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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2016 8:33:34 GMT -5
You found all that palm on this last trip? Knew you were getting into finding wood, didn't realize you found so much palm. Nice! Really almost re walked most of the area we stomped over looking ONLY for palm. Real strong effort. Found few. It is just more infrequent, the way it is. And 80% of that palm was found at the bottom of a wash that came from higher ground from a high fence ranch adjacent. It was like a 100 foot circle. I think that palm is local Bob. I think it is found on the higher ground which constitutes 1000's of acres. Land away from the Rio. I am thinking you would find palm all over the place, like to left and right on all those ranches driving down Hwy 83 for 12 miles for instance. Infrequent, but findable. Just got to cover some ground. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2016 9:06:42 GMT -5
And Bob can cover some ground.
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Post by captbob on Dec 7, 2016 9:53:25 GMT -5
And Bob can cover some ground. That's funny. I had typed "Covering ground is my specialty." to post after your finding palm reply above before you posted this and I deleted it. When we were there, I put in maybe 20 miles a day fast screening as much ground as I could. Many of the finest rocks I found were just sitting there right on top for the taking. Quality rock producing spots often got a second, third, forth ... going over. Relatively easy to see if an area is gonna be worth spending time doing a more detailed search. Usually. Sometimes, I would find an outstanding rock and start searching the surrounding ground and not find another single rock worth having. Drove me crazy. How did that one exceptional rock get there? No rhyme or reason, that I could come up with, on where the "good rocks" would be. Now and then going along a certain elevation contour after finding a couple nice rocks would keep you on the good 'uns, but for the most part it was a catch–as–catch–can process. Which is why I opted with the keep moving hunting style. Jim would find a spot with potential and go to town on it. When I went through an area, there were probably rocks I missed worth having. I was "removing the over burden" for Jim! If he worked an area, there was very little point in going back to see if he missed anything. When I came across spots where there were windowed rocks scattered everywhere, it was a sure sign that Jim had beat me to it and I quickly moved on. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 7, 2016 11:24:05 GMT -5
Someone let me know when he shows the slabs, Not watching til he does.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 12:27:13 GMT -5
Someone let me know when he shows the slabs, Not watching til he does. Good call. Lets go get a bowl of chili and talk old times......  |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2016 21:19:20 GMT -5
On Thursday or Friday
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 7, 2016 21:36:08 GMT -5
Oh no Thursday's too cold, Friday's too windy, Saturday a little rain might melt him like candy, Sunday his camera button pushing finger has a hangnail and he had to go to church to pray for healing, Monday the rock was just too heavy and might hurt his ittle back, Tuesday his doggie peed on the slabs so he had to sanitize them, Wednesday he had to buy beer for the Survivor finale, Thursday, Dang camera battery was dead, Friday he couldn't find his glasses, Saturday his Crocs has a hole in them and he bruised his footie on a rock etc etc... Whatever!!!!....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 21:45:01 GMT -5
Mel, Literally laughing out loud. That was the funniest rant ever!!!! Sabre52 |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Dec 7, 2016 22:01:02 GMT -5
I was just going to ask James if it was still raining when I came to Mels post , laughing so hard even the cat was wondering what was going on . I will look for the pics in july or so . |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 7, 2016 22:24:17 GMT -5
Now I think my feelings are hurt.
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 7, 2016 23:39:28 GMT -5
Next Thursday,someone will fly down there and buried it,so he can't find it anymore..... LOL
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2016 8:12:05 GMT -5
Next Thursday,someone will fly down there and buried it,so he can't find it anymore..... LOL They need to fly down and cut my throat for extreme aggravation. Curiosity of an un-sawn rock is excruciating. Hiding the sawn faces is just cold blooded. Addiction to rocks is real. Counselors not available for such syndrome. Maybe a new career path being such a counselor, treating Severe Rock Curiosity Disorder SRCD. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Dec 8, 2016 8:55:03 GMT -5
Next Thursday,someone will fly down there and buried it,so he can't find it anymore..... LOL They need to fly down and cut my throat for extreme aggravation. Curiosity of an un-sawn rock is excruciating. Hiding the sawn faces is just cold blooded. Addiction to rocks is real. Counselors not available for such syndrome. Maybe a new career path being such a counselor, treating Severe Rock Curiosity Disorder SRCD. I, for one, like the way you operate. Slow torture. Once you take the pics, you should add them to older posts in other threads. Kind of like Easter eggs, hidden, waiting to be discovered. |
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 8, 2016 9:32:45 GMT -5
Got an appointment with my doctor this afternoon cause some of us are old. First I was gonna ask him if I'm gonna live long enough to see the next season of Game of Thrones. Now I have to ask him if I'm gonna live long enough to see Jame's fuggin slabs....Mel
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2016 9:37:44 GMT -5
They need to fly down and cut my throat for extreme aggravation. Curiosity of an un-sawn rock is excruciating. Hiding the sawn faces is just cold blooded. Addiction to rocks is real. Counselors not available for such syndrome. Maybe a new career path being such a counselor, treating Severe Rock Curiosity Disorder SRCD. I, for one, like the way you operate. Slow torture. Once you take the pics, you should add them to older posts in other threads. Kind of like Easter eggs, hidden, waiting to be discovered. In the old film days you could take a photo of the hard coy photos. I guess they could be printed out on a black and white printer and then photographed and posted. The Easter egg hunt method is the way. Avenues of aggravation. What goes around usually comes around, beware. Tantalize man tantalize. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2016 9:43:13 GMT -5
Rasberries !!!!! That was the funniest retort. Thanks for the satisfaction Sabre52 |
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 8, 2016 10:48:59 GMT -5
I think James caught the "Swamp" Fever!!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2016 11:51:33 GMT -5
I think James caught the "Swamp" Fever!!!!! James been making a living in the swamp for over 25 years. Certain his brain is eat out by several swamp critters. "Florida issues warning about rare, brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri is found in hot springs and warm freshwater, most often in the Southeastern United States. The amoeba enters the body through the nose and travels to the brain.  |
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 8, 2016 15:33:16 GMT -5
Yeah, we have those amoeba in Texas warm water too. Never had them in Commiefornia. Must have been a lack of a widespread good food source. Too many Democrats in that state. *W*...Mel
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2016 18:13:52 GMT -5
Yeah, we have those amoeba in Texas warm water too. Never had them in Commiefornia. Must have been a lack of a widespread good food source. Too many Democrats in that state. *W*...Mel No Democrats/no brains to feed on. |
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