Welcome to our rock club
If you are a member, you can go to our claim/dig location page… Dig Locations
The Idaho Rocks & Gems "Idaho Rockhounders Club"
If You Have Joined Our Rockhounding Club:
From Craig Branham the owner…
I am a resource for how and where to hound. You don’t have to just participate with our club. I encourage y’all to do this with your family & friends on your own time. If you join the club you can hit me up any time for spots and find out how & where to get material. Some spots I won’t divulge information on per the request of other hounds that gave me the info.
- All members that have taken their one time $35 Cab Class get 1 hr a week on the machines with their membership. There’s no need to schedule your cab class. We take walk ins and any day of the week. We don’t start classes after 5pm though.
- Typically we have one members dig per weekend. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Welcome to our group we are better for having y’all with us! - We do not allow edited pictures of rocks and gems as far as color saturation goes. The intention is to share pictures of specimens in their raw and natural state.
- Anyone caught promoting sales, pay digs, anything pertaining to profit from hounding or spam will be banned immediately.
- We do reclamation projects annually to better the land and require all members to follow BLM law and leave no trace when hounding.
- Love, Respect, Contribution, Fun & Joy are allowed in this space.
Anything that doesn’t fit these themes isn’t allowed in this Group, Club or Rock Shop.
Since you are now a current online club member, you can go to our “rockhounding location page” and view: Rockhounding Locations
You can also renew the club membership thru your online account when it nears expiration.
Thank You for joining!
Idaho Rockhounders Club Rules and Liability Waiver
It is our goal to bring the joys of rockhounding , cutting , polishing of lapidary rocks , crystals and minerals to young and old. Our club does not do meetings. We just do outings.
Membership for one year is $20 per individual , or $30 per couple or family. One year is from the day you sign up to the same day next year. You will need to renew on or before this date.
Trips are listed on the webpage. Membership perks include rockhounding trips on at least a monthly basis, when possible, weather permitting. Free use of one of our cabochon/polishing machines for 1 hrs one day per week after you have taken our cabochon/polishing class for $35. Extra hours are $8 or $50 for a prepaid 10 hr punch card.
As a new member of Idaho Rockhounders club, I agree to hold harmless Idaho Rocks & Gems LLC and any of their employees, friends or family from any type of injury or death to myself or members of my family. I further agree to be responsible to follow all BLM and Forest Service rules including on private property when doing rockhounding or gold mining activities. One rule is to fill in any holes I or a family member digs, not leave trash lying anywhere about and not take more than is permitted for personal use. And not driving in areas that are not already a road or specified trail for driving on.
You can cut your rocks at Idaho Rocks & Gems 608 North Orchard in Boise Idaho 83706. $1 an inch for anything small up to 4 inches on our tile saws and $2 an inch for bigger rocks for our oil saw. Hours of Operation: 10am-6pm weekdays and 11am-6pm weekends