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Good job on the big zircons or garnets, they could be facetable. The sapphires are nice too, but those pickers make my mouth water! Nice job!

Good job on the sapphires. I better get back there, I still havent found my first sapphire. Good job in the gold department too, much better than what I found there. Hope you had a good time!

Found a large tube of olivine at Shadwell. Some people who have gone there for years have only found four small ones, so I guess this makes up for the lack of facetable olivine 🙂

Can't help either. Im sure you'll do well with all this research. Make sure you tell us how you do, there's many keen people who would love to revisit this area. Also, do some research on the ridge road quarry in Daylesford. Haven't been there myself, but it seems promising.

Can't help there unfortunately, I'm more of a day tripper and dont end up digging deep. Good luck!

In all my research I have never heard of opal in Daylesford. The only place where traces were found in a granite quarry is Glenrowan. Which book is this?

Yes, there probably would be a reef. Don't take my word for it though. Whereabouts in Steiglitz was this? I have been searching for crystals for ages and never been lucky

Maybe look at Belgrave

Unfortunately sapphires are extremely rare in sailors creek, and it would be quite a task to find any kind of sizeable stone. Either way, any place where it is hard to get down into the creek is good, like where the gorse acts as a prickly hedge. Try wallaby track in daylesford. It runs along...

So I guess a small unassuming creek in Lancefield is off limits.

I would pay anything for unlimited AntRid - can never get enough of it

Hey everyone, I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I would love to know if fossicking in rivers on private land is ok. There's a river I want to sieve in, and it is on a farm block, but I can access it without walking onto the farmer's land. Can I sieve in this creek without...

Didn't the same mine collapse in 2021? Very unfortunate

Good to know. Will be a while until I can get back there though.

I hope this helps. If you type 'Quartz creek gentle annie' into google maps, it comes up.