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Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has purchased any of the driving lights / light bars from that 4x4 Supacentre, and your thoughts on quality. I know that they would not be the ducks nuts but for the price I'm worried they would be just like the crap ones you can pick up on Ebay. Been...

Just seeing if anyone has used it before in place of wax or glue?? I am looking at getting some to see how it goes. http://www.grstools.com/workholding/thermo-loc/

Hi everyone, Just a quick question about a cabbing machine. I picked this grinder up cheap and just doing a bit of a clean up on it. What I am wondering is what the best set up for the water feed is. It did not have anything set up on it other than the tubes when I got it so I am not sure of...

Hi everyone. Looking at getting a secondhand faceting machine to start learning to cut my own stones. Found this one on Ebay but don't know too much about the. Just wondering if this is a good machine. If it is a good price and if it is worth the 16 hour drive to pick it up.... :o Any advice...

For anyone who may be on the NSW south coast over the long weekend and interested in the outdoors.

Just inquiring if anyone has found anything else at oallan ford other than gold? Are there any gem stones found there? .. Not much info found in Google.

Hi all, May sound like a stupid question, but I was wondering if there was any difference between the different coloured dop waxes. Is the wax used for gemstones (sapps etc) different to the wax used for polishing and cabbing rock? Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but I searched a bit...

Just a quick question about the Oberon area. Just wandering what is the best area to look at first. I will be going there for around 3 nights at the end of this month. I have looked at Sapphire Bend, Sewells causway, and Native Dog creek on the net but they all seem to be similar. .. Any ifo...

Hi everyone, I am just starting out in the Lapidary side of things. I came across these lapidary machines which a fella is sell for a couple of hundred dollars. Not knowing anything about them, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice if these machines would be a good starting point...

Hi everyone, found these stones in a bucket of wash that was brought home for me by a mate. I know that one of the stones has a number of blue sapphire chips in it as well as bronze coloured chips which appear to be similar to the stone in the other pic. If anyone knows what the bronze coloured...

Hi everyone, I have only just started getting into the gemstone side of fossicking. A mate and I spent a few days over at Grubben Gullen and found a few stones. Nothing to retire on but enough to keep me interested. I have no experience in cutting stones and don't really know anyone that does...

Hi everyone, I am looking at selling my SDC2300. I thought I would offer it on here prior to putting it on Ebay. It is in good condition. There are a few scratches on the coil cover as expected. It was purchased in September 2014 and has only been used a hand full of times. I did have a problem...

Hi everyone, Just inquiring if anyone has had an issue with the extending arm of the SDC2300 detector not fully retracting when folding it up. It feels like the coiled cord running up the center of the arm is interfering with two extension pieces from fully retracting. It stops retracting when...

Hi everyone, I am just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I have to get a few k's up on my lease car and was planning on doing a drive down to Victoria at the end of this month. Where? I haven't really decided yet. What I was wondering was if anyone knew of anywhere that...

Just enquiring if anyone knows when the new Doug Stone Gold Atlas is coming out?? I know that he was doing a NSW one which is suppose to be very detailed. I had a search for it but all I could find was 'Coming soon'.

Came across this on Youtube. There was even a high banker version. Not sure if it has been on here before but I couldn't find anything. Not affiliated with it in any way, just thought it was interesting. The end of it gets a bit out there though with one of the designs...

Like many people I've been enjoying the tasty beef jerky treats for many a year and have been making my own for just as long. Recently I have started looking into making some Biltong, so here is my first attempt at making my own...... :cool: Hopefully it will not just become a treat for the...

Hi everyone, Just a quick question in relation to national parks and rivers in NSW. I hope that this question does not sound too stupid..... :8 I know that in NSW you are no allowed to do any kind of prospecting in National Parks. When you have private property surrounded by National Park and...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has been to Jerrabattgulla Creek near Braidwood before. Jerrabattgulla Creek runs adjacent to the upper reaches of the Shoalhaven River and eventually runs into it.

Hi everyone, I am planning on trying my hand at building a Gold Miller Table. I was wondering if anyone has built one and what you used for the flat base. I have looked at a few things and am thinking a good base may be a white board, or would this be toooo smooth??..... Any thoughts would be...