Hauser Geode Beds in the Wiley’s Well District One of my first rockhounding field trips was with the Orange Belt Mineralogist Society (OBMS) This group has one of the longest history’s and ties to the discovery of the Hauser Beds. Joel F Hauser is credited with finding the Geode beds that bear his name today about 1934. Joel Hauser was also a member of the OBMS. (pictured below) This is a main reason that the OBMS was famous for leading the Wiley’s Well Thanksgiving rockhounding trips for many decades. Lately other clubs have also leading the yearly events, including the San Diego Searchers. My Son Zack and I would spend a week to 10 days dry camping, we were about as crusty as the rocks we were collecting, but it's always worth it. Camping out under the desert stars so bight you can touch them and truly see the shapes of the zodiacs. Gathering around the fire at the end of a tiring day of rockhounding telling and swapping stories of rocks and gems and old timers above. It’s t...
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