PAIL Treasures!
Rock&Gem Magazine
|December 2022
From Gems to Fossils, Dig Them at Home
There's nothing better than finding a special rock or treasure while hiking, strolling a beach or even on a dig site. But everyone can't go everywhere and find everything. To share this thrill of a special find, Felicia Davies developed Treasure Buckets Company, LLC to give people throughout the world the opportunity to delight in these discoveries at home.
Growing up on a small farm in Randolph, Ohio, she said, "I always hunted for treasures. I'd walk through the fields and look for flint. But what really hooked me into rockhounding was when my family took a trip to North Carolina looking for amethyst. I was absolutely hooked." To this day, noticing items found during a stroll through the woods or neighboring fields is something Davies and her husband, Jimmie, still enjoy. During the pandemic, it struck her how they were able to look for these wonderful things on their farm, yet so many other people throughout the world couldn't do the same because they weren't able to travel.
Davies said she thought, "Why not bring my passion to children, and children at heart, with our treasure-hunting kit?" Her goal was to allow everyone to embark on their own treasure hunts regardless of where they lived. To make this dream a reality, Treasure Buckets Company was born.
SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR EVERY OCCASION
This story is from the December 2022 edition of Rock&Gem Magazine.
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