2009 Picnic and Geode Hunt
2009 Lincoln County.
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Photos of our events taken by club members.
Boyle County Kentucky Field Trip
Check out our YouTube Video from the 2022
Gem and Mineral Show
BGGMC 2023 SHOW
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
John Bradshaw, President, Lori H and Jane Volk, Show Chair
RANDOM PICTURES OF OUR
BGGMC 2023 SHOW
Check out this YouTube Video from the
2023 Gem and Mineral Show
April 2023 Field Trip
Our club is very fortunate to be located near so many sites where Geodes can be found. A good friend of the club, Phil D., allowed us to enjoy a chilly, overcast day of collecting. About 15-20 members participated and brought home some nice specimens. As you can see sometimes you just have to get down in the stream!
Our thanks to Julia P. for sharing these photos.
May 21, 2023, Club meeting. Phil Prather's overview of Opal information was very interesting and covered many facets. Each member here today received two samples of Opals he has collected. These pictures represent just a small fraction of his skills and knowledge.
An extra special display that Phil brought.
From Rick Schrantz, our club 2nd VP:
Here is the red-banded agate I purchased at the BGGMC field-trip to David Davis's cutting barn yesterday. Picking agates from his "reject" pile was very fun......but this red-banded beauty just wanted to go home with me! David says, on average, about one out of a hundred agates he excavates and cuts is red-banded.
Note from Webmaster: This was posted on our FB page https://www.facebook.com/BGGAMC after our monthly club field trip on June 3rd.
Our August 2023 trip afforded us a good opportunity to find a LOT of geodes.
It was a warm day but the small stream made it seem cooler. Everybody found geodes and Enrique found the only 'rattler' in the morning group. I'm not sure if others came after us.
Phil Daly operates a Rock and Fossil shop with many items available for sale including some very nice red banded agates. The creek where we searched for geodes for our August Field Trip was loaded with finds ripe for the harvesting and it is open to the public with advanced reservations. All Phil asks is folks do not break/crack the geodes in the creek or on his property.
Phil mentioned to me that he has room for a few self-contained travel trailers if you want to come down and spend a couple of days looking for just that special treasure.
Phil Prather is a man of many talents and you may remember earlier this year Phil gave a presentation on Opals. This month Phil shared an “Introduction To Structured Wire: Making Your Rocks Wearable,”. His knowledge and skills are awesome and the samples he brought to our meeting were beautiful.
Pendant by Phil Prather.
Some of Phil's other creations. Photo doesn't do it justice!
We had a good turnout and Phil kept our attention during his entire presentation. He also took some questions as well.
November 2023 Field Trip to Caldwell Stone Quarry in Danville, KY
Safety Briefing
In the Mine!
Muddy Day
The Quarry is BIG
Good Spot
Finding Treasures
Good Crew!
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Christmas Dinner, December 3, 2023
Club members arriving for our dinner
Live auction items
Silent auction items
Good attendance
Saturday, January 13, 2024, the BGGMC took an indoor field trip to Danny Settles display of florescent minerals in Danville, KY. VERY interesting. I'm just going to post a couple of pictures here and do some more tomorrow. Danny also a large display at Centre College right next to his shop and we were able to visit there as well.dd text.
Left - Club members. Danny Settles is in the center with the black coat. Right - Same minerals under different lighting.
