G'day everyone,
My name is Kaidon and I'm from the Gold Coast. I spend a lot of time in the bush on fishing trips (particularly in the New England area chasing Murray cod and trout) and have gotten interested in fossicking. I recently purchased a gold pan and a couple of sieves, along with a QLD fossicking licence and NSW state forest licence.
I work as an Environmental Scientist but specialise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which is a fancy term for saying I spend a lot of time making maps - I already use these skills to find fishing spots so looking forward to hopefully applying them to prospecting and fossicking too.
I was wondering if anyone would have any good book recommendations for someone just starting out? Particularly interested in gemstone/mineral ID books and a bit of basic geology information (e.g. how geology influences occurrences of different minerals). Youtube has been a good resource so far for general techniques and things like that, but for some things you can't beat books (especially when out in the bush without reception!).
Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Kaidon
My name is Kaidon and I'm from the Gold Coast. I spend a lot of time in the bush on fishing trips (particularly in the New England area chasing Murray cod and trout) and have gotten interested in fossicking. I recently purchased a gold pan and a couple of sieves, along with a QLD fossicking licence and NSW state forest licence.
I work as an Environmental Scientist but specialise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) which is a fancy term for saying I spend a lot of time making maps - I already use these skills to find fishing spots so looking forward to hopefully applying them to prospecting and fossicking too.
I was wondering if anyone would have any good book recommendations for someone just starting out? Particularly interested in gemstone/mineral ID books and a bit of basic geology information (e.g. how geology influences occurrences of different minerals). Youtube has been a good resource so far for general techniques and things like that, but for some things you can't beat books (especially when out in the bush without reception!).
Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Kaidon
