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Beautiful story, Trelaina. A firefighter??? Who would have thought. As a previous Bishop, I never knew this about you! To me it was obvious that Heavenly Father needed you to be the mother of some special babies!
I live near diamond country not far from Herkimer,back in the 80's I could hunt on a farm owned by a friend,after plowing it up in the fall you could pick diamonds up all day long and some the size of a soft ball,they passed and the farm was sold to the Amish,I can't go there anymore.
En mi país Argentina, en la provincia de Mendoza ( en el sitio "el cañón del Atuel" ) y también en la provincia de Neuquén ( en el sitio "Vaca Muerta" hay los mismos cristales. los Herkimer pero también se les conocen cómo "diamantes del Atuel". Osea que en el continente americano ya sea en América del Norte o en América del Sur hay la mismas piedras. La geología es similar. Es increíble. No son diamantes son cuarzos Herkimer o cristales Herkimer. Los únicos diamantes son los de Minas Gerais en Brasil.
What road did you find this on? Me and my dad live in the area and are very into rock hounding fluorite. Fluorite from Walworth quarry is an amazing find!
Thanks! I believe I found this one on Canandaigua rd where it crosses the Erie Canal near Macedon. Any big rocks used for erosion control would be worth a look around here including anything used on the shores of Lake Ontario. Good luck!
Great job and really cool video! DDD is incredible. I’ve been mining Herkimers for almost 15yrs, been to many locations and Chad and Maggie’s property is like nothing else. I heard so many stories from “old timers” about dirt digging filling up 5 gallon buckets with palmers. I never thought I’d get to experience that myself. It’s like a time machine to Herkimer Heaven! Be sure to check your finds with a black light too. I have several from DDD that are UV reactive.
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You guys did well. Such a shame ACE is closed. This was my favorite place. Spent dozens of days mining and camping on top near the airstrip. Hope they can re open one day. RIP Ted
Hi! Ace of Diamonds is our favorite mostly because we’ve made so many fun memories there. Unfortunately, they’re not open this year. Crystal Grove is a good place too, reasonably priced, and is a favorite of many. We’re going to dirty diamond diggers in July for the first time. Good luck!
A few times in the latter 1990's, I was @ Crystal Grove hunting in the large quarry that was in between the road and the parking area. Found some nice 1/4" to 5/8" Herks. Took a large pail of sub-soil/sand home with me to sift thru a tea strainer & finer screen to find micros. Micros ran between 1mm-12mm. At the time, the only method I knew of was to use Oxy-Clean or Iron-Out. For these tiny crystals, once I had a fair # of them, I used a very small amount of the granules & enough water to fill a small 1/4 oz. plastic applesauce container. Had no information as how long to soak them for to remove some iron staining, so it was guesswork. Since many of these crystals were tiny, between 1mm-5mm, I had to use some ingenuity to rinse them, & also soak them in a baking soda mixture. Years ago, I used to wear nylon-type knee-hi's. Some had developed holes in the upper/leg portion of knee-hi's, but they were never tossed, figuring they might come in handy some day, and they did! Leaving the foot portion intact along with 4"-5" of the leg portion. I put the foot/leg portion into a 6-8 oz. empty yogurt-type container & stretched the top portion of the 'sock' over the rim & dumped the small container of the crystals into the sock. Then remove the sock from the rim of the 1st container, hold the top of the sock together so you don't lose the crystals, dump out the Iron Out solution, rinse well, and re-use container for baking soda solution. By holding the top of the sock together, you can dip the 'sock' up & down in the solution. It works every time I've used this. In more recent years, I've learned one can use CLR the same way. Tiny Herkimers usually are really clear & perfect. Sorry my instructions were so long, but I felt that was the only to present them. Since you and your children are interested in minerals, do you know that there might be another avenue you might explore. I live in CT & belong to 3 gem & mineral clubs. At one of the clubs, some of the club members bring their children. I don't know the ages of them, but would guess them to be around 8 or so. Enjoyed your presentation & seeing the crystals.
Thank you for the insight! We have been on a few trips with a local gem and mineral club here. We have a few different interests, but most of them draw us to the outdoors. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your experience.
