mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 5, 2018 7:48:08 GMT -5
Welcome from Ohio! Lots of great rockhounding around Phoenix, and there are a couple of local clubs that would be a good place to start.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 4, 2018 19:53:23 GMT -5
Wow! Great stuff!
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 4, 2018 19:48:24 GMT -5
Nice material; be sure to post pictures of the cabs!
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 4, 2018 19:45:39 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Ohio!
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 3, 2018 21:49:55 GMT -5
Brilliant! I will be giving this a try.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 2, 2018 21:59:49 GMT -5
Impossible to pick a favorite. They are all beautiful
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 29, 2018 22:23:18 GMT -5
Beautiful stone! Nice yellow in that rose, too.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 29, 2018 21:52:45 GMT -5
Great cab.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 29, 2018 8:43:34 GMT -5
Very nice material. Well-made cab, too!
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 28, 2018 19:51:42 GMT -5
Great wrap! Very innovative.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 27, 2018 20:41:33 GMT -5
What about the fossils? Trilobites from here (Western Utah) are great to make jewelry out of. Jut hit them with a wire brush and they are ready. Yeah, I used to live in Sylvania Ohio for years and years. Fossils can be found in Sylvania Ohio and Hueston woods. Collecting in Sylvania is sponsored by the Sylvania Park district and the (I believe) Medusa Quarry just east of the quarry in a small park where the collecting piles are covered by collectors finding mostly nothing because they don't refresh the piles often enough for the crowds that flock here on field trips from the local schools. I wasted half a day there waiting to search a pile that consisted mostly of limestone waste rock and little else. Down by Dayton is a park called Hueston Woods where nice fossil specimens can be found (way better than in Sylvania) and the park allows collecting. I haven't been there since probably the 1980's and have no idea what is still available to find there. Of the two, for actually finding something worth keeping, Hueston woods is my pick. Up by Norwalk under a bridge going over a river is one site where if you are lucky, Iron Pyrite crystals can occasionally be found between slabs of slate. To me personally, Ohio is one of the worst rockhounding states when it comes to minerals. Go one or two states in any direction from Ohio and your hounding will be far more rewarding. I find WAY MORE fossils up here in Michigan where I now live, just by walking the beaches near Leland. Sure, Ohio has some stuff, but it's geologic history does not have much in the way of volcanoes or other mineral forming habits. Most of the clubs in Ohio save up for field trips to more promising spots in other states or to quarries where collecting under supervision is permitted. As another (current) resident of Sylvania, I agree that Flint Ridge is as good as it gets in Ohio, unless you like fossils. The Medusa quarry allowed digging in the actual quarry 40 years ago, and it was a fantastic place for trilobites, but for legal liability reasons that is by the wayside. It is now Hanson Stone. Once or twice a year they let our local group (Toledo Gem and Rockhound Club) into the quarry, but only a small group and you have to complete a safety course beforehand. The Sylvania Fossil Park is for schoolkids, not collectors.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 27, 2018 20:24:26 GMT -5
All are beautiful and imaginatively styled, but I especially like the tiffany with the pattern wire
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 27, 2018 20:08:16 GMT -5
All beautiful, but the Rio is my favorite. The only roadside finds here in Ohio are limestone
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Post by mgrets on Jul 27, 2018 20:01:51 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Ohio! Nether's Farm is very good rockhounding at any time, but you were especially fortunate with a newly opened pit. Nice tumbles!
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NEW GUY
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Post by mgrets on Jul 27, 2018 19:57:22 GMT -5
Welcome from Ohio!
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Post by mgrets on Jul 24, 2018 18:43:20 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from Ohio!
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Post by mgrets on Jul 23, 2018 21:14:54 GMT -5
Welcome from Ohio!
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 23, 2018 8:56:28 GMT -5
Beautiful material and cab, both.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Jul 22, 2018 20:03:35 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Ohio!
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Post by mgrets on Jul 21, 2018 20:39:54 GMT -5
While we are waiting to see cabs from the Flint Ridge Meet and Greet (hint, hint), here's one of mine from an earlier trip to Nether's Farm.
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