r/rockhounds

Hi all, I recently collected a bunch of material out in Idaho/Oregon on private claims. Unfortunately I discovered afterwards that the owner of the club was accused of some pretty nasty stuff and makes efforts to keep members from finding out about it.

I don't feel good about having put money directly in this person's pocket, and I'm not sure what I should do with the rocks I got. It sucks since I found some nice things, but now they feel like some kind of "fruit of a poisonous tree".

I had initially intended to keep some, gift some to friends, and trade some to other local rockhounds, but now I'm up in the air on it and figured I'd ask the community's advice on the matter.

Edit: thanks for the suggestions, it seems like the consensus is to go ahead as I'd originally planned. I'll probably keep my favorite ones tucked away for a while until I feel better about them.

Soooo I’m planning a trip to Arkansas in September and really want to do the phantom crystal mine at wegner but you need at least 15 people on a given day to go … it’s just me and a friend going on this trip. I called to enquirer about the request I put in and no one is going that weekend besides me and that friend…. Anyway I need 13 of you to go the weekend of September 10-13 sign up for the phantom mine so we can all get some cool unique quartz! Thanks in advance 😂

hello rockhounders i am a new resident to san diego. a bit of backstory but i am from guam, the land mass being made of majority lime stone and shitty metamorphic formations, my rock hunting adventures were limited, and of low quality. my third day here and i am already loving it, went to some mountains east of here with many smooth boulders on them and i already found nicer rocks than i have in my entire life on guam!!😭 quartzite, beautiful sandstone, granite and more. i was wondering, for a noobie rock hounder what are some good places i can start at? and will you get in trouble for collecting? i know in guam you can do and pick whatever you want as there are no park rangers as you would say here. thank you !