W wilfndgold Full Member Aug 29, 2013 135 117 perris, ca Detector(s) used garret Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 2, 2015 #1 Amazon Forum Fav 👍 Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!
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BurntBear Bronze Member Jul 4, 2014 1,450 1,299 N.E. Tennessee Detector(s) used Shovels....lots of shovels! Primary Interest: Other Feb 2, 2015 #2 That's pretty wild. It almost looks like a silica in the middle; kinda olive colored. The black is strange. Other angles maybe? Upvote 0
That's pretty wild. It almost looks like a silica in the middle; kinda olive colored. The black is strange. Other angles maybe?
R rodoconnor Bronze Member Mar 4, 2012 1,419 1,638 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 2, 2015 #3 Did that come out of your pegmatite? It's got a lot going on with it Upvote 0
OP OP W wilfndgold Full Member Aug 29, 2013 135 117 perris, ca Detector(s) used garret Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 3, 2015 Thread starter #4 No it didnt come from the peg. I think it was part of some skarn about 25 miles away. Upvote 0
OP OP W wilfndgold Full Member Aug 29, 2013 135 117 perris, ca Detector(s) used garret Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 3, 2015 Thread starter #5 Maybe Olivine? jes, no? Upvote 0
Eu_citzen Gold Member Sep 19, 2006 6,484 2,111 Sweden Detector(s) used White's V3, Minelab Explorer II & XP Deus. Primary Interest: Prospecting Feb 3, 2015 #6 I was going to say skarn, looks like you figured it out yourself. Upvote 0
DDancer Bronze Member Mar 25, 2014 2,339 2,002 Traveling US to work Detector(s) used Current Equinox 600 Past Whites DFX Garret GTI 2500 and others Prospecting Minelab GPZ 7000 Past SD 2100 GP 3000 (retired) Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 5, 2015 #7 Looks like a good candidate for olivine. I've found similar specimens in pegmatite over the years. Upvote 0
Tree! Jr. Member Jan 16, 2013 84 50 Inland Empire, CA Detector(s) used Minelab SD2200D Primary Interest: Prospecting Feb 6, 2015 #8 Looks like a quartzite with the green being serpentine. California? Upvote 0
ARC Gold Member Aug 19, 2014 37,287 131,766 Tarpon Springs Detector(s) used JW 8X-ML X2-VP 585 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Feb 6, 2015 #9 Dino Dung... Dinosaur poop. Last edited: Feb 6, 2015 Upvote 0