25 Most Recently Added Comments
"The collection area is NOT in neighbors.
We are respectful of PP and posted signage. We do not collect in neighborhood, only in the one area of the turnout at the foot of the hill. We do not vandalize, we only pick-up rocks.
Blessings.
"Added on: Apr 19, 2023 (by Rockhead)
| About: LOCATION - Acton Agates |
"New to rock hounding but am off to a good start . Any feedback apriciated "
Added on: Nov 28, 2022 (by Sonofgreenrockgoddess)
| About: CONTRIBUTOR - Sonofgreenrockgoddess |
"Is it still possible to collect rocks at the mine in particular grossular garnets?"
Added on: Sep 4, 2022 (by Ram)
| About: CONTRIBUTOR - Brian |
"Trenton is a small unincorporated town in Alabama next to Paint Rock. There is a Trenton, GA that is over an hour away from Trenton, AL. hvj is just lazy and likes to spread disinformation instead of taking two seconds to look up verifiable information."
Added on: Aug 22, 2022 (by the_better_hvj)
| About: LOCATION - Paint Rock River Valley |
"Bad Link !!"
Added on: Jul 16, 2022 (by GaRock)
| About: LOCATION - SW Decatur Alabama |
"Seasoned ROCK COLLECTORS are always looking for bargains, and you can find more FINE MINERALS here at bargain prices than you can at the high-end mineral shops in NYC on Fifth Ave or Madison Ave.It may be that this store doesn't have the sky high rents of these other stores, but it's worth searching their collection, which is hugh, although their main focus is on less expensive items for the beginner collector. Lots of NATURAL CRYSTAL JEWELRY for gifts."
Added on: Jun 27, 2022 (by LuvCrystals)
| About: LOCATION - ROCK STAR CRYSTALS, 146 West 26TH ST, NY NY 10001 |
"can anyone dig there"
Added on: May 12, 2022 (by Tim Steadman)
| About: LOCATION - Hamilton Hill Mine |
"This area is private property and is posted. Do not trespass please."
Added on: Apr 23, 2022 (by Ingilborg )
| About: LOCATION - Acton Agates |
"I'm going to Branson this Fall. Would I still be lucky in finding anything? "
Added on: Apr 19, 2022 (by Jennifer )
| About: LOCATION - Shepherd of the Hills Expressway Roadcut |
"this mine is an ACTIVE mine and people are working there with huge trucks and tractors....Does this mean we can no longer go here? Or can we ask the Mine Manager if can look through their tailings? I think this posting must be old......
Active Rockhounder
"Added on: Apr 18, 2022 (by Active Rockhounder )
| About: LOCATION - Black Jack Silver Mine |
"IS THE ROPE MINE TAILINGS PILES OPEN NOW 3/22 FOR ROCK HOUNDS.?
THANK YOU
"Added on: Mar 13, 2022 (by SANDI)
| About: LOCATION - Ropes Gold Mine |
"sure wish I could nail this down. got the rockhounding book which says N 41 40.688' and W114 34.113' . who ever wrote the book has no clue about my Garmin GPS. no such thing as a .688."
Added on: Feb 23, 2022 (by capran)
| About: LOCATION - Texas Spring Canyon Petrified wood |
"This whole mountain is claimed all the way down to 395. If you don't have permission you are stealing"
Added on: Feb 16, 2022 (by Kyle Prettyman)
| About: LOCATION - Hallelujah Junction Quartz |
"Ziggy, Do you know the location? I have been looking for it for several years. I met the owners son but,I lost the contact info"
Added on: Feb 16, 2022 (by Cavalier)
| About: CONTRIBUTOR - ziggy |
"Whole Union Road Agates are most desirable, but the partials and fragments are great just as found. Sometimes they require cleaning with iron out and bleach, and can be selectively polished to bring out their beauty."
Added on: Feb 5, 2022 (by MarkMRocks)
| About: LOCATION - Union Road Agates |
"Yes, there are many Union Road Agates still out there. I started finding them in 2018, long after hearing that they were gone. By now, most of the areas have indeed been developed, built over, and paved. The local creek tributaries are great places to collect fragments and whole nodules, plus 345 million year old fossil coral and sea urchin spines, often in association with these sedimentary agates. The agates are the hardest remnants of long eroded St. Louis Limestone layers (few exposures still exist where they’re In-Situ). The creeks cut into an ancient stream bed, which contains glacial material and rounded yellowish quartzite pebbles that tumble well, too. Avoid parking on the Interstates or walking on the railroad tracks. I’ve gotten permission to collect rocks from new home sites too. MANY chert nodules from this St. Louis Formation, but only a small percentage are agates or geodes. Best to cut/saw. Cracking open can destroy otherwise beautiful specimens!"
Added on: Feb 5, 2022 (by MarkMRocks)
| About: LOCATION - Union Road Agates |
"Yea the fork isn’t specified. I’m assuming you go past the tracks at central. But the GPS is 47 miles out "
Added on: Jan 17, 2022 (by Mx6)
| About: LOCATION - Peloncillo Mountain Fire Agate |
"This is near my home. Looking gyro checking it out. "
Added on: Dec 27, 2021 (by Pop rocks)
| About: LOCATION - Geodes East of Bedford |
"Pleease leave gps coordinates typed out for others. You’re driving instructions are very vague and not detailed at all. Thanks for wasting 4 hours of my day due to bad directions. "
Added on: Nov 17, 2021 (by Jimmy)
| About: LOCATION - Payson area agate and geodes |
"This is not the location of the mine. The mine was shut down by the EPA about 2001. The actual mine is located on Bald Eagle mountain."
Added on: Nov 13, 2021 (by ziggy)
| About: LOCATION - Crystal Point Diamond Mines |
"I found some chalcedony close to horse mountain, was wondering what yours looked like, I can't see banding on mine, but it's translucent and had a totally jet black coating on outside"
Added on: Aug 26, 2021 (by truktra)
| About: CONTRIBUTOR - Scott (webmaster) |
"(42.948072, -90.644744) go past this location and you will see the clear out road cuts. Not much to collect. Any fossils are in a hard tock"
Added on: Aug 21, 2021 (by Ivette )
| About: LOCATION - Middle Ordovician Fossils |
"In 2020 the Sedalia Mine was purchased by a gentleman from Colorado Springs. This now is a mine site that is off limits and no trespassing signs should be respected."
Added on: Aug 7, 2021 (by Freddie)
| About: LOCATION - sedalia mine |
"Another rock hunting location gone. This site is a subdivision now."
Added on: Jul 22, 2021 (by Mr Mark)
| About: LOCATION - Cortaro gem agate |
"I'm looking for items in Vermont and I see lots of references to the website, Nuggetfever.com, but when I try to go to the site it doesn't exist! Is there maybe a typo in the address?"
Added on: Jul 21, 2021 (by tinabina)
| About: LOCATION - Adam's Brook road cut |