jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 5:41:40 GMT -5
Sawed and polished face. Heavy replacement. No polyp structure left.
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 14, 2014 7:56:38 GMT -5
HOLY MOLY James......That's just sick with being cool!!!!
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Post by panamark on Jun 14, 2014 8:02:14 GMT -5
the bytrodial part in those two cavities is neat. Maybe another pic of those James? Those corals are like a box of chocolates, you never know......
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 11:07:13 GMT -5
the bytrodial part in those two cavities is neat. Maybe another pic of those James? Those corals are like a box of chocolates, you never know...... Some other views Mark. We found about 4 bushels full of these in one spot. most were big, but many small ones peppered the bottom of the location. They were assembled as they grew in the reef. Many of the small ones have water pockets(anhydrous) and the others were full of virgin blue clay. Bottom Top Side Other side From the same spot This one 10 inches across. Sawing is a mystery. Knowing how to split the cavities. Back side Top side
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Post by panamark on Jun 14, 2014 12:11:54 GMT -5
the bytrodial part in those two cavities is neat. Maybe another pic of those James? Those corals are like a box of chocolates, you never know...... Some other views Mark. We found about 4 bushels full of these in one spot. most were big, but many small ones peppered the bottom of the location. They were assembled as they grew in the reef. Many of the small ones have water pockets(anhydrous) and the others were full of virgin blue clay. This one 10 inches across. Sawing is a mystery. Knowing how to split the cavities. Those are magnificent! Even jaw dropping. Yeah, I sure wouldn't know which way to cut them. Can you get any clue from the sound of lightly tapping with a small ball peen hammer? Wow, those are really nice James!
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Post by quartz on Jun 14, 2014 12:27:49 GMT -5
It seems every time you treat us to a new picture show, you equal or outdo the previous one, and you did it again. Man, some impressive stuff, and 4bu of it!!!! Granted, likely not all are that sweet, but that's the nature of the quest. Larry
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 14, 2014 12:29:58 GMT -5
Damn James,rub it in ....LMAO...Thumbs up,looking great on that coral!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 14:30:45 GMT -5
Mark, Larry, Michael-thanks. One benefit to not having glaciers, ice packs, tectonic lifts, earth quakes. Probably helped to preserve some of these delicate formations.
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Post by snowmom on Jun 14, 2014 16:59:38 GMT -5
wow! those are just great! especially love the one with 3 chambers... just soooo cooool!
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Post by bhiatt on Jun 14, 2014 17:14:47 GMT -5
the first one is gem quality. The others are fancy also.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 18:27:03 GMT -5
wow! those are just great! especially love the one with 3 chambers... just soooo cooool! I go to S. Georgia and N. Florida to collect those snowmom. a short stretch of the Suwannee River and a couple of it's tributaries. An area around Tampa FL. But most come from S. Georgia in the Withlacoochee River flowing from the bottom of Georgia and well into Florida till it connects to the Suwannee River. That stretch is at least 80 miles. The coral is under the sand over a large area but is only exposed by the cutting action of the rivers and ocean and occasional excavation. The rivers have to be low to collect comfortably. this link is an abbreviated trip on the Sumannee. The last 2 photos is of the coral as found far up the river in this case. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157632382025865
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 19:35:42 GMT -5
the first one is almost becoming a layered lace agate. I knew you'd find a lace agate in your corals. I just knew it! You will find even better laces and poppies too. I am certain of it.
wow!
What a collection you must have. wow
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Post by Thunder69 on Jun 14, 2014 20:58:12 GMT -5
Those are killer.....I am in awe of the 3 chamber...John
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2014 21:20:09 GMT -5
Those are killer.....I am in awe of the 3 chamber...John For the past 20 months there has been very little low water periods. River at 900 cuft/sec. Normally at 200 at this time. Those hurricanes that hit your way draw all the rain away John. Guessing you do not want them. That's probably not even funny. when Katrina went through, and that monster Ivan we liked to have dried out here. Ivan lost power, thank God, that thing was giant and very fast at 165 cat 5 over west Cuba. slowed to cat 3 hitting US.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2014 6:19:34 GMT -5
the first one is almost becoming a layered lace agate. I knew you'd find a lace agate in your corals. I just knew it! You will find even better laces and poppies too. I am certain of it. wow! What a collection you must have. wow Hoping to find some better color and patterns. Occasional finds are exceptional. Some pockets are way above average. Guessing there is some hot material, like Indonesian stuff. Have sampled about 5% of the river. Have a lot more territory to hunt. Who knows. I need to join the hunting lease that the river runs through so that i can access it. I talked to the hunt master and he seemed a little close minded about letting an Atlanta city slicker in the club-ha. That did not surprise me, S. Georgia is very conservative. Access to that river is the problem. I need to camp on the river. But mosquitos are an issue. And it is not a river w/camp sites.
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Post by grayfingers on Jun 15, 2014 6:41:13 GMT -5
Amazing variety once again! That three chambered one really floats my boat. You do make some smoooth cuts.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 15, 2014 7:29:18 GMT -5
Amazing variety once again! That three chambered one really floats my boat. You do make some smoooth cuts. Smooth cuts were at a cost Bill. Knowing what I know now I would buy a used saw and renovate it. Those cuts are made on the slowest feed rate. That Covington saw has a double pulley and a triple pulley giving 6 feed speeds. The first time I sawed one of those I was pissed off because it was full of blue clay, to the point there was no void at all. I was confused by this, so I pried a bit of clay out and noticed the botyroidal lining. it is the densest, stickiest clay I ever saw. I showed Denise, and she got the idea of cleaning it out w/the pressure washer. And it does take a pressure washer. About 10 minutes for one cavity. She was mesmerized by the internals and continued to clean them while I sawed. Ha, she had blue mud from head to toe. Just like a muskrat that cannot walk around a hollow log, she could not resist seeing what the next one had to offer. I felt a master of beguile, a favorite past time .
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Post by iant on Jun 15, 2014 12:23:17 GMT -5
These are simply incredible! Thanks for sharing with us.
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Post by pghram on Jun 17, 2014 21:09:04 GMT -5
Amazing specimens!!!
Rich
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