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see that's what we use this forum for ...the people with knowledge helping dummy's like me.....thank-you (now that was easy)

   new member to brother hood of detectorists at this forum. I seek less trash talk amongst brand  bashers -users and more relavent ways to un earth what we after, quickly and with less effort, were only allotted x amount of time here, I would prefer to get as much valuables out of the ground before I go in.

Survivor Bisifer

Why would you pay for a Gem Book when so much info is available on line?

I know they are good and cool but Mr Time Kills them just as fast as it would printed matter off the Net. :'

http://www.awesomegems.com/gemfacts.html

http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blgem-to-min-tables.htm

VERY NICE!!! It also looks like a piece of jewlery that woman would put on their shoes to dress them up.  My grandmother had a few of them from the 30's. They would tie them up on their laces. I only have one that has a loop on the back.  I would look in the hole (area) again. 

Nice find!!!

SharenH 

		Quote:			Posted by heathen1
	it's good practice how big of a bag 5lbs

Bag was only 1lbs... would wish i had more .. but after Monday i will have lost.. i am taking home 3*18 gallons of dirt from known gold location.. so hopefully i find some hehe

USTiger

can any one suggest a good book on what gemstone look like in there natural state? I pan for gold in the same place my grandpa did and he told me he used to find garnets? and other  things that I now can't remember... but I wouldn't know a gem stone if it hit me in the head.... been finding some nice green rocks (pebbles)  this is a old river bottom any advice? thanks

do you still have that coin?

its funny you should say that heathen1 the house i now live in was my granparents before i was born. about 27 years ago while playing on  the tire swing i found a theodore roosevelt presidential coin in the front yard.  maybe I will luck out and find something else but a big diamond ring would be fine.

I hope you screw up the test sight,,and find a big old  lost diamond ring wouldn't that be a blast!

You MIGHT be able to detect in some state parks....it depends upon the state---although more and more of them are saying no.....still it pays to check, you're state may allow it (I can tell you Texas and Arizona both fall into the NO category)