DE and clay I have in abundance, so will give it a try. Thanks for the advice :)
My friend and I, will be looking for nuggets, but the areas we are going to prospect have quartz everywhere. There are some dry creek beds, and washaways, that will be the most promising for nuggets.
Wow, that is some impressive sapphire!! Will you have it cut and polished, or keep it in it's natural state?
I'll post some photos of the nuggets we find :), when we find them. I'm pretty confident we will.