Rockhounding

Interviewed at ‘Locally Handmade’ at the Rockingham Mall, Salem NH     Click here to watch the interview.

  Visit us on our new You Tube channel titled, "The Rockhounders' Vug" and enjoy the 'Sitting Right On It Pocket' video. (Click on the link below or copy & paste it into your web browser) https://youtu.be/VAFJnA6Rmi8   The Rockhounders' Vug" has been created so other rockhounds, new or experienced, or anyone for that matter can enjoy the exciting times we have exploring the beauty the world has to offer. We will be searching and digging for amethyst, smokey quartz, beryl, aquamarine, tourmalines, Herkimer Diamonds and many other minerals. We hope you come with us on our journey and many...

  Visit us on our new You Tube channel titled, "The Rockhounders' Vug" and enjoy the 'May The 4th Be With You Pocket' video. (Click on the link below or copy & paste it into your web browser) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXqdBYw-2Gs   "The Rockhounders' Vug" has been created so other rockhounds, new or experienced, or anyone for that matter can enjoy the exciting times we have exploring the beauty the world has to offer. We will be searching and digging for amethyst, smokey quartz, beryl, aquamarine, tourmalines, Herkimer Diamonds and many other minerals. We hope you come with us on our journey...

It was Saturday May 2nd.  I had a decision to make.  My brother and longtime rock hounding partner John and his son Joe had a lot of work to do, they would be busy all day.  To make matters worse, Jordan my daughter and other long time rock hounding partner had nursing finals the following week, there was no way she could get out.  I was itching to get out as I had been cooped up in the house for longer than I could remember. I had never gone rock hounding outside of my hometown by myself before.  I packed...

4/4/20 A day of great discovery, not thinking about COVID-19 Today we headed out deep into a New Hampshire forest.  We were ready for a day of adventure and fun.  John, Joe, Austin, Jordan and I were looking forward to a day of normalcy as the COVID-19 virus has taken hold of the world.  We could not think of a better way to practice social distancing than hiking deep into the forest.  We arrived at the site excited to get going.  We spent about two hours searching through the dumps and looking over broken rocks, we were skunked save a...