Gem hunting, or rock hounding, is a fascinating hobby that allows people to find rare rocks and stones from amethyst and ...

The whole family can literally hunt for treasure at this Blue Ridge Mountain mine in picturesque North Georgia. It's a hidden ...

May 9—The latest exhibit at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur really brings out the kid in you. It is an authentic mining experience where children and adults can sluice for their very own ...

AND ROCK SHOP" IN LA GRANGE. ALEX: "LITTLE BIG GEM MINE AND ROCK SHOP" WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE ADVENTURE AS YOU MINE FOR DOZENS OF FOSSILS AND TREASURE. >> ONE THING THAT’S REALLY COOL IS IT’S A ...

WILLMAR — It started with a rock. It may not have been the most exciting rock, but to its finder Shelia Bass, it would start a passion that has changed her life and created West Central RockHounds ...

Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the United States, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...

To travel into the past, you only have to drive a little more than 200 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, to a former mining town in the Mule Mountains. Bisbee was once the largest city in Arizona, ...

The Holiday Show is a major production in the gem show circuit and an international event with vendors from around the world ...