The Different Types of Mineral and Rock Collectors.
Nov 4, 2013 10:34:03 GMT -5
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Post by sheldon74 on Nov 4, 2013 10:34:03 GMT -5
The Golden Pick - This person has a backpack full of credit cards and would rather buy his stuff than collect them.
The Borrower - This person thinks the tool list for a trip doesnt really apply to them. Why carry a heavy tool bag to a site when you can just borrow it from someone else that carried their tools up the mountain.
Paul Bunyon - This person carries the biggest hammer and chisels that you can find. They do not find a lot but usually find the best.
The Sight Seer - This person just uses the trip as an excuse to get out of the city. They are usually the first to say it is time to go home.
Indiana Jones - This is the person every rockhounder wants to be. Always doing research and they are the first to find the good stuff. They are always the first person on site and every one else thinks its just luck, but they know better.
Pebble Pup - Always the youngest of the group and always the one to find the best specimen. It is usually lying on the surface, or the one you kicked out of the way.
The Braggart - The person that picks up everything. Quantity not quality is their motto.
Got it, Done it, Been there - This person collected in that area years ago and it was better then. Nothing but crap now.
The Vampire - This collector never collects in day light. They know the hours every place is open and know the back entrances to all the best places. They are usually dressed in camo, have two flashlights, and their lawyers card. They usually have the best specimens.
The Leech - This person just walks around until someone makes a good find. They then either want to squeze in or take the best sample to go show someone. Then the piece goes missing.
The First Timer - Expects the whole area to be littered with 1" gemstones after the ineviatable first timers luck of finding a 1" gemstone.
The Workhorse - Their motto is "run silent run deep". They find a spot to dig a hole then digs and digs and digs. If there's something to be found they will find it.
The Expert - This person never actually does any collecting but they can tell you what you are doing wrong, why there is nothing in the area you are digging and that you are using the wrong tools to begin with. They will have some pretty good theories, based not in fact, but in the coriolis effect or cold fusion or some other reason.
The Poker - This person walks around poking everything with a stick. Always walks away with nothing and the first to complain about not going anywhere good.
The What's This Person - Picks up every rock they see and shoves it at you and says, "What's this?" ALL DAY LONG.
The Borrower - This person thinks the tool list for a trip doesnt really apply to them. Why carry a heavy tool bag to a site when you can just borrow it from someone else that carried their tools up the mountain.
Paul Bunyon - This person carries the biggest hammer and chisels that you can find. They do not find a lot but usually find the best.
The Sight Seer - This person just uses the trip as an excuse to get out of the city. They are usually the first to say it is time to go home.
Indiana Jones - This is the person every rockhounder wants to be. Always doing research and they are the first to find the good stuff. They are always the first person on site and every one else thinks its just luck, but they know better.
Pebble Pup - Always the youngest of the group and always the one to find the best specimen. It is usually lying on the surface, or the one you kicked out of the way.
The Braggart - The person that picks up everything. Quantity not quality is their motto.
Got it, Done it, Been there - This person collected in that area years ago and it was better then. Nothing but crap now.
The Vampire - This collector never collects in day light. They know the hours every place is open and know the back entrances to all the best places. They are usually dressed in camo, have two flashlights, and their lawyers card. They usually have the best specimens.
The Leech - This person just walks around until someone makes a good find. They then either want to squeze in or take the best sample to go show someone. Then the piece goes missing.
The First Timer - Expects the whole area to be littered with 1" gemstones after the ineviatable first timers luck of finding a 1" gemstone.
The Workhorse - Their motto is "run silent run deep". They find a spot to dig a hole then digs and digs and digs. If there's something to be found they will find it.
The Expert - This person never actually does any collecting but they can tell you what you are doing wrong, why there is nothing in the area you are digging and that you are using the wrong tools to begin with. They will have some pretty good theories, based not in fact, but in the coriolis effect or cold fusion or some other reason.
The Poker - This person walks around poking everything with a stick. Always walks away with nothing and the first to complain about not going anywhere good.
The What's This Person - Picks up every rock they see and shoves it at you and says, "What's this?" ALL DAY LONG.
