New prospecting show Options

[leonard]

I watched a new prospecting show last night at 7:00 pm on the Weather Channel. It was right up this forums way. They were gem hunting on Mont Antero and Lake George. Boy do they earn any gems found on Antero. Rugged hike in and working on the sheer rock faces. They were getting amazonite, florite, and smoky quartz. What was neat was no swearing, no drama, and people actually getting along and doing work together.

I'm putting it on my must watch list.
Leonard

[swizz]

I watched the back-to-back episodes and feel it's a great series thus far. Definitely right up our alley here! No scripted or contrived drama either. Other than safety issues which are obvious, this show is really good if you're a rock nerd like most of us. This series is worlds better than the goofy "Gold Rush" format shows which are so popular.
I really like it... I think Dan, Denise, Woody, and others here would like it too. I would bet money that D & D know some of these folks in Lake George whom they were following. The finds were incredible!
The bad part.... Mt Antero is about to get a huge influx of armchair prospectors and claim jumpers, you can bet on that. The cat's really out of the bag now. I wasn't surprised to see Amanda having to chase the claim jumpers. They were scrambling as fast as they could to get over the crest of the mtn while fleeing. I hope that put them a long ways from their parking spot at least... jerkwads, they knew they were mineral trespassing. This will unfortunately get worse as a byproduct of the series. Most of the good honey holes on that mtn are claimed from what I understand.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it and the specimens are stunning. My favorite was the huge Fluorite crystal, find of a lifetime... but some of the Amozonite/Smokey combos were off the charts too!