Customer Reviews

Gem Trails of Southern California.

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This book gives you accurate maps and information about the many sites to find gems, geode beds, old gold, chalcedony, opal and agate mines in the area, and many other sites and places of interest.It is easy to read and follow and I would recommend it to anyone interested in investigating these types of places in Southern California.

We just spent the last weekend in the Mojave Desert with this book. We found several wonderful sites using the guide. We also got lost on webs of dirt roads, no matter how closely we followed the book's instructions. I have to think that a lot of the roads have changed, or that some of the directions are not accurate. We also encounted two sites in a row that were closed, but not labeled as such in the book. So although the book is great, it obviously needs an update, even though it was only published in 1999. My boyfriend thought it would also have helped us to have GPS coordinates of the sites. Still, we would never have found the great spots we did without this book, so I would definitely recommend it...

This is an excellent product. The information is clear, concise and easy to understand and follow. It offers complete istructions to many places throughout southern California. I look forward to trying out many more of the places outlined in the book.

Wife was on a "cheap vacation" kick and thought this would be fun adventure. The book was good and informative but as we learned it's not so easy to find "gems" even the less valuable kind.

This book appears to be a comprehensive listing of gem localities in Southern California. Even my two brothers living in So. California did not know about many of them!