Recent content by Timhass

ended up heading sapphire bend, didnt know they had some logging in the area hole are been dug up haha. did find a few so cant complain. cheers anyway

Hey guys, been awhile on these forums as we know life can get busy haha. Anyway I'm planning on bearing the cold and heading down to grubben gullen and was wondering what its like down there atm, the last I went there was about 1 -2years ago now and was curious to know what its like there...

Thanks for the info Hetho, much appreciated =)

Ill ask the nundle info place when Im there and see if they have any info on it

Can u get any sapphires around hanging rock? I know u can get them around nundle but what about hanging rock? Me and the missus are going there this week sometime for a few days and were planing for thunder egg hunt, but if we cant do that we can just go fossick for some sapphires around the...

Yeah I gotta feeling she was mistaking it for Boggabri

Well from what I was told by my partners mother, she said her dad took her to Nundle/Hanging Rock NSW when she was young...say 30-40years ago. They found a few thunder eggs from their trip and still have them. But from what I'v gathered so far theres no info that says hanging rock has thunder...

hey guys, I was wondering if you could still get thunder eggs from hanging rock these days? And if so where abouts would be a good place to start looking there? ie tips on what to look for would be good. I'v heard they could still be around the old chinese gold mines that were once there...

So I had another visit to GG on the weekend and all I could say was WOW. Its been about a month since I was here last now theres even more holes everywhere. The path in the top pic has caved in, around the bend where there was heaps of deep holes along the wall which made large overhangs had...

so after closer inspection the colour appears to be red without a light source but a reddy yellow with light behind it. would it still be a zircon or a different gem altogether?? and its got quite a few cracks so its not worth cutting. And cheers terry for my intro haha was nice meeting you and...

hey guys, just wondering, iv never been to ruby hill before and my question is, is it still worth checking out or has it been pillaged since this post because of the pic of all the gems? me and a mate are planing on going there this weekend coming. cheers, tim

hey guys just thought id share this find i found at grabben gullen. i was there maybe 2-3 weeks ago and explorer385 found some flood wash and dug up a few buckets to take home to clean and i just found this 3g(15ct ithink) in the first bucket of wash =) i didnt have a torch with me to shine...

Hey Tom, Im interested in buying a few bags if thats possible. Could you PM me some details and we can go from there. Cheers Tim.