@@nativeterramining621 wow...thank you very much for the quick reply!! I got into hounding in the Wells area in California but live in texas. So I've been dying to get out and get my hands dirty. Thanks for the info and I'll let you know if I happen to find something worth mentioning
My father worked for the electric company here in Texas or 33 and a half years. Back then it was called TP &L. He found and I remember him taking us out to an entire piece of land covered in petrified wood. It must have been a forest at one time. It was so much of it you had trouble not stepping on it as you went. I believe it's private property now.
And it was possibly next to my property that I live on now. The property was part of a cattle ranch and you couldn't not even step without tripping on a petrified rock and yes were served by TP & L back then. When the ranch was sold and broke up into small lots the place was bulldozed and I guess the petrified rock was collected before the dozing. Wish I had pictures, but back then we took it all for granted us kids played with them and never thought a thing about it being so special of a place.
There’s a lot of areas out in Buchanan Dam and Kingsland localities, Hoover valley too, that whole area. That are filled with petrified wood like that. It’s when the big droughts hit and the lake/river beds are exposed. You can find whole thick ass petrified tree stumps all over like damned grass. I had a huge collection
im really impressed with you knowledge. most people on youtube make videos to hear themselves talk and rant on. You video is fun inviting extremely knowledgeable.
I'm from tx and never knew the state had so many mineral deposits around until I watched his vlog. I enjoy looking for rocks and now I know where to hunt for them
Good ole Texas. As you mentioned though, much of Texas land is privately owned....and Texans takes trespassing serious. So for sure do your research. The only Gold mine I know of in Texas is on a private ranch down around Presidio. I was actually given a ride around the property and saw the old mine. This was back when gold was $800oz and climbing. The owner didn't have any interest in reopening the mine then and could careless about it now. Such a beautiful piece of land as well.
Rick Davis I really have no clue friend, all I know is McAllister Park is chock-full of that stuff, and along the banks of a few rivers like the Uvalde have some fossils.
Ok...native Texan here. If you come down and want to search the Llano River, don't call it the Yano as some "experts" are saying. It is of course a Spanish word but it's pronounced Lano, just ignore all the "proper" instructions. Oh and Welcome to Texas...have fun
Unfortunately, im in El Paso. Nothin but granite and the local mines have a complete monopoly on it here lol... ive heard theres Turquoise up in NM and some other gems.
I know this is an old video, but dang I had to say this. Y’all gave this man, that is making a very well done informative video, such a hard time about pronouncing Llano. Some of y’all made these comments, telling him how to pronounce it incorrectly, making yourselves look dumb. Llano is a Spanish word that means flat, double L is a Y sound in Spanish. The more you know. Thanks for the video man. It was very helpful.
I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound. Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand. I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂 They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂 I
I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound. Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand. I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂 They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂 I
Just FYI, Llano is pronounced Yawno (the L's are silent or pronounced as a Y.) The word is Spanish. It's commonly mispronounced by people north of Waco so don't feel bad. 😊
I guess Llano county is north of Waco, because everyone there pronounces aa an "L", not "Y". I have live in Texas all but 3 yeas of my life, and I have NEVER heard anyone pronounce the "LL" as a "Y". Tortilla? Yes. Quesadilla? Yes. Llano? Not once. The city, county, river and even the wine...LAN-oh.
@@Caderic I am sure that if I returned to my redneck home town (in East Texas), no doubt they would pronounce it that way, along with Bexar with a hard X. I speak Spanish so I don't mispronounce Spanish words, regardless of the local .....errr....customs.
@@CadericI lived there & have family lived there for generations- my family still has a ranch there and yes you are correct.. the “ll” isn’t “Y” in this instance
I bet you live in central Texas. Most people don't count my part of Texas as Texas. For when they say west Texas, it hundreds of miles to the east. Btw amethyst can be found in real west Texas. But it's on private land. For $100,000 I will sell someone 10 acres with acces to the mountains it's found in. Must have vehical with ground clearance, lots of tires and lots of fuel, to get from the 10 acres to the mountains. From highway to property can be done with a car, less then 1 mile. From property to mountains is approx 40 miles by very rough road. Fuel is 80 miles away 24/7, and 30 miles away Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm Sat 9am to noon. Again it's private property. ( so yes it illegal to get the stones) So, in short. Without a way to get to it. You can't. The only roads to the mountain are locked. One from the east, and one from the north. And I use the word road loosely. Most is not maintained. There is also gold, silver and copper in the same area.
I'm originally from California did a lot of painting for gold and Crystal collecting but now live here in Abilene Texas nothing really knowing what to look for here
Alright so I'm confused. Any search for "Amethyst mountains" brings up to mountains in Yellowstone National Park. There's no mention of an amethyst mountain in Texas.
i live near sullivan city and nobody knows about this red jasper rock, this is the only resource on the internet where I found anything. How valuable is it and how do i find it?
Frankie Lightyear Where in Fort Worth? What rocks do you find? I am not really a fossil guy, but I love to collect stones. Any specific areas you would recommend?
Logan-5 I live in East Texas as well. Last year I found a strange looking rock, that looked like it had shaped in an unnatural way to fit in between your thumb, index, and middle finger. Long story short it turned out to be an Indian artifact, a small stone knife ment for a right handed person, to scrape animal pelts clean or to make fine cuts.
Same, maybe in the neighbouring Cameron County, or Willancy County. The streams and creeks running into the sea from a mountain may have a 1 out of 4,987 chance of finding sum good old gold nuggets...
And Buchanan is with short u. Like buck-anan Wait until you hear how they pronounce the Pedernales River.😂 “Perdenalis” makes no sense but that’s just how it is around those parts and you don’t want to piss off or offend those “kind” folks…
You can find gold,silver,copper and even some platinum in creeks and rivers every where in Texas. Do research on how to read a water way and go find it. Also research the old volcano trails that were under the ocean that covered Texas millions of years ago. I follow the old volcano locations and I find it. I live in waco and its all pretty easy to find if you just do some studying. Google earth helps also :)
your mispronunciation of llano tells any real Texas you may have been born here but that doesn't make you a Texan! I bet you dont know how to say Kuykedahl or Elgin
You may have been born there but your pronunciations are a little off. Llano is not pronounced lah no, it is Laa no. Uvalde is pronounce You Val De. Presidio is not pronounced pres ah dee to, it is pra sid ee o.
Son, you may have been born in Texas, but you don't know a lot about Texas or you would know how to pronounce Llano, Presidio, etc. And if you actually do live here, shame on you for not learning the proper pronunciation.
Did I hear you say Taylor county? I'm near abilene and was wondering what I could find in the area that's worth the effort?
@@nativeterramining621 wow...thank you very much for the quick reply!! I got into hounding in the Wells area in California but live in texas. So I've been dying to get out and get my hands dirty. Thanks for the info and I'll let you know if I happen to find something worth mentioning
@@nativeterramining621 The domain www.masontexastopaz.com seems to have been taken over by spammers.
I live in Abilene LOL!
got that book. ty for the tips. It's hard finding rocks in this mud and clay state.
My father worked for the electric company here in Texas or 33 and a half years. Back then it was called TP &L. He found and I remember him taking us out to an entire piece of land covered in petrified wood. It must have been a forest at one time. It was so much of it you had trouble not stepping on it as you went. I believe it's private property now.
And it was possibly next to my property that I live on now. The property was part of a cattle ranch and you couldn't not even step without tripping on a petrified rock and yes were served by TP & L back then. When the ranch was sold and broke up into small lots the place was bulldozed and I guess the petrified rock was collected before the dozing. Wish I had pictures, but back then we took it all for granted us kids played with them and never thought a thing about it being so special of a place.
There’s a lot of areas out in Buchanan Dam and Kingsland localities, Hoover valley too, that whole area. That are filled with petrified wood like that. It’s when the big droughts hit and the lake/river beds are exposed. You can find whole thick ass petrified tree stumps all over like damned grass. I had a huge collection
I found a large amethyst specimen in Central Texas 3 years ago.
What area of the city was it in waco Cameron Park?
Where at?
In north Austin, they hit a deposit of petrified wood when digging foundations for new houses across the street from me.
I find gold nuggets quite often in the San Jacinto river running north east of houston... well worth traveling to from wherever you are in the world
What part exactly?
Send location
Yep i live right next to it
Real nuggets or just little pickers or flakes?
By around ? I come around often and never find any
Hitting up Mason Tx in April on the way to Rockhound State Park. Gonna be epic!!
im really impressed with you knowledge. most people on youtube make videos to hear themselves talk and rant on. You video is fun inviting extremely knowledgeable.
yes it is~!
he did a great job!
I'm from tx and never knew the state had so many mineral deposits around until I watched his vlog. I enjoy looking for rocks and now I know where to hunt for them
Good ole Texas. As you mentioned though, much of Texas land is privately owned....and Texans takes trespassing serious. So for sure do your research. The only Gold mine I know of in Texas is on a private ranch down around Presidio. I was actually given a ride around the property and saw the old mine. This was back when gold was $800oz and climbing. The owner didn't have any interest in reopening the mine then and could careless about it now. Such a beautiful piece of land as well.
Privately owned by a bunch of self indulged greedy pricks
Around the San Antonio/ Bexar county area, there’s quite a lot of Hematite to be found as well. Possibly even some meteorite!
Dylan Sullivan
I'm in Hondo... just west of SA. Where is a good place to look for hematite?
Rick Davis I really have no clue friend, all I know is McAllister Park is chock-full of that stuff, and along the banks of a few rivers like the Uvalde have some fossils.
Crazy I'm n pearsall an never seen any of this🤔
So like around garner state park?
I ain't gonna lie you hesitated on JASPER, an as a native Texan, the world got real quiet for a second
Is that for the same reason I take pause?likely I think. Scary place.
There was a drug deal that went bad decades ago and a participant, who happened to be black, was brutally murdered.
Awesome Video. Lets go rock hounding brother!!!!
Ok...native Texan here. If you come down and want to search the Llano River, don't call it the Yano as some "experts" are saying. It is of course a Spanish word but it's pronounced Lano, just ignore all the "proper" instructions. Oh and Welcome to Texas...have fun
Unless your name is Cooder Graw 😉
Yea! Great info, so excited to use this next time I’m in Texas🔥
Such a pro it felt like the Discovery Channel I can watch all day.
Do you have the pay places to dig for good quality topaz? Thanks
The Llano Uplift is an upheaval.
Anything in galveston County. Or crystal beach texas
Thank you for this video.
That book is some kind of collectors item now. It sells for $100-$200 and in poor condition.
Can't find a PDF download anywhere either.
Sullivan city .Hidalgo county . South south Texas. 7:00
Great video and wonderful information. We love rockhounding here!
Unfortunately, im in El Paso. Nothin but granite and the local mines have a complete monopoly on it here lol... ive heard theres Turquoise up in NM and some other gems.
Love Texas ! This is going to take me places.
This guy can't even pronounce the area correctly . Save your efforts and search another video.
I know this is an old video, but dang I had to say this. Y’all gave this man, that is making a very well done informative video, such a hard time about pronouncing Llano. Some of y’all made these comments, telling him how to pronounce it incorrectly, making yourselves look dumb. Llano is a Spanish word that means flat, double L is a Y sound in Spanish. The more you know. Thanks for the video man. It was very helpful.
I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound.
Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand.
I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂
They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂
I
I’m from Texas and everyone pronounces it Lano. No Y sound.
Just like people who speak English call The Rio Grande the Rio Grand.
I think it’s hilarious how Spanish speakers are such Grammar Nazis 😂
They always complain when you don’t roll your r’s 😂 😂 😂
I
Literally NO ONE calls is Yano..
-Native Texan
Terri is AWESOME.. I hunted with get spring break 2019!
Just FYI, Llano is pronounced Yawno (the L's are silent or pronounced as a Y.) The word is Spanish. It's commonly mispronounced by people north of Waco so don't feel bad. 😊
And let us not forget that Uvalde is pronounced Youvaldee
I guess Llano county is north of Waco, because everyone there pronounces aa an "L", not "Y".
I have live in Texas all but 3 yeas of my life, and I have NEVER heard anyone pronounce the "LL" as a "Y".
Tortilla? Yes.
Quesadilla? Yes.
Llano? Not once.
The city, county, river and even the wine...LAN-oh.
@@Caderic I am sure that if I returned to my redneck home town (in East Texas), no doubt they would pronounce it that way, along with Bexar with a hard X. I speak Spanish so I don't mispronounce Spanish words, regardless of the local .....errr....customs.
@@CadericI lived there & have family lived there for generations- my family still has a ranch there and yes you are correct.. the “ll” isn’t “Y” in this instance
Trust me when I say the people living in the county and city of Llano won’t take too kindly to that “Y” pronunciation whether it be correct or not.. 🤠
So wheres the amethyst mountain? Ive lived in tx my entire life and have never heard of it.
I bet you live in central Texas.
Most people don't count my part of Texas as Texas. For when they say west Texas, it hundreds of miles to the east.
Btw amethyst can be found in real west Texas. But it's on private land.
For $100,000 I will sell someone 10 acres with acces to the mountains it's found in. Must have vehical with ground clearance, lots of tires and lots of fuel, to get from the 10 acres to the mountains. From highway to property can be done with a car, less then 1 mile. From property to mountains is approx 40 miles by very rough road.
Fuel is 80 miles away 24/7, and 30 miles away Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm Sat 9am to noon.
Again it's private property. ( so yes it illegal to get the stones)
So, in short. Without a way to get to it. You can't. The only roads to the mountain are locked. One from the east, and one from the north. And I use the word road loosely. Most is not maintained.
There is also gold, silver and copper in the same area.
Parker county is where you'll find mineral wells
Palo pinto county!! Only a small part is in parker co
Good job very informative
I'm originally from California did a lot of painting for gold and Crystal collecting but now live here in Abilene Texas nothing really knowing what to look for here
That's great info.
How about northeast area (Cass, Bowie, Morris, Titus Counties)??
Another good place for fossil hunting is the Red River below lake texoma.
Thank you for creating this and sharing.
Anything on the Rio grande, in south Texas?
Where is the better places to go for the Opal? Is there a pay to dig site? I am not finding much info on the web. Thanks great video
Hey stuck in the same spot as you at the moment, was wondering if you ever found anything and would mind sharing.
Leesville La
Where do I sell jasper?
Is petrified wood worth anything if so I have a lot and very big pieces found near Proctor County and also Cisco Abilene area
heck yea, Facebook Marketplace or ebay
@@realmarsattacksagain thank you ill have to look in to them
Alright so I'm confused. Any search for "Amethyst mountains" brings up to mountains in Yellowstone National Park.
There's no mention of an amethyst mountain in Texas.
Exactly. Ive lived here my entire life and never known of amethyst mountain... i camt find any information on it.
Magnus Carlson same
Irion county ( Ear-E-un county)
I would appreciate what you can tell me of the El paso area or near el paso?? Thanks buddy!!!
i live near sullivan city and nobody knows about this red jasper rock, this is the only resource on the internet where I found anything. How valuable is it and how do i find it?
I’m from south texas near McAllen and Harlingen. Where are the best options I can find crystal and where to dig I need help
thanks.
What are the legal limitations of panning for gold in Texas?
If you're not from texas and think you are going to come get rich digging for gold,,just stay where you are it's better for your health
You didn’t talk about the “Balmorea Blue” agates.
Would I be able to find stuff in San Antonio Texas ?
Is there anywhere to go near Houston?
Call it Lano
Yawwwwno
I live in East Texas 30 miles East of Downtown close to the Trinity River and Trinity/Galveston Bay anything of value in this area ???
Logan-5 Terrell Tx, best place is forth worth, I've found nice nearly perfect
Ft worth lancaster has good rocks and fossils
Frankie Lightyear Where in Fort Worth? What rocks do you find? I am not really a fossil guy, but I love to collect stones. Any specific areas you would recommend?
Logan-5 I live in East Texas as well. Last year I found a strange looking rock, that looked like it had shaped in an unnatural way to fit in between your thumb, index, and middle finger. Long story short it turned out to be an Indian artifact, a small stone knife ment for a right handed person, to scrape animal pelts clean or to make fine cuts.
Frankie Lightyear I live two blocks from Lancaster and 820, which direction do I go on Lancaster lol?
I’m from Hidalgo county I wonder where I should look
Same, maybe in the neighbouring Cameron County, or Willancy County. The streams and creeks running into the sea from a mountain may have a 1 out of 4,987 chance of finding sum good old gold nuggets...
Go Texas!
You are from Texas and yet you call it "Lonno County". It'spronounced "Lanno" county. I think you didn't spend much time in Texas.
Ya-no👌🏼
Ivote4trump2spitetheleft Why the language?
Fuck, correct?
And Buchanan is with short u. Like buck-anan
Wait until you hear how they pronounce the Pedernales River.😂 “Perdenalis” makes no sense but that’s just how it is around those parts and you don’t want to piss off or offend those “kind” folks…
So.. I won't find anything in a random creek or at Garner?
you could find anything in any place at anytime...… one never knows?
You can find gold,silver,copper and even some platinum in creeks and rivers every where in Texas. Do research on how to read a water way and go find it. Also research the old volcano trails that were under the ocean that covered Texas millions of years ago. I follow the old volcano locations and I find it. I live in waco and its all pretty easy to find if you just do some studying. Google earth helps also :)
What about hudspeth county... 31.736505,105.852413
What is found there may I ask?
im not finding amethyst mt in texas
It was called amethyst hill. And it's not just out there to find like he says. The stiff that came from there was years ago and really rare
WTH, Tom Petty is alive and mining in Texas.
your mispronunciation of llano tells any real Texas you may have been born here but that doesn't make you a Texan! I bet you dont know how to say Kuykedahl or Elgin
all mad for nothin lol
You may have been born there but your pronunciations are a little off. Llano is not pronounced lah no, it is Laa no. Uvalde is pronounce You Val De. Presidio is not pronounced pres ah dee to, it is pra sid ee o.
FWIW, Presidio County is pronounced "Pres-id-e-o" .... not "Pres-i-dito."
lol, use bandito's call it "pres e ditto"
A.L.Y.
Wow i border the gold rich counties smh
This guy butchers the names of counties and places in Texas.
He is not a local for certain.
You haven’t pronounced any of the counties right you’re not a real TEXAN LMAO dude
254 counties in Texas, can you pronounce them all?
@@jonathantuckerthompson3067 I can
Llano pronounced like can-oh. Not Lon-o. You weren't born in Tx. Jk great video!
Son, you may have been born in Texas, but you don't know a lot about Texas or you would know how to pronounce Llano, Presidio, etc. And if you actually do live here, shame on you for not learning the proper pronunciation.
all mad and stuff for no reason. lol
@@raquelgato7211 actually not mad, just making a point, but you apparently enjoy social media drama, lol...
Really need to learn proper pronunciation. You mangled damn near every location.
Can't pronounce Llano, I'm not even going to watch. Amateurs making videos is a better title
Is there anything to look for north of amarillo? Im in a small town named borger. I travel a lot for work and this is something i like doing.
Stank ass refinery lol