ziggy
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Post by ziggy on Aug 21, 2017 16:31:35 GMT -5
We used to drive hundreds of miles sometimes looking for puddingstone. Most of the time we would come home empty handed and $30 less in our pocket because of the gas used. We were reading a book about finding agates and it mentioned landscaping rocks around businesses. We decided to give it a shot. To make a long story shorter we found no agate but seem to have stumbled into a seemingly huge resource for Michigan Puddingstone. The photo below shows some we found in just two parking lots and less than an hour searching.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 21, 2017 16:34:35 GMT -5
We used to drive hundreds of miles sometimes looking for puddingstone. Most of the time we would come home empty handed and $30 less in our pocket because of the gas used. We were reading a book about finding agates and it mentioned landscaping rocks around businesses. We decided to give it a shot. To make a long story shorter we found no agate but seem to have stumbled into a seemingly huge resource for Michigan Puddingstone. The photo below shows some we found in just two parking lots and less than an hour searching. NICE Ziggy... Now you're getting a little more trading material.
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ziggy
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Post by ziggy on Aug 21, 2017 19:14:07 GMT -5
Here's the slabs from the first stone I cut.
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Post by beefjello on Aug 21, 2017 19:18:20 GMT -5
Nice! I've scored nice pet wood in motel landscaping rocks in CO, banded flint at a motel in Austin, and nice agates at a Taco Bell parking lot in Albuquerque. Good stuff is where you find it
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Post by fernwood on Aug 21, 2017 19:33:44 GMT -5
Sometimes it is amazing what is used for landscape rock and fill. But if you know what to look for it can be easy pickins. Those slabs are nice.
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 22, 2017 16:12:30 GMT -5
I check rocks out everywhere/you just never know what you will see and (or) find...You scored some nice material...
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ziggy
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Post by ziggy on Aug 22, 2017 16:15:13 GMT -5
Today we checked a pile with bigger rocks and found bigger puddingstones. Here's three big ones found today in a shopping center driveway island.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 22, 2017 16:48:02 GMT -5
I have picked up a few half dollar sized ones from restaurant parking lots over the years but I would not be taking rocks that size from private property.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 22, 2017 17:34:24 GMT -5
Sometimes it is amazing what is used for landscape rock and fill. But if you know what to look for it can be easy pickins. Those slabs are nice. I rockhound Walmart and the liquor stores parking lots in Colorado. Probably might not do as well in Kansas.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 22, 2017 17:35:55 GMT -5
Today we checked a pile with bigger rocks and found bigger puddingstones. Here's three big ones found today in a shopping center driveway island. Wow Hon, Just keeps getting better and better for you guys. Cant think of nicer people for it to happen to.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 22, 2017 17:52:56 GMT -5
I have picked up a few half dollar sized ones from restaurant parking lots over the years but I would not be taking rocks that size from private property. Bet you might have to change your rules in the McDonald's parking lot in Zapata. I think I took 9 rocks about one pound each. Hey, I made sure I got my breakfast to go there. Does that relieve the burden of guilt ? The rocked area was about 150 feet long and 30 feet wide. I think it had too many rocks
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Post by ziggy on Aug 22, 2017 17:55:41 GMT -5
I have picked up a few half dollar sized ones from restaurant parking lots over the years but I would not be taking rocks that size from private property. They were all that big and bigger. We left probably 20 bigger ones there. Three beautiful rocks were sitting there going to waste. I will start replacing the puddingstone with some granite. No one will care.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 13:31:57 GMT -5
I have picked up a few half dollar sized ones from restaurant parking lots over the years but I would not be taking rocks that size from private property. Bet you might have to change your rules in the McDonald's parking lot in Zapata. I think I took 9 rocks about one pound each. Hey, I made sure I got my breakfast to go there. Does that relieve the burden of guilt ? The rocked area was about 150 feet long and 30 feet wide. I think it had too many rocks Yes, you are the one decides what is the correct amount.... (I would have done the same)
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 23, 2017 14:34:33 GMT -5
Bet you might have to change your rules in the McDonald's parking lot in Zapata. I think I took 9 rocks about one pound each. Hey, I made sure I got my breakfast to go there. Does that relieve the burden of guilt ? The rocked area was about 150 feet long and 30 feet wide. I think it had too many rocks Yes, you are the one decides what is the correct amount.... (I would have done the same) I agree with this statement but I do believe there is a limit to what is ok. Big problem with people stealing pudding stones in my area. There is a value to them per pound now so business and personal property landscaping have been hit. I now have two trail cams up north. One on my driveway that catches anyone that enters and another pointed at a pile of about 2,500 pounds of pudding stones. On a similar note: local news story (michigan) last year www.clickondetroit.com/news/farmington-hills-man-charged-with-larceny-after-taking-rocks-from-livonia-streetChuck
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ziggy
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Post by ziggy on Aug 23, 2017 17:04:40 GMT -5
Yes, you are the one decides what is the correct amount.... (I would have done the same) I agree with this statement but I do believe there is a limit to what is ok. Big problem with people stealing pudding stones in my area. There is a value to them per pound now so business and personal property landscaping have been hit. I now have two trail cams up north. One on my driveway that catches anyone that enters and another pointed at a pile of about 2,500 pounds of pudding stones. On a similar note: local news story (michigan) last year www.clickondetroit.com/news/farmington-hills-man-charged-with-larceny-after-taking-rocks-from-livonia-streetChuck I've seen your posts on here where you guys hunt on public property and remove massive boulders weighing upwards of 50 lbs. The maximum amount allowed to be removed is 25 lbs per year. You are breaking state law every time you do it. People in glass houses....you know?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 23, 2017 17:19:41 GMT -5
Our collection is forty years worth that started with what my parents had collected. We have 150 acres of private family owned property to collect on and have not even scratched the surface of that. We do also hunt state land and for a family of five it is legal to take 125 pounds per year. I could really care less what you do but at least get your facts right.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 23, 2017 18:31:04 GMT -5
Don't blow it out of proportion. I did not say you should not do it. I merely said I probably would not. I certainly have picked up tumble sized pudding stones from store landscaping before. I am just saying at some point guilt would kick in. Each person will have a different tolerance for that point. There is a really nice one at the Taco Bell in sterling heights if interested nobody has taken it yet. That tip was my good deed for the day.
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ziggy
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Post by ziggy on Aug 23, 2017 20:24:57 GMT -5
We all have a good excuse.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 23, 2017 21:21:16 GMT -5
Another possible solution is to look up gravel pit and landscape materials in the town and ask them if you can collect off their piles and will gladly pay for them. Been there done that on many occasions with great success. Many of the rock islands at businesses came from a few miles down the street where landscape operations have no problem with people picking thru their rock piles. Often a garden hose close by to wet the rocks.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 27, 2017 5:36:38 GMT -5
Around here, one can purchase as little as 1/2 cubic yard of landscape rocks. Load and haul yourself. Depending on which pit they came from the 1/2 yard contains many fossils, agates and other great materials. It pays to research the local pits to find out what their material contains. If you ask, landscape companies will often say which pit/gravel company their material came from. $8.00 for the 1/2 yard is a great investment around here, as it usually yields a lot of nice material.
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