danb
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Post by danb on Mar 23, 2011 14:14:41 GMT -5
I've searched around, and it doesn't seem like anyone scuba dives to collect rocks. As an avid scuba diver and a newb getting into rockhounding, it seems like there would be some great access to rocks that they average joe wouldn't be able to get to. Has anyone had any experience with this? I have a few ideas for some local spots to try. If I have any success I will post the results.
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Don
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Post by Don on Mar 23, 2011 14:33:57 GMT -5
I believe there is a member here who goes scuba diving for Jade off the coast of CA...
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 23, 2011 14:34:08 GMT -5
Sure, why not ? A lot of jade has been collected off the Northern California coast by scuba divers. Don't know of a reasonable reason why it wouldn't work in any water clean enough to see the rocks.
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Mar 23, 2011 14:59:24 GMT -5
i hunt Oregon rivers with a custom wet suit, I'm 6.6 ft tall. and i fine some nice material.
And the Mt. lakes are nice to hunt, cold some are 42 degrees in August.
the suit is 7mm Fantom Quest.
In Lebanon Oregon some of my best Holley Blue is from deep water.
And jaspers, petrified woods. large material i have to use a raft to float it down stream.
Though i only Snorkel for the material.
And i put on a few buckets of weight since i had the suit made in 1990.
Jack
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meta99
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Post by meta99 on Mar 23, 2011 16:04:50 GMT -5
You may want to check out the Dirty Rockhounds board. Rick (ncmineralman) dives for rocks....
Sue
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Dr DG
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Post by Dr DG on Mar 23, 2011 19:03:31 GMT -5
A lot of divers go to Jade Cove in Big Sur, California
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danb
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Post by danb on Mar 23, 2011 22:55:30 GMT -5
Jack,
I'm in Oregon too, not far from Lebanon. Used to do a lot of steelhead fishing in that area. Some of the spots you mentioned are areas I thought might be interesting. Looking forward to the rain stopping and the rivers going down again!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 25, 2011 12:53:54 GMT -5
There is a spot by Otis,OR..By the bridge between Otis and southwest to highway 101......Its about 30 feet deep,lots of rocks on the shoreline.
I have two buddies that dive,one is in Montana,he hunts for fossils in the rivers,other in Carolina's,he dives in the rivers for fossils and sharks teeth.....
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Mar 25, 2011 14:51:53 GMT -5
Otis Oregon, North bank Rd. Some of the best salmon fishing in Oregon. and the bridge by the store / lodge. at the bridge.101-
Though the area is sea floor Mud. i can`t recall ever finding a concretion worth picking up.
mine was on fishing though. and keeping the sand shrimp of the sandstone mud from snagging up.
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Mar 27, 2011 11:48:05 GMT -5
A board member here called "Nephrite" scubadives for Jade off the coast of California....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 15:32:35 GMT -5
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danb
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Post by danb on Mar 27, 2011 22:39:33 GMT -5
Inner tubes! You are a freaking genius! That would work awesome for the bags of scallops we get off the Oregon coast. Now I am really excited about going out and finding some rocks! I have a nice HID dive light that should "hopefully" help in picking out some good rocks.
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jcinpc
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Post by jcinpc on Mar 28, 2011 0:44:56 GMT -5
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danb
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2011 21:23:08 GMT -5
Those are some great shots jcinpc! I'm not sure what I think about jumping in the water with a alligator (or crocodile ?) Do you ever find the big shark teeth like they do in the Carolinas?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 3, 2011 18:53:54 GMT -5
Great pics jcinpc,your in some great diving country.........
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Post by Woodyrock on Apr 3, 2011 23:23:51 GMT -5
I have collected rock on old ballast dumps here in Washington State. Sailing ships often came here in ballast. The ones from China left some very pretty onyx, ships from England left flint, and etc. The rock found in a ships ballast gives archaeologists an identification as what a ships last port may have been. I have also dove Jade Cove in CA, and the West Coast of New Zealand for jade.
Woody
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