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Thank ou Kiwi Digging It has already proven to be a welcoming friendly place and full of great people sharing ideas and expertise :)

Hello Matthew, I am no expert but it looks like an excellent example of a partially opalised herbivore molar .....I am keen to hear what others think and would love to have a photo with a coin beside it for scale Either way, a very wonderful find ! Maybe look at some pics of old mammoth molars...

Just read this amazing thread once...now i am going back to the start and will read it again! Cheers Loamer ! I owe you a beverage or two , if we ever meet.

Thanks for your advice Brendomac and Maltiuau ! :)

Great idea Brendomac ! , I was just thinking about what would happen if you made the finer mesh basket larger than the coarse mesh basket .on the one manual agitation both baskets may collect/sort appropriately sized material ..could that work as a 2 stage sorter? I am new to this but thought...

Thank you Ag man and Ten ounce , This type of simple yet effective info is great ! I guess I know what I will be making this week! :)

Thanks all, for the welcome. Hello Old Fred , yes Yorkeys is just nth of Cairns and is a very beautiful place indeed. I lived in Cloncurry for a while and also in Mt Isa. I love Cloncurry and do miss it. :) A great place for finding stuff...but very very hot! :)

8) That Is such a great idea and you could easily customise for different rigs! Great work!

:) :) Hello all, I have been collecting rocks and minerals for many years by just panning and have a pretty decent collection that I occasionally dust off and do some lapidary on. I have been up the Cape for the last few years but am now based in Yorkeys. I have some pans , sieves etc that...