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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Sapphire Rubyvale area
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<blockquote data-quote="snafu" data-source="post: 492636" data-attributes="member: 1252"><p>Moth, I've lived at Sapphire for near on 30 years, done a lot of digging in most areas during that time and seen fossickers come and go. Some who started fresh diggings in untouched virgin ground were lucky enough to find good stone, but most found bugger all & left the fields disillusioned and disappointed considering the effort they put in.</p><p></p><p>In recent years there has been a shift more towards tourists finding a dig where somebody had already put in the hard yards in opening up a patch of ground that may yield some quality material. I've done it myself in years gone past when I have found a hole where it was obvious that whoever dug it had no idea of how to read the wash and had left the best of it to somebody like me to come along and finish what they had started. Some of these holes have produced very good stone.</p><p></p><p>My advice to anybody coming to the fields is that if you have a limited time frame, save yourself time and energy by finding a hole that you don't have to bust a gut to get to the wash, work it for a few days and if it shows promise then stick with it, if not, move to another hole - there are heaps of them.</p><p></p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snafu, post: 492636, member: 1252"] Moth, I've lived at Sapphire for near on 30 years, done a lot of digging in most areas during that time and seen fossickers come and go. Some who started fresh diggings in untouched virgin ground were lucky enough to find good stone, but most found bugger all & left the fields disillusioned and disappointed considering the effort they put in. In recent years there has been a shift more towards tourists finding a dig where somebody had already put in the hard yards in opening up a patch of ground that may yield some quality material. I've done it myself in years gone past when I have found a hole where it was obvious that whoever dug it had no idea of how to read the wash and had left the best of it to somebody like me to come along and finish what they had started. Some of these holes have produced very good stone. My advice to anybody coming to the fields is that if you have a limited time frame, save yourself time and energy by finding a hole that you don't have to bust a gut to get to the wash, work it for a few days and if it shows promise then stick with it, if not, move to another hole - there are heaps of them. Jeff [/QUOTE]
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