The Fossicking Adventures
The Fossicking Adventures
Welcome to Fossicking Adventures, where we delve into the thrilling world of treasure hunting and geological exploration! Join us as we embark on exciting expeditions to unearth hidden gems, uncover ancient artifacts, and discover the wonders of the Earth's crust. Whether it's sifting through gravel for precious stones, prospecting in remote locations, or exploring historical sites, our channel is your ultimate guide to the exhilarating world of fossicking. Get ready to dig deep, uncover mysteries, and embark on unforgettable adventures with us!
Led by seasoned fossickers Ashleigh Kennedy and Joshua Donvito, our dynamic duo brings a wealth of experience and passion to every expedition. Join us as we follow Ashleigh and Joshua on their thrilling journeys, learning valuable tips and techniques along the way.
Many of the gems are made into exquisite handmade jewellery, adding her unique touch to every piece. You can explore and purchase her stunning creations at www.thefossick.com.
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Where can you sell that stone sir
Could anyone tell me were exactly this spot is
Hey Mark, generally speaking, Crystal hunters don’t give out locations, however what I can say is just go to any creek that surrounds any old volcano and you will find plenty
Your videos are so awesome I’ve been watching for a few years now. I also made up my own KZread channel as well and I’ve also met up with Rookie Rockhounding. We’re eventually gonna do a video together when we get time. Love your work, The mad Rockhounder
Glad you have been enjoying them :) looking forward ti checking some of your videos out :)
You should do a video where you cut your finds, if you have a saw or at the lapidary club. It would be really good 👍 😊
We’re planning on it! We have a cabbing machine and a few saws! Should really do it one of these days!
Great video. It would be nice if you could sort & tally your total sapphire haul at the end of the videos.
Totally agree! We will do that for sure on all future videos :)
Love how fossicking turns adults in their child selves 😂 hoping to check out torrington asap
Haha I know right! It so does!
Love it! Been out there and inverell a fair few times growing up. Some of my fondest memories. Love finding some shiny rocks 😅 the full vid was awesome!
Thanks for the lovely comment :) yeah it’s certainly allot of fun hey!
I would have thought those were just rocks. So small and easy to miss
So easy to miss. But once you start finding them they’re allot of fun! :)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 estão cuxixando demais kkkkk
A paz do Senhor Jesus Cristo. Boa noite, garimpeiro e garimpeira! Eu não pra vocês, mais para mim é muito satisfatório garimpar e está em meio a natureza ao mesmo tempo.
A paz do Senhor Jesus Cristo. Boa noite, garimpeiro e garimpeira! Desculpe o pequeno erro de escrita. Eu escrevi, eu não pra vocês. Na verdade seria , eu não sei para vocês. Sucesso para vocês dois ai na garimpagem. Abraços, que o Senhor Deus abençoe sempre vocês.
Hey guys, Love the video! I was just wondering if the emerald mine is a klm or two to the right of the dam? We have never been able to find it 😢
Yeah somewhere up there. I haven’t actually found the mine itself. Just explored the surrounding areas and found what we showed in the video. That was just off the road
that was a awesome trip, some very nice stones in there.
Thanks Tony! Was super fun!
Them emeralds are unreal be great to find some you can get good maps if you look for mining and geological maps I was surprised how accurate they are and the amount of old mines around the place apparently there was a mini gold rush around ballina in the 1870s trove is good to
Yeah I want to research the Ballina one. That’s quite interesting hey. Also in Brunswick heads I think they got some gold out of there. Looking forward to the next trip back out there though!
You got a keeper...!
Got a few :)
Not aqua marine it’s blue topaz.. I personally have fossicked at Torrington a lot, also a little handy tip Don’t over load ur pans, I know I still struggling with over scoping, wanting the goodies but makes it easier for yourself
Yeah we realised it was blue topaz after the fact. Oh well. It’s so hard not to overload the pans haha. Had a ball though, next time we go back we want to get some aqua. Thanks for the comment :)
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Walking to the Spot 01:56 Fossicking Begins 02:12 Cloudy Crystal 02:21 Cloudy Gemstone and Friends 04:20 Huge Tree and James 04:39 James Finds the Big One Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Start of The Adventure 01:57 Some Little Crystals 04:48 Three in one 06:35 Dirty but a Beauty 07:50 All in One Place 09:47 Source Scavenger Quest 09:58 Purple Gemstone 10:55 Planning for The Next Move 12:11 Fossicking Continues 14:06 A Good Catch 14:37 Jumpscare Warning 15:08 Wrap-up Thoughts Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:40 First Crystal of the Day 01:22 More Shiny Rocks 03:52 Is that Jasper? 04:39 River Rockhounding 07:26 Update & Pond Rock 08:00 Back to the Car 08:36 Quick Dip & Little Agate 09:39 Finding a River Python 10:40 Fossicking Over Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Heading to Tabulam 00:26 Road Trip Adventure 01:18 Stopping by the Creek 01:55 James Finds a Crystal 02:10 Digging & Panning 03:06 Stream Fossicking 04:28 4WD Offroading 05:25 Setting up Camp 06:27 More Fossicking 07:00 Caveman James 07:17 Shiny Stones 07:45 Lunch & Coffee 08:35 Amazing Black Gems 10:00 Fossicking for Crystals 11:30 James Shows his Rock Haul 10:55 A Great Find & Going Off Road 13:26 Josh's Gemstone Finds Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:25 First Gemstones 01:37 Big Rock Find 02:51 Rockhounding Haul 03:55 Blue Creek Crab 04:15 Lots of Shiny Rocks 05:15 Golden Agate 07:13 Shimmering Crystal 08:00 Found a Big Solid Agate 09:00 Beautiful Garden Rock 10:15 More Agates 11:09 Monkey Ashleigh 11:35 Exploring Nature 12:30 Fossicking Haul Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Cloudy Gem stones 02:27 Huge Orange Crystal 02:50 Ashleigh unearths the Chunker 04:28 Agate with nice banding 04:58 Crystals and Friends 07:30 An interesting Outside 07:48 New Spot 08:18 The First Cute Ones 09:09 Half a Sphere 10:05 Unearthing a Seashell 10:57 Ashleigh and Agate From the matrix 12:13 New Fine location 14:46 Display of Awesome Rocks Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:47 Fossicking Begins 04:20 The Biggest One 05:48 Adventure Continues 06:41 Pizza Shaped 07:48 Mystical City 08:16 Dragon Skinned Rock 09:02 Beautiful Banded Rock 11:18 The Best One 12:14 Cute Little Rocks 13:48 Heading Home Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:43 Going to the Spot 02:38 A Good Sign 04:05 Quartz 04:14 Digging to Find Sapphire 05:07 Panning Out 06:56 is it Topaz? 07:35 Heading to Tambulam 09:03 Adventure Continues 10:12 Yellow Rock and More 11:09 Different Clusters 12:25 Beautiful Topaz 12:49 Tabulam Rocks Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:35 Beautiful Color Rocks 02:00 Bushy Bits 02:56 Cloudy Rock and Friends 04:00 New Creek 05:35 Square Shaped 06:50 Crystal 07:57 Cylinder Shaped 08:49 The Red One and more 11:20 Showing 2 hours' finds Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Fossicking Begins 01:24 Bubbly Rock and more 02:20 Going Downstream 05:51 Finds new fossicking spot 06:20 Red Rock 06:44 Going to best spot 07:03 Fossicking by the Streamside 10:49 Heading to the car 11:11 Josh displays day's treasures Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:27 Ashleigh’s First Bit 00:56 Chunky Red One 01:17 Josh finds some Cool Looking Rocks 03:42 Searching Along the Stream 04:00 The Best One Ever 04:31 A Pointy Orange Rock and More 06:36 Beautiful Looking Rock 08:08 James Joined Us 09:36 Showcasing the Best Rocks 10:30 Searching for Crystals using Flashlights 11:55 All Findings from Fossicking Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:27 Start of Adventure & Showcasing Fossicked Rocks 05:50 Finds for the Day 06:59 Day 2: Exploring Further Downstream 07:23 Rock with an Orange Crust 07:51 A Chunky Pretty Looking Stone 08:16 Fascinating Red Stone and More 09:09 Discovering a Fossicker’s Dream 10:12 Highlights of some Fossicked Rocks 15:50 Ashleigh shows her Matrix Rock 17:30 Big Chunky Red 19:39 Finds from the Past Few Hours Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:41 Exploring the Creek 01:04 Found a Pointy Rocks 01:24 A Super Nice Rock 01:54 Ashleigh Showcases Her Finds 02:14 Best Ones so far 02:44 Off-roading Adventure 04:15 Setting up Camps 04:30 Purple Rock 05:00 Smoky Quartz 05:40 Gorgeous Rock Moments 06:58 Summary and Final Thoughts Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:10 Rockhounding 03:00 Huge Red Agate 04:50 More Big Agates 08:43 Rocky Gemstone 09:23 Amazing Agate Stone 10:40 Massive Agate 11:17 Ashleigh's Finds 11:30 Ashleigh's Favourite Gems 12:30 Josh's Rockhounding Haul 12:54 Veiny Rocks 13:30 Josh's Best Gems 14:08 Jasper Rock Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:10 Amazing Agate Find 00:25 Heading to Agate Island 00:47 Welcome to Agate Island 01:03 Banded Agate 01:15 Rockhounding 03:50 Agates & Crystals 04:55 Another Island Downstream 05:27 Exploring Rockhounding 08:04 A Big Red Agate 08:55 Bubbly White Dragon Skin 09:44 More Rockhounding & Stones 12:35 Leaving the River 12:53 Everything we Found 13:12 Josh's Favourites 13:47 Ashleigh's Finds 15:03 Calcified Crystal 15:31 What's Next Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Kayaking 00:44 Finding Gemstones 03:30 Rescuing an Echidna 04:52 Recap & Week 2 05:50 Another Agate Island? 06:10 More Gems 09:00 Amazing Crystal 10:30 Crystal Hunting 12:16 Too Many Crystals? 13:00 Ashleigh's Finds 14:06 Josh's Finds Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:50 Glen Innes Fossicking 01:11 Digging for Gems 01:25 River Panning 01:35 Little Topaz Find 02:31 Josh's Sapphires
Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:36 Creek Fossicking 01:05 First Pan: Sapphires! 02:53 Fossicking Timelapse 03:04 Spotting a Wild Ashleigh 03:26 Rock Haul 04:20 Gem Sorting 04:40 Note to Future Josh 05:39 Plans for the Day 06:10 Quartz Vein 06:30 Beautiful Quartz Crystals 06:53 From Sapphires to Quartz 08:20 Surface Quartz 10:49 Packing Up 11:23 Everything we Found
just learned you can find some quality color emeralds in north America 😅
Oh really? Im flying to America tomorrow, then out to Arizona. Cant wait to explore some spots out there!
Jeez, you pair are slaying them, welllll nearly. A couple of crackers. Is the blue green, emerald or aquamarine.
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:00 Crazy Creek Find 02:00 Big Agate Finds 03:00 Another Big Agate 04:20 Interesting Rock 04:30 Chunky Agate 05:30 Amazing Gem Rock 07:11 Bubbly Crystal 08:22 Deep Orange Crystal 10:00 Lots of Agates 10:50 Epic Green Crystal 11:30 Unique Coral Stone 12:06 Landscape Drone Shots
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:30 Made it to Copeton Dam 01:23 Next Morning 02:24 Specking on the Road 2:56 Goanna 3:02 Started Fossicking Possible Diamond 5:35 Heading to Staggy Creek 6:06 Started Fossicking 7:56 Traveled to New Location 8:56 Sieving for Sapphires 11:42 Showing what we Found 12:38 Preview of Next Video
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Panning Finds 00:40 Blue Sapphire 00:45 Digging & Panning 01:15 Sapphire in the Dirt 02:35 Shiny & Smokey Quartz 02:55 New Location 03:35 Rock Panning 04:00 Setting up Camp 05:50 Small Sapphires 06:05 Done for the Day 06:30 A New Day 06:50 Sapphires in Bedrock 08:20 More Finds 10:10 Chunkaaa! 10:25 Gemstone Panning 12:32 Sapphires 17:39 Lots of Blue Sapphires 18:04 Heading Home 18:37 Drone Shots
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:12 Fossicking in Glen Elgin 00:29 A Big Quartz Find 02:08 Double Terminated Crystal 03:08 Chunks of Gemstones 04:20 Gem Clusters 05:30 Pocket of Gems 07:38 Gem Washing 07:55 Pineapple Quartz Crystal 08:47 Sapphire Searching 09:20 Hexagon Blue Sapphire 11:20 Finds from Panning 13:30 Amazing Blue Sapphire 14:50 Zircon Crystals & Sapphires 15:45 River Panning 16:58 Beautiful Blue Sapphires 19:00 Heading Home 19:20 Microscope Showcase
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:00 Kayaking Adventurers 01:16 Little Turtle & Orange Gem 02:11 Beautiful Orange Gemstone 2:28 Golden Agate Gem 02:49 White Crystal Find 03:11 Gem by the Lake 03:33 Another Fossicking Find 04:00 Amazing Golden Red Gemstones 05:10 BIG Quartz Crystal! 08:20 Red Agate 09:00 Golden Red Gem 09:27 Agate Island 09:55 Dragon Skin Gem 10:10 Gems by the River 11:14 What's Next?
awesome video guys, i keep wanting to go to that area, but to get there i have to drive past my usual gold fossicking river and i get distracted easily lol. with winter going i might just do more research and get out there and do it.
Thanks Tony, Yeah it’s a good spot, fight the urge not to stop and head on out there! :) you could always do your golf prospecting on the way home
@@fossicking true, plus winter time i'm not so keen to get into the water. lol
What an amazing trip you two had. May I ask where you acquired your knowledge of all the gemstones you find? How to tell the difference between them. I have been prospecting for gold for a few years and only recently discovered your channel and now you have gotten me interested in searching for gemstones. Have a wonderful weekend
Thanks Rustic, Ashleigh is a jeweller and has been acquiring knowledge for years. As you can see in the video I did make a few mistakes on a couple things we were finding. However a good geology book and a little passion out in the field you start to pick up different things here and there. Gemstones in creeks will generally settle in the same spots gold will as they’re heavy. So you may find you know more about where to find them than you think if you have done prospecting. Have a Google and see what’s around your area and start looking, it’s quite fun and addictive :) Have an awesome weekend to!
😢😂😂😂😂
Lovely to see where my treasure came from x
Glad you liked it :)
Great Video , stunning finds.
Thanks Andy :)
Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Exploring in Torrington 00:59 Blue Topaz Finds 01:53 Ashleigh Finds Quartz, Topaz & Aquamarine 05:05 Finds from the River 06:16 Panning for Gems 06:39 Beautiful Blue Topaz 08:02 Big Topaz Find! 09:52 Another Big Topaz! 10:25 Sundown 11:17 Day 2 of Fossicking 11:52 Emerald Digging Hole 12:19 We Found Emeralds 17:18 Josh's Dirty Fingernails 18:00 Big Rocky Gem 18:12 Time to Go Home 18:45 Everything we Found Shop The Fossick: thefossick.com/collections/shop
Great spot...relaxing vid too.
Thanks Stuart
with the clusters..a finer screwdriver... you would do less damage ...getting them out of the clay
Yeah for sure. We were pretty careful but going to use a plastic one next time :)
wouldn't grabbing sapphires be easier with tweezers and clusters with finer screwdivers. just asking
Oh 100% yes! But when you left them back at camp and are in the zone you don’t want to go back and get them 😂
Great Stuff guys.
Thanks :) had allot of fun!