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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 3, 2011 15:26:54 GMT -5
Kathy, and I went on the Madras Pow Wow field trip to the Marsten Ranch. This was the first Pow Wow field trip we have done, being more often out rock hounding alone. This field trip was more akin to to herd of vulture attacking a dead cow.....stand clear or be trampled by the herd. You can not dig in the pit, but the ranch owner brings up loads from the pit in a front end loader, and dumps it for the vultures aka rock hounds. Woody The pit with Big Red above Load coming up The vultures The material
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jul 3, 2011 17:56:10 GMT -5
Nice material, but doesn't sound like much fun getting it.
Nate
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Post by paulshiroma on Jul 4, 2011 0:00:48 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces! Is that white one in the top center an agate nodule?
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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 4, 2011 0:02:58 GMT -5
Paul:
Bad lighting, the top one is a blue agate limb cast piece. All the petrified wood at the Marsten Ranch is wood replacement. Some does show the bark structure. Woody
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Post by Toad on Jul 4, 2011 13:38:36 GMT -5
That would be irritating trying to elbow other rockhound vultures to get some rocks - but beautiful material.
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Post by Gem'n I on Jul 8, 2011 21:06:43 GMT -5
Woody,
Was there several years back for Ashwood Rock Stock along with a visit to Friends Ranch...they let us dig way back then...the Marsten dig(hill) looked to be 3 times bigger back then...neat stuff though...Thanks for sharing!!
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Post by drocknut on Jul 8, 2011 21:16:10 GMT -5
Woody, glad to see Big Red again (fond memories of that rig) ;-) Definitely looks like a bunch of vultures. It is great material but I doubt I'd like being one of the vultures.
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Post by rockmanken on Jul 9, 2011 5:54:38 GMT -5
Great looking material. But, reminds me of going to the Morefield amazonite mine in Amelia, Va. Basically the same thing. Vultures attacking a small amount of material. Ken
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Post by roy on Jul 9, 2011 9:31:48 GMT -5
wow a good slab of that wood is worth the trouble but not much fun getting it .did you go hunting on your own somewere ealse later ?
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Post by garock on Jul 9, 2011 16:22:15 GMT -5
A friend of mine in Atlanta calls rock hounding "vulturing". We were at Graves Mtn and someone had left a lot of iresdescent hemitite (not sure of spelling) out in the open and said this was the culls. They were beautiful culls. Did not see the good stuff, wish I had. Frankie
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 10, 2011 9:46:46 GMT -5
Nice stuff....But this rockhound hates crowds.......Colors are beautiful...
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Post by tanyafrench on Jul 10, 2011 16:29:57 GMT -5
The rocks are gorgeous but I always kinda thought rocking was for a few people together digging, course what do I know I live in Ohio and there is nothing like that except Flint Ridge Flint and I've never been in a crowd like that and we do some digging, not a lot but some.
Beautiful wood is the reward for fighting elbow to elbow.
Tanya
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Post by paulshiroma on Jul 10, 2011 22:06:01 GMT -5
Paul: Bad lighting, the top one is a blue agate limb cast piece. All the petrified wood at the Marsten Ranch is wood replacement. Some does show the bark structure. Woody Ah, got it. Thanks for the clarification Woody. Again, great looking pieces. Thanks for taking the time to post!
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Post by rocklicker on Jul 27, 2011 18:42:42 GMT -5
Beautiful rocks, especially that quartzy one near the bottom. I bet it will look great after you slice it up Steve
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