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Hi Folks, I am in Tassie and about to purchase a yabby/bait pump to try to get into 'those spots' for potential gems where my shovel struggles to go. Does anyone else use a standard yabby pump for gathering wash for gem fossicking?... Am I wasting my money? Do they block up or fail easily? Just...

Loving these posts! Lefty that was a great piece of your mind. Thankyou.We are really starting to appreciate the work and effort and volume of soil to move to find a rare wonderful part of the earth! Learning so much about alluvial stones in general and appreciating the world in a more intimate...

Ahhhh... in hindsight I see this was a bit of a rhetorical question- especially on this forum! hehe. Thankyou for your replies Twapster, Excalibur, Jaros and Rough2Cut. Have a merry n safe christmas season, who knows.. we may even see each other whilst out n about. Will be venturing up into...

Hi there, My fiance and I are the latest victims of the fossicking bug and would like to say that it is a great buzz to have found our first sapphire, topaz, black spinel and zircon in some very leechy looking creeks haha. All are little specks except for the topaz NUGGGGGGETS. i will never...