Anyway - I just thought you fine folk would like a little picture tour of what can be picked up out here not far from the Silver Springs area. ..... […]

This is just a small tutorial for those of you needing a little help getting started and are visiting or live in these areas. The ID/OR borders are rich with many forms of agate.  There’s also jasper, opal, petrified wood, queenstone and crystals, and today I’m just giving a picture tour about finding a few of these things  in these desert areas. The first t […]

.............by digging down deeper you can usually find the stones that fell and were covered before the area became popular to hunters. […]

Before anyone starts to panic, though, we have to consider the whole picture... […]

If the claim produced gold recently enough, someone in the office might just even remember that it produced well. […]

The mystery found it's beginning in 1820 when an Indian told settlers of a vein of silver so pure and wide that chunks the size of a man's hand could be cut from it...... […]

It looks like these are going to break both averages this year.......... […]

These headaches can be relieved very easily though with just a little bit of knowledge about the different quartz group stones......... […]

I have never seen a true moss quartz crystal before........ […]

Fingerprinting metal artifacts is likely to lead to some very startling discoveries about early mining and trade..... […]

sulcata99 I like the way you think.  I will use "Fluid Bed High Banker" next week in my "show and tell".Thanks,Rick […]

Ok, apparently I'm having trouble getting email messages from my phone this morning. However I went on the net and found some pics of "ruby silver ore" that are similar. It's kinda a cross between these two pics. Sorry guys, as soon as I can I'll post ... […]

You can get a key to just about any gate in BC if you know who to ask. Fortunately I have a list of who to ask:http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dck/engineering/Gate%20Key%20List%20DCK%20Website.pdf […]

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