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Aug 9 2009, 9:16 PM EDT by
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North Carolina
"thanks for the response I hope the other members can help there are just so many mines there i wont have enough time to hit them all I cant wait to post when I get back " Hi cryforstan. I think to many people are out rock huntin here lately. Like me I have been busy and haven't been on here much. I don't live on the East Coast, but there are some folks who do and do get to NC often. The biggest addict is "bucfanpaka". Go to her profile and she has a ton of info there about her adventures and finds. I know she likes the Cherokee mine a lot. Also there as some links to mines on in the National directory under NC. Here is the link: http://cash-and-treasures-wiki.travelchannel.com/page/North+Carolina. You can always email Rebecca through her profile as well. You can also do generic thread searches for NC as well. I wish I could point you in the right direction with on site, in person visits, but it is 3000 miles away. I do order buckets of material from Gem Mountain which I have been very pleased with.
Hopefully others will speak up with more advice. Have a great trip and tons of success.
Paul
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May 17 2009, 2:27 PM EDT by
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North Carolina Gold?
The Mason Mine is open year round. Franklin is west of Charlotte. There is a great page on North Carolina on the WIK that has links to several mines in the National Directory.. Also certain members are regulars to the mines in the area. I have been to Franklin on numerous occasions and it is one of my favorite spots on earth. The is one thread on NC with over a hundred posts. Hope you have a great time.
Bill
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Jan 8 2009, 9:10 PM EST by
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Looking for friends in North West Georgia
I am new to this I am intrested in rock and mineral collecting, really any kind of treasure hunting intrest me. I am from North West Georgia and would like to find enthusiest in my area to help me learn and to share my intrest with.
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Aug 2 2009, 1:16 PM EDT by
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Site Maintenance & Contents Indexing
Amethyst , Jade or Alabama ... Check out North Carolina! ). If you create a page that has relevance to such a subject, you should add a link
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Georgia
://www.lapidaryschool.org/ Young Harris is on HWY 76 near the North Carolina border. Grade this location : (A to F): A+ Finding treasures is just part
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Sep 9 2009, 6:05 PM EDT by
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Tennessee
, North Carolina. Grade this location : (A to F): GPS coordinates : N 35° 02.124 W 084° 22.713 Handy to bring along
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Aug 7 2009, 6:17 AM EDT by
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Your Treasure Hunter Profile
~AZrhound Fluorescent minerals and crystals. Obsessed with Fire Agate. ~bucfanpaka North Carolina Gems, and all around rock hound
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Sep 14 2009, 10:50 PM EDT by
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Treasure Hunting Where?
looked for books around virginia or North carolina, no booke
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Mar 2 2008, 12:34 AM EST by
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Franklin, N.C. Gem Mining
It was suggested on the C&T board that I add this here, so I am doing so-- hope nobody minds. :-)
http://pakasdollmaker.com/gemmining.html
I have put together a bit of a "fan page" (completely non-profit; I am not being paid for anything I am posting and I make no money from my site at all) for the mines in Franklin, North Carolina. Basically, a little collection of general information, mine reviews, and other suggestions for a trip to the area, plus some photos. As my disclaimer on the page says, some things are just my own opinions and I could be wrong on some things, so of course keep that in mind. Just wanted to create a reference to help those who are looking for information and to help encourage folks to visit.
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Jun 28 2008, 10:24 AM EDT by
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Guess I'm going to learn how to facet and cab gemstones
My family went to the Cincinnati Gem and Mineral Show two weekends ago. There, I discovered a local faceting and lapidary club which I am in the process of joining. One old gentleman teaches faceting, and the lady president teaches cabbing. Both charge $10/class, and we'll use their equipment during classes. Best of all, the club has faceting equipment that they will rent out to a club member for dirt cheap! I think they charge $20 or $30 a month to rent the equipment, and that includes the cost of the consumables such as the laps. They said that the rental fee basically goes to cover the cost of the consumables. Seemed like a very small, laid back group of individiuals.
I've still got a ton of rough left over from my North Carolina trip, and just bought some African gem rough (mostly sapphires) off eBay, can't wait to see what that stuff looks like. It was literally dirt cheap ($9.99 plus shipping for 1000 carats of assorted rough sized 4mm to 15mm); got to figure there are going to be at least a few stones in there worth faceting. Here's a link, though I'll post some photos once I get the stuff):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=380025629230&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=025
Not sure how long it will take before I actually cut my first stone, will probably start lessons week after next. Wish me luck!
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May 16 2008, 4:22 PM EDT by purplepat
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Tips and Tricks (for pleasure or profit)
Gem Mtn is in North Carolina:
http://www.gemmountain.com
To order buckets:
https://gemmountain.com:239/p_result_1.asp?mode=search&table=Product
Hope this helps.
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Mar 1 2008, 9:05 PM EST by pvjjh
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Anywhere in Illinois
"Thanks. Yes Keokuk is a good place and I have been to the Mazon but didn't have much luck. Will try again though. If you think of any other or from here to Florida let me know. I did go to southern Ill last spring but it was after they had the 100 mile an hour winds and there was so much destruction you could not get most places." Cross the Ohio at Cave in Rock Illinois and you will discover the world's finest fluorite museum is in Marion Kentucky. The Ben Clements Museum (google it up) or visit our Great Museums page. They have scheduled field trips. I have found really nice mineral specimens. If you take I 40 through Tennessee stop at the Gray Fossil Museum. Fantastic museum and you can schedule a dig with paleontologist at the site. They recently found a Red Panda fossil. Stay on I40 you will enter Western North Carolina. Gemstone Mecca. Hiddenite NC for emeralds and Franklin for rubies and sapphires. Catch I 95 South to Georgia and stop at Graves Mountain; the most important mineral site in the East. Contact the Georgia Gem and Mineral Society for access. Schedule this stop in advance. Just visit the National Directory on the drop down menu for more detail and many more stops if you take a different route.
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Sep 27 2009, 7:44 PM EDT by
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Have you ever gone to one of the places featured on the show?
In july 2007 my family and I went to North Carolina for vacation. We met Jerry Call and his family. They are very nice people. They explained how the process worked and what to look for. They were very helpful!! We purchased several buckets and were very lucky!! I found a crystal quartz when faceted was 38.66cts, a smoky quartz when faceted was 28.52cts, several green tourmalines, rose quartz,a blue topaz, several aquamarines,citrines ,amethysts,moonstones and a few emeralds. Jerry faceted my stones and sent them to my home in two month's. They had a waiting list which was about eight weeks behind. We went back another day to purchase more bucket's and try our luck again and they remembered us. I was very suprised!! All the tourist that go there ,they remembered US!! Most places make you feel like your a number, but not them!! They make you feel special! We are going back again in 2008!! If your in North Carolina, look them up! You'll be glad you did!!
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Dec 30 2007, 8:47 PM EST by
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Gemstone book & Note on Chrome Diopside
I must apologize, I'm only partially computer literate (& I mean partial). Someone posted a comment on a thread (these things confuse me), but they wanted to know where to get a copy of my recent book on gemstones (http://danhauselauthor.pbwiki.com/Some+books), minerals & rocks in Wyoming. I couldn't find the comment again, so here are the website address to the book. Thank you for your interest.
Dan
Booksurge
http://www.booksurge.com/Gems-Minerals-Rocks-of-Wyoming-A/A/1439218560.htm
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Gems-Minerals-Rocks-Wyoming-Prospectors/dp/1439218560/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234540692&sr=1-1
And one other note. Last night I was watching a jewelry channel - they were selling silver rings with tanzanite and chrome diopside and I found it amazing. The story indicated the chrome diopside was recovered from Siberia. Siberia has several major diamond mines where they likely recover the diopside. The host of the show indicated that the miners had to go to Siberia and could only work 3 months out of the year and to get to the locality was a major challenge.
I love it! Things like this always fascinate me. One can find as high as quality (if not better) chrome diopside by driving down US 287 to Ft Collins, Colorado and turning off at the Cherokee Park road and sampling some of the best chrome diopsides in North America (I have some in my collection that are over an inch in diameter). Or just take a drive south of Green River Wyoming and pick them out of anthills. The ants already did the mining for the jewelers and those in the anthills are some of the best chromian diopsides in the world. Yet, no one, other than the ants, are taking advantage. Hey, this would make an excellent program for the travel channel!
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Feb 13 2009, 11:20 AM EST by
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Hellection 2008
Thank you; that's the way I believe and live. My kids were big into sports - football, wresting, baseball-you name it. David wrestled at Oklahoma State. We always had a house full of teenagers from the teams along with their friends, To that generation race was unimportant. David talked to me on the phone this morning and he had no real understanding of where the nation had come from. Last night Obama carried the capital of the old Confederacy ( Virginia) along with the deep Dixie states of North Carolina, and Florida. The race was close in Georgia. Where I live has as great a diversity as any where in the country. We had an 80% turn out in the county and the majority voted their views and not race. Where McCain had 20 point leads were in the far west (Montana, Idaho. Utah, Arizona, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska , and Wyoming which had 2 out of three votes for McCain. I do not think with that Westerners voted for race but more for their conservative values. Western Arkansas is as much western as it is southern. There are mountains ,cattle ranches, elk hunts, Texas style Bar B Que and the capital of the Cherokee nation in Oklahoma is forty mile from here. It a great place to live as is the Great State of Washington.
Bill
PS I love rocks!!!!!!
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Nov 5 2008, 11:02 PM EST by
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Gemboree
There will be more than brats. We will grill some burgers, throw in chips, tatar salad, Cajun spicy crab and shrimp dip and whatever else folks throw on the picnic table, If someone wants to invite a local club to swap that would be great. Of course the feast will be for the group. Bob wrote and said that he is looking at his schedule and might come. He is a mineral guy and It would be fun to go after beryl crystals especially the rich green clear crystals.EMERALDS I have several location around Custer that produced more beryl crystals than any locations in the US and that includes North Carolina. Bob imagine a green beryl crystal with quartz crystals. Now that would be a combination. WOW DB I know you are a agate prospector but you would not throw away an emerald or aquamarine.
Bill
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Nov 15 2009, 8:06 PM EST by
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TOM
Sorry to hear about your recent issues, we will be praying for you. Just got back from Juniper ridge opal mine in Oregon, got overr 10# of fire opal, real beautyfull. Also got some sunstones about 1-1/2 # also pet. wood in Nevada. Went to the Dugway geode mine, picked up lots of small pieces until I found the new digs then I got some nice pieces some about 8# no whole ones because I did not dig. Did not find the place the man from North Carolina showed the pictures of the wall with the pieces of geode sticking out. Did not spend a lot of time there because I was a little scared being 74 yrs. old and all by myself, almost thought I was lost when I was leaving, couldn't find the Pony Express Road, but my compass reading was right and I got out. Also found the wonderstone place and got a lot of them. Thanks, Opalman
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