Did I hear you say Taylor county? I'm near abilene and was wondering what I could find in the area that's worth the effort?

@johnduke5467

5 жыл бұрын

@@nativeterramining621 wow...thank you very much for the quick reply!! I got into hounding in the Wells area in California but live in texas. So I've been dying to get out and get my hands dirty. Thanks for the info and I'll let you know if I happen to find something worth mentioning

@petergraphix6740

3 жыл бұрын

@@nativeterramining621 The domain www.masontexastopaz.com seems to have been taken over by spammers.

@linklindsey5658

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Abilene LOL!

got that book. ty for the tips. It's hard finding rocks in this mud and clay state.

Yea! Great info, so excited to use this next time I’m in Texas🔥

My father worked for the electric company here in Texas or 33 and a half years. Back then it was called TP &L. He found and I remember him taking us out to an entire piece of land covered in petrified wood. It must have been a forest at one time. It was so much of it you had trouble not stepping on it as you went. I believe it's private property now.

@markrobinson9384

2 жыл бұрын

And it was possibly next to my property that I live on now. The property was part of a cattle ranch and you couldn't not even step without tripping on a petrified rock and yes were served by TP & L back then. When the ranch was sold and broke up into small lots the place was bulldozed and I guess the petrified rock was collected before the dozing. Wish I had pictures, but back then we took it all for granted us kids played with them and never thought a thing about it being so special of a place.

@TheBootyWrangler

Жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of areas out in Buchanan Dam and Kingsland localities, Hoover valley too, that whole area. That are filled with petrified wood like that. It’s when the big droughts hit and the lake/river beds are exposed. You can find whole thick ass petrified tree stumps all over like damned grass. I had a huge collection

In north Austin, they hit a deposit of petrified wood when digging foundations for new houses across the street from me.

I found a large amethyst specimen in Central Texas 3 years ago.

@mukbangdelight9944

3 жыл бұрын

What area of the city was it in waco Cameron Park?

@SleepyKittenz

Жыл бұрын

Where at?

Such a pro it felt like the Discovery Channel I can watch all day.

@jacobadame1819

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have the pay places to dig for good quality topaz? Thanks

Thank you for this video.

Good job very informative

Awesome Video. Lets go rock hounding brother!!!!

Hitting up Mason Tx in April on the way to Rockhound State Park. Gonna be epic!!

That's great info.

Great video and wonderful information. We love rockhounding here!

im really impressed with you knowledge. most people on youtube make videos to hear themselves talk and rant on. You video is fun inviting extremely knowledgeable.

@channelwonnews4322

5 жыл бұрын

yes it is~! he did a great job!

@Panda-pu7qd

5 жыл бұрын

I'm from tx and never knew the state had so many mineral deposits around until I watched his vlog. I enjoy looking for rocks and now I know where to hunt for them

Terri is AWESOME.. I hunted with get spring break 2019!

I ain't gonna lie you hesitated on JASPER, an as a native Texan, the world got real quiet for a second

@nyag1764

3 жыл бұрын

Is that for the same reason I take pause?likely I think. Scary place.

@TeutobergForestryService

Жыл бұрын

There was a drug deal that went bad decades ago and a participant, who happened to be black, was brutally murdered.

I find gold nuggets quite often in the San Jacinto river running north east of houston... well worth traveling to from wherever you are in the world

@evodiozepeda7002

4 жыл бұрын

What part exactly?

@robertob4524

3 жыл бұрын

Send location

@stevemartini470

3 жыл бұрын

Yep i live right next to it

@PlasmaStar9

2 жыл бұрын

Real nuggets or just little pickers or flakes?

@TonyStony

6 ай бұрын

By around ? I come around often and never find any

Thank you for creating this and sharing.

Good ole Texas. As you mentioned though, much of Texas land is privately owned....and Texans takes trespassing serious. So for sure do your research. The only Gold mine I know of in Texas is on a private ranch down around Presidio. I was actually given a ride around the property and saw the old mine. This was back when gold was $800oz and climbing. The owner didn't have any interest in reopening the mine then and could careless about it now. Such a beautiful piece of land as well.

@jgonzalez5954

3 жыл бұрын

Privately owned by a bunch of self indulged greedy pricks

Around the San Antonio/ Bexar county area, there’s quite a lot of Hematite to be found as well. Possibly even some meteorite!

@rickdavis2235

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Sullivan I'm in Hondo... just west of SA. Where is a good place to look for hematite?

@dylansullivan380

5 жыл бұрын

Rick Davis I really have no clue friend, all I know is McAllister Park is chock-full of that stuff, and along the banks of a few rivers like the Uvalde have some fossils.

@joegood9186

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy I'm n pearsall an never seen any of this🤔

@evodiozepeda7002

4 жыл бұрын

So like around garner state park?

The Llano Uplift is an upheaval.

thanks.

Sullivan city .Hidalgo county . South south Texas. 7:00

Love Texas ! This is going to take me places.

@cassidyjonson3741

2 жыл бұрын

This guy can't even pronounce the area correctly . Save your efforts and search another video.

Ok...native Texan here. If you come down and want to search the Llano River, don't call it the Yano as some "experts" are saying. It is of course a Spanish word but it's pronounced Lano, just ignore all the "proper" instructions. Oh and Welcome to Texas...have fun

@allisonproffitt6702

2 жыл бұрын

Unless your name is Cooder Graw 😉

That book is some kind of collectors item now. It sells for $100-$200 and in poor condition. Can't find a PDF download anywhere either.

I would appreciate what you can tell me of the El paso area or near el paso?? Thanks buddy!!!

I'm originally from California did a lot of painting for gold and Crystal collecting but now live here in Abilene Texas nothing really knowing what to look for here

How about northeast area (Cass, Bowie, Morris, Titus Counties)??

I’m from south texas near McAllen and Harlingen. Where are the best options I can find crystal and where to dig I need help

Is there anything to look for north of amarillo? Im in a small town named borger. I travel a lot for work and this is something i like doing.

@johnpierce4778

4 жыл бұрын

Stank ass refinery lol

Anything on the Rio grande, in south Texas?

Just FYI, Llano is pronounced Yawno (the L's are silent or pronounced as a Y.) The word is Spanish. It's commonly mispronounced by people north of Waco so don't feel bad. 😊

@ihatemagas

Жыл бұрын

And let us not forget that Uvalde is pronounced Youvaldee

@Caderic

Жыл бұрын

I guess Llano county is north of Waco, because everyone there pronounces aa an "L", not "Y". I have live in Texas all but 3 yeas of my life, and I have NEVER heard anyone pronounce the "LL" as a "Y". Tortilla? Yes. Quesadilla? Yes. Llano? Not once. The city, county, river and even the wine...LAN-oh.

@ihatemagas

11 ай бұрын

@@Caderic I am sure that if I returned to my redneck home town (in East Texas), no doubt they would pronounce it that way, along with Bexar with a hard X. I speak Spanish so I don't mispronounce Spanish words, regardless of the local .....errr....customs.

@sonjam4606

6 ай бұрын

@@CadericI lived there & have family lived there for generations- my family still has a ranch there and yes you are correct.. the “ll” isn’t “Y” in this instance

@sonjam4606

6 ай бұрын

Trust me when I say the people living in the county and city of Llano won’t take too kindly to that “Y” pronunciation whether it be correct or not.. 🤠

Unfortunately, im in El Paso. Nothin but granite and the local mines have a complete monopoly on it here lol... ive heard theres Turquoise up in NM and some other gems.

Anything in galveston County. Or crystal beach texas

Another good place for fossil hunting is the Red River below lake texoma.

Where is the better places to go for the Opal? Is there a pay to dig site? I am not finding much info on the web. Thanks great video

@Kungfukeem

2 жыл бұрын

Hey stuck in the same spot as you at the moment, was wondering if you ever found anything and would mind sharing.

@tinaspivey2866

2 жыл бұрын

Leesville La

Where do I sell jasper?

i live near sullivan city and nobody knows about this red jasper rock, this is the only resource on the internet where I found anything. How valuable is it and how do i find it?

Would I be able to find stuff in San Antonio Texas ?

You didn’t talk about the “Balmorea Blue” agates.

So wheres the amethyst mountain? Ive lived in tx my entire life and have never heard of it.

@pychohobo1832

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you live in central Texas. Most people don't count my part of Texas as Texas. For when they say west Texas, it hundreds of miles to the east. Btw amethyst can be found in real west Texas. But it's on private land. For $100,000 I will sell someone 10 acres with acces to the mountains it's found in. Must have vehical with ground clearance, lots of tires and lots of fuel, to get from the 10 acres to the mountains. From highway to property can be done with a car, less then 1 mile. From property to mountains is approx 40 miles by very rough road. Fuel is 80 miles away 24/7, and 30 miles away Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm Sat 9am to noon. Again it's private property. ( so yes it illegal to get the stones) So, in short. Without a way to get to it. You can't. The only roads to the mountain are locked. One from the east, and one from the north. And I use the word road loosely. Most is not maintained. There is also gold, silver and copper in the same area.

Is petrified wood worth anything if so I have a lot and very big pieces found near Proctor County and also Cisco Abilene area

@realmarsattacksagain

2 жыл бұрын

heck yea, Facebook Marketplace or ebay

@familyman1110

2 жыл бұрын

@@realmarsattacksagain thank you ill have to look in to them

Is there anywhere to go near Houston?

What are the legal limitations of panning for gold in Texas?

@bobsaap2872

4 жыл бұрын

If you're not from texas and think you are going to come get rich digging for gold,,just stay where you are it's better for your health

Alright so I'm confused. Any search for "Amethyst mountains" brings up to mountains in Yellowstone National Park. There's no mention of an amethyst mountain in Texas.

@nomdeplume2213

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Ive lived here my entire life and never known of amethyst mountain... i camt find any information on it.

@UkuleleAaron

5 жыл бұрын

Magnus Carlson same

I know this is an old video, but dang I had to say this. Y’all gave this man, that is making a very well done informative video, such a hard time about pronouncing Llano. Some of y’all made these comments, telling him how to pronounce it incorrectly, making yourselves look dumb. Llano is a Spanish word that means flat, double L is a Y sound in Spanish. The more you know. Thanks for the video man. It was very helpful.

@realLetsGoBrandon45

5 ай бұрын

I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound. Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand. I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂 They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂 I

@realLetsGoBrandon45

5 ай бұрын

I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound. Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand. I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂 They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂 I

@ktex4873

3 ай бұрын

Literally NO ONE calls is Yano.. -Native Texan

I’m from Hidalgo county I wonder where I should look

@georgeafg9252

4 жыл бұрын

Same, maybe in the neighbouring Cameron County, or Willancy County. The streams and creeks running into the sea from a mountain may have a 1 out of 4,987 chance of finding sum good old gold nuggets...

Irion county ( Ear-E-un county)

I live in East Texas 30 miles East of Downtown close to the Trinity River and Trinity/Galveston Bay anything of value in this area ???

@frankielightyear3300

6 жыл бұрын

Logan-5 Terrell Tx, best place is forth worth, I've found nice nearly perfect

@frankielightyear3300

5 жыл бұрын

Ft worth lancaster has good rocks and fossils

@itsraventm

5 жыл бұрын

Frankie Lightyear Where in Fort Worth? What rocks do you find? I am not really a fossil guy, but I love to collect stones. Any specific areas you would recommend?

@erickp5227

5 жыл бұрын

Logan-5 I live in East Texas as well. Last year I found a strange looking rock, that looked like it had shaped in an unnatural way to fit in between your thumb, index, and middle finger. Long story short it turned out to be an Indian artifact, a small stone knife ment for a right handed person, to scrape animal pelts clean or to make fine cuts.

@LifeBlessings

5 жыл бұрын

Frankie Lightyear I live two blocks from Lancaster and 820, which direction do I go on Lancaster lol?

Go Texas!

So.. I won't find anything in a random creek or at Garner?

@diggydice9041

6 жыл бұрын

you could find anything in any place at anytime...… one never knows?

@clintonandliamlawson3820

5 жыл бұрын

You can find gold,silver,copper and even some platinum in creeks and rivers every where in Texas. Do research on how to read a water way and go find it. Also research the old volcano trails that were under the ocean that covered Texas millions of years ago. I follow the old volcano locations and I find it. I live in waco and its all pretty easy to find if you just do some studying. Google earth helps also :)

Call it Lano

@johnpierce4778

4 жыл бұрын

Yawwwwno

And Buchanan is with short u. Like buck-anan Wait until you hear how they pronounce the Pedernales River.😂 “Perdenalis” makes no sense but that’s just how it is around those parts and you don’t want to piss off or offend those “kind” folks…

What about hudspeth county... 31.736505,105.852413

@frankroberts9320

2 жыл бұрын

Speeding tickets.

@shewolfee4247

10 ай бұрын

What is found there may I ask?

im not finding amethyst mt in texas

@nathangandara9607

5 жыл бұрын

It was called amethyst hill. And it's not just out there to find like he says. The stiff that came from there was years ago and really rare

@frankroberts9320

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathangandara9607 Hi Nathan. It's near the county lines of Llano, Blanco and Gillespie counties, in Gillespie County, not far from the Coal Creek Serpentine Prospect. It's definitely on private property and as far as I know, hasn't produced a single amethyst this century. I've found the occasional zoned amethyst crystal at my Emerald Ridge site near Mason and also at the Badu Hill Pegmatite, near Kingsland.

You are from Texas and yet you call it "Lonno County". It'spronounced "Lanno" county. I think you didn't spend much time in Texas.

@branwenfox2006

4 жыл бұрын

Ya-no👌🏼

@branwenfox2006

3 жыл бұрын

Ivote4trump2spitetheleft Why the language?

@branwenfox2006

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck, correct?

A.L.Y.

FWIW, Presidio County is pronounced "Pres-id-e-o" .... not "Pres-i-dito."

@diggydice9041

6 жыл бұрын

lol, use bandito's call it "pres e ditto"

Llano pronounced like can-oh. Not Lon-o. You weren't born in Tx. Jk great video!

You may have been born there but your pronunciations are a little off. Llano is not pronounced lah no, it is Laa no. Uvalde is pronounce You Val De. Presidio is not pronounced pres ah dee to, it is pra sid ee o.

your mispronunciation of llano tells any real Texas you may have been born here but that doesn't make you a Texan! I bet you dont know how to say Kuykedahl or Elgin

@raquelgato7211

3 жыл бұрын

all mad for nothin lol

Wow i border the gold rich counties smh

You haven’t pronounced any of the counties right you’re not a real TEXAN LMAO dude

@jonathantuckerthompson3067

5 жыл бұрын

254 counties in Texas, can you pronounce them all?

@johnpierce4778

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathantuckerthompson3067 I can

Son, you may have been born in Texas, but you don't know a lot about Texas or you would know how to pronounce Llano, Presidio, etc. And if you actually do live here, shame on you for not learning the proper pronunciation.

@raquelgato7211

3 жыл бұрын

all mad and stuff for no reason. lol

@johnniehallford1641

3 жыл бұрын

@@raquelgato7211 actually not mad, just making a point, but you apparently enjoy social media drama, lol...

Really need to learn proper pronunciation. You mangled damn near every location.

Can't pronounce Llano, I'm not even going to watch. Amateurs making videos is a better title

Parker county is where you'll find mineral wells

@johnpierce4778

4 жыл бұрын

Palo pinto county!! Only a small part is in parker co