Finding a Very Rare Tasmanian Sapphire!

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Жыл бұрын

In this video me some friends head out for a day of fossicking in a spot for sapphire.
With plenty of rain this winter, the river had some flow and it wasnt easy getting into the areas amongst the rapids.. but little did I know.. it would end up being one of the best days I've had in the river!

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@highlandgoldfever4440 Жыл бұрын

What a stunning Sapphire! You really do deserve that gem for all those hours searching. Really cool looking under uv!

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thank you, i appreciate that 😄Sometimes the hard yards pay off 😀👍

@deborahgoslin5858 10 ай бұрын

Good job ! I know it's so much fun to find beautiful rocks.

@liamcalvert8725 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a stone. Those colours together make that one of a kind in my book. never seen anything like that in Tassie before.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks liam, i was thinking the same🤔..but im sure someone in tassie has one similar

@weekendstuff Жыл бұрын

Nice video, area and stone. Thanks for sharing.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it sure was a special day! I have been slack with the content at the moment(broken wrist) but ill soon be at it again!

@jasonbuzzalini5174 Жыл бұрын

That’s a beauty! Awesome find!

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks jason! I dont think ill be able too beat this find 😅

@jasonbuzzalini5174 Жыл бұрын

Definitely gonna be hard to beat!

@tazyt3388 Жыл бұрын

Dude that’s just incredible what a crazy rock aye great vid mate goodonya cheers

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! My nicest one yet, and cheers.. was really not sure Bout the song but chancing it😅😆👍

@VintageTimeGems Жыл бұрын

Nice find. That should facet a fine gem.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Im very eager too see the outcome once its cut.. but holding onto it in the rough for some time..😀 ive never really seen another one like it yet! Btw, great videos ive watched a fair few over the years!

@ishakolcak 5 күн бұрын

Aleksandrite same 😉🤗☺😌 but sapphire

@mohdjibly6184 Жыл бұрын

Awesome findings...congrats bro :)

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thank you!😁🙌

@goldhunter2136 3 ай бұрын

👏 👏

@tasdare6377 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice find.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@travsmit7956 7 ай бұрын

Hey bro that sapphire is worth a lot of money

@michaeldonald7469 Жыл бұрын

Best looking stone mate.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks michael, certainly the nicest looking stone ive seen in my top sieve! 🙌

@barthanes1 Жыл бұрын

Wow.

@caseyfitch369 Жыл бұрын

Nice one fella. Cya out the creek one day

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks casey, sounds good too me I enjoy meeting other fossickers

@SynthientArt Жыл бұрын

Congratz bro what an awesome find! I'll be out that way over the next week... Wish me luck!!

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!! great timing before this rain! I hope you have a great adventure, and find some cool stones!

@SynthientArt Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting Found a few Topaz but nothing too epic, was awesome to get out there and camp far a few days though. We should to go on a mish together at some point, it's Kane by the way!

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

@@SynthientArt good work mate! I am the same, just getting out and away from town is such a good feeling. Oh sweet, i am definetly keen for that.. it would be good to catch up!

@SynthientArt Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting Cool I'll let you know when I'm back up that way :)

@ElliottTitley 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful stone, parti sapphire..?

@Ful-OGold Жыл бұрын

Wow so pretty! I wish I got gems where I am.

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

It reminds me if a crazy sunset! Whats the geology like over there? Much basalt?

@Ful-OGold Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting yes we have plenty of basalt. Only really get garnets where I live but iv heard you can get sapphires and other gems about an hours drive away. Another area has heaps of Smokey quartz. Iv heard of a guy who found native diamonds while test panning creeks in Victoria to.

@digginghistorytasmania3897 Жыл бұрын

👌👌👍👍

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Cheers ben!

@TheZenDen44 Жыл бұрын

Hey brother any idea if Corra Linn Tasmania has any sapphires lurking around as I’m only in ravenswood aboit 20 minutes on the yamaharley from the corra linn river

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, ive never really looked into the geology of that area. I do know there is sapphire apperently around lisle and I've heard rumours if some towards launceston.. but worth taking the sieves and get behind a big rock and see what the river is hiding away😀

@AussieMick1234 Жыл бұрын

That’s a cracker mate

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, first one ive seen like it from this area

@AussieMick1234 Жыл бұрын

I agree, kids and I are relatively new to the game and it’s gems like that that keep you going. Our best is 2.7c zircon

@Stoner42000 4 ай бұрын

Hi mate. Ive been trying to find info on gemstones as such. And the laws are extremely unclear for tasmainia prospecting I know you need a prospectors license to fossik in non designated areas, and i think you possibly own the minerals you find? Thats the part i find unclear, are you allowed to do what you want with rocks and gems / can you sell them? Or are they owned by crown land?... Finding it extremely difficult to find any answers. I see plenty of crystals and gemstones on ebay for sale and im just generally curious of the laws.

@lucasdavis4405 Жыл бұрын

Woah is this at the weld!

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Yeah mate, moorina still produces!!

@elmasnasılbulunur Жыл бұрын

diamond

@treasuretom13 Жыл бұрын

Nice rock! What's it worth?🍀

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Thank you, honestly I would have no idea lol but in my eyes its priceless.. they are so hard too find!

@treasuretom13 Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting It's a gem display it well!👏

@valentinwerner9637 Жыл бұрын

How much money is that gemstone worth?

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Im not sure how much this would be worth🤔 Not sure if I'd ever sell it

@mikejordan6036 Жыл бұрын

GREAT Start into the woods till the Rapping. Bye

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Yeah.. too be honest that was the first time ive ever used rap as an experiment.. and i wont be using it again.. Sorry you didnt enjoy

@mikejordan6036 Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting Thanks for responding. I will watch the video now. GOD BLESS You

@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 Жыл бұрын

its nice at harridge falls hey?

@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 Жыл бұрын

dont get caught gemming at harridge, that area is under mining lease

@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 Жыл бұрын

p.s. thats a really nice gem bruv

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

Harridge is a fair few kms away, nice waterfall that one! And thanks man i was pretty stoked with it

@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting me and a mate went way up main creek last year and he pulled a clear purple star out, it only weighed in at 3cts but still the purple sapphs are sexy as..

@Trumpty-Dumbty 10 ай бұрын

@@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 all good if you have permission 🙂

@keza3250 Жыл бұрын

Are you Australian or American I cant tell but I will tell you under the Australian constitution if your Australian you can legally prospect but if you not an Australian citizen you cant its illegal an can be fined if you become an Australian citizen your fine

@offyourfacetprospecting Жыл бұрын

As a permanent resident, with a fossicking permit you are definetly allowed to fossick/prospect abiding by the rules. I have been a permanent resident for nearly 10 years now, just havent had the time to look into citizenship or the extra cash. Even non Australian tourist's can get a miners right/fossick permit and have a go.

@keza3250 Жыл бұрын

@@offyourfacetprospecting that's cool dude as a permanent resident you can do fossicking but for tourists it is still illegal under the Australian constitution but the government doesn't enforce it hey ya vids are cool man I do plenty of fossicking with my brother in northern NSW been finding lots of cool topaz you should apply for citizenship Australia is a great place to call home bro good luck fossicking