Recent content by Wooly#1

G'day All, I'm in Biloela for a few weeks and was wondering if there was any gem stones in this area that any one knows about I'll be out the back of the dam having a look for their fine gold any way by all accounts it's very sparse but it has to be better than being at work

My old mitzy never missed a beat the whole time I had it I traded it last year at 326,000 k's not bad for a petrol,a timing belt at 180,000 and it was still going strong but was getting a bit tired, getting the part is the reasonable expense fitting it is a bit dearer around here,

Is Agate CK far from Tannum Sands as it sounds like a good place to have a scratch around, I went to Lowmead on the Gladstone show holiday an found a piece of amethyst the size of a 5c piece, the weekend before We went to Riverslea crossing out past Gogango for a look and found some petrified...

G'day Blossom Wooly here from Gladstone we got chased from work today from the weather as well, If you want some where not to far for a day trip from SE QLD try Chinchilla for petrified wood some of the colours are amazing and I would recommend staying at the Great Western motel there the...

G'day wazza/mechia, Wooly here I'm only new to fossicking and would enjoy catching up with like minded people for a scratch around and have a look, I've just been at Chinchilla for 14 weeks and really got the bug for shiny and special gemstones, I did find some really great bits of petrified...

AR try and locate the bits your looking for at the local Tip, now days with recycling you can almost find any thing you need, Or try metal recyclers, Savage yards, or the local heavy machinery wreckers. If you have any old Industry around most of the walk ways where expanded mesh if you were...

G'day Atom rat & Roscoe, I once made a ally can crusher out of a push bike frame, Turned upside down pedal one side, heavy weight the other side inside about a 4" pipe as a guide connected to crank via suitable length of flat bar. You get the idea. Happy building & Sluicing,

G'day Ozzii & Atomrat, Wooly here again with what might be a solution to your mesh problem. I watched a video on home made sluices and one fellow used a large bread crate cut out one the angle to make a light weight screen that was quite tough for his gravel and still had a good riffle effect...

G'day Ozziii, You don't need a folder just yet, I've found if you use a circular saw & cut at half the thickness of ally sheet and bend it gently it will stay together, 4043 ally is better as it won't break, if you use 5356 it will crack through it is high tencile / marine grade, Don't use a...

I seen a small pump in Bunnings that was run off a weed eater motor that had a 1" outlet and inlet, That's what I was think I would run on mine when I made it. It's been raining for the last 3 nights here in Gladstone QLD but there will be no running water by morning only a few puddles to wash...

G'day All, as another newby to this forum stuff and scratching around in the creek beds, gold fossicking has been an intrest of mine for as long as I can remember, Now that my kids have grown up I'm starting to get a bit of time back so I bought myself a pan and a couple of sieves. I work for a...