Past Treasure Chest & Stash Compartment, items that have been chosen Options

[Denise]

This treasure is a $150.00 CP Miners Market shopping certificate.

Choose this treasure and you can pick any Miners market item(s) up to $150.00.* (excluding consignment items)
Chosen for fall 10' seasonal drawing 1st place prize - Jeremy in Colorado 1/05/11



*Certificate to be used for 1 purchase, no change given.

[Denise]

I wanted to start a thread for all the past items from the "Treasure Chest" and the "Stash Compartment" that have new homes now.
Putting them here will also make it easier for those choosing a prize from those threads.

[Denise]

This treasure is an amazing New Mexico Baker pit Thunderegg cut and polished. It measures 2.75" long, and 2.50" wide.
This one has amazing color and patterns!

Second picture is a close up of one of the halves.


spring 16' seasonal drawing pick by Steve in Colorado

[Denise]

This is a beautiful blue moss Agate stone with an Opal inlay pendant. Dan did a great job with the silver wrap!
The main stone is 40x30 mm, and the Opal inlay is 10x8 mm. The Opal has great green and purple flash!


Chosen for winter 11' seasonal drawing 1st place prize - Burrell in Florida 3/31/12

[Denise]

I'm going to add this stunning Australian Boulder Opal heart to the treasures. It has great patterns and flash colors include green, blue and a spot of red. It is 32x32 and weighs 24 grams and is finished on both sides.

(Fall 2012 seasonal drawing pick by Lee in Colorado)

Reason for edit: treasure selected

[Denise]

Pair of antique silver spoons Chosen for Geocache #3 prize - Found by Johnny in Colorado 7/2/09.
Alaskan origin late 1800's-A really nice pair of Yukon territory spoons.
Both have gold nuggets mounted on the handles and one says "Mayo Y.T." in the dish and the other "Yukon" on the handle.




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Smokey Quartz crystal & Geothite combination (Club Membership Drive 08's 1st place pick by Rich in Colorado)
This is a large Smokey Quartz crystal with Goethite and a bit of microcline matrix.
Weighing just over 2 lbs and standing approx 4.5" high x 3.75" wide x 3.0" deep.

A very nice sized piece and the Goethite is approx. 2.25" x 2.0".

There is an overgrowth layer on the quartz crystal faces containing another light material just underneath that shades view inside the crystal.



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(Summer 09' seasonal drawing pick by Richard & Becky in Mississippi)
Triple pack-3 CP Placer Dirts from Fairplay Colorado (2 lb bags)
Great for curbin' a bit of the cabin fever or sharing with friends! Every bag has gold!



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[Denise]

This great treasure is a Colorado Amazonite with Smokey Quartz combo specimen from the Dreamtime Mine.
It measures approx. 4" x 4" x 2 1/2".

Chosen for summer 13' seasonal drawing prize - Mike in Colorado 9/22/13

[Denise]

This treasure is a gold and gem panning kit. It includes a finishing pan, mini gold snuffer, small vial, nugget case, 36.6 grams of rough gem stones, a 1945 wheatie penny and a 0.4 gram nugget in a Fairplay Colorado placer dirt sample.
Disassembly required.

The rough gem stones include 10 Brazilian Aquamarines, 5 Australian Saphires, 5 Oregon Sun Stones and 5 Colorado Smokey Quartz crystals.

(Seasonal Drawing 12/22/11 treasure picked by Kevin in Colorado)

[Denise]

Here is a beautiful Arizona Fire Agate heart that measures aprox. 20x20 mm. and is 20.5 ct.
This piece shows alot more color and flash in hand than the picture shows. The back is also finished and polished out.

Chosen for spring 12' seasonal drawing 1st place prize - Ron in Colorado 6/20/12

[Denise]

This treasure is a Colorado Thunderegg pair, included is our last 4 oz. can of M-5 polish. The left half is polished and the right half is left rough. Someone can make their own specimen set from this lot.

(Winter Seasonal Drawing 3/20/19 treasure picked by Justin in Colorado )

[Denise]

This treasure is a group of five hand crafted Opals. Total weight of all pieces is 1.5 ct. Smallest heart is 3.17 x 3.17 mm, second heart is 5 x 5 mm, third heart measures 6 x 6 mm. The egg shaped Opal mesures 7 x 6 mm and the circle measures 6 mm. These will make great inlays or small stones for a ring. Lots of flash in these Opals!

(Seasonal Drawing for fall of 2020 treasure chosen by Glenda and Colin in Colorado )

[Denise]

This treasure of Gem Grade Dino bone cabachons will make a beautiful set of earings, a ring and a pendant.
The pendant stone measures 18 x 13 mm and weighs 9 cts. The ring stone measures 11 x 9 mm and weighs 3.5 cts. The earing stones measure 8 x 7 mm and they weigh 3 cts. together. (1.5 ct. each) When held up to the light you can see the translucent agate that replaced and filled the marrow pockets.

When set for jewelry, these will make any woman VERY HAPPY!!


(Seasonal Drawing 6/21/13 treasure picked by Brandon in Colorado)

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Reason for edit: Treasure claimed!

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[CP]

Congratulations Brandon and nice choice! I really liked this set of Dino cabs, we'll be looking forward to see what becomes of their finished pieces.

[Denise]

This is a handcrafted freeform Boulder Opal pendant treasure with a sterling silver loop. It measures approx. 14x18 mm.
Almost looks like a scene with the moon over the flowing river.

Chosen for Geocache #2 prize - Found by Johnny in Colorado 7/20/16.

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[Denise]

This treasure is a great Boulder Opal Heart Pendant. 26x26mm. set with a 14k Gold filled hoop.

Pictures of both sides....

(Fall 15' seasonal drawing pick by Glenda in Colorado)

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