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Nice stone dan1000 My best find from Minerama - a nice 4.6ct blue

Love the complexity of the stones internal structure. Minimal facets worked very well - congratulations

Inspirational work Davsgold

Very Nice - being a first and having some definite attractive colour, I would like to suggest that you have a go at skin polishing it, and keep the hexagonal base shape or cabbing it into a button. I think it would produce a unique and usable gem that will be a reminder of your fossicking trip...

Thanks Hugh. As per previous years, I am booked in to help with the field trips. Looking forward to digging up a big blue one this year.😁

Both are party sapphires from Rubyvale, QLD

It has a good mix of gold and white, reverse side is a bit thinner but gives a nice thud when dropped in your hand. Specimen came in at 1.45oz, thinking will be just shy of an ounce of gold - a very happy day.

Thanks and yes It is RM, it makes an impressive gemstone stand.

after a couple of years in hibernation, thought I should share a couple of bright moments

It has been a long time between drinks…..this Nundle specimen quenched the thirst

Here is a different sort of quiz for you Friday night surfers .. 1994 Queen Elizabeth 50cent surf fishermans coin gutted and cleaned out. What the hell am I .??..

https://collection.maas.museum/object/38892 Crucible, gold assay, clay, made by Bendigo Pottery for Central Deborah Goldmine, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, c. 1940

:D :rainbow: :gemstone: :party: :D Great to hear - have fun

Great write up

The one I posted was the one in circulation in Canada. It appears the one used here is identical to Wally69s image (which he notes is a copy) https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1643942737_holey_dollar_nsw.jpg Thought I read somewhere that they were all struck...

They were properly minted - the copy is very crisp

Not sure of the metal, possibly pewter or toy tin. Dollar is a lot bigger than I expected, they are quite thick coins, so would not miss them if you were lucky enough to have walked over one

Went out for a detect last night looking for a matching pair, ended up finding a big lead relic. dollar and dump pictured with a $2 coin for size comparison thought a copy set could act like a magnet for attracting the real thing one day

Well done on the diagnosis Badge.hope you have the 3 springs. With your iPhone use the 2x zoom only to take a photo as the pixel count is reduced for anything else. Use the edit tool to zoom in on your stones after that to enlarge the them in the photo. Sometimes getting the right focal point...

:awful: Living the dream moneyboxliving the dream :)