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Post by jamesp on Aug 18, 2014 22:59:15 GMT -5
Or invitation
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2014 7:54:18 GMT -5
Looks like Mark(Munchie) has an eye for finding nice specimens. I think this one made Keith a bit envious. Am curious if the saw kerf made so much difference in the halves, or was a slab sawed out between them. I sawed on yesterday that was so ugly that it is pretty. Full of rotten material instead of botryoids like this one. Oh well.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 19, 2014 9:57:15 GMT -5
I guess when opportunity knocks, that could be considered an invitation. Hmm, never quite thought of it that way.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2014 10:28:37 GMT -5
I guess when opportunity knocks, that could be considered an invitation. Hmm, never quite thought of it that way. I am a positive thinker. Permission sounds restrictive. Invitations much more pleasant. When I was out in Texas a man invited me to collect on his ranch. I was overjoyed. Had he told me i had permission, I may not have bothered collecting there. Must be the southern hospitality ingrained. That is one reason I like living here. A mannerism I suppose. Invitations to parties and get togethers are done w/great detail. Another characteristic of this area, maybe everywhere. I lived in Canada for a year and they were similar. I would think invitation a universal way.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2014 10:36:13 GMT -5
This coral slap ugly. Drilled out by clams and having many partial silicifications. Small silicified areas often eroded away from limestone host by acidic river water and left as individuals. Creating the smaller gravel in the shoals. So large original corals reduced to smaller pieces by small silicified areas. This also a small section that silicified from a large coral. Split down the tubes you can see the arcs running left to right. The radius of the arc looks 8-10 inches, so you could figure this section was 8-10 inches from the root of a large coral. Cloudy day made this look bluer than it really is, but it is still quite blue.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 19, 2014 17:04:52 GMT -5
I never felt out of place seeking opportunity. Some opportunities may require permission or risk. Many are safe. As long as my southern wife says it is OK, then all is well, ha. I am a positive thinker. Permission sounds restrictive. Invitations much more pleasant. When I was out in Texas a man invited me to collect on his ranch. I was overjoyed. Had he told me i had permission, I may not have bothered collecting there. Okay, so I am confused. First you say, "Some opportunities may require permission" and then you say "Permission sounds restrictive. Invitations much more pleasant."
Asking permission is something you must initiate, while getting an invitation just happens (unless you beg first, lol). So, which is it? You prefer to be invited?
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Post by jamesp on Aug 19, 2014 17:26:03 GMT -5
If it is an invitation that requires permission to partake in then I am usually better off not asking. Depends on type of invitation. If the invitation involves something that is going to get me in trouble then best take heed. Then it gets complicated if you choose to be deviant.
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Post by fantastic5 on Aug 20, 2014 11:48:41 GMT -5
A few of my weird Withlacoochee corals: Both have spent 4 days in the Lot-O to clean up. 'The Blob' 'Sardine Can'
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 20, 2014 13:41:54 GMT -5
Your blob is way cool, Ann! Looks like pebbly alligator skin.
Speaking of -
Half-ton, 15-foot-long alligator captured by hunters in south Alabama.
In this photo taken Saturday, Aug 16, 2014, a monster alligator weighing 1011.5 pounds measuring 15-feet long is pictured in Thomaston, Ala. The alligator was caught in the Alabama River near Camden, Ala., by Mandy Stokes at right, along with her husband John Stokes, at her right, and her brother-in-law Kevin Jenkins, left, and his two teenage children, Savannah Jenkins, 16, and Parker Jenkins, 14, all of Thomaston, Ala. (AP Photo/Al.com, Sharon Steinmann)
Story here. I wouldn't want to be the one to find it!! Yeah, I know, you didn't go to AL, but you better watch yourself, James... Maybe some of his cousins about.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2014 21:23:21 GMT -5
Lake George has bunch of big gators. 14 is the biggest I have seen/heard caught. that is a big one. Gators in fast flowing rivers are smaller but very athletic. They are in a different category when it comes to being capable of rapid attack. It would not matter, after 10 feet there will be no escape. one of the guys at Lake George has a Jack Russell trained to bark at the waters edge and lead gator out of water into hunters capture. Clever eh. That thing is a beast.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2014 21:30:21 GMT -5
A few of my weird Withlacoochee corals: Both have spent 4 days in the Lot-O to clean up. 'The Blob' 'Sardine Can' the ones w/the ugly rust looking coating are my fav, like your first photo. they will have the clear red material under the rust color. I used to reject the rusty ones, now they are on top of the list after tumbling them. You may want to monitor the batch and remove/replace as you coarse grind them. To get best appearances. The Blob- great descript. The thin plates of it are top notch for jewelry. Thicker ones difficult to make thin and light weight. you said you scored well on that shoal that was dry. This is good.
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Post by jamesp on May 13, 2017 3:03:14 GMT -5
This gang will wear you out. Talk about game rock hunters.
Had more fun watching them than finding 10 pound diamonds.
I wish that river would stay low and had about a dozen swamp boats to take RTH crews collecting. Scheduling trips on these coral rivers is a complex issue. One summer shower can raise the river over the rocks. And all collecting must be done from boat/kayak or canoe.
If there is a drought come July/August/Sept I would be glad to take a bunch. You got to have a kayak or canoe. Hotel mandatory. Suggest minimum of 3 nights. Exit 5, Clyattville Georgia. 5 miles north of Florida line.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 16, 2017 13:59:44 GMT -5
TY the education and look into that world. really like the cypress forest. Have some cypress knees here in Colorado but not the same. Ever find megladon teeth or fossils in that area in the creeks or too far west ? Is your latest project shiny yet and back from the galvanizers? C
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Post by jamesp on May 20, 2017 14:26:17 GMT -5
TY the education and look into that world. really like the cypress forest. Have some cypress knees here in Colorado but not the same. Ever find megladon teeth or fossils in that area in the creeks or too far west ? Is your latest project shiny yet and back from the galvanizers? C I never found the big Megladon. Have found 2 inch ers. And many varieties of smaller sharks. Florida is full of fossils. The shiny monster should be done early next week. I'll pot photos of that one.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 20, 2017 18:08:35 GMT -5
TY the education and look into that world. really like the cypress forest. Have some cypress knees here in Colorado but not the same. Ever find megladon teeth or fossils in that area in the creeks or too far west ? Is your latest project shiny yet and back from the galvanizers? C I never found the big Megladon. Have found 2 inch ers. And many varieties of smaller sharks. Florida is full of fossils. The shiny monster should be done early next week. I'll pot photos of that one. I got some Florida fossils I collected but the Caroline creeeks have untouched goodies if you figure it out and have the time and cajones. I got two inches too. Lots of bone and such. Rolling some manatee bone now. Need the time is all to hunt. Getting the bad knee cut on again will sure help. . Cant wait to see the beast back from the galvanizers been working on another hobby this weekend where I need copper in the vapor stream... grin.. yep. but cant say.
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Post by jamesp on May 20, 2017 18:39:09 GMT -5
I never found the big Megladon. Have found 2 inch ers. And many varieties of smaller sharks. Florida is full of fossils. The shiny monster should be done early next week. I'll pot photos of that one. I got some Florida fossils I collected but the Caroline creeeks have untouched goodies if you figure it out and have the time and cajones. I got two inches too. Lots of bone and such. Rolling some manatee bone now. Need the time is all to hunt. Getting the bad knee cut on again will sure help. . Cant wait to see the beast back from the galvanizers been working on another hobby this weekend where I need copper in the vapor stream... grin.. yep. but cant say.
Does your knee slow you down ? I have fused ankles and it makes climbing difficult. No pain though. Found these teeth snorkeling in Juniper Springs Run Florida. A short stretch of the creek had exposed limestone. Teeth laying on limestone in 5 feet of fast flowing water. Collected them in an hour. The minerals made nice colors. Very detailed. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157631886193328
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Post by coloradocliff on May 20, 2017 20:13:31 GMT -5
I got some Florida fossils I collected but the Caroline creeeks have untouched goodies if you figure it out and have the time and cajones. I got two inches too. Lots of bone and such. Rolling some manatee bone now. Need the time is all to hunt. Getting the bad knee cut on again will sure help. . Cant wait to see the beast back from the galvanizers been working on another hobby this weekend where I need copper in the vapor stream... grin.. yep. but cant say.
Does your knee slow you down ? I have fused ankles and it makes climbing difficult. No pain though. Found these teeth snorkeling in Juniper Springs Run Florida. A short stretch of the creek had exposed limestone. Teeth laying on limestone in 5 feet of fast flowing water. Collected them in an hour. The minerals made nice colors. Very detailed. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157631886193328Great looking teeth.. MAjor haul going where a smarter guy with a sense of self preservation wouldn't. A wide variety of species too Super Bone Valley color. Im sure you gave it some thought where these were eroding from and the more damaged larger one. Hmmm The colors of the Carolina stuff is not nearly as nice. Those old potash mines sure caranked out a lot of teeth for years.Too bad that's shut down to the public now. A bad surgery in fall or just me being to frisky too soon. Scheduling me now for an appoint for a redo. Sure hurts but also I walk 10 miles a day at a fast to slow pace, 16 plus hours doing chores, customers running crew. Might be better if I was more normal. This crippling along isn't my favorite life right now. Both ankles? Fall higher than 15 feet? Onto concrete? Ouch.. I better quit whining and get out to change water and drops some drops, shut down cooling pumps. Later James et al. .
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