This Month's Features
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The Whoo-hoo Specimen!
By ‘Caz’ as told to Cordell Kent
Like most goldfields towns, Ballarat and its surrounds are still giving up their treasures to prospectors armed with modern-day Minelab super detectors. But it’s just gotten a bit harder to find big gold nuggets as they simply don’t grow back.[...]
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Horsing Around
By Mark Williams
Not only did the New Year usher in a fresh start and the expectation of great finds that lay ahead, it also brought with it some extremely hot Adelaide weather. After sitting at home knee-deep in research for a couple of days, I finally headed off to my favourite relic-hunting area to see if I was on the right track.[...]
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First Gold in the Fading Light
By Chad
A work mate, Steve, and I recently had to get out of town for a few days to a couple of well known Pilbara gold towns. We generally do these work trips once or twice a month and in recent months I’d gotten friendly with a couple of gold detecting locals and succumbed to gold fever. [...]
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A Pick and Drive Tour of the Gemfields
By Paul Feltham
I decided to test out my new camper-trailer by dragging it out to the Central Australian gemfields from northern NSW. The round trip would be about 10,000 kilometres in total, a veritable gemstone safari taking in 12 of Australia’s top gemfields. [...]
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Welcome
Gold nuggets, precious gemstones, buried treasures and relics from the past. Now that we’ve got you interested you’ll be pleased to know you can get your fill every month with Australian Gold Gem & Treasure magazine.
Gold Gem & Treasure magazine has been publishing for more than 25 years and remains the only magazine in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to metal detector operators and gemstone fossickers. Each issue is packed with vivid photographs of fabulous gold nuggets, gemstones, minerals, coins and relics along with articles on how and where they were found.
The history of Australia’s goldfields and the stories of the men and women who prised open the wealth of this country, both legally and illegally, also play an important part in the magazine’s content.
If you’re looking to improve your chances of finding gold and gemstones, Australian Gold Gem & Treasure magazine will do just that. Handy detecting hints and techniques are an integral part of each issue and while the gold prospecting fraternity won’t exactly give you a GPS reading on where they found the gold nuggets, the gemstone, coin and relic hunters are far more generous with their directions.
Each issue of the magazine also carries advertising from all the major metal detector manufacturers, guided gold prospecting tours, where to buy and sell your gold nuggets, expert detector tuition, detecting and fossicking accessories, maps, books and so on.
Make sure you get your copy of Australian Gold Gem & Treasure magazine every month by subscribing. You’ll save money and what’s more, the copy is delivered plastic-sealed to your door!
Bits & Pieces
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The Mother of all Pearls
The largest and most expensive pearl ever found is known variously as the ‘Pearl of Lao Tzu’ or ‘The Pearl of Allah’ [...] |