Recent content by Smallbird

Aaah! Very good! I sure didn't see many black rocks of any sort. There were however a lot of interesting coloured stones. I found it in a gravel bed but it was an area with a lot of surrounding bed rock. Think I'm going to have to invest in a proper set of sieves cause it's just taking too dam...

Hi Col, it didn't seem to have any real clarity to it, just that one little section has clarity and refracts nicely as you can see. Unfortunately the pic won't show it but it has lines through it similar to a star sapphire. Also I found it up near Barrington so it is sapphire country. Any other...

Hi folks, I've been getting into the gem fossicking lately and plan on joining the local lapidary club soon as I can. In the mean time I've been keeping anything that grabs my eye and sometimes things that don't haha. I figured I'd do this for the purpose of learning. And recently I found a...

Hi, I've been fossicking at sofala a couple of times now, there seems to be a lot of people getting through there all the time. Looks to me like a real test of skill haha trying to find gold in such a flogged out area! Both times have been after a decent stint of rain. The only things I've...

Much appreciated Jeff, and of course Ben78, just had a look on YouTube at the general concept. I think it'll be the way to go! When I get set up (which may be a few now because of Easter)I'll post a vid on how it went. Many thanks SB

Cheers Tonne!! Thanks for getting back to me, I recently bought a loupe so I'll have have another go at it! You are right though, about the amount powder gold to make a gram haha worse than that is the amount of pay dirt I'll have to move to accumulate a gram haha! When I have a go at it I'm...

G'day TenOunce, I've just recently joined the forum. I was looking through some of the posts n placed a similar question just a second ago...then saw this post here which is equally as relevant! I've recently panned what seems to be VERY fine gold and have researched how to concentrate and then...

Hey all, just new to the forum and to prospecting, been researching like a mad man to get upto speed and increase my chances of having something to show when the adventure is over! My first gold panning session was up in the hunter valley near copeland and all I found was minute specs so I...

G'day Wal, just joined the forum, it's been a real pleasure to learn from you all here. I work out in the Hunter Valley and get the chance to pan the creeks! As I'm completely new to the fossicking world I've busily sponged up all the info I can get on identifying gems. I suppose it's fairly...