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Post by tims on Nov 20, 2017 21:37:38 GMT -5
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Nov 20, 2017 22:02:53 GMT -5
love the colors...
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Post by tims on Nov 20, 2017 22:10:28 GMT -5
Big agate beds there, i never find fairburns but there's plenty of pretty stone.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Nov 21, 2017 8:20:10 GMT -5
Nice shine, Tim. I really like the color patterns in those. Kudos on the self collected material.
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Nov 21, 2017 9:37:00 GMT -5
Those are nice. Thanks for sharing.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2017 9:53:51 GMT -5
Fine stones, would take a 100 pounds of that red agate. Did you polish in Vibrasonic or rotary or other ?
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Post by tims on Nov 21, 2017 12:54:14 GMT -5
Fine stones, would take a 100 pounds of that red agate. Did you polish in Vibrasonic or rotary or other ? QT12. I'm still afraid of that Viking walking off if I let it run outside and I still don't have a shed / workshop. If / When I do get it shaking i'm tempted to re-run a few buckets of finished rotary stuff.
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dakotabirder
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Post by dakotabirder on Nov 21, 2017 14:58:49 GMT -5
Big agate beds there, i never find fairburns but there's plenty of pretty stone. Usually the same for me, just to the north of you in the Buffalo Gap grasslands of South Dakota. Nice prairies...those usually polish up so nicely. Just starting doing it this year, but a rough estimate for my son and I...we get about one Fairburn for about every 15 hours of looking. Have a couple of really nice ones, and you certainly appreciate them when you have to work like hell to find them! Thankfully there are plenty of prairies, bubblegums, and other goodies to keep things interesting even without the Fairburns!!
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Post by tims on Nov 21, 2017 18:50:33 GMT -5
Usually the same for me, just to the north of you in the Buffalo Gap grasslands of South Dakota. Nice prairies...those usually polish up so nicely. Just starting doing it this year, but a rough estimate for my son and I...we get about one Fairburn for about every 15 hours of looking. Have a couple of really nice ones, and you certainly appreciate them when you have to work like hell to find them! Thankfully there are plenty of prairies, bubblegums, and other goodies to keep things interesting even without the Fairburns!! Hiya Birder. I'm actually in NE Wyoming, but i've been to the Fairburn (twice) and Indian Creek beds plus Oglala now and am 0/4. Pretty sure i need to get further off the beaten path --- all those spots have great material but they're all well-known and well-picked. If i lived right in the Buffalo Gap area i'd never get any work done. It's a dream of mine If you ever see a crappy green explorer rolling around out there and a scruffy guy in a Red Wings hat pull me over and show me the good spots.
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Post by fernwood on Nov 21, 2017 18:54:33 GMT -5
Nice stuff.
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Post by tims on Nov 21, 2017 18:57:36 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 22, 2017 3:29:33 GMT -5
Fine stones, would take a 100 pounds of that red agate. Did you polish in Vibrasonic or rotary or other ? QT12. I'm still afraid of that Viking walking off if I let it run outside and I still don't have a shed / workshop. If / When I do get it shaking i'm tempted to re-run a few buckets of finished rotary stuff. I had a pile of not-so-well-polished beginner rotary tumbled rocks and refinished them in the Viking. Quite a few loads. Helped a lot to get to know the Viking.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 22, 2017 10:23:50 GMT -5
Liking those rolls....NICE!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Nov 24, 2017 9:39:02 GMT -5
Awesome.
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