Currently Rockhounding

Welcome to the best and most comprehensive resource for everything rockhounding related!

This website is a companion to the Currently Rockhounding YouTube channel. Here you can find my videos and rockhounding locations in a very easy to navigate format. The listings are very frequently updated so check back often to see if a listing has had additional information added.

New location listings, articles, trip reports, and resources are being added all the time!

Recent Updates	Recent Articles
Hansen Creek Roadcut Poison Creek Maury Mountain Henderson Flat Timber Mountain Sprag Pole Inn and Museum Short Beach Tunnel Beach	A Rockhound’s Worst Online Resource Bearing Modification for Lortone Tumbler Rockhounding Oregon Eight Dollar Mountain Hansen Creek for Beginners Do Your Own Research How To Ask For Help With Rock And Mineral Identification Bart Cannon’s Advice

All of these photos were taken from one single rock that I collected near the very popular rockhounding location in western Washington call Hansen Creek.

Finding cool rocks is always nice, but what happens between the finds on a trip is also important.

The Previously Rockhounding Podcast where we explore the world of rockhounding and lapidary from the ye olden days of the 1970s and 1980s through the lens of vintage issues of Rock & Gem magazine.

Episode 20: April 1980 – Previously Rockhounding

The 1980s are here and money is on everyone's mind, or at least on the minds of Rock & Gem contributors. We read about sky-high silver prices and how to protect your dollars by investing in diamonds. The Frantic Fumbler gives us his reasons for why so few young people are getting into the hobby and we go back to a time when buying direct from a manufacturer was a new, innovative idea. Check out currentlyrockhounding.com/podcast to see this issue's cover art and more!