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Finders, Keepers: Five of the Best Places to Go Gem Hunting in the U.S.

A man fills up buckets with dirt while hunting for diamonds at Crater Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters/Corbis Do you dream of the good life? For a lucky few, ...
The State

South Carolinians should be allowed to hunt on public lands on Sundays

South Carolina’s white-tail deer gun hunting season opened on Tuesday in local Game Zone Four. Courtesy of S.C. Department of Natural Resources Weekends offer days to recharge, reconnect, and ...
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Hunting Island is a South Carolina treasure. Does preserving it come at a cost too high?

Photographed from Little Hunting Island looking south shows the homes of Fripp Island through the tangled trees overtaken by the surf as seen on on Aug. 4, 2023 at South Carolina’s Hunting Island ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Finders, Keepers: Five of the Best Places to Go Gem Hunting in the U.S.

From diamonds to emeralds, the United States is full of buried bling Jennifer Nalewicki Travel Correspondent A man fills up buckets with dirt while hunting for diamonds at Crater Diamonds State Park ...