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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2017 11:04:10 GMT -5
welcome from California! Glad you are here Someone needs to keep jamesp in line Just a little note of posting procedure - when quoting someone else's post it's best if you type your new information after the final quote brackets. This way the reader can easily see what you have added and doesn't have to look into the quote to try to see what new info you have added. Hopefully this makes sense. Just as a point of reference, I edited your post above so you can see your comments are now outside of the box that indicates what is being quoted. Liz a breath of fresh air. enthusiasm galore Tommy. An excellent addition to the forum.
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 26, 2017 11:16:30 GMT -5
from Tennessee!!! Love collecting coral too. Just haven't gotten away to do it in a few years. Will definitely be hitting Withla in 2018! Ann
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Post by Tommy on Oct 26, 2017 11:36:54 GMT -5
Love collecting coral too. Just haven't gotten away to do it in a few years. Will definitely be hitting Withla in 2018! This is a long-shot that we could actually coordinate it, but if you're up for company let us know when you decide on dates - we are long overdue on visiting our son in college in Orlando.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 26, 2017 11:37:36 GMT -5
Liz a breath of fresh air. enthusiasm galore Tommy. An excellent addition to the forum. Right on, thanks Jim
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 26, 2017 13:39:34 GMT -5
welcome from California! Glad you are here Someone needs to keep jamesp in line Just a little note of posting procedure - when quoting someone else's post it's best if you type your new information after the final quote brackets. This way the reader can easily see what you have added and doesn't have to look into the quote to try to see what new info you have added. Hopefully this makes sense. Just as a point of reference, I edited your post above so you can see your comments are now outside of the box that indicates what is being quoted. Did I do it right this time? Lol I have no clue, I've never been on a thing like this before.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 26, 2017 13:41:03 GMT -5
Did I do it right this time? Lol I have no clue, I've never been on a thing like this before. Perfect!!
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 26, 2017 13:42:19 GMT -5
from Tennessee!!! Love collecting coral too. Just haven't gotten away to do it in a few years. Will definitely be hitting Withla in 2018! Ann If you go and want company let me know I'm about an hour away from the with.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 26, 2017 13:43:18 GMT -5
welcome from California! Glad you are here Someone needs to keep jamesp in line Just a little note of posting procedure - when quoting someone else's post it's best if you type your new information after the final quote brackets. This way the reader can easily see what you have added and doesn't have to look into the quote to try to see what new info you have added. Hopefully this makes sense. Just as a point of reference, I edited your post above so you can see your comments are now outside of the box that indicates what is being quoted. Liz a breath of fresh air. enthusiasm galore Tommy. An excellent addition to the forum. I have lots of enthusiasm and you know I'm obsessed
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 26, 2017 13:52:56 GMT -5
There is not a lot of coral field collectors here Liz. You and I may be the show. You being a hale and hearty kayaker is key to collecting coral. Coral is basically an agate. More like petrified wood, except it is petrified coral. No matter, it is still a fine lapidary material for making cabochons and tumbled rocks out of. Certainly fine specimens. World class botryoidal specimens. The two above are called botryoidal, with the booby formations for a lack of better word. I traded with Arlen radio . A member here. A bunch of botryoidal pieces and look what he made for my wife OMG I have traded coral for cabs made. These are a few www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157634810917906I think you will want to consider getting a 14 inch lapidary saw eventually as a starter saw. You may think about a rock tumbler. Coral is fun rock for the tumbler. Rock clubs in your area of course. Oh wow I love that the coral looks like that polished up. I especially love those bottom 3. I'm more on the abstract side .... in more ways than one lol.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2017 14:02:25 GMT -5
Liz a breath of fresh air. enthusiasm galore Tommy. An excellent addition to the forum. I have lots of enthusiasm and you know I'm obsessed Enthusiasm and obsession describes you ! Better yet, a take action Jackson. No better trait than vitality. As my favorite boss said, "do as I do, not as I say". He'd manage the situation and work you into the dirt at the same time. You should take out administrator into the Florida outback. Bet his eyes will be wide open.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2017 14:12:24 GMT -5
Oh wow I love that the coral looks like that polished up. I especially love those bottom 3. I'm more on the abstract side .... in more ways than one lol. One of the resident master silversmiths made that piece. Arlen highly talented. Takes some shaping and manipulating from a pro to make such. That would be Arlen. I just found a small bucket of those botryoidal pics on a rock bar in the river at low water one day. Sent most of them to Arlen and he fashioned that piece out of one of them. I believe I tumble polished it first and he ground it to shape to fit the bezel. Those bots do make fine abstract jewelry but are a bit of a challenge to set.
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 26, 2017 14:21:05 GMT -5
from Tennessee!!! Love collecting coral too. Just haven't gotten away to do it in a few years. Will definitely be hitting Withla in 2018! Ann If you go and want company let me know I'm about an hour away from the with. Nice!! Just an hour makes it an easy day trip. Takes me a solid 7+ depending on Atlanta traffic. Will definately reach out to you when we go. jamesp gets to go way more often than I do and he likes the company (although he may deny it LOL). Withla requires some sort of vessel. Took a kayak the first time we went. Jim took pity on us and fashioned a tow rope and pulled us back up stream at the end of the day. I bought a flat bottom boat and mud motor this summer, just haven't gotten it wet yet. Super busy between work and home. Have you ever hunted fossils in the Peace River? I still need to find a nice Meg tooth for my bucket list. Told my husband that I wanted to do the Peace for my birthday next spring.
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 26, 2017 14:22:08 GMT -5
Love collecting coral too. Just haven't gotten away to do it in a few years. Will definitely be hitting Withla in 2018! This is a long-shot that we could actually coordinate it, but if you're up for company let us know when you decide on dates - we are long overdue on visiting our son in college in Orlando. That would be some much fun Tommy! Timing your visit with low water levels may be hard. Trips are on the fly based on water levels.
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Post by captbob on Oct 26, 2017 14:45:52 GMT -5
Liz, ya gotta tumble coral! Jim likes to tumble the solid stuff, but I think that the bots are much more interesting when tumbled. Get Jim to post some of his tumbled coral pics or at least the link to his pages of photos. I've got extra 15 pound tumblers. I'll trade ya one when we can get together sometime, if you are interesting in tumbling. You mentioned coming down this way to visit your mom, where does she live near? I wouldn't go to Honeymoon Island for coral. Beautiful place, but not for coral. Have collected in Tampa Bay when there are dredging operations going on, but mostly I find existing collections to cherry pick. Have countless coral pictures, but most are hosted on photobucket - which doesn't work anymore for posting here. Need to spend a day transferring photos to new hosting site. Most of my collection is big (to huge) hollow pieces. Got a couple 55 gal drums of Tampa Bay coral as well. Hard to explain how much of this stuff I have (hoarder!). Here are just a couple for now that I do have hosted on new site. Little red wagon of coral scraps. Few hundred pieces in there. A couple of bots being tumbled - not finished (polished). Have a 15 lb barrel of these running polish stage right now. Jim has great pics of tumbled corals!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2017 15:32:05 GMT -5
Told ya you would like this site Liz. You have distinct advantage of doing day trips. Ann will keep right up with you on expeditions, gals a trooper. Bob will set you up tumbling. Really helps to have someone show you in person. Hard to describe in words at times. I go and stay for several days, day trippers sometimes meet me at the river or I just go alone.
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Post by HankRocks on Oct 26, 2017 16:41:17 GMT -5
Really like that tumbled Botryoidal. In most case the tumbling really sets it off especially if the original has a dull finish. I have been throwing more of my West Texas stuff in the tumbler along with Pre-forms and about 2 to 3 pounds of Pea Gravel which I suspect helps get grind and polish all of the bubble recessed areas. What time of year is the best for collecting the Coral?
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Post by jamesp on Oct 26, 2017 18:50:02 GMT -5
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 30, 2017 7:52:26 GMT -5
If you go and want company let me know I'm about an hour away from the with. Nice!! Just an hour makes it an easy day trip. Takes me a solid 7+ depending on Atlanta traffic. Will definately reach out to you when we go. jamesp gets to go way more often than I do and he likes the company (although he may deny it LOL). Withla requires some sort of vessel. Took a kayak the first time we went. Jim took pity on us and fashioned a tow rope and pulled us back up stream at the end of the day. I bought a flat bottom boat and mud motor this summer, just haven't gotten it wet yet. Super busy between work and home. Have you ever hunted fossils in the Peace River? I still need to find a nice Meg tooth for my bucket list. Told my husband that I wanted to do the Peace for my birthday next spring. I only have a kayak but it works for me, I just am a bit limited on how far I can go because then I'm loaded down and have to paddle back lol. Yes, I've hunted on the Peace River, found bones and some microscopic sharks teeth. There are PLENTY of teeth here in Gainesville. A friend of mine found a 6" meg right here. There are creeks to look in. Google Rattlesnake creek, possum creek, Hogtown creek, or just shark teeth in Gainesville, FL. I have found a lot but only pieces of megs. A nice meg is on my list too.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 30, 2017 7:53:43 GMT -5
Ah dang it I know I need a tumbler along with a saw etc... so suggestions on a first tumbler that won't break the bank. I didn't get to go this past weekend but maybe this coming I will.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Oct 30, 2017 7:56:02 GMT -5
Really like that tumbled Botryoidal. In most case the tumbling really sets it off especially if the original has a dull finish. I have been throwing more of my West Texas stuff in the tumbler along with Pre-forms and about 2 to 3 pounds of Pea Gravel which I suspect helps get grind and polish all of the bubble recessed areas. What time of year is the best for collecting the Coral? In my opinion anytime lol. Right now is good but cold. Spring is good but depends on the rain amount that makes the rivers too high. I'll be going this coming weekend if there is no rain....to Withlacoochee, Suwannee is still to high from Irma.
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