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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 3, 2017 14:29:22 GMT -5
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 3, 2017 14:43:45 GMT -5
Boy you sure wont be shaming your self with these beauties Chuck. Professional to the max. Where is the show going to be? Big one?
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richardh
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Post by richardh on Sept 3, 2017 14:49:42 GMT -5
Beautiful tumbles as always. Is it profitable at $10/lb or is it mainly for fun?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 3, 2017 14:53:13 GMT -5
Boy you sure wont be shaming your self with these beauties Chuck. Professional to the max. Where is the show going to be? Big one? Thanks - This is my 5th year as a vendor at this show. It is decent size for this area. There are larger shows but as a small vendor I prefer a smaller scale show. I only do 2 shows a year. Spring and Fall. Chuck
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 3, 2017 14:56:28 GMT -5
Boy you sure wont be shaming your self with these beauties Chuck. Professional to the max. Where is the show going to be? Big one? Thanks - This is my 5th year as a vendor at this show. It is decent size for this area. There are larger shows but as a small vendor I prefer a smaller scale show. I only do 2 shows a year. Spring and Fall. Chuck Thanks Chuck, WIll look for a page online. Probably have a list of vendors participating too. Sometimes these type of regional shows turn up a new supplier of neat material for a reasonable price like float copper or bigger pudding stones. Thanks again. Cliff
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 3, 2017 14:58:37 GMT -5
Beautiful tumbles as always. Is it profitable at $10/lb or is it mainly for fun? Its more profitable then leaving them sitting in plastic bins in my basement, lol. My show bin holds about 50 pounds and folks get to fill velvet bags with them so it is pretty entertaining listening to all the comments as they find their treasures. This is just a hobby but it is an expensive hobby. Selling some jewelry and tumbles keeps me from dipping into the family budget. Chuck
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 3, 2017 15:37:11 GMT -5
We all have bins, boxes and bags full of expensive to produce tumble.. Chuck is just smarter than we are.
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Post by orrum on Sept 3, 2017 16:48:53 GMT -5
Great batch Chuck, been missing your pics!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 3, 2017 17:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 3, 2017 19:03:17 GMT -5
There sure is variety in that batch. There are a couple that are very unique. What's the turritella-like rock on the left side of the third picture? The second to last picture is something I've never seen either. Love the laker in the last pic.
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Post by aDave on Sept 3, 2017 19:09:45 GMT -5
Another great batch, Chuck. Wouldn't expect anything different from you. Nice work.
Dave
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richardh
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Post by richardh on Sept 3, 2017 19:31:26 GMT -5
Beautiful tumbles as always. Is it profitable at $10/lb or is it mainly for fun? Its more profitable then leaving them sitting in plastic bins in my basement, lol. My show bin holds about 50 pounds and folks get to fill velvet bags with them so it is pretty entertaining listening to all the comments as they find their treasures. This is just a hobby but it is an expensive hobby. Selling some jewelry and tumbles keeps me from dipping into the family budget. Chuck Thanks for the explanation. I'm getting some grief at home about my limited activity and have generated a bin of polished rocks. Almost all of it is stuff that I self collected and isn't very interesting to anyone but me. I've spent money on a couple of tumblers and grit and some rough and now I'm being told that if I want to continue I need to make some money from it. I can't realistically think of a way to do it so my tumbling days may be numbered. I said at least let me use up my 50lb box of coarse grit before I have to quit. It's more than half full so I still have a little time. Anyway sorry for the rambling.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Sept 3, 2017 20:08:24 GMT -5
Awesome tumbles , love the color variety and OOOH that shine .
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Sept 3, 2017 22:11:10 GMT -5
That's a very nice selection for potential customers, well done. We have done a few shows and the fun is watching and listening to people as they paw through product.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 4, 2017 9:07:29 GMT -5
There sure is variety in that batch. There are a couple that are very unique. What's the turritella-like rock on the left side of the third picture? The second to last picture is something I've never seen either. Love the laker in the last pic. Thanks Rob. That laker is really nice in person. I am pretty sure the two you mentioned came in a mixed box of tumbling rough from ChicagoDave. I was thinking the turitella looking one might be an oolite and I thought maybe the other one could be some sort of pet wood but I am not sure. Chuck
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ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Sept 4, 2017 9:33:21 GMT -5
Great batch! Love the tiger eye. Also see a little unakite hiding in there - which is a favorite of mine. I can't help with an ID on anything. If it came from my mixed boxes I sold it was a huge collection of all kinds of things!
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doublet83
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Post by doublet83 on Sept 4, 2017 10:11:32 GMT -5
Its more profitable then leaving them sitting in plastic bins in my basement, lol. My show bin holds about 50 pounds and folks get to fill velvet bags with them so it is pretty entertaining listening to all the comments as they find their treasures. This is just a hobby but it is an expensive hobby. Selling some jewelry and tumbles keeps me from dipping into the family budget. Chuck Thanks for the explanation. I'm getting some grief at home about my limited activity and have generated a bin of polished rocks. Almost all of it is stuff that I self collected and isn't very interesting to anyone but me. I've spent money on a couple of tumblers and grit and some rough and now I'm being told that if I want to continue I need to make some money from it. I can't realistically think of a way to do it so my tumbling days may be numbered. I said at least let me use up my 50lb box of coarse grit before I have to quit. It's more than half full so I still have a little time. Anyway sorry for the rambling. Hey its a hobby. I don't know of any hobby that's supposed to make money instead of costing money. I tell my significant other that while I play with rocks, at least I don't spend the money on buying cocaine or something. She always enjoys that one, haha.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 4, 2017 10:21:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation. I'm getting some grief at home about my limited activity and have generated a bin of polished rocks. Almost all of it is stuff that I self collected and isn't very interesting to anyone but me. I've spent money on a couple of tumblers and grit and some rough and now I'm being told that if I want to continue I need to make some money from it. I can't realistically think of a way to do it so my tumbling days may be numbered. I said at least let me use up my 50lb box of coarse grit before I have to quit. It's more than half full so I still have a little time. Anyway sorry for the rambling. Hey its a hobby. I don't know of any hobby that's supposed to make money instead of costing money. I tell my significant other that while I play with rocks, at least I don't spend the money on buying cocaine or something. She always enjoys that one, haha. Selling serves multiple purposes for me #1 revenue to reinvest into rocks #2 getting satisfaction that other people enjoy my finished product #3 getting rid of stuff so I can make more. At any given time I'll have over 100 wire wraps, hundreds of cabs and hundreds of pounds of finished tumbles. Family and friends will only take so much. I am a next rock junkie. After my stuff is done I don't go back and look at them over and over. I immediately start with whats next. Chuck
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 4, 2017 19:53:51 GMT -5
Great batch, Chuck. I love a big variety and you've got it! Is that close up of the Laker the back side of the one in the group photo? If so, that's a nice size Laker. You always have nice tiger eye also.
I keep my tumbles in Tupperware for most of the year, then gift them at Christmas time. When I run out of victims, I don't know what I'll do with the back log.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 4, 2017 19:58:07 GMT -5
Great batch, Chuck. I love a big variety and you've got it! Is that close up of the Laker the back side of the one in the group photo? If so, that's a nice size Laker. You always have nice tiger eye also. I keep my tumbles in Tupperware for most of the year, then gift them at Christmas time. When I run out of victims, I don't know what I'll do with the back log. thanks, Yep that is the backside of the same laker. That was an easy pick as favorite for me in this batch. Chuck
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