Even in Palmyra, several of Smith’s neighbors had seer stones. Until the Book of Mormon thrust Joseph into prominence, Palmyra's most notable seer was Sally Chase who used a greenish-colored stone. Her schoolfriend said: “She told me she would place the stone in a hat and hold it to her face, and claimed things would be brought to her view.” William Stafford also had a seer stone, and Joshua Stafford had a “peepstone which looked like white marble and had a hole through the center.” The hole allowed Stafford’s “peepstone” to double as an amulet (see ch. 3). Both the Chase and Stafford families used their stones for treasure-digging around Palmyra. Joseph Knight described Samuel Lawrence as a fourth non-Mormon “Seear” at Palmyra. Martin Harris and another Palmyra neighbor also described Lawrence as participating in local treasure-digging with the Smith family.