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    TDI Coils

    Cleaning out the collection. 1 x Miner John 12x8, needs no introduction, IMO one of the best all round coils available for the TDI's (Like New used for 1hr) $200 1 x High Q 12x8, very stable coil in mineralised ground (Used for 4hrs) $150 1 x Miner John 11x7 (Used, great on the small...
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    XP Orx 9" Elliptical & WSA Headphones

    For sale - Used Mint condition XP ORX XP Wireless WSA headphones Silicone control box cover 3-way charging lead OG Box and user manuals. Never used without skid plate. Deadly on tiny gold! Located Mackay Qld $1100 (Also listed on Gumtree)
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    ❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here

    Hi yall, Pretty sure this is galena... it also has visable copper, iron pyrite etc. showing through it and I assume there be lead/silver and the likes in there but after a closer look on the corner that was knocked off with the pick after digging it up I can see some "gold" looking specs that...
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    What mineral is this???

    Hi guys need a little help on this one i picked up a while ago, originally thought it was just an unusall rock (was a shiny smooth light rusty brown color on the exterior) then I discovered it was metal like mineral inside when i cut a small piece off. What i know - Strong magnetic attraction...
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    Whats the blue stuff in the ore?

    Sorry i should've added its quite "powdery"
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    Whats the blue stuff in the ore?

    Hi all, anyone have any idea what the blue stuff is in this quartz vein? Pic doesn't show it very well but its a deep blue to black color mixed in and around the pyrite.
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    Gold or just another a fool..?

    Thanks all, ill have wander upstream and see if i can locate where its coming from. Could i expect larger specs at the source or would this be the general size given the type of ore it's come out of?
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    Gold or just another a fool..?

    Found some quartz diorite looking rock in a creek that contained alot of iron pyrite and what looked to be gold, crushed a couple pounds up classified and panned the smaller stuff with a stainless dog bowl...(never panned in my life :lol: ), what i though was stubborn sand that wouldnt get out...
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    Help identify, idea's?

    Thanks goldierocks. Its been in a bath of hydrocloric acid for a few days then a bath of hydrogen peroxide to try and get it to oxidize but it doesnt appear to, its been relatively unaffected apart form its lost a slight bit of weight - Streak is now a metallic brown colour (outside tarnish...
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    Help identify, idea's?

    Could be slag but the general texture and shapes says otherwise, in the sun the silver is showing through the tarnish in doors its almost black to a dark grey, it doesnt seem magnetic tried with large neo magnets with no movement at all, conducts electrictricity with some resistance..
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    Help identify, idea's?

    SG - 4.5 Streak - metalic black Thinking maybe native titanium, the small peice thats exposed colored when heated..
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    Help identify, idea's?

    Silver inside
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    Help identify, idea's?

    Seems to ne non magnetic. Heavy for its size. Has pearl metallic silver slight copperish color inside. Same pearl like metallic luster can be seen on outside under sunlight beneath the outside tarnish.
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