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Its extremely hard and pretty heavy, very sparkley and has little pockets of quarts around the outside the red/purplish areas look very glossy or something

Thrilled to have joined this site. I am a late bloomer to this. Always loved watching shows, learning about history. I am now 50 y/o with a Jeep, no kids or husband, but a huge desire for exploring. With free time for the first time in my adult life I am anxious to get started! Have been out...

Hello, I'm new here. I just found this website last night and was hoping someone could help me identify these rocks that I found on my property in southern Nevada. Are those real gold spots? Etc. Thanks in advance.

I am from Missouri and am planning on spending a couple of months in nevada metal detecting for nuggets. Does any body have any advice on some good locations to hunt? I am looking for areas that are very remote, so not to be detecting over areas that have been over hunted. Any advice would be...

I found quite a bit of these rocks halfway between Las Vegas and Goodsprings, Nevada. Looks like pseudomorphed iron pyrite to me but I will yeild to the experts. I took one of the samples and polished the edge down for no real reason other than just to do it. Has a hardness similar to my...

Here's an interesting article about buried treasure and a mysterious carving in Nevada. Local News: Monumental mystery: Man says he has information on Church Hollow carving, treasure (2/24/11) | Nevada Daily Mail ~Texas Jay

My name is Kimberly. I'm from Southern California. I enjoy screening for beach treasures. I am also currently dry working on a patent claim. I found this site when looking for different plans and pictures of trommels for a possible future equipment build.

I checked out a site I saw on an episode of The Meteorite Men. Man did I hit the jackpot. A total of approximately 222 pieces of Diamond Valley meteorites. I say approximately because some are still iffy. I sent for some chemicals and supplies to check for nickel in the iron. After that they...

I'm in SLC, I'm thinking it would make for a nice fall trip. Prefer nuggets but if anyone wants to chase treasure or relics I'm game. Better to start planning early. Let me know if your interested. M

Has anyone spent any time in the Delamar Ghost Town in Nevada. We took a trip there last year, but only spent a half day wondering around. It's easy to get to and one of the largest old ghost towns we've ever seen. Any information or a different look at this old mining town would be great...

Hi, my 1rts post about FINDS and its in RECENT FINDS.. I did some research on a 12 acre parcel about 3 miles from my house, the mobilehomes from the ealy 70s are now GONE...so are the people...its now abandoned, anyways, the owner went off to Redding Calif to retire, so I wrote him, he had no...

Hi everyone. I'm kinda new to metal detecting and have been doing a lot of it with my garret ace 350 since I got it a week ago. Found a lot of pennies and iron here in the area. I'm looking for a metal detecting buddy in my area of nevada mo. I'm very willing to travel and have a couple...

Hello my name is Michael and I am interested in learning how to dredge and was wondering if anyone in the CC Reno Tahoe area would be willing to accept labor for knowledge and learning. I have Sundays and Mondays off and I'm willing to assist for free in order to get a better understanding of...