Digging For Sapphires And Rubies In The Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina.

[@inmommashands7139]

When I was 12 I found a peice of car tail light. I showed my uncle as a joke he owned mines all over. Ended up being a 8 carat ruby and I was hooked on mining forever.

[@jhnyjoejoe69]

so how much was it and how much did you get?

[@inmommashands7139]

@@jhnyjoejoe69 I have no idea o have it to my parents. But we weren't as poor after that!

[@meredithgrubb4497]

Lol very cool find

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Hmmm 🤔....I made up a similar story back in the 70s ...❓

[@inmommashands7139]

@@bouncerslabrealnature9143 I didn't have to make mine up 😂

[@Newworld12660]

Mining for gemstones in grandma glasses! sweet!

[@lorrainekish3476]

I'm a rockhound living in the Nantahala Lake area and I really enjoyed your video. (I've been horseback riding in the Chunky Gal area.) I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one that uses ziplock bags to collect rocks.

[@ProspectorAl]

One of my favorite spots! Also Herbert Mine, Hart cut, corundum knob, Big Shaft Mine, Buck creek. Also Zoisite branch can be productive. I find some gold over on the Tennessee side. I have found some gold in the upper stretches of Buck creek and also a little in Zoisite branch. Thanks for posting!

[@RobertHolcombe-w5p]

Really informative and stayed interested the entire video even though they didn’t find much of anything. Really enjoyed it and learned some things along the way.

[@turbochargeit]

Fun! Just went to the Emerald Hollow mine to do this with the kids. Love the smokies. I'm sure ya'll know your way around up there better than I would, but would love to get out and explore. Very cool.

[@lizzymoore54]

Bring a florescent flashlight along with you and shine it on your finds because corundum is florescent! Nice finds, guys. 🔦

[@RustyTheReseller]

Next time!

[@ZyanZik]

Red Baryl are and emerald! Not all corrundum 😮😊

[@sodacrazy1]

Just left this area! Decided to watch videos on the ride home. I do lapidary and staring to facet stones. I saw the guitars. I play too! I thought we would probably all get along! 😂😂😂 I usually just watch but had to comment on such a great video.

[@glynnphillips9703]

Great show Cuzz 👏

[@shutterbunny]

I’ve always been interested in rocks and would love to learn more. Just bought a couple of acres in Pisgah Forest and can’t wait to start looking.

[@RustyTheReseller]

Good luck!

[@work4dough]

We're neighbors, I'm on Cold mountain

[@shutterbunny]

Oh wow. We are super close! Hey neighbor! @@work4dough

[@evancampbell1954]

the "messing with the wiper" pee technique is far superior than anything ive ever done before. that's absolutely hilarious

[@glynnphillips1576]

This show was great fun 😂

[@stevehammel2939]

At 15:35 minutes into the presentation, a finger points to what looks like some sort of crystal terminations covered in dirt, I hope someone had a closer look.

[@acecombatmerc]

New subscriber. I haven't wanted to go back in the woods since watching Missing 411 . I'm hitting the woods again, thanks

[@RebeccaLocklear]

I have been reading the Missing 411 books. Feel you on that.

[@markhooper5822]

Good find that last piece good colour hope you get a gem out of it or a cabochon. I would like to go on a search too

[@RedmanOutdoors366]

That glittery stuff is mica shist commonly found near gem pockets

[@Anthropologist-l1y]

Thank u for the information I hv lots of those stones now I will preserve them

[@meredithgrubb4497]

Im in North Carolina now and over the last few weeks ive done ripped all my pockets cuz of shoving rocks in them lol. All kinds of pretty stuff just laying around. The most colorful ground ive seen so far tho is Michigan. Over 4 days i brought probably 200lbs of rocks home. It was like walking on rainbows out there.

[@leerichardson262]

Just found your channel. Good stuff man. Thanks

[@dylansexton2206]

My grandfather got me interested in stones when I was younger. He passed and I've gotten into looking for them as a hobby. I wish I had more time with him to have all the knowledge he had but I would consider myself a novice. I still have a hard time with telling the difference between quartz and some of these other gems, especially when the color is similar. I found something today that looks very much like blood quartz or rose quartz but is significantly heavier then it's counterparts. I'm having a hard time with it lol

[@robin4078]

My mom lives in Franklin NC, right off of Highlands Rd. This past October my kids and I went to visit, and while my 11 yr old son was walking around on her property, he found a rock that looked like gravel to me, but then I saw glints of a dark pinkish red in it! I have to find a gemologist out here in New Jersey to tell me if it does have rubies in it and if they're worth anything. If there's a way, I can email you a picture of it. My mom mentioned that she has the mining rights to her property, so I told her it might be worth it to get out there and see what she can find! She is 75 yrs old, so...Thank you for this informative video. I sure hope that you guys have some form of gun, machete or something, just incase you run into any wild life, or a bigfoot! P.S. My mom also had/has one of those X tree limb formations in her backyard, just like bigfoots are supposed to do. One time when she was planting flowers in her backyard, she got tired and left one for the next day. When she went out there to plant it the next day, it was gone, but she found a marble on top of the dirt right by her back steps. She also found a marble one other time, on top of the dirt by her mailbox, which is by the street and probably about 60 or 70 feet away from where the other marble was found. Something also hit the back of her house one time. I think it's pretty interesting :)

[@kayliiitaa]

Hi! Just got into the whole rockhounding thing. I saw that you were going to possibly look for a gemologist in NJ, and I happen to also live here in Jersey too! 🤝😃 Was curious if you ever ended up finding anyone? If so, would def be interested to know! Thanks ✌🏼☺️

[@NrthrnKnght]

I mine sapphies in montana ...been doing it for about 10 yrs ..I have over 80+ carats of jeweled stones and about 100 cts of rough facetable..they come in all colors...yellows greens blues purple reds pinks etc

[@RustyTheReseller]

That's awesome....i can only imagine how nice it would be to find facet grade stones...

[@realeyes5875]

you guys are awesome! i just moved close to Troy, NC and I'm looking for treasure hunting pals. seems like i won't have any problem finding people! thanks, great video!

[@RustyTheReseller]

Welcome to the area Cousin!

[@JohnathanLee8702]

Cool video dudes...Never found any gemstones other than different color garnets you really never know what you'll get for sure. I go for the gold and get the other cool minerals in the process.

[@RustyTheReseller]

Great. Where are you looking for Gold? We are in North Carolina.

[@JohnathanLee8702]

@@RustyTheReseller Virginia

[@karenstauffer1524]

This is the kind of place I'm looking to go this summer. I'm 68, and its on my bucket list! This summer I'll have 3 weeks off from my job, and I think I could still drive this far from Philadelphia, and can still hike. Beautiful area, some shade, not a tourist trap. Anywhere nearby to camp?

[@Treasuremonk]

My Grandma had those same glasses in 1991

[@charlesfrederick7074]

I just found yall love this channel thx

[@RustyTheReseller]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@rogerhowell3335]

I think you'll probably find that the mystery striated greenish white material is a type of serpentine called Antigorite, and the small black mineral is Spinel, both of which are common in these similar WNC corundum locations. I have found big pieces at Buck Creek and the old Carter Mine in Madison County, and both are easily identified by a hardness test.

[@claytonwatts3518]

I think it's peridotite.

[@Mr_badjoke]

I like it boys✊. Ima watch it! Now he needs to BURN that hoodie ol' peaches .. aggressively! 😂 Hey u have some nice examples there anyway at the beginning there. Really cool man!👋

[@ZyanZik]

Wow Very good fund! 😮 and i love the way you show the forest. Its similar as my secret site in Canada

[@RediscoverLostKeithWille]

Always a good time walking the creeks! Keith

[@timothynechville8326]

So what is the chemistry of ruby formation?

[@dtruetheeness]

Thank you.

[@DrubieDoobieDoo]

I live in Hayesville right at the bottom of that mountain they’re initially driving down. Born and raised.

[@kcmullins6179]

We found a small emerald here in Madison County NC I may end up saling it. I took it to a few jewelry stores and gold n silver shops to have em look at it ect and I got a few big offers for it. So there is Def emeralds up here. And alot of gold and silver as well

[@TheSTR8dope]

Those white pieces you weren't sure about look like they are in the amphibole family, I wouldn't suggest dry curring or sanding it without precaution... asbestos is some magical shit until it's not.

[@vellasbellalife292]

Looks like so much fun… but do y’all have chiggers?? 😂 I got them digging for diamonds in Arkansas… no diamonds found that day cousins!

[@fayekimball3538]

Please say cab-uh-shon. These are smooth, rounded top, polished stones with a flat back. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.😊

[@whybutwhy4137]

Was anyone else tilting their head to try and see what he was looking at while we were looking at his feet? 😂 orange is my favorite color and I really wanted to see it.

[@willyeverdie2731]

Yall are hilarious had me cracking up checking the windshield wipers. Some really cool rough corundum you were showing. Good cab material and specimen material. Ever find stuff that's facetable?

[@RustyTheReseller]

No facet worthy stuff…too opaque out here.

[@willyeverdie2731]

There's always the specimens that need to be found right.

[@stephenkirby5719]

I'm now just getting in to gems I just live probably 10 min from that location I'll have to check it out great video guys !!

[@RustyTheReseller]

You definitely should!

[@stephenkirby5719]

I'm for sure Goin 2 !!

[@presidentstevenking]

yo this Stephen I went to fannin with?

[@stephenkirby5719]

@@presidentstevenking not me

[@debiesubaugher]

Neat! Have you gone down to the Little Pine garnet mine? Fun scrounging around for pretty stones either or if the cave wall, in the pile or the creek.

[@RustyTheReseller]

not yet, good idea though!

[@JohnZBaeZ]

I wouldn't mind find minerals all day long. It IS a part of camping. Peaceful, like fishing

[@Str8Bidness]

If you're looking for Carundum why not just pitch a tent and surface hunt at night, with a UV flashlight?

[@RustyTheReseller]

We have done that!

[@elmerjfudd7309]

yall ever try Taylors pork roll bacon egg and cheese ?

[@nancymcshane3501]

Smaragdite, the green rock at Chunky Gal, is Oyroxenite Amphibolite with Chlorite and Talc. Most of the big boulders are gone now! They are saying not to smash them anymore! I work at the Rose Creek Mine in Franklin, identifying gemstones and minerals! Come by and dig your own buckets from our licensed Star Garnet Mine that’s been in business for 72 years.

[@vickicurtice6452]

What could I find in ne Tennessee?

[@cleanstreamrockhounding]

I’m from Laurel Bloomery, TN. Wonder if there’s some in the Cherokee Forrest

[@nancymcshane3501]

That interesting pile of dirt with rocks perched on top isn’t natural! Cat Eye Cut is a favorite spot and someone had dug dirt and rocks from the creek and it rained uncovering some rocks. Sign of a Rockhound! We went the other night with our big UV lights and found lots of Rubies in Smaragdite.

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

Would they light up if you shone a black light even a laser on the area

[@grantroberson2004]

With buddies like that you don't need enemies.

[@RustyTheReseller]

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[@kingdarkem]

I am reminded of that scene from the hobbit where they are lost in murkwood....cant find the path and find a tobacco pouch from the blue mountains 😂 Stay safe my dwarvish friends dont loose the path. You may never find it again. 😂

[@daviddoughty4289]

Is possible there are bigger gems inside the larger specimens you showed...do you break them up to see what might be inside?

[@gandlathirupathi4813]

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[@gandlathirupathi4813]

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[@gandlathirupathi4813]

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[@westleyburgess3622]

I love the southern terminology "stones grow in" makes me want to plant a row of rubies. I'm not digging on you bro, I am native North Carolinian lol.

[@ZyanZik]

I am subscribe 😊

[@harlandeke]

That looks like a piece of petrified wood to me..I used to think it all was like the beautiful colorful stuff you find out in Petrified Forest National Park...but I've got a buddy here in SE Kentucky that has given me several pieces he has found while out Ginsenging and most of them look like that one you found, but also some darker and slicker ones.

[@TheArkansasDiamondMiner]

Oh my GOSH thats funny, adjusting the wiper to take a leak. I’ll have to remember that!😂. Have you ever tried a Saruca to hunt smaller gems?

[@RustyTheReseller]

Not tried a Saruca...but i once made a cylinder with like a wire mesh and plastic ends that are used in Plumbing. I made a base for it to be rotated (like a large open air rock tumbler). It worked well but was big and a pain to pack in and out...

[@Darksagan]

I just moved to SC wondering if theres anything out here.

[@williamogilvie6909]

That's all feldspar. Sometimes it occurs mostly clear. Like that, if its not too cracked and can be made into a cabachon, you will have a low grade monotone. Feldspar is very common in pegmatite dikes.

[@richardbooth4573]

how do you know it isnt iron ore , milky quartz, and mica ?

[@patriciaroysdon9540]

We have some epidote/olivine here in Henderson county, NC, but no corundum! 🙁

[@onefastr6]

Hello from Hendersonville. 😃

[@MarshallDodd]

Rusty my guy, I was hoping maybe u had some contact info. I live in Hiawassee and have been to the same site many times but I can't find Cat Eye Cut plz help

[@RustyTheReseller]

feel free to email us at [e-mail]. We can send you info through that.

[@eq9478]

I like that gem identification light you used in the video. What is that rectangular shaped light called? Where did you buy it? It’s very small and easy to carry around. Thank you!

[@BigRW]

Isn't it illegal to take anything from a national park or forest?

[@treasuretom13]

Nice hunt do you guys know a good gem cutter?

[@RustyTheReseller]

haven't used one in awhile, think that guy no longer does it,..

[@kevinbuchanan7045]

Work those creves might find some gold as well

[@moo1388]

Obv this vid from 3 yrs ago,, but if anybody this here...Can you tell me how a Colombian emerald is found in North Carolina?

[@asrulaziz2619]

How metre above the sea level you find the Ruby ?

[@gemcuttingservice]

Buy these rough gems from miners and have it cut from gem cutters (Lapidary Services)

[@jamesroush6850]

Man those are some awesome stones! Did you find those all at Chunky gal and the cats eye cut? I've been to Chunky gal before and didn't find anything as good as that!

[@RustyTheReseller]

Yes I did find them all at Chunky Gal. Prepare to spend all day looking..

[@jamesroush6850]

@@RustyTheReseller Thankyou! Im headed down to Chunky Gal in a couple weeks and I intend to spend all day looking!

[@richardbooth4573]

l live in MD where those are common

[@tenncolor6586]

2 eggs, pro move

[@RustyTheReseller]

Respect. We do this for a living, so....

[@bradstoner7226]

A real rock hounding video finding real stones from a real documented historical locality. I get so tired of seeing these Russian and Asian mining videos showing people pull out pounds of gold or valuable gemstones every time they go out. It just doesn't work like that. I only follow and watch videos like this who actually find real stones even if it they aren't of considerable value at least they are real and are from places that I can possible go myself and dig!

[@RustyTheReseller]

Very nice of you. Thanks. We are always hoping to find good stuff, but you never know what the day holds!

[@garygraham6020]

The little black piece looks like Chromite. I have found it in North Carolina.

[@johnnysalazar1552]

What gem rocks will make diamond tester /beep as a diamond

[@karen936]

Anything in N. Ga.

[@EC-yz4uq]

What are the rules for digging in National Forests?

[@RustyTheReseller]

To my knowledge, there are no laws prohibiting collecting rocks on national forest lands by surface collecting. Use of powered equipment is prohibited. Harvesting of protected plants like ginseng is illegal …but not rocks

[@runingblackbear]

Need scoop and gold pan

[@tarutinki]

Hi Rusty, do you have Yellow sapphire I can buy from you?

[@RustyTheReseller]

No, sorry

[@rohantherockwiththerocketh7871]

If they are pink then it's a sapphire and not ruby, ruby is red! If you come to Australia I can take you out to reach good areas for gem quality sapphires and rubies once I have a new 4wd and caravan/trailer. We tend to prospect for around three months of a year while camping where we are looking.

[@internationalmasterspeaker1879]

Idol ok.

[@mistygabourel2421]

It's probably 316L stainless. Scrub it up and sell it for $1

[@dua7111]

Them boys don’t know what a bagel is.

[@Phoenix_Enterprises]

Ruby in zoisite?

[@capricenicolettemanospregn3320]

I bought land up there to dig in but I’m Afraid to go alone because of bears. I LOVE TO DIG!!! I want to go to my land so much that I bought almost three years ago. Haven’t even been on it yet

[@RustyTheReseller]

Awesome, iF you every want company, let us know, maybe we could help you out!

[@capricenicolettemanospregn3320]

@@RustyTheReseller THANKS SO MUCH! I will let you know as soon as I can. That would be great!!!

[@jacksonholenc]

Invest in some gem screens .... geez...

[@tinahorne5967]

Carnelian might be,worth investigating,like your content.

[@RustyTheReseller]

Thanks!

[@chrisxserra]

It’s pronounced Cabo-Sean not cabo-con. Cabochan is a French word not trying to talk down just enlightening

[@claytonwatts3518]

The green stone is dunite and peridotite. Stay out of my dig spot!

[@aung3627]

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[@muhammadnoor1239]

Bisa berbagi bahan safirnya sobat,buat orang Indonesia,untuk 1 atau 2 cincin... Makasih...??

[@joshhigdon4951]

Why is that dude wearing granny's glasses?

[@Rick-if5zb]

A guy named "Peaches?" Disturbing.

[@presidentstevenking]

Yo

[@andreavandekleut6379]

do you also find small gold pieces using your hand as a "pan" LOL?? also you may want to move your camera a little down your chest we can,t see anything but your legs ,

[@ozcarozcar2643]

Lil king check this outk

[@Donaldperson7]

Bagel sandwiches? Y’all supposed to be eating pickled pigs feet and pickled eggs? I think it’s nasty but when I was in South Carolina for 10 years I saw white swamp rats eating that shit!

[@robertl4410]

what you found was worthless rocks

[@RustyTheReseller]

Well, the money I have made selling these specimens offers a differing opinion..

[@karenstauffer1524]

It's not worthless if you like it and had fun finding it!

[@HiAlphaPuppy]

The mastery of a skill is wonderful to witness, no matter what that skill is. You can tell he has a high level of understanding, enthusiasm, and respect for what he is doing. I feel like this guy should continue making videos, because it is clear that he is going to make great videos.@Rusty_The_Reseller Cool hat btw. @rustythereseller Where did you get that?