# Derby Field Trip October 2019

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**Created:** [13 February 2024 00:12 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/derby-field-trip-october-2019/1144 "2024-02-13T00:12:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/miguel/32/9_2.png) [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2024 00:12 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/derby-field-trip-october-2019/1144/1 "2024-02-13T00:12:34Z")

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About twenty people attended the PMAT field trip at the Mutual Road camp ground in Derby on Saturday 26th of October 2019.

The weather forecast was pretty terrible: showers and thunderstorms, up to 20 mm of rain.

True to forecast, the skies opened up at about 8:00 am, an hour before the meeting. As luck would have it, it cleared up and we had a short meeting. A few new members joined up, so if you’re reading this – Welcome!

The Ringarooma River at the Mutual camp ground was the lowest it’s been for years, so we decided to have a go just there.

![4cdbbe28708a0f8f93b13111997dff1426cd1612_2_666x500](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/3/370a18e60cb4a3189303d10c9f1077841a3e0f10.jpeg)

The Ringarooma was extremely low

 ![IMG_4698-1024x768](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a4aea3db34fa4e9e728bc967e107e5f3dde1ca48.jpeg)

A few small sapphires and at least one good size topaz

The weather held most of the day, with only a couple of showers at lunchtime and the forecast thunder in the afternoon. Nobody found anything ground-shaking, but a decent pieces of topaz and some small sapphires were not hard to find.

Afternoon saw most people settle down for a rest.

![48d344f55b82eed78a793c0ffc462b25f53b6300_2_666x500](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/4/46884705480bc21a6ab6a6dacc40db9de94d8cf0.jpeg)

A well deserved rest after all the excitement

Quite a few people camped there overnight, and some of us headed for the Weld River fossicking area, where the sapphires were a bit easier to find. Some stones from the trip below.

![6b505e9bc61fcb0144ce3bb43de202a8412eb160_2_375x500](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d67e1b35fd95f4a97b3119e442cd6de33b78bee.jpeg)

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Thanks everyone who came… see you on the next one!

Miguel