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Can you make any money fossicking for gems? I believe there are decent sapphires near me.
Yes. It is not widely known about or publicized about, but you can rockhound gems and sell them, you should if you can!!
Thanks, I'll do some more research on it. Any pointers/resources in mind?
Get a rock/gem book for your state / area (specifically one that will show you the bland exteriors of rocks that have gems inside), find a local rock/gem aficionado to pick their brain. Maybe go to a jeweler to find out if they would buy gems or have connections to those who do. That's all I got. I live in an area where I could do this, have the book, know where to find geology aficionados, but I never find time to pursue it though I want to. Its not for lack of time in the hills but I just am always too busy looking for animals!
Sounds logical, thanks! Do you bow or rifle hunt?
That sounds like a slur, but no, "fossicking" is a real word. Wow.
Haha, there you go!
The Old Pressley Sapphire Mine in Canton, NC, near Asheville is a good place to search, if they're still open. I found a blue-gray one big as my thumb embedded in off-white stone. I had an 8-carat cabochon cut from it, leaving most of the gem for cutting someday in the future. All the rubies and emeralds I've found in western NC were tiny, dark stones that looked a lot like pieces of old crayons.
Sounds exciting! Maybe I'll make my way to your neck of the woods some day but for now I'm stuck in Australia ;)