NICE FIND

I recently was out rockhounding wh

en I found this amazing rock!!!One end has this naturally heart- shaped crystal pocket with a perfect crystal embedded,while the other end of this same rock has a natural cavity glittering with gold/pyrite/quartz/calcite,WOW!!!

Snake!!!

I started out prospecting yesterday morning and started down a steep embankment carrying my gear when before reaching the bottom I spotted a snake about one step in front of me.Carrying all that weight and momentum threw me off balance when I tried to backpeddle and down I went!!!I twistwed my back out,the snake slithered away and my black lab(Platinum) stood on the hill behind me looking at me like" thats why I didn't go down there"......

Gold on Calcite/Quartz

I recently found this beauty out rockhounding in WV Appalachians.

Fossil freak wanted

OK, I know the fossil in the top left is petrified wood,I found in WV Appalachians.The two on the right appear the to be the scallop family,but the one on the bottom left is a real mystery,it looks like a little hornets nest except the hollow is a fossil impression,of what?maybe you can tell me........

Platinum Gemstones?

I found this mineral po

cket that appears to be quartz,though platinum is known to run in this ore body and alot of these crystals have gold/platinum inclusions and even an occasional grain trapped inside.Thier natural facets and beauty along with thier other precious features rate them as a very attractive piece of jewelry or cabinet specimen.

prospecting garden

I prospected my garden . Time to wet them lips with some homegrown tomatoes.

Inflated Tires/Gold Prospecting Truck

Well, I figure Barack Obama may have a point,though my "68" 429 cobra under the hood of my "78" ford doesn't think it seems to matter.......