The Power Of Moving Water

[fossis]

I took a couple of Grandsons on a 'Herkimer Diamond' hunt recently, & discovered that heavy rains had washed out a road bed & carried one tinhorn about a hundred yards downstream.
They are six foot high, & very heavy, but one washed downstream about a hundred yards, Mother Nature is 'still in charge'.
We found a few keepers, & had a nice outing in the mountains.

Fossis...........

[worldtalker]

fossis,Great pics of the boys and the "bodyguard"! Glad to see you're showing them boys about hog safety!That little sparkler is nice. Happy New Year God Bless Chris

[fossis]

fossis,Great pics of the boys and the "bodyguard"! Glad to see you're showing them boys about hog safety!That little sparkler is nice. Happy New Year God Bless Chris

They have a 'good time' out with Grandpa, but it won't be long before they 'outgrow me'. :P

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[Sluice Box]

Really nice find you have yourself there, or should I say that they have for themselves there

Sluice Box

[roy2bears]

hey fossis nice pics. i have to ask what is a herkimer diamond and in what general area are they?

[stevemc]

It is a quartz crystal that forms a perfect diamond shape. It is also very clear and sparkly. I did that when I was young about 50 years ago. We found a lot of them. Cracking open rocks, digging, it was a lot of fun and rewarding. It is in New York.

[fossis]

Really nice find you have yourself there, or should I say that they have for themselves there

Sluice Box

Thanks, they get to keep most of them.

Fossis.............

[fossis]

hey fossis nice pics. i have to ask what is a herkimer diamond and in what general area are they?

Steve explains it in his post, we broke a few rocks in NY a couple of years ago, & didn't find much, although their gift shop has some beautys.
Around here in OK, we just pick them out of the gravels in the creek beds, (found in the Ouachita mts) North of Rich mt.

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[fossis]

It is a quartz crystal that forms a perfect diamond shape. It is also very clear and sparkly. I did that when I was young about 50 years ago. We found a lot of them. Cracking open rocks, digging, it was a lot of fun and rewarding. It is in New York.

When we went to the Herkimer mine in NY, we didn't have much luck, but I traded for a nice specimen in OK a few years earlier.

Fossis............

[roy2bears]

thank you steve and fossis and ill take grand kids hunting for herkimer diamonds

[RGINN]

Looks like a great day out. Did you call the county and tell em you found their tinhorn? haha!

[packerbacker]

nice pics fossis. That boy packin' your 22?

[fossis]

Looks like a great day out. Did you call the county and tell em you found their tinhorn? haha!

It was for sure, they knew it was gone because they piled dirt up to close the road. :P

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[fossis]

nice pics fossis. That boy packin' your 22?

Thanks, he had his 28 gauge shotgun, I had my 38 pistol.

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