As I told Rob Parsons the other day find a good mineralogy book with pictures. Will help in the field. The rock in that river was probably syenite (no quartz, low silica environment) so the stones were likely very local. Some showed good xl form and some well rounded so some traveled little and others a lot. The Zircons were probably local and showed some good xl faces. Lovely little video. Thanks for sharing.
Levi, Beautiful sapphires, wonderful color and a great adventure. In Poland, we recommend using a hand pump made of PVC pipe to extract gravel from gaps between large stones. It draws several liters of gravel from the bottom, which we immediately throw into the sieves. The slots are cleared to 0 and we don't have to dive. A shovel is of no use between such boulders. Good luck, maybe see you someday. Greetings from Polish Gold Prospectors
Here in British Columbia we just call those hand dredges, work awesome tho and greetings from Canada id love to visit Poland my great grandma came from Warsaw
This is a lifelong dream of mine. I love living vicariously through these videos. I'm Alaskan, I've only ever found garnets and one beautiful chrome tourmaline. I would happily brave a day-long plane flight to find a single tiny sapphire. I'm with you - the magic happens underwater.
Love the gold, but gems are a bloody beautiful thing to find. Rare around my creeks , but have found garnets, sapphires, zircons. As well as gold around Creswick. My wife and I had a fantastic couple of days at Billabong Blue Sapphire Park. It's a farm/campground/working Sapphire mine (1 of 2 left) just out of Inverell NSW. Fantastic place , camping, + fossicking for a fee less than a camp site at a caravan park. Well worth a visit. If you ever get the chance. Loved this episode, Levi. You rock! 😂 Cheers Andy
So you are not allowed to sell your tasmanian gold, because england could claim it. But it is allowed to sell gemstones? Des is a really cool and genuine guy. I like him :) Awesome video as usual!
Wow what an abundant place we live in,the country is beautiful,and the jemmy stones gorgeous, thanks for the great adventure,best wishes to you both cheers the old lenahvalley boys. ❤
Thankyou Sunday & sapphires with a cup of tea 😁looks to be a similar technique they use to find diamonds, congratulations on all the finds ,, well done 👋😊
I'm with you Levi.... the magic does happen underwater ..... Half way through watching and the Mrs starts pricing plane tickets to Tas!! Love your adventures mate
Hello Levi, just wanted to thank you for sharing your adventures. Really enjoy watching you snipe for gold in Taz. I'm located in the Georgetown area of the motherload in California. Come visit, camp and snipe on my remote claim. Short season, June thru Sept. Good Gold.
It’s my birthstone so naturally I find them fascinating and I’ve learned a ton about them from watching “Tim’s adventures” on TH-cam he’s in rubyvale australia and mines them underground. Was very excited to see you hunting them again it’s definitely a harder type of prospecting and takes time to understand the deposition of sapphires but once you do you’ll find heaps of them the best place to find them is where there are large groups and concentrations of watermelon to wheelbarrow size rocks near bedrock in area where floods won’t wipe the bedrock clean. Their specific gravity is 3.95-4..03 so they don’t drop out as easily as gold and won’t necessarily be in the same drop zones as gold is much heavier so finding those drop zones takes some practice. Really enjoyed this bit with Des and that one you found is a BEAUTY🤩 well done and thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
Just a little tip levi, take your sieves or a bucket down with you and fill it up instead of bringing up handfulls at a time. Nice work as usual mate 👌
Its kinda like gold they stand out and have a proud color. I can see them in the pan right before you grab them. I just read that 0.5 carats cut can sell for 600$? Wow imagine needing two of those for a set.
cool video Levi, a nice change of pace from gold to gems! I do wonder though how you can distinguish between a pale sapphire and a pale topaz for example...how does one tell them apart when the colours aren't so prominent? cheers
Hi Levi, don't forget there are also blue spinels as well as blue zircons. I have a few to make up. They're gorgeous. I must admit l haven't been well enough to get on the jewellery bench lately. Keep hunting Levi. Oh, l meant to tell you that sapphire is my birth stone.
If the enjoyment level wasn’t high enough with the gold picking you have just upped the ante for me, didn’t think that was possible it’s all good. Thanks Levi and company.😊
This video is super amazing. Most probably there may be a Sapphire deposit nearby. Wish you good luck finding something way big. We are from Srilanka, the gem island. Ceylon sapphires coming from us to the whole world. Keep it up the good work ❤️😇🙏
Long slowish circles concentrates large to the centre, long slowish up and down concentrates heavy to the bottom Short circular pitching gathers small to top centre for evac.
Oh you lucky bugger lol, such an awesome colour buddy, better hide that one from the missus she's already got a ring hehehe. You'll have to cut this one for a matching necklace set in gold and osmiridium I reckon would look awesome.
I’ve been to this river a few times now and when I first went yes I certainly had my eyes looking about but not now it’s geology is way way different to gold bearing ground
just those red sapphires called rubies... both blue and red sapphires have the same chemical formulae Al2O3 but for some reason those red sapphires are called rubies...
As I told Rob Parsons the other day find a good mineralogy book with pictures. Will help in the field. The rock in that river was probably syenite (no quartz, low silica environment) so the stones were likely very local. Some showed good xl form and some well rounded so some traveled little and others a lot. The Zircons were probably local and showed some good xl faces. Lovely little video. Thanks for sharing.
Levi, Beautiful sapphires, wonderful color and a great adventure.
In Poland, we recommend using a hand pump made of PVC pipe to extract gravel from gaps between large stones. It draws several liters of gravel from the bottom, which we immediately throw into the sieves. The slots are cleared to 0 and we don't have to dive. A shovel is of no use between such boulders. Good luck, maybe see you someday. Greetings from Polish Gold Prospectors
Here in British Columbia we just call those hand dredges, work awesome tho and greetings from Canada id love to visit Poland my great grandma came from Warsaw
This is a lifelong dream of mine. I love living vicariously through these videos.
I'm Alaskan, I've only ever found garnets and one beautiful chrome tourmaline. I would happily brave a day-long plane flight to find a single tiny sapphire. I'm with you - the magic happens underwater.
Love the gold, but gems are a bloody beautiful thing to find. Rare around my creeks , but have found garnets, sapphires, zircons. As well as gold around Creswick. My wife and I had a fantastic couple of days at Billabong Blue Sapphire Park. It's a farm/campground/working Sapphire mine (1 of 2 left) just out of Inverell NSW. Fantastic place , camping, + fossicking for a fee less than a camp site at a caravan park. Well worth a visit. If you ever get the chance.
Loved this episode, Levi. You rock! 😂
Cheers Andy
Beautiful stone Levi. Thanks for the adventure. Sapphires are my favourite stones to cut.
Tasmania has it all, gold and gems. You enjoy both. Great video
You live in a land filled with beauty, gold, gemstones, and hopefully a few Tasmanian tigers who have learned to avoid people!
I absolutely love Sapphires. By far my favorite gem. Great Video as always.
So you are not allowed to sell your tasmanian gold, because england could claim it. But it is allowed to sell gemstones? Des is a really cool and genuine guy. I like him :) Awesome video as usual!
Love the gold but the gemstone adventures are my favourites, thanks so much for showing us this advenure Levi & Des!
Pretty blue… watching now 💙
Thanks for sharing my friend. Almost 200k let me be the first to congratulate you. Great job
Great vid. Levi and Des.
Wow what an abundant place we live in,the country is beautiful,and the jemmy stones gorgeous, thanks for the great adventure,best wishes to you both cheers the old lenahvalley boys. ❤
I love prospecting\fossicking ,it opens up the hunt ,,, well done great video, love that ya mixing it up
Your videos are always good but this one was exceptional. I love the color of those stones.Keep up the good work Levi.
Great learning opportunity. It's good that you are willing and able to reach out and show interest in the professions of your peers.
Gotta love how Des just eats his as he finds them. Too funny. Cool trip!
Haha it's the only place to store them that I won't drop them whilst working
@@desgray5420 I got a good laugh out of it. 😆
And can regurgitate on demand! 😅
Another Great Video. I'm surprised to see what's hiding in Tasmanian rivers. Thanks for showing us.
Thankyou Sunday & sapphires with a cup of tea 😁looks to be a similar technique they use to find diamonds, congratulations on all the finds ,, well done 👋😊
Thanks Trudy
Keep them coming I watch them over and over if I can I always get more info each time Keep the faith my friend
That was really cool. I learned something new. Thanks Levi and Des.
I follow and watch your videos all the time. Great to see you do something slightly different today. Regards from PNG🇵🇬🇵🇬
Thank you hope to come to PNG one day
I'm with you Levi.... the magic does happen underwater ..... Half way through watching and the Mrs starts pricing plane tickets to Tas!!
Love your adventures mate
Cheers Levi, it's always good to push yourself into something outside your comfort zone.
Hello Levi, just wanted to thank you for sharing your adventures. Really enjoy watching you snipe for gold in Taz.
I'm located in the Georgetown area of the motherload in California.
Come visit, camp and snipe on my remote claim. Short season, June thru Sept. Good Gold.
I love Sapphires! It is so nice to see you find some!
That is my birth stone . Bad ass day i do appreciate your time . Blessings sir.
Moved to the area for the stones!! Love this guy
Haha I'm a tad obsessed
It’s my birthstone so naturally I find them fascinating and I’ve learned a ton about them from watching “Tim’s adventures” on TH-cam he’s in rubyvale australia and mines them underground. Was very excited to see you hunting them again it’s definitely a harder type of prospecting and takes time to understand the deposition of sapphires but once you do you’ll find heaps of them the best place to find them is where there are large groups and concentrations of watermelon to wheelbarrow size rocks near bedrock in area where floods won’t wipe the bedrock clean. Their specific gravity is 3.95-4..03 so they don’t drop out as easily as gold and won’t necessarily be in the same drop zones as gold is much heavier so finding those drop zones takes some practice. Really enjoyed this bit with Des and that one you found is a BEAUTY🤩 well done and thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
That was so cool & the picture postcard views are incredible. Well done fellas
The abundance of the earth always astonishes me. Thank you for sharing some of it’s beauty
Just a little tip levi, take your sieves or a bucket down with you and fill it up instead of bringing up handfulls at a time. Nice work as usual mate 👌
Well done another new and entertaining adventure with some very nice results 👏🏻👏🏻❤️💙
Top video Levi, I will start researching where sapphires are to be found in our part of the country. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
What a great video man keep up the amazing work 👍👍👍
Thanks for the adventure!
Love your Vidio.. greeting from Indonesian traditional gold Prospecting 🇮🇩⚒️⛏️💎👍👍
It's good to see that you are still making videos, sincerely Wes Troglia
Just here to say I’d watch gemstone videos just as much as gold videos. I’m almost MORE into it!
Love this channel. So enjoyable. Watching from the Huon. ❤
Good job fellas , the yabbie pump wood of been handy , thanks for sharing
Gold and Gem-Stones all in one place. What a lucky country to have such treasures!
Absolutely love the gemstone hunting, Mate. Good on Ya, Levi!!😮😮
I love the sapphires,the bright blue ones are my favorite .
Loving the trance music and the vid obviously 🔊☮️🕺
I was just watching your video from about a year ago hunting for gemstones funny you would post a video a day after.
Nice Levi something different very cool finds
Dam Levi that's cool. Great find
Its kinda like gold they stand out and have a proud color. I can see them in the pan right before you grab them. I just read that 0.5 carats cut can sell for 600$? Wow imagine needing two of those for a set.
Des is a legend aye bro you both did pretty well gotta be happy with that hope ya well cheers
Cheers
Great vid, gorgeous blue stones. Make a nice ring for mum 😉😄
You’ll have to tackle Louise for it 😂
cool video Levi, a nice change of pace from gold to gems! I do wonder though how you can distinguish between a pale sapphire and a pale topaz for example...how does one tell them apart when the colours aren't so prominent? cheers
Really enjoyable video love gem stones
Cool video nicely done chaps 😎👌
Hello, how are you? Use an ultra violet flashlight inside the river to identify it faster and easier.
Great for pink sapphires
Hi Levi, don't forget there are also blue spinels as well as blue zircons. I have a few to make up. They're gorgeous. I must admit l haven't been well enough to get on the jewellery bench lately. Keep hunting Levi. Oh, l meant to tell you that sapphire is my birth stone.
If the enjoyment level wasn’t high enough with the gold picking you have just upped the ante for me, didn’t think that was possible it’s all good. Thanks Levi and company.😊
The blue jelly bean at the end was nice! Do you think you’ll cut it for jewellery, you have plenty gold to make a nice piece for your other half 🙌
Way cool adventure! Your definitely living the life.
Well done guys.
Cheers Famo59
Really nice videos, just a curiosity, what about the price of the best finds would be? Anyone got an idea? Gold i know but saphire dont have a clue
Absolutely brilliant stones
I love everything about this channel brother! 👁️👍🔔😎
This video is super amazing. Most probably there may be a Sapphire deposit nearby. Wish you good luck finding something way big. We are from Srilanka, the gem island. Ceylon sapphires coming from us to the whole world. Keep it up the good work ❤️😇🙏
Lak 👍👏👏
Boa tarde amigo Deus abençoa você e sua família.
Mas que pedra linda! Gósto muito de pedras lindas.
Parabéns amigo Deus te abençoe sempre 🙏🏻
Well done Levi your good wife will enjoy wearing those. You sure like that water. An ideal area to search for sapphires. Glad you did okay.
Levi, can you recommend any torches? Gone through a couple, seems to be hit & miss.
Awesome stuff. At first, I thought he was eating the sapphires haha
Great video Levi are those red zirconia's worth anything?
Some nice finds
Stunning colour!.
Yet another reason for me to go to the creek!! Did you get any gold as well??
Is it not possible to use a vacuum system there? Seems that would be more productive
Not allowed to in Tassie
No sapphires around her, but I get pretty jazzed finding blue beach glass! :D
I have a blue/purple sapphire ring. I love the color of it ❤
Don't be blue Levi. That's a great haul. 😎
Did you check the bottom of those boil holes???
I find flat bottom sieves don't really cut it. Use a large diameter kitchen sieve with a decent bowl to it ..concentrates the heaviest much better,
If you use a see-saw motion it will concentrate them to the corner of the sieves
Long slowish circles concentrates large to the centre, long slowish up and down concentrates heavy to the bottom
Short circular pitching gathers small to top centre for evac.
This made my inner dragon tingle.
Oh you lucky bugger lol, such an awesome colour buddy, better hide that one from the missus she's already got a ring hehehe. You'll have to cut this one for a matching necklace set in gold and osmiridium I reckon would look awesome.
Just beautiful 🎉🎉
7:48 There was something green on down right side of the sievel :o
Great vid mate, what I want to know is did you find yourself looking for gold while sniping for gems?
I’ve been to this river a few times now and when I first went yes I certainly had my eyes looking about but not now it’s geology is way way different to gold bearing ground
Greetings from finland
Silly question, do you not find gold in the same areas that you find saphires?
They form under different geological conditions. It's not impossible but it's coincidental where they do occur together
I live in sapphire country near Inverell’ I think I’ve chucked away some real gemstones 💎 not knowing enough 😂
Levi, I think the lovely Louise deserves a nice Tassie Sapphire ring!
Don’t sapphires fluoresce when you apply UV light?
Imagine shining a UV light underwater and watching them all glow like Christmas lights
Not all react under uv lite it's the residual elements that happen to be present in them that react.
@@cerahb.1656 It would be interesting if the ones on that creek do so
Just rubies I believe
Alexandrite stone yang berefek terkena sinar uv
just those red sapphires called rubies... both blue and red sapphires have the same chemical formulae Al2O3 but for some reason those red sapphires are called rubies...
Levi the is a beautiful stone well done, it’s hardly surprising the way your gloves are in tatters in a few days 😅.
Fun trip mate
Very nice
The zircons are exciting. A couple of pretty sapphires.
Are there yellow or green sapphires there. . Love sapphires
my first thought was why doesnt he just put the sieve next to the material under the water and then you did it :)
Parabéns garoto tudo de bom pra vc que Deus te abençoe 🙏
That was enjoyable Levi.
Side note be careful trying anything with a scary name. Ghost pepper no thanks.
words can't express how much I hate that my life isn't treasure hunting...yet.
Any cornflower blue saphires show up?
How are you doing uncle