10/25/2026
** ATTENTION **
I can’t believe I’m having to make this post but here we are.
My name is Hamilton Blake Barnett. I am the owner of I Me Mine. A few days ago I had a falling out with Laureen Sumner who runs the Earth Treasures page.
She started by trash talking a local seller/miner in Arkansas and then verbally attacked one of my employees, saying really horrible, hateful things. I then informed her that she is not welcome at I Me Mine after speaking about people that way.
She has now taken it upon herself to try to ruin my name in the industry… the problem is… she got my name wrong. She found someone named Blake Edward Barnett, who has a horrible criminal record and has been falsely claiming I am this person. She has been sending emails to mine owners with this person arrest records attached and telling people not to go to I Me Mine because the owner has a history of wife/child abuse, serious drug charges, all kinds of stuff.
This is slander. She has created multiple fake profiles/emails to hide behind fake names. This all occurred on her gossip page called Nomadic Crystal Hunters: Unfiltered Dirt - a page entirely dedicated to talking badly about others under the guise of “bettering the rockhounding community”. This lady, Laureen Sumner, has done this to numerous people in our community and enough is enough.
I am absolutely pursuing legal action and am gathering evidence. If you have been contacted by Laureen herself, the Earth Treasures page, or her Unfiltered Dirt page with these slanderous allegations please send me screenshots. The more evidence I have, the better the case. She was also posting under the name Katie Walker, and sending emails under the name Dustin Johnson.
Below is a screenshot of a message she sent to a local mine owner. I am not afraid of anyone seeing my arrest record. Feel free to look me up.
- Blake “Not Edward” Barnett
