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Caught this week ,Copeton Dam, Inverell. over 4 foot, 123cm Said he was lucky he had a couple of his mates with him to get it into the boat. catch and release.

Beautiful work, they certainly have the wow factor. :Y:

Well done, you will be an expert in no time. :D Patience and a good eye will get you there. :Y:

Looks the ducks guts, great job, now we want to see what you can do. :gemstone:

I have the same problem with my 98 3 litre diesel hilux, i made up mounts to fix my bonnet ajar to get more air flow, made a difference but but still got hot on those high temp days, not as bad with the bonnet shut. Below is one fix i found on a forum i haven't tried yet. Newhilux.net Just to...

First thought it looks like slag. :/

hey Keith, just do one with the foam and paper first and try it out, could rip. I'd put the paper straight onto the plastic disc, sand paper the disc first to give the glue some adhesion. Not an expert, just the way i see it. good luck

Be careful with that stuff Keith, you might grow a horn out of your forehead. mystical stuff. maybe synthetic. you will find out more about it here...

Hit the ceiling with the fluorescent torch of this old diamond mine, white is beads of water, not sure what the red dots are. :gemstone:

These are jelly bean quartz crystals from Stannifer, once, they were well formed quartz crystals, 6 sided, but after been transported to there present position in streams and rivers eons ago, they have been naturally tumbled to form what is commonly known as jelly bean crystals.

https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/12323/Rec1969_064.pdf The map in this link will probably show you where it was picked up from. Iron Range......

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/ring-lost-and-found-46-years-later/11991540

Wally could be on the money there, spinel does come in octahedron shape. :Y: A good find.

Seems to be striations on the stone, only seen pics of octahedron diamonds like that. A zoom in shot of your stone.

maybe magnetite. Run a magnet over it, if it reacts to the magnet it is a Magnetite crystal, if not probably flourite.

Took a group out to Stannifer this morning, great finds by everyone.

thanks for clarification tm, queensland like some other states kicks the guts out of the little guy. back in 95 they confiscated all of our equipment (QLD) https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5460&p=4 we won in the end. Seems okay here in nsw for fossickers. :Y:

RR wrote; Closed because of the fires. Check forestry web site in your state for more information.

Found this doing a clean up, might be of interest.

maybe magnetite Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe3O4. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetized to become a permanent magnet itself. It is the most magnetic of all the...