KB1 Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 The kids keep badgering me to take them crystal hunting…….. Anyone know of anywhere in or near Cumbria where we might find some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 I know a great place in the US. My dad took me when I was about 14. It was a old ruby mine. I got in the the creek and started pulling huge red rubies out. My dad acted excited and we was talking about the sweet car I was going to get with my share. I pulled half a 5gal bucket of rubies out of that creek that day. I was going crazy at how rich I was. We get home and he tells me they are garnets. (Red crystal that look like rubies but are worthless). He laughed and laughed. The miner threw the garnets in the creek and kept the rubies thus leaving millions of garnets crystals laying around the mine. It’s in Smack *** gap at the base of Chunky Gal mountain in North Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 26 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said: I know a great place in the US. My dad took me when I was about 14. It was a old ruby mine. I got in the the creek and started pulling huge red rubies out. My dad acted excited and we was talking about the sweet car I was going to get with my share. I pulled half a 5gal bucket of rubies out of that creek that day. I was going crazy at how rich I was. We get home and he tells me they are garnets. (Red crystal that look like rubies but are worthless). He laughed and laughed. The miner threw the garnets in the creek and kept the rubies thus leaving millions of garnets crystals laying around the mine. It’s in Smack *** gap at the base of Chunky Gal mountain in North Carolina. Thanks for that….. I'll just go and warm up the jet😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 hours ago, KB1 said: The kids keep badgering me to take them crystal hunting…….. Anyone know of anywhere in or near Cumbria where we might find some? Not much of a hunt if you've got coordinates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 https://ukfossils.co.uk/2004/03/22/high-fell-quarry/ https://ukfossils.co.uk/2004/01/08/barrow/ There are a couple of site but there isnt much, a lot better to search for fossils in places close by. Just watch out for SSSI locations and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Make one up and take them out looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 An Old Grouse moor keeper now gone took me to a site near Alston, that had been a rifle range from the days of Black powder we used to find handfulls of rounds, sometimes fused together, I meant to go back with a metal detector to the firing point, as those waiting to fire their rounds would douptless have had the Crown & Anchor going, never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 hours ago, mick miller said: Not much of a hunt if you've got coordinates. Really helpful, cheers🙄 2 hours ago, figgy said: Make one up and take them out looking. That's what I did in the end, and ended up finding a few at Kirkstone Pass👍 2 hours ago, Northerner said: https://ukfossils.co.uk/2004/03/22/high-fell-quarry/ https://ukfossils.co.uk/2004/01/08/barrow/ There are a couple of site but there isnt much, a lot better to search for fossils in places close by. Just watch out for SSSI locations and such. Much appreciated👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Kids love adventure and looking for things. Glad your day worked out well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 29 minutes ago, figgy said: Kids love adventure and looking for things. Glad your day worked out well. Cheers, my fellow Monkey Hanger👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 We did this for my boy last year on holiday, brought a bottle of fools gold and buried it on the beach. Then left a treasure map in a bottle for him to find. He loved hunting the treasure out and the whole lot only cost a couple quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 20 hours ago, KB1 said: The kids keep badgering me to take them crystal hunting…….. Anyone know of anywhere in or near Cumbria where we might find some? hello, there is a Rock Shop in Ambleside , might be worth call to see where they suggest looking, 01539 431293 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, there is a Rock Shop in Ambleside , might be worth call to see where they suggest looking, 01539 431293 Cheers👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Many rivers around kilhope and the surrounding area have some nice fluorspar and other crystal in them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB1 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, Lord Geordie said: Many rivers around kilhope and the surrounding area have some nice fluorspar and other crystal in them! Thats spooky……. my neighbour was just telling me that I should try there🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 hello, what semi precious stones would you find on a beach ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, what semi precious stones would you find on a beach ? The odd earing or necklace along with rings. Jet at Whitby. In Cumbria might get the odd two headed fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 minute ago, figgy said: The odd earing or necklace along with rings. Jet at Whitby. In Cumbria might get the odd two headed fish. hello, thanks figgy, i know they find Amber on the east coast, out in the far east i often see people picking up stones off the beach, oh and surprised one evening to see a group metal detecting, this was Thailand, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Seen them myself in places. Wonder if they polish the stones and use them to decorate stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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