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Where to Hunt Native Gems in North Carolina? - TreasureNet Gems can be found in many locations in North Carolina from the western mountains to near the Piedmont However, probably the most are found from along the eastern slopes facing the Blue Ridge Mountains, throughout many areas of the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the foothills east of Blue Ridge Mountains
Prospecting witha black light | TreasureNet. com Additionally along the Columbia river in Oregon one could go out at night and use the black light on the dredge spoils and find valuable gems It was thought that pirate ships trying to escape the law would toss trunks of heavies into the river to relieve ballast and outrun the law (ships)
How to remove crystals from rock? | TreasureNet. com Nice looking vug I sometimes use a wooden stick (paint stirrer) and push crystals to see if I can find any that are loose and will just pop out without damaging them Once you get one, the neighbors are sometimes easy to remove Another method if you want to remove the whole plate of crystal is to drill the rock in a line with a cordless drill (multiple deep holes) and then use a chisel to
Glacial Deposits | TreasureNet. com Hello all! Longtime lurker, first-time poster here with a question that I apologize for if its already been asked I am wondering about the likelihood of finding gemstones in glacial till I understand it is probably akin to finding a needle in a haystack, but I have researched maps which
Is there gold in Western North Carolina? | TreasureNet. com The Nantahala River just North of there in Graham County has Gold as well as many other streams and rivers in these areas There is also quite a bit of Gems that can be found in the rivers and streams while Gold prospecting and even cuttable stones have been found
UNIDENTIFIED - Extracting garnets from a mica schist To quote from Monty Python "and now for something completely different" I had some time last week and decided to finally find out how hard it is to extract garnets from a mica schist This is from material I collected from an old mine in South Dakota a few years ago It turns out it wasn't
Common Opal From Ancient Lakes Area Near Quincy, WA The wife and I drove to Ancient Lakes area, just north of the Gorge Amphitheater and south of Quincy, WA and we poked around a little bit We found an old Diatomaceous Earth pit mine and found some nice common Opal specimens Here are some pictures of some of what we collected~
Georgia rocks and dirt. . . What is it? | TreasureNet. com First, welcome to the world of mother earth and her many surprises as for the lot, you have what is best termed a good sifting or soaking batch soaping a few of the large stones for cleaning purposes could reveal a bit more thou the first image is an ill formed Smokey Quartz With any questioned sample a sifting tray would be used with running or a pan of water sort of like gold