{"id":1211,"date":"2011-11-01T22:01:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwjrocks.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2014-06-02T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T18:40:37","slug":"another-pocket-the-next-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jwjrocks.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"Another Pocket The Next Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missy and I had nothing better to do the next day, October 23rd, so we drove back down to the secret spot and after looking around a little while, I decided to see if I could find another pocket in the front floor area…when we rolled up there were some fossil collectors looking around but they apparently had been there a little while and didn`t stick around when I started pulling crystals out…I could see I was going to need my hammer and chisel, so I went back to the truck and Missy found a shady spot and stretched out….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..I guess she thought I was coming back up on the hill to dig some more, because she was stretched out next to the pocket I worked the day before….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..but as it was, I decided to dig in front of the hill….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and within moments of scratching around, started seeing signs of calcite….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..I picked up my mini mattox and started scraping with it and pretty soon the bit went down into a crack in the ground and a crevice opened up….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..I decided I need to clear some more rock and dirt back so I started raking a clear path all the way around the crevice….<\/em><\/strong>finding a nice little poker chip crystal along the way….and then removed a big chunk of rock from the crevice that was kind of in the way….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..I actually had to chip it out a little bit, cause it was firmly attached at the base end…and when I turned it over, this is what I saw….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and after pulling a few more crystals and plates out, I had the beginnings of a nice pocket forming up….<\/em><\/strong>.I pulled still more plates and crystals out and the pocket just kept getting bigger and longer….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and as I dug down to the bottom of the hole, I began seeing more crystals hanging around…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and pretty soon more crystals were piling up….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0then I discovered another pocket at the opposite end that opened up….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and I began pulling crystals out of the other pocket as well….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..including this nice little cluster of poker chip crystals…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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and even closer up….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…I reached back down into the pocket and cleaned back gravel and clay slurry and came up against this wall, but the wall moved, so I reached down and gently rocked it loose and pulled this boulder out…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…and turned it over and set it up on top of the pile off to the right…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…and down below it were lots of crystals….<\/em><\/strong>..so I began removing even more crystals…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…and sat back to take another photo to show the size of the pockets and the pile of crystals expanding as well…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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…I wore out at this point and stopped here for the day…and what a day it had been, very nice cloudy sunlight….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I did do a little exploratory raking behind me and located what appeared to be a soft spot with water….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..but I decided to leave it for another day….I did see some nice foliage on the way out though….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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..and a beautiful sunset on the way home….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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