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Finding Treasure

Karen | news | Thursday, 31 January 2008

Have you seen the new show on the Travel Channel? It is called Cash and Treasures and airs on Wednesday nights. Oklahoma State Trooper Marvin Culver discovered one of the most beautiful and significant diamonds ever found on March 12, 2006, at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. He was inspired by the show. You can read more of his story and find out what he named his diamond. Yep, he named it.

These are a few of the gems features on past and upcoming Cash and Treasures shows.

diamond_60.jpgHerkimer Diamonds
We’re off to Upstate New York in search of Herkimer Diamonds at Herkimer Diamond Mine and Ace of Diamonds Mine.
Emeralds
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Cash and Treasures traveled to North Carolina to dig, sluice, and discover ‘green’ - emeralds.
Agates
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We dived into Lake Superior to find agate, a gem that’s big business in Michigan and Minnesota.
Turquoise
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The crew gets close with a mining family in Tonopah, Nev. to learn the best techniques to find turquoise.

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