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Cash and Treasures Collection 1

easybloom — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:09:29 +0000

Do you love the idea of striking it rich, but don’t know where to look? Anyone can grab a shovel and make some cold hard cash if they know where the treasures are, how to get them and how to cash them in! Kirsten Gumm guides us across the nation as she embarks on an exciting journey uncovering lost relics, buried gems and other riches. You won’t believe the wealth of materials out there…possibly just footsteps from your front door.

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Cash and Treasures Collection 1

steveprefontaine — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:50:56 +0000

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/02/2008 Run time: 286 minutes Rating: Nr

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Gem Mining in Pala, California

gemgossip — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:27:22 +0000

The west coast was nothing but fun, especially getting a chance to head to the Oceanview Mine in Pala, California. Known for housing an abundance of tourmalines (pink, green, and the combination of both known as ‘watermelon’), aquamarines, kunzite, morganite, quartz crystals and many others. The mine was even featured on Travel Channel’s Cash & Treasures.

Getting there was tricky–many curvy dirt roads and even going outside of the navigation system range. We paid a fee to sift through a gigantic pile of tailings from the active mine. Tailings are all the “leftovers” from blasting inside the mine. We got downright dirty and super sweaty, shoveling all we could into our buckets and then sifting through it all, using the screens. Our day pass got us 4 hours of digging and a tour deep into the mine–450 feet into the Earth!

I actually got extremely lucky, and stumbled upon a large chunk of Kunzite–about the size of my palm. And it was only my second bucket full! One of the owners of the mine came around to help everyone out and help identify what had been found. He was amazed by the deep purple/pink color of what I had found and its size. He guessed it to be worth anywhere from $400-600! I couldn’t believe it! Check it out below!

Kunzite was actually first discovered in Pala, California in 1902. It is interesting to think that my chunk of kunzite had been in the Earth for millions of years until a few days ago when I found it! With that in mind, and having the feeling of how exciting it is to have found something so rare, I knew I wanted to keep it instead of trying to sell it. All that sweating and hard work definitely was worth it!

If you want to try your hand at gem mining or just want to do something different for a change, I strongly recommend the Oceanview mine. You just have to call ahead of time to make a reservation and get the directions. Mining reservations can only be made on Sundays or Thursdays, so make sure to check the website. Pala, California is just 50 minutes outside of San Diego. It is exciting because you never know what you’re going to find! I ended up walking away with a $600 Kunzite!!

Searching for Lake Superior Agates

bluestemstudio — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:56:37 +0000

When I was a child and wandering down the road that led to my lake house near Brainerd, Minnesota, I found a wonderful Lake Superior agate. I knew it was an agate, but I didn’t know that it had a special designation until recently, when I was watching the show Cash and Treasures on the Travel Channel. The host was traversing the upper Midwest, discovering and selling these stones.

On a recent trip to central Minnesota, I set out to find Lake Superior agate cabochons that I could use in my jewelry making. As a child I remember the many rock shops that were along the highway so I thought this would be an easy task. Apparently, the rock shop is a thing of the past. Getting out the handy yellow pages and searching on the Internet, I found the only one in the area to be about an hour away and closed during my remaining two days in Minnesota.

In my research I did learn about these agates, how they were formed and where you can find them. And that they are the official state gemstone for Minnesota! If you would like to learn more, here is a link to the agate page on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources site.

And here is a photo of the agate I found as a child …