jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2015 16:35:26 GMT -5
Multiple apartment complex, I guess the guys downstairs lose their light privileges. Dog eat dog. Has clam borings on the back side. Lots of partial fills have clam damage.  This one has thin walls allowing sun light to pass. About 5 inches to the back of the cavern.  Light passing thru  This one deeper, almost 7 inches to the back of the cavern  The sun facing top of coral silicifies interestingly. Especially if the center is pulpy. Really need to saw the top inch off of larger coral heads to get these 'floating polyps'. Did my best w/hammer, but this material does not chip well as it is somewhat grainy and dense. Aggravating to haul a 15 pound rock out and only have one thick slab of fine material. Looking down on 'floating polyps'   From the side(of tubes)  This one ugly, but full of botryoids  |
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Jul 15, 2015 23:42:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the show, always enjoy seeing your new finds; nice stuff.
Larry
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Post by adam on Jul 16, 2015 6:51:57 GMT -5
Love the botryoids and the colors, especially light blue. Very cool formations.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 16, 2015 9:54:22 GMT -5
Totally crazy cool,as always James! Two thumbs up
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 16, 2015 10:07:54 GMT -5
Always have about 6-7 categories when coral hunting. Specimens, colors, patterns, hollows, broken pieces, shapes for sawing, small ones for tumbling, oddities, symmetrical for sawn halves, artifacts. Any coral shoal may have all categories. Kinda got to stay focused. Years ago I found what I thought was a broken arrowhead, and tossed it into the artifact bucket. Got back to the hotel and studied it further, found it to be a perfect intact transitional paleo Edgefield bolen base tool. A rather valuable find. Because coral exposures are limited to rivers, artifacts exist close by, and butchering operations often performed on the shoals. Edgefield scraper, you can see that it has a river polish. of coral  Edgefield, Overstreet specimen  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 16, 2015 10:19:51 GMT -5
Most of these are scrapers made of coral. Found in a 10 foot circle on a shoal.  Pottery too  |
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Post by cobbledstones on Jul 16, 2015 10:34:55 GMT -5
really neat stuff. Love the bots and the floating polyps look a lot like the Indonesian stuff. I wonder what it would look like made into beads.
cool artifacts too. That edgefield scraper is a spectacular find.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 16, 2015 11:10:43 GMT -5
Edgefield scraper, you can see that it has a river polish. of coral Always love the corals, but that scraper is some kind of nice! Beautiful find, regardless of the value. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 16, 2015 11:46:53 GMT -5
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Post by adam on Jul 16, 2015 14:45:30 GMT -5
Beautiful arrowheads and pottery, plenty of good artifacts. You did pretty great.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 16, 2015 14:52:50 GMT -5
Those are extry nice, James! Amazing to think they were made using just rocks as tools and hands. Thanks for sharing your pics!
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Post by stephan on Jul 16, 2015 15:37:15 GMT -5
I love the caverns and the artifacts. Thanks for sharing, james.
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Post by Pat on Jul 16, 2015 15:38:10 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces! Love the bots, flowers, and the frost on the bots. Love the arrowheads for historical connection. Thanks for the show.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 16, 2015 16:16:56 GMT -5
Artifacts are a kick in the pants cool!!!!!!!!!!!! Liking that scaper..........I think if I look in my collection of artifacts,I have a couple of scrapers you send with some coral tumbles...
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