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my rule of thumb is anything under 2-3 carats goes to lamberts unless its really clear and high quality. there are small flaws but lamberts is getting better and they come out fine especially for the price. They can take some time depending on their work load so be prepared it may take up to 3...

if theyre smart about it they will go down first....punch some test holes then dig.....either that they will attach a cam and have it for vis

Thanks heatho, yeh going to try drake and have a poke around. Tell me about it. It's been almost a year since I've been able to get into some sapphs so I'm really looking forward it :)

Thanks Gary I'm staying at billabong blue but just want to have a poke around crown land on Sunday but bingarra might be the go. Wow thanks Jaros I expected cold but not negatives. Thankfully I love the cold so that's a bonus in my book

Hey all. Been so long. So busy with work so this weekend I'm saying f it and making the 7 hour drive down from the sunny coast to Inverell and glen innes for some sapphire fossicking, though I have read that there is gold in part also and id live to find some colour from a different area. If...

solder/metal slag is a decent test dependant on size and your panning skills and how u want to test yourself. when i was testing my first homemade banker i put in tiny solder balls and small pieces of slag through the banker to see how much it was catching and how far down....the gold pieces...

yeh im gunna get my cousin and maybe the boss (keen to give it a go) to come along and bringin the banker. pretty sure we have a 10-15m layflat...should reach up there easily

either that or we go all out and dig down 2 metres and see if it was a deposit and theres another layer underneath lol

Sure did. Planned on returning today but weather looks it'll make the 3 hour return trip a short one lol.

Great day was had up at gympie. Diggin a nice spot in what looked to me very much like sapphire wash I dig, soft clay combined with river rocks and a few nice big sized rocks. Dug 4 10l buckets for quite a bit of black sand and fine gold. Sitting there feeding the little river sluice talking to...

and once the bug bites your hooked haha!

yeh thats actually mine, its a dual pack and will more than likely end around 750-800 ish for the two coils in almost new condition with everything. rick id be aiming a little less than 700 for the single coil gold pack. can get them brand new now for $800 with free shipping. just a heads up

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161614899833?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 finally decided it had to go on ebay guys, need the money. Dual pack X-terra used maybe 3-4 hours total so almost new except for some surface scuff marks on the coil scuff pads. hate to see it go but no...

oh wow i feel stupid now, i looked them up yesterday but couldnt find any weight numbers....opened it again today and actually looked below the table under specifications tab and there it is haha 8) thanks mate

can anyone tell me what these weigh as it sits here? in the market for a new pump and these seem reasonably priced, want to be able to carry it into areas not hit as hard when i come down south....

cheers yob, decided to head out today anyway. see what i can find :)

ok so i have done a little bit of research but info available online is limited. just wondering if anyone has any information on the widgee area, i have access to some private property with a creek that goes through and am heading up tomorrow. does anyone know of any alluvial gold in widgee area...

still find it hard to believe. a stone that dense wouldve barely moved depending on location, if found in a current water course means it has more than likely only been in a river anywhere up to a thousand years or so, rivers dry up, change course and create entire new courses constantly. so the...

do sapphires water wear? ive pulled sapphires from the same creek some being sharp and pointy and some being round, being the hardness they are i would be extremely dubious of any water wear. doesnt look glossy enough for me id say topaz but then again who knows till its tested.

completely off topic so last post about it but if you want a hand with tech stuff lefty im glad to help out. ill let you know next time im up in sapphire maybe catch up for a dig and a lesson for both of us (me some more stone knowledge and you some more tech knowledge)