Hello,
I was wondering what people are using, I remember a thread with links a while ago, but search didn't help much. I thought there were some reasonable ones around the $70 mark. I have an SLR, but a simple USB thing would suit my other needs. I am hoping my Woman is taking more of an interest in Gems and such. I took her to a show, and I hope she now has a new hobby. The one I was thinking about may use a SD card, so it is able to used without a computer. I have a Kaiser Bass device like this for slides and negatives, it works quite well.
chris , if your women is interested in gemstones , talk to me a bit , that was my 2 nd hobby , that was my way of getting all my gemstones , by digging them ourselves , but the biggest problem is getting them cut unless you send them over to tia land and to me that is a risk . will you get the same stones back ? .
if you want to talk stones , start a new thread in cit chat or somewhere else .. ,, kel ,,
Keldaw,
Thanks for the reply. At this stage it is only an interest I hope I can foster. We went to her first Gem / Fossil / Mineral show. I normally go alone and bring back stuff for her, but she was interested in it all. I like to buy her jewellery, ( she bought her own " rings " when married ) so I like to spoil her a bit ! I thought a Camera set-up would do well for that and also Coins.
yep , ok , if she really gets into it let me know and I will send her some zircons down , we dug them 35 years ago out at hart rangers in the N T 75 kms east of alice springs .. ,, kel ,,
Kel
I am always after a nice garnet - about 6mm - round - I had an orange australian one but it scratched so it was replaced with an African red
i'd like to replace this one with that orangey aussie colour
the stone sits in my mother's former engagement ring that had a square sapphire in the setting - long story but it now doesn't have the original sapphire & the setting was changed to circular
I can post a pic if I dig it up
found it
sorry to hijack your thread Chris
I'm like you kel it's my second hobby too :) gems and gold prospecting! :)
got a orange garnet?
I am after one - LIKE THIS ONE
drool, my stone would be a pink argyle diamond, hehe hint hint :P
actually I like to get raw gems that have like one side polished, so u can see they are natural, I have a few different ambers like that
diamonds are nice
pink argyle - 20 times the price of a white diamond?
good luck with that one AC
the vintage setting in my mother's ring suits a coloured stone
it just has 2 little African diamonds on the side of the shank - they sparkle with a blue hue
Talk about a "highjacked thread". This has to be tops.
hehe I know the pink ones are expensive
yes I like the old'e style mounts they used to use for holding the stones
aww a blue hue, that is soo cute
you know what they try to palm of now days 'champagne diamonds' - no mate they are just dirty diamond that didn't make the grade don't give them a fancy name bla
if you want to talk stones , start a new thread in cit chat or somewhere else .. ,, kel ,,
your a bit late bruce please see post 2 , back one page .
,, kel ,,
Robbie , all my garnets went years ago , garnet is a well known semi precious gemstone and very popular stone , because the hart range garnet is very dark stone and at 6 mm would be a very deep stone with heavy red colouring , years ago it was used a lot as a cheap replacement gemstone for the ruby , still beautiful but not as hard and easier to come by , some ruby's in chip form are still being found out from time to time at the gem fields near emerald qld ..
that is where we go every year for the last 10 years , selling our stones , but because of my sickness this year we did not make it , and next year is still in the maybe page in my book .the gem fest is on every year in early august ..
,, kel ,,
Hello,
This thread is still sort of on Topic, as I mentioned a camera set-up for Coins and Gemstones. Some links or some Model / Brand suggestions would be a help though. It seems there are many of us interested in Gems also. I have been to many places and always like to look for interesting things, many people don't realize how many Gold mines there were around Canberra. There was even a Mine at the Cotter, near the Caves. Not Gold though. The Shoalhaven river is meant to have alluvial Diamonds as well as Gold. In the years since the " rush " there will have been more Gold washed down the rivers that were already panned. About 20 years ago a Pom was walking up a creek up near Batlow or somewhere, he got a rock stuck in his boot and it was a nugget !
I use a Kaiser BAAS USB Scope, but it doesn't have an SD card and can't be used without a PC, so I doubt any of my info would be any use to you.
All my coin images are taken with it. There's some detailed info in this thread: http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=2087&pid=40291&highlight=kaiser#pid40291
Quote from: 'Coiny Chris' pid='62860' dateline='1416857591'Hello,
This thread is still sort of on Topic, as I mentioned a camera set-up for Coins and Gemstones. Some links or some Model / Brand suggestions would be a help though.
thanks Chris - the talk about gemstones got us ladies talking! for women gemstones = jewellery - almost as exciting as coins!
I have 3 USB Microscope Cameras........one for the PC, one for the Laptop and one for the Android All-In-One PC.
The first one was purchased thru ALDI and the others from China thru ebay. They all work fine for me.
Hello R G,
I am glad you are liking the Topic. I also got a UV light, now I need to get some suitable minerals to show my Woman. I got her some Opal and Sapphire jewellery prior to this trip. I like to get her nice things because I can rather than from guilt. It doesn't have to be expensive nor a special occasion, just to please her. I have bought quite a number of colourful pendants of local stone.
Hi Chris
I have been picking up some nice stones and crystals from a hippy shop up in Hall - gold creek village (across from the English pub)
some of the cut stones are just stunning - one side smooth polished and colourful and the rest the original stone
very nice
my daughter once had a beautiful opal that I had set in a pendant - it was creamy white - someone at her work nicked it though and it was worth a couple of thousand dollars - her father mined it himself at lightning ridge
I can't remember the proper name of the opal but it was very beautiful
Hello,
I bought a Camera from Ebay Sydney. This means I can get it sooner, and see what I can do with it. The trouble with the world these days is people want nice things without working or paying for them. My thinking here is that I can buy a lot of Jewellery for the Woman, and not much would be worth a huge amount to tempt a thief. Still, some will take anything not nailed down. If the Camera goes well, I may Post a thread with some Pics of the Colourful things I have bought, and other stuff I have had a while. About 20 years ago I had to do some stuff at Kunnanurra and brought back some Diamonds. Very different to how they look in the Movies !
Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='62912' dateline='1416911469'The first one was purchased thru ALDI and the others from China thru ebay. They all work fine for me.
I purchased 2 Ebay Chinese ones that were on special($25?) last year and both work fine,very basic SW(had to press button on scope to get capture for eg.) but thanks to the regulars here i found out that the Kaiser Bass Software works with them.
They certainly make a huge difference to ID'íng coins.