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Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 27 2015, 12:13 AM

Where to dig? (at Endless)

20ft from Endless... We find these... neighbors first, then mine. (bare with me, it's a lot...

) ((some are doubled, show perspective)

Now Me...

(Feldspar with a bonus)

And, least but by far, the effin best! (Best so far in my life....)

10 terminations 'n' 1 piece,

Posted by: Crusty Jul 27 2015, 05:48 AM

Damn Colin... those are some nice pieces!!

Posted by: Yoda Jul 27 2015, 06:25 AM

Too bad it doesn't have extra terminations somewhere ... somebody clearly was misleading me...

Truth though... that is one helluva find Colin. I can see why you are halfway to the moon.

Next pic, drop a quarter next to it so we can get perspective on size?

Posted by: swizz Jul 27 2015, 07:57 AM

Great looking stuff Colin!

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 27 2015, 09:58 AM

Posted by: Caveman Jul 27 2015, 11:36 AM

Very, very cool!

Posted by: Rockytop Jul 27 2015, 12:02 PM

Some very nice finds! Congrats!

Posted by: fenixsmom Jul 27 2015, 03:20 PM

I'm proud of ya kid!

Posted by: Mrs.CP Jul 28 2015, 07:00 AM

Fantastic finds guys! Your last find is pretty spectacular Colin, congratulations! You are doing so good with research and digging techniques that we may just have to remove the "New" part from your username.

Posted by: Caveman Jul 28 2015, 08:29 AM

You got that right!

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 28 2015, 10:36 PM

Tuesday's Finds: (same hole) Some of the crystals don't photo very well, they're very clear.

(tried to get a good pic..)

it looks like its busted, but actually has 2 terminations on scepter

Next one is different than last

strange blades

this blade is terminated with a few points

this last one doesnt photo well, it's odd shaped and clear (obviously fractured to all hell as well, but still one piece)

Posted by: Dave S. Jul 29 2015, 05:56 AM

Very nice! I like the scepter crystals. Just so ya know the last two pics are of a Fluorite! In case you mistakenly thought it was quartz. (I have many times)

Posted by: Crusty Jul 29 2015, 05:56 AM

That's quite a haul!!

Posted by: Yoda Jul 29 2015, 06:51 AM

You are in hog heaven buddy. So glad this hole is yielding such great finds for you!

Posted by: swizz Jul 29 2015, 07:25 AM

Excellent finds and pics Colin!
You might wanna start thinkin about staking a claim.

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 29 2015, 08:37 PM

Been thinking bout it Swizz Just gotta wait for a paycheck. And Mike S.'s help (He said he would)

Day 3 yielded some interesting finds... alas no scepters but good over all. Pics later (just got home, time to eat) - - 12 hours of prospecting... woohoo

Gave out one more card today as well (stopped to help a guy that needed a jump... ended up having to wait for his battery to charge a lil, so showed him my finds... got to talking... one thing led to another)

Colin

PS... Thank you Dave! I had no idea... sweet!

Posted by: MikeS Jul 29 2015, 09:29 PM

Nice finds Colin! I like the scepter on top of the feldspar and that set of smokies is very cool. Score!

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 29 2015, 09:50 PM

If that lil thing is Fluorite... then what is this...

Oh, right, still cleaning it and need to take a photo... Fooled you!

I'll have pics later tonight fosho.

Teaser, it's massive...

Colin

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 29 2015, 09:51 PM

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 29 2015, 11:17 PM

And... yer all gunna hafta wait till tomorrie... Didn't realize it was so many... 37 pics...(3 however, are some wild turkeys I saw the s'morning) Got a scepter after all, 4 terminations on it..

I will however, post the massive... Only because I want to know sooner rather than later, what the heck it is... c'mon fluorite! (hard to capture, clear like the last one)

(Just quartz, huh?)

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 30 2015, 12:27 PM

Some, but not all, are doubled, show different sides, size, quality..

Posted by: CP Jul 30 2015, 12:48 PM

Some very nice finds you're onto lately Colin, sweet!! Really like the twin scepter that looks cool and yep that big hunk you asked about being Fluorite in your previous post looks like it is another dandy Fluorite chunk. Congrats on your finds and thanks for sharing the pics with us all.

Posted by: MikeS Jul 30 2015, 03:52 PM

You may be on to something rare with those scepter crystals. The Fluorite is etched and cracked but you may be onto something good there too. A little color or crystal form could make those very desirable stuff. It pays to explore around even if its 30 ft from yer last dig.

Posted by: NewRockHounder Jul 30 2015, 07:47 PM

Welp, sold the lil fluorite to my neighbor Didn't know how much to charge, prob shoulda said more, but 20.00 towards a debt (he bought me more than enough gas and a pack of cigs) -- thankfully however, the remainder of the gas got me back up for a few days

Colin

Posted by: NewRockHounder Aug 1 2015, 08:42 PM

Camped fer one night, worked all day/night and some today (Saturday). However, found this nice 35 termination in 1 (plate, my first) on Friday. I also found 5-7 small combos, feldspar/smokey each has between 1-3 terminations on them. And a lot LOT of small single crystals that all have one termination on each, they're all fully formed crystals not just frags. And some really nice pieces of feldspar. Only got pics currently of the 35 pointer. Enjoy.

Sorry for the quality of the pics, hard to capture all points when it's on 3 sides of the plate itself. (Also there's a bit of peg/dirt still on it, being very careful cleaning it.. wanted to show ya's)

Posted by: Yoda Aug 2 2015, 06:49 AM

I think ya named Endless very well.

Posted by: Mrs.CP Aug 2 2015, 06:53 AM

That's a great specimen Colin and it will clean up nicely!

Posted by: Crusty Aug 2 2015, 07:52 AM

That's quite the honey hole you've found!!

Posted by: NewRockHounder Aug 3 2015, 12:28 PM

These plus a lot of small terminations, would take waaay to long to photo everything.

Posted by: joshualoun Aug 3 2015, 03:01 PM

awesome colin

Posted by: joshualoun Aug 3 2015, 03:04 PM

QUOTE (NewRockHounder @ Aug 1 2015, 09:42 PM)

Camped fer one night, worked all day/night and some today (Saturday). However, found this nice 35 termination in 1 (plate, my first) on Friday. I also found 5-7 small combos, feldspar/smokey each has between 1-3 terminations on them. And a lot LOT of small single crystals that all have one termination on each, they're all fully formed crystals not just frags. And some really nice pieces of feldspar.

Only got pics currently of the 35 pointer. Enjoy.

Sorry for the quality of the pics, hard to capture all points when it's on 3 sides of the plate itself. (Also there's a bit of peg/dirt still on it, being very careful cleaning it.. wanted to show ya's)

DUUUUUUUUUDE amazing finds, wow.