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I was in the same boat, not sure about what was happening with my current 4WD. so i got a large Waeco icebox. its great i get about a week out of a few bags of ice in it. was around $300 or so for the 87L one though so not cheap Jayden

Is there a way to tell what would likely hold larger gems. ? I have found plenty of small (1-2 carats) but nothing larger than that. It's all pretty much luck, but do larger ones tend to sit different to the others.? Thanks Jayden

Sorry cant offer any help but watching with interest Boulder Opal looks amazing when cut, that is my next goal :)

Went out today for a solo trip, Got about 4 small blues a couple of smaller green sapphires But the important thing is I found them where I thought that there would be. Good to see I'm learning :)

Para The other hobby is bowhunting, I got into fossicking i guess cause i got some opal rough and thought it'd be pretty cool to find that in lighting ridge or another place, but i found out about more to do with it because i hunt mostly state forests with the DPI permit. Once i found out that...

Hopefully I'll get out to the club on Thursday as well, I've got a 4WD and would like to get out more, maybe we could work something out in the meantime if you're interested Fossicking seems to be replacing my other main hobby :| :) Jayden

Yep Waders are definitely next purchase :D Got the bug hard, thinking of how I can work it so I can spend all weekend back down there already :D I'm also going to go to the lapidary club here, want to learn how to cab and then eventually facet, Hopefully see you there

Under boulders and large rocks in the creek or in slow moving water areas seemed to give the best results. Find the spinel - find the Sapphires :)

Yeah it was great to meet you Lisa, shame you didn't find any, more reason to get out again though :) Grace and I had a great day out, lots of digging for 3 small blue sapphires, a few zircons and a couple of green sapphires. Will be definitely going back out again. Leaches were huge...

Has anyone been out recently ? I was thinking about maybe going out on Saturday to have a look around Is there any sort of signage around the public area or would I best off finding the landowner for permission to go on his land ? Thanks Jayden

Hi Everyone Found this site while trawling the internet for information. My partner and myself have so far been bitten by the gemstone bug. Grace is a geologist so I guess that's got to come in handy. We are mid 20's from Canberra, both love the outdoors and don't mind getting our hands dirty. I...