Amethyst from South Carolina(Purple Mine)
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Clyde-A-Scope
marriedwithchickens
Do you have to be experienced and have tools or do they provide instructions, etc.?
DigDigDig11 [OP]
I don't have any videos on my YouTube channel digging amethyst down there(yet)...my bread & butter on my channel is Pennsylvania quartz/fossils, and Herkimer Diamond quartz... but "the crystal collector" has tons of them, just search him out on youtube...He actually dug this piece....This is from a machine dig at a private mine, his best amethyst dig ever...the other mines in the area are usually just dump piles that can be scavenged with a small shovel, flathead screwdriver and a good pair of eyes...basically catching what they missed on their machine digs. Diamond Hill Mine and Jacksons crossroads are two that are open to the public.
marriedwithchickens
Thank you, I appreciate your info!
Check out Diamond Hill Mine if you haven't already. Can camp on site for free. 20 a day to dig and take all you find
DigDigDig11 [OP] 4 points · Aug 2019
2016 I found a huge one there with an enhydro.
Clyde-A-Scope 2 points · Aug 2019
Nice!!!! I was there in March. Scored a huge Milky cluster about half the size of a football. Was literally on the way out and decided, one more scoop, and hit paydirt.
Scored a bunch of really nice fist sized clusters too