Let me try to set the stage here, my wife and I travel from Covington, VA to Durham, NC often, we exit VA from Danville, pick up 86 and then get onto I-40 to CH/Durham.
Between I-85 and I-40 ON Rt 86, they are doing some road construction...YES, dynamite was involved!! There is a pull-off and lay down area that I parked in, access is no problem...
Week before last we were in town (yours) and I decided on  Saturday to head over to the construction site, just to walk around and see what was showing. I picked up a couple of pieces of really clear quartz that I will put on the lapidary wheel.
I also ran into a field of pyrite obviously exposed by the major disruption of applied boom. I only covered about 1/3 of the area and picked up a couple of chunks, some with smallish (1/4") pyrite cubes and another piece that looks like a cavity in the matrix was filled with molten pyrite.
I took pics of the site, no really I did!!...and as soon as I can get some decent pics of the pieces I gathered, I will be posting...
Also?? Across Rt 86, almost directly across from the site mentioned above, UNC is constructing a new hospital facility and they have several acres disturbed. My wife was pretty tolerant of my foray onto the road construction site...she drew the line when she realized I might go "walkabout" so needless to say, I ventured "not"....if anybody happens to journey that way???  I really don't want to know what I missed......

An honest collector....lol  Joe you are a mess.

That might be the best part of you, Joe. 

Sounds like an excellent adventure. Why aren't people tolerant of our "walkabouts" anyway?

I agree, Scott. I was hoping to get up there yesterday and
take a look around but we spent too much time in House Creek.
Maybe next weekend.
Joe