We're going to take weekend trips here & there b4 we rent an RV & do the week vacation. We'd appreciate any & all input. Thanks in advance.

You might want to pick up a copy of this guide which runs about $15.00:

Northeast Treasure Hunters Gem and Mineral Guide - Updated 3rd Edition.

The Northeast Volume includes: Connecticut, Delaware, Dist. Of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Each regional volume in the four-book Treasure Hunters Gem and Mineral Guide series offers state by state details on more than 250 gems and minerals that the United States has to offer, and the very affordable "fee dig" sites where they can be found. 187 pages. ( Rygle and Pedersen )

You may also want to check out:

Delaware Mineralogical Society:

http://www.delminsociety.net/

Thanks so much! We didn't see that book, nor did we see that link to the DE Mineral society.
Can't wait til we can post our adventure!

Ordered the guide & joining the DE Mineral Society. Thanks again.

If you haven't been to the Delaware Museum of Natural History be sure to catch it.

4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302) 658-2747

Rocks, fossils, dinos and much more.
-Rocky.