Each drywasher painstakenly handcrafted and assembled with premium hardwood, heavyduty hightorque gearmotor, quality materials, a few innovative ideas and the love of PROSPECTING.
The design is based on a 1930′s hand crank unit. A time proven machine still in use every season provideing GOLD.
This system allows a FLATTER riffle tray angle which contributes to catching and retaining MORE and FINER heavier matieral that passes over the tray.
Other features I have incorporated include a quick attach/release riffle tray hold down system located at the rear and front of the tray so theres nothing to interfere with the collapsing of the unit when folding it up for transport and storage.
OL YELLER has metal protectors surrounding the grizzly area to make it last thru many seasons of use.
The hopper will hold a little better than 5 gallons of material.
There is an on / off switch along with the battery lead cable clamps this switch will help in conserving battery power with its convienence of use. How many times have you just let the machine run while doing more digging or attending to something else? Now a quick flick shuts it down when not running your dirt thru.
A bellows box locking tab is provided for use when folding ol yeller up, this aids in containing the unit as it is being folded, another innovative part of construction to simpilfy the machines usage.
I saved the BEST PART FOR LAST…… “OL YELLER” weighs in at just about 20 POUNDS, can you believe it !!!! I don’t know of another machine comparable in size, weight, and recovery.
With reasonable care “OL YELLER” will give many many years of service and may even be passed down in the family to another generation of PROSPECTORS.
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FOR INFORMATION ON PURCHASING AND SHIPPING OF THESE DRYWASHERS CONTACT:
FRANK CAMP CELL PH. 928 303 8474 OR E-MAIL
tudor1934@goldenvalleycable.com
A lot of thought went into this.
Frank, I do believe you have a winner here. It is one of the best handcrafted machines I’ve ever seen. Now to get the coin to get one and retire my Keene.
Bob
Thank you ol 29er. With your years of expertise in prospecting I take that as a great compliment.
I am looking to purchase a dry washer for my husbands birthday. Do you have a pamphlet or something you could send me. I would like to have someone familiar with dry washers to look at it. So far Keene has been the only one recommended and is a little out of my price range. He is just starting the gold prospecting thing, he used a friends last weekend, it has a bellows and is hooked to a battery. Does not want one that uses a loud motor(don’t want to draw attention from government agencies) but does not want a hand crank only. Hope this makes sense to you!
Any suggestions appreciated.
Mary,
I hope that I’m not to late in helping you out for your husband. I’ve been mining for 57 years and have used about 20 different drywashers over the years. I have a keene puffer at this time but the weight is a big issue for me. I’ve studied Frank’s model and I personally believe it will work better than the Keene. That is saying a lot because the Keene is a very good machine. I will be buying one from frank as some as I sell my Keene. Hope this helps. If you have any questions e-mail at: rvdunkin@live.com
Bob
frank, sure looks like you have a real winner there. when i get to az. i will look into your creation. i can see that you put quality into this dry washer. very nice job. ron
Looks great and very well made. Ol’ Yeller gets the yeller!
frank, I am looking for a drywasher that is portable and that I can take into difficult areas.
I am a one man operation, and I prospect on week-ends.
I recently found an ancient river bed in the sis-q mountains of northern california, I dug down about 6 feet and hit bedrock, the gold on the bottom was big enough to pick up with my fingers, and I panned the bottm 3 inches that is on top of the bedrock.
a few weeks later I panned a few samples of the dirt I threw away to get to down to bedrock, apperantly the gold is all through the dirt from top of ground to bedrock.
I am looking at the keene bellows puffer type, that is until I seen your machine and I am wondering how many cubic yards of material I can run in your machine per hour?
can it move the material fast?
I have never used a drywasher before, I wont be able to use one in this area until about june 15th as the area needs to dry out, in the meantime I am useing a recirculating highbanker but carrying 20 gallons of water where I am going pretty much sucks.
I will be ready to purchase this machine in about 2 weeks, although I dont need it right away I want to be ready for this season.
can you tell me more about drywashing ??? and your machine and how productive it is.
thanks curtis
Hi frank, just a follow up, I will be buying my drywasher from you around january 20th.
I am really excited about this, and am even going to take a trip to barstow or some other gold bearing area in the desert to work my new machine and get use to it in april.
one question though, I will be working this machine alot and might need some extra fabric, can you tell me where I can get some.
thanks, curtis
also I will talk to you about the fabric when I place my order. thanks
Very cool
What A Beaut!! I Really Like Your Personal Touches To This Classic Getter.
I Will Be Buying One Shortly! My Father Manufactured One From Those Same Plans And Put In Old World Craftsmanship As Well.
He Gave That Machine To Me Shortly Before He Passed Away,And My Wife Backed Over It In Our Truck!! Thanks For The Fine Product, I Will Treasure It!!
Frank,
I like the looks of your new ol yeller. I’m going to be back in Arizona in Oct. and would like you to build one for me. That way I can stop and pick it up on my way through.
Send me a email and tell me what you need.
Crip
Will Do Tom. Frank C.
Do you have a place in Golden Valley where one can view the machine? I will be returning to Laughlin from Colorado around Oct 1st. I am looking for a good drywasher. My small highbanker would work here but hauling water will be a problem. Answer will be a good drywasher. Thanks
Absolutely Ben, sent you an e-mail