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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Once Upon a time........... Jan 4^th, 2014 at 8:58pm	Print Post
	in the land of Chatham, was a ridge virtually covered in quartz crystals, ilmenite, hematite, indian artifacts and limonite psuedomorphs after pyrite. Here are a few pictures I found of a day a couple years back I spent exploring the exposures of Coopers Ridge. I remember it like it was just yesterday......

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #1 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	Oh shoot! That was just yesterday. and those were all my finds. Anyway, let me get back to my story........... The first thing I check on this particular day is this new exposure. I checked it out and then stood back for a pic saying, "I can't believe there isn't anything good in that nice new profile!"

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:05pm	Print Post
	But there wasn't much to look at. Interesting spot, but no quartz.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:07pm	Print Post
	This spot has quartz, but nothing interesting. I guess we will just have to follow it for awhile.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	A flake! Someone's been here before.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:11pm	Print Post
	Now what's this! A good sign! Must be heading the right way.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #6 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	And then, another good sign......... A manifestation that the forces of nature are in balance at this place!

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #7 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:21pm	Print Post
	I'm getting pretty excited now! Any crystals found here in this naturally harmonious place should be very powerful!!! The balance.....wait....What do we have here! Could it be washing out from right here?!

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #8 - Jan 4^th, 2014 at 9:26pm	Print Post
	Only one way to tell. Let's do a little diggin'. Here are a few pics insitu and the last one cleaned-up. Happy Hunting!

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #9 - Jan 6^th, 2014 at 9:16am	Print Post
	Joe you are so great at covering a site with pics and interesting stories. It is just like being there. Thanks, John


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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #10 - Jan 7^th, 2014 at 9:37am	Print Post
	Cool story and pics! I like seeing them on the ground before picked up


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4210 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #11 - Jan 7^th, 2014 at 10:24am	Print Post
	Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it. Just trying to clean out the files to make room for ALL the 2014 stuff that will, no doubt, be turning up.


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MikeB YaBB Newbies Offline SmokeyMtn. Dreamer Posts: 44 Joined: Jan 19^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Once Upon a time........... Reply #12 - Feb 18^th, 2014 at 4:55pm	Print Post
	gonna have to install a gps locator chip on Joe somehow...that way we can all go see these nice dig sites he finds...


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