Wednesday finds

[Findem]

I think a new topic is in order now that the New England trip has come and gone.
Many of you will know that Sue and I head out most Wednesdays to seek our fortune, leaving from the Glen Innes Baptist Church at 9 am.
We had 7 people with us yesterday and because of the continuing dry weather made it easily to "Down the Hill" on Yarrow Creek. One of the vehicles with us was a campervan, which shows how easy it is to get around in the granite country when it's dry.
We've been to this place many times and once again saw the work of what I call "poachers" - people who don't have permission to be there and certainly don't pay the landowner for the privilege of being there like we do.
Anyhow, they didn't get them all. Everyone in the group found something good enough to make them happy. My two pics show the two best sapphire (3.8 and 3.2 carats) and 4 garnets totalling 9.1 carats. There are more where they came from and if it doesn't pour on one of the days before next Wednesday (as has been threatened), we'll be back there agin on 28th October.





Edited to move photos from message to gallery (admin)

[mehoose]

Oh to have your "Backyard". 

[Aussie Sapphire]

We'll share it with you Merryn - just got to make some time to travel up here for a bit.

Nice half-way point on your way to visit Deb - just an idea   

cheers
Leah

[moonshadow_dancer]

Nice half-way point on your way to visit Deb - just an idea   

Am always open to visitors Chooky

Good suggestion Leah

[mehoose]

If the body holds out long enuf, I'm holding hubby to his promise of next year. 

You guys are sweet for wanting to share. 

[dom105]

Hi Merryn
We'll probably be back down there before then, looking forward to some fossicking Tassie style.
Claude

[mehoose]

  Blimey, you don't waste time. Fess up, you just like mint slices. 

[dom105]

They seem to taste better in Tassie, maybe it's something in the water . Besides that I was talking to some fossickers from our club that went down in March and they did okeydokie . Im into brain picking mode.
Claude

[mehoose]

You pick away but Lesley might need a snoz warmer next time. 

[dom105]

Lesley's snoz will be ok because we'll come down during warmer weather . I wouldnt be able to get her anywhere near water if it was a little chilly and it wouldnt be just her snoz that would need defrosting .
Claude

[Findem]

It was too wet to get into Yarrow Creek this week so we went to Rainy Swamp. Nothing exciting - the usual small sapphires/zircons and quartz crystals.

[mehoose]

I hear blood and bone is meant to work wonders. 

[Findem]

We had some dry weather and easily got into Yarrow Creek at "Down the Hill". The water was up a bit but it hadn't washed a lot of sand into the hole I had worked in 2 weeks ago. 
The last few seives were the best (naturally) and there wasn't time to pick through them there, so I had to do it at home. Always fun.
Since Friday we have had 56mm of rain. If we get dry, windy and warm days until Wednesday  then we might make it out there again. Otherwise it will be one of the drier places, probably Pretty Valley.
Pic 1 lots of corundum
Pic 2 the best garnet and zircon
Pic 3 a nice dog tooth crystal
Pic 4 the best of the sapphire

[moonshadow_dancer]

Drooling bad here

[Exswede]

Thanks John for the 'inspiration' to get back down to there again  

Always great to see what you find and beautiful stones

Anders