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new guy !
I am brand new to all this treasure hunting . I live in centreal Indiana . Are there any places to find anykind off " GOOD STUFF " around and what kind of things can I look for ?
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Jan 1 2008, 9:28 PM EST by
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Treasure hunting vacation...
Indiana - geodes, Michigan - Petoskey/Favosite stones, agates and lots of fossils. Kentucky - geodes, calcite crystals. Visit my profile and order the books I've listed from your local library. They have good info and some have maps.
Have a good vacation
Pam
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Jul 13 2008, 7:33 AM EDT by
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Anywhere in Illinois
I think also if you contact rock clubs in the area where you are going, you will find most people are friendly and helpful. A member of my rock club did this during a vacation to KY last spring break. They brought back enough geodes the weight collapsed their car-top carrier (who carries rocks on the roof of their car?)
If you are travelling through Indiana, be aware the authorities are ticketing rock hounds who are collecting in roadcuts.
Pam
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Sep 27 2009, 9:40 PM EDT by
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Morels in Oregon
Cool, I have found lots of them in indiana. They are GREAT.
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Apr 20 2008, 8:55 PM EDT by
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Lake MI Wonder
"Hi all, just posted two pics of a speciman found in my boss' office. He didn't know what it is called, it was there when he got there. He told me it is formed when tree stumps rot in the sand dunes, but that was about all he knew about it. My goal is to find one of these for my own.
Any thoughts, comments, concerns?
Thanks. Pam" I don't think it has any thing to do with rotting wood. It looks like cobbles in an agglomerate. The binding agent could be a mixture of sand ans hematite. My guess if anyone has a better one -- go for it. Did you find geodes in Indiana?
Bill
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Oct 7 2009, 10:15 PM EDT by
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Good Hunting Places Around Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc?
Wild,
If you drive up the Keweenaw Peninsula of MI you willl find many beaches with tons of agates. My favorite spot is The Great Sand Bay, Just North of Eagle River. There are many, many places to pull off to park and walk public land. You can follow this highway all the way to the tip at Copper Harbor. That is where Kristen scuba dove for agates. On your way home if you take the highway that runs through the center of the peninsula, you'll pass by many old mines and mine dumps. Lots of people stop and pick through the tailings, I have also; but I don't know very much of what to look for. (Some have metal detectors)
If you come to the lower peninsula of MI there are petoskey stones tand more agates to be had, My best places are on the Leelanau Peninsula. Email me if you want more specifics. Enjoy your trip!
I just took my first rock collecting trip, went to Indiana, found a guide and brought home cave onyx, calcite crystals, geodes and iron pyrite. It was a blast and I'm going to do it again. Pam
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Apr 21 2008, 11:04 PM EDT by
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Tresure hunting in Kentucky
"Hello i live in louisville kentucky, and would like to know if any one might know of some good places to go treasure hunting here.. are if anyone has a group in Kentucky i might join.." Right across the Ohio River from Louisville, is the Falls of Ohio State Park. I have been there several times, it is one of the finest fossil sites in the nation. Although a person can not collect on state park property there is ample collecting sites just a few miles from you in Indiana. (see Indiana National Directory). Kentucky is famous for Kentucky Agate. Kentucky Agate is the State Rock by act of the State Legislature on July 14, 2000, It is a sedimentary agate found in the Borden Formation of Early Mississippian Age. The agate is beautifully colored and contains bands, fortifications,and sometime plumes or moss formations. It can be found in the creeks and river drainage where it has been weathered out of the host rock in Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle Counties in Kentucky.
A club in the area is:
Louisville, Kentucky
Kyana Geological Society of Louisville, Kentucky
Meets at 7:30pm the 3rd Tuesday of each month
PNC Bank branch at the corner of US 42 & Lime Kiln Lane.
Contact (502) 957-5781
Bill
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Nov 15 2008, 7:33 PM EST by
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Michiganders?
I plan on joining the local rock and mineral club; however, they meet the fourth Monday of the month. Looks like Memorial day - I doubt they will meet that day. I'll have to wait until the June meeting.
I am going to Indiana to hunt geodes during the Memorial weekend. Something different than what I usually pick up (MI beach stones). I do have a lot of fun picking them, but my friends are not into it.
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May 11 2008, 9:58 PM EDT by havermap
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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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Nov 3 2008, 9:45 AM EST by
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R U AWARE?
I think I would vote for the bill to pass. I know two things about government land. First I grew up in N.E. Indiana it is almost all private property. That meant I had no place I could go and explore. It was all farm land. Second, I moved to Arizona two years ago and there is a lot of land here that is still owned by the government. And I am allowed to go and explore all I want. And if I happen to go on land that is privately own here in Arizona. I could get a gun pointed at me and maybe even shot. It sound as if they want to just preserver some of nature beautiful lands and save it from the sprawl and crawl of society. The sentence from the article “The federal government already owns over 650 million acres of land, much of which is experiencing severe maintenance backlogs or has already gone into disarray.” What it means is the land is returning or has returned to what nature intended it to be like.
Tom (AZrhound)
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Dec 19 2008, 12:21 PM EST by
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Words of Caution
The regulations in the National Forests of Indiana are as follows:
There are several unique rocks on the Hoosier National Forest. Geodes are especially unusual and popular for visitors to collect. Small quantities of rocks for personal use may be collected on the Forest. Geodes are generally found only in the northern part of the forest in streambeds. These rocks may not be resold and there should be no earth disturbed in the process of collecting
Precious minerals including gold and gems such as garnet are found in limited quantities on the Forest. Recreational gold panning or panning for sapphires and garnets is allowed so long as no commercial equipment such as dredges or sluices are used and no earth is disturbed. Panning is not likely to yield more than very small amounts of any precious mineral however it has long been a fun activities for families. No panning is allowed in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness area.
Much of the Hoosier National Forest was once settled, and old house sites are common on the Forest. Bottles, old equipment, and other household utensils often remain at these sites. These items are protected and may not be removed. As historians and archaeologists examine the sites, many of these items allow for them to date occupancy of the site and from these traces of the past, they can learn more about our heritage. Use of a metal detector to search for coins or other antiques and historic artifacts is prohibited. These objects are part of the cultural history of the area and are protected under federal antiquities acts. However, an exception to this rule is that coins may be collected and metal detectors used on beach areas in developed recreation sites. (continued below)
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May 21 2009, 11:50 PM EDT by
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Guess I'm going to learn how to facet and cab gemstones
"Hi Pat.
I recently went to North Carolina and came home with 3 large ziploc freezer bags of gems. I am very interested in the local club you mention (I live in Lawrenceburg, IN). Can you give me a link to club (if there is one) or some detailed information about it? Thanks!" Great! My wife and I cut and sell our creations. We love it. It gives us more shared interests.
Check this link it give clubs in your area. There are eight clubs listed in Indiana. I have posted information on collecting in Indiana on the National Directory.
http://www.amfed.org/ American Ferderation of Gem and Mineral Societies.
Andy has started a swap thread to swap for other cutting material and minerial specimens.. If you like the hobby you might want to buy some good used equipment (chech out Rock and Gem" magazine.
Bill
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Annual Open House
"Our 14th annual Open House will be November 15, at the Sammamish Valley Grange, 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come see the goodies we unearthed in 2009, (before they go to museums!), plus u-clean minerals at dirt cheap prices, geology gifts, rocks and geology kits for kids. Three geologists on hand for identification of unknown rocks/minerals. Sign up here for our donations to NW educational charities. For more info, email rockcandyguy." Not fair, Bob! You think you could move Washington state a little closer to Indiana? LOL ;-)
Eric
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Oct 16 2009, 4:35 PM EDT by
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Winter
I have 0" of snow to report here in Gilbert, AZ. My parent back in Indiana tell me they have been getting alot of freezing rain. There power was out for about 2 days. I don't miss that at all!!! lol The news man did say this morning that some of the mountain peek here in the valley might get covered with snow for Christmas. I think that would be nice. You know looking at the snow on the mountains with my shorts and t-shirt on. LOL On a serious note everyone please drive carefully and stay warm. I hope everyone has a Merry Christman and a great 2009!! I look forward to reading about all of your future adventures and seeing all of your new finds.
Tom(AZrhound)
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Dec 23 2008, 11:04 AM EST by
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Wish me luck!
Well, my wife and I are headed out the door to do some rock-hounding on Hwy-37 here in Indiana. There are some wonderful road cuts exposing limestone, dolomite and sandstone with plenty and vugs and lots of crystals, and hopefully fossil is the sandstone. I'l' bring back plenty of photos.
Eric
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May 31 2009, 12:53 PM EDT by
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Any rivers near portland Oregon worth panning for gold in?
HI: try going to www.oregonrock.com. It;s a great website and lots of info. Also, you can get a Merck's map at most Hallmark or stationary stores. The hunters use that map, and it shows all the BLM, FS, State Forest roads. It also shows rivers/streams. I believe you can print a free topo map at www.gorp.com. Check w/the BLM-they have places where you can pan for free-There is a spot in Canyonville (douglas county) which is on BLM land.
Check some of the govt' websites...I can't remember which page/dept handles it, but there is a website about Oregon mining/laws, many which date back to the mid-1800's that are still applicable today, ie.claims.
And why do I know this? I had a friend who used to take me to some great places to go hiking, and I got really interested in places to see/do/rockhounding in Douglas County. I now live in Indiana, but plan on getting back to Oregon as soon as possible!
Good luck...Also, one last place would be the Multnomah Library. They might have some of those aforementioned maps and you'd be able to make photocopies. One last thought and then I'm done...if you can find any older maps, the old logging roads will be there-these can be really useful too! and the best days to go out in the woods or out on the logging roads is on Sunday-the logging trucks don'e run then.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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Our rock collections
Charles ~
The red horn coral is awesome! What causes it to be red? Iron? I've never seen one like that before, thanks for sharing. I have only found one large horn coral; still stuck in the limestone. I found it walking a Lake Michigan beach. You can check it out under the Lk MI stones album. I can find numerous small horn corals in southern Indiana/northern Kentucky areas. They are lying on top of the ground. I have purchased a couple large horn corals this fall at a rock show; but they are only gray (not sure what they are). I'll try to take pics this weekend.
Good Friday to you,
Pam
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Oct 24 2008, 11:28 AM EDT by
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Looking for a rock hunting partner
"So Liz when did you get interested in fairburns? You have those lakers around there don't ya and what have you been collecting? You know we have snakes here and big cats here? Bob and his friend thought they had one following them around. DB" LOL, I know you have big cats. I haven't seen the snakes. You have some huge freshwater fish there as well. Oh, and lots of deer. Just watch for roadkill driving down the highway in SD, I've never seen more large animals in my life. I saw a large cat prowling around some bushes at a fishing hold somewhere between MO, and SD at night, was a sight to see. The animals in Custer Park man that is cool indeed. Glad I don't have the Fairburn Fever, I like the Green stuff. LOL. BTW, I'd love some more weekend rocking Partners. Preferably the hardcore kinds willing to go on Indiana Jones type adventures through the Cascades. LOL;) If we find treasure thats a huge bonus.
Thanks,
Aaron
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Sep 19 2009, 1:41 PM EDT by
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Another Lucas Adventure
"Hello, this is my first post. I just joined.
I met Jake, Dan and the others on the last outing. I came hiking up the creek. Amazing material.
I was up there yesterday. The ground around the stream is frozen solid and covered with frost. I got a full load, but had to chip a lot of it out of the ice. A bit of rain would be nice.
I will be back this Friday. Will be doing some "hard rock" work on a few spots where I found pyrite (not a typo) by the coal seam and what might be a monster agate or a source vein just upstream. Just naturally curious, i guess.
Hello everyone, nice to have met you. A few good souls from the Maplewood club will be with me. Look forward to seeing you.
Rod Cook" Cool
Always glad to meet knew people and make new friens. I looked at that seam a bit last trip. someting about it caught my eye. It would be cool if you got some good pyrite out of that area. I have seen a few monster agates from up that area of the valley, hope the one your looking at pans out. IF you see a saquatch in an indiana jones hat that be me,,lol
tom
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Jan 21 2009, 6:11 PM EST by
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Tool recommendations
"Hammers: the stereo-typical geologists hammer "G-pick" is double ended, one side a square hammerhead and the other a curved, tapered point, meant for taking chip samples of rock. Unless you have a lab to analyze chip samples, you'll likely never use that end other than to dig a trench (a hoe works better), or to fend off barbarians. I get hate mail when I say this, but they are next to useless as a hammer, too lightweight. A two or three lb. crack hammer (small sledge hammer on short handle, aka drillers hammer) does a much better job of breaking rock. The Chinese ones are fine, under $10. Get a wood handle, the plastic ones fall off.
If you love the look of a G-pick, spend the $ for an Estwing. The blue plastic grips never wear out. The string/leather handles look cool but fall apart in wet climates. How would I know about that?, lol.
" Actually, I have one of those Estwing G-picks, Bob. But, I was smart enough to get the nylon-vinyl handle! There is another use for the pick part though, especially with sedimentary rock, and there's a lot of sedimentary rock in Indiana. I have found it to be useful in prying out small pieces of rock that are loosely wedged between bedding planes. And the hammer end whacks pretty good! lol
But, I agree with you that for most jobs the two or three lb. crack hammer, which I plan on getting, on a wood handle is far more useful. And you can take it in carry-ons on planes or at least I think you can. Whereas the G-pick you cannot. But, I've had my G-pick for quite awhile and if nothing else, it has sentimental value for me. But don't worry, Bob. You won't be getting any hate mail from me! lol ;-)
Eric
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Apr 10 2009, 5:42 PM EDT by
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