Seek Earth

Seek Earth is an information-type earth spell that tells the caster the direction and approximate distance of the nearest significant amount of any one type of earth, metal, or stone. Use the long-distance modifiers. Any known sources of the material may be excluded if the caster mentions them--for instance, not including the mine cart full of coal while looking for more coal.
== Long-Distance Modifiers ==
DistanceGURPS Magic, p.14	Penalty
200 yards 	0
1/2 mile 	-1
1 mile 	-2
3 miles 	-3
10 miles 	-4
30 miles 	-5
100 miles 	-6
300 miles 	-7
1,000 miles 	-8
300 miles should be plenty--it's more than the north-south height of Colorado. Any further than that and you should simply get closer to the mountains!
== Enchantment ==
A forked stick with an ounce of the desired earth/stone/metal set in the tip. Each of these kinds of sticks will find only that one kind of earth--of course, one can always bring more than one. Energy cost to create: 50, and cash to buy an ounce of the material sought. This is about $200 even, but assume that gemstones inlaid into the stick (much less than an ounce!Fanon) cost about $20 x their Value modifierSee Dungeon Fantasy 8: Treasure Tables, p. 19. 
A simplified form here:
Category	Material 	Price 	Description
Earths 	Soil 	10Fanon	A tiny pouch of soil, used to detect decent places to start a farm.
Earths 	Essential Soil	15 	A tiny pouch of blessed Essential Earth. Detects magical groves, druidic shrines, or other patches of Essential Earth.
Stones 	Marble 	15 	A cube of marble (or other architectural stone). Good for prospecting potential quarries.
Metals 	Copper 	16 	An easily-worked jewelry metal. Use this value for tin, too, for simplicity's sake.
Metals 	Silver 	62.5 	The a common metal for coinage in fantasy worlds, and used to decorate armor and monster-slaying weapons.
Metals 	Gold 	1,250 	Getting a chunk this big is expensive, but it will help the search for more.
Metals 	Platinum 	? 	Only some advanced metalworking factions see value in platinum, as it's too tough to smelt at lower TLs.
Metals 	Iron 	<10 	Purchasing a mere lump of iron from a smith's forge should be relatively cheap. Certainly no more than $20, the cost of a dagger.
Gems 	Gemstones? 	600 	A decent one-carat gemstone, easily conducts magic, weighs far less than an ounce.
==Power Alternative==
* Detect
== References ==
GURPS Magic, p.50
Category:Spells
Category:Earth College
Category:Spells with Power Alternatives