rockerfellerz
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Post by rockerfellerz on Dec 1, 2008 19:54:27 GMT -5
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Saskrock
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Saskrock on Dec 1, 2008 21:15:37 GMT -5
Well I like the pics. Nice rocks, great variety too.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 1, 2008 21:28:35 GMT -5
Wow, I'd be there every day! ;D Great batch, awesome variety.....go get more!  |
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Post by NatureNut on Dec 1, 2008 21:37:24 GMT -5
I like the zebra rock in the 10th pic and the one in the middle of the 16th looks like an xray of teeth (well, it does...) What a beautiful shiny allotment. Jo
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navi
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Post by navi on Dec 1, 2008 23:41:15 GMT -5
WOW!!! i'd go there every day and make a tumbler out of a 55 gallon drum!!!
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pebblepup
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Succor Creek Thunder Egg
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Post by pebblepup on Dec 2, 2008 12:41:47 GMT -5
The variety of this batch is incredible. I would love to visit that beach someday. Nice work.
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catskillrocks
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Post by catskillrocks on Dec 2, 2008 22:16:13 GMT -5
Always like the pictures. Quite an assortment, very nice looking. I REALLY the one stone in the 5th picture up from the bottom in the center. the left side is blue then wavey redish lines run from it. Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Don
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Post by frane on Dec 3, 2008 18:31:49 GMT -5
I like the x-ray teeth one also. Looks like a TMN turtle to me, side view. I am so surprised at how many beautiful rocks you find there. You are very lucky!
And by the way, there is never too many pictures. Loved to see each one!
Fran
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darrad
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Post by darrad on Dec 3, 2008 19:28:32 GMT -5
Now that is what I call a day at the beach!
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 4, 2008 23:20:32 GMT -5
Wild variety there. Love the hunks that look like flame agate. I've read a lot of stuff about your area and it seems they were dead on with their reports. Lots of nice agate there!.....Mel
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DeanW
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Post by DeanW on Dec 5, 2008 1:04:34 GMT -5
Wow, amazing variety. Good polish!
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Post by sparkles on Dec 5, 2008 14:50:13 GMT -5
Not so much a pic heavy post - it's piccy heaven!  You have some incredible stones in that batch, and very nicely tumbled indeed, I like them all! I love Agates of all types and that beach is just amazing! I can see Agates of every conceivable formation in there, from mossy and plumed, to fortification, vein and brecciated, I'm just agog! It's mouthwateringly good, I'm quite in awe of that batch. I love collecting from the beach, and although they all seem like "one-offs" when you pick 'em up, it doesn't take long to start building numbers of similar / related or identical examples. I'm really stunned by the variety you have in your tumble, and will be looking forward to seeing more. Did you have to reduce them much in the tumbler to remove the beach "shatter" in the outer layer of material? Many of my beach stones start nicely but get very small before I've removed all the cracks and flaws caused by the beach tumbling action. Your batch is showing minimal "beach effect" and I wondered how long a rough grind that took you to achieve? Thanks so much for the amazing Agate Feast! Cheers, Sparkles. |
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rockerfellerz
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockerfellerz on Dec 5, 2008 18:48:13 GMT -5
Sparkles,cracks and pits are a problem with a lot of the material here, lots of freezing and thawing( not to mention the beach tumbling). That batch was in coarse grind for 5 weeks. Then 220 for 2weeks, 600 for 2weeks, and CO for 1week. I suffered some chipping in that batch near the end; not enough water in the polish it got too thick and was dropping the stones off the top of the barrel! I've still got lot's to learn. I would be collecting more often but it's a 350 km round trip. I go there mostly in the spring and summer, not so much in the winter. Got 2 more barrels rolling now, 1 just finished a 6 week coarse grind, and has been in 220 for a week. I picked out a few pictures of the beach for those that would like to see it. It sure is a great place to collect. The tide is going out.   The tide is out.   A random closeup shot.  |
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Post by sparkles on Dec 6, 2008 6:13:17 GMT -5
Hey Rockerfellerz! Thanks for the feedback update! I'm utterly fascinated by that awesome beach! You have a fabulous resource there and the rocks you collected and tumbled are fantastic and it is made all the more special when you collect them yourself. The freeze thaw and the beach shatter is always a problem when the rocks come from an exposed site, but I have to say that your tumble process did a brilliant job of removing the evidence of their origin, they look brilliant. A comparitively long tumble, but a particularly satisfying result, you should be very proud of that batch. Thanks again for sharing them with us. And thanks for the photos of the area, it's always fun to see where folks collect their materials, and that's a marvellous looking area. Shingle beaches are always a favorite of mine, they have the potential to throw up super rocks, and if the picking is poor or the tide is in, the fishing is always better from shingle beaches ;D I can see about 30 rocks in that bottom picture alone, super rich pickings Buddy! Thanks for the photos, I really enjoyed seeing them. Cheers, Sparkles. |
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ejs
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Post by ejs on Dec 6, 2008 8:20:38 GMT -5
Great find, great tumble, great post, great pics! Please don't ever hesitate to post lots of pics. I love 'em!
I particularly like the zebra striped one that you hold up to the light, and the colorful one with a perfect vertical stripe down the middle. A few of them look like carnelian agates, and some evern look like ocean jasper.
Great job, keep it up!
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