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Stanton Dirt Fest 2024

Event details and descriptions are below the calendar. We look forward to seeing you at Dirt Fest!

Event Calendar - March 2024

09 Mar
Land Dredge

Additional Events: Day Common • Run Material - Dry • Detector SM Group Hunt • Pits - Gemstones • Game Night

10 Mar
Oasis Trommel Run A/P

Additional Events: Day Common • Run Material - Dry • Detector SM Group Hunt • Pits - Fossils • Game Night

11 Mar
ATV/UTV Poker Run

Additional Events: Run Material - Dry • Pits - Shark Teeth • Bingo

12 Mar
Oasis Trommel Run A/P

Additional Events: Run Material - Wet • Honey Hole Prospecting • Pits - Arrowheads • Game Night

13 Mar
Shootist Competition

Additional Events: Day Common • Run Material - Dry • Honey Hole Prospecting • Pits - Gemstones • Bible Study

Event Calendar - March 2024 (cont.)

14 Mar
Oasis Trommel Run A/P

Additional Events: Run Material - Dry • Detector Poker Swing • Pits - Fossils • Craft Class

15 Mar
Land Dredge

Additional Events: Day Common • Detector SM Group Hunt • Pits - Shark Teeth • Live Band, Dinner & Show

16 Mar
Unearth Geology w/ Elley Ringo

Additional Events: Oasis Trommel Run A/P • Day Common • Detector SM Group Hunt • Seeded Hunt • Pits - Arrowheads • Game Night

17 Mar
Detector SM Group Hunt

Additional Events: Land Dredge • Oasis Trommel Run A/P • Shootist Competition • Pits - Gemstones • Game Night

18 Mar
ATV/UTV Poker Run

Additional Events: Run Material - Dry • Pits - Fossils • Bingo

Event Calendar - March 2024 (cont.)

19 Mar
Land Dredge

Additional Events: Day Common • Run Material - Dry • Pits - Shark Teeth • Game Night

20 Mar
Run Material - Wet & Dry

Additional Events: Land Dredge • Shootist Competition • Pits - Arrow Heads • Bible Study

21 Mar
Garrett Featured Events

Additional Events: Detector Poker Swing • Pits - Gemstones • Craft Class

22 Mar
Garrett Featured Events

Additional Events: Run Material - Dry • Oasis Trommel Run A/P • Seeded Hunt • Pits - Fossils • Wickenburg Marshalls Dinner & Show

23 Mar
Garrett Featured Events

Additional Events: Oasis Trommel Run A/P • Run Material - Dry • Land Dredge • Seeded Hunt • Pits - Shark Teeth • Game Night

24 Mar
Run Material Wet & Dry

Additional Events: Pits - Arrowheads

Event Descriptions

Common Dig - Wet @ Pond - Miners

Using multiple highbankers - Work together as a team, process gold bearing material, and split in all the gold recovered.

Common Dig - Wet @ Pond - Minors

Special Highbanker for Under 16-year-olds. Work together as a team, process gold bearing material, and split in all the gold recovered.

Common Dig - Dry in Desert

Using multiple drywashers - Work together as a team, process gold bearing material, and split in all the gold recovered.

Run Material On Your Own Equipment - Camp

Bring vour own equipment (highbanker - bring a 25' hose to connect into a 2" manifold or drywasher) and get access to Gold Bearing PayDirt(fee per yard). Keep all the gold you recover.

Run Material On Your Own Equipment - Desert

Bring your own equipment (drywasher) and get access to Gold Bearing PayDirt that we prep on an exclusive claim (fee per yard). Keep all the gold you recover.

Oasis Trommel Run - AM or PM Run

You will have three hours to process 3 vards of Gold Bearing material on a high performance trommel. Do a cleanup and keep all the gold you recover.

Land Dredge a mountain of PayDirt

You will h a v e t h r e e h o u r s to p r o c e s s a s m u c h Gold Bearing material using a highbanker/dredge combo. Work together as a team, process gold bearing material, and split in all the gold recovered.

Drywasher 4-banker in the Desert

Small group (up to 12 participants max). Use a high performance 4-banker drywasher (4 drywashers unite as one). Head out to a claim where we have stockpiled some Gold Bearing Material, and process as much as you can. Keep all the gold you recover. This is pure fun.

Prospecting the AZ Desert (Honey Hole Prospecting)

Small group (up to 10 participants max. Head out to a claim, learn geology, bring your own equipment, and process material. Keep al the gold you recover. This is pure education.

Detector Training & Wild Hunt w/ GARRETT

Sponsored by Garrett Metal Detectors, representatives will teach, assist and help you understand your detector, control your detector and hopefully find targets with your detector.

Detector Seeded Hunt

We will plant the designated hunt field with tokens. There
will be gold, silver, prizes, and more gold waiting to be found!

PinPointer Competition/Hunt

We will plant the designated hunt field with tokens. There
will be gold, silver, prizes, and more gold waiting to be found!

Detector Training & Wild Hunting (Up to 5 maximum)

Small group to get one on one training and education/instruction. Head out to a claim, learn geology, and start swinging your detector and uncover targets.
This is pure education.

Detector Poker Swing

A "poker run" but for detectorists! You will be given a map to multible locations to detect and find a planted target. Once vou've found a target for all locations, head back to camp for the final swings and see who has the winning
"swing" and earn gold and prizes.

Access to Gemstones Caverns

Purchase a Gemstone Bucket and head over to the "caverns" to use gemstone screens to find vour gemstones.

Access to the Shark Pit

Don't worry about swimming with the sharks . . . all vou
need to do is head to where they swam ages ago and lost
some of their teeth. Dig and screen. You will need a ATV/UTV of high clearance vehicle to make it to the site.

Access to Arrowhead Dig

We will open up an area where arrowheads have been
found. Bring a shovel and a screen and go on the hunt. You will need a AT/UTV of high clearance vehicle to make it to the site.

Access to Fossil Fields

Head on out to the fossil site and dig and screen up some fossils. You will need a ATV/UTV of high clearance vehicle to make it to the site.

ATV /UTV Poker Run

You will be given a map to multiple locations to build the best poker hand Charlie Stanton style! Once vou've
collected at each stop, head back to camp for the final wild card and see who has the winning "hand" and earn gold and prizes.

Shootist

Sign up for a time slot and bring your pistol. We will open up the Charlie Stanton Shooting Range. Like a bit of competition? Let's see who can score the most points. Help us keep this a safe environment for al.

Scavenger Hunt

Get a list and be and start "scavengering" for items in and around the Stanton Camp. Some easy and some a riddle to figure out!

Evening Games

See schedule for nights ....BINGO, LRC, Corn Hole, Jenga, Dominos, Shut The Box, and ???
BYOBS (Bring Your Own Beverage &Snacks)

Panning Competition

Small group to get one on one training and education/instruction. Head out to a claim, learn geology, and start swinging your detector and uncover targets. This is pure education.

Spud-Out Potato Blast

You've heard about it, but have you ever build your own
potato gun?" Have some fun while building and using your own Spud 45!

Crafty Night in the Craft Room

The Stanton Craft Room will be open at select times for
your enjoyment. There will be scheduled evening classes where you can get crafty and show your creative talents you didn't know you have.

Friday Night Dinner & Show

Get ready to fill your tummy with a great meal and laughter of a show. Be careful, the Miners Court Judge will be in full force listening to court cases and “hangin” the guilty ones! This is a “Buzzard” tradition.