Three hundred. That's how many of a brand new machine sold in a single year, back in 1893, on ground so far from water most diggers had already written it off.
Tonight Ken explains dry blowing, the real technique his own father used for decades, and why bone dry ground with no creek in sight is not the dead end most people assume it is.
Get Ken's full written guide to building your own dry washer at home, with classifying screen sizes and honest dust safety notes: [LINK]
Ken Nugget Halloran has worked the same patch of dry country outside Kalgoorlie, Western Australia for fifty two years, first alongside his father's dry blower and now with a metal detector. In this video he covers the real 1893 Lorden Patent Cradle Dryblower, how air replaces water in gold recovery, classifying and screening technique, powered versus hand cranked equipment, dust safety, and how to spot an old dry blowing camp.
Ken
No specific real world find value is claimed for any viewer's own ground. Gold prices move daily, check current pricing yourself. Prospecting legality and access rules vary by location, always check your own local rules before digging on any ground.
#GoldProspecting #DryBlowing #MetalDetecting
Three hundred. That's how many of a brand new machine sold in a single year, back in 1893, on ground so far from water most diggers had already written it off.
Tonight Ken explains dry blowing, the real technique his own father used for decades, and why bone dry ground with no creek in sight is not the dead end most people assume it is.
Get Ken's full written guide to building your own dry washer at home, with classifying screen sizes and honest dust safety notes: [LINK]
Ken Nugget Halloran has worked the same patch of dry country outside Kalgoorlie, Western Australia for fifty two years, first alongside his father's dry blower and now with a metal detector. In this video he covers the real 1893 Lorden Patent Cradle Dryblower, how air replaces water in gold recovery, classifying and screening technique, powered versus hand cranked equipment, dust safety, and how to spot an old dry blowing camp.
Ken
No specific real world find value is claimed for any viewer's own ground. Gold prices move daily, check current pricing yourself. Prospecting legality and access rules vary by location, always check your own local rules before digging on any ground.
#GoldProspecting #DryBlowing #MetalDetecting