My last outing, A Weekly posting Options

[Denise]

Good post Woody, and reflecting that in your thread more would be great! People are always willing to follow good examples when they see it leads to good honest things like the goodies you are prospecting for.

That is exactly what the CP researched areas are are all about. The Past Colorado Prospector events listed on the "News And Events page" shows some great examples also. It definately pays to do the right research.

Keep up the good work and we all will continue learning together.

[swizz]

Woody,
.... ya haven't posted a weekly outing update in a while, hopefully you've been getting out and the fires haven't kept you down.

[Woody]

Haven’t posted much lately, been suffer’n from a bit of writer’s cramp it seems.

Last week I was able to get back up to my Crystal hunting spot. I found an area that had good potential and started digging around a bit. I did not really find a lot of items but did find several big chunks of fluorite. As these pieces were coming up out of the ground they did not look like much and I could have easily tossed them aside without paying them much attention. However there shape immediately gave them away. When I find fluorite in this area it normally has a square, kind of a blocky, shape to it. Think of a section of Lego’s that a child has put together. They start off with a good thick base and stack different sizes and shapes of squares and rectangles on top of it. Whenever I see this stacking of squares effect I instantly think, Fluorite! When I got them cleaned off at the house they looked a lot better. The light green color with just a hint of purple now and again is typical and allows one to look deep into the rock.

So this morning I got up 3 hours before sunrise and am looking forward to another day spent playing in the dirt. Hopefully I find some more chunky pieces of fluorite. Have a good one, Woody.

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[Denise]

Fantastic finds Woody! I can definately see the Fluorite shapes.
Have fun and stay safe out there today!

[leonard]

Speaking of florite! This place is now buried thanks to renovation.

http://golddredger.com/fluoritemine/fluorsparmine1.htm

http://golddredgervideo.com/prospecting/floritemine.wmv

Leonard

[swizz]

Wow Woody, VERY impressive specimens!
Good luck out there today... weather looks perfect. I'm going to be out turning some dirt today as well.

[Woody]

Too bad they clapsed that mine Leonard, looks like there was still a lot of collectable material to be had.

Here is a nice shot of a couple of pices of Fluorite I found about two weeks ago. I found around 10 pieces and was very satisfied with my day of digging. It was one of the few times I set out to find Fluorite and actually found it. As the winter months set in, I will be focusing my efforts more and more on local outings and that mainly means digging for crystals.

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[Denise]

Those are beautiful Woody, good job!! Looks like you found a great place to locate Fluorites!
I bet you trained Aspen to help you sniff out the Fluorites, didn't you?

Thanks for the finds update Woody. I always enjoy seeing your finds and hearing about your adventures!!

[Woody]

Here is a couple of videos from my last two wekends. I like that these pictures really show the difference between what they look like comming out of the ground and then after clean up. I haven't used any chimicals in the clean up process. I am fearful that the first thing to go would be the delicate purple colors.

I belive this hole has pretty much played-out. I managed to find around 20 pieces so I certainly can't complain. Have a good one, Woody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ybhXkAZT34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDyuSJXvwc

[Denise]

Great videos Woody! It might not be played out, dig deeper dig deeper!.....hehe
Aspen always looks so happy to be out with you.

[CP]

Nice videos and finds Woody, thanks for sharing the adventure. With our lack of field time this year it's always nice to see your adventures.
Looks like you found some nice fluorites and smokey's....you said "uninteresting" in the vid but I'd say there could be very interesting things on those....especially if you might of happened upon an enhydro.
Quartz and fluorite combos aren't very common either, if you have found some nice quartz with fluorites on them, those would be sweet ones as well.

Check em' out and look close, could be some micro specimens that are killer too, we've got some really neat micros from that area.

Enjoyed the journey and look forward to the next one.

[Woody]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement from everyone. I guess I will have to keep getting out there and doing my part.

This last time I really intended to go deeper like MRS CP suggested but it seems like I am finding goodies right close to the surface and the material kind of drys up just a foot or two down. I would like to be able to dig several feet down for sampling but so far havent made it.

Here is a video of this last weekend. I was able to follow some bits and pieces uphill and found thier sorce. It is on the side of a small cliff. of course the video did not last long enough to get the best crystals on camera, so I will post some pictures after I get them all cleaned. It is the best Smokey crystals I have found so far. Woody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3j1MBlJfe4

[jim]

It definately looks like you are on the trail of a vein! I hope you covered you find up. You are liable to go back to find someone else has dug all the killers out. When I got to go out to the dreamtime with Dan it was the red clay that was a main indicator on a vein. Man I can only wish that I could get back out there with you.

[swizz]

Incredible hole and another great vid Woody!
Looking forward to seeing your cleanup of those pieces. I always take a squirt bottle of water along when I'm fossil hunting.. cuz sometimes I just can't wait.
Good stuff!!

[Woody]

Here is a short video showing a few of the items I recovered last weekend. They have not been completely cleaned, only lightly brushed. The entire cleaning process could take a while. I hope you enjoy the music, Woody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN7AoK90PrA