Digging Herkimer Diamond Quartz Crystals | Hardcore Mining! | Treasure Hunting!

welcome to the crystal collector this time we're gonna be in New York digging for Herkimer diamonds which only occur in or near Herkimer County New York these are Herkimer diamond quartz crystals these are all-natural straight out of the ground just with a little bit of cleaning you can really see why they call them Herkimer diamonds such awesome stuff and in this video you're gonna see the process it takes to pull these crystals out from the ground it really takes a lot of hard back-breaking work but the treasure is worth all the effort that's put into it here's a large one that was pulled out of the dislocation the ace of diamonds here in New York is one of the most premier spots to find great quality Herkimer diamonds here you're looking at some of the older equipment that the mine used to use back in the day they still use really large machinery very similar to this these machines just have seen their day and help pull out thousands of Herkimer crystals here at this location you can go and you can find your own Herkimer diamonds by searching around the tailings or busting up rock and they have this awesome flume that you can wash your stuff off with to see what you've got a really cool place to come and dig crystals so now back where those tarps are I have a good buddy Jeremy also known as Buster it's gonna let us dig in his claim we're gonna see what it's all about here is the claim you can see Buster checking out a previous pocket that he dug but we're gonna be digging over to the right of him and search for another pocket these pockets run all along this horizontal edge as you can see and we'll check out that previous pocket and you can see how these things form kind of round like a tire and in this pocket there's still a crystal that was attached to the wall that he hasn't removed quite yet check that out what that's a huge Herkimer right there in the pocket still so we've managed to put up this tarp for the day give us some shade because it's gonna get a little bit hot today so we'll be able to have a place to dig nice and cool all right come on let's check it out going inside here you'll see the leaf springs use wedges you've got the layer here runs all the way across underneath this layer of rock we should have pockets after pocket do it like a pit a bunch of holes and it takes a lot of hammering to get this done hours sometimes days sometimes weeks picking out these cape holes so that we can get the leaf springs into this crease here that we're gonna create pops this rock up hopefully to find pockets right there and here's Gary working at it chipping away at this rock spring steels and make pins and feathers so these are just leaf springs out of a car so now that the cape coals are all dug out we're sticking in the leaf spring as wedges to try to crack off this huge amount of rock to expose the crystal pockets it takes a lot of work so what you're seeing is the rock actually exploding from the amount of pressure from those leaf springs it does it in between of where he's actually hammering check it out [Music] so here we've got all the rocks that we need to get loosened up now we just gotta move it and we'll see if there's a pocket underneath there ought to be but you never can tell so we'll get this rock out of here and we'll see if we've got any turtle or diamond quartz treasures underneath here it's gonna be a blast almost got it one more little piece and we're in put your hand in you can see it go right down and that's actually rock look at that though there it is just now getting in it will be back and there's probably another one right in there I think is about to be tense so yeah probably two pockets your pocket today Bry told you two days here's the pocket got it nice and opened up there's crystals already showing look at that [Applause] pulling them out one after another out of this pocket oh yeah here's a big one here it is this is what we've been waiting on Oh a beauty I can get it yeah here it is huge one sometimes these crystals just barely make it out of the opening in the pocket look at that Wow and you get a lot of small stuff so we just put it in the buckets here and we'll wash it off later whoa let me see that that's a gym right there super clear great quality ace of diamonds is definitely provided on this dig huh another one right out of the pocket they are adding up very fast pulling them out at this rate check them out perks run out some small ones this one looks kind of Jimmy ooh yeah wow that's a super Jim but look at the rainbow in this piece that is awesome Wow what and then another nice one this one's pretty good-sized a Palmer check out the dolomite inclusions where the crystals grew around the dolomite crystals so we're taking the rest of this rock off to fully expose the pocket of crystals that we're in there's no second pocket right there they leave that one pocket over here just exposed another one there it is the entire pocket right there holding them pulling out these dolomite crystal clusters they're really cool as well a lot of them coming out to look at the cool rainbows on this piece barely even cleaned up huge Herkimer diamond all right I'm filling two pieces loose so carefully pull this thing out here we go there's one huge crystal alright let's go in for this second one here third one fourth one we've had quite a few already I think this one's a little bigger than the last one oh yeah this is a pretty nice crystal feels like let's see what we got here look at that huge there you go that's what we've been looking for and here's a quick preview of that one all cleaned up what a spectacular find what already got a few here just watch the face of that crystal a little bit check it out looks like it's gonna have some dolomite crystals hanging outside there now look at this you can see a small tiny in hydro which is an air pocket or an air bubble that's trapped within some liquid most likely some type of water and you can see it moving around see that oh yeah yeah look at that what that's wild right out of there look at that nice one pull it out still got some nice dolomite matrix right on the backside of it rainbows awesome stuff look at that and here's that same piece completely cleaned up wow what a spectacular looking crystal with the dolomite crystals and the matrix all the rainbows spectacular luster here we go got one ready to pull out looks to be maybe good let's see here some of these grow too close to form will oh yeah that one didn't check it out look at that there you go what we're looking for right there pulling one that's stuck to another piece I think it's just gonna come yeah there it is kind of become detached from another crystal but still a cool piece nice always enjoying these natural rainbows that form inside these crystals such cool colors another large large Herkimer just pulled out this one also has some really nice iridescent rainbows crystal pockets all cleaned out Jeremy also known as Buster is covering the whole back up just in case there's a few small ones to find later on here we are at the end of this dig we've got the pit covered up we're calling it a day we found a lot of nice herkimer's it was really awesome to come out and have this crazy adventure taking out these huge Herkimer diamonds here we are we've got our pocket here get we dug out and we're gonna clean it up nice dolomite here look at that get a little bit of this dirt off of here wow that's tough what [Applause] and there it is all cleaned up such a nice Herkimer diamond cluster so I'm taking this dirt out of here in this clay because there's tiny crystals all in this stuff so you want to wash it so you throw it over here in the screen we can take it and spray it down [Music] now there's a good one cleaning crystals can take a really long time but it's a lot of fun just a process getting all the dirt off of these crystals you can see why they call these things Turki more diamonds straight out of the ground natural and these are all crystals that were just pulled out of that pocket from the ace of diamonds what a spectacular find look at all those crystals and here's one of the nicer pieces out of the pocket super luster and look at those dolomite crystals how they're attached to the edge that's what we're talking about what doesn't get much better than these look at that both of them having the dolomite and the matrix attached to the side some rainbows in there here we are with the pocket we've got it all cleaned up man oh man these things are awesome finding these crystals was really fun tell you what man I got to really think Buster for Linton's come dig his claim at the Ace of Diamonds such a fun time learn how to dig in some hard rock I've got some really nice ones and these things are going to fit back together we can already see how a couple of these going back together these two lock in and you've got all these really cool dolomite clusters on the matrix they have a little bitty small herkimer's all over them as well little drusy so looks like we've got a job to do we got to do some reconstructing one of the more Jimmy pieces to come out of this pocket so here we are with this nice table of herkimer's from the ace of diamonds same place we've been digging for a couple days except for these have been reconstructed what that means is when you get crystals like this in nature this is how they actually form and over time in the pocket sometimes they break down and fall apart so you have to put them together like a puzzle piece this is a massive one check that out kind of makes me nervous just the whole thing look at that what so this cluster was an entire pocket that was put back together this thing is over 400 million years old so amazing got to be some of the best in the world comes in this location and here we have a huge table full of a selection that my buddy buster his dug over the years and reconstructed himself check these out what a whole table full of the finest Herkimer diamond clusters that you're gonna see man I mean these would fit into any Museum in the world look at that my buddy Buster has really been diggin these things for a few years and pulled out some nice world-class specimens here and if you're looking for a world-class piece like one of these for your collection these are available check this one out man so many crystals to be put back to get to this form it's just wild you can see how each one of these clusters kind of has a little bit of their own personality after you put them back together really really unique these Herkimer clusters are just fantastic world-class specimens you can see how their intricate reconstructed back together piece by piece sometimes taking months to reconstruct just absolutely gorgeous that's what we're talking about right there you can really see the intricate detail of how these crystals formed 450 million years ago this is the biggest that Buster has put back together just amazing just simply amazing Herkimer diamonds New York [Music] be sure to check out the crystal collector on Facebook for all the updates you can also check out the crystal collector on Instagram for the latest pictures and videos of some great finds and if you want to purchase some of those finds you can also do that at the ultra rocks Instagram page or you can just google search ultra rocks and you can find the crystal collectors eBay store there you'll find over 500 items or more for listings for sale [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: The Crystal Collector

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Keywords: crystals, quartz, vacation, gems, gem, herkimer, diamond, herkimer diamond, mine, mining, digging crystals, 1111, gold, silver, gypsy, fun, travel, quartz crystal, energy beings, et, new york

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Length: 24min 47sec (1487 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 26 2017