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    X-terra 705 sale

    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...
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    Widgee QLD

    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...
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    thai cuts...

    Dunno if its been put up before but still learning and want to learn as much as I can so here's a couple pics of what I've noticed on a couple of older thai cut stones. On the bottom of the stone the points don't all line up exact as they're supposed to. However I have seen some that look much...
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    Sapphire advice needed please

    ok guys so i have my 50ct Heart Sapphire and i have been speaking to a few gemmologists and cutters about the best thing to do etc but it is difficult to say being that the stone is a blue with green crosstable and is thick (8-9mm the whole way) under bright light some surface cracks/flaws and...
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    Places to detect - Close to Melbourne Victoria

    hi all...so im coming down to melbourne around november from QLD and want to try and get a few days detecting in. where can i start researching or does anyone have any pointers on where to spend a couple days detecting. have never found anything with the detector gold wise and i figure melbourne...
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    FS: xterra 705 gold pack

    hey guys so extremely regretful sale i do not want to sell however due to personal circumstances, issues with my property and the missus walking out, i now have to find 12 grand from somewhere for a new septic treatment system :( so im selling my near new xterra 705 with gold pack coil included...
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    need some sapphire advice/reccomendations please!

    ok guys up in Sapphire QLD fossicking and visiting mum...found a few small cutters nothing special....till today today I pulled out a 50.6 ct blue/green/yellow parti very clear might have a small crack but doesn't look deep from what I can see. now I would love some advice on where to get...
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    recirculating small sluice tips/advice

    ok guys so I need some pointers...I want to build a small recirculating sluice...I have an angus mackirk recon and was thinking two tubs ie 40L joined together by a PVC pipe with a filter to prevent too much sediment being sucked up by the bilge pump...problem I'm thinking is that the water may...
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    todays prophet mine adventure

    ok so its been a while since ive had some good colour (and the fever is burning bad) so i headed out the the prophet mine at kilkivan for a day of panning few families came and went and it wasnt a hot day so it was good. didnt find the grammers ive found before but a couple nice chunks...
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    anyone tried river sluice for sapphires, zircons etc?

    ok so I'm going up to mums claim in sapphire early may and want to do some more digging however only having a week again means I'm looking for more ways to process more dirt....I just saw on ice cold gold their modification for the river sluice into a ruby sluice and seemed to work....what I'm...
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    Imbil area Qld information and questions

    ok so I'm interested now after reading that Mr Nash found gold in a few spots between nanango and Maryborough and I read somewhere that mentions Bella creek.....anyone been out that way? as soon as this rain slows I'm going to head out for a weekend but thought I'd see if anyone has a bit of...
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    EOI turon/bathurst area prospecting help

    hey guys...so the recent trip to warwick QLD was an amazing trip regardless of the lack of gold...great to get out and be away from tech for a long weekend.... im from the sunshine coast in QLD and wanting to plan a 2 week trip either later in the year or this time next year down to the...
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    mini finishing *Lowbanker*? anyone tried

    ok so the other day walking up and down the aisles of bunnings i saw what looked to me to be mini expanded mesh....turned out to be gutter guard.....its literally mini expanded mesh though, would this work as a secondary cleanup *lowbanker* lol has anyone tried it?
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    my first blue bowl (actually green) all materials under $15 total

    ok so saw the idea here through a google search but thought id search for a little different than using a threeway hose adapter, so i went for some poly irrigation adaptors/pieces and a standard hose adaptor. so bought the same green bunnings 16l round tub for $4.98 funnel $1.88 irrigation...
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    Topo maps for Thanes / Warwick (Qld) Queensland

    are there any easily accesible resource for topo maps....specifically im looking for a thanes/warwick topo map. any help is much appreciated. heading out that way this weekend and week after for a few extra days
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    newbie with fossickers fever

    hi all, im a young bloke. fairly new to fossicking. have been up to sapphire CQ fossicking a few times (my mum has a claim there) and absolutely love spending the few weeks a year I get up there digging in the creek or at big Bessie. my best find so far would be either 5ct cutter which created...
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