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Maine
I am going to Maine on business and will be gone for the week. Hope to get in some Rock Hounding. Maine is famous for its tourmaline and other precious gems. If I get rich I we have you all come here for a big party. I am looking forward to next spring's big rock get together in SD. I will contact Two Hearts about camper set ups. Or (DB) if Custer Park has have better accommodations we could stay there an hit several sites.
Bill
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North Carolina Gold?
my husband & i are taking a trip to NC next week to visit family & are hoping to do some mining. we REALLLY, REALLY, REALLYY want to do some gold sluicing & panning. i have looked up a couple places & found "lucky strike gold & gem" on vein mt. has anybody been here? any reccommendations? we are interested in everything - but gold the most.
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Jan 4 2009, 11:30 PM EST by
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Who Has Any Good Ideas for Kirsten's Next Trip?
If you have any thoughts for an ideal place for Kirsten to visit, post it on this thread. Let's see how many travel plans we can come up with.
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Mar 20 2009, 5:01 PM EDT by
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Treasure in Massachusetts
is there any treasure to be found in massachusetts besides our sports teams? I would be interested in anything fun to either dig for or look for. Gold, stones, fossils, etc....
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Dec 11 2007, 10:53 PM EST by
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Gemboree
Lets think through the South Dakota Gemboree for The Treasure Hunters Wiki . Let's settle on a date. . How about a date in June or over Labor Day. The CRAWFORD ROCK SWAP is over the Labor Day Weekend, September 4,5,6, & 7th, 2009 and is the Fairburn Agate get together. Field trips are planned. Here is a link for the Crawford Rock Swap and Custer State Park.
http://www.lakotafairburn.com/shows.htm
http://www.sdgfp.info/Parks/Regions/Custer/custersp.htm
At the State Park there are RV Hooks Ups, Camping, Cabins, Lodges (hotels) fishing, herds of wild life, and it is in the center of all the great Rockhounding. There are great National Parks within a short drive: Badlands National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewell Cave National Monument, Mount Rushmore, and there is two great museums: SD School of Mines, and Black Hills Institute. Specimens to collect in the area include Tee Pee Canyons Agate, Tourmaline, Beryl, Rose Quartz and numerous other minerals. At Two Hearts there is Fairburn Agate, Moss Agate, Barite Crystal Clusters, Bubble Gum Agate, Prairie Agate, Great Marine Fossils and colored Jaspers.
Bill
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Oct 31 2009, 10:58 AM EDT by
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Ellensburg Blue Agates
Has any Washington rockhound gone after the highly priced and very rare Ellensburg Blue Agates.
Since the site is western Washington, some of you hounds should have become filthy rich. Ha Ha lol
Bill
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Jul 4 2008, 11:29 PM EDT by
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Mineral Council Project
i have been appointed by the Washington State Mineral Council to act as their representative to determine what actions the Council can take to retain access to private lands in Washington.
Specifically this includes three current problem areas: Lucas Creek, Adna and Studebaker Creek.
In our efforts we should all strive to make this an example for other problem areas.
Objectives are coalescing along several lines:
To draft code of conduct building upon the rockhounders code of ethics that incorporates the concerns of all constituencies. To seek official endorsment of this statement by the regulatory authorities.
To determine private land mineral rights owners and managment entity concerns for each site in question and offer specific constructive solutions. Club or Council sponsership of sites, private joint ventures and small stream restoration projects are all possibilites.
To establish increased credibility for clubs and club members. We need very good PR to help reverse the increasing pace of closures and regulatory restrictions. This is an exceptional challenge in the face of the greed exhibited by the plunderers who reside almost exclusively outside of our community.
Please contrbute your suggestions to this thread. There are a lot of potential tasks that will contribute to these objectives. I will put the objectives and tasks together as the ideas converge.
Regardless, contacting Weyerhauser is on the critical path. To respect their privacy, please send me suggested contact indivduals by private message. And if anyone knows the underlying mineral rights ownership for these tree farms, please post that info.
Me, I need some sleep...
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Oct 21 2009, 2:52 AM EDT by
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