FOSSICKING IN AUSTRALIA THE HUNT FOR BLUE SAPPHIRES IN TASMANIA!!!

[@Marleydog2023]

How much better is this for kids than ipads and video games, good on you levi ,you all take care.

[@Spudscave]

Levi you are a wonderful father who is passionate about sharing his time with his family your boys will remember every adventure and will learn not to take Mother Nature for granted you are passing valuable life skills over to them their little brains will be soaking up all the info and they can help each other learn as they grow you and their mum must be so proud keep doing what you’re doing Levi the channel’s amazing love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lockee77]

Word! 🙂

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks so much I feel hopeless as a father at times I was never given the instruction manual for it but I try do what I can cheers mate appreciate it.

[@secretstreamsandfeverdreams]

@Frederic Reeber strange place, and particularly strange comment thread to drop such info mate, but hey, I've been where I believe you are now before, hopefully you either leave or love. Either way something has gotta change mate. All the best and I hope you find peace

[@secretstreamsandfeverdreams]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting hey man it's normal! The very fact that we question our parenting is what keeps us being good fathers. I feel guilt for a hundred small things, that drives me to make better decisions every time, it is just parent guilt. All good people have it. Those that don't are the worry mate. All love due from WA.

[@iralennon7233]

Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@jimjohnston4181]

Keep these sapphire vids coming like em more then the gold vids... 👍

[@bobclark4994]

Nice one Levi. Take a mirror with you and dump all the possibles on it. The sunshine reflecting back up thru the stones makes the sapphs stand out better.

[@RoosKohn]

Thank you so much Levi. It’s so beautiful there and the boys visibly enjoying to be om adventure with a proud dad is wonderful. Great share.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh they love it more than the gold I think but that’s fine with me aslong as they’re happy to get out with dad

[@thegeck9978]

To us dads these moments are fleeting. I remember when I was a kid, going out with my dad was my favorite moments. Few, but still awesome.

[@secretstreamsandfeverdreams]

My 6 year old daughter came out with me last spring for the first time ( at the time I had only been prospecting for a few months) and she got a nice flake of gold on her first pan. I was so unbelievably stoked and amazed, I had only given her a half shovel of likely dirt in a ten inch pan, loaded mine and simply said " just copy what I do with mine" I panned my pan (nothing), I discarded my cons. " Dada is this gold?" I checked and behold: top and centre a nice little flake sitting on its lonesome with all black sands washed far below! Little cutepie is a better panner than me on her first go! Hahahah

[@teamsignal17]

@@secretstreamsandfeverdreams My daughter is the same age. She loves diggin in the dirt with her Dad. These are the days we will never get back! Love hearing these stories! Keep digging brother!

[@secretstreamsandfeverdreams]

@@teamsignal17 yeah mate, time seems to be speeding up, have to make the most of these years! 👍

[@laneyshooter]

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[@laneyshooter]

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[@Goldwaschen-mit-Tom]

Nice video from you and your family. Love it. Greetings Tom

[@rickreimer1050]

Family treasure hunting...how good is that! Finding pretty gems...bonus. Thanks for sharing.

[@georgeredbranch652]

Prospecting, the game the whole family can play. Well done

[@bobm5500]

What a day out for the kids , One of the best family vids I seen !

[@rainertews1641]

Wow, when i see these nice gems from australia i'd take an airplane and come along from germany. Marvellous!

[@mattlaroche1680]

Great dad moments. Well done mate.

[@jimmyringbom9622]

I love when parents taking out their kids in the fresh air and the beautiful nature instead of TV and i-pads ang playing vith cellphones ! this is much healthier and god for both the body mind and soul ! and beautiful sapphires you have there in Tasmania ! and ofcourse a beautiful country ! Greetings from grey little boring Sweden !

[@gold-diggersanonymous1085]

Brilliant family video, good on ya!!! You see all the comments Levi, it's not just about finding heaps of gold, it's about a great family-man and prospector, many thanks for sharing!!

[@marysotheran6833]

The "topaz" you found first in the video is more likely glass or maybe quartz mate. The jagged edges are a giveaway. Topaz is harder and tends to round off more smoothly. It also doesn't usually form flat like that. The "rubies" are Zircons and can be red-ish, brown-ish, purple-ish and even yellow-ish (aka Champaign). They have been upgraded from semi-precious to precious in the last couple of years. When you find one that is not real worn, they are usually a square-ish or rectangular shape and have a kind of metallic sheen. Well done on the Sapphires mate.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks for the info that’s helpful cheers

[@adama1047]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting In addition to some of these very red zircons as suggested by Mary, some might also be garnets, in particular spessartine types. Although ruby shouldn't be dismissed entirely, but they are very rare here. The folks at MRT are always interested in studying the zircons/garnets from this area.

[@gordongadbois1179]

NICE TO SEE THE YOUNG MEN OUT THERE HAVING FUN WITH THE OLD MAN. NOT GOLD BUT DEFINITELY GOLDEN TIME WITH THE FAMILY. HOPEFULLY MOM GOT A SPA DAY WHILE YOU GUYS WERE AT PLAY.

[@gippy6105]

Amazing and to share it with your family is just wonderful thank you for the video.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thankyou

[@clintdoolittle1576]

LEVI good job mate lol you said we will be back on the gold next week MATE the gold is in this video you out with the family that's gold right there👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh a golden time together

[@clintdoolittle1576]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting heck ya brother heck ya👍😎🇨🇦

[@glentimmins7560]

Very cool and beauty of a river! Great jem stones and memories!

[@jantanbinsaaban9101]

Good for ya having a great day at the river with your two boys looking for gem's have fun macking sand castles 😄

[@steveanderson5888]

Beautiful colors looks like your boys enjoyed their time out in that water way

[@am4793]

Tasmania is absolutely gorgeous. What beautiful country.

[@tanyathedelinquent]

I'm guessing you actually know this and I'm just overthinking..., but just in case you or someone else didn't, I'll just say this: Tasmania is an island, and, a state of Australia, not a country. Probably just a figure of speech but just in case lol

[@am4793]

@@tanyathedelinquent Come on mate! Country as in a type of landscape and not as a nation state.

[@billdgen116]

Another great video with family priceless. They grow up way to fast. Cherish every moment you can. Thank you for sharing. Be safe

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thankyou and will do

[@FlourgoldWizards]

Very cool change of pace !!!! You young men nailed it 👍🏻

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks Jason 👍🏼👍🏼

[@davidhall9679]

great video pleasant change from the gold snipping at least family is involved and enjoying

[@weasel6three597]

What an awesome thing to do with your boys. Nice collection of stones and I'm sure they will never forget the good times. Keep the videos coming!

[@Tazzie1]

Very nice Levi. I've been hoping that you'd do a Weld River trip. It's a beautiful location, and has a nice little camp ground. Sieving is hard work (My back starts to hurt after awhile) One good tip for you that I've started doing myself, is to try and scoop off all the centre spinel area after you've done a quick check into a separate bucket to take home. Some of the dark stones I've found are actually just really dark blue Sapphires. (And the dark blue's are generally the best) I would have missed a few of them without decent light behind them.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks for the tip mate I’ll certainly keep this in mind

[@jojacobs305]

Thanks for sharing love the location and the gems were beautiful

[@thedetectorist2419]

That was awsome mate quality time priceless . thank you for shareing

[@charliekoellner2350]

Nice vid Levi...great to see the young fellas having a dig...

[@bctrails7206]

Rubies are in fact a Sapphire, that brilliant red glow is all that sets them apart from other colored Corundum gemstones. Awesome finds and vid!

[@darlameyer5936]

Great video. I always enjoy seeing your adorable boys.

[@firemanfireman7228]

Amazing how mother nature provides for for us and all we have to do is go out and find it bro your family is wonderful 👍 It's exciting to see how much you all care and enjoy working together Fireman 🔥🔥🔥

[@larrykasiah8852]

Really nice looking stones great time with the kids they seem really well mannered Have a great day and prospect on

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Don’t be fooled 🤣 nah they’re pretty good

[@doak4886]

Now that would be fun. Boys will remember these times forever. So will you long after you’re unable to do it.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

I guess if anything these videos will be great to look back on when I’m an old man 👍🏼

[@doak4886]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting You’ll be showing them to your grandkids and laughing.

[@hughcalvert9488]

Better blue rocks, than blue balls ...... Nice family vid with the lads..👍

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

🤣 true Hughie form must be time for a 💎d mission

[@davidjackson4868]

Such a great family caring and sharing , your family looking for the little stones and finding them well done kindest regards god bless you all

[@ANDYTHRAXX]

I’m 100 percent going to go try this myself and see what I can find. Great video and an excellent day.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

It’s so much fun man the colours are amazing all put together

[@danrogers9945]

What a amazing place you guys live in! Its like paradise

[@michaelpage7691]

When you become an old fossil like me, memories come back of being with my son doing gold panning, fishing and four wheel driving and other outdoor exploits. Time passes so quickly and they grow up quicker. Good on you for giving them the opportunities that most kids these days will never get. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺

[@tazyt3388]

Luv the blues bro excellent edit cheers

[@jasond6770]

Simply amazing colors! Awesome family trip; thanks for taking us along!

[@exploringwithamission]

My favourite gem stone hunting I love going up to North Queensland didn’t know Tassie’s had them as well 💙🇦🇺🤿👍

[@neilstleon6251]

Great production Levi. Beautiful bright royal blue color of the Tassie sapphires. A lot of the mainland stones are blacky blue or greenish yellow.. Beautiful wilderness mate 👍

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks heaps Neil, yes ours can be quite dark also and the green looking ones

[@Nuggetcreek]

A good week for you too!

[@ferdburphel2076]

Priceless time! You're kids have better callouses then most men🤝! Those hands say more than a 10 page resume....you're hired!

[@tassiegirl50]

Haha yes I noticed Leos calloused hands too! Wonderful 🙌

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

He’s a heard little worker

[@trevdyer173]

Bit of shiney blue. Somthing different. Very nice

[@Speedydig]

Looks like a lovely way to spend a day! Tassie looks stunning !

[@debhester8665]

Sapphires are such a gorgeous stone. Love your video!

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thankyou 😊

[@Rob.Parsons]

Dam.. Boys are cleaning up my secret spot!! 😂 😂 👍 I love watching sapphire videos they’re so satisfying. Loved the tunes homie

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks mate yeh they clean up everything the little monsters

[@damienphillips9278]

You guys could start up paid tours taking tourists and locals hunting for gems/gold and getting to meet some of the subs you guys have, special packages get people the tour, merch 👌 you two are some of the best at getting people wanting to visit our small paradise, I think tourism tas should be paying you both 😂

[@p_a_e_7_z_xgaming161]

Or leave them for the locals to find an enjoy. Take tourists through this " secret spot 🤦‍♂️ " it will be ruined within a few years. Let's try and keep tassies secrets a little more quite.

[@damienphillips9278]

@@p_a_e_7_z_xgaming161 this would be no secret, these guys are not the only ones that go there, and hello it’s all over KZbin 😂

[@p_a_e_7_z_xgaming161]

Sarcasm mate. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@tassiegirl50]

Good day fellas! What a beautiful kaleidoscope of color in that river.. so pretty 😍 Beaut boys day, love the music, edit & together time 💞 Thankyou! 🌿

[@lukexploration1446]

Great vid again Levi keep up the great vids!!

[@scotlandstreasure2543]

Nice variety of gemstones there mate, looked like a great day out 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@leloupprospecteur5651]

Magnifique moment en famille ! 👍👍👍

[@SouthernCrossGO]

Nice one mate. Something different :)

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh been wanting to do some gemstone hunting for a while now cheers for tuning in mate hope all is well

[@teamsignal17]

Nothing like family on these adventures! Awesome Levi!

[@2hudsontriffitt]

What fun! Great job guys, some beautiful gems there. Time to make mumma a ring😜

[@dcmprospecting5429]

Awesome that’s cool to find something different ⛏⚒👍

[@melissabutton793]

Awesome gemstones boys, love those different colours 🥰

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Cheers Melissa

[@markb9347]

Awesome work guys! That looks like a good time. Nice finds!

[@TazzzieAdventures]

Thats such a nice area and great to see you all finding some gems you will have to get some cut.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh the topaz might be cuttable

[@MrMarkar1959]

Thanks for sharing! Looks like a great time and hope you guys best of luck in all your adventures.👍🏼✌🏼

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks a lot mate appreciate it

[@seanparchim9165]

Great video Levi the red ones could also be Garnet or the birthstone for ♑ Capricorn

[@mathewturner7528]

Too bad you couldn't find the host Rock that carries all those gems nice video have a nice trip

[@jobird354]

The red stones look like garnets to me. I love your videos.

[@tonymitchell5078]

Got to love family time .

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Absolutely mate 👍🏼👍🏼

[@yogiber21]

Looks like a raw diamond 💎

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Someone said we can get diamonds in this river aswell I had no idea so there’s always a chance

[@48thstateprospecting]

Love sapphires it’s my birth stone yes the greens are sapphire . The red is either ruby or garnet reckon you need a spectrometer test to know for sure very cool zircons and other gems as well the grey solid rocks are possibly titanium’s they travel with the spinels and sapphires since they are heavy if you’d like to see some monster sapphires check out Tim’s adventures he’s a great bloke and mines sapphires in rubyvale at his claim the stones he finds are ,well... words don’t describe their beauty to well the sapphires you have are beaten up a bit from traveling the river it is possible to cut a window in them to see what they look like inside 🤩 that’s was a very cool adventure with the boys I’m sure they loved it as much as I did watching . Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Cheers mate I’ll have a look at his channel sounds awesome, yeh the boys love it we’ll be back up there sometime for sure

[@48thstateprospecting]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting nice I’ll look forward to it👊🏻

[@goldmagnet]

Awesome range of colours there buddy. Wish I had gems in my areas like that.

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh we are spoilt here in Tas for sure mate

[@mrfxm55]

Cornflower blue with luster and transparency is the most desirable. But pinks are also among the pricey ones.

[@100acresintasmaniaoffthegr7]

Awesome your boys know what. Your doing

[@vandiemenadventures]

Tassie blue 👌

[@goldsniper2681]

Nice haul there Boys!!

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

That is awesome, love all the different colors. Good job man. 👌👊

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks mate cheers

[@treasurehuntingnewyork5979]

There’s a place in my state it’s know as the Catskills mountains a rare variety of pink ruby was discovered there and there a few examples online unfortunately my state has some very strict laws on disturbing any property even if it’s just some simple digging on the state lands

[@AS-bx1mg]

Awesome vid again

[@coletteclarke2905]

Teaching the future Tassie boys how father and uncle did it priceless mate

[@gold__123]

Hi comrad I'm a copar from Sochi Black Sea

[@TheVeganTravelShow]

I enjoyed watching this one! Will have to try some fossicking this summer when we head back over to Tassie again. Weldborough area is so beautiful! I thought that maybe some of those early aerial shots were from around Derby.

[@BigBert]

Looked like a great day 😎🤙🏻

[@josephpecoul6532]

Thats purty cool you and the fellows

[@brushitoff503]

Awesome stuff!

[@ewaste-jd-preciousmetals3723]

Another nice content my friend.

[@vandiemenadventures]

Those are red zircons big fella 👍

[@Bandidosdeaventuras]

Like 502 me gusta mucha esa aventura saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷

[@elkantler8666]

What fun good job boys!

[@slackwatters9604]

Beautiful fine fan doesn't matter what you're getting their nice stones. Now just a suggestion. After you flip your Sev and you have your Center pile. Scrape off the first like to in put it in a pan. And then at the end of the day go back through or when you feel your pain go back through this Civ the same way just a little more hardwood your up and down motion and you may find the ones you missed. Just a suggestion great Showman

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

I will definitely do this great info thanks for the tip

[@TasHikingAdventures]

Well done mate nice haul at the end .... Bloke gave me two tiny blue saphires few months ago was a scientific bloke from NSW down visiting showed him ya channel hope he says I sent you bloke is a very smart bugger...kids are growing up mate footstep lessons very soon haha Be safe dude love from Hobart Wish my dad took me.out like this Special dad special kids much love mate

[@johnharrop5530]

Be interesting to see the gems under a UV light too see if they stand out ,if so just go hell for leather on the concentrates and search through it in the dark to find them ,,awesome watching the kids they were really into it

[@Daniel-vx6uj]

Heck yeah man. There you go you outta let the youngans sell jem stones/pretty rocks on your merch store.

[@mrfxm55]

Hello 🤩 just like gold it would be exactly where you would expect to find the gold you will find the sapphires. They are heavier than the other rocks.

[@latelee4320]

Just came back from up the lake's and I have a Tassie boys video waiting for me yeeeehaaaa ! Unpacking the 4x4 can wait, beer in hand I'm going sapphire hunting with Levi n the lads, excellent video mate 👍🍺

[@charleszimmermann7784]

Never have gone looking for gem stones, when I was stationed in Georgia I use to find a lot when I went panning for gold, but here in California, I find Garnets, CA tourmaline, CA turquoise, platinum, silver, and low grade diamonds. There are sapphires, but I have never come across a nice specimen in my pan. Thanks for the video!

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Yeh awesome mate someone commented earlier we have diamonds here too I had no idea

[@justpanit9872]

Nice work fellas. Its a awesome moment when you pull out a top sieve clean blue. But all in all your getting a nice collection up. 👌👌 ill be heading down that way myself in a couple of weeks to nail a few. Cracking vid as always, 👌👍

[@DirtFishMish]

Can I be your adopted child? 😂 This looks fun! Can't say I've ever been gemstone fossicking, though as a kid I used to wander up forest creeks and look for slabs of quartz crystals - it'd keep me amused while Dad was fishing. Good work. :)

[@damienphillips9278]

Could be another addition to your hunting mish 😊

[@DirtFishMish]

@@damienphillips9278 definitely keen to try it sometime!

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Always room in the gang aslong as you find us all the relics and treasures aswell

[@DirtFishMish]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting deal!

[@damienphillips9278]

@@officialtassieboysprospecting it’s a win/win mate, two of the better content makers getting together, potential to get loads more subs, views and find out different ways of doing the stuff from each other, definitely something I’d want to see and I’m sure plenty of others would also!

[@bobwardimages]

Great experience, men! 😎

[@BB-kr1pq]

Hey Levi, Love your vids man. Next time you go out gem hunting, get a real UV - black light flashlight. Many of those gems will fluoresce and make them easier to pick out. Father and his sons out treasure hunting... I love it!!!

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks for the tip cheers mate

[@jerniganinc1085]

So awesome, looks like paradise, how do become part of it!! Haha but no really

[@getdownanddirtyprospecting]

Great stuff have been to sapphire in Qld and ended with some nice stones but your have some nice colours cheers Glenno

[@tanyathedelinquent]

Weld river is also know as marina river, if i remember correctly. The one that's mainly accessed by the small road across from the Marina Golf club, right? I've gone there a lot with family. We've managed to find a good amount of sapphires, mostly low quality but nothing bigger than gravel lol; heaps Blue Sapphires, a couple Star Sapphires and Green Sapphires, maybe one or two yellow sapphires and white sapphires. Some nice clear and coloured topaz. Stupid amounts of zircon. Some jasper. Couple pieces of quartz, i think... they could've been from Gladstone though, lol.