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Post by beefjello on Jan 1, 2013 20:00:38 GMT -5
Christa and I took our annual New Year's Day pilgrimage down to Desert Gardens today. Pretty chilly out in the western AZ desert but not too bad. Had to break through the ice in all the slab buckets this morning.. heh Here some stuff that followed us home Some cheap slabs   Yellow Feather  Palm Root and Agate Creek nodule  Royal Imperial nodules  dino slab  palm fulla palm  and a nice biggie  Some stuff from Mr. Catmandewe Bruneau rough  Amethyst Sage  can't wait to feed this to my saw ;D  Few more slabs but I lost the sun taking these pics this evening so I'll try and post them on the slabs section later this week. Oh yeah gotta back up blade for the slab saw  can't beat $60 for an 18" blade. Christa picked up a nice necklace and earrings set, a candle holder and some bamboo wind chimes. It was a most enjoyable first day of the year!  |
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jan 1, 2013 20:09:39 GMT -5
Glad you and Christa had a fun day. Looks like you picked up some nice stuff. Those Royal Imperial nodules are sweet. I have tried several times to get some on Ebay but to no avail. Love the stuff you got from Tony too! Did he have lots of Bruneau there? Thanks for sharing your finds Beef.
Steve
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 1, 2013 20:12:42 GMT -5
One day I will make it there...Thanks for the show...John
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Post by Pat on Jan 1, 2013 20:31:38 GMT -5
Really nice stuff! Yellow feather is new to me. Thanks for showing!
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Post by stoner on Jan 1, 2013 22:24:38 GMT -5
Love what you got Brian, especially those Royal Imperial-WOW! Save a day and we can go there as a group-be there in a little over a week.
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Post by drocknut on Jan 2, 2013 12:20:39 GMT -5
Great stuff always seems to follow you home. Sounds like Christa got some good stuff too. I figured you'd get some of that amy sage from Tony, I got a small chunk myself when I was there as he was setting up. I haven't gotten any pictures of it though.
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Post by beefjello on Jan 3, 2013 19:02:35 GMT -5
Steve, as of Tuesday morning Tony had a couple full bins of the Bruneau, all beautiful looking stuff too! :drool:
John, you got the rest of the month to make it out here! ;D
Pat, I first saw the Yellow Feather last year. I bought a small slab and made a cab. A couple months ago someone added some pretty interesting comments about the material being obtained from a rancher's land in Utah, possibly without permission. I don't know what the deal is, but the same vendor is offering it in Q this year as well..
Ed, I'm digging them RI nodules too, wish I had picked up more. Hey can't wait to see you again bud!
Diane, have you cut your amy sage yet? I'm fixing to go offer mine to the saw :drool:
Thanks for the comments folks!
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 4, 2013 20:55:40 GMT -5
;D Gorgeous goodies, Beef!! Nice prices, too!
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Post by deb193redux on Jan 5, 2013 0:04:34 GMT -5
really like the palm and imperial
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jan 5, 2013 0:30:45 GMT -5
Looks like I missed meeting you. I think I spent all day tuesday digging through the fire agate tubs. I am here all month. Hulagrub, Charlotte and I have spent the last few days hunting rocks out in the desert. Looks like you found some good ones out at D.G.
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Post by helens on Jan 8, 2013 4:22:53 GMT -5
Slobber!!! I wish I could have made it to quartzite too! Maybe next year:).
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Post by cabjunky on Jan 8, 2013 16:25:09 GMT -5
Nice haul from Quartzsite! Can't wait to go down, and get out of this deep freeze.
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Jan 8, 2013 18:25:49 GMT -5
Nice haul!!! I sure miss going to Q. Used to go every year back when I lived in a school bus.
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Post by beefjello on Jan 8, 2013 19:50:24 GMT -5
Thanks all!
I'm gonna try and make it back out for Tony's barbecue in a couple weeks, hope to meet up with everyone! ;D
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Post by Tonyterner on Jan 11, 2013 19:19:38 GMT -5
My mouth is salivating. Can't wait to get out there in a couple of weeks.
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Post by bhiatt on Jan 11, 2013 21:17:50 GMT -5
Thanks to Sheri(rockhobbit) relaying a message to Tony(catmandewe) while she was down at Quartzite, I was able to get some of that purple sage. 3 nice size chunks, the size of Beefjellos and some other smaller ones. It all looks great.
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 13, 2013 0:27:30 GMT -5
All are beautiful purchases, but those royal imperial nodules ... WOW!
Adrian
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Post by beefjello on Jan 13, 2013 12:27:48 GMT -5
Bhiatt, I slabbed most of that amy sage and it came out awesome! You should be very pleased with what you picked up Spent some time there yesterday with Stoner Ed and really had fun. Here's a couple pix I snapped Tony and Ed  Janet from Oasis Prospecting showing us some of her Royal Sahara cabs  a bit of rough that I picked up Dino and Owyhee  Royal Sahara  Nice stuff from the Condor Lady  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 13, 2013 13:59:29 GMT -5
Wow, major drool factor! The Royal Sahara and Condor agates are awesome. Hey, save some for the rest of us!
No one has mentioned the temperatures out there yet, but judging by the layers of clothing and jackets in some of the photos posted so far, I'd say... IT'S COLD!!! (at least in the morning, and when the wind is blowing.) Jean
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Post by bhiatt on Jan 13, 2013 14:47:23 GMT -5
beefjello, you know how to pick em. Everything looks fantastic. Thanks for posting the pics. I cant get enough of quartzite pics.
Im jealous over that dino bone. That looks like it will be a dandy if you cut it up. Nice and gemmy looking on the outside. Man I wish I was down there to see everything, especially the dino bone for sale.
I weighed the amy sage and one weighed 10 pds. I asked Tony to fill a large flat rate for me and there wasnt any space left in the box. It was like a jigsaw puzzle. 3 other chunks were good size also, around 5 pounds maybe more,cant remember now. I have been more than happy with all my purchases from Tony.
THANKS TONY!
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