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Post by fernwood on Aug 18, 2019 7:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Aug 18, 2019 7:15:20 GMT -5
Nice, some great looking stones in that bunch!
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Post by fernwood on Aug 18, 2019 10:18:36 GMT -5
Next can. Some smaller ones here. I think the larger, round one in upper left will be beautiful one cleaned. A fossil coral (Petoskey?), unknown that I should remember the name of, but do not, and a very cool one. The pockets are green on the rind. The jar. That is almost all of the agates/misc.
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jimaz
spending too much on rocks
Member since July 2018
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Post by jimaz on Aug 18, 2019 10:59:54 GMT -5
Very nice batch you picked up.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 18, 2019 11:31:58 GMT -5
Very nice batch you picked up. I feel very fortunate for sure.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 18, 2019 12:16:49 GMT -5
Looks like you did pretty dang good! Lots of nice looking stones in there.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 18, 2019 12:37:04 GMT -5
I would have preferred to be on the shores of Gitche Gumee collecting them myself. But could not resist picking these up.
Here is part of the poem. Too long to post all.
By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited.
What I find interesting is that this Wadsworth poem has many references on how he met with Ashinabe (aka Ojibwe, Chippewa, etc.) Tribal members to be sure everything was authentic. Ashinabe did not live in Wigwams. I chalk it up to poetic license and appealing to the masses.
I have always loved Lake Superior for so many reasons and am fortunate to have had in-laws who lived a couple blocks away from a park on the lake.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 18, 2019 14:24:14 GMT -5
If the rocks are in a vintage jar does it make them vintage rocks? lol.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Aug 18, 2019 16:40:50 GMT -5
Ya didn't show those to me . Afraid I would try talking you out of them ha .
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Post by aDave on Aug 19, 2019 0:03:51 GMT -5
What I find interesting is that this Wadsworth poem has many references on how he met with Ashinabe (aka Ojibwe, Chippewa, etc.) Tribal members to be sure everything was authentic. Ashinabe did not live in Wigwams. I chalk it up to poetic license and appealing to the masses. I know it's a trivial matter, and I'm not meaning to take away from the thread, but your comment about this group of indians and wigwams didn't seemingly ring true with what I recall from US History classes in college. Tribes from the northeast and those that migrated west to forested areas in the north typically constructed wigwams as domiciles. Bark, saplings, and other forest material lended themselves to the indigiinous who maintainted semi-permanent residences. Plains Indians, on the other hand, which were mainly nomadic, lived in teepees due to their portability. At least that's what I remembered. So, I took a look on the web. There are a significant number of sources on the 'net which indicate that wigwams were a primary type of residence for Anishinaabe indians, with the exception of those who might have ended up in the plains. You are correct in the fact that Longfellow seemingly met with many indians to ensure accuracy with his epic poem, and that's noted significantly in the Wiki article about the poem itself. I think his statement about Hiawatha's wigwam was not just poetic license.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 19, 2019 4:25:49 GMT -5
aDave point taken. I was going on what I was told by Tribal Elders NW WI.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 19, 2019 4:27:11 GMT -5
Ya didn't show those to me . Afraid I would try talking you out of them ha . They were in the back of my car. Nate asked what was in the jar when we were standing there. They came from the lady selling her G-Grandma's rocks.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Aug 19, 2019 10:20:08 GMT -5
Ya didn't show those to me . Afraid I would try talking you out of them ha . They were in the back of my car. Nate asked what was in the jar when we were standing there. They came from the lady selling her G-Grandma's rocks. I remember seeing the jarful . Sure was a lot of Lakers to see at the show .
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Post by fernwood on Aug 19, 2019 10:37:01 GMT -5
I loved the large ones Doug had. All self collected.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Aug 19, 2019 12:26:24 GMT -5
I loved the large ones Doug had. All self collected. And his prices weren't out of line either . Shoulda brought a bucket of em home .
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Post by fernwood on Aug 19, 2019 12:54:51 GMT -5
Some of Doug's would have been once in a lifetime finds for many.
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NevadaBill
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NevadaBill on Aug 20, 2019 13:38:44 GMT -5
Wow, those are some cool finds! A lot of them have a real Agate look to them. And I think you did find a Petoskey stone! A really nice looking one too. I hear they are hard to tumble. But we have a few write ups here on the RTH that could help.
I need to make my way up North to the lakes, so I can try some of this kind of rockhounding.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 1, 2019 7:44:53 GMT -5
I have tumbled and hand polished Petoskey. Results were acceptable. Want to do more in the future.
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