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Change: Iowa<3Iowa (search) PhotosPhoto Albums: IOWA (compilation album, add your own pictures!)Keokuk Area rocksMore Locations:Other Pages:Member Resources:Click EasyEdit to add what you know. If you create another page featuring Iowa,
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Change: Add what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters. AlsoClick EasyEdit to add to this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? Sign in or sign up.)Below detailed localities, but also on the Wiki: Discussion Threads on the Wiki for
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Change: Anyone live in Iowa? Never Answered :-(Antique ArchaeologyMINING CLAIMS----partners needed Other Resources for Iowa on the Wiki Iowa (search) Photos Photo Albums: Keokuk Area rocksClick EasyEdit to add what you know. If you create another page
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Change: START ONE Other Resources for Iowa on the Wiki Iowa (search) Photos Photo Albums: Click EasyEdit to add what you know. If you create another page featuring Iowa, or album of your
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Change: Click EasyEdit to add what you know. If you create another page featuring Iowa, or album of your Iowacollection, please add it to the table
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Change: 4.excllent granite specimens...slabe and boulder Biggest finds in this area:1.Geodes up to 30 inches in diameter2.3. Local appraisers:1. Name, contact info/website2.3.4. Local geocaching/treasure hunting clubs:1. http://www.amfed.org/2.3.4. Best time of year to go: The warmer
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Change: One of the best collecting sites for Devonian age marine fossils. The Floyd County Fossil and Prairie Park was once a brick clay pit. The Rockford Brick and Tile Company's pit has been transformed into a top fossil site and a recreation center. How to get there: The
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Change: milesmile radius of Keokuk IowaGeneral description: The geode was designated as the state rock by the Legislature in 1967. The area around Keokuk is famous for
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Change: from this area. About this photo: Agates collected on a gravel bar on the Mississippi RiverPhoto submitted by: Bill Reynolds About this photo: Photo submitted by: About this photo: Photo submitted by: About this photo: Photo submitted by:
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Change: Club name, contact infohttp://www.amfed.org/2.3.4. Best time of year to go: The warmer months of the year are preferable. ( April through October) Other helpful resources: (newspapers, websites, etc)1. http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/minerals/minerals.htm2.3. Have a question about treasure hunting or geocaching in this region? Post
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Change: Clayton County is bordered on the east by the Mississippi River, It is northwest of Dubuque on HWY 52.http://www.claytoncountyiowa.com/ Grade this location: (A to F): A GPS coordinates: Handy to bring along: 1.1.Bucket2. Walking shoes3. Helpful notes to newcomers: Also
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Change: Agates (notable the lake Superior agates), jaspers, petrified wood can be found in the gravel bars on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.Clayton county is a good place to start collecting. (see photo) How to get there: Grade this location: (A to F): GPS coordinates: Handy
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Change: StateLegislature legislature in 1967. The area around Keokuk is famous for the variety of mineralization found in the nodules. Over twenty different minerals line the cavities. The geodes are weather out of the Warsaw formation of a Mississippian age limestone and shaley dolomite. How to get there:Search
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Change: Resist the urge to break open the geodes. Instead compare the weight of various stones and save the lighter ones.The very heavy nodules are probably solid. Location #2: (Local beach, park, etc)General description: How to get there: Grade this location: (A to F): GPS coordinates:
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