Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Charts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Digging at Reward
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Prospecting Australia:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Teemore" data-source="post: 82755" data-attributes="member: 1375"><p>Thanks for sharing Lefty,</p><p>Great insight into Qld gemstone prospecting, does a claim cost $ or is it just a necessity to ID the prospector? How big an area are you allowed at one time.</p><p>When I was a nipper my old man used to regularly go to Andamooka in SA to spend time with a mate of his that just prepared 'Cuts' with a massive CAT for other miners (was a type of open cut mining) he would often see real good quality stuff gong west until the miner thought he was at the right level of excavation .... heaps of good opal was found in the heaps from those cuts..... he always wanted me to go over there and learn to cut and prepare the opals properly.</p><p>That was just as lucrative as the mining.</p><p>Keen to follow your efforts up there, wish you heaps of luck finding the perfect stone.</p><p>Cheers Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teemore, post: 82755, member: 1375"] Thanks for sharing Lefty, Great insight into Qld gemstone prospecting, does a claim cost $ or is it just a necessity to ID the prospector? How big an area are you allowed at one time. When I was a nipper my old man used to regularly go to Andamooka in SA to spend time with a mate of his that just prepared 'Cuts' with a massive CAT for other miners (was a type of open cut mining) he would often see real good quality stuff gong west until the miner thought he was at the right level of excavation .... heaps of good opal was found in the heaps from those cuts..... he always wanted me to go over there and learn to cut and prepare the opals properly. That was just as lucrative as the mining. Keen to follow your efforts up there, wish you heaps of luck finding the perfect stone. Cheers Tom [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Digging at Reward
Top