I played a little yesterday evening at berm mining. Modest success. made a filter screen out of 1/4" hardware cloth on 2x4s built like a stretcher.
will i do it again? I dunno- perhaps i got it out of my system.
here is some of the report i posted in another reloading forum ealrier, hope it helps anyone who wants to try it. if your soil is sandy vs the georgia clay this might work pretty well-
__________________________________________________ __________
Ok here are the pics i took before my camera died
first, view from truck back to the berm destination. hardware cloth stretcher in bed
the contraption- note that I was too cheap to cut off the hardware cloth roll; i figure i'd leave it a 10 foot roll for future use of some sort.
it is 1/4", screwed down to the fram with lathing and sheetrock screws
first load- i tried to balance the rack on the recycling bin but it didn't work well. also broke the recycling bin (sorry, City of R, GA)
i think i did about 4 shovelfulls, spread out a bit and somewhat filtered. see them thar boolits on the ground too?
same lot, filtered more and ready to dump.
modest success, same lot in a bucket - pretty heavy, so i didn't quit at this point
little more to follow....