Blue Moon and the Pay Digs

May 6, 2022
1 min read

Blue Moon is a well known turquoise from the Candelaria Hills of Nevada. It is closely associated with other claims from the Royston District. From about 2005 until 2015 Dean Otteson ran pay digs for many of his turquoise claims including the Blue Moon. In this video we see some different looks for Blue Moon and see the connection to the pay digs.

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