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Hi nuggetz01, unfortunately it's fenced off at the moment, could be asbestos reasons. but you can still go further up stream or other spots around here.

Hi all, just thought I would share my bucket seives. Buckets are from Bunnings and less than 10 bucks a pop and the seives are for the top of tank water as a catcher for a little over 10 bucks from a pumps and irragation shop and I just removed the fine wire of one of them and great for the...

Thanks for the welcome, Its a great forum with so much info and I have been learning alot here and cant wait to put my new knowledge in the field.

That is very interesting GR, thanks for the history lesson. Alot of kings were greedy back in the day.

That's great info Heatho, Thank you very much I appreciate it.

Hi all, Not sure if this is allowed or if this belongs here. I was hoping that someone could help with a rough value estimate on this stone please. Its a 1.43ct Red Spinel with a estimated clarity - S1, Has a antique oval cut and is a deep intense orangy red colour. The dimensions are 8mm x 5mm...

Hi all, My name is Michael and I'm a amature fossicker living in the Barraba region on the fossickers way. My partner also loves to get out there and have a scratch in the dirt. Its a bit of a struggle at the moment as I've been struggling with health problems but even worse there is no water...

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Im pretty sure this is just a quartz crystal though im not sure what the silvery stuff is on it, can i please get some help identifying what this is. Im a beginner at fossicking and any help would be very much apreciated, thank you for your time.

Thank you very much, sounds like a great spot and we will go have a scratch in the dirt soon. It would be great to meet up some day and get shown the ropes around here too, thank you for your time and advice we very much appreciate it.

Hi Ditch, my partner and I have recently moved to Barraba and love to get out fossicking, We are still beginers and mostly use a river sluice and an old vlf detector. Was wondering if you could please help with some good locations to go for gold and we only have a two wheel drive these days...