Oh man -- this video was an ENTIRE GEOLOGY EDUCATION right here! Very Fabulous! I'm saving this one to watch again! Used to live in Southern California & studied some of the geologic history of California. Incredible! I enjoyed this one SO MUCH!!
A fellow Washingtonian! Have you visited the mine or ordered their ore before? Totally recommend flying down to San Diego / So Cal for a weekend and checking it out if you haven't! I spent a weekend there and found a gorgeous 50+ carat green tourmaline crystal that will cut rather nicely. And a ton of other great stuff! Highly recommend it!
@@lapidarydave, Sorry this is a year late but I just saw your reply when I was rewatching this video in preparation for coming this year on my 60 the birthday since I wasn't able to make it last year because of car problems. But it looks like it won't happen this year either . When I had checked the schedule a few months ago it showed April 11th ( my actual birthday ! ) as an open date and I was SO excited and planned a trip with 5 of my best girlfriends to fulfill my long term wish to come to your place. But when I went to make reservations last week the schedule had been changed to Sundays only and I had to cancel the trip. Maybe next year I will have better luck !! I've found some tourmaline , lepidolite and smoky quartz points at the abandoned Blue Crystal mine in Landers in San Bernardino County discovered in 2006 . It's less than 10 minutes from my home and it has definitely wetted my appetite to find more !!! I have a huge rock collection but there's nothing like the ones you pull out of the earth yourself. Sorry about the long reply but your enthusiasm has me even more determined to visit the Pala one day. Thank you for the tour !
I love how excited Sweet Jim gets when searching through stuff. I get just as excited as he does. 😂 It would be such a blast to go rock hounding with him.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: This was a great trip! Really exciting to see so many minerals and crystals from one mountain. What fun!
Thank you for this awesome video! Makes me really miss this awesome mine. Definitely need to visit the mine again soon. Thankfully, I already have two of the bags of high grade mine ore in my garage to go through this weekend. Totally recommend this mine - for anybody that sees this. And, totally agree with everybody regarding Steve - he's absolutely awesome! 👍
Hi Dave, good seeing you live today! Hope you found some unique herks! I did see this video a few months ago, and now have watched it 3 times. That much information! I am gleaning tips for my upcoming official first dig here in Oct. As I am watching you in the jeep with your guide Steve! ( sorry can't remember his name) I find myself wanting to jump out and scour the sides of the road! Thank you for taking the time filming this with the guide, love it! Safe travels!
Great video! I’ve been there a few times plus other mines in the area. I remember visiting a mine in the area about 25 years ago with a friend who knew the owners and we personally got to go inside the mine and crawl around, it was fantastic! The owner told me that his wife had purchased the mine for him as an anniversary present! I can’t even imagine what that would be like!
Hi ya! I wanted to say thank you for this video. Ive been wanting to go to this mine but have horrible anxiety. If I dont know what to expect, I typically wont go. This made me feel excited and confident to visit Pala. Big big thank you :)
You should totally go! It's a very smooth process and they guide you along at every step of the way. I spent a weekend at the Oceanview Mine and brought home a 50+ carat huge tourmaline crystal that I'll be able to cut into something really nice. And, tons of other great stuff! You can also order their ore online for $100 plus shipping if you'd prefer to go through high grade mine run at home. I have two boxes / bags waiting for me to go through this weekend. 😁 Tons of awesome stuff.
Steve Carter is a dear old family friend. I have not been in touch with him since my family left Poway in 2002 or 03. Steve got my dog Sasha. My grandfather Roger Carpenter was Steve's father Gordon Carters main man for Carter Blasting for 20 plus years.
Spent good time out there but not $75 good. We had a feeling that truck loads of pile been pre screened good. We haven’t even find $5 worth of anything. At least for that money you guys should of planted some buckets of Amethyst, quartz or no gem quality tourmaline crystals in that pile. They have almost no value but people would of be happy to find some. I rather spend that $75 on ebay and get some nice crystals. We never go back.
Actually, I was invited a whole heartedly and was given a very special tour both on handoff camera but that is pretty funny and I didn’t notice it before
@@flashbackactivator6565 no joke it really was between $25million-100 million lol what determines if it’s 25 million or 100 ? how the owner is feeling that day lol what a joke
Once again another sad video emerges showing rockhounds valiant but futile efforts sifting for shards, remnants...that's all tha remains of the once spectacular gem pegmatites around Pala, California. Thanks to aggressive exploitation of these ground-level pegmatites there's no real "treasures" left...they are all gone now folks...you go there you are left with sifting through piles of previously sifted mine dumps. Disgusting waste of time hoping to find even a single inlact tourmaline pencil, or any other intact crystal larger than a micro-mount specimen. Perhaps if I can keep my children interested in crystal collecting for their beauty, they might be able to pass this gene onto their children, so that one day my grandchildren, or their grandchildren can have the joy of discovering REAL crystals there on the Moon, or on Mars...but all the surface pegmatites on Earth now have either been mined-out long ago, or are in the hands of private property "I'm only in it for the money." exploiters.
Oh man -- this video was an ENTIRE GEOLOGY EDUCATION right here! Very Fabulous! I'm saving this one to watch again! Used to live in Southern California & studied some of the geologic history of California. Incredible! I enjoyed this one SO MUCH!!
thank you so much for enjoying it it took a long time for me to make this one and I really appreciate your appreciation Sally :)
Молодец !
the tour guide is a great teacher!
Thanks for the in-depth video of what to expect at the OceanView Mine. I can't wait to do this. I'll check out your sponsor also.
Thank you for this video and the interview man, I learned so much about the mines.
Steve is an amazing guide
steve is absolutely amazing :)
This is the best video I have seen on this mine. So informative, and no stupid hype.
Thank you.
thanks my friend 💎🪕
A fellow Washingtonian! Have you visited the mine or ordered their ore before? Totally recommend flying down to San Diego / So Cal for a weekend and checking it out if you haven't! I spent a weekend there and found a gorgeous 50+ carat green tourmaline crystal that will cut rather nicely. And a ton of other great stuff! Highly recommend it!
I'm going here on Sunday for my birthday and I am SO EXCITED !!!!!!!
that is so awesome. Make sure to tell Steve the Miner . That I said hi and that you watch the video.
@@lapidarydave, Sorry this is a year late but I just saw your reply when I was rewatching this video in preparation for coming this year on my 60 the birthday since I wasn't able to make it last year because of car problems.
But it looks like it won't happen this year either . When I had checked the schedule a few months ago it showed April 11th ( my actual birthday ! ) as an open date and I was SO excited and planned a trip with 5 of my best girlfriends to fulfill my long term wish to come to your place. But when I went to make reservations last week the schedule had been changed to Sundays only and I had to cancel the trip.
Maybe next year I will have better luck !!
I've found some tourmaline , lepidolite and smoky quartz points at the abandoned Blue Crystal mine in Landers in San Bernardino County discovered in 2006 . It's less than 10 minutes from my home and it has definitely wetted my appetite to find more !!! I have a huge rock collection but there's nothing like the ones you pull out of the earth yourself.
Sorry about the long reply but your enthusiasm has me even more determined to visit the Pala one day.
Thank you for the tour !
Also. I've found deep dark red faceted crystals ( mostly very small) but have been unable to identify them . Any ideas ?
I love how excited Sweet Jim gets when searching through stuff. I get just as excited as he does. 😂 It would be such a blast to go rock hounding with him.
Love that Kunzite! I found a little pocket of semi facet grade stuff in an unexpected place. Throw it under a Blacklight!
It glows orange, Phil Osborn (one of our miners) showed me that. 💎🔦😎
sweeeeeet
That looks like so much fun doing that I can't believe I'm just now getting into crystals god bless y'all very nice video
thanks my friend i really appreciate you
Dave you were so quiet in this video😂.
Respect in the presence of a master in his trade..
geology rocks!
thank you so much for your kindness my friend :)
Hallowed ground for mineral collectors and gemologists, thanks for the tour!
Killer place, can't wait to go! Thanks for the tour!
thanks for watching my friend
I really enjoyed this video informative and I liked the suspense of looking through the bags
🦩🦩🦩💎🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞❤️❤️
Great video! I've been there three times and can't wait to go again.
Weasel! You’re the man! 💎⛏🤓
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: This was a great trip! Really exciting to see so many minerals and crystals from one mountain. What fun!
Thanks guys for that first hand look and down to earth good time video.. enjoyed :)
thank you for watching my friend
Just bought a high grade bag for my birthday next month. Thanks for the recommendation!
my pleasure thanks for watching
Great tour!!! (I think Steve was waiting for a tip at the end)
steve is a good friend i would do anything for that brother
Lived within 40 miles of the mines and have never been. Thanks for the information.
Thank you for this awesome video! Makes me really miss this awesome mine. Definitely need to visit the mine again soon. Thankfully, I already have two of the bags of high grade mine ore in my garage to go through this weekend.
Totally recommend this mine - for anybody that sees this.
And, totally agree with everybody regarding Steve - he's absolutely awesome! 👍
steve is amazing
Love this tour ♥️
thank you so much for watching
Hi Dave, good seeing you live today! Hope you found some unique herks! I did see this video a few months ago, and now have watched it 3 times. That much information! I am gleaning tips for my upcoming official first dig here in Oct. As I am watching you in the jeep with your guide Steve! ( sorry can't remember his name) I find myself wanting to jump out and scour the sides of the road! Thank you for taking the time filming this with the guide, love it!
Safe travels!
It was great to meet you, hope to see you again soon!
Hey there!
the pleasure is all mine :) dude your the coolest and your youtube channel is awesome
@@lapidarydave I appreciate that, and I’m stoked that I got to be a part of this!
Just had some lovely watermelon tourmaline land and now awaiting my new used rock saw and wheel then well be ready rock
Great video! I’ve been there a few times plus other mines in the area. I remember visiting a mine in the area about 25 years ago with a friend who knew the owners and we personally got to go inside the mine and crawl around, it was fantastic! The owner told me that his wife had purchased the mine for him as an anniversary present! I can’t even imagine what that would be like!
holy smokes that’s amazing!!!!!
ชั่งหน้าทึ่งมากบุกถึลงรังอัญญะมณี.ชั่งหน่าทึ่งและหน้าประทับใจมาก..ขอบคุณทางรายการและวิดีโอมาก....สวัดดีทักทายจากไทยแลนณ์....
Who ever found that Kunzite , is one lucky person.
it was a dude who was pretty much done for the day after he found it
I am the person who found the Kunzite and it now resides in my personal collection
@@dannyburns6990 Well done, I found a nice piece of Triphane at the Tourmaline King years ago but nothing like that Kunz
LOVE your user name !!
@@hippiecowgirl4231 🥰
TH-cam did me right this time! I will be visiting real soon! See ya then or at the beach 🔮✨💎💖
see you there :)
@52:16 LoL I thot we were gonna see someone fly downward! Haha 😂
Great video!
Steve should be on a Discovery mining show.
agreed Steve should have his own show he’s Kind smart and has the look :)
That Kunzite at 18:25 paid for the day right there 👍
Deffo hitting up this spot! Thanks Dave!
please do it’s really fun :)
Hi ya! I wanted to say thank you for this video. Ive been wanting to go to this mine but have horrible anxiety. If I dont know what to expect, I typically wont go. This made me feel excited and confident to visit Pala. Big big thank you :)
your gunna love it my friend very good and kind folks there :)
@@lapidarydave thanks Dave! They seem super nice. :)
You should totally go! It's a very smooth process and they guide you along at every step of the way. I spent a weekend at the Oceanview Mine and brought home a 50+ carat huge tourmaline crystal that I'll be able to cut into something really nice. And, tons of other great stuff!
You can also order their ore online for $100 plus shipping if you'd prefer to go through high grade mine run at home. I have two boxes / bags waiting for me to go through this weekend. 😁 Tons of awesome stuff.
@@KotlinTheDev Thanks Zachary! I appreciate the encouragement. I really reaaalllly want to go and the reassurance helps so much.
Dave, top aaa grade vid. thanks
thank you so much my friend
Cant wait to go back!!
me toooooo
Wow 🤩 Those are precious gems.. I just bought an Aquamarine at the Valencia Mall the other day for $45 and it’s so tiny.. 😅
Thank you 🙏🏻 🍻
I've been here lots of fun for rock hounds
Thanks Dave
thank you my friend
Wow love these and i got all these wow
Kunzite fades if left in direct Sunlight! Just an FYI!
Yes siree, that’s why they call it “the evening stone”
We have some of the most stable kunzite on Earth. We left some out for a year, and a half before it lost color.
Steve, the back of my brain is saying 'manganese nodule' for that odd shiny round piece; is that likely in that area?
@@RICDirector We have manganese, it’s what colors our morganite. What part are you referring to?
interesting
Fun fact pala means One in my language . Sweet Vid
interesting that’s awesome
Dave!! When were you there!??? I was there too!
i think like two saturdays ago
@@lapidarydave I missed you by one week! 😵
Quartz huh? I wonder if they would be okay if you panned the material.
Steve Carter is a dear old family friend. I have not been in touch with him since my family left Poway in 2002 or 03. Steve got my dog Sasha. My grandfather Roger Carpenter was Steve's father Gordon Carters main man for Carter Blasting for 20 plus years.
awesome i love steve he’s awesome
Planning to go there… are the roads rough… is it safe to go there… this will be my first time…
very safe and easy
💎💎💎💎❤️
Im ready
thank you my friend I appreciate your attendance :)
Steve is so handsome 😍😍
Do they have facet rough for sale in that shop?
Yes, we do!
👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤🇻🇳
thank you my friend 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇻🇳
I Love To Buy Some Blue Topaz Like Swiss And London Blue Topaz.
Spent good time out there but not $75 good. We had a feeling that truck loads of pile been pre screened good. We haven’t even find $5 worth of anything. At least for that money you guys should of planted some buckets of Amethyst, quartz or no gem quality tourmaline crystals in that pile. They have almost no value but people would of be happy to find some. I rather spend that $75 on ebay and get some nice crystals. We never go back.
Can you dig in the mines ?
Like inside of the mines no way too dangerous
13:43
Jangan terlalu lama fukos dgn 1 batu, bro
How to get there? We are from south…
look up the pala chief mine
HELO I WONDER HOW CAN I GO
TO THAT PLACE AND WHAT I NEED
AND HOW MUCH?
I AM REALY INTERESTED
THANKS ROBERTO HERNANDEZ LEON
i think it’s $75 a day for the dig
Whats the name of the mine i love ro rent that room
oceanview
10 sec to gather dirt in your bucket? a bit much on strictness
I found out that Jim in the video passed away in June 2022
At 22:11.... Code TH-cam guy.😂😅😅
The radio people don't like you.😮
Actually, I was invited a whole heartedly and was given a very special tour both on handoff camera but that is pretty funny and I didn’t notice it before
Aw Dave.. you didn’t text me
i’m so sorry was i supposed to text before we went to the mine?😭 i’m sorry my friend
That opening scene reminds me of the m*a*s*h
Great episode, a real treat.
thanks to all involved!
@24:42, what prrrice?
@30:00, bottom shelf, left.
@@flashbackactivator6565 no joke it really was between $25million-100 million lol what determines if it’s 25 million or 100 ? how the owner is feeling that day lol what a joke
@@flashbackactivator6565 damn your right those were awesome
Why would anyone damage a specimen of bi-color tourmaline just to take back the pinks that sounds pretty ignorant 🤦♂️
it’s the old empress of china she has zero f’s to give
Lose the music 🎶🎶
can’t really it’s there because the wind was so crazy
The video is good 😊 I'll just turn the volume down have a great day.
Sift each screen and it it already!! Why show dirty rock, RINSE it already. So annoying.
🤪😜😝
Sorry nothing good!
😂😂😂🤌🏽👎🏽🐒
Once again another sad video emerges showing rockhounds valiant but futile efforts sifting for shards, remnants...that's all tha remains of the once spectacular gem pegmatites around Pala, California. Thanks to aggressive exploitation of these ground-level pegmatites there's no real "treasures" left...they are all gone now folks...you go there you are left with sifting through piles of previously sifted mine dumps. Disgusting waste of time hoping to find even a single inlact tourmaline pencil, or any other intact crystal larger than a micro-mount specimen. Perhaps if I can keep my children interested in crystal collecting for their beauty, they might be able to pass this gene onto their children, so that one day my grandchildren, or their grandchildren can have the joy of discovering REAL crystals there on the Moon, or on Mars...but all the surface pegmatites on Earth now have either been mined-out long ago, or are in the hands of private property "I'm only in it for the money." exploiters.
It's a total rip off .
Need to rendition this stuff with precious metals in wilddrness, heavy phenol rain timez the catalysts.. man what a deal. Bummer life dude.
😂 your comments are cracking me up ❤️