If you can, I would check the spot out! We just dug out a 60+ year old mica pit that produced beryl also back then. We found alot of mica and a few aquamarine and beryl crystals! Also got a suprise and found a 25lb feldspar crystal which is rare around here! You never know what those old ...

This is a piece I found about 2 months ago while turning over our older dump piles preparing for our main dig at Diamond Hill in South Carolina. I thought it was something, and ask a friend, Jason Barret, to grab it to see if it was anything. I was on the trackhoe and didnt feel like climbing ...

I've never been out there, what would anyone recommend being the best time to go to catch part of the Quartzite show and part of the Tuscan show if thats possible? Also, is there any chance of getting a booth space anywhere in either locations on the spot or is everything basically pre-registered ...

These were all found in virgin material, some within just a few feet from the surface i South Carolina. Sure, we have had many many ft of erosion, but many area have eroded right down perfectly to the area of the veins. I'm sure whats being found is not just from a collection, but there is always ...

I was thinking the same thing, I have some beryls from Georgia that are better and bigger than what this piece looks like! Mine are more aqua colored beryl but still.

You are in the right area to find such gemstones. I'm sure your in natural veins or weathered material. I own a mine in South Carolina. The best stuff on the east coast seems to run from middle upper Georgia through my area and through your area, although it does run all the way up to Maine. ...

I had a year sub. and only got 3 mags! Great quality mag, but terrible on the subscrition dept. Looks like I'm not the only one with these types of problems!

These are a few stones that I have found over the last 5 years from Diamond Hill in South Carolina that I finally got cut. The bigger center one is 42 ct. I could have wiped them down more before I took the pics, maybe I'll take a few more and include the other similar ones that I'm getting set ...

This is another picture of it. This was the only way I could figure out how to get the picture off my phone. The link is from my picture files. The color is hidden due to the sun shining over the oxides staining. Cant wait to see it cleaned!

not sure the weight, I'll try to get more details and pics. Best guess would be 5-6 lbs.

There are many more in the dump piles there! For the past 10+ years a machine to big for the job was used, being the key reason for so much great stuff being missed. Thing about this piece is that it has no damage, dont see how it got rolled around without getting damaged, but just amazing that ...

A kid found this huge doubly terminated amethyst point today at the Diamond Hill Mine. http://www.dhmine.com Has some small enhydros also! The kid was stoked, his first time ever digging. He went and dug about 1.5ft down into a dump pile and found it. CRAZY!!!! Sorry about the sidways ...

I had checked mindat before, but for some reason never realized it had chat rooms of any type. I initially thought it was just for locations and things. Cool that I found it! Jason, we need to get together and go digging sometime, there is a mica/beryl spot near Anderson I've been meaning to ...

Hi, this site is great! I'm a newbie to it, but look forward to many conversations and things! This is one of the videos that I've made, just amateur stuff, but shows what you can find at the Diamond Hill Mine. The mines website is http://www.dhmine.com We just purchased this mine about ...