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GeneralPlease Help me find Geodes
20th Aug 2008 01:08 UTCAlexa Rose
20th Aug 2008 01:25 UTCsteven garza
You posted on McRocks, I answered, & YOU never came back to me. You want help, go back to your postings there, as well as others about geodes, & contact me through there. These guided trip are FRE (except you pay my gas) & cover S.IN & around the ft. Knox - Bardstown area. More info when you DO contact me.
Steve
20th Aug 2008 03:41 UTCAlexa Rose
20th Aug 2008 03:58 UTCKJC
Some nice Keokuk type geodes can be found in streams along the eastern Highland rim of Tennessee, particularly just east of Woodbury TN (in Hill creek where Hwy 70 crosses just east of town) and near Gainesboro, TN.
24th Jul 2009 14:02 UTCbob MORGAN (2)
24th Jul 2009 16:42 UTCEverett Harrington Expert
I live in SW MI, Dowagiac...where you at? There are geodes around here, they are small though. Mostly found in gravel pits like Moose Lake agg and Steve's gravel pit here in Dowagiac. The best places to look for them are at the crushers/washing plants at these gravel pits, it tends to sort the gravel by sizes, check the golf ball sized rock piles
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24th Jul 2009 17:21 UTCbob MORGAN (2)
24th Jul 2009 17:38 UTCEverett Harrington Expert
my email is jesus_everett@hotmail.com if you'd like to get together for some hunting or even just talking about rocks!!
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13th Mar 2018 20:58 UTCAlex Myers
-alex
13th Mar 2018 21:37 UTCBob Harman
For novices, family friendly sites, there are several fee for collecting localities. Woodies Fabulous Geode Mine is one such site in St. Francisville Mo. Not only can you dig for them, there also is a shop. They will open any that you find or buy.
Enjoy your hunting. CHEERS.....BOB
13th Mar 2018 22:39 UTCDoug Daniels
14th Mar 2018 01:59 UTCJoel Herr
15th Mar 2018 01:36 UTCJohn Oostenryk
Jacob's Geodes in Hamilton. $20 a 5 gal bucket. You want the 'light ones" they are hollow ;)- Been going there since 2006!
One of the Chicago area rock clubs has been doing an annual bus trip to Jacob's for number of years. (via Lizzadro)
Call (Gary) Jacob's. He can tell you which club if that sounds like option for you.
I know the Gary that Joel H mentions above, yup good guy, but the $18 and blue truck date Joel's last visit to 9? years ago, LoL. Lil different set up these days:)
Call to confirm he is around if you are going to go. Stop on the way in to let him know you are there. It is rude/awkward to be on someone's property without a head's up ;)-
Randy at StFrancisville MO, (see website-also a truck mudbog venue). Long time prolific site. Different price structure as to size vs wt times $.
But Actually- it is about same overall, though you do pay a bit more for BIG ones, which you cannot find at Jacob's.
I can absolutely tell you- NOPE! The open pit quarry operations in that region --either IA/IL will not allow entrance if asked and will prosecute if trespassing.
Don't do it!
Annual Geode Fest is going to be bit different than the 14 prior years. (SEE EDIT/UPDATE posted two replies below on 4-21-2018 about Geode Fest )
Mike Shumate has retired from organizing and running it (via the Hamilton IL location in Late Sept and always an Excellent Time! I was at the last five years events ~ vendor/cracker/hunter~ and had a blast rain or shine. Have made a bunch of good friends and aquaintances going there...
City of Keokuk agreed to take it over for 2018. Hopefully- it will proceed as prior with plenty of sites to visit.
Only expected change is where they will hold it at? Somewhere in Keokuk. That is expected as a positive change- as event had pretty much outgrown the prior venue (Chaney Boatramp). (overall parking too few and convoy exits were tricky).
Stay tuned for how plans shape up over Summer.
~JO:)
19th Apr 2018 15:52 UTCJoel Herr
They say the cold weather might finally break in the mid-west so hopefully happy hunting to all.
21st Apr 2018 06:50 UTCCecil Cosse
22nd Apr 2018 04:51 UTCJohn Oostenryk
I spoke with Kirk Brandenburg yesterday. He is heading the (City of) Keokuk small committee, that will be running the event now.
He was part of longtime volunteers helping Mike run it in past, so he understands well the fun scene this event has been.
He said they decided to CONTINUE this year to run it from the Chaney Creek Boat Ramp just N of Hamilton, IL as in prior years.
They have a couple small changes they think will help the guided trips exit better, etc, but fees and general setup will be same as before.
He indicated an Info package will be going out very soon to the folks who have helped plan/run the 'Fest in past. (basically vendors/volunteers/guides)
This is to verify/update new contact info, present the couple small changes they came up with, and be available for response input.
Was glad to hear they have been proactive and are already getting the ball rollin for 2018.
See ya all in Sept!
~JO:)
22nd Apr 2018 15:59 UTCCaroline Alise Erps Erps
22nd Apr 2018 17:44 UTCBob Harman
Geodes in the western US are largely of igneous origin and colloquially called thundereggs.
Colorado sites where COLLECTIBLE thundereggs can RELIABLY be found are few and far between.
Most sites are either on "no collecting" lands, under claim, or private property lands so lands open to public collecting are very few and far between.
Be wary of anecdotal reports or those saying "I haven't been there recently" as some formerly collectible sites are now off limits or extinct.
Cousins of geodes such as septarian nodules or barite containing concretions can also be found but some of these sites are also under claim.
The Wolf Creek Pass area was mentioned so maybe there is something to be found there.
Colorado is a very large area so you must be properly equipped and dressed to get to any off road collecting site.
I urge you to join a local club. They might have some helpful members or a field trip that might interest you.
Bottom line is that for casual collectors or novices, there is not much open for public collecting of COLLECTIBLE geodes and their cousins on a RELIABLE basis.
CHEERS.......BOB
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