Finding Precious Gemstones in Paradise
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2022
- In this video I head out to the remote forests in the North East of Tasmania to meet up with local gemstone fossicker and cutter Des Gray. Using gem sieves to classify we will be digging the gravels looking for rare precious stones of the sapphire type. These stones are prized for their rich blue colour and make amazing feature stones for jewellery.
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Stumbled across Des while we were fossicking for our first time. So knowledgeable and friendly. Top bloke!
Another good watch. Short and sweet
good find shaphire brother❤
Man your cinematography is stunning! Every video has the most beautiful shots of the gorgeous Tasmanian nature. Like at 5:45 that is just unreal! Gems and gold are just the icing on the cake! Keep it up Rob!
My suggestion would be to drop your rock on a tarp so you can dump it back in the water. Those sweet little mossy banks would appreciate it. Cool video!
I'm moving to Tasmania in a few month's..I don't do what you guy's do but looking at the streams and nature is making me even more excited. Beautiful! I never been there .
Man I remember the fun sapphire hunting up out past Tamworth and also out past Glen innes sometimes in the pouring rain. I have to say your location is much more picturesque. I think I'm going to get back into again!
That was fun to watch. Good thing you friend has good hands an caught the stone you threw at him!
Great video again Rob, fabulous cinematography, Des was very knowledgeable and luckily for you a pretty handy catch!
well young fella, best not to toss sapphires around in the scrub. pleased your mate was a good cricketer. Those sapphires look like cutting into a nice light blue colour. What a fun game. I hoped you kept the zircon. they look good in a vial.
Perfect timing Rob. I'm so bored right now. Well not anymore
You got spoiled with the spots congrats mate nice specie
What beautiful NE country. So wish my Dad, originally from the NE., was alive to see all this. He dabbled in fossicking, but was a fly Fisher to the bone.
Amazing stuff Rob... was already in awe of the beauty of Tassie, but in awe just as much that there's gems and sapphires hidden away in her creeks and rivers. Awesome stuff Mate. Cheers! 😎
Thanks
Thank you mate thats really bloody kind of you!
Stunning locations 😍
The larger stream with the cascading waterfalls is beautiful.
How lucky you are, to live in such a beautiful part of the world. 👍🙂
Nice I’ve done a little gem stone searching in North Queensland so much fun
I don't know what made youtube suggest this channel. But this is so much better than those tv shows about gold. It was like big business cutting down huge areas of land with huge machines. This is calming, and you are just finding nature. I subscribed! Love the intelligence, the accent, personality, and the calmingness of how you go about it! Thank you for being you and being here to share it with us!
Thanks!
Thanks Peter!
Good job fellas 👍🏻
Looked like a beautiful place to spend the day. Getting to find your own treasure makes it all the better. Thats why I spend a lot of time in the woods looking for artifacts of ancient man. This was another great video Rob.👍
Can't believe you THREW that huge Sapphire!!
Hi Rob, such choice spots to fossick. My family had a lease near Rubyvale in Qld. Mainly dark stones there. The light stones you found are brilliant. They will look amazing cut. Good work brother.
Thanks guys, great filming
Absolutely dank ❤️
Bloody brilliant mate.
Tasmanian NE is stunning. You captured the beauty so well. I wanted to be there so badly. Great work on the gem finds!
Very nice Blu Haul!!
Another terrific video Rob! Love your work very inspirational
A very beautiful wilderness area you were in Rob, with your mate Des. I have not been to the North-East of Tasmania that much Rob, the river and the bush looked awesome so did the gems particular the Sapphire's. Keep the Videos coming best of luck......Pete from Devonport...🍎🤠😎🛻⛏
Cheers Peter yeah its different out that way, definitely much more dry but still myrtle forests and ferns ect. just no horizontal. no complaints!
I love the fossicking videos.
Yep, that sapphire will look great ! 🙂
Well done mate, awesome video Rob. That country is amazing!
Fantastic work Rob, your productions are a gem in their own right 😊
Appreciate that Matthew cheers!
Mate! The scenery is stunning. What a way to spend a day!! 👍🏻
WOWzers the landscape it Amazing
This is such a beautiful location and your drone shots did it such justice. Great placement from the river as well and getting different perspectives with your gloves to show scale. I live in an area with geography like this, but much colder and no real precious stones in the area. We search for agates and chalcedony, quartz and maybe jasper or jade if we are lucky enough to find any of decent quality, so videos like this are a real treat. I cant afford to visit these other places, but just knowing that other people are experiencing that magic of discovery and geological history is such a great feeling. Especially when it is shot professionally in good weather and settings haha. Only thing i would change is maybe switch the music more often or lower the volume altogether letting the ambient noises take the stage. They can be very soothing out there and double as ASMR videos and give you a whole new demographic of viewers. Wishing you all the success and luck finding the best specimens in your future adventures! Stay safe out there :)
Great cinematography Rob 👍🏻 loved the music!! Congrats on a great gemstone adventure!
Interesting stuff. My father used to head out to Sapphire/Rubyvale/Anakie way to fossick years ago. I ended up with hundreds of point-size gems but have never had the heart to part with them. Got no idea what they're worth but there's about half a kilo of stones of different colours in the collection. They're all anywhere from 2mm to 4mm across. Yellows, Blues, some red stones and some tiny Stars. I should get them valued one day...
Brilliant.
The whistle in the background was just so heart warming❤❤
Your gems just keep giving Rob :)
the vid grand the music FING HELL !
Thanks again Rob for the interesting video. I've just got back to Qld from 2 weeks in Tassie. Quite cold but as usual brilliant scenery and the freshest air.
Ah excellent stuff. Yeah its just starting to warm up now, in-between showers!
Beautiful stuff as usual mate, great editing and the drone footage is 👌cheers 🍻
Beautiful stones
absolutely wonderful. Thank you
How beautiful is that!?!?! Thank you God!!!
Another beautiful video, man you live in a beautiful place! Thanks Rob!
Lovely stones, Rob 👍🏼
Thanks Wayne!
Just keeps gettin better and better 👍
Thanks guys I'm glad you think so.. thanks for tuning in!
Great vid Rob, love the quirky ball cluster of saphires, funny that you threw it away in one sense, glad you got to keep it, very unusual piece , good job !
It was very bizarre! I just took it for a piece of space junk 😂
Couple cool bits. Cant wait to see your finished bit of bling
Sapphire is so interesting as I comes in lots of different colours, pink apricot, yellow, blue , green ad the list goes on …… nice finds boys
Great work Rob. Good looking snake country!. I’ve been watching Levi and your prospecting videos and I really need to figure out how to prospect having been to many of these places for work.
Take me with you for digging a stones ❤ i never been ever for a digging like this 🥺 its so amazing when u find something 😊
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I liked the whistling music at the beginning. Only turn the volume down on it so I can hear what you two are saying.
Wow what a epic day of sapphire hunting, that 20 carat one was one for the record books
Wicked in every way curly the tune had me cackling to goodonya bro cheers
Loved the video
Untouched nature. Beautiful
Some cool little pieces mate, looks like a beauty of a place!
Yeah its unbelievably beautiful hey!
Que tal amigo, es la primera vez que te escribo y vaya quede impresionado por el gran paisaje que te rodea, en verdad todo esta hermoso, te saludo desde Puebla, México.... un abrazo
Y'all are the first to have seen them amazing cluster stone . Seek and ye shall fine .
Hey there - I just love to watch the beauty of the Country you live in - *hammergeil.. by looking at the plants I always wart for a dinosaur coming arround the corner 😂
Now a more „economical“ question:
In comparison to the gold you have found - what are these stones worth after Treatment/ cutting/ polishing?
Cheers and greetings from germany-bavaria 😊
Thanks for the great comment. It certainly does look Jurassic. That’s because these plants are ancient! As for the stones, it all depends on the clarity size ect. But rule of thumb is $1000 for a 1 carat sapphire that’s nice colour, clean and cut. Smaller stones are more common so are less than $1000 carat. But big stones are more rare and are worth more than $1000 carat. I think that’s how it works anyway I wouldn’t really know I haven’t ever sold anything.
love your work mate. You should have been whistling on that rock in the opening scene! :)
Love treasure hunting. From sea shells to sapphires. If it's pretty, it's a great find(: Awesome video Rob!
hell yeah dude enjoy!
in the Philippines we only use that stone as a bullet for slingshot.
Bless you both are my Nature lover❤❤❤❤❤🇮🇳
Nice one Rob...
Thank Terry!
I call the far North Queensland tropical rainforest 'Home'. However, the Tasmanian Temperate rainforests are absolutely stunning. I can't do cold weather so I doubt I'll ever get down there to experience it myself, so videos like this allow me to enjoy it without my toes freezing off.
You're missing out. I'm from far north QLD myself but Tassie is stunning. It's nothing like the rest of Australia. Similar to NZ or Europe
@@JayJay-ue3xy Mate, I would love to visit. But I can't do sustained temperatures under 10C.
@@BradGryphonn its 25c in summer and not 10c in the evening. It was hot in the evening when I went that we used the aircon.
Good music and just the right amount of scenery included. God tassie's stunning!
Thanks mate
Nice one Rob! Think you smashed the music too, the whistling rather suits the lonely nature of your expeditions. Nice stones, doesn't look quite as painful as sniping, interested to see if you are able to do anything with your finds. Keep safe!
It's very deceiving,..sniping is actually quite relaxing as you are generally weightless. My back felt like it was broken after all this gem sieving! I appreciate the feedback regarding music too, thanks!
I type this from Coober Pedy where I’ve spent the morning scratching around the moonscape for opal with very limited success. The landscape here could not be more different! Loved your video as always and looking forward to returning home to QLD to see some green grass and trees 👍🏼
sounds fun mate! cheers for the comment
Your mate Levi sent me! Cheers and much prosperity with the channel Rob!
Looks like land of the lost lol lush and that moss oh my gosh! How fun to prospect there.
you actually live in paradise
I'm disappointed I half expected you to be whistling on that rock at the start Rob 😂 great vid. That scenery was stunning too
Haha it certainly looked like I was whistling. 😂
Haha it certainly looked like I was whistling. 😂
subscribed from Tassie boys but would have anyway if I had found your channel. Magnificent photography....congrats on your wedding. Cheers buddy!!
I heard we have a 10000 year old dead huon pine tree growing up the side of a mountain somewhere in tasmania.
That would be cool to see.
Heard it on the news many year ago.
Love the footage.
I've been wanting to give this a go for a while now. Just haven't bitten the bullet and bought the gear. Plus I was pretty worried the rivers would have been sieved dry by now too.
Congrats on the wedding mate
Good memories
I pulled out as perfect ilmenite crystal from the ringarooma
Great stuff.
Thank you.
Andy
Very welcome
Hi Rob! Congratulations on your marriage. From Northern California. JJ I subscribe, I learned about your channel from Levi, I was very impressed in your video The Hunt for stannards grave
Fantástic, show
Nice vid Rob, I do love watching you guys and all the different prospecting you put out, very entertaining. Thanks
Salty Dingo 69
Another great video, fabulous shots! I love the music too. Nothing like whistling & so rarely done. Who is it, Rob?
Thanks Laurel actually the track is from Epidemic sound Its called Cowboy Song - Sight of Wonders
Some nice color for sure!
It seems like everywhere you look in Tasmania is a windows desktop wallpaper lol
Super kamyczki 😁pozdrowienia z polski🙋♂️
Amazing country 👍
It really is, cheers Richard!
from white to Ceylon blue nice
Yo that specimen is siiick!
Cutting, that's the thing. To find them then get them cut instead of storing them up for years LOL (like lazy me). Once again beautiful location.
Hope you had as much fun as me hunting for blues !!!
always :-)
Absolutely beautiful video and production👍, New Subscriber's and we hit the bell, looking forward to seeing more 🤗
Cheers 🍺🍺🍺🍺KC Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺🇦🇺😎👍
Good stuff once again mate
Just one thing do you or other prospectors for gems leave their waste pans on the banks or rake them back in
The rule of thumb for all prospectors whether gold or gems is to replace material as best you can when done which is what we do.
Watching from NZ
Ey the weather down here is nice at the moment, maybe it will get up to 20C soon
Certainly has felt like it lately. Bloody epic.