Aussie Lapidary Forum
Fossicking and Rockhounding => Trip Talk => Topic started by: kristylaura2 on April 29, 2009, 05:41:13 PM
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Wee jasper this sunday. Meet at general store at 8:00am, everyone welcome ;D
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Ok, a quick write up of the trip on the weekend.
After have a quick session of fishing, I met up with Kristy and Dave outside the General Store at Wee Jasper, after a quick handshake and introduction we quickly got back into the car, as it was freezing, and headed up in tandem to the hills.
Once there I showed the crew a few places to dig, and then after a quick show and tell, we headed back to Kristy's spot where she got her first gold. Dave unpacked the digging gear and we left Kristy at the crossing to dig on here own, as Dave and I jumped back into the 4x4 and went exploring.
We drove around for a while, looking for another place in mind, but never found it, so it was back to crossing to tell Kristy that we had decided to head back up to the old gold races and have a go with the detectors. Apart from some old cans and unusual marked metal things, we headed back to the dig site about an hour later and got stuck into the wash.
My takings for the day: 4 green sapphires (1 cutter), a few sizable zircons worth sending to thailand, and a bucket full of wash concentrate that I will put through the sluice. I panned off a bit yesterday and found a lot of crunchy gold, more then the other spots.
Dave and Kirsty got a few greens, and gold in their pan.
We knocked off around 2.30 and headed back into town to buy a few cold drinks, only to find that the shop had been shut and a sign said that because the shop was being sold, that today was the last day of trading. Must have just missed it by a few hours.
As the weather was with us, I headed back to the river for a fish, while Dave and Kristy headed out to the quartz seam. The whole mountain side is shedding quartz and a few crystals can be found lying around.
Oh, and btw, its starting to get really cold down that way ;D
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Oh well done Bam Bam.
When you say the Zircons are worth sending to Thailand, what size are these?
Don't you facet?
Crunchy gold? Don't bring them out when eating breaky.
Well done Kristy too.
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It was a fantastic day! But you forgot to mention my yabby hole!
I was digging away in Daves hole and I found a little pocket above the clay, then came the smell. It was disgusting. I scooped it all out and I screamed. It looked like a cooked prawn with claws! I yelled a few choice words and Dave came to the rescue. Although I got a green sapphire out of it, I couldn’t bring myself to get more! I told Michael to continue that hole but he just stood back smirking! :P
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Kristy. PS I want to go to blue hill quarry next!
;D
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You guys missed an awesome pumkin festival at Collector ;D
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I checked out their web site, looked like they had fun last year.
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I cant wait to go back ;D ;D ;D
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But you forgot to mention my yabby hole!
I was digging away in Daves hole and I found a little pocket above the clay, then came the smell. It was disgusting. I scooped it all out and I screamed. It looked like a cooked prawn with claws!
Posted this picture just for you Kristy - Angus loves catching yabbies down in the creek. Usually lets them go again.
(http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/gallery/albums/Anything_at_all/Dir_1/thumb_main_379.jpg) (http://aussielapidaryforum.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=379)
cheers
Leah
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;D ;D Thanks Leah! I'm ok with live yabbies, I dont know how long this yabbie had been down there! Yuk
beers
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Bam Bam did goood.
Yeah, those bigger zircons I send to Thailand to get cut. They are about 3 or 4 to a carat.
I don't facet yet. I am only collecting at the moment. I have not enough time to start another hobby. :-\
Oh, I love a feed of yabbies, but this one was nice and orange and looked like he was down there for a while
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You missed a good day digging smvquest! When are you going to come out?
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I would love to go up there tomorrow, but will have to settle for the 23 May (with Mithras?). I'm keen to get amongst those yabbies ..... sapphires ;D
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I seem to be going out there every sunday. I'll be in my hole, Micheal will show you where ;D ;D Well, it was Daves hole... I kinda took it :P
Kristy ;D
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I won't be able to make it this Sunday - Mother's day. I'm in enough poo with the lovely wife over my huge ANZAC day :P, so I think Im doing alright to get up there on the 23rd!
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Well I'm off to Wee Jasper tomorrow, hope the weather holds out!
Wish me luck beers
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G'day all, I made it up to Wee Jasper last Sunday, a bit of a surprise when Kristy and Dave turned up! Not the nicest day weather wise; it started out at -3 degrees with fog, warming to an overcast 10 degree day with patchy showers. To top this off the creek, which is normally bone dry, had flowing water in it making it difficult to get down to the wash layer - not to mention the scares we had almost ending the wrong way up in a deep pool. It was still worth the trip though; I got three pieces of gold in the bottom sieve, two flat and one wattle blossom shape (not quite that big) as well as the usual gold dust and coloured 'pebbles' that are too small to cut. Pictures coming.
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ok guys. my pump is broken, but I will try and see if I can make up there some time in August.
I want to get the banjo working on that gold. if the water is there, I cant wait
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does anyone have a 1 inch pump I can borrow??
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Smvquest, thanks for the motivation, flowing water. I asked the boss and got permission for a trip this Saturday. Will be digging the sluice box out of the shed.
beers
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No problems, but I don't think the water will stay long now that the rain has stopped. Looking forward to hearing how you go.
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Thought I might continue an old topic if that's okay. My wife,son and I are off on a holiday, first stop Wee Jasper on 22nd Oct for at least 3 nights if anyone is in the area over that weekend would like to meet up, we could probably use some guidance.