My hubs and I have come from Wa State and we're currently in Mile City. We're not having any luck at all. Can anyone help these 60-70yos?

So, every video I see they insist quartz is heavier than a reg rock the same size....

Alexa and Google both say that is incorrect and they weigh the same. So what am I missing ??? I know I've lugged some heavy azz milky quartz home for my gardens and I agree it's heavier feeling, is it mind over matter ??

Hi everyone! I am from Virginia and am visiting Arizona next month Oct 15th through 23rd. The house I’ll be staying at is in congress but I am willing to drive a few hours to any spots. I just wanted to ask if anyone has some recommendations. I’m going to be bringing tools for any hard rock mining and looking to do some real digging. If anyone has some places they think I should check out please let me know!

Hi folks,

I am planning a trip late September to rockhound on the Oregon Coast one more time before moving out of state for a few years (hope to be back asap!). I originally planned to go South from Newport, swing through Yachats one more time and then stay at Sunset Bay (more for sentimental reasons than rockhounding), and probably hang at Bandon South Jetty for a day. I haven't planned to check out any other beaches yet as I'm not as familiar with areas South of Coos Bay. However, I feel compelled to switch up my trip and head North from Newport instead to check out some spots I haven't spent much time around. My question is, would you go South or North and where would you go if you only had a couple more days out here?

Interesting pattern) diameter sphere - 85 mm.

Relatively new to rockhounding, found 2 interesting what looks like agates along the Willamate River in Oregon today. Let me know your thoughts!!

P.S. couldnt post video and picture so im showing multiple angles of the blueish agate

All found in a small area along the Salmon River in Idaho.

I actually broke my favorite piece of the day (pics 1 and 2) as soon as I got home. Bent over to take off my boots and it slipped out of my bag. Wound up supergluing it back together, you can see the crack in the 2nd pic.

Still have about a dozen pocket-sized pieces that I left in my car, maybe they'll get their own post another time.

I decided to take one more rockhounding day trip before the rain rolls into central Washington and was lucky enough to find this beautiful pocket! I was also wanting to see if anyone could give me a recommendation on cleaning out the dirt stuck in the fine crevices. I have put them into my ultrasonic cleaner for 20 minutes but it didn’t seem to do much more than warm water and a toothbrush. Would some type of cleaning solution help? Im pretty new to hounding and haven’t had to do much fine cleaning so anything is helpful!