Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Feb 1, 2023 15:52:32 GMT -5
Some of you may not know that that site is not a good place to go as it does not give accurate info and he only has the site to pimp out google ads.
I will give you an example. One of the places he lists is a mine in Congress AZ. If you go there, you will find a big sign that says that it is private property and not open to the public. This is way before you come near the actual coordinates. There are more, some are dead, some are illegal to go to or collect at and some are downright dangerous.
I would encourage everyone to avoid that site. I did my research and went to places he listed to see if he was FoS. and he was.
Here is a video from a well known you tuber who has the same conclusion. (he is a self admitted a-hole BTW) Sometimes he can be quite blunt. Keep that in mind.
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 1, 2023 18:26:36 GMT -5
I agree. He also lists pay to dig sites without stating that is what they are and also lists parks that are off limit altogether to collecting.
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 2, 2023 10:04:28 GMT -5
Some of you may not know that that site is not a good place to go as it does not give accurate info and he only has the site to pimp out google ads. I will give you an example. One of the places he lists is a mine in Congress AZ. If you go there, you will find a big sign that says that it is private property and not open to the public. This is way before you come near the actual coordinates. There are more, some are dead, some are illegal to go to or collect at and some are downright dangerous. I would encourage everyone to avoid that site. I did my research and went to places he listed to see if he was FoS. and he was. Here is a video from a well known you tuber who has the same conclusion. (he is a self admitted a-hole BTW) Sometimes he can be quite blunt. Keep that in mind. I don't get a video link. |
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Feb 2, 2023 16:01:38 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 2, 2023 16:38:16 GMT -5
Here is a video from a well known you tuber who has the same conclusion. (he is a self admitted a-hole BTW) Sometimes he can be quite blunt. Keep that in mind. He just recently joined the forum as the member "Currently Rockhounding"... |
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dirtsifter
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Post by dirtsifter on Feb 3, 2023 2:41:56 GMT -5
Here is a video from a well known you tuber who has the same conclusion. (he is a self admitted a-hole BTW) Sometimes he can be quite blunt. Keep that in mind. He just recently joined the forum as the member "Currently Rockhounding"... I enjoy Jared's rants on his Saturday Night specials. Wooo to the youtubers that have fake or staged rockhounding videos LOL. |
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Post by Currently Rockhounding on Feb 3, 2023 7:21:49 GMT -5
Here is a video from a well known you tuber who has the same conclusion. (he is a self admitted a-hole BTW) Sometimes he can be quite blunt. Keep that in mind.
I prefer being called an asshole in recovery who experiences occasional relapses, but in my defense I try to make up for it by being helpful to people.
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Post by Currently Rockhounding on Feb 3, 2023 7:28:59 GMT -5
On the subject of the Rockhound Resource website, since I published that video fact checking his locations I know of at least one person that was able to reach out to the creator and get him to remove one of the locations list on his website that is private property, so credit where credit is due but that was only one location and after the fact.
I have thought a lot about this subject since land ownership plays such a big roll in our hobby, its my opinion that its completely reckless to give people GPS locations and tell them to go there with out checking the land status first.
To give you an idea, I checked Rock Resource's Washington state listings in 3 hours, and I checked the whole book Rockhounding Oregon in 1 day. There is no excuses for these authors to not do it themselves.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 3, 2023 7:37:32 GMT -5
On the subject of the Rockhound Resource website, since I published that video fact checking his locations I know of at least one person that was able to reach out to the creator and get him to remove one of the locations list on his website that is private property, so credit where credit is due but that was only one location and after the fact. I have thought a lot about this subject since land ownership plays such a big roll in our hobby, its my opinion that its completely reckless to give people GPS locations and tell them to go there with out checking the land status first. To give you an idea, I checked Rock Resource's Washington state listings in 3 hours, and I checked the whole book Rockhounding Oregon in 1 day. There is no excuses for these authors to not do it themselves. Yeah- it's not only rude to show up at someone's house uninvited but it can be dangerous to your health, as well.
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Post by susand24224 on Feb 3, 2023 15:19:37 GMT -5
@currently Rockhounding, thank you for taking the time to do this, as well as publicizing it.
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khara
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Post by khara on Apr 4, 2023 15:43:11 GMT -5
Currently Rockhounding What resources/sites do you use to check land ownership and what location info do you enter (gps, address, etc)?
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Apr 4, 2023 15:52:38 GMT -5
Funny. They have the Carey plume spot listed (it’s closed) and the gps coordinates are waaaay off ha
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Post by Currently Rockhounding on Apr 5, 2023 7:20:01 GMT -5
Funny. They have the Carey plume spot listed (it’s closed) and the gps coordinates are waaaay off ha It really is a junk website. |
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Post by Currently Rockhounding on Apr 5, 2023 7:22:02 GMT -5
Currently Rockhounding What resources/sites do you use to check land ownership and what location info do you enter (gps, address, etc)? I talked about them in depth in the video linked above. |
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Apr 5, 2023 10:02:20 GMT -5
That's incredibly bad! Some folks prefer researching online, but my friends Ruta Vaskys and Martin Freed write the "Rockhounding in New Mexico" and the "Rochounding in Texas" books and two years ago they spent the winter in NM hounding around to do an update of the book. Last winter they spent the winter traveling and collecting Texas to do an update on that one, so their info is pretty up to date.
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