[Rockhounds] Cash & Treasures on Travel Channel

[Carol Carter-Wientjes]

I think given the show's title, a lot of the general public's interest may 
lean more toward "where can I go find something ("free", right off the 
ground!) that I can make Big Bucks off of" and a mild interest in the actual 
mineral itself. A direct quote at the opening of last night's copper episode 
was "a day of digging can easily get you big money!" Followed by the $ value 
of a good sized hunk-o-copper.

I'll always take the thrill of the hunt and the chance of a find as the 
greatest treasure!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scotts Rock & Gem" <spocksrocks at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Cash & Treasures on Travel Channel


> I've certainly seen elevated interest at gem shows in 2007 about things 
> like sunstones, and megalodon teeth, etc. I realize this is due to the 
> stir created by the Cash and Treasures show. But it remains to be seen 
> whether legions of TV watchers will take up the pick axe and pry bar, as 
> your "no publicity" miner probably fears.
> The  producer's attitude that "we've already done agate and thundereggs" 
> seems to lack the more full blown rockhounding fever, and is perhaps 
> informed more by a TV producers sense of what might get viewers, versus 
> what might get redundant. I've sometimes wondered how long a string of new 
> and different rockhounding sites could be premiered, before you either get 
> into nuances, or have to go on to something different to capture audience 
> attention.
>
> The words of Edward Abbey, musing on possible ways to convey the tourist 
> into Yosemite, come to mind. From his book Desert Solitaire - "let them 
> ride wild pigs!" For my part, I can say that if there's a block of time 
> that comes up, and it's a choice between watching TV, and wielding a rock 
> pick, you all know which way I'm going to go!
>
> Seasons Best to all - Scott Blair
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Fisher" <nospam at orerockon.com>
> To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
> <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Cash & Treasures on Travel Channel
>
>
>>A future episode is on collecting petrified wood and part was shot at Alex 
>>McDonald's ranch in Ashwood, OR. Alex has pulled some magnificent trunks 
>>from his Metasequoia "petrified forest" and I hope they got some footage 
>>of a nice big honker. They wanted me to take them to the Owyhees to dig 
>>picture jasper this month but there are so many problems with that area 
>>that I declined. One being the roads are gumbo and will stay that way 
>>until we get a nice long dry spell. A miner I know in that area actually 
>>declined to be on the show because he doesn't want any publicity for his 
>>mine (go figure). I am trying to get them to go to the Regency Rose, 
>>Richardson's Ranch, or Valley View mine next spring, all of which I think 
>>would be excellent subjects, but they "already did agate and thundereggs". 
>>Go figure. I don't think the viewers care of they do agate or thundereggs 
>>once, twice, or ten times, they need to get the word out about the 
>>excellent rockhounding "treasures" available in the Pacific NW that aren't 
>>called sunstones lol.
>>
>> At 09:13 PM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
>>>FYI...Best Places to Find Cash & Treasures is back on the tube again. 
>>>Haven't watched it yet, but today's episode was about looking for copper 
>>>at Calcedonia copper mine of Lake Superior.
>>>
>>>Glad it's back on! Carol
>>
>> Tim Fisher
>> Ore-ROCK-On!
>> Email address at http://OreRockOn.com
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