I was just wondering if any of you happen to work with driftwood. Yeah, it's not exactly rocks or gems but if you mix the two of them together, you can get a really neat effect and maybe give your self another past time, ( as if you had a lot of extra time considering most of our past time now consists of romping around the woods looking for rocks. ) But my point is that while your already in the woods or on the creek, you could very well be stepping over dollars to get to dimes.
A lot of us spend many hours in search of gold on the streams and rivers and our results, although, maybe positive and we do find a little of the yellow stuff, most of us will never be able to fund our hobby with what we recover. But laying not very far from where are prospecting of hounding most likely lay pieces of drift wood. After all, your in the woods. You may notice on craigslist, they are selling drift wood in small batches for fair prices. Hey it's not enough to quit your job tomorrow, but it pays for gas and such. I bring home a small back pack each and every time I go out. I don't bring home every piece I see, just the interesting stuff. Unusual shapes and most all roots. Now that's jut if I wanted to sell what I find.
Playing with drift wood and incorporating rocks and stained glass to it. Making this post short, photos show your possibilities. I hope you like and maybe get a few of your own ideas and please share with others your ideas.