DigDigDig, sorry the miners stopped allowing you to go there but maybe it's for the best. God works in mysterious ways and maybe he saw a disaster in your future. All your finds there were spectacular, so you were very blessed to be able to go there and retrieve such wonderful specimens while you could. I was very worried for your safety. Now I can breath a sigh of relief. 😊
@@lizzymoore54 I used to take a lot more stupid risks, but I have a baby to take care of now so I keep it safe....if I have nowhere to run I won't dig it. Five years ago I would've dug more than a few spots I walked away from in my recent PA videos....Plus since 2013 I now own one of the nicest pieces of Herkimer Diamond property in NY....crystals are much better, more abundant, and digging has no hazards. Unfortunately, I live in PA....maybe when I hit a million subscribers I'll build a big treehouse and hobbit hole home up at Paradise Falls hehe
DigDigDig , I understand. We hopefully gain wisdom as we grow older and especially with a baby to take care of, not excluding your wife/mate. Love and responsibility help us mature. By the way, my brother was born in Herkimer, N.Y.. He's 69 now. Our parents moved and eventually landed in Jacksonville, Fl.. He and my other surviving brother live there. I live in Ga., a couple of hours away. My husband retired early from the Nuclear Power Plant that he worked for 30 years. I've seen some videos on the Herkimer diamonds and it is very hard work to remove them but they are oh so beautiful! I collect all kinds of rocks and it has become a passion in my older age. I just can't get out too much any more to hunt them. When we do vacation, we go to Northern Ga., where our son lives. The foothills and mountains of the Blue Ridge. We always rent by a river or stream and I collect so many pretties and a few boulders that my dear husband has to haul up to the truck! I collect mostly chalcedony, some agates, petrified wood, amethyst, etc. and large river rock. I prefer to find my own, rather than to go to gem sites. My husband has found about an ounce of gold " pickers " out of the streams. I believe I may also have a few rough diamonds which were found in the streams and rivers. There is an ancient volcanic zone that crosses over the area, so I thought I'd take my diamond tester and check a few. They aren't all gem quality though because they've been tumbling down this river system for so long. I keep my collection in it's rough state, as I found them. ( with the exception of cleaning them with vinegar and sometimes CLR to remove rust . I also soak some of them in mineral oil, then wipe them and put them into displays in crystal bowls and the like ). I appreciate them more this way, just as God made them. Good luck hunting your Herkimer diamonds, they are quite beautiful cleaned up and displayed, I'm sure. Enjoy your weekend and it's so nice speaking with you. 😊
Hey just tumble across your channel and think it is very cool. Do you have any information of any kind of rocks minerals or fossils I could search for in Northwest Pennsylvania?
I'd like to know as well. I'm from Carrick and I I'm a huge fisherman and when I go down the Mon river to fish I'm always looking to see if i can find anything worth keeping on the hills or river banks. I've found somethings but not sure what they are. I can't find any info on some of the rocks or crystals if found.
Iron Out...but won't on these because we like the black coating...and the low grades show up better in our orgonite pyramids we make..I'll always soak them if there's good crystals or high quantity...In my previous PA video we cleaned them up at the end with iron out(and dug some nice pieces!)
I think the use of heavy machinery sucks, it is bad for the ozone and greenhouse gasses and it allows you to get ahead by bying lazy and you’re an ass for using dynamite that could destroy the hope Diamond of quartz
The Stone Quarry is always our go to spot ....we have them all around us and find buckets of goodies. Central Pennsylvania is full of crystals.
Be ready to RUN! The whole area looks " sketchy ". Be carful guys! Nice finds and beautiful colors, nice Quartz crystals too!
Stopped going there...apparently the miners did a 180 on their tolerance of us being there.
DigDigDig, sorry the miners stopped allowing you to go there but maybe it's for the best. God works in mysterious ways and maybe he saw a disaster in your future. All your finds there were spectacular, so you were very blessed to be able to go there and retrieve such wonderful specimens while you could. I was very worried for your safety. Now I can breath a sigh of relief. 😊
@@lizzymoore54 I used to take a lot more stupid risks, but I have a baby to take care of now so I keep it safe....if I have nowhere to run I won't dig it. Five years ago I would've dug more than a few spots I walked away from in my recent PA videos....Plus since 2013 I now own one of the nicest pieces of Herkimer Diamond property in NY....crystals are much better, more abundant, and digging has no hazards. Unfortunately, I live in PA....maybe when I hit a million subscribers I'll build a big treehouse and hobbit hole home up at Paradise Falls hehe
DigDigDig , I understand. We hopefully gain wisdom as we grow older and especially with a baby to take care of, not excluding your wife/mate. Love and responsibility help us mature. By the way, my brother was born in Herkimer, N.Y.. He's 69 now. Our parents moved and eventually landed in Jacksonville, Fl.. He and my other surviving brother live there. I live in Ga., a couple of hours away. My husband retired early from the Nuclear Power Plant that he worked for 30 years. I've seen some videos on the Herkimer diamonds and it is very hard work to remove them but they are oh so beautiful! I collect all kinds of rocks and it has become a passion in my older age. I just can't get out too much any more to hunt them. When we do vacation, we go to Northern Ga., where our son lives. The foothills and mountains of the Blue Ridge. We always rent by a river or stream and I collect so many pretties and a few boulders that my dear husband has to haul up to the truck! I collect mostly chalcedony, some agates, petrified wood, amethyst, etc. and large river rock. I prefer to find my own, rather than to go to gem sites. My husband has found about an ounce of gold " pickers " out of the streams. I believe I may also have a few rough diamonds which were found in the streams and rivers. There is an ancient volcanic zone that crosses over the area, so I thought I'd take my diamond tester and check a few. They aren't all gem quality though because they've been tumbling down this river system for so long. I keep my collection in it's rough state, as I found them. ( with the exception of cleaning them with vinegar and sometimes CLR to remove rust . I also soak some of them in mineral oil, then wipe them and put them into displays in crystal bowls and the like ). I appreciate them more this way, just as God made them. Good luck hunting your Herkimer diamonds, they are quite beautiful cleaned up and displayed, I'm sure. Enjoy your weekend and it's so nice speaking with you. 😊
@@lizzymoore54 mineral oil. That's an excellent idea. Thanks for the tip!
Wow. I never even knew there was such a thing! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! So cool to see all that quartz! What a place to explore. Just subscribed.
Beautiful rainbows in that ore 🥰
I love anything iridescent so much these are beautiful!
Hey just tumble across your channel and think it is very cool. Do you have any information of any kind of rocks minerals or fossils I could search for in Northwest Pennsylvania?
Wow where is that in p.a.
Nice, beautiful
How do you find places to go? I want to start taking my kids,
I literally find quartz walking rural roads.
Is there anywhere around Apollo, PA that u could reccomend to me, whether it's free or not
I’m in the Scranton area, are there any good locations here? And also are you able to just go to a stone quarry???
💜 crystal 😍
Where in PA? I’m in NY and that’s some prettttty rock
What do you do with the peacock coal? What can it be used for? Or is it like regular coal but pretty?
Just pretty coal.....it's pretty rare, so it can be traded or sold.
Know of anyplace to dig around Pittsburgh, PA?
I'd like to know as well. I'm from Carrick and I I'm a huge fisherman and when I go down the Mon river to fish I'm always looking to see if i can find anything worth keeping on the hills or river banks. I've found somethings but not sure what they are. I can't find any info on some of the rocks or crystals if found.
You should join Mongahela rock club in Homestead You learn a lot @@justinkelly7445
Where is this?! I want to go rockhounding and I am from central Pa
Do you sell these crystals if so what kind of money do you get for them?
Are you using oxalic acid to clean these crystals up? Lets see some photos of prepared and cleaned crystals.
Iron Out...but won't on these because we like the black coating...and the low grades show up better in our orgonite pyramids we make..I'll always soak them if there's good crystals or high quantity...In my previous PA video we cleaned them up at the end with iron out(and dug some nice pieces!)
I'm from just outside Harrisburg. Any places around there that you know of that might be a good place?
Cornwall, pa has a plethora of minerals...i kmow there's a smoky quartz spot near Hershey, but ive never dug there.
How do you get access to places like this? Do you just go up to the mine, hope there are people there and ask them permission?
They'll tell you no. Everyone is afraid of getting sued these days. The old owner was tolerant of us but all good things come to an end.
They joining a local mineral club, probably your best bet.
I am from Baltimore, do you know what part, like what towns.
This place open to the public?
Wow, are you in Northumberland or Schuylkill county by chance?
Carbon
Im from southwestern pa and wondering if there is any good minerals to find
Western PA is mostly fossils, but check mindat.org you may find somewhere nice.
Way to close to the high walls! Unsafe!
Do you sell these rocks?
anywhere in or around scranton you'd recommend?
Id imagine all those hills up towards carbondale and on either side of that highway . I think PA 6
Do you ever sell the rainbow coal.
My girlfriend does on eBay...user id "MineralMama"....i havent for awhile now...
@@DigDigDig Thanks,
I seriously need some of this!!! Is this place open for anyone to go
Not anymore.
I think the use of heavy machinery sucks, it is bad for the ozone and greenhouse gasses and it allows you to get ahead by bying lazy and you’re an ass for using dynamite that could destroy the hope Diamond of quartz
Lol sketch ville 😹 2:58
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