MINING FOR SAPPHIRES IN NORTH CAROLINA
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- We take you to a genuine sapphire mine near Franklin, NC where we meet with the caretaker and dig into the hillside searching for the elusive Sapphires.
We had the entire mine to ourselves during our visit to Mason's Ruby & Sapphire Mine. Franklin, NC which is known for Rubies, Emeralds, Sapphires and more. There are several mines where you can pay to dig but only a couple that have unsalted, native sapphire mines! Franklin, NC sits inside the Nantahala National Forest and just a short drive away you can see some spectacular waterfalls including filming locations for films such as The Last of the Mohicans.
Special thanks to Judie for her hospitality on keeping the mine open with severe weather in the forecast. Check out Mason's Ruby & Sapphire Mine. Visit www.masonsmine.com for more information on their mine.
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Great video guys I really enjoyed it and me being a Georgia Boy I'm not too far been there so you just gave me a great idea have something to do with my fiance and kids thanks
Definitely will be a great trip with the family. We took our kids here a few years back before we started making videos.
Hi guys is there any such thing as a white blue red all in one Ruby sapphire and white chrondium all in one giant crystal
@@chriswells4028 i honestly don't know with all of them being a different hardness I don't know if they would all be able to reside into one host
Went there a few years ago and a chicken sat beside me and kept me company. Relaxing
Had fun there years ago,lots of small sapphires ,few tiny ruby pieces ,very red,lots of kyanite,quartz too! Great people work there,miss Judy is so nice,and friendly visitors too!
that's been on my bucket list. just a few more years!
Definitely worth a visit. Beautiful area too!
I lived in Franklin NC and found hundreds of rubies and sapphires some over 200 carats. Cowee is where you want to go!!! I currently have hundreds of rubies, sapphires, rhodalite, citrine and the most amazing crystal quartz. Great place to go gemming is Mason Mine in Cowee
so glad that you was able to recover all your cronie club outing footage , fun place to dig good to see Kathleen feeling better
Late to the party, but what a great video! We lived in NC and never knew this was there. Cheers! Conan & Heidi
I really enjoyed your video, I haven't went mining before like what your video showed but I have done a few paydirt bags and I'm hooked. I would love to make it down to mason's ruby and sapphire mine and do what you did. I'm going to be watching more of your videos and I look forward to where you go next. As I live in Illinois and work almost all year long its hard to get to do something I truly enjoy doing. Thanks for reading and hope ya'll have a great day.
Thanks Ben for the awesome comment and stay tuned. We just got back from Alaska.
Yeah! Y'all finally done another video ty
Awesome video !!
Born & raised in NC ive always wanted to do this
If you want to find nice rubies and sapphires in North Carolina go to Cowee gift shop and Mason mountain mine in Franklin NC
Less work and bigger finds
So cool..
You can go to any creek or stream coming out of the SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND FIND GOLD AND GEMSTONE…
Enjoyed your video!!
If you ever find your way to Montana there is a Sapphire mine in Phillipsburg, unfortunately they dig the dirt for you but well worth the $27 a bag.
We will put a video up on our channel next time we go through a bag.
Thank you for sharing
Great vid yall, thanks.. GodBless. . Subscribed
How nice of the lady to basically keep things going just for you! That whole end of the state is a jewel box. Have you considered visiting Thermal? If you do, try running a load of gravel through the trommel. Back in 2007 it cost me $75, it was well worth it. About three grams of gold with two nice pickers.
Yes...that place has awesome customer service. We have been thinking of stopping in Thermal City...we have heard good things.
I'm in NC this week, think I'll see if it's near by on any of my travels.
If you're looking for the sapphires they should be on the bottom part of the clumps when you shake it. If the sapphire is real it wouldn't fracture clean. Instead, it would fracture and chip like quartz and glass.
Great tip...thanks for taking the time to share, we appreciate it!!!
I live in nw Alabama east Alabama is where all the gold and minerals are. There is jasper where I live. When I was a kid playing in creeks in Talladega. Geodes were plenty I would crack them open and look at it and throw it back down. All I was interested in was crawfish and snakes fishing. If I knew then . I have friends that still owns property. In east Alabama thats my very first prospecting in the near future.
That's awesome
Beautiful area there! I was working at Yellow Creek back in 1981 and I loved the Quad cities area. Arrow heads, fishing, great fresh food. Oh yeah, my daughter was born there too lol
My grandma lives just off i20 east of Talladega. Ohhhh the gold we found there. Small yes but bountiful. Look for the quarts and pan below without breaking a rock.
What a great way to spend a day.
I found a 75 carat sapphire in Cherokee nc. I paid for it to be cut, I got 4 stones, 2-3 carat ear rings. 1- 6 carat pendent , and 1-5 carat ring. They cut them for $500. I have a ruby uncut the shape of ur thumb. I can’t wait to cut it
I enjoyed every bit of your video, but please if you are around that beautiful nature.... Please put sam natural music,... I am relaxed and enjoy the nature and all of a sudden somebody starts "angle grinding and hitting the trash cans"... Thats how I hear that music.
Eugene King, if your out there or still alive take me to Lake Fontana...
Mike"DB"
Those tubes are not sapphires or rubies it’s agatized or opalized tubes from sea life I thought they were to but sadly it’s not it’s sio2h3 sapphires are not brittle desenegrate literally second hardest material and the fluorescence is weak and like she said there kinda not so leaverite
So true...you think you found a whole bunch and less than a quarter were actual sapphires, lol...had a blast though. Thanks for the comment and watching.
But are you guys on Facebook I’ll send you some pics of the sapphires I’m finding might throw together a pay dirt of cons from one of my claims
@@crystalinechaos2492 yes we are! Just search for wandering buffalos and you will find us.
Bell ringers lol
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Is that an AMRA tshirt?
Yes it is!
Only maybe an hour from my house
You need to mention the price to dig. Poor video information
Man, this video was from five years ago. You really expect the price to be relevant now.
Less talkie more workie or multi task plz......
Bell ringers lol