Maintenance & Restoration

fusedlight · 07-19-2012, 02:24 PM

On our recent bring-the-trailer-home-the-long-way we went rockhounding for Herkimer "Diamonds"... beautiful doubly-terminated quartz crystals. What's great about this campground is that it's around 300 feet from the diggings!

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They had everything from a spot-on-the-ground to pull-thrus with power and water. They even have a couple of camping cabins. This place is CLEAN! The folks that run it do a great job of keeping it spic'n'span. A site with NO hookups is $25/night. With AC and water it's $32. They've got showers and a dump facility.

Rock collecting is $10 per person per day... a bargain since you get to keep EVERYTHING you collect. Mind you... this is HARD ROCK! I used every one of my tools from the 10 pound sledge hammer to my small rock pick. If you stick to it, you'll find some real beauties... like this one:

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Herkimer is one of the "classic" rock collecting sites in the world. We had a blast there and came home with a lot of wonderful specimens.

For information, contact the campground at:

Crystal Grove Diamond Mine And Campground : Dig For Herkimer Diamonds

How to get there:

County Highway 114, St Johnsville, Montgomery, New York 13452 - Google Maps

cpaharley2008 · 07-19-2012, 02:31 PM

cool looking Scamp, like the color scheme and the window treatments

john warren · 07-23-2012, 07:32 AM

thats a fun place to go. want to take the grand daughteers there,,to them herkimer or not its a real diamond. and they are just so much fun to find.

Bob Miller · 07-23-2012, 08:55 AM

Hmmmm Rock Collecting and a Trailer??? Did you happen to see Lucile Ball's "The Long, Long Trailer"?

fusedlight · 07-23-2012, 09:41 AM

I've never seen that...but I just looked at the "trailer" for it. Six bucks or so at WalMart! I think I may have to get a copy.

Oh... and if we don't come home with at least 300 pounds of rock we're just not doing our job!

MinnesotaJill · 07-23-2012, 03:45 PM

Beautiful trailer. That's a Scamp? What is your tow vehicle? I showed it to my husband and he is sure you are driving an 8 cylinder something!

Cyndi B. · 07-23-2012, 04:53 PM

We did some rock hounding in North Dakota before we came home "for good" along the Little Missouri and Yellowstone. My husband got me a heavy duty rock polisher for Christmas. A saw would be nice but maybe later.