Opal mining: Miners find crystal opal.
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- G’day everyone, I hope you’re all well! In this video we’ll be heading to Andamooka for the first scratch of this mining season. We’re off to a great start, things are shaping up for a great season, including finding the first decent piece of opal in the Teatree claim. I hope you enjoy, thanks for your support and time. 🤪👍
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I agree, that excavator is going to be a game changer, you are going to be on that crystal in no time fella's
Your enjoying life Phil that’s the main thing anything you find and can cut is a bonus
A man with your drive patience and know how will hit the big one sooner or later m8 we all have our fingers crossed for you bud 🪨👍👍👍👍
Great work fellas, that digger is a game changer. Thanks for the vid as always Phil. 👍👍👍
Keep at it Phil, it is just one more shovel away. 🙂
Nice stone Phil, means more when you find it, then turn it into something, well done thanks for sharing. Great little excavator,
Great adventure and finds 😊 the digger is now a great help.
Loving the red band, good sign. Another great episode 🎉
Nice finds Phil! Good to see some really good potential in that ground. Thanks for sharing
Take me 😂😂😂. I wish I lived in Australia. I would be out there too. Great finds. Keep them coming 😅
Glad to see the new machine. Looks great. I've run similar sized bobcats before and I've never seen the tracks extend to the side like that. Pretty cool. Looks like you guys will be able to get loads of work done now. That big rainbow looks awesome, looking forward to seeing that in a carving. Great adventure video.
Hiya Phil, awesome video and beautiful crystal opal.
"Put your pet lizard up to the screen " 😆 that cracked me up
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Wicked video Phil , Awesome find , looking forward to seeing that polished up , man i feel your hot on the trail , just a matter of time ,
Hi mate, that a great find, hope you will find your dream soon, best wishes, me not a miner but would like to see you using seaver baket to remove dust and black light, pls ignore me if not possible.
That good piece must have a mate somewhere.
great to see you out mining boys keep it up mate
I was so quick on this video that the settings for stream quality were still unavailable, on my phone, so it was potato quality.
😂😂😂😂on fire tonight😂😂😂😂
Could watch content like this all day! 22:50 seems like a low ball you sure only $30,000 ?!
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Damm ! Diesel is cheaper than gasoline in Australia !?!?
Nice 👍
Over here it’s close to $4 a gallon while gas is just over $2.
Makes me want to go to Australia even more. Cheap diesel and OPAL !!!
No no! Damn, I wish we got it that cheap, au$1.96/litre = au$7.40/gallon = us$4.83/gallon 🤪👍
Yes my mistake. Typical American, always thinking everyone else are like us lol.
Wow ! $7.40 a gallon would sink my boat, I’m sorry bud.
But you know what ? I still love Australia 🇦🇺, and I’d still love to come visit your country someday, AND go fossicking for Opal myself. I mean, don’t get me wrong, America is great and I love her, but Australia is freaking AWESOME!!!
drinking and noodling 😝
We just drove back to into the restricted zone, as there were signs, but they were just for public liability lawsuits that I guess the counsel erects, and camped right around the shafts, and the caravan park probably doesn't like that, but we found tonnes
Please cut the " it's too small to make stone" good to see you mining with a buddy. Can you put black lights on the excavator?
Timing!
Day Phil, hope all is well in your world. Was wondering if you ever had an issue with tester ink sticking to your nova points, and what you do to remove it. Maybe alcohol? I marked a few stones with a Marksall, by Milwaukee Tools. Its heavy duty green ink, and it's practically bonded to my 1200 grit (gray) nova point. It's making weird residue marks on my stones, but not coming off the nova tip. Wasnt sure if solvents would be bad for nova tips
G’day mate, I wrote an answer a week ago, but I mustn’t have hit the send button. I wouldn’t go using solvents, I’d try to remove the residue with a blade, scratching it off if possible. Same with the nova tip, but if not, maybe run the bit in your rotary tool against some sand paper. 🤪👍
Is the eagtac torch actually that bright or are you combining it with a regular torch when black lighting? Weve been using 'the beast' which does an ok job but only puts out a dull purple light compared to what im seeing on your vids. Cheers!
G’day mate, yes that’s all Eagtac light you’re seeing, they get a bit warm after a while but there’s lower settings if it’s too bright. 🤪👍
Фонарик не Ултрофиолетовый?Или он просто слабенький сильно?
G’day mate, yes, this is a black light, it’s in the 365nm spectrum, deep into UV. The camera won’t pick up much visible light, but you can see when opal fluoresces. 🤪👍 Hi, да, это черный свет, он в спектре 365 нм, глубоко в УФ. Камера не улавливает много видимого света, но вы можете увидеть, как опал флуоресцирует.
da, eto chernyy svet, on v spektre 365 nm, gluboko v UF. Kamera ne ulavlivayet mnogo vidimogo sveta, no vy mozhete uvidet', kak opal fluorestsiruyet.
@@theopalmills перевода пока нет..Обычно он есть тут..Ну да ладно..Знаю что 'что то хорошее написал..💯🤔😀
How far is it from your home to Andamuka?
Roughly 600km. 🤪👍
@@theopalmills WOW
$1,96 a litre is not ok
I know, but it’s better than the au$2.40 I was paying last year. 🤪👍
It certainly is horrible to look at lol 30k
Not even 30cents
If you were into making arrowheads, (old school) you hit the jackpot.