Sniping vs sieves, which technique will find the Sapphires?

[@Zdynio]

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

[@MorganOlson-i1j]

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

[@andypandyAU.6669]

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

[@donmeredith9762]

Tasmania has it all, gold and gems. You enjoy both. Great video

[@andrewgroom1806]

Beautiful stone Levi. Thanks for the adventure. Sapphires are my favourite stones to cut.

[@marcussmith1768]

I absolutely love Sapphires. By far my favorite gem. Great Video as always.

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

Love your Vidio.. greeting from Indonesian traditional gold Prospecting 🇮🇩⚒️⛏️💎👍👍

[@terry8728]

Love the gold but the gemstone adventures are my favourites, thanks so much for showing us this advenure Levi & Des!

[@billdgen116]

Thanks for sharing my friend. Almost 200k let me be the first to congratulate you. Great job

[@pattimessenger6214]

You live in a land filled with beauty, gold, gemstones, and hopefully a few Tasmanian tigers who have learned to avoid people!

[@trudytaylor1365]

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 👋😊

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thanks Trudy

[@prospector667]

I love prospecting\fossicking ,it opens up the hunt ,,, well done great video, love that ya mixing it up

[@scottdilley356]

Keep them coming I watch them over and over if I can I always get more info each time Keep the faith my friend

[@phillipmidgley2008]

Your videos are always good but this one was exceptional. I love the color of those stones.Keep up the good work Levi.

[@MurrayRiverr]

That was really cool. I learned something new. Thanks Levi and Des.

[@tassiegirl50]

Pretty blue… watching now 💙

[@heidrivandervyver4663]

Great learning opportunity. It's good that you are willing and able to reach out and show interest in the professions of your peers.

[@lithiumvalleyrocksprospect9792]

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

[@48thstateprospecting]

It’s my birthstone so naturally I find them fascinating and I’ve learned a ton about them from watching “Tim’s adventures” on KZbin 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👍🏼👊🏼

[@DetectaBull]

That was so cool & the picture postcard views are incredible. Well done fellas

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Moved to the area for the stones!! Love this guy

[@desgray5420]

Haha I'm a tad obsessed

[@VaughanMunro-js4nr]

Another Great Video. I'm surprised to see what's hiding in Tasmanian rivers. Thanks for showing us.

[@bondioneohfourthree7488]

Great vid. Levi and Des.

[@kevink3836]

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!

[@jonathanhodgkin6546]

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. ❤

[@YunuguPora-ol3vv]

I follow and watch your videos all the time. Great to see you do something slightly different today. Regards from PNG🇵🇬🇵🇬

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

Thank you hope to come to PNG one day

[@GlennChristie-y8n]

Well done another new and entertaining adventure with some very nice results 👏🏻👏🏻❤️💙

[@PerkBuilders]

Just here to say I’d watch gemstone videos just as much as gold videos. I’m almost MORE into it!

[@burtonwhitaker6849]

What a great video man keep up the amazing work 👍👍👍

[@westroglia4692]

It's good to see that you are still making videos, sincerely Wes Troglia

[@bbunch44]

Gotta love how Des just eats his as he finds them. Too funny. Cool trip!

[@desgray5420]

Haha it's the only place to store them that I won't drop them whilst working

[@bbunch44]

@@desgray5420 I got a good laugh out of it. 😆

[@Amandapand71]

And can regurgitate on demand! 😅

[@sjaakmcd1804]

Cheers Levi, it's always good to push yourself into something outside your comfort zone.

[@jamesgranderson2890]

Thanks for the adventure!

[@jhallack7491]

Absolutely love the gemstone hunting, Mate. Good on Ya, Levi!!😮😮

[@bygonebottlesandgems4531]

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 👌

[@tassie2348]

Love this channel. So enjoyable. Watching from the Huon. ❤

[@meganmeherbanigilbert9762]

The abundance of the earth always astonishes me. Thank you for sharing some of it’s beauty

[@pattimessenger6214]

I love Sapphires! It is so nice to see you find some!

[@toddrodgers5108]

That is my birth stone . Bad ass day i do appreciate your time . Blessings sir.

[@tazyt3388]

Des is a legend aye bro you both did pretty well gotta be happy with that hope ya well cheers

[@desgray5420]

Cheers

[@evelynyoung2644]

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

[@spectrumEDMforever]

Loving the trance music and the vid obviously 🔊☮️🕺

[@mijodo2008]

Top video Levi, I will start researching where sapphires are to be found in our part of the country. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

[@DigDougDig]

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.

[@drc1588]

Levi, can you recommend any torches? Gone through a couple, seems to be hit & miss.

[@spiderfireentmt]

I was just watching your video from about a year ago hunting for gemstones funny you would post a video a day after.

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Great video Levi are those red zirconia's worth anything?

[@TheDadFaxs]

Dam Levi that's cool. Great find

[@Kaffeesuchti1985]

Gold and Gem-Stones all in one place. What a lucky country to have such treasures!

[@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm]

I love everything about this channel brother! 👁️👍🔔😎

[@christiansmith9195]

Good job fellas , the yabbie pump wood of been handy , thanks for sharing

[@_TONY_Az]

Nice Levi something different very cool finds

[@sharonmalone8312]

I love the sapphires,the bright blue ones are my favorite .

[@iancrump4369]

Cool video nicely done chaps 😎👌

[@tassiegirl50]

Great vid, gorgeous blue stones. Make a nice ring for mum 😉😄

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

You’ll have to tackle Louise for it 😂

[@mikemcguire1371]

Absolutely brilliant stones

[@PabloZiebell]

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

[@mysticprophecyroblox]

Awesome stuff. At first, I thought he was eating the sapphires haha

[@mikegilbertmetalartist9334]

Way cool adventure! Your definitely living the life.

[@janicecooper875]

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.

[@NuggetNinjaAdventures]

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 🙌

[@martinjervis1558]

Really enjoyable video love gem stones

[@MarkMarvin1983]

Yet another reason for me to go to the creek!! Did you get any gold as well??

[@dartmart9263]

Don’t sapphires fluoresce when you apply UV light? Imagine shining a UV light underwater and watching them all glow like Christmas lights

[@cerahb.1656]

Not all react under uv lite it's the residual elements that happen to be present in them that react.

[@dartmart9263]

@@cerahb.1656 It would be interesting if the ones on that creek do so

[@jeffslusher1973]

Just rubies I believe

[@RendiHermawan-fl9qd]

Alexandrite stone yang berefek terkena sinar uv

[@dargaard3339]

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...

[@Famo59]

Well done guys. Cheers Famo59

[@hardyakka6200]

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.

[@ingresswizard9044]

Is it not possible to use a vacuum system there? Seems that would be more productive

[@desgray5420]

Not allowed to in Tassie

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Stunning colour!.

[@deannfrey3469]

This made my inner dragon tingle.

[@timothyhooey9014]

Very nice

[@srilankanchannel1439]

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 ❤️😇🙏

[@PixieStirling]

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.😊

[@Scano41]

Some nice finds

[@we.s2872]

Hello, how are you? Use an ultra violet flashlight inside the river to identify it faster and easier.

[@desgray5420]

Great for pink sapphires

[@fajile5109]

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.

[@shallnotbeinfringedupon202]

Did you check the bottom of those boil holes???

[@pamelabelicio9205]

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 🙏🏻

[@GRUMPYOLDSURVEYOR]

Just beautiful 🎉🎉

[@johncollier608]

Silly question, do you not find gold in the same areas that you find saphires?

[@desgray5420]

They form under different geological conditions. It's not impossible but it's coincidental where they do occur together

[@wingnutbert9685]

No sapphires around her, but I get pretty jazzed finding blue beach glass! :D

[@goldmagnet]

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.

[@bcbradley]

Don't be blue Levi. That's a great haul. 😎

[@ville1303]

Greetings from finland

[@mrunique4871]

Awesome 👊

[@Fuphyter]

I have a blue/purple sapphire ring. I love the color of it ❤

[@Khusringoldminers]

Very good

[@peterhoy2098]

Great vid mate, what I want to know is did you find yourself looking for gold while sniping for gems?

[@officialtassieboysprospecting]

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

[@desgray5420]

Fun trip mate

[@igvtec]

Good stuff.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

This was a different animal. I kept looking for nuggies. Very different point of view.

[@Gunsgame1966]

I live in sapphire country near Inverell’ I think I’ve chucked away some real gemstones 💎 not knowing enough 😂

[@terry8728]

Levi, I think the lovely Louise deserves a nice Tassie Sapphire ring!

[@Massangler1856]

Would sniping with a blacklight work? Sapphire flouresces under UV light

[@AdamEdington]

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,

[@desgray5420]

If you use a see-saw motion it will concentrate them to the corner of the sieves

[@AdamEdington]

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.

[@JayC-kj7ls]

great vid

[@ladyhawk5245]

Any cornflower blue saphires show up?

[@Satya2btrue]

Are there yellow or green sapphires there. . Love sapphires

[@brett76544]

I'm wondering, is he getting more choices for another ring?

[@ADDeeJay]

my first thought was why doesnt he just put the sieve next to the material under the water and then you did it :)

[@corkkyle]

The zircons are exciting. A couple of pretty sapphires.

[@mikeconnery4652]

Could you find them on rock faces in the mountains?