Where is the best place?
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Where is the best place?
Where is is the best place in the western part of the U.S. that will allow you to mine your own rocks and gems. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Re: Where is the best place?
I don't know where the 'best' place is but Rockhound State Park in SW New Mexico near Deming is a possibility. You can camp out, mine and haul away up to 15 lbs. of rock, minerals, gems, etc.
http://newmexico.org/explore/state_parks/rockhound.php
http://newmexico.org/explore/state_parks/rockhound.php
Re: Where is the best place?
Lands managed by the BLM are usually the least restrictive for rock hounders and casual miners. There are a wide selection of books available to assist in planning a trip. Geode hunting can be fun. Cut or break them open to find the suprise inside!
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Re: Where is the best place?
Being that its too hot to go hounding now
and more people have joined since this post
perhaps some could post some locations ?
Thanks
Ed
and more people have joined since this post
perhaps some could post some locations ?
Thanks
Ed
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Re: Where is the best place?
Things have been a bit slow
but summer almost gone!
Here are some local Phoenix rocks I hounded & polished
Thanks for looking
its lonely down here
at rock bottom
but summer almost gone!
Here are some local Phoenix rocks I hounded & polished
Thanks for looking
its lonely down here
at rock bottom
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Re: Where is the best place?
Hey Ed,
What is that yeller stone? That sure would make a nice knife handle.
You may want to check out Mr. Fisher's custom knives www.jayfisher.com
Just go to the gemstone knife handle pages. They got me drooling!
Homar P. Olivarez
What is that yeller stone? That sure would make a nice knife handle.
You may want to check out Mr. Fisher's custom knives www.jayfisher.com
Just go to the gemstone knife handle pages. They got me drooling!
Homar P. Olivarez
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Re: Where is the best place?
Man, I agree with Homar as far as that last yellow stone goes!! If you hadn't said it was a stone, I would have thought it was a really nicely aged and polished piece of bone.
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Re: Where is the best place?
Hi Paul!
Bone is real popular amongst us rock hounds/lapidaries
Especially petrified dinosaur bone
Here is a slab of dinosaur bone and friend gifted me
Must be 65 million years old
Here is a dino haert I made from part of that slab
what is so cool with t he bone is that you can see the cell structure
and when I grinded/polished it had real peculiar odor
Thanks
Ed
Thanks
Ed
Bone is real popular amongst us rock hounds/lapidaries
Especially petrified dinosaur bone
Here is a slab of dinosaur bone and friend gifted me
Must be 65 million years old
Here is a dino haert I made from part of that slab
what is so cool with t he bone is that you can see the cell structure
and when I grinded/polished it had real peculiar odor
Thanks
Ed
Thanks
Ed
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Re: Where is the best place?
Hi Homar!coazon de oro wrote:Hey Ed,
What is that yeller stone? That sure would make a nice knife handle.
You may want to check out Mr. Fisher's custom knives http://www.jayfisher.com
Just go to the gemstone knife handle pages. They got me drooling!
Homar P. Olivarez
Thanks for that link! Its definitely drool worthy! A knife maker and a lapidary!
The dude my hero! Ha Ha
I've done one cheapo knife with stone scales. Some people call the stone handles 'scales'
Its an art to make them worthy and so very fine when done that way!
That yellow jaspers would have made nice handle. Pretty solid dense material.
Wish I could find some more of it. Chance find amongst the billion & billions of rocks in Phoenix.
Thanks for posting
Ed