He thinks Staten Island is treasure island. At 6 a.m. this past Saturday, David Hager, 58, and wife Michelle, 51, and two sons, Tyler and Ryan, 21 and 17, started digging in a small park in the ...

The 8-year-old has turned collecting gems and geodes into a hobby. “I dig looking for cool gems,” Bilyeu said. He has two shelves of gems at his home, he said, including three real amethysts.