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This guy doesn't mind the snow. Been snowing since 7 this morning, but it is above freezing. Drove up and down our steep drive way a bit ago and not a problem. 4x4 of course! We are At 400 feet elevation here west of Portland. Hope itis the last of it for the year!
I have been meaning to take this down from the wall and re-photograph it, meant to do it yesterday for Sat wood, but didn't get to it until today. Having problems getting all the reflections out of the black area. Any way it is Stinking Water oak. about 14 inches across.
That looks like another cut from the same piece as the cut in your avatar...
I have been meaning to take this down from the wall and re-photograph it, meant to do it yesterday for Sat wood, but didn't get to it until today. Having problems getting all the reflections out of the black area. Any way it is Stinking Water oak. about 14 inches across.
Hi woodman , here you go! I know Saturday is when you post a photo but this was my first chance to get some taken and posted as well. As mentioned above this is Hell's Canyon Petrified Sequoia wood. The first pic is 3 small/medium rough chunks. The rest of the pictures are slabs. The last pic is a handful of the previous pieces with a ruler to show scale. I tried to wipe these with a damp cloth but this material soaks up water so quickly that these are really mostly dry. I need a photo booth that I don't mind spraying a squirt bottle into! I fell in love with this material upon discovering it a decade or so ago. Unfortunately the dig site is now under water due to a dam being built on the Snake River along the Oregon/Idaho border. Also unfortunately, all of my digging for this material was done online as that dam was built way before my time!
Some gorgeous wood here. This thread makes for a nice collection. Didn’t see any Hell’s Canyon herringbone petrified sequoia. I’ll have to post some pics. There’s a gorgeous piece just a few pics up from here that has the open pockets. Absolutely love that look and the Hell’s Canyon has a lot of it.
Hell's Canyon herringbone is pretty rare and hard to come by. Pleae post photos!
How rare do you think stinkingwater wood is at this point. In regards material left to dig? I’d be willing to bet there are still massive logs to be had. However… you’re not getting them without heavy equipment.
There has to be a lot still buried but will never be found. would be nice to have some ground pentrating radar to check it out. All I really know that I will not dig there anymore! Body too old to be punished like that. I know where there are several standing logs that will stay in the ground.
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