probably lost 25-30% of the volume, so I'm estimating about 8-9 5gal buckets of material was run on the keene puffer. I did run alot of my tailings through my keene mini max clean up sluice, and to my surprise I got no color from that. The drywashing turned up 0.255 g after cleanup. I won't get rich, but the entertainment is priceless. I think it's worth setting up out there when the Temps drop a bit. I averaged 7 full shovel fulls per bucket. I'm sure if I was shoveling directly into the DW, I could get a gram a day fairly easy. Paying for the gas to go have fun is a win in my book. Good luck to all of you out there. Wishing you all heavy pans! 

 

[Sgtfda]

Make sure you wear a quality mask. Had a friend die from dry washer dust.

[Gold Junkie]

Decided to take the puffer out this morning.  Ran for 3 hrs this morning and packed up before the heat hit. 

Not bad for 3 hrs. 

[Gold Junkie]

Knowing I kinda rushed the panning on this cleanup, I saved the cons to rerun through the mini max. It paid off . Can't believe I missed this piece.  

This makes it a nice even 3/4 g run for the 3hr run that I have 10 hrs into lol 😆 

[Redz]

Nice chunky gold and a good result for 3 hrs

[Gold Junkie]

On 7/21/2025 at 9:29 AM, Redz said:

Nice chunky gold and a good result for 3 hrs

Yeah it's perfect size for drywashing.  Hard to get with the detectors, and hard to lose in a drywasher 

[Redz]

Occasionally larger bits can ride out of the drywasher if your material gets locked, or if there are insane heavies. Always good to check both piles with detector. The new gold monster 2000 will likely get these bits

I can understand classifying if you are hauling dirt back, but otherwise I just shovel straight in. Drywashing is probabilities. The more soil you process the more chance of getting a chunkier bit, and it is the chunkier bits that give the weight. I would rather spend my time processing virgin dirt, which may have a chunkier bit, rather than reprocessing dirt that I already got 95% of the gold out of - just probabilities

 

[Gold Junkie]

9 hours ago, Redz said:

Occasionally larger bits can ride out of the drywasher if your material gets locked, or if there are insane heavies. Always good to check both piles with detector. The new gold monster 2000 will likely get these bits

I can understand classifying if you are hauling dirt back, but otherwise I just shovel straight in. Drywashing is probabilities. The more soil you process the more chance of getting a chunkier bit, and it is the chunkier bits that give the weight. I would rather spend my time processing virgin dirt, which may have a chunkier bit, rather than reprocessing dirt that I already got 95% of the gold out of - just probabilities

 

Yeah, after I pack up the drywasher, I rake down both course and fines piles and run the Manticore through them. Never want to leave any chunky bits behind 😁

[GotAU?]

On 7/23/2025 at 7:28 PM, Gold Junkie said:

“…Never want to leave any chunky bits behind” 😁

…Like these? 😉