A Weekend at AREA 52 Treasure Hunting Herkimer Diamonds

[@NicholetteBrian]

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[@marlawyatt7449]

Nicolette! What are you doing? You are absolutely glowing! Mining really agrees with you.

[@missypolk71]

@@marlawyatt7449 stunning!❤️

[@CaseyAlfred]

Exactly what I just said lol

[@marshacorder8127]

Love Opal's little growl ❤

[@NicholetteBrian]

its so cute and she does different ones with different inflections based on the situations like she's communicating acting in her own little way

[@SelectCircle]

I bet people would PAY to meet up and mine WITH you! - and take selfies with Opal.

[@lilianadegregori228]

Hope you find a BIG diamond and be rich!!!!

[@adventurer5373]

KZbin should make this reach millions of people and go #viral or make it #trending - there awesome people and the dog is alright too

[@NicholetteBrian]

That would be amazing and thank you for saying that!!

[@missypolk71]

Those wildflower fields are EVERYTHING!!! Really enjoyed your lives during this trip!❤

[@kendaroberts5665]

Just love little Opal.

[@beth4698]

How cool Opal 😅

[@jackiesmith1062]

Good finds! Digging in the dark with head lamps is fun way to spend the evening.

[@NicholetteBrian]

You got that right! Night mining was so cool 🔦

[@DavesMom417]

Between the found crystals and the wild flowers it was awesome to see. Also Opal's growl is so cute!!😊

[@SelectCircle]

There are NO other content creators on KZbin that can keep me ENTHRALLED nonstop for 44 minutes. I'm tellin' ya - there's something special about you two. 8 D Some unsolicited New Agey advice: RELAX as you work. RELAX with each movement and every breath. Let the Life Force flow through you FREELY as you work. This divine energy is restorative. And so that's the yoga of rockhounding - mindful mining. 8 D Takes some practice ... but you two are good at everything. Opal ... might be a little harder to teach this! 8 D

[@nancy-acronesintuition4614]

What a special place! Those wildflowers! I am always amazed at the beauty found amidst the dirt - such treasures! Thank you for taking me along with you to Area 52!! Opal is adorable. Such positive energy!!

[@barblowther841]

I love you all three

[@Ginny62-49]

Brian and Nicolette . I love your videos. Maybe someday I can meet you guys.

[@davegoodridge8352]

You found some great crystals. looked like good fun. thanks

[@NicholetteBrian]

Thanks for watching!

[@SelectCircle]

44 minutes! See - I know you guys can make a movie!

[@NicholetteBrian]

Well maybe one day we could but we would need to be able to afford to pay an editor that could do it justice because while we try our best there is really skilled editors out there!

[@lindalarsen2157]

What an awesome experience for you all! Thanks for sharing.

[@CaseyAlfred]

I really liked this video. You guys really seem to enjoy working together and Nicolette I don’t think I’ve seen you smile so much you genuinely look very happy with what you’re doing where you’re at and who you are with. I truly enjoy watching both

[@mommasonthemove9144]

Opal understood the assignment! Lol

[@amyzellmerWanderlust]

WOW, those crystals are incredible! How fun!

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

thanks for sharing your 3 days mining

[@JustAnotherQuantumWaveFunction]

I'm so happy that y'all got this experience and are living out your dream. I hope the bounty was plentiful. Looking forward to the specimens that end up in the Etsy shop. Also, I totally called that Opal and Matrix were gonna be an item a while back. 😂😂

[@kathrynmilesfenton2755]

What a great mine! You both found some incredible Herkimer diamonds!!! The wild flowers are amazing!!! I have a field of wild flowers painted on my front gates and I love it! I hope you were able to pick some to put in your home! Happy shower!!!😂🚿

[@paisleyrain1108]

SUCH A BEAUTIFULL PLACE @ AREA 52. MY LIL PUPPY BROKE HER LEG SO NO TRAVELS THIS YEAR SADLY & SHE'S 8 MONTHS. I PUT YOUR VIDEO'S WITH OPAL ON & SHE'S DEFINITELY A FAN AS WELL. 4 MONTHS OF BED REST FOR HER AFTER SURGERY. IT'S VERY COMMON FOR SMALL DOGS LIKE OUR SPECIAL BABIES... BABY BUTTONS SAY'S HELLO TO HER DEAR FRIEND MISS OPAL....

[@kerry-ann.woodburn3440]

😂😅😂 opal understands the assignment

[@annawhiteley3128]

looking forward to seeing herkimers in your shop!

[@BonnieMartin-s7s]

I love your minimg fir crystal videos wish I could afford to go.

[@NicholetteBrian]

We’re happy you can come along in our videos with us but we started out finding free spots to mine! Look up a local rockhounding club on Facebook (almost every state has a page) and ask around where is good spots and search it on google and you can find crystals in many places that are free with a little bit of work!

[@cherylniemi553]

Just for your info, rocks can be hard on Opal's teeth. Had a Lab who loved collecting rocks and did a number on the teeth😊

[@crystalminerrocks6122]

Whattttt! so happy for you two. Such beauties too

[@dazza70smith]

Sending love and prayers from the UK 🇬🇧 God Bless 👏💜👍🙏🤗♿️ #ForeverPromotingPositiveDisabilityAwareness #Accessibility

[@beth4698]

Looks like a fun hobby. Like it and those huge diamonds they found. Opal is the best digger too ;)

[@lauraa2778]

I keep calling it the Nicholette, (Crystal), Brian & Opal channel b/c I keep referring to Nichole as Crystal for how many incredible pieces she found this dig! Nice work Brian as well! And Opal hilarious, when the pup finds a gem Opal is like "nOPE this is my mine find."

[@marystankiewicz1720]

Oooooooo night mining is it, soooo amazing guys. Have to look into the study, if you will, of these crystals. It’s unique and glad I can see you do this.

[@marystankiewicz1720]

I’d give. OST anything just to be there…..with y’all too have fun together. God bless❤

[@karenrn5607]

Great video and explanations.

[@SelectCircle]

35:45 - Is that headed to The Smithsonian? Seriously. O_O

[@mommasonthemove9144]

Do you have a video discussing how you ended up disabled? I’m disabled as well, and I rv with my kids. I don’t know anyone else personally that travels while disabled. I’m glad I found your channel a while back. I fell 30 ft while in the AF.

[@rmlrl1971]

How did you get interested in Crystals and how do you know what they are worth?

[@timrodatz1274]

Nice your with the Crystal collector. That's what i want to do if i ever get my dang disability i want a Dodge Promaster myself what's in plan, Hershey my Chihuahua he's a Deer Head, he was my trucker puppy now he's 5, trying to get disability for 36 months. But hope y'all had fun out their, Sapphire and Ruby mine y'all was 2.5 hours from me in NC lol. If i ever get to do that, I'll have my gold pans, metal detector etc and learn how to gem hunt.

[@beverly7239]

❤

[@rosesola3007]

🎉

[@Kanaketsu]

WHAT DOES SKELETAL MEAN?

[@wayniebates7185]

What do you do with all the crystals/stones you find?

[@NicholetteBrian]

When we have the time we clean all of them, photograph them and then list them on our Etsy here: crystalethics.etsy.com We are a little behind on it but will be working on it this week!

[@wayniebates7185]

@@NicholetteBrian I’ll be looking for them on your site

[@NicholetteBrian]

We will try our best to get them up soon 🫶🏼

[@only4an]

I don’t know if this is a dumb question, but how does this work? Do you have to pay for them or because you dig for the stones you get to keep them or is it by the pound how does it work? I’m just curious thank you

[@NicholetteBrian]

In this particular case it’s a private mine so it isn’t open to the public generally but with mines that are open to the public it can vary. Typically it’s one flat fee to dig and you keep what you find. Some mines will charge extra if it’s especially good but we have never had that happen 💎

[@kardiamit]