spring fever

Spring fever has set in for this year today was beautiful outside so I did some spring cleaning and some work on my rock garden. I had some medium size rocks nothing special really just different colored ones to add something different to the front yard. I decided to start collecting some medium size (about soccer ball size) to do an edge around the rock garden. I have decided to put petrified wood around the waterfall. Then I got some nice sliced pieces of different agates to put on bottom of stream that runs to pond. I will get some pictures of my progress when I get all the leaves and stuff cleaned up. Hopefully it will be nice enough again tomorrow so I can get more done. There is a small chance of rain in the forecast. Hopefully soon we will be able to go rock hunting so I can get some more honey agate and petrified wood. Good luck everyone.

crabs and sea glass

Well I wasn't real excited about the crabs but I did like the sea glass part. I wonder if what kind of effect the river has on glass. That would be cool to find some pieces of glass in the river all nice and rounded from the sand. I do know if I ever make it to the coast again I will keep an eye out for sea glass. Let's hope next week she does a show on rocks on Cash and Treasures.

cash and treasures

cash and treasures getting ready to come on wonder where kirsten gum will take us tonight. gotta go watch the show see ya later.

Cash and Treasures

A new season of Cash and Treasures with Kirsten Gum has Started again. It's a great show to watch on the travel channel. You never know when she might be in your area. Learn the hot hunting spots for finding just about anything of value. Especially a lot of rocks, minerals, and gemstones. Saturday nights 9 pm central on the travel channel.

Polished Petrified Wood

My batch of petrified wood is finally finished I have some pictures but they don't do real justice to how nice they turned out. It has been too cold to go rock hunting but all this cold is killing off the vegetation so if we do get a heat wave we can easily get to our good spots. I can't wait till next year to test out our new rafts. We bought them on sale at the end of summer. They are heavy duty rafts too you can even put a trolling motor on them if you want to. They have a hard bottom and covered with a canvas material. Next year we will be hitting sandbars that we could never get to before. Hopefully we will come up with some real good stuff. But anyway here are some pictures of my polished petrified wood.

it's a twin

I have managed to find a few nice things the last couple times out one of them being a twin horn coral. Check out these pictures of my latest discoveries.


I think this coral looks like an alien skull lol.



I was told this one is a possible hide scraper used by Indians

finally made it to the river

Well the water was finally low enough to check the sandbars on the river. We had pretty good luck with honey agate and petrified wood but didn't find many fossils. I also found a couple bison bones. We managed to hit 5 sandbars wading the river. I found my biggest piece of honey agate I've ever found. I even found some smaller pieces that I think will make neat necklaces. I have been sorting through my rock collection to help hubby make his pond and waterfall look nice. I plan to put petrified wood on the sides of the waterfall. I have placed some slabs of different agates under the water falls and crystal geodes on the outer ledges. I will start taking pictures so you guys can see the progress. I haven't decided to part with my quartz crystals I was going to sell because I may need some for the waterfall. Its not the prettiest waterfall because hubby made it himself so I have to try and pretty it up. Well hopefully soon I will make it to the river again before the water starts getting too cold or we get more rain. I have pictures posted at my yahoo group of my finds (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/riverrockhounds/).