Recent content by Blues63

Hi! So, I expect you'll be off to Cooktown very soon. ;)

I just researched the badge and it is a forage cap badge of the Victorian Military Forces, so it predates Federation. A very nice find!

The badge appears to sport the crown of Queen Victoria, so it predates 1902, and the legend is Pro Deo Et Patria which translates into 'For God and Country'. It's a rather interesting piece.

Thanks Gentlemen, I appreciate the opportunity to join this community.

I was wondering if there are any good fossicking sites in the Esk shire, especially the creeks that feed the Wivenhoe dam? I remember finding some lovely Jasper in a gravel bed near Somerset Dam when I was a kid, but sadly, it is now under the Wivenhoe catchment. E.T.A. It's actually the...

I'm a Queenslander and I've been a rockhound since I was a kid. I've recently acquired a fossicking permit and I wish to engage my hobby 'in the wild', so to speak, as opposed to merely acquiring specimens from shops and lapidary fairs. I'm keen to start in the SE corner of the state on...