mikeinsjc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mikeinsjc on May 24, 2015 11:00:55 GMT -5
None of my kids are into rocks. I have about five tons of rough, maybe a thousand slabs. Based on my dealings with people (always looking for a deal) I have counseled my kids to get a dumpster and hire a couple of kids to wheelbarrow the stuff out. At this point this seems like the way that would be easiest for them, rather than the interminable dealings with codgers spending endless hours picking through the piles. I have already been through my stuff and gotten rid of all the junk, so the remainder is all decent stuff. Anyone have any other suggestions? Don't say offer it to members of the local rock club, as the combined membership of the local club couldn't accommodate a tenth of what I have.
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Post by orrum on May 24, 2015 11:35:37 GMT -5
Don't know what the answer is but I do know the one with the most rocks when we die wins! LOL
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Post by jakesrocks on May 24, 2015 11:36:10 GMT -5
Mine is going to be split a couple of ways. All of my minerals are going to the local university geology lab. My rough & slabs will all be going to a close friend who can either keep all of it, or split it up with other mutual friends. My many machines & spare parts will also go to my close friend, so when he finally retires, he can set up his dream lapidary shop.
I'm not going to burden my wife with selling everything at an estate sale, where she'll only get pennies on the dollars invested. I'd rather that it go where it will be appreciated.
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Post by drocknut on May 24, 2015 12:38:09 GMT -5
I don't know what will happen to my rocks. I don't have kids, my dog doesn't really care for rocks, and noone in my family is into rocks. I thought about having them donated to the local rock club or a museum but lots of them aren't museum quality and the local rock club wouldn't want them either. It's a conundrum. I'm with you Don, want them to go where they'll be appreciated, now if I could just find that place. Good question Mike. Hopefully an answer will be found. I'd like to know what to do too.
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Post by mohs on May 24, 2015 13:05:04 GMT -5
I'd like to be buried under my rocks then some rock hound will unearth me and find the real treasure mostly™
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Post by bobby1 on May 24, 2015 14:21:59 GMT -5
I was thinking that I would have my kids haul my rocks up onto the mountain where my dad's ashes are, pile them there and scatter my ashes over the pile and amongst my dad's ashes. That way my dad and I will be together for eternity surrounded by the things we both loved. Bob
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on May 24, 2015 15:26:40 GMT -5
It doesn't matter. You are dead and can't do anything about what is done.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 24, 2015 16:52:57 GMT -5
My son helped me bring home some treasures from a rock estate several years ago. It was one of those 1/2 acre back yards with narrow paths between the towering mounds of rocks. As we were driving home he told me, "Dad, don't leave me with a mess like that when you die" So far we have kept it under a couple tons, and we're about due to re-sort it and donate some more.
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panamark
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by panamark on May 24, 2015 22:33:27 GMT -5
Tony ( catmandewe ) makes his living solving problems like this.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 24, 2015 22:54:57 GMT -5
I'm lucky so far,my nephew and four grandkids are into rockhounding.................They get what I don't sell..........If I'm living at 80 years old,this will happen.............( sell it off and give the rest away) Told my wife to pick what she wants,give the others the call to come and get it,if they don't already have it by than!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by snowmom on May 25, 2015 5:07:55 GMT -5
I'll let my husband deal with it. I told him I'll never forgive him if he dies first, he has a collection of thousands of military figures and related items. He says just throw them in a dumpster but I know how much money he has spent on collecting them the past 40 years, and that would just be criminal. The trick would be to find somebody who loves the same stuff. I'm sure he will just get somebody to haul away the rocks.
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Post by orrum on May 25, 2015 6:23:10 GMT -5
Tony says many times people are relieved that their beloved rocks and related equipment is going somewhere that will appreciate them. Money isn't the thing in these situations.... It's the appreciation of their value not the financial.
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Post by gingerkid on May 25, 2015 8:00:03 GMT -5
Would like to donate my mineral, rock and gem collection to Tellus, a Smithsonian Institution-affiliate natural history and science museum, in Cartersville, Georgia, after Rick and family decide if there is anything that they would like to keep.
Although I have not had the privilege to attend any of the classes at William Holland school of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, Georgia, maybe donate the lapidary equipment and tools to them?
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Post by DirtCleaner on May 25, 2015 8:51:33 GMT -5
Bury me 6' deep and backfill with my leftover rocks. My tombstone will read: Please dig for rocks, take what you want.
Seriously though. Nearly anywhere you will find an auction house that will either sell them on-site or take the works to their auction house. Expect they will take about a 30% cut for their work. But it is easy and then everyone has a chance to add to their collection.
Or for those that don't want to bother just put me in your will!
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on May 25, 2015 9:22:15 GMT -5
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Post by Jugglerguy on May 25, 2015 10:09:28 GMT -5
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on May 25, 2015 10:18:41 GMT -5
*L* My wife has told me, in no uncertain terms, that I am not to die before her and leave her with all my dang rocks. *L* Fortunately, my move to Texas thinned out tons of rock and I'm slowing selling off some of my other rough. Capbob here at RTH has given a lot of my stuff a nice new home in sunny Florida. Eventually, I suppose I'll have to part with my type collection, specimen slabs etc but that I'm not quite ready for yet. You know how it goes, everyone thinks they're gonna live forever and someday they'll find time to cut that special slab *L*. As it is now, the pebblepups are bringing me so many Rios that I can't keep up with cutting even the very few small ones I select out for myself. Someone needs to invent a saw that cuts rock fast! Cut most the day yesterday for six little slabs. Ridiculously slow work!.Mel
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Post by Pat on May 25, 2015 10:46:59 GMT -5
Our club has a Donation Receiving Committee which picks up or receives donations. Relatives are relieved that the beloved rocks etc are going to good homes to be appreciated. We sort the donation into basically three categories: extra special rocks/slabs that get individually priced; rather ordinary pieces that get priced at 50 cents per pound; and the rest goes on the free tables. All machines are individually priced. It's a good system. We've brought in over $15,000 for the club since we started this in 2007.
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Post by roy on May 25, 2015 11:18:24 GMT -5
taking them all with me
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Post by captbob on May 25, 2015 11:55:16 GMT -5
die? and leave my preciouses behind? For you doom & gloomers with no heirs interested in your rock collections, I am available for adoption.
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