Nugget - i still have to do some research into what exactly i'm looking for with the gemstones. I brought all my concentrates back from the river and panned everything into a big bucket so i haven't lost any gemstones - will keep all my concentrates til i work it all out.
mfdes - i'll have to do some research on gemstones and go through my concentrates on Friday - I have no idea what any gemstones look like. Thanks for the heads up on the sapphire.
snowy - an advantage of living in the snowies is there is always flowing water from the mountain springs
balx - i hope in hell my girl doesn't want to sit in the sluice box - she found a nice rock to sit on watching me feed the sluice box wondering wtf i was doing.
G0lddigg@ - can't go too much deeper - i was hitting some red clay under all this in some places - decided i will open the hole up to a 3mx3m square and dig down to that red stuff and test pan to see if there is anything in there.