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Yesterday, I felt a bit frivolous, and lashed out and bought a GM1000. Well today after the 3rd step I took, yes it was the first hole there was a little 0.06g piece of yellow. I have for many years detected, but mainly for coins and happened across a few pieces of yellow before. Other finds...

Email sent Thanks Brad

I was trying to avoid picking through it all to find the bits most suited to people, the back and forth of emails, then packing it up for post. There's nothing like picking your own, then you know what flaws there are to deal with.

Jasper, agates, thunder eggs, quartz and more Having a clean up of my lapidary area. A large amount of jasper, agates, thunder eggs, quartz and more are taking up room. Most agates are either Beechworth or the Greta / Glenrowan area Thunder eggs ? rough $3 per kg, slabs $10 per kg also have...

The powders are actually made at the sister factory in Mulwala. I've worked at the Benalla site for the last 23 years. I personally use 22.6grs of AR2207 behind 40grs Vmax proj in the 223 for foxes. Reminds me I have to do some more reloading.

Can't believe that it's been over 2 years since I last posted on here, I never really disappeared I've kept looking, and playing with the stones Been sorting out the work area the last couple of days and took a couple of snaps I just noticed the rose quartz has a star :D And teaching myself...

Would also consider trading for cabbing rough

I have a collection of Australian Lapidary magazines from September 1969 to June 1978 missing a few issues for sale Was going to put them on ebay but will give members first pick of the issues. I was thinking about $2 each or 5 for $8 plus postage. Probably able to do better on larger quantities.

I'll have to see if I can find that piece. It's over a year since I first posted it so it should have tarnished if it is brass. Now where did I put it.

I think, I solved it. I've had some in the tumbler and parts of it seem to have mica like inclusions, giving it a sparkling effect. Hard to get a sparkling effect in a photo but most of the little bright spots are in the stone. Aventurine ???

Looking for a slab saw prefer around the 12" in size, would consider smaller slab/trim saw with a vise. I'm not after something fantastic, just a saw. Would consider one, without a motor or with leaking rusted out coolant tank. Maybe even a vise assembly as I have a shaft/bearings and blade...

The lumpy bumpy off white one next to the bucket is a nice double sided quartz cluster in need of a clean. A couple of months ago I got his old robilt tumbler and a 1/3 hp motor and he threw in an old robilt single ended grinder. I need a slab saw now (when my wife lets me)

Picked up the rest of the collection yesterday There is snow flake obsidian tiger eye about a 5 kg of quartz crystals smokey & clear looks to be mostly from Beechworth area a couple of topaz ( I think) a couple of kgs of dendritic opalite chrysoprase a few small slabs but nice translucent...

Here's a smokey/citrine next to 20 cents found a years back from the falls end of the creek. There is a lot of sand and gravel between but keep on looking.

mmm the image didn't come out as well as I hoped in the image collage, was trying to save space and time.

I have just bought an old collection from a friends father, sight unseen, not alot of money so I thought it was worth the risk. He was into tumbling in the 1960's and I believe was a member of the Wangaratta lapidary club, but it all got packed up and not looked at since he moved in the early...

I've had some in the tumbler for a while now, with a few other bits. Maybe could have done a little longer in the polish but I got sick of waiting.

Help with ID It is agate like, one of the agates from today, I've started to polish the face

Another I did today

Finally got around to having a play with some of the rock I've been finding. I've only done a few cabs before, done with about 120 wheel, then to 600 grit lap, sanded to 1200 then polished ? on felt. I forgot I even had some polish in a small bottle, don't know what it is but the part label...