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Chase is over: Decade-old $1.4 million treasure found in bush. A treasure chest filled with gold and jewels valued at more than US$1 million (AU$1.4 million) has been found in the wilderness, after being hidden for nearly a decade. 89-year-old Forrest Fenn, who hid the treasure chest full of...

I was reading the local Supercheap Auto catalogue today and noticed a bunch of products manufactured by Aussie motoring enthusiast Dave Bowden. It wasn't the type of products that caught my eye but the names he uses for their products. Check these out -

I was on Facebook yesterday when a post caught my eye. Tons of photos of the most amazing gems and minerals. I spent ages downloading many of them and thought to post them here for everyone to enjoy. I will post a few to start with and if the members and mods want more, let me know and I will...

I hope this isn't posted somewhere else on the forum. It so needs to be posted. Vale to 3 brave men.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=covOUz-DrBY

So sad to see the devastation caused by the recent bushfires. The lives lost, the properties destroyed and there is an estimated billion plus wildlife lost. But out of the destruction can come a tiny bit of good fortune for us prospectors ....... BEFORE - AFTER - NO MORE BLACKBERRY...

Sad news from the fire front - We had 3 volunteer firies injured a couple of days ago. 2 fellas with multiple burns were put into induced comas due to burned lungs and smoke inhalation. A young female volunteer firie was also taken to hospital with minor burns and smoke inhalation. Today came...

170 ribs -

I hope the mods will leave this post stand as this topic is very important. I've added a touch of humour to make this serious subject a tad easier to discuss. Ummmm, I had a blood test the other day which included a PSA test (prostate). The results came back all good except for the PSA. The...

Don't think this has been mentioned on these pages. A surprising discovery for sure. 2019 Update. https://www.sciencealert.com/mineral-never-seen-in-nature-found-buried-in-heart-of-mysterious-meteorite

I have just received some bad news ....... It's rather shocking ...... Yes, I knew it would only be a matter of time ...... But I'm still so young ....... Oh God, I don't know how to say this ....... But ...... Well ...... Here goes ..... I've just been informed I'm about to ....... to ...

My mother passed away some years ago and I ended up with her coin collection. I'm not really interested in coins but thought I'd have a look at them today as I'm getting my will updated. As yet, I haven't decided what I want to do with them. There are also a few dozen foreign coins in her...

FYI, For anyone interested in Sci-fi and UFO's, there is a new TV series starting on SBS this Thursday at 8:30pm (NSW time). The show is called - Project Blue Book. Makes a change from all the reality TV show rubbish they presently flood the air waves with.

Our member Rom (Romina) and her partner David have just announced their engagement. I would like to wish them both congratulations and good luck for the future. :flowers: :flowers: :flowers: :flowers: :flowers: :flowers: :flowers:

1. Whale swallows a diver. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/8049/Whale-Accidentally-Eats-Diver-Then-Spits-Him-Back-Out Apparently he didn't taste very nice so the whale spat him out again. 2. Wombat State Forest Victoria during a recent time of extreme fire danger. How dumb can some...

Part of a conversation recently posted on Facebook - "(poster1) I met a guy who had just come up from there, he wasn't detecting but used his gold ring on a pendulum to divine for gold. He did surprisingly well with quite a few good nuggets. Definitely worth a look. I don't know where he was...

In case some missed the big crash on the news today. It happened in the Macau formula 3 race when German teenage driver Sophia Floersch crashed at 280km/h. Her car is like a missile as it crashes through a fence. VERY lucky to survive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FCeMau0heY

A gigantic cave of crystals has been discovered in an old silver mine in Spain. It occupies a space of 10.7 m (8 m long by 1.8 m wide by a 1.7 m average high) and is located at a depth of 50 m in the Pilar de Jarava lead mine, in the Sierra del Aguiln, in the municipality of Pulp, coinciding...

Social media users are losing their minds over a bizarre detail that was discovered on the back of a $1 coin. While it might look like any other Aussie dollar, a closer look reveals it is engraved with a 2019 date. When the image began circulating online, talk of a simple typo was overwhelmed...

I'm a tad embarrassed to say this, but over the years I've built up a collection of hundreds of sapphires and zircons of various sizes. They range from near microscopic to about 20crts in size. I have never been too fussed about getting any of them cut as I was more into getting out and finding...