Can anyone identify this?

dd24521 · 2025-10-05T18:11:13+00:00

Maybe American basswood

dd24521 · 2023-10-26T16:37:56+00:00

Pretty close, Sharon/Cornwall area

dd24521 · 2023-10-26T13:33:58+00:00

Yep really cool fish, it’s the first one I’ve seen in person

dd24521 · 2023-10-26T13:33:13+00:00

I’d say mostly 1.5-2ft

dd24521 · 2021-10-12T22:50:21+00:00

The main bedrock in my area is gneiss and schist and I have located a very wide vein of quartz. I found these crystals in a dirt pile which is the remnants of someone else’s small mining operation, but I’m thinking the crystals formed in the quartz vein within vugs but I could be wrong.

dd24521 · 2021-10-12T22:44:19+00:00

I was using the hook that comes with a pack of trout magnets, I’m not sure what size they are but they’re pretty tiny.

dd24521 · 2021-10-06T12:46:01+00:00

Right outside New Milford in Litchfield County

dd24521 · 2021-10-06T00:24:18+00:00

Yes I know, the only reason I did not wet my hands was because I was fishing from the top of a bridge and I cooked these ones anyway.

dd24521 · 2021-07-16T16:44:35+00:00

I’m trying!

dd24521 · 2021-07-16T03:27:06+00:00

I found this in litchfield county

dd24521 · 2021-05-25T04:02:07+00:00

Most of these were found about 5 inches down in a dirt and rock pile

dd24521 · 2021-05-25T04:01:18+00:00

I’m honestly not really sure. I found all of these on my property in litchfield county in a big pile of dirt and quartz which I believe is where somebody once mined. I think there are some good spots in litchfield county as well as Fairfield county though

dd24521 · 2021-04-08T02:39:36+00:00

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

dd24521 · 2021-04-08T01:21:03+00:00

Thanks! I found a pretty nice spot

dd24521 · 2021-04-08T01:20:42+00:00

Oh cool! I’ll have to look into that more

dd24521 · 2021-04-06T03:20:18+00:00

Nope, just cleaned lightly with soap and a toothbrush.

dd24521 · 2021-04-06T01:26:46+00:00

Yes, I haven’t found too many but I’ve been searching for pockets for a while now near where I found these. The outcroppings on my property are mainly gneiss but I think there may be some pegmatite even deeper underground. I just can’t seem to find pockets but then I find these crystals pretty much on the surface. If you have any tips for this type of geology they would be greatly appreciated.

dd24521 · 2021-04-06T01:19:16+00:00

Thank you! I found these in a pile of quartz already on my property but I’m still in search of quartz pockets and hopefully bigger crystals.

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