Finding a Very Rare Tasmanian Sapphire!
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- In this video me some friends head out for a day of fossicking in a spot for sapphire.
With plenty of rain this winter, the river had some flow and it wasnt easy getting into the areas amongst the rapids.. but little did I know.. it would end up being one of the best days I've had in the river!
Yeh! a beautiful party colour in pink/blue. Will cut to an amazing stone if done properly. I have and seen some real beauties from the Willows gem field about 80 Km west of Emerald.Queensland. Over 50 years been there many times and never been disappointed.
What a stunning Sapphire! You really do deserve that gem for all those hours searching. Really cool looking under uv!
Thank you, i appreciate that 😄Sometimes the hard yards pay off 😀👍
Nice video, area and stone. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, it sure was a special day! I have been slack with the content at the moment(broken wrist) but ill soon be at it again!
Wow what a stone. Those colours together make that one of a kind in my book. never seen anything like that in Tassie before.
Thanks liam, i was thinking the same🤔..but im sure someone in tassie has one similar
Good job ! I know it's so much fun to find beautiful rocks.
That’s a beauty! Awesome find!
Thanks jason! I dont think ill be able too beat this find 😅
Definitely gonna be hard to beat!
Nice find. That should facet a fine gem.
Thank you! Im very eager too see the outcome once its cut.. but holding onto it in the rough for some time..😀 ive never really seen another one like it yet!
Btw, great videos ive watched a fair few over the years!
Keep an eye out for thylacines mate.
Dude that’s just incredible what a crazy rock aye great vid mate goodonya cheers
Thanks mate! My nicest one yet, and cheers.. was really not sure Bout the song but chancing it😅😆👍
Nice one fella. Cya out the creek one day
Thanks casey, sounds good too me I enjoy meeting other fossickers
Congratz bro what an awesome find! I'll be out that way over the next week... Wish me luck!!
Thanks mate!! great timing before this rain! I hope you have a great adventure, and find some cool stones!
@@offyourfacetprospecting Found a few Topaz but nothing too epic, was awesome to get out there and camp far a few days though. We should to go on a mish together at some point, it's Kane by the way!
@@SynthientArt good work mate! I am the same, just getting out and away from town is such a good feeling. Oh sweet, i am definetly keen for that.. it would be good to catch up!
@@offyourfacetprospecting Cool I'll let you know when I'm back up that way :)
Wow! Nice find.
Thanks mate!
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Wow so pretty! I wish I got gems where I am.
It reminds me if a crazy sunset! Whats the geology like over there? Much basalt?
@@offyourfacetprospecting yes we have plenty of basalt. Only really get garnets where I live but iv heard you can get sapphires and other gems about an hours drive away. Another area has heaps of Smokey quartz. Iv heard of a guy who found native diamonds while test panning creeks in Victoria to.
Awesome findings...congrats bro :)
Thank you!😁🙌
Best looking stone mate.
Thanks michael, certainly the nicest looking stone ive seen in my top sieve! 🙌
Hey bro that sapphire is worth a lot of money
Aleksandrite same 😉🤗☺😌 but sapphire
Beautiful stone, parti sapphire..?
Wow.
That’s a cracker mate
Thanks mate, first one ive seen like it from this area
I agree, kids and I are relatively new to the game and it’s gems like that that keep you going. Our best is 2.7c zircon
GREAT Start into the woods till the Rapping. Bye
Yeah.. too be honest that was the first time ive ever used rap as an experiment.. and i wont be using it again.. Sorry you didnt enjoy
@@offyourfacetprospecting Thanks for responding. I will watch the video now. GOD BLESS You
Hey brother any idea if Corra Linn Tasmania has any sapphires lurking around as I’m only in ravenswood aboit 20 minutes on the yamaharley from the corra linn river
Hey mate, ive never really looked into the geology of that area. I do know there is sapphire apperently around lisle and I've heard rumours if some towards launceston.. but worth taking the sieves and get behind a big rock and see what the river is hiding away😀
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Cheers ben!
Hi mate. Ive been trying to find info on gemstones as such. And the laws are extremely unclear for tasmainia prospecting
I know you need a prospectors license to fossik in non designated areas, and i think you possibly own the minerals you find? Thats the part i find unclear, are you allowed to do what you want with rocks and gems / can you sell them? Or are they owned by crown land?... Finding it extremely difficult to find any answers.
I see plenty of crystals and gemstones on ebay for sale and im just generally curious of the laws.
Woah is this at the weld!
Yeah mate, moorina still produces!!
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Nice rock! What's it worth?🍀
Thank you, honestly I would have no idea lol but in my eyes its priceless.. they are so hard too find!
@@offyourfacetprospecting It's a gem display it well!👏
How much money is that gemstone worth?
Im not sure how much this would be worth🤔 Not sure if I'd ever sell it
its nice at harridge falls hey?
dont get caught gemming at harridge, that area is under mining lease
p.s. thats a really nice gem bruv
Harridge is a fair few kms away, nice waterfall that one! And thanks man i was pretty stoked with it
@@offyourfacetprospecting me and a mate went way up main creek last year and he pulled a clear purple star out, it only weighed in at 3cts but still the purple sapphs are sexy as..
@@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 all good if you have permission 🙂
Are you Australian or American I cant tell but I will tell you under the Australian constitution if your Australian you can legally prospect but if you not an Australian citizen you cant its illegal an can be fined if you become an Australian citizen your fine
As a permanent resident, with a fossicking permit you are definetly allowed to fossick/prospect abiding by the rules. I have been a permanent resident for nearly 10 years now, just havent had the time to look into citizenship or the extra cash. Even non Australian tourist's can get a miners right/fossick permit and have a go.
@@offyourfacetprospecting that's cool dude as a permanent resident you can do fossicking but for tourists it is still illegal under the Australian constitution but the government doesn't enforce it hey ya vids are cool man I do plenty of fossicking with my brother in northern NSW been finding lots of cool topaz you should apply for citizenship Australia is a great place to call home bro good luck fossicking