Ivey Farm is officially closed for digging. I will leave this area up for site visitors to view some of the past history of this location.

Ivey Farm is well known for its ample production of amethyst scepters.

Over the last 30 years many fine example of scepters has come from the diggings. Typically never small and sometimes very large. Scepters are uncommom and very rare in Georgia except for at this location.

Pictured on your right is a scepter I found April 25, 2004.

It is the typical Ivey Farm scepter habit and what most people expect. It is a large clear quartz xl capped with an amethyst xl that is well centered on the stem. On occasion you'll find the amethyst to be off center, or, on the side of the stem and sometimes the cap is DOUBLE TERMINATED. I found a good many of these last week and will post pictures eventually. I do have some good examples of these for sale but they are very expensive. Sometimes when going into a scepter pocket you'll encounter one or two xls but often as not you can expect to find 10 or 20 or even more in a single pocket. The owner that is leasing me the property tells of pulling them out one after another "all day" but as they were digging into the side of the bank, the bank finally caved in. He has showed me the approximate location of this and plans are to dig into this area and hunker down on that endless scepter pocket! This will be an occasion of extreme interest for those people that like to dig and collect crystals and are desirous of getting a parcel of scepter specimens.