Looking for a local prospecting buddy in Colorado Springs for Weekday Expeditions! Options

[Kejick]

I’ve discovered a couple of great unclaimed (I am considering staking claims in the Fall after exploratory digging) sites in the greater Colorado Springs area, and while my friends have fun tagging along when they can, I’m looking for a local, reliable & honest mining buddy, Preferably with a 4x4 vehicle and can pick me up in Colorado Springs, and drive us to the trailhead or we can check out some cool more remote places in the future. (I have a truck, but it needs some work before I can drive it). Also preferably available on week days as I usually have plans on weekends, but weekdays free

So far what I have been finding is Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Microcline & Amethyst, hope to soon find Topaz & Amazonite among other specimens. I have only done a few hikes to site A, where I have found the above minerals in matrix single and double terminations, some with interesting re-healing of the crystals, and I believe I found a double termination (however I cracked a termination tip in excavation) smoky with a phantom inside. (their currently cleaning)

Anyhow, I’m hoping to spend most of the spring/summer/fall mining in the Rockies and am looking for someone that can semi-frequently join me on semi-local (under 2hrs from Colorado Springs; Several within 45min drive) mining expeditions. It will usually involve hiking 4-8 miles in a day, and involve working at higher altitudes. Someone up for camping for several days would be great, especially on weekdays. Need to have your own gear & tools.

Also anyone interested needs to be honest & trustworthy, not only will we be working together in the back country and will need to trust each other & rely on each other in an emergency, but also I have not claimed several of these locations yet, but either intend to or am considering staking a claim, so I need folks that will not stake a claim on my find, or tell anyone where the area is, and keep it secret to themselves. In exchange you keep any minerals you find and haul back with you.

So yeah! If your interested, live in the Colorado Springs area, have a vehicle and are up for an adventure, drop me a line!

(Will post some pictures after specimens are clean) :)

[Kejick]

Sorry for the late reply, it's been a busy week to say the least. But yea some cool finds & had a great time with Crusty up in the hills! I'm planning on spending most of the summer exploring and searching for specimens, so if anyone is up for an adventure, shoot me a message. Always looking for mining buddies, especially if your up for exploring off trail & possibly up for a couple day trip, but day trips are great too!

Have a couple of other cool spots worth exploring, just need some buddies to explore with. So weekend or weekday, if your up for an adventure around COS send me a message & let's go on an adventure!

BTW If anyone knows of a mechanic in Colorado Springs that might do trade or work out a deal with a guy tight on cash, I really need to get the rear bearings on my Prospecting truck fixed so I can head up into the mountains & take y'all up with me!

Will post pictures soon, again just tight on cash but once I can afford to get some oxallic acid I'll get pictures up. About 8 terminated smokies, 10lbs or so of fractured of large smokies and quartz crystals, and a half dozen slabs of smokies, quartz and feldspar crystals, plus lots of other cool specimens.

Totally random but anyone have experience laser engraving on quartz or smoky quartz or a laser engraving machine?