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<blockquote data-quote="Dron" data-source="post: 446212" data-attributes="member: 7074"><p>I agree 100%. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, but Goldierocks post just got me wondering about the applications of GPR for gem fossicking so I went down a bit of a research rabbithole.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The article I posted above was from 1997 and talks about the great advances the technology has made in the last 5 years ... so I wonder what the technology is like now 20 years on? If someone could come up with an inexpensive, portable GPR with enough resolution to map shallow crystal gem fields that would be awesome ... I imagine GPR would be game changing for opal miners at Lightning Ridge, I mean who would care about spending $30,000 if you could find $100,000 worth of opal?</p><p></p><p>Here's one that's <a href="https://www.proceq.com/product/proceq-gpr-live/" target="_blank">handheld and connects to an Ipad</a> - albeit it's for scanning concrete, and I have no idea what the price is, but when you consider that our current method of fossicking for gems involves picking a (near) random spot in a known gem location and digging a hole, surely there SHOULD be something better ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dron, post: 446212, member: 7074"] I agree 100%. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, but Goldierocks post just got me wondering about the applications of GPR for gem fossicking so I went down a bit of a research rabbithole. The article I posted above was from 1997 and talks about the great advances the technology has made in the last 5 years ... so I wonder what the technology is like now 20 years on? If someone could come up with an inexpensive, portable GPR with enough resolution to map shallow crystal gem fields that would be awesome ... I imagine GPR would be game changing for opal miners at Lightning Ridge, I mean who would care about spending $30,000 if you could find $100,000 worth of opal? Here's one that's [url=https://www.proceq.com/product/proceq-gpr-live/]handheld and connects to an Ipad[/url] - albeit it's for scanning concrete, and I have no idea what the price is, but when you consider that our current method of fossicking for gems involves picking a (near) random spot in a known gem location and digging a hole, surely there SHOULD be something better ... [/QUOTE]
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