Life-Changing Treasure Trove Discovered in a Back Yard

[@judyherman1249]

What a glorious day to find such amazing and beautiful diamonds, and so quickly. WOW!

[@Objective-Observer]

Wow. That's a similar story to a crystal mine in ... Arkansas if my memory isn't swiss cheese this morning. They were digging something mundane and found acres of crystals, not only the Herkimer type of gemstones. For the non-geology types, Herkimer diamonds are quartz crystals, not the hard diamonds. The value of these crystals is the clarity of the stone and the perfect crystaline shapes: double terminated, well defined sides, etc. Those into Metaphysics use clear quartz crystals for Health and Mental well being. For collectors: it is the perfection of the crystal that drives the price. No, these are not jewelry stones, it is the raw crystaline shape that collectors want. What an awesome story! Thanks for bringing us along!

[@labellaflora....]

I've been a collector of crystals and as you say the goal is perfect shape and clarity, if applicable. Personally, I wouldn't pay those prices for what appear to be very flawed crystals. Just my opinion.

[@ChristaFree]

There's plenty of diamonds to mine in Arkansas too

[@Objective-Observer]

@@labellaflora.... I think he said one of the big buckets was for over seas buyers, and we have no clue what else they will do to the minerals to clean them up. eBay tends to be a magnet for Auction Hounds, who get caught up in the action, and don't care what the item is worth; they just like to win.

[@laurah2820]

Brad, so amazing. Herkimer diamond hunting is on our bucket list in the next couple years. Thank you for sharing!😊

[@mmerriman4995]

Having pounded that incredibly hard rock in Herkimer to get two tiny crystals, I can't imagine digging in soft dirt for those huge beauties! Happy for Chad!

[@merricasem1964]

And the coolest thing is that each of those crystals is waaaaaaay older than any coin you ever found!😮

[@henny01]

Like any rock you can find....

[@Zubeneshemali]

Diamonds?? Quartz crystals maybe!! There a site in Montana that looks exactly the same!!

[@CoinandRelicOntario]

​@@ZubeneshemaliIt's just a general name for the quartz crystals in the area. Clear like diamonds.

[@kaynef6637]

No it isn’t , the metal in the coins was made billions of years ago when stars were made , the fake diamonds are millions of years at best

[@merricasem1964]

@@kaynef6637 you make a great point but those minerals are made of “star stuff” too! 😀

[@williammullensarge]

Being from upstate new york, and living in Herkimer for a few years, the route 28 area is one of the most beautiful areas I've ever seen in my entire life. And to find Herkimer diamonds it is always a bonus!

[@markd3250]

Even fractured inside, some of those are still just beautiful cleaned up.

[@stinkasscat]

Some of the inclusions make them much more valuable. 👍👍👍

[@RobertBailey-y7v]

Thank you for sharing. My son and I used to dig in Colorado near Topaz Point and found many fantastic crystals, smoky quartz, and amazonite. One day I found a spear point while he was shooting his bb gun and found out the spear point dated around 1100 AD from the same area we were finding the crystals.. Your video is amazing and brings back memories..ty.

[@charliemansonUK]

Just bulldozing your land and you discovered the mother lode....that's amazing! I wish him all the best with his find. 🇬🇧

[@marykaystreasures]

Awesome stones so beautiful Thanks for sharing ♥️♥️♥️⚒️♥️♥️⚒️🇺🇸🗝️

[@tinakoziol1690]

WOW 😮 how absolutely beautiful and amazing! And to think it’s in his backyard!!!!

[@upnorth6722]

Awesome day and finds Gentlemen !!!! Thanks for the tour . ✌

[@DWCNC]

Man, I'd say that was a life changing discovery. Gorgeous crystals. Fun video Brad.

[@marthagiza4884]

What an exciting adventure, absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@petegadway9976]

Chad and Maggie are two of the nicest people I've ever met, glad you could visit and experience the treasure that their land is CONSISTENTLY producing. I have personally found two softballs and many, many nice crystals.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

This is most amazing clip I've ever seen. Blows the doors off my mind!

[@ladyaqua4544]

Brad you are a Handsome Devil with a Fantastic Voice, and I love your show too.

[@kevinkline6835]

Very cool Brad. It's a lot of fun digging in the mud. Many blessings

[@lisac.346]

Wow! That was soooo cool! Thanks for taking us along. 💎

[@craziedigging4590]

Looked like a great time Brad. Thank you for sharing. All the Crystals. So Beautiful and Incredible. Take Care Brad

[@kymsaurer1254]

That was so fun to watch! Thanks for taking us along!

[@helenburke9507]

I love digging for gems !!! I’d spend everyday doing it if I could. Good on you for doing 1 of the best things to do and the funnest! Thank you for taking us on the great adventure!!!!

[@marycaswell6894]

Hi Brad Well that was way cool!! TFS. ☮️💜

[@oliverlevimysunshine6620]

This… this just makes my heart happy. A rock hounded dream come true!

[@Abbeorourke]

So fun! Herkimer diamonds are one of the most beautiful natural forms of quartz!

[@gillianwalker4766]

That must have been a blast! Great video as usual!

[@judithfairchild8620]

That's wildly crazy. You obviously were having fun. In the right place at the right time.

[@collectordetectors8687]

I need a backyard like that! I would quit my day job and dig every day! Thanks for sharing!

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

You would go broke. They aren't real diamonds.

[@KayInMaine]

​@@scottsatterthwaite4073they are not for jewelry. People buy them for their beauty and for health.

[@patty4091]

Cool, nice little side trip for you. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you Brad for the adventure and seeing some amazing stones !

[@CoinandRelicOntario]

Going to have to put this place on my bucket list!! 😳

[@dannywillman373]

This video was one of the most interesting ones I’ve seen in a while. Please keep more coming.

[@wicked_digger]

Wow Brad! These are amazing! I remember the other video you did in Herkimer also. I am a hug fan of crystals and that's basically how my metal detecting channel here started 😆 So cool! Thanks for sharing! I haven't had a chance to go to herkimer yet, but I'd sure love to. I enjoy going to Maine and doing some mining there at a few places.

[@stevenstark9017]

Hey Brad. What an awesome Herkimer diamond hunt you all had, really liked watching you pull out the triple pointed Herkimer.

[@loripretti843]

Wow!!! How crazy was that!!! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us!!! God Bless Us All!!!

[@Spielmanjon]

Awesome video! I love stuff like this. I like the discovery of things, Bottle digging, Minerals, Metal detecting, anything like that. It's that initial rush you get when you find something cool.

[@patiencekates5975]

Oh what fun! Thanks for taking me along

[@johnfairsgoldpanningschool.]

It is always fun to get down in the mud and get dirty. There are some nice rocks there.

[@Lucillelf]

That was very cool! Now, I want to go digging in my back yard!

[@Lakemichigangirl]

Awesome I did a little reading on the crystals so interesting and exciting to watch.

[@AndrewPennell-w4n]

I am speechless........never have I seen anything like this. Wow

[@haroldlundy6810]

Wow. A Rock Hound’s dream come true.

[@allangundry3358]

This was so interesting. I’d never heard of a herkimer diamond. I had to go read up on it a bit before watching the episode. So amazing. So fun to see.

[@AndrexT]

2:12, nice long range hammer tacker in the window! Great finds, they are so pretty.

[@trishharrison3618]

Awesome video Brad so cool can't wait for the next video lots of love from West Virginia ❤️🙂

[@clamsoup]

In the words of The Hoover Boys "all holes matter " Nice find

[@maryellen8564]

That is crazy!!! All o wear are those diamonds!!! Sooo cool

[@joycekennedy1730]

I have always wanted to hunt for crystals.....you're doing what I have dreamed of!! Thanks for showing us.

[@janeparker570]

Wonderful!! It reminds me of the amethyst mines in northern Ontario (Canada), again,they are quartz , but valued for the colour

[@JM-iz3fr]

Every kids dream! Be able to dig in yer yard, have fun in the dirt!

[@lundysden6781]

the farther away from NY you get the more valuable they are! His yard is perfect, the rock has literally disolved leaving only the qtz. behind.

[@toddrodgers5108]

That looked like fun. Amazing crystals. Blessings

[@becksterbunyan4857]

Some very beautiful crystals. If you like digging for them then a vacation in Mt, Ida Arkansas is called for. Lots of crystal mines and one in the national forest

[@FiveStringCommando]

You should come to Diamond Point near Payson, AZ in the fall/winter (digging allowed from Oct 1 through feb 28 each year) to dig for Herkimer Diamonds.

[@jengalloway4961]

What a cool experience! I was considering a trip to the Arkansas crystal mines. So cool!

[@chuckjenkins4348]

Yea I’ve seen other crystals being mined in places you’d never thought Mother Nature is amazing!!!!

[@patriciamarsha7289]

So cool. I dug Herkimer diamonds years ago such fun still have them

[@Mrsalvage28]

Good morning Mr I've been following gypu for a while but toayaly in awe over this video for this is just around the corner an also have extensive collection as well an know also have a deer friend lives nearly next to it an has bought land from them Keep up rhe amazing work and finds

[@rikspector]

Brad, I grew up down the shore in New Jersey and in Cape may, they have Cape May Diamonds, which are, I believe similar to the Herkimers but no where as abundant. Great Day! Cheers,, Rik Spector

[@WestCoastGoldProspecting]

That looks like a lot of fun.

[@kimetherington2252]

That was crazy! Keep on digging!

[@themobleys]

We’re going there in a few weeks and I can’t wait!

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Way easier in decomposed lime than hard rock to collect, and much more fun!.

[@yankeewatchdog6493]

That's life changing cool for Chad....

[@kristinebailey86]

Fabulous looking crystals !!!!

[@samuelsiedschlag4486]

This is just a fun video. 😊 Maybe it's just all those crystals. Lol. Enjoy the weekend.

[@Wendy-Go-0411]

I have 2 pairs of Herkimer diamond earrings. This video was fascinating.

[@charlessharrardiii7086]

Shine on you crazy diamond

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Yes! let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵

[@leonacrowley164]

That looks like so much fun

[@dannystaton5386]

Greetings from South Carolina 🎉

[@kingslawn]

Looks like a great spot for a small wash plant

[@jimmymalone3494]

That was awesome video.

[@zworm2]

That looks like a lot of fun!

[@tinknal6449]

I would appreciate a short geology lesson on what a Herkimer diamond really is.

[@janiexoxo]

Wikipedia (I was curious too): Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York, and the Mohawk River Valley in the US. They are not diamonds; the "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and well formed faces.

[@tinknal6449]

@@janiexoxo Cool, thanks!

[@janiexoxo]

@@tinknal6449 no problem

[@kaynef6637]

Quartz , not good for anything except looking at , calling them diamonds is a lie people selling them use to scam people into thinking they are more than just quartz

[@tinknal6449]

@@kaynef6637 Well, I'm never opposed to depriving the ignorant of their cash, keeps them from donating it to the democrats! 🤣

[@kayesdigginit1519]

Pretty cool, inside of his own properties dirt!!

[@dirtlifedetecting]

Diamond Insanity, Gotta Love It!

[@janethardenburgh9911]

Very cool video, I really enjoyed it!! 🤗

[@paul4utica]

This is just down the road form me where I live and I have never heard of this guy . . . I may just go there for 4 hours and try to do some digging myself.

[@ChristyWerpy-sl5oq]

I'd like to have a few pieces of those Vermont garnets Brad was finding in a stream in another episode. The crystals in this video look similar to sun stones.

[@masonmercmetaldetecting]

I had never ever heard of Herkimer Diamonds until i saw the episode where you were at the KOA mining them out of the rockwall. What exactly do they do with Herkimer diamonds?? Do they make jewelry like they do with other diamonds? I have often thought about a family camping trip there to spend a day doing this. Thanks for sharing Brad always exciting to see you partake in different forms of treasure hunting! Keep up the great work!

[@clairemccarthy-king6463]

I camped at the campground next to the mine, it was very nice! Fun family trip

[@jlw38257]

There's an area of quartz "fertile" land in Arkansas. It is within the western/central geologically named as a mostly ordovician zone. Private "large" findings have been found near Avilla, Board Camp, Jack Mountain and Price in Arkansas.

[@patriciamuskevitsch8359]

Cool little adventure

[@alienallen2983]

AWESOME THANK YOU 👍🙏>>>💚

[@granvillewooster7673]

Awesome 👍👍❤️

[@ButterflyKissesHealing]

Wow 😱 That is incredible.

[@nicolasrossi5978]

Thanks for sharing. I am assuming Chad let you keep what you dug, so what is the next step, i.e. what do you plan to do with them?

[@janeteverett1358]

Very cool thank you

[@phillipyannone3195]

That was an amazing.😊

[@virginiabell7709]

How great is that....

[@cherylradabaugh2720]

Wow ,love To find a pocket of those

[@KarenShea-q7h]

How are you feeling? We are praying for you to be well! Hope you are!

[@dpadre3]

Kinda kewl, buying one for someone is like having dinner at Applebee's

[@simongalea6247]

I always thought of going through this hobby. What metal detector brand and model you recommend please? mainly soil/fields and artefacts are coins, military bits and pieces etc...thanks

[@karenjones7111]

Wow. Love it.✌❤❤

[@bobmanzi7712]

great stuff thanks

[@richardwilliamswilliams]

Good morning from Copperhill Tn.

[@kearnsey64]

Absolutely crazy!!!!😮

[@HumanistGordian]

So this is the fun equivalent of a gold bucket kit. You paid quite s lot of money for the fun of it and got more out of it in return, contrary to the gold buckets which are expensive and give you a fraction of the price back.

[@grammadonutsquashdog431]

Can you give us a shot of the Herbs cleaned up?