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May 9 2013, 1:14 PM EDT by
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Dino bone,one of my fav. things to find.....Nice Don!
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May 9 2013, 1:14 PM EDT
"That is a sweet one. It looks fairly fractured but there looks to be some nice clean areas too. Get to slabbin' man! :)" Gotta finish cleaning my 10" saw. Then it's slabbin time.
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Ohio Flint Ridge
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May 9 2013, 12:30 PM EDT by
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WOW that is beautiful! Nice pics of your other goodies as well. Chunky gold, nice! The Green jasper with the dendrites (for the lack of a better term) looks like a snowflake pattern. I would like to see that one slabbed and cabbed.
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petosky sphere
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Apr 21 2013, 11:58 PM EDT by
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Measures 2" across. Largest specimen I have came across.
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Apr 21 2013, 11:58 PM EDT
"Measures 2" across. Largest specimen I have came across." Hey Bob, I know a guy on one of the forums that has found some really big ones. I'll check to see if he'll sell a couple.
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Petoskey Sphere
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Apr 20 2013, 2:01 PM EDT by
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That is so cool! How big is it. I hope you can get back into it too. I have a 2 head machine but need to go through it. Maybe someday.
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Northwest washington Agate/crystal hunting spots??
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Apr 20 2013, 1:57 PM EDT by
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Hi all, starting to get into agate/crystal hunting! Does anyone know of any good agate/crystal spots in the northwest washington... like mount Vernon, Bellingham, Monroe,Duvall etc.. and please dont include Walker valley since i all ready know where and waht that is :/! Thanks
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sunstones
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Apr 17 2013, 4:18 PM EDT by
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Hey guys & gals,
I intend to head out to Oregon later this spring and try to mine for a few sunstones. Has anyone here done the pay/dig sites and if so, which would you recommend?
Thanks,
Mike
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Apr 17 2013, 4:18 PM EDT
It is out in the middle of nowhere. One thing, the road going in tot he mines is horrible, If the signs say something, do it. Some places are rougher than than heck. Hope you get to go. Have fun!
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Tim of Rockhound555
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Apr 16 2013, 5:05 PM EDT by
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We lost one of our own yesterday. Tim, of Tim and Sharon, aka rockhound555, passed away suddenly yesterday. For all that had a chance to meet him he was a great friend, rockhound and a kick to be around. I for one will remember the visits we had here at the house and out rockin'. He will be missed by all those whose hearts he touched in his lifetime. He was one heck of a rock hound and oh so very knowledgeable on the subject. Sharon and their son Timmy will be in our thoughts and prayers.
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Apr 16 2013, 5:05 PM EDT
RIP Tim. Prayers go out to Sharon and family to help get you through this. Never met Tim but would have liked to. Now Tim and Tall Tom can do their rock huinting together up above.
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Fishy Fish
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Apr 15 2013, 2:40 PM EDT by
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I love those things. Lets see how you can go with your air equipment.
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Apr 15 2013, 2:40 PM EDT
It isn't the hardness of the blasting media it is the air pressure. Some fish have pretty resilient scales and bones while others are very fragile and will get blown off the fish. It will be a good learning experience for sure.
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The Toutle pile
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Apr 15 2013, 12:09 AM EDT by
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Skeeter, it has been a long time. Those are some beauts! Heck your house is probably filled to the brim I would guess. Thanks for posting the pic.
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WY gem dino bone
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Apr 15 2013, 12:06 AM EDT by
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Don that is sweet. You have some great dino bones. I am jealous! hehe
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Marlbemount/ Cascade River Soapstone localities
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Apr 13 2013, 10:54 AM EDT by
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Hey guys, i just took a trip up to the Marblemount area in search of some Soapstone/Talc. I first went to a small spot under neath the power lines where there is an old outcrop of green soapstone. This locality is in the book Gem trails of WA and in Bob's RH guide #4. I was going in thinking there would be alot of it but that wasnt the case, seems like someone has taken a large chainsaw and cut almost all of it out :(. So i got a few chunks. I then ventured over to the Cascade river area where WSMC has a claim i believe for soapstone, al though i was stoped by about a foot of snow at mile 7 so i never got to go there. I was wandering if any one was familiar with the area and knows of any spots locally to find some more. Im going to come back in the spring and do a more extesive search for some. I will post pictures later, I hope someone can share spots with me! Thanks
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Apr 13 2013, 10:54 AM EDT
"iS IT ANY GOOD??? On a 1-10 scale with 1 being Bad and 10 Great.
" Depends on what you call good in soapstone. The Bacon creek stuff is of pretty consistant hardness, which is good for carving, so a 7 there. The color is kinda dull greenish, sometimes mottled, so only a 5 for that. Easy to find, there are lots of outcrops further up the hill from the spot I listed in the RG, so that's a 10. Other than a chainsaw, soapstone will break if you drill holes about 4 inches apart with a battery powered drill, then whack tapered drift punches in the holes. Cheap punches about a buck apiece at Harbor Freight.,
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Prospectors
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Apr 12 2013, 2:03 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Mar 30 2013, 11:07 AM EDT
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New Reality program on the Weather channel on Tuesdays @ 8pm central time. Very interesting digs going on in Colorado;Mt. Antero I believe it is.
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Apr 12 2013, 2:03 AM EDT
Yeh, I seen it too.
It's kind of lite on technical data and it only
scratched the surface on the basics but it
is a good show for beginners to watch.
The area they went to do some sluicing
wasn't the best type of terrain for that.
That's probably why they didn't find much.
I think some of that was done on purpose
though, to get hobbyists interested without
causing a Gold Rush to the area.
To sell metal detectors and sluice boxes.
Just my oppinion though.
-MDE
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Gem Trips for Kids??
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Apr 10 2013, 11:08 AM EDT by
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Hello,
My name is Agnes and I'm a mom representing class of 3rd graders in Kirkland, WA.
With a teacher we're searching for an organization with whom a class of 15 kids could
go in May on a Gem Digging Trip somewhere max. 1.5h driving from Seattle. Could someone suggest where can
we look? whom could we ask? We'll have the transportation; what we really need is a guide or someone with a gem know-how to lead us in a fun/educational way. I guess, tools would be needed as well. Any advice is highly valuable and most appreciated here! Thanks. Agnes
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Apr 10 2013, 11:08 AM EDT
Greetings and Salutations Agnes;
Kudo's to you and everyone else who aqre working with the kids to give them fun and practical ways to experience the Earth Sciences;EG rockhounding and collecting. A little farther to the East are several other kid friendly places which both Big and Little kids alike love to go. #1.....Saddle Mountain for the states gemstone - Petrified wood (Outside of Mattawa,Wa in Grant Co.). #2 Republic,Wa
and the Stonerose fossil site at the North end of town. Happy Hunting
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21st century treasure
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Apr 2 2013, 11:25 PM EDT by
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http://news.msn.com/us/man-claims-hes-hidden-treasure-chest-and-clues-to-find-it
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Apr 2 2013, 11:25 PM EDT
"http://news.msn.com/us/man-claims-hes-hidden-treasure-chest-and-clues-to-find-it" You wanna go Andy?? Man just think if it is true how many folks would be out there searching. To bad he didn't live in eastern WA. lol
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team up in az, no car and free 24/7
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Mar 21 2013, 5:21 PM EDT by
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im in north phoenix and looking to get out and dig for things haha, but i would love to look for opal.
i really want to collect and also profit off our findings, i do know mines on this old mans land near baby grand canyon off the i17 and table mesa out past where people shoot is a few homes befor you know it your on someones property. i used to work with a guy who claims this old man he knows from being a pro racer he meet some people who own a mine that has gold ore and other things that come along witht the gold. im not saying lets go there, just saying how easy it must be to still prospect in az, i know up the i17 maby it was bloody basin ive found some strange rocks with what looks like steele but flakes off like fish scales when i poke it with something hard, even with my fingernail it will flake off and its threw out the stone like glitter, i found it at night my freinds trucks head lights when on it and it reflected like a dico ball so i jumped out and grabbed it we where just looking for places to shoot hi powerd rifles, we ended up not shooting cuz there is too much risk of random people who visit that place at night i guess, might just be star gazing or going to the town up there idk.
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Tell me a story
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Mar 19 2013, 9:55 AM EDT by
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OK what the scoop on this one?
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Mar 19 2013, 9:55 AM EDT
"OK what the scoop on this one?
" Fossil fern. The Pinnules are the small round leaves at the bottom of certain types of fern leaves.
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Mar 19 2013, 9:53 AM EDT by
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Say Don did you clean this fish or was it acquired that way?
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Mar 19 2013, 9:53 AM EDT
"Say Don did you clean this fish or was it acquired that way?" Andy, as soon as the weather warms up, I'm going to build a fossil and mineral prep bench. I have all of the tools waiting. I bought all of my latest fossils already prepped, but will start getting some that need to be prepped soon. I also have a friend in western South Dakota that is going to send me some mud balls to open up. Ammonites and all sorts of cool things in them.
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metorites
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Mar 19 2013, 9:48 AM EDT by
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Nice Don-you would freak at what my buddy has on his livingroom mantel! His Grandpa has a farm in Minn. and was walking his field and felt something different under his foot...It was a metorite..This was in the early 50's...
Its under sealed glass and is about the size of a football!!!!!!! I'll try and see if he can get a pic of it for me,I use to have one,but lost it during my many moves!
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Mar 19 2013, 9:48 AM EDT
"Nice Don-you would freak at what my buddy has on his livingroom mantel! His Grandpa has a farm in Minn. and was walking his field and felt something different under his foot...It was a metorite..This was in the early 50's...
Its under sealed glass and is about the size of a football!!!!!!! I'll try and see if he can get a pic of it for me,I use to have one,but lost it during my many moves!" Oh man that would be one sweet meteorite to have on the mantel. Drooling in jealously. lol
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Trilobites
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Mar 18 2013, 6:07 PM EDT by
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I love fossils,this one is cool Don.......
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Updated pics from Jade Hunt March 2013
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Mar 17 2013, 5:28 PM EDT by
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I found a 33 lbr very sure its jade, but found a 42 lbr and packed it out and now not sure if its jade or not! I need help. Needless to say that was some exercise.
http://imgur.com/a/7pYS7 sorry I just have a link and dont know how to upload pics like someone else!
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