1derwoman
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Post by 1derwoman on Aug 15, 2014 10:16:14 GMT -5
Yea we found some nice stuff got to get some clean and cut. The more saws the merrier Mark. Had fun. You guys are a great team. Gotta bring some fake spiders next time.
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1derwoman
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Post by 1derwoman on Aug 15, 2014 10:23:33 GMT -5
Munchie, the rock board lurker is in the room. No fake spiders please! The more saws the merrier Mark. Had fun. You guys are a great team. Gotta bring some fake spiders next time.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 15, 2014 11:10:12 GMT -5
Nice for specimen but color is dingy. It has the smaller polyps, the skin was completely with polyp patterns. Is this the same coral that was slabbed and backlit in the next shot? A 6 pounder w/polyps If you can backlight it like that, there's nothing wrong with dingy in daylight! One could just sit and gaze into it all day long, very relaxing.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 11:33:17 GMT -5
Nice for specimen but color is dingy. It has the smaller polyps, the skin was completely with polyp patterns. Is this the same coral that was slabbed and backlit in the next shot? If you can backlight it like that, there's nothing wrong with dingy in daylight! One could just sit and gaze into it all day long, very relaxing. All those eyes are absorbing your energy Jean, draining you, leaving you helpless.
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Post by fantastic5 on Aug 15, 2014 11:42:52 GMT -5
The more saws the merrier Mark. Had fun. You guys are a great team. Gotta bring some fake spiders next time. Finally got Tina to join the board , not I just need to help her with her 'reply' technique
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 15, 2014 11:50:34 GMT -5
All those eyes are absorbing your energy Jean, draining you, leaving you helpless. Oh, I've got boundless energy to spare. Becoming drained and helpless is not going to happen anytime soon, James.
Actually, I think it is the other way around. It would be channeling energy into me, lol.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:20:05 GMT -5
Finally got Tina to join the board , not I just need to help her with her 'reply' technique i was wondering if she was 1derwoman. Welcome to the RTH Tina !! We need to get her a red white and blue outfit
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:21:12 GMT -5
All those eyes are absorbing your energy Jean, draining you, leaving you helpless. Oh, I've got boundless energy to spare. Becoming drained and helpless is not going to happen anytime soon, James.
Actually, I think it is the other way around. It would be channeling energy into me, lol.
Jean, a self perpetuating machine.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:25:09 GMT -5
From the 'cold pond'. Solids randomly picked, chipped and baked. All hard ball to soft ball sized. i would tumble half and half, since the yellower uncooked ones have appeal too. Before heat After heat
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:34:03 GMT -5
These are the lavenders from deep water, large corals. Could not find the deeper lavenders. Forgot my honey hole. Before heat After heat
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:41:40 GMT -5
couple of close ups, some better not heated... Before After
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 12:56:11 GMT -5
And the this little batch from Swift Creek, from a 5 foot circle and very different from the coral 200 feet upstream. Chipped with the tubes, nice grain. Clouds washed photos a bit. These have the color on the inside instead of the rind. Got lots more sampling to do on this creek. Creek well named, it is Swift all right. Creek can be 12 feet wide and 12 feet deep. Or 4 feet deep and 6-8 feet/second current. Best to tie off. After heat Swift Creek whole corals, also heated One sawn w/the tubes, heated
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 13:03:05 GMT -5
Swift Creek last year, about 6 feet deeper than last week's visit. Nice jungle enviro. Water faster than photo indicates. A little more 'intimate' with the roots and critters than the open rivers. From bridge
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Post by kap on Aug 15, 2014 15:23:30 GMT -5
Yea Scott commented on how big the "fire agate" was it is just plain but cool agate!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 15, 2014 15:34:31 GMT -5
Swift Creek last year, about 6 feet deeper than last week's visit. Nice jungle enviro. Water faster than photo indicates. A little more 'intimate' with the roots and critters than the open rivers. From bridge Nice! The water looks very refreshing (despite it being tea colored, lol). At least it is remote enough that the area is not strewn with trash. jamesp 's jungle hidey-hole. Probably wouldn't want to leave the crick, and get lost in that jungle... Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! No, more like crocodiles and water moccasins, most likely. A lot of protection you would be, after your admission in your trip report, ha!
So, sometimes it is Swift Creek, and other times Sluggish Creek? This is in GA, right?
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 17:13:24 GMT -5
Yea Scott commented on how big the "fire agate" was it is just plain but cool agate! He is being nice I think. Your right, it's just cool agate with serious Jack Daniel color. Jack Daniel Agate-ha.
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Post by grayfingers on Aug 15, 2014 17:15:30 GMT -5
Great thread, just been vicariously 'soaking it all in'. Sweet variety of colors and structure.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 17:23:39 GMT -5
I snuck down to Florida Jean before the group came down. Chartering new territory. This one flows into the Suwannee a few miles from the photos. About 50 miles south into FL.
Snakes don't bother most, but showing up between your arm and stomach was a wake up. And it was a skinny water snake, so it was weird looking. Head very pronounced.
That creek is well fed by springs and is never slow. It seems to flow strong all the time. It has a lot of fall due to the hard bottom. During the wet season it really flies.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 15, 2014 17:26:27 GMT -5
Great thread, just been vicariously 'soaking it all in'. Sweet variety of colors and structure. Thanks Bill. Wish you could go. If I were you I would stay where you are, in Montana paradise.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 15, 2014 18:40:58 GMT -5
I snuck down to Florida Jean before the group came down. Chartering new territory. This one flows into the Suwannee a few miles from the photos. About 50 miles south into FL. Snakes don't bother most, but showing up between your arm and stomach was a wake up. And it was a skinny water snake, so it was weird looking. Head very pronounced. That creek is well fed by springs and is never slow. It seems to flow strong all the time. It has a lot of fall due to the hard bottom. During the wet season it really flies. James, I know you went down the weeks, just didn't know how far down. Don't know if you ever said where Swift Creek was located. Suppose I should've known by all the palmettos. (GA doesn't have them, do they?)
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