Wednesday 28 December 2011

Treasure Hunting Spots and Activities across America

By Tom Snow


Treasure hunting is the real search for treasure that has been a significant activity for humanity for all time. A treasure hunter is somebody who searches for sunken, buried, lost or secret treasure and other artefacts. Treasure hunting could be a fun venture for many or a life-time quest for many others, that no matter what, can psychologically and physically prove the treasure hunter in their enterprise.

The United States is home to a plethora of treasure hunting possibilities. Some top hunting hotspots are mentioned below:

Bonanza Opal Mine in Denio, North Virginia is thought of as one of the best hunting site for fire Opals. This mine has been functioning, since the early 19 hundreds. The mining time of year runs from May to September. The weather can be particularly hot and dry during the hunting time of year. Hunters should bring along a small rake and containers for collection of their finds. Many opal mines are located in normally remote locations, so be prepared to camp and bring along all required items.

Glorietta Mountain in New Mexico and Brenham in Kansas, are peak hunting locations if someone likes hunting for treasure dropping from the sky, eg, meteorites. Deserts and dry lake-beds are the major locations to seek after meteorites.

Emerald Hollow Mine, located under 60 minutes travel time from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Hiddenite, North Carolina, is a cool place for searching for emeralds. This is the only emerald mine in the States open to the general public for that undertaking. Greenhorn rock hunters can take academic journeys to discover more about emeralds and other gems found on site, including sapphires, garnets and tourmaline.

Relic hunters oftentimes head over to the Badlands area in South Dakota to look for dinosaur fossils located in the Devil Hills. The Devil Hills region is a noted location where rock lovers have revealed massive pieces of bone all the way back to the Jurassic period of 145 million years ago.



Crater of Diamonds State Park (Murfreesboro, Arkansas) is the lone active diamond producing site in the world where the general population can search for diamonds. It is actually possible to hike around and look for diamonds lying on top of the earth. And what whatever you find is yours to keep!

Roaring Camp is an old gold mining camp on the Mokulmne River in Pine Grove, California. It is a camp for gold prospectors (49ers) in the California Gold Rush from 1848 to1855. Visitors can visit the operating gold mine and mine their own gold by panning, sluicing, dredging and dry-washing. Roaring Camp provides fun family activities, including rafting, camping, swimming, fishing and hiking on trails utilized by the original 49ers. Gold pans, gravel bags, rocker boxes and other items are available if you need tools to go searching for your golden nuggets.



Travel to the gemstone-rich Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to dig for aquamarine. Spruce Pine is a prime spot for aquamarine mines and gemologists in North California. Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine offers a covered flume line for treasure hunters to sieve through sediment and find all types of dear stones. This mine is also hot shop for not just aquamarine, but garnets, moonstones, rubies and more. Stones are inspected on-site for free. Experienced gem-cutters are also on-site and available to transform your stones into jewelry.






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