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Hubby & I have talked about going over to NY and go "mining" for Herkimer diamonds. It is less than 2 hours from here but we just haven't done it-YET. We did go "mining" in NH a couple of years ago. It was funny because everyone was coming up to us to ask us questions as if we knew something. People would ask us what we had found. I said, "Rocks." It was mostly quartz & mica.
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That sounds really interesting! Do you have to have a lot of specialized equipment to go mining?
That sounds really interesting! Do you have to have a lot of specialized equipment to go mining?
It depends on where you go. The places we have been/talked about going pretty much caters to families and such. They will rent you the equipment you need and such. I know there are places that will sell you tub of dirt. Whatever is in the dirt is yours. When we went to Ruggle's Mine in NH, we basically used a screwdriver.
Our son-in-law is a geologist (teaches at San Bernadino, CA) and he goes mining for the REAL DEAL. He has been all over the world and has found We went gold mining with him once and yes, we found gold. Hubby & I did buy a gold pan but never once used it. We should. We know there's gold in them thar hills. And since Irene hit in 2011, a lot of gold has been found because Irene shifted a lot of the mountains. We should also bring out the metal detector because you never know what you are going to find.
It depends on where you go. The places we have been/talked about going pretty much caters to families and such. They will rent you the equipment you need and such. I know there are places that will sell you tub of dirt. Whatever is in the dirt is yours. When we went to Ruggle's Mine in NH, we basically used a screwdriver.
Our son-in-law is a geologist (teaches at San Bernadino, CA) and he goes mining for the REAL DEAL. He has been all over the world and has found We went gold mining with him once and yes, we found gold. Hubby & I did buy a gold pan but never once used it. We should. We know there's gold in them thar hills. And since Irene hit in 2011, a lot of gold has been found because Irene shifted a lot of the mountains. We should also bring out the metal detector because you never know what you are going to find.
Cat
Thank you for explaining. Wonder if there is any quartz around here...one day I'll have to look into this, see where the places are, would be fun to try. I know my husband when he was in college they took a trip to a strip mine and were looking for fossils. He enjoyed that. Hope you find gold!
While surfing the internet, I ran across an appealing sculpture. It's a sculpture that represents Palmistry because it's a Resin sculpture of a human hand and on its palm is inscribed all the names for the different areas and traits of palmistry.
As a student of palmistry myself, I'm quite tempted to purchase it. If anything else, it would be an appealing Conversation Piece. Especially because I like to grace my shelves with unusual artifacts.
Sometimes though I have to resist temptation because the other day at Walmart I saw an interesting Helloween item. It was a bust of Medusa's head with the snakes and all. Very well-crafted sculpture. But then I'm afraid it's much too sinister for me. So I'll pass on it.
While surfing the internet, I ran across an appealing sculpture. It's a sculpture that represents Palmistry because it's a Resin sculpture of a human hand and on its palm is inscribed all the names for the different areas and traits of palmistry.
As a student of palmistry myself, I'm quite tempted to purchase it. If anything else, it would be an appealing Conversation Piece. Especially because I like to grace my shelves with unusual artifacts.
Sometimes though I have to resist temptation because the other day at Walmart I saw an interesting Helloween item. It was a bust of Medusa's head with the snakes and all. Very well-crafted sculpture. But then I'm afraid it's much too sinister for me. So I'll pass on it.
I was at an arts and crafts show a few weeks ago and there was a bear's head with a smaller figure of a woman coming out of it carved out of stone. It was $2000, though. If it was $200, I might have considered it.
Some people are very creative, and I admire their talent.
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It was mostly quartz & mica. 
