Kerm55

Thank you that's helpful. We will try again. I've got plenty of maps and the general gps for the different beds....just hoping we can find those areas of prior activity. 

On 12/6/2020 at 9:55 AM, GotAU? said:

Well we were there for three days and returned with a nice collection of small geodes and thundereggs I have yet to cut open.  It is a really interesting area with numerous extinct volcanic plugs and basalt flows.

We also went closer to Blythe north of Palo Verde, where a deposit of rounded and polished river cobbles were left by a once untamed and ancient Colorado River as it meandered through the area. The river formed miles of benches and desert pavement terraces with these pebbles, of which were from many different sources along the river’s course. We found colorful jasper and quartzite pebbles, along with quartz, opalite and even petrified wood pebbles.  I swung a detector here only briefly, hoping to find a pebble with a hint of gold in it too... maybe one day!

This trip would make a great outing weekend for anyone in So. Cal and SW Arizona.  The geode beds are remote, so bring the typical supplies. 2wd is good enough for both areas mentioned, and Hauser and the Wiley Well area does have some trails that also require 4wd, but you can get to almost all of the good places there to dig with just 2wd and even with standard clearance.  The pebble terrace has a new paved road through it not mentioned even in the most recent online guides, so access is now very easy. Just take the new road that leads north from the I-10 frontage road to the solar field a mile or so west of the Palo Verde airport.

Both the Wiley Well area and the more remote areas of the pebble terrace are on BLM land,  so remote camping is available. There are some private property parcels at both places, so use good judgment where you go to collect and camp there.

Feel free to PM me or post here if you want more details.

Hi I've been there several times over the past 5 years and have yet to find an intact geode...my grandkids luv them and so do I. Would u be willing to share specific location. I'll try to go mid April. Thank you very much

Kevin