Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 28, 2017 14:32:50 GMT -5
Many guys and gals on here that hound that river,I bet we all have different views and opinions on the hot spots...LOL But we can all agree on one thing,they are "SWEET" looking material...
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 28, 2017 14:34:41 GMT -5
OH Noah PS Look around the disturbed soil around locations where the maintainer scraped out the pit or flattened the location to set up the rig. Also look for where they drilled out the surface casing hole. Coarser material but bet they tossed it in the pit. Check that out if you are on location when they're setting surface. Also pick up some of the core samples too... Shows fossils in them......Thumbs up
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Post by jamesp on Aug 28, 2017 14:43:40 GMT -5
Sure is a great thread! I'm a big fan of prairie agate too. My pop used to drive crappy old station wagons and every time we went east, he'd break down in the badlands. I'd hunt rocks on the roadside hills while he hitchhiked into town for parts. Badlands petrified wood was probably one of the first rocks I ever collected. Your thread brings back cool memories....mel Back in the stone age Mel ?
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Post by jamesp on Aug 28, 2017 14:46:58 GMT -5
Why does that pink leg keep showing up ? Oh yea, pink leotards what was I thinking ? Watch your broadside Noah.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 28, 2017 14:59:15 GMT -5
fossilman Moss agates... Laurel, Montana area......My opinion...Thumbs up Since Laurel is upstream from where the Montanas are eroding out, down below Custer.. Then are the moss Agates from there a different type than the rest of the river from below Custer all the way to Glendive? We appreciate your experience and insight Mike. We know you to be the man on this part of the world. Your views and opinions are highly valued. Eye candy agate picture. Nothing to do with the question.
All depends what you want... I like Golden sheen Montana agate and black jasper with yellow healed fractures,that material is in that Laurel zone.. Nobody can say for sure where the better quality agate lays...Its all hot! LOL Just depends where you like to hound it and are familiar with the areas.. Ah so they are a different type or types.. great. Thanks for the continuing education Mike. Will study more. Wasn't aware of the sources of these types. Had heard the names around but know I can get more reading and studying in. Noah says, what we have been calling carnelian might be a Montana but orange in color. Interesting. Have been comparing it to an Oregon carnelian and of course there's no comparison with the orange dyed quartz that is commonly sold as carnelian. I know, from experimenting, that Iron out eats true carnelian and have dropped a sample of that orange montana in some a bit ago. Thanks for you time and great experience. Bet Larry. quartz might also be of help to Noah. That balck jasper with healed yellow fractures is a totally stunning rock. Wow !!
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 28, 2017 15:02:32 GMT -5
Why does that pink leg keep showing up ? Oh yea, pink leotards what was I thinking ? Watch your broadside Noah. Must be a Suthin thing.. grin... We don't watch other guys backsides. hehehe Glad that you like pink.. Might be your color.. But lose the pink leotard.. Glad to get rid of the surgical socks though. Few more days the staples.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 28, 2017 15:03:37 GMT -5
Sure is a great thread! I'm a big fan of prairie agate too. My pop used to drive crappy old station wagons and every time we went east, he'd break down in the badlands. I'd hunt rocks on the roadside hills while he hitchhiked into town for parts. Badlands petrified wood was probably one of the first rocks I ever collected. Your thread brings back cool memories....mel Back in the stone age Mel ? Maybe Cretaceous..
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 28, 2017 15:06:44 GMT -5
OH Noah PS Look around the disturbed soil around locations where the maintainer scraped out the pit or flattened the location to set up the rig. Also look for where they drilled out the surface casing hole. Coarser material but bet they tossed it in the pit. Check that out if you are on location when they're setting surface. Also pick up some of the core samples too... Shows fossils in them......Thumbs up Great idea Mike. Not sure if they run diamond core barrels much. We didn't down in Utah, Colorado, or Ely, Nevada. Sure know that area's rocks and the oil field sure got you to some great places for it. Wished I had paid more attention when I was working in the patch. You copy? rockdunker
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Post by jamesp on Aug 28, 2017 15:33:41 GMT -5
I believe broke back was filmed in your neighborhood(friendly cowboys, etc). Deliverance was first and was our claim to fame. Where's your compass ? H ha, bad bearings. y'all get jealous and do a sequel ?
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 28, 2017 16:39:22 GMT -5
James, Yep, pop's triceratops done throwed a shoe and he had to hitch a ride to Bedrock on a passing diplodicus *L*
Actually it was a 55 Chevy Bel Air station wagon ( the one with the visor). Pop loved that piece of crap car. Always ran horribly. Spent more time guarding that car when it was broke down than I did hunting deer on hunting trips. Pop and my grandad drove the same too, very badly. I remember once when deer hunting, he dodged a six inch deep puddle on one side of the road and drove into a six foot ditch on the other. Incredible! Took all day to get that wagon out....Mel
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Post by rockdunker on Aug 28, 2017 17:04:43 GMT -5
Sounds like a great place to break down when the weather is nice. Those hills are cool in that area. Helps break up the flatland I work in just north of there. I've only made two short trips to the area didn't look like too many people have been around there looking for rocks. Mostly oilfield and cowboys. I might have to cancel a flight and drive back through there sometime......Noah Noah Did I tell you. Think I have a ride for the rocks. All my friends got big trucks and a lot of them work in the Dakotas these days. Need to just keep that gravel pit you made into something that will transport in the back of a truck. Even heavy cardboard would work for the short trip/
I've been loading plastic buckets. Need to round up some more. Taking another 50 pounds home in the rock(crusher)box. Maybe we can mail Rich the pieces that are left and maybe he can use the sand in his tumbler. Glad to hear about a ride for the yard rocks. Gotta get them home somehow. Keep me posted and I'll keep packing them up.
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Post by rockdunker on Aug 28, 2017 17:09:43 GMT -5
Also pick up some of the core samples too... Shows fossils in them......Thumbs up Great idea Mike. Not sure if they run diamond core barrels much. We didn't down in Utah, Colorado, or Ely, Nevada. Sure know that area's rocks and the oil field sure got you to some great places for it. Wished I had paid more attention when I was working in the patch. You copy? rockdunker
No comprende core samples.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 29, 2017 1:02:26 GMT -5
James, Yep, pop's triceratops done throwed a shoe and he had to hitch a ride to Bedrock on a passing diplodicus *L* Actually it was a 55 Chevy Bel Air station wagon ( the one with the visor). Pop loved that piece of crap car. Always ran horribly. Spent more time guarding that car when it was broke down than I did hunting deer on hunting trips. Pop and my grandad drove the same too, very badly. I remember once when deer hunting, he dodged a six inch deep puddle on one side of the road and drove into a six foot ditch on the other. Incredible! Took all day to get that wagon out....Mel Couldn't resist Mel. Wish I covered 1/10 the rock collecting spots you have. It's not how many years, it's what you do with your years. Refreshing to see these guys collecting such fine variety.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 29, 2017 1:43:47 GMT -5
It's not how many years, it's what you do with your years. It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 29, 2017 7:40:13 GMT -5
It's not how many years, it's what you do with your years. It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. Is that the same as gettin it when ya want it ?
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 29, 2017 10:05:21 GMT -5
Noah Did I tell you. Think I have a ride for the rocks. All my friends got big trucks and a lot of them work in the Dakotas these days. Need to just keep that gravel pit you made into something that will transport in the back of a truck. Even heavy cardboard would work for the short trip/
I've been loading plastic buckets. Need to round up some more. Taking another 50 pounds home in the rock(crusher)box. Maybe we can mail Rich the pieces that are left and maybe he can use the sand in his tumbler. Glad to hear about a ride for the yard rocks. Gotta get them home somehow. Keep me posted and I'll keep packing them up. Hit the local bakery's for buckets........Some just give them away or sell them cheap for two bits or so........
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 29, 2017 10:32:42 GMT -5
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. Is that the same as gettin it when ya want it ? Um, no, James. That doesn't work for most of us. Some of us, maybe . What I was alluding to is, if you have more money than sense, and can buy anything you want, getting it (and flaunting it) are not as important as wanting it once you have it. If acquiring it, just to have it is your whole game, you are in for an unhappy life. Will have to always keep buying things to satisfy the urge to own. Like an addictive drug. Capiche? I hope that makes sense to you... Oh, and that sentence is from a Sheryl Crow song, Soak Up the Sun. Credit where credit is due.
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Post by rockdunker on Aug 29, 2017 12:23:45 GMT -5
I've been loading plastic buckets. Need to round up some more. Taking another 50 pounds home in the rock(crusher)box. Maybe we can mail Rich the pieces that are left and maybe he can use the sand in his tumbler. Glad to hear about a ride for the yard rocks. Gotta get them home somehow. Keep me posted and I'll keep packing them up. Hit the local bakery's for buckets........Some just give them away or sell them cheap for two bits or so........ Sweet thanks, I'll have to see if Williston had a bakery. Maybe the grocery store.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 29, 2017 13:47:39 GMT -5
Hit the local bakery's for buckets........Some just give them away or sell them cheap for two bits or so........ Sweet thanks, I'll have to see if Williston had a bakery. Maybe the grocery store. Yes, yes! Donut shops and bakeries! We get our short (3 gal) buckets from a local donut shop. $1.50 for a STURDY bucket w/lid, and they even wash it out! cheap at twice the price. How can you beat that? The name on the bucket is Westco, previous contents included cubed apples in syrup, chocolate, lemon, raspberry, and other fillings. Even washed, they put off a wonderful aroma, lol!
The bakery I get these from is maybe five miles away, in Lemon Grove. There is another bakery that offers the same buckets for $2 each, but does not wash them out for you. Screw that!
3 gallon buckets full of rocks are not as heavy as 5 gallon buckets full of rocks. Old bodies not into lifting heavy things anymore. I know, you can SAY that you will fill the 5 gallon buckets only 2/3 rds full, but it never happens! Been there, done that! Jean
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Post by rockdunker on Aug 29, 2017 21:19:22 GMT -5
Sweet thanks, I'll have to see if Williston had a bakery. Maybe the grocery store. Yes, yes! Donut shops and bakeries! We get our short (3 gal) buckets from a local donut shop. $1.50 for a STURDY bucket w/lid, and they even wash it out! cheap at twice the price. How can you beat that? The name on the bucket is Westco, previous contents included cubed apples in syrup, chocolate, lemon, raspberry, and other fillings. Even washed, they put off a wonderful aroma, lol!
The bakery I get these from is maybe five miles away, in Lemon Grove. There is another bakery that offers the same buckets for $2 each, but does not wash them out for you. Screw that!
3 gallon buckets full of rocks are not as heavy as 5 gallon buckets full of rocks. Old bodies not into lifting heavy things anymore. I know, you can SAY that you will fill the 5 gallon buckets only 2/3 rds full, but it never happens! Been there, done that! Jean
Thank you very much!
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