{"id":2584,"date":"2020-04-04T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:00:03","slug":"rockhounding-abcs-rockhounds-how-do-you-carry-all-your-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.americangeode.com\/blog\/rockhounding-abcs-rockhounds-how-do-you-carry-all-your-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhounding ABCs – “Rockhounds, How do you Carry All Your Stuff?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cRockhounds, How do you Carry All\nYour Stuff?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This section deals with the bags, knapsacks, totes,\nbackpacks and other equipment that make transportation of your gear, and then your\nloot, as convenient and efficient as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1.  A\nbackpack remains the classic, historically best way to carry gear when walking\nthrough the woods, uphill or downhill. A basic fabric backpack should suffice\nfor any rockhound. One does not need the multi-pocketed style of backpack used\nfor hiking, but of course if that is the backpack you have, it will more than\nsuffice.<\/li>
  2. We would venture that you have plenty of tote\nbags, or totes in your closet or pantry. Seems that every corporate, school,\ncivic, or special event offers a free tote. These are ideal for rockhounding.\nThey can be folded up into very small area and stored in your backpack, and\nthen unfurled and opened up to transport your gems, minerals, fossils, or\ncrystals. Canvas or vinyl tote bags are all terrific and can enable you to\ntransport a lot of material back to your transportation. These kinds of bags,\ncanvas and\/or vinyl can also be washed in the washing machine once free of\nrocks and rock debris.<\/li>
  3.  A wagon\nis an investment to consider. Not the Radio Flyer Red Wagon style, but the\nfolding wagon, also known as a collapsible utility wagon or outdoor utility\nwagon. They have a canvas interior and fold up for transportation. This can be\na very valuable complement to your rockhound ensemble if you are transporting a\nlot of tools, or carrying tools and supplies for youngsters, or just want a\nconvenient way to transport minerals, fossils, and stones back to your\ntransportation. A wagon is something additional to carry to the site, so\nconsider in advance if you will be rockhounding at the frequency, and intensity\nin which a wagon would be helpful.
    1. \u201cDiamond Tip\u201d \u2013 We learned the hard way while\nhunting for geodes in Southern Indiana that the type of outdoor utility wagon\ndescribed here is better than the Radio Flyer Red Wagons. While on private\nproperty outside a farm, we had discovered some very large geodes, and all our\ntote bags and knap sacks were full. The property owner suggested a wagon that\nhe had in his barn. So he runs back to the barn, and when he returns he is\npulling his kids\u2019 Red Flyer wagon. We filled it up with geodes and started to\npull it up the hill, when the two back wheels buckled and went flat, and one of\nthe front wheels fell off altogether. The property owner planned to buy a replacement\nwagon before they notice it\u2019s missing, and we all decided to buy a collapsible\nutility wagon before trying that again.<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
    2. When transporting crystals, or brittle fossils,\nprotect them with newspaper which can be easily folded and carried with your\nother gear. Newspaper is also good for wrapping safely any delicate or small\ncrystals you discover during the adventure.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      \u201cRockhounds, How do you Carry All Your Stuff?\u201d This section deals with the bags, knapsacks, totes, backpacks and other equipment that make transportation of your gear, and then your loot, as convenient and efficient as possible.  A backpack remains the classic, historically best way to carry gear when walking through the woods, uphill or downhill. … <\/p>\n

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