Quartz Crystal

[fish]

Anyone ever hunt for them ?:confused:

[turkeyhunter]

Anyone ever hunt for them ?:confused:

I find a few now and then in the Ouachitas but I find some when I'm looking for arrowheads.

[Predator]

I have done a little while hunting or hiking but have never gone into it seriously like paying to dig in someone's lease--but I know a number of people who have and they found it worthwhile if you are in to that kind of thing.

[octoberbuck]

If you want to freelance it is very hard.
If you want to go to a working mine and do tailings the Coleman mine on the north side of Lake Ouachita is good. Type in Mt. Ida Crystals and you'll find quite a few. There are several that allow people to come in and dig or work tailings.
You will find crystals. Wear old clothes and be ready for them to turn red.

[Predator]

I am from Mt. Ida originally and there are lots of folks around there with leases that will let you dig for a price--of course they have the annual quartz crystal festival there each year.

We have a farm there with lots of quartz but no crystals to my knowledge--you might find a little one now and then.

I've had a number of the miners tell me that they make good money sending rocks and glass overseas as some of those places pay good money for the things.

[Tombstone]

use to find them all the time when I was a kid in south west little rock but now you had better carry a gun now:down:

[bird dog]

I see a few tiny ones when I hike in the Ouachitas,while taking a break along some of the streams and lots of milky Quarts like this North Fork Ouachita River Pic shows.



http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f337/dro654/Ouachita%20Mar%2023/Mar23hike041.jpg

[Buba Garrett]

There is a spot on the ouahita river that after a heavy rain you can always pick up a dozen or so,,they wash out of a cave, they aint that big but make some nice earrings and necklaces with em,, I like them Arkansas Diamonds!!!