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Anywhere in Illinois
Does anyone know anywhere in Illinois to go digging?
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Kentucky
General description : One of the nation's finest collections of fluorite and related minerals from the Kentucky-Illinois mining district
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Great Treasure Museums
. Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky Region was the major source of Flourspar. The crystals of Flourspar have no domestic equal How to get
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piles are extensive. Location #5: Keokuk Geodes General description : The Warsaw formation of Iowa, Illinois, and northeast
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Metal detecting
Does anyone out there know of any good metal detecting spots in illinois that are legal to search.
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Feb 1 2009, 2:03 PM EST by
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Hi new to this site
I am going to leave Illinois in October to go to Florida and I was wondering if anyone can tell me places we could hunt on this trip. We just love to hunt for rocks and fossils so if you know of a place please let us know. I Illiois we have not found too much but we look all the tme. We went to the Geode Hunt in Keokuk Iowa and loved it. If you know of any places please write. dast245@aol.com
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Sep 26 2009, 12:15 PM EDT by
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Is Brass an alloy? And if so, of what?
I know that Brass is more valuable than Copper
and I live near a large Brass recycler (Olin Brass)
here in Illinois. But I am also interested in Metalurgy.
Is Brass an alloy? And if so, of what metals?
I used to work as a handyman on the side as a sideline
in the St. Louis Missouri area, and I just tossed old Brass
and Copper toilet, shower, and Kitchen and Bath faucet
fixtures...... then it dawned on me how many of these
repairs I was making, and how much money I had thrown
away in the past. I am kicking myself now.
I just choke it up as one of life's lessons learned.
Tuition for the school of hard knox if you will.
If anyone knows about the composition of Brass
as an alloy, or if it is an allow in the first place,
I would greatly appreciate a reply.
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"How do you know they were mislabeled? Was the seller knowledgeable? Did the mislabeled location affect the price? I would let him know.
Bill" Location generally does affects the price. A Fairburn agate has a much higher price than a common Brazilian agate. Fluorite from Illinois brings a much higher price than Fluorite from China. An Arkansas saw diamond brings far more than an African diamond for the same quality and size. By the way an Arkansas diamond is generally worth more if left uncut. Since I have family up your way we will need to get together to hunt treasures in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana.
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Iowa
"SE Iowa good spot for hunting geodes. Geode is Iowa state rock. Some very nice specimens can be found. " We are going thru Iowa late this summer, but we haven't decided which roads yet. We will be traveling from Utah to Illinois then back again. We want to find the best ways to drive to get in as much rockhounding as possible. Of course we may not be able to do much, we are both disabled.
Could you tell us all where the geode beds are located, by what town or point of intrest ?
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Tresure hunting in Kentucky
"I would love to find Fluorite and Agate." I am going to Kentucky ; hopefully this month. (On my way to Ohio) There is no better fluorite than in Kentucky and Illinois. Bob forgive me. Dollbaby look at this site:
http://www.marionkentucky.us/clementmineralmuseum/index.htm
Bill
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Aug 16 2009, 7:06 PM EDT by
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Putting a group together in the St. Louis, MO. bi-state area.
Also, I have done some research on what
I am preparing to do and I have discovered
that another good tool to have for hunting
treasure besides a metal detector is a
good light weight aluminum or fiberglass
canoe, to reach sand bars and islands on
rivers that would otherwise be inaccessible.
There were allot of homes washed away
in the Floor of 1993 by the Missouri, Illinois,
and Mississippi Rivers.
There is allot of terrain to cover, and allot
of things that were never recovered.
Finders keepers.
Yep.....I'm thinking big. This will be a serious effort
to recover any and all metal objects that may be of
value even as a raw material.
Think of all the silver plateware, jewelry, and other such
items that could be just waiting to be found out there
either on the river banks or other areas.
That is why I am putting the people and resources
together to go check these areas out. Because as
an enterprising entrepreneur I am almost positive
that there is quite allot out there to be found.
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Great Teachers
Great teachers are extremely rare. But if you’ve been lucky, you might have had one or two teachers in your life that inspired you and possibly even influenced the course of your life. I had one such teacher, <a href="http://www.nigs.upd.edu.ph/faculty/kelvin.htm"> Kelvin S. Rodolfo</a> - Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) . In a word, Professor Rodolfo was the toughest professor that I ever had. To give you an idea of his character, the first day of class he announced to us all in no uncertain terms that if we did not ask an intelligent question, either in class or in writing, then we would not pass his course. And, believe me when I say that he meant it. I was fortunate enough to ask an “intelligent” question the first few days.
The first time he sent us into the field, we were given a list of questions about things that we had not yet covered in our readings or in class. We at the time believed that our grades depended upon how we filled out this questionnaire. When we were brought to a glacial valley and confronted with huge boulders incongruous to the landscape my classmates and I were absolutely clueless as to how they got there. And, of course we all panicked and thought we were going to fail the class. Professor Rodolfo, being the wise teacher that he was, knew this and counted on it. Just like he knew that when we were finally told the answers to the questions in class, we would never, ever forget them. And we didn’t!
Professor Rodolfo didn’t just want us to do geology, he wanted us to “live” geology and when you’re slipping and sliding on the muddy banks of a V-shaped valley cut out by a river, you never forget that rivers always cut down into the landscape in a V-shape!
My memories of Professor Rodolfo are very fond ones, and I’m not just saying that because he gave me an A for the course. ;-) LOL Eric
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