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from middleton creek flora and fauna reserve south of castlemaine a few years back

Hi Goldpick I tend to agree but if it does nothing at all then thats a good test result too a positive negative,and then we will use it for toasting marshmallows, thats what testing is all about! True it might be a struggle finding gold at jupiter creek but might find a nice topaz or 2 have seen...

Hi BSellin my mate who bought it is giving a test run this weekend at jupiter creek SA so will let you know what happens fortunately he bought a couple of real detectors as well to test it against...cheers

this set up served us well for dig of 3mths a few years back at tomahawk creek CQ the mighty bush shower was an essential bit of the kit after a dusty days dig nothing better than a good hot shower we rigged up some bush tripods for sieving and got good results about 20 cutters each for the...

Worse experience i had camping out alone was years ago in the castlemaine area when late one night while tucked up in the trusty old campervan casually reading a book about headhunters and cannibals i discovered the horrific growling and groaning of an old koala doing his mating serenade a truly...

thanx varts washpool is a great field to have a dig on with excellent camping and not too far out of town only 13.46 km to the bottleshop and carrys some very good size stones like the 100 carat orange/honey sapphire that become the 30 carat Autumn Glory a stone with more stories to it than you...

Hi Wally, sorry to say no theyre not from the north of clermont area....but still close enough for a dig, theyre from the washspool creek fossicking field which is part of the reward field west of sapphire but easy 2wd access from rubyvale and the road from clermont to rubyvale has been well...

15ct blue green sapphire-washpool creek central queensland the same 15ct blue green stone showing cross table colour and crack running all the way across 6ct champagne zircon from washpool creek CQ 17 ct sapphire with ironoxide stained crack washpool creek CQ blue sapphire washpool...

Good feedback guys and as usual if it sounds too good to be true usually is, a bit like the sign posted at tomahawk creek Big Stones and Easy Digging This Way ( i know i shouldnt have put it up but couldnt help myself) thanx nightjar good link....there is an extensive list of worldwide...

not too sure about this info but if you ever stranded anything is worth a go..... FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO !!! There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.... Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for...

my best relic find by far has to be the brass reading glasses they even still had one of the glass lenses in the frame and some old twine tied around the arm holding it together i did go back and sieve the area looking for the other lens but by the wear it seemed that itd been missing for quite...

thats an impressive collection ,stunning reds and oranges like a sunset etched in stone,great photos too

Yeah gotta love the sapphires and zircons but you need the gold too to wear them i managed to sell some of the alluvial gold i had awhile back @$1K per ounce and had it smelted into a beautiful ring .....now i need to find some more gold....cheers thanx for having a look

ammonite from madagascar bought from Gemfest in Anakie photographed using a custom cut light box and spotlight a pseudomorph from CQ gemfields that looks like seedpod or nut

Yeah trenchfighter was on the money...lol

pseudomorphs from central queensland gemfields these little oddities turn up in the wash and are often a good indicator of gems or just more digging ,they look like sea shells limpits and even seeds some have got been found with amethyst crystals star sapphires from tomahawk creek, zircons and...

thats pretty funny in itself if it can find fish and wood should do yabbies and beer too and well be right for lunch at least, i wonder if it does meteorites in transit, ive tried the divining rods once and all it did was point at my pick and laugh quietly, i actually prefer the throw the hat...

Hi john thanks good to hear some clear info,thats what i thought if it sounds too good to be true it usually is,fortunately hes paid bugger all for it just a secondhand job....cheers jef

Im just wondering if anyone has heard of or tried one of these detectors out, ive never heard of a unit for detecting gemstones,it sounds a bit too good to be true but im gonna find out as my digging partner has just bought one which we will put to the test asap!

Hi adam ive cleaned up lots of quartz crystals with the same iron oxide coating and yes oxalic will do the trick but isnt great to breathe any of the fumes and takes a while to do, I have found hydrochloric acid from hardware much more effctive break it down 50/50 with water and leave soak in a...