Rockhound looking for a good dig in the upstate of South Carolina

[Mojo618]

Hello,I'm 30yrs old. I'm from Anderson County, South Carolina. Looking to meet new friends with a common interest. So, Im calling all you ROCKHOUNDS!!

Where are you from?
Favorite rock or gem to hunt?
Feel free to add a pic of your fav find!

 

[Mojo618]

Lol, I googled it! Love typing in random things onto google's search engine and clicking on images!

 

[rock]

Yeah it is crazy looking. I just use rocks for mine

 

[Darkwoods]

Just started rock hunting in the upstate,(sc),I know this is a old post but,its the closest post I found that may help me answer some questions about rocks I had.
I found 2 quartz crystals,and several rocks with small quartz in them,a few have mica and I think I found what looks like petrified wood...Gonna post a few photos and see if someone can tell me what kind of rocks I found..Thanks for any help,,I may create Thread to see if any others can be of help thanks again..

 

[DDancer]

You've pretty well identified what your holding. The top pics are milky quartz viens in pegmatite or feldspar, a metamorphic rock. As to petrified wood that would be uncommon for the upper part of the state. The lower piedmont is more likely for fossils though mostly sea fossils.

 

[Key Rat]

I know that this is an old thread and all, but seeing that someone did post here recently, and since I just moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina area, I was wondering if there were any groups or rockhounding clubs that treasurenet members could recommend to me? I would be grateful & thank you. Also, since I am new to the area (as Mojo618 originally posted a few years ago on this thread) and don't have any friends in the area, if anyone is looking for a sidekick to either go metal detecting, prospecting, rockhounding or whatever else out here, please do let me know! I'm very outdoorsy

 

[jentheartist]

I have actually just moved to the upstate of NC (by Boone) and am interested in "rockhounding" around myself... pretty new to it - but interested. I have a metal detector that I used a lot down by Wilmington when I lived there - Thought about using the detector up here too, but imagine I'd be digging through a lot of rock to get to whatever sets it off - anyone in Western NC?