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Hi all long time no post and I need help lol 3 years ago my husband bought me a wal banker, we still haven't used it!!! Well at short notice we have a baby sitter for our newborn and have decided to go out tomorrow, only problem is we don't have a pump. I also have super limited knowledge on...

Hi, everyone! I found this rock on a trip on the weekend and no idea what it is. Any ideas what it could be please?

So I have been having a bit of a rough time health wise lately and things have been a bit sad at home. Got home the other afternoon to find this in my lounge room God love my hubby, he knows I have wanted one for ages and he went and splurged. Now my question is, what else do I need lol? I...

Morning everyone. I saw this for sale on line the other day and was wondering if anyone can give me further information about it? I THINK it was called a titanium quartz? I absolutely adore it and if I had the spare cash would have snapped it up for my display cabinet. I was just wondering if...

So I bought some scales from ebay and they arrived the other day. Opened my scales, super excited to see how much my beasts weigh...... Baw baw... scale doesnt work. It keeps saying different weights are on it when theres NOTHING ON IT!! I Did a calibration on it to try to fix it no luck...

Hey everyone. I have been lucky enough to gain access to private property at Araluen NSW and will hopefully be heading out in the next few weeks. The property is a good few hundred acres and has river frontage. I havent had any successful panning trips yet so just have a few questions please...

I know there are posts on lamberts but none really answer my questions. I'm having a bit of trouble finding someone to look at and then tell me which stones are worth cutting and which ones aren't so I'm thinking of just sending them all to lamberts ( minus the teeny tiny ones) and seeing what...

I want to know if anyone has sold any gems, rough or cut? Do you sell them individually or in a package? Who to and where did you advertise? or is it just not possible due to jewelers wanting bulk wholesale amounts?

Does anyone here actually sell there stones? How do you determine a stones value and who would you sell to?

Ok so I found one, YAY!!! So hubby and I went out on Sunday in the FREEZING cold and started to sieve. We trekked up and down the banks for hours trying different spots with no luck. No matter what we did we couldnt find spinel. Then we saw where someone else had been and I noticed there rocks...

Hello everyone, I was thinking of buying some cheap rough sapphires online so I can practice sieving with them and so I can see one in the flesh and get to know what to look for. I have seen a lot on ebay from overseas that look a lot cheaper than the aussie ones and was wondering if they will...

Finally managed to take a pic of a few of them... any thoughts on what they are? have i just kept a bag of river stones lol

First off sorry if this has already been covered or if It sounds like a stupid question, i'm just a super visual person and need to see what I am looking for to understand it! I have spent a long time going through the Gemstone & Mineral Show n Tell page marvelling at everyones awesome finds...

Has anyone seen this show before? i love it! have heard a lot of negative things about it being unrealistic and stuff but i think its entertaining http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/game-of-stones

Your other half? So Im fairly sure my husband thinks Im nuts and really cant come to terms with my new found obsession of fossicking. It got me thinking how many people who enjoy the hobby have partners that also enjoy it or only tolerate it lol. In order to get hubby to come with me last...

Hello all. I have seen a fair few posts on wee jasper and fossicking out there but I think all the posts I was looking at were last years and I just wanted to ask about the current state of access through the black berries? Im trying to decide if I should go out to Wee Jasper or GG next weekend...

Ok so today I went out panning for the first time. On my first bucket I started seeing flakes and I mean LOTS of flakes the whole pan was just glistening in the sun light :) Only problem was collecting them, some were so small it was nearly impossible to pick them up with the tweezers I ended up...

Hi everyone I am completely new to this and looking for a bit of advice please I am wanting to start panning for gold and stones but have no idea what to do or where to go so please be nice haha i have always been fascinated by fossicking but never really thought about doing it until recently...