misfrugal
off to a rocking start
Member since June 2022
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Post by misfrugal on Jun 3, 2022 21:23:26 GMT -5
Hi all! I’m. a jewelry maker and use stone as well as other mediums. My BFF is 15 years my senior and we are doing a BFF road-trip this month and I’m looking for some handicap accessible sites to do some rockhounding. I seen the Flintridge in Newark, OH recommendation but not any others. Glad to join. Thanks, Donna
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 3, 2022 21:40:57 GMT -5
Hey Donna! Welcome to the forum from South Dakota! I don't know of any wheelchair accessible hounding in my area...but I hope you two have a very safe and memorable (in a good way!) road-trip!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 3, 2022 21:50:42 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern Arizona!
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Post by manofglass on Jun 3, 2022 21:54:20 GMT -5
Welcome from Michigan
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Post by vegasjames on Jun 3, 2022 22:00:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum Donna from Southern Nevada.
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markb
Cave Dweller
Member since May 2022
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Post by markb on Jun 3, 2022 23:21:17 GMT -5
Hi Donna,
While I've never heard of any handicap accessible sites for rockhounding, you may try contacting some fee dig sites for rockhounding to see if they can offer you anything. While not all fee dig sites will be suitable for this, some locations claim to be handicap accessible. One we found online was the Wegner Crystal Mines in Arkansas, who say you can drive right up to the tailings of the digging area. Depending on where you are going, do a Google search for "handicap accessible rock and mineral fee digs", or something similar.
Good luck on your trip and with your adventures!
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Post by Peruano on Jun 4, 2022 6:50:17 GMT -5
I'm sure you can find accessible sites, but you may have to screen a lot of candidates before you hit the perfect situation. Miles driven and geology studies are both fun in the process.
Some of the best resources I've ever discovered for rock hounding were good because they did not give infinite detail, but rather point you in general areas causing you to create or rediscover a site that has not been worked heavily by others. Many times sources are spread over wide areas, but too often when specifics are given in a guide, the masses swarm there and sites become less productive or accessible.
My favorite, with perhaps thousands of sites shown on maps, is the Western Gem Hunters Atlas by Cyril Johnson. It went through at least 11 editions; the one I'm looking at was printed in 1966 and is undoubtedly out of print. It should be available on Amazon, Thriftbooks, Adlibris etc. If a site is shown on both sides of a main road and a drive by look promising, there would be a candidate.
Alternatively there are on-line sites that discuss sites for each state. Again its a matter of sampling for the right characteristics to match your needs.
If you can find the right Rock Hounds along the routes of your travels, you might be invited to rock hound in their back yard. I know I have rocks I'd share if you were parked in my drive-way. Happy travels.
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Post by drocknut on Jun 4, 2022 9:10:28 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum and happy hounding. Hope you find lots of great places to find great rocks.
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