Mind Boggler ('15), And then there's this |
Colorado Prospector - Gem and mineral prospecting and mining forums > Prospecting, Mineral Collecting and Treasure Hunting Forums > Gem and Mineral Specimen Finds or Processes  |
Mind Boggler ('15), And then there's this |
 Nov 14 2015, 08:18 PM
Post
#1
|
|||||||||
 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890  |
After spending a solid day
 mining at Endless (Friday with my gal Glenda, and CrustmasterMike....., Crusty, (tho he started and/er finished in Mind Boggler)
and.. er... not finding a damn thing in Endless itself, (moved some over burden... by some, I mean... well... lets just say... "some," is the understatement of the century.) Never found a thing, other than more good signs of things to come. (fingers crossed for Spring) Saturday's group, which consisted of myself, Nate, and Glenda... We started off in Endless... little to say, moved the 'earth' (as stated before), but didn't find a whole lot. Nate (his first time rock hounding) found a really nice iron coated, feldspar piece. ((While they mine Endless, the Colin... NRH.. (did mine Endless with them, half the day..) will play.. in Mind Boggler,  )) After spending one n a half ought hours by meself in Mind Boggler, (found a couple pieces...) I invited the rest down to join me. Not little, there after... Glenda, working Mike's hole... (Crusty's) found some nice pieces. (perhaps one termination, sorry Mike....  ) Not long... there after that, I found a nice termination in the area I was working... and not even two minutes after I found mine..  Nate found his first crystal...  and what a crystal it is.. (nice termination!  )
We had a fire to warm the toes.. as we did at Endless on Friday.. Decent amount of snow up there, thank you jeebas, I got the roof on Endless in time,
That's all fer now... I'll be posting the rest of what I found at Mind Boggler here, in due time. Yes.. it's close to Endless, but considering the hole itself, has a different name... misewell make a new post reguarding such. Colin 
-------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
||||||||
 |
 
|
||||||||
|
Nov 14 2015, 08:28 PM
Post
#2
|
||||||
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
"The Claw," is home to the Mind Boggler, not Endless. (so are his friends) ((some pictures may not be the greatest quality, still messing around with my new light system))
-------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Nov 14 2015, 11:22 PM
Post
#3
|
|
 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 9-October 15 From: Southern Colorado Member No.: 121,789 |
Wow, nice! you're out there right now? Or just got back?
-------------------- "Life's hard. It's harder if you're stupid." "Most opportunity is right before your eyes, you just haven't yet learned how to see it." <Annual Member> |
|
|
|
|
Nov 15 2015, 12:05 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
Just got back, went fer Thurs night - today (Sat) er um (11/12/15-11/14/15) Hell of a trip... hopefully ain't the last fer the season
 Colin S to a P.. all depends on, (and hopefully, lack there of) 
-------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 15 2015, 08:01 AM
Post
#5
|
|
 Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 2,430 Joined: 6-June 13 From: Falcon, CO Member No.: 82,915 |
Thanks for the invite! Had a great time with y'all! Definitely some great signs of goodness in the mindboggler, just never hit a pocket. Would be cool to camp out there with y'all and spend some more time in your awesome spot!
-------------------- Find Colorado Prospector on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/170314493176558
CP Lifetime Member |
|
|
|
|
Nov 15 2015, 12:11 PM
Post
#6
|
|
 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 116,265 |
Mind Boggler eh? I like it. Have you hit pockets there yet or is it still float? Some nice quartz coming outta there.
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Nov 15 2015, 05:26 PM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
As I tell everyone/anyone I bring to Mind Boggler - "Take everything you know about prospecting for crystals, and throw it out the window, cause it makes no sense here." No pockets... persay.. some small ones, on top of... yep, you read that correctly, on top of, pegmatite. Even that 35 termination plate was found on top of peg. Seems the further down you go, the less signs you see. Which.. would suggest the pocket is further up the hill... but mind boggled again, as the signs stop where my 3rd hole is (there's a series of holes/levels, 1, 2 or 3.. now tech 4 with Crusty's.. tho it's on level 2.. lol)
Since I found Mind Boggler, with my neighbor... (Aug) it STILL boggles the sh!t outta my mind!   Colin -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 16 2015, 03:21 PM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 24-October 15 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 121,949 |
Thanks again for the invite and letting me dig with you all day long. Im hoping to see some pictures of big things from your next trip. That fluorite was a fun first find! I think my wife is claiming it........so probably not mine for long. Hopefully i can get it made into a necklace. Once i clean it up, there is another kind of cool piece i found. The piece i found right after the fluorite that had a small terminated crystal ended up having another after breaking off some of the peg. Nothing fancy, but i think its a cool looking piece. Neither of the crystals are longer than 3/4" and about that wide. ill try to get a picture up this week.
In regards to endless....a lot of digging for not much on saturday. Had some help and pointers from the other 2 on removing what looked like a terminated smoky sticking out from the pegmatite, but ended up being a big hunk of feldspar. Im hoping to clean up what i took home and post some pics. Nothing great other than the crystal from mind boggler, but want to soak the pieces of smokies and feldspar. -------------------- Rock: Climb it. Dig it. Build your house upon it.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 16 2015, 10:49 PM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
Your crystal is just quartz, not fluorite, sorry.
Colin -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 17 2015, 12:34 PM
Post
#10
|
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
 Welp.... I do believe, Crusty and Nate lucked out BIG TIME for their trip to Endless. Call it a hunch.. but I think Rampart/Devil's Head will be closing the gates after this storm. One hell of a season and/er last trip to Endless/Mind Boggler. Colin 
-------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 17 2015, 02:02 PM
Post
#11
|
|
 Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Mindbogglingly cool lil spot there Colin!
-------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
|
|
|
|
Nov 17 2015, 03:04 PM
Post
#12
|
|
 Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 11-September 15 From: Littleton, CO Member No.: 121,560 |
QUOTE (NewRockHounder @ Nov 17 2015, 11:34 AM)  Welp.... I do believe, Crusty and Nate lucked out BIG TIME for their trip to Endless. Call it a hunch.. but I think Rampart/Devil's Head will be closing the gates after this storm. One hell of a season and/er last trip to Endless/Mind Boggler. Colin It was a hell of a season for me as well ! Winter be damned !
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 18 2015, 02:15 PM
Post
#13
|
|||||||||
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
Here's some of those pic's I promised in another post... All crystals and crystal pieces were found on different trips, all from Mind Boggler, that were later put back together
Still a lot more crystals (terminations, ) to photo  Colin -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Nov 19 2015, 09:00 AM
Post
#14
|
|
|
Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 11-September 15 From: Littleton, CO Member No.: 121,560 |
Beautiful as always
   Glenda
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 20 2015, 02:23 PM
Post
#15
|
|
|
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890 |
Heading up Sunday (11/22/15) With Glenda, anyone is welcome to join us (might be a bit of
up there..  ... especially on Rampart road) Checked on Thursday (11/19/15) the gate is still open  Supposedly, going to be nice weather.  Colin -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)
|
|
|
|
|
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 9th June 2025 - 03:33 AM |
