Firestone magic to the golden lustre "Natures oldest treasures"

[tinpan]

Firestone magic to the golden lustre "Natures oldest treasures"

Hi all, Bound by 200 years of white settlement but nature has left many types of naturial riches for me to pick at. Pick is right as many of the locations i go hunting have been mined and hunted to death. Hard work picking threw mine dumps of any type. Even opal pouch and the ground is so hard.Went to see and old mate from school who got married . Lives a few miles from Lighning Ridge.After all the formals were done i spent 5 hours at an old opal claim. large splitters of opal and 2 big enough to make a ring. Nice 500 mile drive and the traffic was quite heavy. Stopped at an old picnic stop on the way home and had BBQ lunch. Spent about an hour swinging around the shade trees and picked up a 1943 half penny and an old army button. The small nugget i got thurday evening after work. 1.5 gram. Doesn.t cover my expenses for the weekend but i had a great time. A change was great. Happy hunting all .

tinpan

 

[jeff of pa]

Re: Firestone magic to the golden lustre "Natures oldest treasures"

Cool Finds Tin

 

[worldtalker]

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tinpan, That yellow sure stands out amongst the blue, NICE!!!!!! GodBless HH Chris

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Nice post and finds T! HH, Mike

 

[Mr Tuff]

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nice hunt!!! MR TUFF

 

[capndan151]

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Those opals are really amazing in their raw form like that. Make sure you post a pic of the finished ring! Wow, mining for opals sounds like a blast!

 

[hammered]

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Nice one mate , when you say the traffic was heavy, how many vehicles? 3? . Just kidding mate, glad you had a good time


hammered

 

[AGBlex]

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gold is gold and it does build up!

 

[GioTheGreek]

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Great hunt man. You folks have amazing geology down there.

Will you rock tumble the other pieces or leave them as be?

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

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WOW !!!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

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Very nice, will you get the stones cut and polished?
Kudos!
Carl

 

[tinpan]

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Thanks for the replies. below the local hard rock mine sites just up the where the local miners hut once stood .The road had been ripped up and the fill has been dumped on public land. After the working day ends i,m off like a rocket. Coins i,m hoping for as i don,t find that many.

tinpan