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    Amount of stones to send for cutting?

    I found a page on faceting here in usa , there are many faceting machines from Australia on the page . Some of you may be interested in cutting and faceting your own stones once you have prospected them. Here is the link with permission ... http://www.usfacetersguild.org/machines.shtml Cheers ...
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    WalnLiz Gemstone and gold fossicking videos.

    Good one WaLnLiz , Went to your channel last week and watched some of your vids, waiting for more to be posted. Cheers , Eugene
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    Bitcoin Mining

    This is from Mt Gox August news report .. LiteCoin Update We hate to apologize yet again for the delay in implementing Litecoin, but the fact of the matter is that it depends on a variety of factors, including completing all of the above before we launch. We're looking forward to the rollout...
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    Bitcoin Mining

    Hope this is not off subject , Nugget has starting another type of computer mining .. Here is the source for the computer mining story, it is in Forbes .... http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/05/09/25-things-i-learned-about-bitcoin-from-living-on-it-for-a-week/ 5. There are people...
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    Eldorado / Beechworth area information and questions

    after a quick search on this are I came up with this .. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29739181?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com http://www.panoramio.com/photo/60281243?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com hope this helps
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    Port Douglas / Cairns / Palmer River - Can anyone help??

    @ checkers , when you buy gear and get out in the field with your dad be prepared to keep your gear afterwards because you will get addicting to prospecting. occupational hazard ,lol its called the fever ! :lol:
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    Sapphire Fossicking around Glenn Innes

    Has anyone tried this spot ? It was posted Feb 15 2013 so it seems somewhat new. "On the wings of eagles, Tangoa rd wellingrove Sapphire Fossicking on camerons creek $15per fossicker per day BYO picnic, sieves/picks Phone jill at 0429 356 280 for gates to be unlocked and a disclaimer form...
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    High Banker verses Trommel classifier high banker

    here is a home made Australian unit from youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKxndkT6kmA Perry's home made trommel. First day out and working well in Prospect Creek North of Bairnsdale Victoria Australia..Can't wait to see if any GOLD is to be found... on comments he said this ... g'day...
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    High Banker verses Trommel classifier high banker

    @ Nugget This model is available on ebay in the USA , cost is $1,750.00 shipping would be around $300 or $400 I imagine. Its still less than half the cost of the $5,000.00 Mindlab 5000. Heard a lot of good things about the Mindlab 5000 , detects deeper and finds a lot of gold , the testimonials...
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    High Banker verses Trommel classifier high banker

    Here is the other picture which shows the banker side . Pretty good looking high banker . Answers please
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    High Banker verses Trommel classifier high banker

    Hi Folks, I am wondering if this is legal in Australia , you still have to shovel the dirt in there so the machine is not moving the dirt from the ground. Also it is a high banker that uses a motor to turn the trummel. I know Wal of "WalnLiz" will hopefully have some insights on the legality of...
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    Beechworth Eldorado Gold Gift

    Elbowgrease, It brought a tear to my eye, I guess it was tear of joy for you and yours , what a touching story and shows you have a good heart that the bride to be truly deserves. I wish you many happy years together. Have you set a date? Good luck and congratulations are in order. Sincerely...
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    Its a big country down under

    I was very surprised how big Australia is , 2.97 million sq miles (7.692 million km) Compared to America @ 3.794 million sq miles or (9.827 million km) :-) Now with the size part sorted out , the next big question is where to start . But after reading a lot of the post here it seems the...
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    Swedish man finds 28 grammer in Western Australia

    This video is in Swedish but the old trimmer kisses the gold he finds, maybe for luck. I wonder if anyone knows where the custom of kissing the gold one finds comes from or where it first originated from. Your comments are welcome http://youtu.be/TylaO50PD6E I haven't found a channel page on...
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    Wal and Liz in WA

    Hey There WalnLiz good luck , I have your youtube channel booked marked and will be following your every move ,LOL no seriously I am looking forward to some of those great videos that you folks post . Good luck and can't wait , someone should do a tv show on you2 . That way you could prospect...
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    Has anyone tried this gold machine Gold Reaper

    @ Swifty @ BrisJoe , I believe it works on the principal of the lighter material being drained out at the top and the heavy gold drops straight down to his catch at the bottom. Just from observations on the video that the inventor posted. Would love to hear from some forum members who have used...
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    A little Australian history in gold mining

    Been away from the forum for a spell but came back today to check up on the new post. I am glad some of you liked it, I liked it and thought it was worth sharing.Thanks for the kind words. I was sorry to read about Brad losing his job to China, Must have taken him a lot of courage to share that...
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    Has anyone tried this gold machine Gold Reaper

    Hello all , this is something I found pertaining to clean outs . I believe the cost is around $1,500.00 or so I would like to hear from some of you before I make an investment in this. I can't post a link yet until I have 10 post under my belt, but you can see it by searching you tube or...
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    HI there to all from new member Eugene

    Hi there Wal nLiz , I was remembering when you were out in the quartz fields and was wondering if you panned or ran your high banker out there to have a look for gold? I did not see you trying that on your video. Do you think it would be worth running through that area for gold with a pan or...
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    A little Australian history in gold mining

    I found this article at geology dot com , thought it might be of interest to some . I truly hope I am not breaking a forum rule , just wanted to share some history about prospecting in Australia.Thanks, Eugene The preceding chapter dealt more especially with prospecting as carried on in...
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