Weather and other conditions permitting, the society often has one or more field trips per month.
Some of the field trips are day or half-day trips, although there are field trips that are overnighters.
Overnight trips require members to have their own camping equipment. In some cases motels are available,
but they are usually quite a distance from the dig site.
Many of the field trips occur in rugged areas and members should have the basic equipment for an excursion
into the California back country, including:
- Sturdy, comfortable clothing and boots for hiking.
- Warmer clothing in case it gets cold.
- A good hat.
- Lots of water.
- Sunscreen.
- Knee pads, safety glasses or goggles, and gloves.
- Meals and a camping stove (for overnighters), or good snacks for day trips.
- A good flashlight, knife, and whistle.
- A basic medkit is nice with bandaids and such. Home Depot has nice small ones for only a few dollars.
- Garbage bags/plastic bags for packing out trash.
- Basic digging equipment: rock hammer, pry bar, shovel, pick axe, hand-held sledge hammer, chisels,
plus lots of buckets for hauling your treasure home!
Past trips have included outings to:
- Searles Lake: near Trona, CA; Hanksite, Pink Halite.
- Wiley Well: near Blythe, CA; Fire Agate, Geodes.
- Himalaya mine tailings: near Julian, CA; Tourmaline; Lepidolite.
- Afton Canyon: near Barstow, CA; White marble, Red and Yellow agate, Lava,
Fluorite
- Stoddard Wells, CA; Verde Antique, Tri-colored marble, Black jade
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