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Any good ideas?????
Zuke_Lynzy said:Lately iv been raking it through my 1/2" bucket classifier with a small hand rake' easiest way iv found so far....
"Oh yeah like Casper said but I use a small 4 prong rake not my hands"
casper said:hi jarrahrules - with clay you gotta "puddle" it and that's what jaros is describing. I use a Garrett classifier (aka sieve), it sits well down into a bucket so that when the bucket is full of water the contents the classifier (sieve) are submerged. Break up the bigger clay balls by crushing in your hand and then working it all with your palm and pushing it through the mesh. Remove the classifier (sieve) and stir the bucket vigorously changing the water a couple of times before processing another load of clay. I work at this until i get about 10 litres of puddled and washed material in the bucket and then put it through my river sluice finally i pan off the sluice concentrates. Easypeasy
casper
casper said:Zuke_Lynzy said:Lately iv been raking it through my 1/2" bucket classifier with a small hand rake' easiest way iv found so far....
"Oh yeah like Casper said but I use a small 4 prong rake not my hands"
....... actually I gave up using my hands this week after slicing a finger tip on a sharp piece of quartz recently - as a result i have modified a popular plastic garden Rake / Hoe to "puddle" the washdirt. Works well - I'll post a photo .........
casper
jarrahrules said:casper said:Zuke_Lynzy said:Lately iv been raking it through my 1/2" bucket classifier with a small hand rake' easiest way iv found so far....
"Oh yeah like Casper said but I use a small 4 prong rake not my hands"
....... actually I gave up using my hands this week after slicing a finger tip on a sharp piece of quartz recently - as a result i have modified a popular plastic garden Rake / Hoe to "puddle" the washdirt. Works well - I'll post a photo .........
casper
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Goldtarget said:Put up a pic of the type of clay mate if you can I'm curious as to what you are dealing with, pipe clay, solid alluvium, loamy or other. I'm in clays myself most of the time, get a bit jealous of the river rock prospects.
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