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| TREASURE HUNTING IN MONTANA Add what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters. |
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| What this area is known for: 1.Sapphire 2. Amethyst 3.Tourmaline 4. Garnet 5. Smokey Quartz 6. Gold 7. Platinum | Biggest finds in this area: 1. Spokane Bar yielded a 50 carat gem quality sapphire 2. 3. |
| Local appraisers: 1. Name, contact info/website 2. 3. 4. | Local /treasure hunting clubs: 1. Club name, contact info 2. 3. 4. |
| Best time of year to go: Late Spring through early fall. Of course, Montana is a beautiful state any time of the year. | Other helpful resources: (newspapers, websites, etc) 1. Rockhounding Montana - by Robert Feldman 2. Roadside Geology of Idaho (Roadside Geology Series) - by Donald W. Hyndman 3. Yogo: The Great American Sapphire - by Stephen M. Voynick |
| Have a question about treasure hunting or geocaching in this region? | |
| THE BEST PLACES TO HUNT Regions can have multiple good spots to go — add details to build a complete guide. |
| Location #1: West Fork of Rock Creek in the Sapphire Mtn. Range This is a place to find natural sapphires. Many in the creek, or you can buy gravel at a mine (Gem Mtn) which is much easier on the body and the sapphires are more consistently high grade. (Local beach, park, etc) General description: Sapphire location | How to get there: Take Hwy 1 out of Butte to Hwy 38 (if you go to Phillipsburg you've missed the turn onto 38) and it will run you right into the creek. You will go past "Gem Mtn" which is a commercial sapphire site (and you can dig and screen there). Helpful video of the area:FINDING GOLD III (Gold & Sapphires) |
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| Handy to bring along: 1.Shovel 2.Buckets 3. 1/4" mesh screens | Helpful notes to newcomers: If you have a gold wheel, tilt the wheel back until it catches a sapphire, then use the wheel to catch them. You will double your take that way. |
| Location #2: Missouri River Sapphires (Local beach, park, etc) General description: Seven operations mine sapphires from the Missouri River including dig for fee operations The best known is Spokane Bar. | How to get there: Northeast of Helena. Take York Road to Mile Marker 8, turn right on Hart Lane, turn left on Castles Road. Additional information: http://www.sapphiremine.com/ |
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| Handy to bring along: 1. Screens available at the site 2. 3. | Helpful notes to newcomers: The mine and rock shop is 10 miles from Helena, therefore, there are many places to stay in the area. A campground is within 3 miles of the mine. |
| Location #3: (Local beach, park, etc) Scratchgravel Hills General description: The metamorphic contact zone that has produced | How to get there: |
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| VIDEO FROM THIS AREA Upload a YouTube or Google video of geocaching or treasuring hunting excursions from this area. |
| About this video: Sapphires at Rock Creek -- location and recovery. Video submitted by:goldfla -- sorry, I'm on a Safari browser and can't imbed the video -- you'll have to copy and paste unless admin helps out . . . |  About this video: Video submitted by: |
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