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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 29, 2024 16:09:47 GMT -5
Sad luck. Was cutting a small piece for a lil capture. Literally popping it off dop and there was a hidden micro fracture. Pisses me off   DOH! |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 29, 2024 18:11:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I'll separate the two. (the blue from the non blue. Sorry about your cab....
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 29, 2024 18:15:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I'll separate the two. (the blue from the non blue. Sorry about your cab.... I fixed it. But because it has a fracture, its garbage. So its destined to get chucked at the next tweeker that walks by my house. Lil blue Ice throwing star if you will.  |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 29, 2024 18:19:49 GMT -5
omg! I was going to ask you if you could fix it, then I deleted the question because I thought it was a dumb one.
Tweekers beware! Tossing cabs out like shurikin!
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 29, 2024 18:26:03 GMT -5
omg! I was going to ask you if you could fix it, then I deleted the question because I thought it was a dumb one. Tweekers beware! Tossing cabs out like shurikin! You can glue or epoxy them. My personal belief is just take the L. For me, fractures in cabs (the final product) looks horrendous. Some can pass if they are minor, but this one is just too much for my liking. |
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Post by goldfinder on Jun 29, 2024 19:00:06 GMT -5
Heck yeah man, looks like a blast! Definitely better than a day at work lol. Is that a pay to dig place?
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 29, 2024 19:22:18 GMT -5
omg! I was going to ask you if you could fix it, then I deleted the question because I thought it was a dumb one. Tweekers beware! Tossing cabs out like shurikin! You can glue or epoxy them. My personal belief is just take the L. For me, fractures in cabs (the final product) looks horrendous. Some can pass if they are minor, but this one is just too much for my liking. You just need to find some young kid to give it to. They will love it until they grow up and realize it has a crack and then they will remember the !%#$ that give it to them.  |
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 29, 2024 19:48:40 GMT -5
Heck yeah man, looks like a blast! Definitely better than a day at work lol. Is that a pay to dig place? Free to dig. Pay for what you dig by the pound. |
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 29, 2024 19:49:23 GMT -5
You can glue or epoxy them. My personal belief is just take the L. For me, fractures in cabs (the final product) looks horrendous. Some can pass if they are minor, but this one is just too much for my liking. You just need to find some young kid to give it to. They will love it until they grow up and realize it has a crack and then they will remember the !%#$ that give it to them. Im actually going to give it to a guy I got into rockhounding. He gets all my rejects and loves them. |
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Post by hypodactylus on Jun 29, 2024 23:50:19 GMT -5
The Blue Ice Polka Dot Agate is amazing; thanks for sharing some photos.
Glad I was able to snag some in the past.
I always wondered what happened to West Coast Gems on eBay; I think that was the West Coast Mining eBay account. If I am not mistaken, West Coast Mining operates this mine (or used to).
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 30, 2024 1:00:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I'll separate the two. (the blue from the non blue. Sorry about your cab.... I fixed it. But because it has a fracture, its garbage. So its destined to get chucked at the next tweeker that walks by my house. Lil blue Ice throwing star if you will. Can you reshape the cab again, to cut off the bottom-right area with fracture? |
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 30, 2024 2:09:38 GMT -5
I fixed it. But because it has a fracture, its garbage. So its destined to get chucked at the next tweeker that walks by my house. Lil blue Ice throwing star if you will. Can you reshape the cab again, to cut off the bottom-right area with fracture? Probably could. But not worth the effort. Lots more material to work with from scratch |
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Post by rockbrain on Jun 30, 2024 9:44:43 GMT -5
Both pieces are amazing!
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 30, 2024 13:55:59 GMT -5
realrockhound - I'm dying to ask a few probably par-tar questions. (par-tar = not complete mental handicapped, just partially there) 1. How do you know when there's something good inside? 2. Are these just lying about (like big gravel), or do you have to dig out of dirt somehow? 3. How do you break them open on site like that? 4. are you ever afraid that when you break them open you'll ruin them? Just wondering....I'll go to my room now.
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 30, 2024 14:06:40 GMT -5
realrockhound - I'm dying to ask a few probably par-tar questions. (par-tar = not complete mental handicapped, just partially there) 1. How do you know when there's something good inside? 2. Are these just lying about (like big gravel), or do you have to dig out of dirt somehow? 3. How do you break them open on site like that? 4. are you ever afraid that when you break them open you'll ruin them? Just wondering....I'll go to my room now. you never truly know what’s going to be inside. However with years of experience you can “determine” which ones might produce or not. From the first picture, you can see they are in a dirt bed, and you have to dig them out of the earths ground. I wasn’t supposed to break it open, part of there rules. So before I completely excavated it out of the wall, in the first picture, I windowed a whole in it. Then when I knew what I had, used my rock pick to split it in two right there 😂. And yes, I’m always afraid of ruing things. But I took a gamble because I wasn’t going to spend money to pack garbage back home. Couple lil tips did get broken. But if I had put it on a saw, they probably would have got cut clean off regardless |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 30, 2024 14:09:43 GMT -5
thanks, that answered everything perfectly. |
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 30, 2024 14:23:17 GMT -5
I think I need to set up my own field trip and take a bunch of members out one day. Then hit one of those mines, show you guys just what exactly to dig for. What’s good, what’s leaverite. Then clean them outta house and home
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 30, 2024 20:10:36 GMT -5
I think you would be a good chaperone! LOL at Leaverite! that's a new one for me.
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 30, 2024 21:46:47 GMT -5
I think you would be a good chaperone! LOL at Leaverite! that's a new one for me. Leaver right where ya found it lol |
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 22, 2024 11:34:28 GMT -5
The Blue Ice Polka Dot Agate is amazing; thanks for sharing some photos. Glad I was able to snag some in the past. I always wondered what happened to West Coast Gems on eBay; I think that was the West Coast Mining eBay account. If I am not mistaken, West Coast Mining operates this mine (or used to). Not west coast mining any more, Dale Hewitt sold everything to John Cooke, Family Stones is his business name. Matt the FranTom guy sphereguy is also a major player with the company. Don't know how I missed this thread, or why it popped to the top of my old posts link realrockhoundIf you ever want to do a NW RTHlings field trip let me know, John has a lot of locations that he may be able to open up to us. |
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