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Post by miket on Feb 20, 2019 10:06:00 GMT -5
Received the box late yesterday afternoon! I was just starting dinner, so I haven't even opened it yet. I have a meeting this morning, so if all goes well I'll be able to open it and peek inside this afternoon.
Just an FYI - it may take me a few days to get it back on the road. We're bracing for a huge storm that will start tonight and last through Friday. We could get up to 2 feet of snow out of this one! I will be on shovel patrol tomorrow and Friday to keep up with it. 2 feet? Yuck! At least you'll have some rocks to play with in between shoveling duties!
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Post by fernwood on Feb 20, 2019 17:54:18 GMT -5
Take your time. This box is moving along much faster than the last one.
I only have 5" of new snow so far today, but it is still snowing.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 20, 2019 19:53:14 GMT -5
We opened the box this morning and took a peek inside. Also took a picture of how it was packed so I could get all that stuff back in there.
I plan on taking the stuff out of the box and taking photos tomorrow throughout the day in between shoveling sessions. The good news is they reduced our snow total down to between 15-21" instead of 18-24". People around here are calling it snowmeggedon.
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Feb 26, 2019 20:02:40 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 26, 2019 20:40:18 GMT -5
I know I'm sending them to El JeffA next. Now that the snow is melting around here and shovel patrol is over, I will get my pictures taken and the box sent off in the next couple of days.
Sorry for the delay. I've been busy the last few days with clients and it's interfered with my rock time.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 4, 2019 18:12:05 GMT -5
Update - I tweaked my back yesterday afternoon. I was planning on shipping out the box to El JeffA today. Tried to get it done, but I can't do it by myself without hurting my back more. I will get it packed up and post pictures tonight come hell or high water and get it in the mail tomorrow. Vince is going to help me.
Sorry for the delay!
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Post by El JeffA on Mar 4, 2019 20:20:37 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that. No rush on my end. Hope you are feeling better soon!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 4, 2019 21:44:43 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that. No rush on my end. Hope you are feeling better soon! Thank you, Jeff. It's already feeling a little better. Funny how bending over to pick up socks off the floor can do that.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 4, 2019 21:54:07 GMT -5
Vince was a considerate husband and helped me get everything together tonight.
Here's what I took out:
And here's what I put in:
Amethyst Sage, Rocky Butte, Apache Gold, Willow Creek, Rhodonite, Kaleidoscope Jasper, Crazy Lace, Picasso and Dallasite.
Had to rearrange a bit to get them all in there, but they fit!
El JeffA, I plan on mailing them tomorrow if I can or Wednesday for sure. I'll pm the tracking number to you when I do.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 5, 2019 18:50:45 GMT -5
The box is on it's way to El JeffA! He should get it by Friday.
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Post by El JeffA on Mar 8, 2019 18:27:27 GMT -5
I received the box Thursday. I’ll try to take photos this weekend and get it sent out early next week.
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Post by El JeffA on Mar 9, 2019 19:00:04 GMT -5
I spent the day looking through the box and took photos of what I’m taking out and what is going in... What I’m taking out. A piece of wood, some Maury Mtn, prairie agates, Crook county. What is going in. Peanut wood, purple passion, crayola jasper. Royal Imperial Jasper rough and a couple polished pieces. Nether Ridge flint rough and a couple tumbled. A couple arrowheads.
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Post by El JeffA on Mar 9, 2019 19:04:43 GMT -5
Box is packed and taped up. Ready to send on to rxscram on Monday.
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Post by El JeffA on Mar 11, 2019 19:12:30 GMT -5
Traveling rock box is on it’s way to rxscram !
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Post by rxscram on Mar 12, 2019 10:09:40 GMT -5
Woohoo!
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Post by miket on Mar 12, 2019 10:57:25 GMT -5
I'm ready for round 12.
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Post by rxscram on Mar 15, 2019 11:05:39 GMT -5
I've received the box... will be opening it and photographing/pulling this weekend!
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Post by Luminin on Mar 20, 2019 17:52:53 GMT -5
Hmm, my tapatalk app hasn't been sending me notifications... That Flint, looks familiar...
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Post by fernwood on Mar 27, 2019 8:03:29 GMT -5
rxscram I think you are sending the box to me next. Either you or the next person. No rush on my part. I just need to know tracking# so I can authorize PO to leave it in secure location if I am at work when it is delivered. Thanks
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Post by rxscram on Mar 27, 2019 10:12:09 GMT -5
I finally got a chance to open the box out and swap out goodies. I ended up needing 3 rounds of taking stuff before the stuff I was adding would fit. It's a tight little box for everything that goes in it! My removals (after the first 2 tries): Things I could identify were - Peanut jasper, black onyx, a royal imperial jasper nodule, picasso stone, apache gold, crayola jasper, purple passion, some cedar creek agate, and some other unidentified agate nodules. Most of the slabs on the cardboard did not appear to be properly labeled, so I just cleared the whole panel. Things I added: Slabs -> Indonesian Moss Agate, Indonesian "Red Palm Root" (actually, studies have since shown this is actually fossilized maggot larva... way cool!), Indo. Purple chalcedony, larimar, shattuckite from the Congo, a slab of Indonesian opalized wood, jade slab, mtorolite, spiderwoman jasper, Chrysocolla/Shattuckite with hematite from the Congo, Laguna Lace agate, 3 slabs of howardite. Rough -> Malawi blue chalcedony, Afghan Lapis Lazuli, Chrysocolla-shattuckite from Namibia, Mtorolite from Zimbabwe, and some Botswana agate nodules from Botswana. I did end up having to pull a few more things out, so I grabbed these: Socal Lavic and petrified wood and a few "prairie agates". fernwood , I should be getting this out to you tomorrow morning.
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