Rock hounding.

[Cammalu]

John and I went out the other day and found this. It’s about 20 lbs.

[GotSmart]

John and I went out the other day and found this. It’s about 20 lbs.

Much heavier than that. Probably about 50 lbs. Gold Jasper Red Jasper and Quartz. More rocks to come!

[Scott7022]

Cool. And pretty


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[mudbunny]

Make something out of it or yard art?

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[GotSmart]

Today we got two more of the large Jasper. Between the four rocks I estimate about 250 lbs.  The guy at the rock shop says that I the old days the miners would pulverize the stones and pan out gold. We found these in a riverbed all close together. Next year we will look for more. The first day we picked up the two smaller ones. One about 50 lbs and the other a little bit smaller. Today I had to use a come along and an aluminum work ladder to load the two larger ones. Camilla had to drag them up hill with the ATV so I could manage them.

[Cammalu]

We went back today for the larger pieces. We dragged them up the side of the wash then went back into the wash, backed in and still needed to use a come along.

These big ones are the same as the red, pink and yellow one I posted the other day:





Look much better with a splash of water on them.


Same kind of stone but a much smaller piece. We had a guy in town cut a few small ones we got out of the wash.



And this one. It’s different.

[Cammalu]

You can see them a lot better with a good light (flash)

[Kyz]

Those look very cool. I used to collect plain rocks for my mom to paint. Not many of those rocks in Louisiana.

[RoamerRV428]

yea what do you do with them? very cool for sure

I like watching that tv show where they mine precious gems but darn I can't remember the show's name. They hit a mountain in like Montana and they get blue topaz and other gems but it is a fascinating show on how they make a living on a mt. just hand mining

I metal detect. That way I don't have to lug heavy rocks around, just pocket my gold into my pack and slip in rings and necklaces and coins and and....well mostly pull tabs and beer cans HA

[tx2sturgis]

We dont need to go to Mars after all!

You got some red Mars rocks right there...carried back on the YARC Mars Rover!