if anyone could help me! i am looking for creeks mines and such for gold and gems if anyone has any info please let me know!! it would be grealty appretiated!! thanks petrie ..read more

I`m looking for long time res of Port Angeles,Washington ,information about two boys finding a rock in Moris cr or tumwater cr ..read more

A story from Jan 2020; Rockhounds unearth a righteous gemstone near Darrington | HeraldNet.com It’s the discovery of a lifetime — an 8-ton nephrite jade boulder. www.heraldnet.com Jason Henry was on the verge of giving up when he made the greatest geological discovery of his life. Henry, 38, a Darrington native who lives in Marblemount, spent the summer prospecting for the valuable gemstone nephrite jade near Helena Ridge, about 10 miles south of his hometown. After seeing jade from the area displayed in Darrington businesses, he was inspired to go... Read more ..read more

OK - I wanted to start a reasonable, logical discussion about this place. Does anyone have any information on this mine? I'm lead to believe it's on the NW shoulder of Mount Adams, near the headwaters of the Lewis River. That would place it in the vicinity of the Pacific Crest Trail where it passes by Adams. Was this a lost mine, worked by a Spaniard? Was this a mine, located by accident by a lost Spaniard? Was this mine found by a Spanish explorer, working in Washington State - like... Read more ..read more

Found this the other day, in Marysville, WA ..read more

WE need more posts on this forum! There's got to be more detectorists in Washington than this ..read more

anyone found gold in the mts above walla walla ..read more

I was ambling around the Equestrian park just below the Ft. George Wright Military Cemetery at SFCC, and found an unfired .30-06 sans bullet on the hillside. The head stamp make me believe it was military brass. Nice, green rocks too ..read more

This might be a good hunt. "The most important crossing was farther north on the spirited Nooksack River (south of present-day Everson). Less than a half mile away was an important Nooksack village." "Nekiyéy, a settlement at Ten Mile Creek (near the present-day Meridian Middle School, south of Lynden on Ten Mile Road) was such a place, where the trail wandered through beaver ponds and heavy forests and crossed the creek... In 1827 the Hudson’s Bay Company built a trading fort at Langley... Read more ..read more

Found a deposit of tourmaline on my land, quantity and quality yet unknown. 10 miles S of Spokane, on the Palouse. Note it ..read more