There are a lot of natural treasures out there.Sometimes we find something really unique in our own backyard & sometimes we find nothing even in places where very few people have ever been to.What was your best catch ever?
2006-09-10 03:50:06 · 6 answers · asked by rockhound 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Natural treasures covers a lot of territory, but I'll leave out artifacts (like arrow heads or stone axes).
Gem: A series of bright red garnets about 3/8 inch in size. There were 17 in one specimen alone.
Mineral: A specimen of calcite needles, very fragile and hard to come by.
Cave: A number of stalactite tubes (limestone or calcite) which had broken off the ceiling of a cave and were found in the stream bed on the cave floor.
Biological: Fresh water jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbyi)
also found, but not collected: Albino white tail deer.
Also under biological would be a 400 year old Indigenous American skull (from a kitchen midden) and the skull of a modern porpoise (while diving). The first was given to local police authorities and the second was donated to a university.
Sure, the best find of all was my wife, but I did not find her, we found each other.
2006-09-10 04:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 72⤊ 0⤋
As far as rocks go, the best I've found so far are a few nice quartz crystals. I still drop by Crater of Diamonds State Park now and then, and as soon as I train one of my dogs to sniff out diamonds, I should have some good finds.
JMB
2006-09-10 11:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by levyrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a space rock that crashed threw my garage last summer never called anyone it had gold in it think it was part of a satellite
2006-09-10 10:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bag of weed and twenty dollars
2006-09-10 11:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by bhcky79 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
my wife, at a lecture
2006-09-10 10:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by capollar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my patner
2006-09-10 10:58:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋