Cave Mining for Huge Garnet Gems in North Carolina
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Crystal Hunting for Garnets Gems! This is where garnet is found!
Going into the darkness into a cavern, or a man made cave/audit. It was once mined years ago for several things over the years. Future videos will entail more details of history of mine and polished garnets, the finished product.
Jeff Aiken making appearance finding loads of garnets also with me on this episode!
This location is open to the public, but I don't suggest beginners go without supervision of an experienced miner. When done properly its very safe. The right tools are required.
Stay tuned to the Instagram page of "The Crystal Collector" for updates on mining adventures
to here and other locations all over the USA!
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Hey thanks for the info so now I have to check with family & friends and see who else wants to come.
Blessed One just don’t bring young kids they could easily get hurt
Hello " Make and eat gummy leeches, thanks for the heads up, I don't have any small ones. I'll bring all adults with me or possibly come by myself.
The Crystal Collector hey I love your videos and you should try coming out to California Ocean view mine for some digging itd be great to meet you in person as a beginner miner. Keep on digging!
If you join the Mountain Area Gem & Mineral Association (magma) you can get discounted fees there. I've been up there a couple times. It's a good place to take the kids after school.
Hey Bud, I'd like to see you do a demo on how you polish up those Garnets one day
I agree. Very interested in seeing that
Came here to make the same comment!
That’s awesome, I’m actually making a video currently on showing that exact thing. It should be out in a couple of weeks, thanks for the support
@@TheCrystalCollector I have quite a few chunks of the mica schist that contain garnets but not sure how to get the garments out with any kind of ease.
You need to do a personal collection video to show us what you have collected over the years.
Please respond to my dm and great videos keep it up
I was just thinking about your channel glad you posted a video!
Hello!!! Absolutely enjoy your videos and have learned what to look for and how too's for mining.
Unfortunately the mine is now closed permanently. This past summer some people went into the mine and started removing plates of schist from the ceiling causing a collapse.
The tellings are still plentiful with garnets However I don't believe this will last long.
Thank you for your videos and all that you do to post them.
I really like Amethyst but I also love garnets. I actually found a large garnet about 2years ago I stepped on it.The point was sticking out of the ground. I wasn't looking for anything ,just was walking and thought it was a regular rock. I looked closer and realized I truly had something special. I didn't have it cut I just had it wire wrapped into a necklace. Love it...😘
I got a question...how many of these gems you find are actually jewelry-worthy? I'm curious since many of the amethysts were pretty faint in color
Very few come out cuttable for jewelry from this location, many years ago Tiffany’s went in and mind it and found pieces here and there but had to go through a lot of material
Love coming on your adventures. Always excited to watch when I see you post a video. Thank you for bringing us along.
Awesome vid man!! We have a similar occurrence in Northern Ontario. To get any residual mica off I use a textile gun, works great. Keep up the great vids!!
Andrew
Man I wish I could try this soon
never stop making videos!!!
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Love your videos
I tried contacting you on FB about a very large garnet specimen that I found over 8 years ago in Ruggles Mine up in New Hampshire and never got a response, I kept the specimen because it was a very rare find but I have no idea about it's worth or just how special it is
U really deserve a lot more views for your amazing content!!!!
Thanks, I’m trying to make the best videos possible 🙌🙏💜. Let’s hope they blow up🙌🙏💜
What other mins are in NC
Presley Sapphire mine on the way out of Canton NC on the road past Beaverdam Community that leads over the mountain to Leicester NC.
Yes there are some sapphire and ruby mind, I’m actually there this week shooting some video
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Hi Brian love your videos. You should make a special video for your fans like questions/ answer. As long as the questions aren't to personal or go live. 🤙🏼❤
I’m pretty much an open book so I would not mind pretty much any questions ask, that would be cool. Maybe at the end of the next video I can ask people to comment on any questions and that I could make a video of the most popular comments or something like that 🙌
@@TheCrystalCollector that would be great 😁🤙🏼
please do a crystal give away also your videos are the best i always like and subscribe
Nice keep up the gd work thanks for sharing WHAAAAAAT!!
Always enjoy your videos even though they make me jealous ☺
Sorry to make you jealous but glad your watching 🙌💎🙏💜💜
Ugh I'm so jealous. I wish I had mines like this in Washington 💔
Amazing garnets Bryan , WWWHHHAAATTT !!!!!!!!
Hello Bryan, I love watching you find the crystals and showing them to us partially or fully cleaned and polished. The garnets you found in this video are a colour I've never seen before, and larger as well. Take care my friend, good luck and happy hunting for those wonderful crystals Mary-Ellen UK
I’m working on a video soon showing the polishing process and the bigger ones after they were polished, each one of them has you so much uniqueness
Just beautiful garnets mate! They look even more insane polished man, super rad!!!!
How to you polish the Garnets? Can you do a step by step video to show your viewers. I would Love to see it. I Really enjoy learning about how you clean and polish your crystals.
Yes, I’ll have one coming out soon actually! 🙌
So big! . Unbelievable!
I found garnetts max 5mm...
If you could please give us an idea how much you think the crystals are worth when you do your wrap up. Just guesstimate. That would be awesome. People love to know how much things are worth.
I’m going to be working on a video next week actually on what the value of crystals are’ 🙌🙌🙏
Nice finds and nice fig tree behind you!
People always say nature doesn't create in straight lines. Bullshit.
No link in the description to the mine.
Your channel is my new obsession! Love from Scotland!
Are you doing some garnet mining in New York? as that gem is supposedly native also 💕
Yes this year hope to visit the garnet spot!
How long were you collecting that day to get that many garnets? My fiancé and I are thinking about going here on our honeymoon.
All day for these and I did hit a good area
Do you polish them?? Would you please show me that was pretty he had what kind are they? Like his?there all pretty how much can ya get get them?
Yes I’ll be doing a video soon on polishing
I came here to see garnet from steven universe
I always enjoy watching your videos!
Keep it up
Is this in Morganton, N.C. ? Ive done some garnet digging in Morganton a while back.
Not too far from there
Momories of Nepal scoring some awsome Garnet in Kathmandu thanks for the video
I love the garnet good work💎💎💎⛏️⛏️⛏️
Are these garnets gem quality? Will they get cleaned up & be red?
They have areas of gem quality, but overall or not, just mainly for specimens
Really love your videos!!!!
I LOVE Garnet!!
Wow some great garnets! I really am enjoying your content. Keep up the great job!
Hiii back 😀😀😀😀😀💏💕💕💕💕💞
Really like watching your channel. You are so lucky living in the United States, I don't think we have anything like that in the UK, at least not that I know of. Would you know if anyone came over from the UK if there would be customs charges on the gems?
My husband and I love watching your channel!! We are currently living in Washington State, and have had some luck with garnets in the Leavenworth area. You hike 3 miles, 1034 elevation gain, and are greeted with a beautiful lake, Heather Lake. It quiet, peaceful, secluded...and riddled with garnets!! Wahoo! The hard work is always worth the reward.
We will be moving to the east coast, Virginia, by the end of the year, and cannot wait to explore a whole new world of digging and amazing gems. ( I think I'm going to go nuts!!) Thank you for sharing your adventures with all of us.
Could you also share with us your method of polishing your garnets? That would be neat to see!
Many People say that nature doesn't produce Straight lines, they don't know about minerals I guess. These are really nice garnets, I got two of these bigger ones and a few smaller ones from a mineral fair here in Germany but I didn't know that there is a layer of mica around them. So would you say I should try to polish one of them? Is there a red shiny garnet jewel under the mica?
They don’t all have the layer of Mica, But usually most Garnets if you do polish them will look a bit better
@@TheCrystalCollector Wow that's very interesting, then I will try it with one or two of them just to see if there is something to find underneath. Thank you for your nice video's.
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That last one ( the double ) is truly calling out to my soul..🕉🥰
Garnet holds a very special place in my heart and my Reiki work.. being my late Dear Moms birthstone only makes it more special, I’m off to try & purchase by any means necessary lol..😂🥰🙏🏽🕉
Do you cut them out
How much do u earn with crystal mining???
It’s a big wide variety, it’s according to if you’re finding stuff and how much you’re spending time going out to sell it. My problem is I spent too much time digging and not enough time selling, LOL
Nice fig tree. 😎
Great crystal structure!
Hi, Handsome! Any mines near Maggie Valley!? My sister moved there recently...I might have to go visit! Love your work!
Great job!! Can't wait to see them all polished up!!! Love your vids whaaaaaaaat!!
The little pine garnet mine is a great place to go... I've been a few times now with my daughter... the owners are awesome and its a cool locality.
Beautiful Garnets...now what do you do with them? Do you make jewelry or sell the stone? Thank you for sharing patricia
Got a few when I was younger out of this mine. One was the size of a grapefruit. Inspired me to get into lapidary and jewelry work. Would love to come back soon!
The density of that particular pegmatite is mind scorching! It rivals the pegmatites in the San Diego area. Wow, the amazing geological history of that region must be a tale for the ages! Those garnets are beyond huge an there are so many! Great dig Bryan!
The garnets that I find in my gold pan ,are very small red & transparent , like Ruby's . found some like that in a copper mine, smaller though
Huge crystals for sure nice digging some will polish up sweeeeet thanks big guy
After seeing this video and many of your other videos I was so inspired and excited to dig here but, it seems that it has collapsed while someone was digging at a support column...So your only aloud to dig the tillings if you pay for the 3 hour horse ride. Going to checkout two of your other mine videos I saw near here in NC!
Love how you put in illuminate music in the backround as the camera turned around towards the for a second triangular shaped cave.
There's often garnets the size of match heads in my sluice boxes, but nothing like those giant beauties.
North Carolina seems to have awesome large crystal decomposing bedrock locations I want to get out there so bad.
The garnets are really large, but is there any parts of them clear enough you could facet a nice red stone? Either a large stone or perhaps several small ones? Always wondered. Thanks for the great video!
Wow beautiful huge garnets, great video, 👍😎⛏
My birthstone is garnet. I enjoyed the discovery!!! Maybe you will do another video on garnets because they come in many colors and there are several types ☺
Ever get gem quality material? Love Garnets but mainly gem quality stones.
What steps do you take to polish your little pine garnets? I got a 2lber from there 2 weeks ago and it’s almost gemmy in color and I don’t wanna ruin it lol
I look forward to each video. Something from the midwest would peek my interest even more
woow those are really pretty!! Are they expensive? Where can I buy some of those just to look at them all day
Nice finds in the tailings but please get those chisel heads dressed before you end up with a mushroomed piece flying off into your face.
I have a real interest in gems and hunting for them. Thank you for making these videos.
Be careful
In the mine!! Do ya think I got any. I'm Vt.Vermont
Man I wish you could fine gems like that in Texas
I love your adventures and all the rocks you find. Cheers✌❤
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cool vid l.p. is next on my list have you tried mason mine in franklin nc for their sapphires?
Thank you buddy! Another great video...
Love seeing polished finished products 💕
I want to do this so badly. I love your videos and look forward to seeing them. I no longer drive after having a bad accident. I live in Mississippi and am therefore not very far from some of the locations you visit. I've talked to my daughter who lives here about going, but she has 3 children and isn't able to go. My son who lives in Seattle has talked about going he and his wife are always going on adventures. They have no children so it's easier for them, but I'm not sure when or if he'll be able to go. A lot of the sites you visit seem to be easily accessible, I do have some difficulty with terrain that I would have to climb. I'm having more surgery on my hip soon and I should have a lot better ability to walk. It's hard to explain but when I was in my accident every bone was either crushed or broken in some way. Physically I'm able to walk I have a limp but that should be resolved with my surgery. The reason I'm telling you this is that you have been to so many locations and know just what ones would be the best for me to go to. I was hoping if my son isn't able to go that I might be able to find another way to go. I have always loved and am fascinated with this. I used to take my oldest granddaughter on walks just to see what kinds of rocks we could find. We found lots of fossils and very small geodes. She still has two large containers with the rocks we used to find. My aunt was the one that got me interested in different rocks and the interesting things we could find just walking and watching for one's to shine or unusual shapes and formations. To do this would be awesome. Maybe you could come up with some way that I could do this. Sorry for the long post, but again I really enjoy your videos and would love to meet you someday.
Donna, how far are you from my ida area or hot springs in Arkansas? We may could arrange something for you at one if the mines there. I’ll be out that way around late summer or so. Please stay in contact; sometimes is tough for me to respond promptly but please keep messaging if that’s the case to remind me. There is a sunstone mine that’s really perfect for you but it’s way in Oregon. The quartz mines in Arkansas are really great, we will figure something out. Unless we can figure something out closer to you; there is petrified wood and things Ive. heard nearby. I’ll be going to some sapphire locations also soon that would be great! Thanks so much for writing 🙌🙏💜💎
I have a fig tree in my yard too. those garnets are beautiful😮👍🌈💗
I went to that mine once and I found a garnet about the size of the first one you where showing but it was in the floor in a small part of the cave
Love the shape of garnets always fine garnets in water the creek awesome
Nice finds, some big garnets you found
When I went there there was a couple there that didn’t know what they were doing so we showed them where to dig and what to do but they ended up finding these three gigantic garnets about the size of a mason jar
Really like your videos mate come dig in Australia!
Hope that you continue to find more amazing specimens!
Rock on rockstar 🤙🤙😁
Hopefully one day I’ll make it there!
Garnets are my favourite 💗 GREAT video
Can you make video that the garnet is done pollished
Raw garnets are fun. They work with the root and sacral chakras
Are those Garnets valuable?
Can you sell those?
Yes especially after polished
Very nice place garnet mines ❤
Little pine mine, the new home of the whopper! how did you get so tan digging in a mine
I don.t unterstand... There is a lot all around you see..
Do you ever have your stones cut into jewellery size?
Come Back to Arkansas !!!! I'm going to Ron Coleman's mine tomorrow !!!!! 😕
I’ll be there late summer 🙌🙌🙏🙏💎💎💎 have fun!!