I have no idea in what community to post it because none seems suitable, so I'm going with this one. Hope it's ok. Recently, I picked up an interest of rockhounding and started thinking about how the local

Hi friends, A few months ago, the family came out with me for a day of gold prospecting. Of course, we never found that elusive gold nugget, but we did find lots of rocks and collected some of them. Well

Hi friends, Rockhounding is a fun hobby I like to do, particularly on gold prospecting missions. My kids have started to take to it as well, and my son recently picked up this Amethyst specimen: Pretty

HI friends, As an avid rockhound, I am always on the hunt for precious and semi-precious stones, especially when gold prospecting as they are often found together. I was looking through my kids bookshelf

Howdy pardners 🤠 I have been a busy bee here in Arizona as I expand my search for beautiful gemstones and minerals! This is an abandoned fluorite mine in southern Arizona. I found it on an old map and

For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @thesocalhive I head up into the San Gabriel mountains to cool off at... San Antonio Creek!! My buddy Larry(@csusbgeochem1) wanted to get his dogs out

Hi friends, My family and I went to a local gem show this weekend :). I do have an affinity for rocks, gemstones and geology in general, as my failed gold prospecting metal detecting trips often turn into

Learn primitive fire starting techniques with me! Starting a fire from sparks using rocks is one of the most valuable primitive fire starting methods. In this video, I teach you how to identify spark creating

Someone once tried to sell us an Ice Maker in the Arctic. I told them that I have an Igloo to sell them but it's in Arizona. 😂 One of the perks of living in the arctic is there is no need to buy ice to

Hi friends, A while back, my friend @derekrichardson and I went out rockhounding and gem hunting. We were trying to find lapis lazuli, but came up short. However, Derek did know of a corundum spot and

I am the 4th Type of Marketer... what does that mean? You've got to see... What Type of Marketer are you?

Hi friends, When out prospecting for gold, you can often find other cool minerals and gemstones. While I am no expert, I keep my eye out for unique, unusual or valuable pieces. One such find that I have

Thank you, Learning About Hive, and Going Rockhounding

Hi friends, This post is an entry into the weekly Show Us Your California contest hosted by @thesocalhive where we share an aspect of our California. I had a few hours to myself as the kids were visiting

At an awesome location this time! Coordinates are in the video, Here you can find small amounts of agates. The Ranger doesn't like it when you collect here, BUT whos going to go all the way out here to

As you could expect, it was quite muddy going up Mann Butte on a cool PNW day. We explored some quarries and found some large veins of mineral scattered amongst the beautiful rhyolite boulders. If you

Today we traveled up the Wind River in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. We checked out a location we've previously found in the past and decided to check it again and found an massive amount of agates,

Thunderegg with agate and opal that i found myself

Hi Friends, I had been wanting to try rockhounding for a while, but my knowledge of rocks and minerals is not good so I have been hesitant to spend a day wandering around looking for things I can't really

For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @thesocalhive I headed up into San Antonio canyon to find... Waterfalls and Rubies! I wanted to get out and do some rockhounding so I headed up into San