Mining sunstones in the Oregon high desert; gem-faceting techniques; kayaking and snorkling Florida rivers for fossil teeth from the C. Megalodon, an ancesto... read more
Becky searches for gold at Roaring Camp in northern California, where she learns to pan and sluice. Afterwards, she take her haul to a jeweler to have it app... read more
Becky hunts for aquamarines in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, finds them by dynamiting mine walls, and then has them cut, polished and appraised.
Becky searches for meteorites in Kansas, uncovering one that is valued at $129,000. Also: meteorite hunters in New Mexico and at a gallery show in Dallas.
In Montana, Becky looks for sapphires and visits the Sapphire Gallery in Phillipsburg, later travelling to the Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine in Helena. Also: hea... read more
In Cotton Grove, Ore., Becky hunts for truffles, the most expensive fungus in the world, and gets instruction from Jack Czarnecki on how to prepare them.