riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Jan 5, 2015 22:17:48 GMT -5
Sorry guys, had to brag a little. Had to load this one with a bobcat.  |
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Post by woodman on Jan 5, 2015 22:21:26 GMT -5
Nice!
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grizman
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since July 2011
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Post by grizman on Jan 5, 2015 22:37:34 GMT -5
My, now what do you have planned for that treasurer?
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riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2006
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Jan 5, 2015 22:39:44 GMT -5
Going on my front porch - just have to wait until I get a bobcat over here so I can put it in place.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 5, 2015 22:43:25 GMT -5
I used to have one of those in my yard - no petrified, though. Way cool! I'd brag, too!
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quartz
Cave Dweller 
breakin' rocks in the hot sun
Member since February 2010
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Post by quartz on Jan 5, 2015 22:51:33 GMT -5
With that, a little brag is well accepted. Do you haul a bobcat around just in case, or were lucky to have one available?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 22:55:54 GMT -5
Haha!!! That is awesome. Will you put me in your will as heir of that piece?  |
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riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Jan 5, 2015 23:15:38 GMT -5
I've been excavating an estate I bought out and had to rent a bobcat or I woulda been there for months...
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 6, 2015 2:22:00 GMT -5
What a BEAUTY! WTG for planning to keep it in one piece!
Adrian
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Post by snowmom on Jan 6, 2015 6:04:37 GMT -5
brag nothing, I'd jolly well be gloating! WOW
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Post by pghram on Jan 6, 2015 21:52:39 GMT -5
Incredible find.
Rich
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 6, 2015 22:27:24 GMT -5
Wow,would you look at that!
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Post by broseph82 on Jan 7, 2015 9:14:15 GMT -5
Will it fit in a large FRB to mail to me? Ha
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Post by roy on Jan 7, 2015 10:06:27 GMT -5
you need to send that up here so i can trim it up for you!
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 7, 2015 11:45:39 GMT -5
Holy smoke that's a monster. Used to see on a bit smaller traveling the shows back in California but it was mainly the palm root root ball. Seeing the trunk attached is neat and it looks to be golden palm too. Super cool!......Mel
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jan 7, 2015 16:19:56 GMT -5
It's not often that you get to use a cooler for scale in your photos. Are you going to name it Stumpy?
Darryl.
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riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Jan 7, 2015 18:33:09 GMT -5
I should name it the crusher....
Like a fool I thought I could just roll this onto my trailer with these 12 foot long pine ramp boards I made out of 2x12's. Yeah right... after about 10 minutes of me and another guy shimmying it up about halfway up the boards it decides it wants to come off. If I woulda been about a half second slower it would have landed on my right leg. This piece must weigh at least 300 lbs. It is pure dead weight.
I'm gonna try to weld up a stand so I can display it upside-down. The root detail on the bottom is amazing. I'm hoping that when I go to put all this together it doesn't turn into a youtube moment!
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bsky4463
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2013
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Post by bsky4463 on Jan 7, 2015 22:27:39 GMT -5
Display sounds way cool...looking forward to update photos in place. Great score. Cheers
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