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Explore the mineral-rich region of Wisconsin with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Wisconsin and unearth the state’s best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to numerous lesser-known areas. Featuring an overview of the state’s geologic history as well as a site-by-site guide to the best rockhounding locations, Rockhounding Wisconsin is the ideal resource for rockhounds of all ages and experience levels.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Falcon Guides; Illustrated edition (June 1, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1493028545
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1493028542
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well written.
Review: Easy to read and full of good information and directions with maps to rock hounding sites.

Reviewer: Patricia Jungling
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Book
Review: Great pictures

Reviewer: B
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cool for finding spots
Review: This book is just okay. I don't understand why books that show the uniqueness of rocks and minerals would chose to print in black and white

Reviewer: toni schumacher
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Great book on Wisconsin Geology. Tons of information

Reviewer: William S. Cordua
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lots of rock hunting sites, but get permission
Review: “Rockhounding Wisconsin” includes 84 sites, many of which are places where one can theoretically collect. The introductory section outlines Wisconsin’s 5 physiographic regions and includes basic advice on rock collecting, such as tools and safety. The sites cover typical and some exotic Wisconsin fossils, minerals and rocks. Each site is well located by GPS coordinates and maps. Site descriptions include a checklist of location, tools needed, family friendly or not, parking and host rock. A several paragraph description follows, with helpful color photos and the author’s experiences at each site.My major criticism of this book is that the author often did not determine site ownership. There are disclaimers in the introduction that inclusion of a site in the book does not constitute permission to collect. Many sites are road cuts, and shouldn’t be a problem. In others, such as Big Falls County Park or Estabrook Park, he describes doing collecting. I took the liberty of contacting some counties whose parks are included and was told definitively that collecting was not allowed. I was even threatened with fines and arrests by one county official. In other sites, such as the Linden lead mines, he states “Land status uncertain.” That did not stop the author from driving through a gate and collecting. Statements such as “must be discrete” or “being watchful for K Mart security” do not inspire confidence. Contacting city or county offices or looking at current plat books would have resolved this. I also question some of the sites as being “family friendly”. The Hanley Road site in Hudson, for example, is vertical unstable high walls plagued by frequent rock falls, along a busy highway.The geology in Beard’s book is generally sound but does contain some errors – for example mistaking gabbro for granite, overlooking marcasite, and citing the wrong Cambrian formation in Willow River State Park. Most book users won’t notice. For some reason the book does not cite the abundant information available on the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History or the MINDAT web sites. Even so, there are enough good sites described at which to find typical Wisconsin rocks, minerals and fossils to make this book very useful.

Reviewer: Lil Green Owl
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice pictures
Review: Good information

Reviewer: smt126
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice Geology information, but misses on several fronts
Review: In late spring the book Rockhounding Wisconsin was released. I had pre ordered it as I was excited they were making one of these books for my home state. I have several of the other ones for other states and love them. I waited several months and when I finally received it, read it cover to cover over 2 days. From a fossil hunter viewpoint I was seriously disappointed.From a fossil standpoint, almost every single site listed can be found on various fossil finding sites. There are maybe a couple locales at most I wasn't familiar with, and only 1 of which might allow collecting. The author also is not very knowledgeable as to the laws of collecting as almost every site he said he wasn't sure about collecting status. From a responsible collectors point of view, this is one of the most pertinent parts of information. This information should have been sought out more so than the random filler commentary in the book.From someone seeking out gems and other shiny or fun rocks like agates, it's ok as Wisconsin isn't really known much for that. The sections on those are also quite vague saying things like, you should be able to find this even though I didn't because of the time of year.From a geology standpoint, I thought there was a lot of information on the various formations throughout Wisconsin. If you just want to find a bunch of rocks from different formations, time periods, etc, then this is a great book. There are tons of sites where you can find things like various limestones, banded rocks, etc.Overall I would give it 3 stars mainly because of the geology aspect. I understand it's a rockhounding book, and not a fossils and shiny object book, the latter of which my kids and I enjoy collecting. To me the book just feels forced, like the author just drove the major freeway through the state and picked locales that were close to the road. He even says many times about his family being with him so this undoubtedly influenced him going off the beaten path to find some real good places. His commentary also will rub some Wisconsinites the wrong way talking about poisoning our country with lead producing past and cheese producing now(obesity). Personally unless you're a geology student or someone who just really likes different looking random rocks, I wouldn't recommend purchasing this book. Stick to the advice of the fossil sites and save yourself 20 bucks.

Reviewer: player11
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Info about possible rock collecting sites, nothing about what is found.
Review: This book had nice information, but it is only good information if you can use it. I can't use the information. It's only about places someone might go to and look for rocks. I thought it was going to help me find out what rocks were in Wisconsin. Wish I could return it.