Hi Dan, living in Arizona, my kid's, best friend use to hike in there all the time. We never dug, it was to easy to find diamonds on top of the ground, right after a rain they would just glisten, the best time to find them them is almost dark use your flashlight to see the diamonds clearer. Over the years I have bags and bags of them that I make into jewelery.
Wowwww that’s so amazing what I would give to do that! What an awesome time you must have finding actual treasure! The best thing we find in the uk is giant mushrooms in autumn and pretty rocks with a slice of granite through the middle. I’ve heard you can find quartz shards on Dartmoor
@@garyfrancis6193 I pray for your peace of mind and heart. Instead of being hateful, go hike yourself it might make all the difference in your attitude. Thanks for correcting me.
Regardless of naysayers… I love when you post videos of digging for crystals! Your videos are always a blast to watch! They remind me of the excitement of getting to dig and play in the dirt to find treasures!!! Thank you for taking us along on all your adventures!
I grew up in Payson and would find "Payson Diamonds" when out hiking with my family. I would find them just on the surface, often on side of canyons/hills where sun light would draw draw your eyes from the reflection of the "diamond". Good fun!
I lived in Payson for awhile also, love the area. Another item that can be found in Payson are called Payson brains, which are geodes with a nodular exterior that resembles a brain. The cavity usually contains low quality quartz crystals. The largest one I found was around 8".
It was to my understanding the camping couple did not fill back their giant hole last time they were in diamond point. The whole community was talking about it. Please make sure you fill your holes in. You seem like a good person and respectful of the balance in nature. That place is a special place to those of us that live in this state. . So we just want to protect it and let everyone have a chance to enjoy it too etc
Took my family to the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas last week, got alot of cool crystals from a quartz mine but still going through gravel and hoping for a diamond. Thanks Dan for getting me and my family into this stuff
@Dan Hurd ORANGE COUNTY NC IS FULL OF BRIGHT ORANGE CLAY! Home of the largest supplier of truffles to Legassi as well. I find those beautiful stones very often where I live in NC & even like a rose or red quartz look- some are within massive sized stones- one rose quartz I found weighed about 15-20 pounds or more possibly. It was huge. I was so disappointed when a neighbors kid took it from my porch & shattered it all on the parking lot 😩😩😩 These things are literally everywhere in the woods behind my home.
Hope you had fun, Dan! You were about an hour and a half west of me. I wonder if you stopped by any of the gold mines on your way there? 🤔 A heads up, 1 cubic yard per day is what is allowed to be dug. Also, all holes MUST be back-filled before leaving. I sure hope they helped to keep our forest in good shape.
Ooo Dan....trenches are not allowed there. Cannot disturb the ground surface more than the size of a waterbottle.....I hope at least you backfilled the trench.
How fun! I love the Payson area lots of good minerals in the area, and alota fossils are as well. Next time you come down to AZ, you should consider a quick days visit to Safford. You can find not only fire agate but my favorite local mineral oddity known as Saffordite 😀
Dan, if you like nice garnets and wouldn't mind traveling to New Hampshire. There is a location near Keene at Mt. Monadnock using the red dot trail. There is a cliff face that is literally studded with different sized crystals that are absolutely beautiful.
My family lives near there, and have driven to Diamond Point near Payson before. Beautiful spot. You should’ve visited Geode Hill a few miles around the corner. You should do a fan meet-up at Diamond Point next time you’re in Arizona. I’d definitely drive up for that.
In Edmonton we had a new subdivision start in the mid 90's just on the edge of my Nabour hood. We found alot of these before the foundations were started after the rain I found them on the surface
Wow, I knew you were in Tucson, but I’m so excited you made it up to my back yard. My family and I go to another spot full of Payson diamonds closer to our home in Strawberry. Lots of great fossils around that area too. Bummed that we did not get a chance to run into you out there. I hope you make it out here again. Awesome video, the family and I love your enthusiasm and love of adventure.
You probably hear this a lot BUT, I seriously enjoy your channel. I'm an old girl (59) and I spend a tonne of time in the forest. Watching your channel helps me dream of finding special stone out there, maybe GOLD! You must be a blast to hang out with! Keep being you. It's soooo fun to watch.
Did anyone read the sign? holes no bigger than a 2 liter soda bottle? need to stay 6 feet away from any tree? This kind of thing is why the rules got changed and you can no longer dig your 3ft by 3ft by 3ft holes during what used to be legal digging season...the place looked like a demolition zone before they came in and cleared out the forest of some trees. Love ya Dan but your friends steered you wrong on this one.
My wife and I love this area, i wish i could post pictures of the pocket we found, the dozens of thumb sized ones and the cluster we found without digging
Really enjoyed the production quality of this video. Not sure exactly WHY I appreciated this episode so much, perhaps I caught a bit of magic in the deep trench; the feeling of discovery. Probably too, the camera angles peering into and then, up out of the trench. The gnarly roots, texture and color of the soil, all conspired to enchant me. Thanks for the feeling of wonder.😊
Holy crap! I just left a comment on your newest video about my scout leader as a kid finding a 21 ounce gold nugget. That is the exact mountain range that happened in! Didn’t realize there were diamonds there as well. So cool.
Beautiful "cousins" to our Herkimers here in NY. I loved the one showing the most purple color with a bit of golden hues to it and the double double is just stunning.
Interesting. Many years ago our family spent a day at Herkimer Diamond mine in upstate New York. Their diamonds where mostly inside rocks and you found similar quartz in dirt.
I just found you yesterday, and how could you not earn my subscription? You are just so fun I love your personality. You just get so excited about everything. I don’t even like gem stone but I will watch you because I can tell you like them enough for the both of us.
Would have loved to hear an explanation on what led you guys to dig in that specific spot. Did you find some on the surface nearby or was there something about the area that gave it away? Awesome finds for sure!
Same, I'm a jewler myself and I'd love to get my hands on some of these to incorporate into my pieces..the purple makes them even nicer than Herkimer in my opinion
So they look like we call Herkimer diamonds,,, named for Herkimer NY,,,, a place they are very common,,, I was given a few from a friend who gathered many and gave several to all of us,,, she had a bag full,,,,,, Herkimer NY,,,, look it up 👍👍👍👍👍
When I was a Boy Scout I went to a cave by a fire tower not far from the Christopher creek/ payson area and there’s a really big cave that I have no idea what the name is but we found tons of those crystals in the washes and trails where we camped
One of my favorite spots is north on the 87 not down the 260 they are everywhere on the surface no digging required I grew up in Payson AZ I love that area
Dan I love your channel, and I know you are a rule follower, but dang I wish you would have researched a little more, Frank definitely did you wrong on this area. You can only dig the size of a Gatorade bottle 4in. X 4in. 8in. Deep. This is what the forest service was trying to prevent people from doing up there unless on a claim. You guys were at the bottom where the Diamond point area sits, where there are no claims. We know this because we just checked the status of claims on the first of this month for our friend who has a claim up there further up the road.
I agree. I love Dan's videos, but this one was disappointing. There's rules in place and must be followed. It's for the good of the environment and most of all for safety reasons.😢
Honestly, who cares what they are doing. Are they harming somebody? Infringing upon somebody else's rights or freedoms? Or endangering others in ANY way shape or form? The answer is HELL NO THEY ARE NOT. Taxpayers FUND the U.S and State forest, we pay them to maintain roads and keep the trash out of the countryside, basically maintain it for OUR use. Who the hell is the corrupt government to tell ANYBODY how far into the ground they are "allowed" to dig. As well as many other issues and rules NOBODY follows because there bullshit, n everybody KNOWS IT! If you want strict fascist government, Trudeau and every other politician up there has made it exactly so. Go to Canada. You certainly don't belong in the States.
I had a Dream once that I was finding half Blue, half Red Tourmaline. They were no wider than a Dime, and anywhere from 6 Inches to 2 foot long. There were so many just waiting to be plucked from the Hard Rock. I have to admit, I was a little bummed when I woke up.
Oh Dan you love rocks and panning -- you MUST go to Australia and see the "rocky river" it is Filled to the brim with amythest and quartz agate and jasper and geodes You would love this place :)
The luster appears to be as a natural gold deposition, similar appearance as the gold surface treatment of quartz, the aqua aura fad. Now these are worth digging!
Just to let you know Dan, you earn my existing subscription with every video you release! I've be subscribed for quite some time now, and I have never finished a video of yours feeling let down. In fact, you have given me a great deal of inspiration! I've always been a rockhound but now I pay a lot closer attention to the rocks and stones and even mud I happen to find myself walking by or close to, especially when I'm out fishing for a day!, always making time to look at the rocks around me to and from Fishing.
I’m from BC too. I’d say you’re playing a character for CZcams somewhat like a more amiable Yosemite Sam. You sound like at BCer though with Canadian Raising in the way you say “ out”.
Hi Dan, & camping couple, really enjoyed watching you guys digging them Payson diamonds , but at the end 20.59 there was some thing weird and black running in the woods , was it a shadow of some thing, at first i though it was a bear , got scared for you all
There are similar Herkimer diamonds. I think they occur near Herkimer N.Y., a nice little town West of Albany. I have a few. I bought mine at the Capilano Rock Shop, in North Vancouver.
Hey Dan, love your videos! Be careful when digging at Diamond Point.. there’s usually very strict rules when digging up there unless something has changed and just haven’t heard yet
Hi Dan, living in Arizona, my kid's, best friend use to hike in there all the time. We never dug, it was to easy to find diamonds on top of the ground, right after a rain they would just glisten, the best time to find them them is almost dark use your flashlight to see the diamonds clearer. Over the years I have bags and bags of them that I make into jewelery.
Wowwww that’s so amazing what I would give to do that! What an awesome time you must have finding actual treasure! The best thing we find in the uk is giant mushrooms in autumn and pretty rocks with a slice of granite through the middle. I’ve heard you can find quartz shards on Dartmoor
“Used to”. Look it up. I’m tired of explaining. I bet you write “ lose” as “loose”, don’t you?
@@garyfrancis6193 Must be exhausting tasking yourself with something that not a single other person cares about.😀
@@garyfrancis6193 I pray for your peace of mind and heart. Instead of being hateful, go hike yourself it might make all the difference in your attitude. Thanks for correcting me.
@Gary Francis you are a compelled moderator of English. It's good you can't give tickets for such minor infractions
Regardless of naysayers… I love when you post videos of digging for crystals! Your videos are always a blast to watch! They remind me of the excitement of getting to dig and play in the dirt to find treasures!!! Thank you for taking us along on all your adventures!
I grew up in Payson and would find "Payson Diamonds" when out hiking with my family. I would find them just on the surface, often on side of canyons/hills where sun light would draw draw your eyes from the reflection of the "diamond". Good fun!
Grew up in Mesa and every summer my whole family would go rockhounding and fossil hunting in Payson. This brought back so many memories.
Are the more like quartz crystals and not so much diamonds?
Are they valuable?
My husband and I grew up in Payson/Tonto Village too. :) Hello fellow Paysonite 👋
@@ds1919ds1919 nope
I lived in Payson for awhile also, love the area. Another item that can be found in Payson are called Payson brains, which are geodes with a nodular exterior that resembles a brain. The cavity usually contains low quality quartz crystals. The largest one I found was around 8".
It was to my understanding the camping couple did not fill back their giant hole last time they were in diamond point.
The whole community was talking about it. Please make sure you fill your holes in. You seem like a good person and respectful of the balance in nature. That place is a special place to those of us that live in this state. .
So we just want to protect it and let everyone have a chance to enjoy it too etc
It gave me chills when you said I wish I was young again that really made me think I should be doing more fun stuff while I'm young
Took my family to the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas last week, got alot of cool crystals from a quartz mine but still going through gravel and hoping for a diamond. Thanks Dan for getting me and my family into this stuff
Took my family there as well and was a blast. We didn't find any diamonds but was still worth the trip!
That’s awesome.
I went last year it was awesome found a very small Diamond and every minute of it was spectacular
go for something more common than diamonds so you have the satisfaction of actually finding something hahaha
Going there in June! Always wanted to go! Can't wait!
@Dan Hurd ORANGE COUNTY NC IS FULL OF BRIGHT ORANGE CLAY! Home of the largest supplier of truffles to Legassi as well. I find those beautiful stones very often where I live in NC & even like a rose or red quartz look- some are within massive sized stones- one rose quartz I found weighed about 15-20 pounds or more possibly. It was huge. I was so disappointed when a neighbors kid took it from my porch & shattered it all on the parking lot 😩😩😩 These things are literally everywhere in the woods behind my home.
Congratulations on finding a rare Payson diamond! It's always exciting to come across something special and unique like this.
Hope you had fun, Dan! You were about an hour and a half west of me. I wonder if you stopped by any of the gold mines on your way there? 🤔
A heads up, 1 cubic yard per day is what is allowed to be dug. Also, all holes MUST be back-filled before leaving. I sure hope they helped to keep our forest in good shape.
Great job Mr.. thank for sharing
Ooo Dan....trenches are not allowed there. Cannot disturb the ground surface more than the size of a waterbottle.....I hope at least you backfilled the trench.
What a fun video. It's so exciting to see the treasures no one has ever seen before.
Thanks, guys, something new to look for. You came to my town..😊
How fun! I love the Payson area lots of good minerals in the area, and alota fossils are as well. Next time you come down to AZ, you should consider a quick days visit to Safford. You can find not only fire agate but my favorite local mineral oddity known as Saffordite 😀
Hahahaha it looks like a lava rock, but I can’t say much, I have a affinity for limonite.
Dan, if you like nice garnets and wouldn't mind traveling to New Hampshire. There is a location near Keene at Mt. Monadnock using the red dot trail. There is a cliff face that is literally studded with different sized crystals that are absolutely beautiful.
Your personality is contagious Dan. You’re fun to watch. Keep making videos. It’s obvious you enjoy your work.
Seriously! I watched a video a couple years back and have been hooked since!!! Great energy!!!
My family lives near there, and have driven to Diamond Point near Payson before. Beautiful spot. You should’ve visited Geode Hill a few miles around the corner.
You should do a fan meet-up at Diamond Point next time you’re in Arizona. I’d definitely drive up for that.
Every time I hear your intro song it makes me so much more relaxed.
Your videos got me through a lot when I needed them.
In Edmonton we had a new subdivision start in the mid 90's just on the edge of my Nabour hood. We found alot of these before the foundations were started after the rain I found them on the surface
Wow, I knew you were in Tucson, but I’m so excited you made it up to my back yard. My family and I go to another spot full of Payson diamonds closer to our home in Strawberry. Lots of great fossils around that area too. Bummed that we did not get a chance to run into you out there. I hope you make it out here again.
Awesome video, the family and I love your enthusiasm and love of adventure.
You probably hear this a lot BUT, I seriously enjoy your channel. I'm an old girl (59) and I spend a tonne of time in the forest. Watching your channel helps me dream of finding special stone out there, maybe GOLD! You must be a blast to hang out with! Keep being you. It's soooo fun to watch.
Payson diamonds were fun to look for! We went just a few months ago!!
If I knew Dan was going out there, I would have made the trip out too. That would have been awesome to meet him.
Those are my old Rockhounding and fossil hunting stomping grounds from when I was a kid!
I had a cabin near Payson, Az for about 20 years. I wish I would’ve known about Payson diamonds then.
We love all that you do.
Wow, we camp in Payson several times a year and I had no idea people were still prospecting up there. Also, welcome to Tucson when you get here!
Did anyone read the sign? holes no bigger than a 2 liter soda bottle? need to stay 6 feet away from any tree? This kind of thing is why the rules got changed and you can no longer dig your 3ft by 3ft by 3ft holes during what used to be legal digging season...the place looked like a demolition zone before they came in and cleared out the forest of some trees. Love ya Dan but your friends steered you wrong on this one.
Thank you for taking us along on this adventure!
good finding ❤
Sweet couple Dan. Your close to Jeff Williams. Give him. A ring
Kool Dan enjoy your surprises 😊Love the gang❤get digging 😅
I love pason diamonds my grandparents used to collect them
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thanks again for bringing us all along!
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Very nice crystal hunt awesome video great content thank you for sharing this with us six stars my friends
I love watching these because I learn so much about geology!
Thank you Dan, for the wonderful adventure, keep up the great work!!!!
My wife and I love this area, i wish i could post pictures of the pocket we found, the dozens of thumb sized ones and the cluster we found without digging
Really enjoyed the production quality of this video. Not sure exactly WHY I appreciated this episode so much, perhaps I caught a bit of magic in the deep trench; the feeling of discovery. Probably too, the camera angles peering into and then, up out of the trench. The gnarly roots, texture and color of the soil, all conspired to enchant me. Thanks for the feeling of wonder.😊
Awesome dude diamond 💎 👌 👍 😎
Where I live we have the Lake County diamond quartz not terminated but still really beautiful when you get some really clear specimens.
this is going to be another, great video
AWESOME information at 19:50.
I love that camping couple, they are really living the dream
Beautiful haul Dan. That double double is definitely a display piece.
Holy crap! I just left a comment on your newest video about my scout leader as a kid finding a 21 ounce gold nugget. That is the exact mountain range that happened in! Didn’t realize there were diamonds there as well. So cool.
Dan Rocks... You Hurd?!!!!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Beautiful "cousins" to our Herkimers here in NY. I loved the one showing the most purple color with a bit of golden hues to it and the double double is just stunning.
Lived in payson for 20 years and I haven’t had the luck of finding amethyst nice finds guys!!
Interesting. Many years ago our family spent a day at Herkimer Diamond mine in upstate New York. Their diamonds where mostly inside rocks and you found similar quartz in dirt.
I just found you yesterday, and how could you not earn my subscription? You are just so fun I love your personality. You just get so excited about everything. I don’t even like gem stone but I will watch you because I can tell you like them enough for the both of us.
Awesome finds😊
Beautiful find Dan we go every year not ever disappointed.. My best find was a big smoke crystal.. Can't wait to go again.. 😊
Would have loved to hear an explanation on what led you guys to dig in that specific spot. Did you find some on the surface nearby or was there something about the area that gave it away? Awesome finds for sure!
Payson DIAMOND - Dan, I hold ALL in every time I am glued into Your video!
they are all special and wonderful.
I love that camping couple they're really cool 😎
Show offs. Glad you all found some. See your next time
Nice folks i'm glad you guys got together
You can't go wrong with quartz crystals. Good finds...Great video.
your at 365 comments kinda hate to change that number, but better me. THANK YOU DAN & THAT CAMPING COUPLE!!!!
Hay dan ur in my town wow I know were they are just layin on the ground hope u filled ur holes back in
Very nice Dan well done mate
What you call a small or broken or a bad crystal, I see crystals that could be mounted in strands of gold or silver for necklace or earring pendants.
Same, I'm a jewler myself and I'd love to get my hands on some of these to incorporate into my pieces..the purple makes them even nicer than Herkimer in my opinion
I sooo miss crawling/shoveling/digging/screening for crystals in the mountains...medicine for the soul.
Pauly's been MIA for over two weeks in NZ. Hope he's fine and posts soon.
He posted on patreon recently
MIA?
Nooo, I double checked. He posted on patreon Friday and he’s in a room with his lap top
So they look like we call Herkimer diamonds,,, named for Herkimer NY,,,, a place they are very common,,, I was given a few from a friend who gathered many and gave several to all of us,,, she had a bag full,,,,,, Herkimer NY,,,, look it up 👍👍👍👍👍
NICE 👍 Have a blessed day you Three nothing but fun .
We broke Payson Diamonds from vugs in the hard limestone on the road to Diamond Point lookout. Those little gems you dug from the mud are very nice!
And to think Dan Hurd was digging just 75 miles from where I live🔥⛏️
Thanks for a different day. Diamonds in the rough. " Whatever ". Regards South Africa 🇿🇦.
Poster child for lifting with the legs...not the BACK.
But don't seem that hard to find. Glad you had fun
When I was a Boy Scout I went to a cave by a fire tower not far from the Christopher creek/ payson area and there’s a really big cave that I have no idea what the name is but we found tons of those crystals in the washes and trails where we camped
Looks like a lot of exhausted fun and some beautiful crystals
One of my favorite spots is north on the 87 not down the 260 they are everywhere on the surface no digging required I grew up in Payson AZ I love that area
Dan I love your channel, and I know you are a rule follower, but dang I wish you would have researched a little more, Frank definitely did you wrong on this area. You can only dig the size of a Gatorade bottle 4in. X 4in. 8in. Deep. This is what the forest service was trying to prevent people from doing up there unless on a claim. You guys were at the bottom where the Diamond point area sits, where there are no claims. We know this because we just checked the status of claims on the first of this month for our friend who has a claim up there further up the road.
People like Frank probably don’t backfill either.
I agree. I love Dan's videos, but this one was disappointing. There's rules in place and must be followed. It's for the good of the environment and most of all for safety reasons.😢
Honestly, who cares what they are doing. Are they harming somebody? Infringing upon somebody else's rights or freedoms? Or endangering others in ANY way shape or form? The answer is HELL NO THEY ARE NOT. Taxpayers FUND the U.S and State forest, we pay them to maintain roads and keep the trash out of the countryside, basically maintain it for OUR use. Who the hell is the corrupt government to tell ANYBODY how far into the ground they are "allowed" to dig. As well as many other issues and rules NOBODY follows because there bullshit, n everybody KNOWS IT! If you want strict fascist government, Trudeau and every other politician up there has made it exactly so. Go to Canada. You certainly don't belong in the States.
I had a Dream once that I was finding half Blue, half Red Tourmaline.
They were no wider than a Dime, and anywhere from 6 Inches to 2 foot long.
There were so many just waiting to be plucked from the Hard Rock.
I have to admit, I was a little bummed when I woke up.
Love the purple tinged ones.
Oh Dan you love rocks and panning -- you MUST go to Australia and see the "rocky river" it is Filled to the brim with amythest and quartz agate and jasper and geodes
You would love this place :)
Those diamonds were super cool. Doing great Dan keep up the great work
The luster appears to be as a natural gold deposition, similar appearance as the gold surface treatment of quartz, the aqua aura fad. Now these are worth digging!
Just to let you know Dan, you earn my existing subscription with every video you release! I've be subscribed for quite some time now, and I have never finished a video of yours feeling let down. In fact, you have given me a great deal of inspiration! I've always been a rockhound but now I pay a lot closer attention to the rocks and stones and even mud I happen to find myself walking by or close to, especially when I'm out fishing for a day!, always making time to look at the rocks around me to and from Fishing.
@Dan.h544 Be gone scammer!!!!!
I’m from BC too. I’d say you’re playing a character for CZcams somewhat like a more amiable Yosemite Sam. You sound like at BCer though with Canadian Raising in the way you say “ out”.
Hi Dan, & camping couple, really enjoyed watching you guys digging them Payson diamonds , but at the end 20.59 there was some thing weird and black running in the woods , was it a shadow of some thing, at first i though it was a bear , got scared for you all
Good stuff Dan.
Great digging! It reminds me of digging for herkimers 💎
Out here where I live, we have a one of a kind diamond of our own. It is called the Lake County Diamonds (also not a true diamond).
Looks like a great time!!
There are similar Herkimer diamonds. I think they occur near Herkimer N.Y., a nice little town West of Albany. I have a few. I bought mine at the Capilano Rock Shop, in North Vancouver.
Hey Dan, love your videos! Be careful when digging at Diamond Point.. there’s usually very strict rules when digging up there unless something has changed and just haven’t heard yet
Top of the morning, everyone. It's a chilly 20°f here in SW Missouri.
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
Whoop!! There it is!
Fabulous a lot of work but beautiful results
That's a huge pocket in the ground. Those crystals beautiful btw I love it!!!!!
Born and raised in Tonto Village near Diamond point :) you are in my home
Flagstaff arizona is my home but I moved to Washington state afew years ago recognized those forest the second I saw the thumbnail love it ❤
We are heading out there today.
These are awesome when they have the purple!
My twin boys were born in Payson. Can't wait to visit but folks tell me I won't recognize it.
We love you dan❤