Where is it?

[TPC]

Gem or metal?

[Cuppa]

Now you’re narrowing it down - gem.

[TPC]

Looking for opal around Cooper Pedy?

[jack]

I thinks it's sapphires or emeralds up Qld, to many trees for Coober Pedy. Some type of puddling machine or sieve to clean the dirt then sort out the fortune on the ironing board.

[Cuppa]

I thinks it's sapphires or emeralds up Qld, to many trees for Coober Pedy. Some type of puddling machine or sieve to clean the dirt then sort out the fortune on the ironing board.

Excellent deduction Sherlock .... so can you narrow it down any further - I expect Google may assist in naming the ‘puddling machine/sieve’.

[jack]

BUMP Cuppa, hint please

[Cuppa]

Strewth, sorry I’d forgotten all about this.

I reckon you were close enough Apollofish. I was looking for Emeralds at Sapphire,Qld. The puddling machine/sieve is indeed a puddling machine/sieve. It’s called a ‘Willoughby’. The sieve is jiggled in the water in the half 44. Used to conserve water as water is such a scarce commodity out on those gem fields. The same water lasted us the week we were there. As you suggested the ironing board was used for sorting the find. Didn’t find anything worthwhile though.

Your turn.

[jack]

New picture to identify, should be easy for Cuppa and a couple of others

[Cuppa]

I don’t actually recognise it, but it looks like the sort of country at that place with the shearing shed we recently talked about you having visited? If I’m right we’ll wait to see if anyone else picks it. If not we’ll wait anyway! LOL.

[threedogs]

Mulga bush around so thinking nth SA, cant be Old Andad?o eh