An excellent public spot I started at a long time ago was smedley park. It's a great spot to take kids to go garnet hunting. Most of the garnets are on the smaller size and almandine a deep dark red garnet. However, smaller garnets have the natural octo-shape to them. Some of the sandstones the garnets are in, are so soft you can pry them in half and find the raw untouched garnets. It's a great place to start and a ton of fun if you have kids. If you want gen quality pyro red garnets you are going to have to look/ask around elsewhere.
Hey, those are awesome finds. Good work! I've started making maps of interesting rock/crystal collecting spots around SE PA and I'm trying to hit up all the places. Maybe i should document...
Love it! Nice to see what they look like on ground as you find them, gives a good idea on what to look for. Have any plans for a beryl video? Would love to see what you look for in a host rock before you break it open. Nice video!
Holy shit! I drove across this country looking for garnets and had no clue there were some like this in delco.. im from springfield you got me hype man!
Why do you think it’s called garnet valley ..I’m in Ridley and 51 .when I was a kid I collected rocks the garnet jewels in the the crown are from swarthmore I believe I remember that from when I was a kid
This is awesome. Thank you. I'm in DelCo & have been finding garnets in olivine. Didn't know what I was looking for with solid garnets. I'll be on the hunt after work on my way home. Psyched!!
Thas crazy what beuts ive lived in this area for a decade and never had a clue im from Florida but always loved searchibg for shark teeth fossils river glass shells stuff like that and ive always been fascinated with amethyst but i never new garnets or anything like that would be in this area
im about to start collecting em if you want a newer channel to support ❤ been lately ADDICTED to spending my days at the creeks and been trying to pick up more of an audience for nature ❤😊
8:00 THAT is an amazing Star Garnet, and probably worth over $1,000 dollars when cut properly and looks like it will show asterism (Star) on multiple sides. WOW. You are sitting on a pot of money wherever that is
I live near Shamokin PA and I've been dying to go crystal hunting, but I don't know where to go, but I'm hoping there's a place nearby. However, I'm not really familiar with what's around me as I moved here about four years ago from the Reading area so this all new territory. Unfortunately I missed out on some great crystal hunting in southeast PA. 😢 Anyway, if anyone knows this area, could someone please direct me to place I could go looking? I'm literally only yards away from the Shamokin Creek. Could there possibly be something to be found in and around it? Thanks in advance!
Garnets don't usually flourence red. Usually, they are inert. But rubies and spinel flourence red. I'm curious to know what they are. Have you lab tested one?
Did he use a UV light? Because I never seen one kimosabi. He was just using his phone light for spot and a mini LED torch for internal transparency/translucency as well as color. You're definitely right though on garnets not containing florescence, but the reason isn't really the Garnet persé rather the concentration of Fe(iron) which as you may know nearly smothers any florescent activity/properties.
@@tophermohegan9797that was a BEAUTIFUL bit of information!!! i would LOVE to have you dropping facts to me as i learn the creeks of pennsylvania also!! i have been recently hunting quartzite specimen, and gemstones find in the creeks also! soon to be finding my OWN Herkimer diamond mine, i found an iron rich embankment where their SHOULD be antient gemstones and quartz! come on over if you want a fresh channel my friend! i would really appreciate ya ❤😊
He said it’s a secret location. But if I were you, I’d look at the geologic map of your area and look in stream-beds down stream from outcrops of metamorphic rocks like schist. A lot of times, the geologists who make the maps will describe the rock units in the legend and include things like “garnet bearing micaceous schist” and so forth. Good luck, hope you find your own source.
if you lived in delco for real. then the answer to your question would be so obvious it hurts. stop being a lazy human and put forth some effort not just ask ppl when it is clear to ppl in the know you don't deserve the answer based off how little effort you put in finding the answer for yourself. maybe you will learn something about delco on your journey, godspeed, dope
Some of those are Star Garnet and have Rutile inclusions through them, and faceting them would be a shame and a huge loss of money. You need to make a cabochon with that huge 25+ carat one.
if you find even one, half the size of the video, then you can retire from your shitty job, and live a life of luxury and be the new dan blizzarian. or you could get bitten by a delco tree panda aka racoon
anyone wants to support my channel i am a local pennsylvania rockhound/silver stacker and my channel is going to be a MELTING pot for EVERYTHING nature. i have been finding ANTIENT quartzite/quartz specimens, finding my OWN spots for herkimer diamonds and working on my own claims for all of these gemstones! anyone here is welcome 😊😊
Amazing!! Great finds
An excellent public spot I started at a long time ago was smedley park. It's a great spot to take kids to go garnet hunting. Most of the garnets are on the smaller size and almandine a deep dark red garnet. However, smaller garnets have the natural octo-shape to them. Some of the sandstones the garnets are in, are so soft you can pry them in half and find the raw untouched garnets. It's a great place to start and a ton of fun if you have kids. If you want gen quality pyro red garnets you are going to have to look/ask around elsewhere.
Those look gem quality
Hey, those are awesome finds. Good work! I've started making maps of interesting rock/crystal collecting spots around SE PA and I'm trying to hit up all the places. Maybe i should document...
Have you ever gone to the Garnet mine in the Adirondacks of NY ? It is reported that many garnets were found to measure several feet across.
Omg I'm amazed!! Garnet is my birth stone, I live in pa had no idea until now,, so cool! Ty for sharing
Love it! Nice to see what they look like on ground as you find them, gives a good idea on what to look for.
Have any plans for a beryl video? Would love to see what you look for in a host rock before you break it open.
Nice video!
Thanks! I can do a Beryl video soon. Maybe i'll make that the next one!
Holy shit! I drove across this country looking for garnets and had no clue there were some like this in delco.. im from springfield you got me hype man!
Why do you think it’s called garnet valley ..I’m in Ridley and 51 .when I was a kid I collected rocks the garnet jewels in the the crown are from swarthmore I believe I remember that from when I was a kid
@@charlesmurphy1840 which crown are the jewels in? That's fascinating
This is awesome. Thank you. I'm in DelCo & have been finding garnets in olivine. Didn't know what I was looking for with solid garnets. I'll be on the hunt after work on my way home. Psyched!!
I get diamond shaped ones in the same area Delaware County that is. Have a really nice double terminated one it's beautiful
badaboom! delco in da house
thats so neat i wonder if there could be any more deposits anywhere locally... Gonna look into this
@@bobbysparks8029 there used to be a garnet mine in Concord and Thornton I'm just south of that
Thas crazy what beuts ive lived in this area for a decade and never had a clue im from Florida but always loved searchibg for shark teeth fossils river glass shells stuff like that and ive always been fascinated with amethyst but i never new garnets or anything like that would be in this area
Wow they're really beautyful! I'm so happy to know garnet occurs right around me
Beautiful finds I wanna start ruby hunting in Pa, hopefully soon.
I’ve been finding nice double terminated garnets in schist slabs in southeastern Pennsylvania. That Wissahickon schist is full of them
Great haul
Thanks for the sharez, will have to find a creek bed and hunt it at night. Gotta share the location
im about to start collecting em if you want a newer channel to support ❤ been lately ADDICTED to spending my days at the creeks and been trying to pick up more of an audience for nature ❤😊
Dan Hurd would be jealous! Ps. If you run some of the stuff through a sluice box you should be able to get a lot more.
These are awesome, photos don't do them justice!
do you find other colors of garnet there?
8:00 THAT is an amazing Star Garnet, and probably worth over $1,000 dollars when cut properly and looks like it will show asterism (Star) on multiple sides. WOW. You are sitting on a pot of money wherever that is
I had no idea PA has garnets.. then too I live on other side of the state.
Very cool brother! I play in delco alot! Found gold there lol
Shit where at?
@@v1ncepupp1o7 behind wawa in Glen mills 1 tiny spec lol 😆 got me hooked! That's all i found there though
Delco has some very good garnets I have my own secret spot also.
Can I come with you. I live in Darby
Those are nice. The ones I find in Alabama are dark dark reddish brown. Almost black you can’t see through them
Those would be good in the right jewelry pieces tho!
@@tattoofthesun I have hundreds of them. Just don’t know what to do with them.
Where in Alabama..I moved in the southern part a couple years ago. Need my rockhounding fix. Lol
Where did you get your garnets cut?
Good haul brother💪
How do I know where to look just starting out?
Start by looking at the ground near creeks and mudslides
Anyone know any good spots in Virginia?
I live near Shamokin PA and I've been dying to go crystal hunting, but I don't know where to go, but I'm hoping there's a place nearby. However, I'm not really familiar with what's around me as I moved here about four years ago from the Reading area so this all new territory. Unfortunately I missed out on some great crystal hunting in southeast PA. 😢
Anyway, if anyone knows this area, could someone please direct me to place I could go looking? I'm literally only yards away from the Shamokin Creek. Could there possibly be something to be found in and around it?
Thanks in advance!
Dude I kno a good spot ima bout to look later tonight are they worth n e thing just curious I wanna make my own jewelry with them n some 925silver
Garnets don't usually flourence red. Usually, they are inert. But rubies and spinel flourence red. I'm curious to know what they are. Have you lab tested one?
Did he use a UV light? Because I never seen one kimosabi. He was just using his phone light for spot and a mini LED torch for internal transparency/translucency as well as color. You're definitely right though on garnets not containing florescence, but the reason isn't really the Garnet persé rather the concentration of Fe(iron) which as you may know nearly smothers any florescent activity/properties.
@@tophermohegan9797that was a BEAUTIFUL bit of information!!! i would LOVE to have you dropping facts to me as i learn the creeks of pennsylvania also!! i have been recently hunting quartzite specimen, and gemstones find in the creeks also! soon to be finding my OWN Herkimer diamond mine, i found an iron rich embankment where their SHOULD be antient gemstones and quartz! come on over if you want a fresh channel my friend! i would really appreciate ya ❤😊
Yes he was using one at least at first.@@tophermohegan9797
Why at night?
Bout to head out there today
Do you know which river bed this is I would love to find a garnet. Thanks
Which creek?
Have you been there since the flood? How is It still?
Do you think I’d be able to find garnets around kittaning or Ford city pa?
Beautiful garnets 💎💎💎
Thsts awesome bro!
That’s incredible! I live in Delaware county. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
He said it’s a secret location. But if I were you, I’d look at the geologic map of your area and look in stream-beds down stream from outcrops of metamorphic rocks like schist. A lot of times, the geologists who make the maps will describe the rock units in the legend and include things like “garnet bearing micaceous schist” and so forth. Good luck, hope you find your own source.
@@GeoRockNerd Thankyou for the tip
check all local streams! you never know what you might find
if you lived in delco for real. then the answer to your question would be so obvious it hurts. stop being a lazy human and put forth some effort not just ask ppl when it is clear to ppl in the know you don't deserve the answer based off how little effort you put in finding the answer for yourself. maybe you will learn something about delco on your journey, godspeed, dope
@@natalisgems i found some used rubbers and several crack pipes
is there a reason that you do it at night?
He said in the video they are easy to spot at night using the flash light to shine into the stone to see the red color better
2nd good video
Great Vlog
Can you please share where this river bed is I would love to try and find a garnet. Thank you
It’s the Wissahickon Creek
@@Oldoclandis thank you so very much
I live near Ridley Creek State Park
Same, do you have any good spots
Let’s link up and find some
Ever find any like this there?!?
do you sell bags of paydirt?
Not bad for a half hour, that's for sure! Do you ever use a gold pan?
i haven't yet, but i should!
Some of those are Star Garnet and have Rutile inclusions through them, and faceting them would be a shame and a huge loss of money. You need to make a cabochon with that huge 25+ carat one.
Can I at least ask if this is public or private property?
Can I buy some of those
Hey man. You doing okay?
Is that chester creek?
I'd be screening!
What’s up from Western NY!!
Gold.....lol but if you find it ....its owned by the state.....:(
Alre these worth anything?
if you find even one, half the size of the video, then you can retire from your shitty job, and live a life of luxury and be the new dan blizzarian. or you could get bitten by a delco tree panda aka racoon
Where is this place i wana go
Yeah, we find it everywhere...some as big as a gumball. We don't even waste our time anymore.... Fossils are so much more enjoyable.
Where at??
i know this place .i go all the time here.
Where is this location?
Where is it?
I grew up here lol
Wheres that? Which creek
Where are you in PA? Is it a park? What is the name? And what county?
Pa is.. in united states.. where- where else 😃
READ THE TITLE
@@Funniestofallkryo Your so kind !
anyone wants to support my channel i am a local pennsylvania rockhound/silver stacker and my channel is going to be a MELTING pot for EVERYTHING nature. i have been finding ANTIENT quartzite/quartz specimens, finding my OWN spots for herkimer diamonds and working on my own claims for all of these gemstones! anyone here is welcome 😊😊
Ruby’s
Delco!
nice video, i love ppl who are outliers. that said those are too dark to profit off
Why are they too dark to profit off of?
@@truthfactors9958The color is too saturated. When faceted they will be black, not red, unless cut very thin.