ffjoe976
off to a rocking start
Member since September 2005
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Post by ffjoe976 on Sept 14, 2005 22:26:55 GMT -5
hi everybody,
i am new to rock tumbling. my daughter and i will probably start our first load this weekend. this looked like a great site for the beginner and i am sure we will need some pointers. we have been collecting some rocks for the last month or so mostly from vacation at lake Erie in N.Y. state. I dont really know what we have collected but we will see what we end up with. are there any good finds in PA OR MD?
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Duckbean
fully equipped rock polisher
Looking for rocks in all the wrong places
Member since February 2005
Posts: 1,072
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Post by Duckbean on Sept 15, 2005 0:16:04 GMT -5
HiFfjoe, and welcome!If you get a chance when the rocks you collected from the lake are done I'd really like to see some pics! I live about 90 miles from there, and have spent a lot of vacation time there, never thought to go collecting. I guess that makes me a bad rocker or something. lol
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Post by Cher on Sept 15, 2005 8:33:14 GMT -5
Hi Joe and joe's daughter,
Welcome to the forum. I'm from Minnesota so can't help much with the kind of stones there are out east but we do have a lot of members so hopefully someone will be able to help. This is a great hobby to get into, especially when you can do it with your kids, I think that's just super.
Cher
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ffjoe976
off to a rocking start
Member since September 2005
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Post by ffjoe976 on Sept 15, 2005 8:37:19 GMT -5
Hi duckbean , i will be sure to post some pics when they are done, im new so i dont know what i have so ....?, we spent a week at lake Erie state park near Dunkirk. quite a bit of decent looking rocks. we also stopped at a rock shop in dunkirk and got a box of tumbling rocks so all will not be lost if the stuff collected doesnt work out!
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yeahda1
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2005
Posts: 201
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Post by yeahda1 on Sept 15, 2005 10:34:06 GMT -5
welcome , you have found a great past time (pasion for alot of us) especially after you learn to identify the leaverites lol ( the ones you leave right there I have a full drive way of those)
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Duckbean
fully equipped rock polisher
Looking for rocks in all the wrong places
Member since February 2005
Posts: 1,072
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Post by Duckbean on Sept 15, 2005 12:52:39 GMT -5
Hey FFjoe you may be surprised ! Some times you pick up something that looks a little interesting and after you get it tumbled it's a beauty! That's the really neat thing about rock tumbling you never know what your going to get till you get through that rough outer surface.
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frodo
off to a rocking start
Member since September 2005
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Post by frodo on Sept 15, 2005 13:04:43 GMT -5
Hello FFJoe,
I am a new member here as well and I live in Maryland. We have plenty of quartz around here and some of it tumbles up real nice. And I also found a hunk of something that I think is jade. I don't remember exactly where I found it though.
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Dr DG
fully equipped rock polisher
Gone Fishing
Member since April 2005
Posts: 1,849
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Post by Dr DG on Sept 15, 2005 13:07:25 GMT -5
post photos of that Jade let all take a look
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 15, 2005 13:20:57 GMT -5
welcome joe and daughter! i can't help you with finding great rocks in those areas but glad you are here.
kim
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Post by xenaswolf on Sept 15, 2005 13:55:42 GMT -5
Welcome! Here is hoping all your rocks are beauties and you learn and teach us alot  |
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