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Post by puppie96 on Jan 7, 2005 1:49:02 GMT -5
Hi -- anybody have any suggestions for easy access, fairly armchair afternoon-type rock hunting areas near either of these cities? I'm going to be in both places in the next few months for non-rock related reasons but should be able to make some short side trips....
Thank you much!
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HarryB41
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Post by HarryB41 on Jan 7, 2005 7:54:45 GMT -5
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HarryB41
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Post by HarryB41 on Jan 7, 2005 8:16:03 GMT -5
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Post by puppie96 on Mar 10, 2005 23:56:26 GMT -5
Hey, I just now found these posts. Thanks! I would LOVE to go there but I don't know whether there will be time for that long a trip, I sure would like to give it a try.
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churross
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Post by churross on Mar 26, 2008 18:20:02 GMT -5
San Diego: Easiest place is just south of the Batiquitos lagoon on the beach between Carlsbad and Leucadia. Exit Poinsettia Ln. off of Hwy 5 head west, turn left on Carlsbad blvd. When you cross the lagoon park along the road or there's a state beach parking lot (they may charge $5 or so). Tons of beach tumbled rocks, looking will turn up some agate, petrified wood, maybe whale bone. I found a nice piece of rhodonite and a few pieces of lepidiolite, both are common in the mountains and hills surrounding San Diego. Harder to access mountain and hill sites due to land ownership. The Pala District 20 m. north of San Diego has the best mining sites. Sometimes they tour and will give you a nice bucket of tailings to sort through for a price. Hope this helps.
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Post by puppie96 on Apr 1, 2008 2:12:18 GMT -5
WOW, I wish you had been here 2 years ago when I started this thread! I hope you hang out. Seriously, the opportunity to get information like you just gave is just so great.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Apr 30, 2008 12:05:35 GMT -5
Well, if I'm not too late to reply... You can go fossil hunting at Caesar Creek State Park, just north of Cincinnati. "Take a trip back in time to an age when a warm, shallow ocean covered southwest Ohio. Fossil evidence is abundant in the emergency spillway that was excavated during the construction of Caesar Creek Dam. Fossil hunting is a major attraction at Caesar Creek Lake, drawing people from all over the country. This is one of the few areas in the Midwest where visitors are permitted to collect the unique fossils formed during the Ordovician age." I've found horn corals, brachipods, and others that I've forgotten. There are supposed to be trilobites, but I didn't find any when I went. Maybe you'll get lucky. Some of the fossils have weathered out, but most are in matrix and you're not allowed tools. You can collect hand sized pieces or smaller. Check with the visitor's center for a 'permit' (they essentially just go over the rules) and instruction on where to hunt. Go to the south wall, not the flood plain. Here's a link to the park with directions. www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/720/default.aspxOtherwise, I've spoken to a rock shop owner who has said the only local rough is flint. But don't turn up your nose at it; it is supposed to be very pretty. Hope that helps! Chuck |
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Post by puppie96 on Apr 30, 2008 15:14:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the information! It may be too late but you never know when another chance might come along. As it happens, I'm going to Kentucky next week and what I'm trying to figure out now is good spots to hunt Kentucky agate. I'm going to have to be in Louisville most of the time but I have an extra day planned on the front end to go to the area south of Lexington which seems to be the prime agate area.
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