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Lol LW I wouldn't care if it was shards of coloured glass, I've had fun discovering them and learnt/ refined techniques which will make sourcing and processing my own pay dirt even more rewarding. I'll look into Billabong Blue for sure. Still got another bag to go through yet :D This is what...

Done :Y: I see something shiney :gemstone: Works beautifully! :inlove: That was just the first handful. Many more to go :D

Just remembered I have some clear perspex left in my garage so I'll be making a little inverted table this weekend to view the coarse gravel on :Y:

Bloody awesome!

Great ideas fella's tyvm :Y: I'm sure my wife won't mind me using the fry pan lid, especially if she doesn't find out ;) :lol:

That's gorgeous! What an experience to be in there

And the concentrate I'm going to sluice Good fun, even if I don't find anything. It all adds up to experience eh

Ah cheers aussie I'll give it a go. The little stuff I've yet to go through The larger stuff I found the yellow gems in.

Probably topaz :lol:

Hehe :argh: They're not the best pics I reckon that bit of pyrite was thrown in there because I didn't find anymore traces of it

Is it cheating if I do this :8

Nw LoneWolf I'm only 1 away now :D

Didn't make it out this weekend due to weather, this coming weekend isn't looking good either. Itching to get out and fire up the GM..one day soon I hope

Alrighty cheers fella's, guess I'll be picking through the 1kg container of small stuff by hand. Only thing in my garage I can think of that would simulate a vertical pulse is my jigsaw mounted upside down :lol: something to think about. Currently making a small sluice so I'll post that up...

Hey everyone. So my mate at work kindly gave me a couple of bags of gravel from a Glen Innes Sapphire mine he bought near a decade ago. I've classified one bag down into 1/4", 1/8" and concentrate and found 3 yellowish sapphires out of the larger stuff, ones got a bit of pink in it and a few...

Good stuff Ward the offer is much appreciated. Any info on the area would be most welcome. Heading out this weekend was mostly about getting the feel for it and having some fun family time (if weather allows) but we will be looking at doing the forest areas soon after. We've only passed through...

Awesome helpul info!! Thanks to Loamer and all contributors.

Thanks for the warm welcome's! Hoping the weather holds out this weekend so we can get started :argh:

Cheers Megsy and you're absolutely right!

Hey everyone, just joined up. My family and I are looking forward to our first gold hunting experience and sharing our hunts with the community. I've been reading and absorbing every bit of useful information from the forums for the past few months, and got started with a Gold Monster 1000 (for...