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for travel i use cash - i hold coins and sapphires for ease of transport if required -- i fosseck for sapphires myself and have hundreds of carats of precious gems.

Cool..sapphires are beyond my paycheck☺
So coins are ok to travel with ta!

I'm a hobby gold panner, I've only ever panned a few grams, but just find it amazing to go to a river and collect gold from it :D
How do you prospect for Sapphires?

similar to Gold using sieves in gravels from old volcanos- i live in Australia and we have some wonderful places for fossecking here -- thanks for your comment

I live in Melbourne, is there anywhere near to me that you know of worth a look? Do you know of any good 'how to' guides on the internet? Would be good to supplement my gold prospecting with another addiction passion!