Same angle, different light on this one.

I often recollect some words said by an old friend a long time ago.

"There's only one thing
  you can do
when you got
  the blues
and you can't
  get rid of 'em.
That's grin
and dip in for more."


And so it is with the Bowling Green Blues.

Saturday, late morning, I was kindof heading north toward Henderson
and the artifact show, but I hadn't been out on that side of town in a while
so I thought I would swing by ol'Bowling Green for a quick spot check.
(And that pot of coffee I drank before leaving the house had me thinking about a porta-potty.)
Needless to say I was pretty shocked when I saw that the whole top of the hill
had been shaved off.
We have only been waiting for them to do that for about 5 years now!

I only had my travel pack of hand tools with me, but that didn't matter.
There was so much to look at I could barely slow down long enough to really look at anything!
I finally resigned myself to not being able to get a good look at All of it, and settled down
in what looked like the best spot. There were small crystals, some amethyst, in the debris from the wall.

So there's a couple nice faces poking out there and
I don't have many tool choices to work with.

Yep, those blue digging sticks work just fine as rock chisels, too.

Details of how I finally managed to extract, (both pieces),
of this stubborn jewel from it's ancient habitat are too grisly,
not to mention embarrassing, to bother sharing here.
So without further adoo, here's a picture of "Baby".

Also in this pic you can see the orange clay mud coated
crystal drusy lining the inside of the cavity.

Yes, yes, yes! That's what I'm talking about!

Of course, I did go back Sunday morning....
And What Do I Find!!!
Mark and Scott digging in my hole!
Whaddaya know about that!?

We didn't find a whole lot Sunday, but had a great time lookin'!

Here's one piece I took home.  After this mud caked miniature druzy plate was cleaned I was surprised by this scepter.

Scepter dimensions:

1.5 x .8 cm or
1/2 x 1/4 in.