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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 19, 2017 18:55:37 GMT -5
Spent a bunch of my profits from our show this weekend on some good materials. Got some slabs but mostly nodules and tumbling rough. Just made my first two test cuts in the nodules 10 pounds of these baby brazilian agates  10 pounds of high grade botswana agates  Chuck |
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Post by fernwood on Sept 19, 2017 19:13:09 GMT -5
More than nice.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 19, 2017 19:49:46 GMT -5
The plan is to cut one slab out the middle of each rock then tumble the two end cuts. Would like to get some cabs from these. Paid too much for the bots to just tumble them.
Chuck
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 19, 2017 19:52:23 GMT -5
Right on! Looks like fun times ahead. Great looking Bots and those baby Brazilians are super fun.
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Post by fishnpinball on Sept 19, 2017 19:52:47 GMT -5
I saw those Bots and liked them but thought they were priced too high. They sure have a tight pattern.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 19, 2017 20:04:06 GMT -5
I saw those Bots and liked them but thought they were priced too high. They sure have a tight pattern. These never hit the market. Someone was looking at my tumbled bots and told me he had some from an old collection. I told him I was interested so he brought them from home for me to look at. Price was high but I made a partial trade to offset it. Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 19, 2017 20:04:30 GMT -5
LOVE the bots!!!
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Post by fantastic5 on Sept 19, 2017 20:11:06 GMT -5
Those Botswana are awesome. I like your idea of getting a cab out of the middles.
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Post by fishnpinball on Sept 19, 2017 20:40:37 GMT -5
I saw those Bots and liked them but thought they were priced too high. They sure have a tight pattern. These never hit the market. Someone was looking at my tumbled bots and told me he had some from an old collection. I told him I was interested so he brought them from home for me to look at. Price was high but I made a partial trade to offset it. Chuck There were some at the Denver show for $35 a pound, $16 a pound if you bought a bag that might have been 50 kilos or more. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 19, 2017 20:55:24 GMT -5
These never hit the market. Someone was looking at my tumbled bots and told me he had some from an old collection. I told him I was interested so he brought them from home for me to look at. Price was high but I made a partial trade to offset it. Chuck There were some at the Denver show for $35 a pound, $16 a pound if you bought a bag that might have been 50 kilos or more. I would have no problem passing on them at those prices. These were not cheap but too good to pass up. Chuck |
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 19, 2017 23:35:42 GMT -5
The plan is to cut one slab out the middle of each rock then tumble the two end cuts. Would like to get some cabs from these. Paid too much for the bots to just tumble them. Chuck Wow Chuck, We don't see any of the baby Brazilians down where I live. Living out in the Boonies is hard on being able to find nice material. We have to go a long distance to shows every few months or rely on another person in another business to pick out our rocks and guess our wants. . Been looking for some of these but haven't found any. Was also thinking about cutting a piece from the middle and pregrinding the cut end a bit to expose the pattern more fully on it. Thanks,
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 19, 2017 23:37:32 GMT -5
There were some at the Denver show for $35 a pound, $16 a pound if you bought a bag that might have been 50 kilos or more. I would have no problem passing on them at those prices. These were not cheap but too good to pass up. Chuck fishnpinball Where were they at in Denver? I was looking for some. Good thing I didn't find them at that price. Wow those are expensive.
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 20, 2017 8:47:19 GMT -5
That rough is nice material...Have fun...
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Post by fishnpinball on Sept 20, 2017 10:22:57 GMT -5
I would have no problem passing on them at those prices. These were not cheap but too good to pass up. Chuck fishnpinball Where were they at in Denver? I was looking for some. Good thing I didn't find them at that price. Wow those are expensive.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 20, 2017 15:45:18 GMT -5
I just ordered 25lbs of baby Brazilians from Kingsley. They haven’t arrived yet. The were advertised as being a pound or less. How big are yours. I’m hoping mine are on the smaller side. I’m also hoping for less quartz inside.
That Bot is super cool.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 20, 2017 16:23:52 GMT -5
I just ordered 25lbs of baby Brazilians from Kingsley. They haven’t arrived yet. The were advertised as being a pound or less. How big are yours. I’m hoping mine are on the smaller side. I’m also hoping for less quartz inside. That Bot is super cool. Normally I would agree about a large quartz pocket in a tumbled rock but these with the quartz may never go into stage one. I might just grind the outer edges to get the look I want then put them right in 120/220. There will not be hardly any undercutting. I have a couple in my personal collection that came out really good that way. Andrew hand picked all of these and it looks like they will all be able to be cut on a 6" trim saw. They were mixed in with regular sized agates and all of it was $2 a pound. I think he took all of the small ones. Chuck |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 20, 2017 17:35:29 GMT -5
I just ordered 25lbs of baby Brazilians from Kingsley. They haven’t arrived yet. The were advertised as being a pound or less. How big are yours. I’m hoping mine are on the smaller side. I’m also hoping for less quartz inside. That Bot is super cool. Normally I would agree about a large quartz pocket in a tumbled rock but these with the quartz may never go into stage one. I might just grind the outer edges to get the look I want then put them right in 120/220. There will not be hardly any undercutting. I have a couple in my personal collection that came out really good that way. Andrew hand picked all of these and it looks like they will all be able to be cut on a 6" trim saw. They were mixed in with regular sized agates and all of it was $2 a pound. I think he took all of the small ones. Chuck Will you fill the hole with wax or something or just spray it out well between stages? |
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Post by Peruano on Sept 20, 2017 18:15:30 GMT -5
coloradocliff The only time I have bought Brazilian agates, they were in a giant pallet box at the Goldmine Rock Shop outside of Canon City. Is it still extant? I was actually impressed by reasonable variety and prices. I also remember lots of big pieces with holes already drilled (unknown material)that I should have bought for projects. Being cheap, I often score somebody's not quite perfect botswanna tumble and take it home to be sawed and polished anew. Saving a rock from obscurity is part of my mission at this stage of life.
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 21, 2017 8:07:39 GMT -5
Can't beat bots for cabs. Beautiful material!....Mel
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