Rockhounding North Carolinas South Toe River 2024

Go on a rockhounding adventure with us as we explore the South Toe River in Burnsville, North Carolina looking for beautiful stones and minerals. Here you can find tourmaline, kyanite, aquamarine, moonstone, feldspar, garnet, mica, muscovite, quartz, emerald and many more.

[@denisemurray412]

My family and I camped here many years ago. The closest town to our campground was a few miles down the road. We laughed because the town name was on opposite sides of the same wooden post. You blinked, you missed it.☺

[@dawncamner7433]

I LOVE your videos, I learn so much!! Maybe consider getting like a GoPro camera to put on your head to make recording easier? I hope you keep making lots more of these, thank you!!!

[@yourworldexplorer1]

@@dawncamner7433 I will continue. Thank you for your kind words.

[@aprilwills6777]

Ohhhh man! This is the first video I've watched on your channel, so before I say anything else, I thank you from the bottom of my heart 🤗! It's the precise content I've been looking for. Fr! You have no idea (or maybe you do🤷‍♀️, 😜lol) just how many freakin rockhounding videos I've watched over the last few months (def could be worse), naively expecting, then just hoping, til I was near madness🤯 cuz CZcams's wonky algorithm wasn't suggesting the right videos for me🤦‍♀️! Lmao, it's so ridiculous, I have to laugh😂.
Anyway, sorry for my rant😬.
I've been fascinated with rocks, particularly gemstones, for as long as I can think of, but I never really knew exactly what I admired and/ or collected. I've recently gotten a strong nudge to get serious (amateur level), starting with my property. I just need to know what I'm looking at AND the right places to focus on. Idk why, but I have a hard time assessing some stones just using pics in my books or online. I have a feeling that you're videos will be more helpful.
*Also, I did notice quite a few stones you missed while making the video, so I'd for sure go back soon if it were me.
**Btw, I live in the Piedmont of NC and am specifically hoping to find rubies and such, but all stones make me happy 😊.

[@yourworldexplorer1]

@@aprilwills6777 Thank you. You can look at a USGS data map to get a clear idea of what exist on exactly your property. Rockhounding is a deep passion of mine. I hope to be enabled to continue producing videos for people while using my unique perspective. I have never visited most locations in the USA. So my eager mindset should yield the perspective people crave to observe. I believe these experiences are what many people desire in time and because we get to experience the thrill of discovery and thrill of the hunt at the same time. Wishing you great finds along your rockhounding adventures.

[@JW007100]

You need to do a final show and tell display about what you kept if you did.

[@yourworldexplorer1]

@@JW007100 Great idea.

[@justinwick8033]

Crazy kyanite but imagine whats beneath the surface

[@yourworldexplorer1]

@@justinwick8033 oh I can imagine. The location is rich.

[@Justinoid1]

I feel like the problem rock hounding on the East Coast in Appalachia is that everything is so worn down because it’s super old. Colorado is amazing for rock hounds.

[@FairyNews369]

Hangman1128. Says mica is petrified giant cedar tree bark. Quartz is petrified sap. Extremely interesting when you look at rocks from his perception.

[@michaelscraftsandrocks7607]

You missed ALOT.. Hope you found some of them after you turned the camera off.. North Carolina has some of about everything.. The way things grew together though, it's hard to spot things alot of times.. Espesially creek hounding..

[@yourworldexplorer1]

@@michaelscraftsandrocks7607 I am confident I missed a bunch of good stuff. Though I did leave with a few nice finds.