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This is a reminder for anyone interested that the Lismore Gemfest is on this coming weekend - 19th and 20th May 2018. Hours are Saturday 9AM~5PM and Sunday 9AM~3PM. It's the biggest gem show in NSW, and by some accounts Australia! Cheers

Does anyone know of an easy to use viewer for .pbf (not pdf) files? They might be good for use on a laptop (and other devices?) when there is no sat or cell service. If there's a better free option I'm all ears. :-) Cheers

I haven't panned these right down because I was interested in knowing what else might be in there. Is there anything that looks interesting? The little grey spheres looked a bit odd to me.

I was reading today the HCL has no effect on gold. So, I was wondering how it would go cleaning up concentrates. I bought some at Bunnings and mixed it 50/50 with water and a couple of tablespoons of fine quartzy material. That was a few hours ago and not much seems to be happening. I also read...

I'm having a bit of fun making a Miller table here and 7.62 suggested I post a few pics. This pic shows a simple drain setup to empty the tub.This tap came from that joint with three balls. Cost about $5. 25mm low density polypipe fits over the end nicely, and then 25mm flexi hose fits into...

Is it possible to save the bother of separating fine gold by just smelting rough concentrates? Cheers

Does anyone have experience with these? They look very effective, but pretty expensive. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Centrifugal-gold-concentrator-mining-PCB-Electronic-Waste-CCFB110-FlexiCone/273065576728?hash=item3f93fa0918:g:PWoAAOSwa-dWhaoY I reckon a good 30% of what I run through my sieve...

I've been wearing high gumboots, jeans, short sleeve shirt, and an Akubra. The gumboots were going well for the first few trips - until I really started getting down into it, and then they just filled up with the same cattle crap and piss that the rest of me was soaking in. There's got to be a...

No Camping No Shooting No Trespassing Private Property Keep Out The no camping and the no shooting I can easily understand, but what's the story with the others? If they appear on a map and connect two places beyond the boundary of the signposted area does one not have a legal right of...

I was digging in a small mountain stream today and had to reach in a lot to move bigger pebbles and small rocks. I'm pretty new to all this and am wondering, are there any poisonous critters down there? Cheers

Hi. Mike here. Guess what. I want gold.