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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 12:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 18, 2018 13:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 13:04:14 GMT -5
Lol
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 18, 2018 17:31:49 GMT -5
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 18, 2018 17:32:22 GMT -5
We should have a photo contest (funniest photo wins) to encourage people to take pics.
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Post by vegasjames on Jan 18, 2018 18:41:34 GMT -5
No, I am not driving down. Have someone coming up this weekend and taking them out rock hounding over the weekend. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 21, 2018 13:24:04 GMT -5
This thread is AWESOME!  |
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Post by meviva on Jan 21, 2018 16:19:36 GMT -5
Pictures! Pictures! WE WANT PICTURES!!!  Andrea |
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 21, 2018 18:06:32 GMT -5
Pics
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 19:35:47 GMT -5
Everybody is traveling today. We just got home but have a ton of end of trip domestic stuff to do. I have uploaded my pics but can't get the code on my phone. Have to fire up the laptop
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 22, 2018 12:10:19 GMT -5
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Post by aDave on Jan 22, 2018 12:52:23 GMT -5
Nice, Susan Bluesky78987. I missed that Swasi Agate. Dang. I'll get photos up later today, though I don't have near the amount that you do. Gotta email them to myself (from my phone) to send to Flickr. |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 22, 2018 13:27:54 GMT -5
Can't you send them directly to Flickr from your phone? iphone allows it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 13:32:12 GMT -5
Can't you send them directly to Flickr from your phone? iphone allows it. Put the Flickr app on your phone and upload straight away |
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Post by aDave on Jan 22, 2018 14:09:49 GMT -5
Can't you send them directly to Flickr from your phone? iphone allows it. Put the Flickr app on your phone and upload straight away Susan Bluesky78987, I've never really looked that hard. I guess I just got into the habit of doing that long before I established a Flickr account. Thanks Scott. I had never even looked into that. Guess I'll have to get the app.  Nevertheless, all of the photos are on my laptop now, so all I have to do is upload them and post them here. Should be able to do that after running all of our errands today. |
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Post by aDave on Jan 23, 2018 0:31:07 GMT -5
OK, my turn. Not alot of photos, but I hope you'll get an idea of what we saw. Susan Bluesky78987 doing what she does best. Looking at every.single.slab at a booth.  Bill orrum doing a demo of cold forge wire wrapping. I gotta tell you, he is a kick in the butt to speak with. I have attended events that had champion story telling folks (yep, that's a legitimate competition), and he's right up there with them. He's a peach, and a great guy to hang out with. He ended up doing a piece for my wife.  Bill didn't have his horse with him, but this was the next best thing.  My wife found a new friend. Great Dane and Mastiff all rolled into one. Angus was the name. Appropriate for the size of the dog.  Tony's catmandewe booth at Desert Gardens. Lots of stuff to look at, and he was a great host for the BBQ's that took place over Friday and Saturday.  Pretty much the layout of Desert Gardens. Long aisles of vendor booths. Vendors park their RVs/trailers and put their booths next to them.  I ended up finding a booth with condor agates. Very, very impressive. The vendor was really friendly, and she allowed me to take photos of her material. At the end of the day, I bought 4 lbs of nodules to cut and tumble. Granted, I was a low end buyer. Some of the specimens were $800.  This condor agate nodule is about the size of three footballs  More of the condor...     Tiger Eye slabs...about 2' in size  This guy, according to what we learned, is the pioneer in doing cold forge wire wrapping. Cranston Kerns is his name, and he started working with pounding wire when he was 12 years old. Here, he's working on a piece for my wife.  Want some crystals?  BIG piece of mookaite  |
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Post by orrum on Jan 23, 2018 10:15:29 GMT -5
Cranston Kerns is a good friend of mine and a great artist with Cold Forge Wire Wrapping! He is the big daddy of the method and has taken it to truly incredible levels!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 23, 2018 10:30:21 GMT -5
Great pictures aDave! Such a fun weekend! |
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Post by aDave on Jan 23, 2018 12:09:55 GMT -5
Cranston Kerns is a good friend of mine and a great artist with Cold Forge Wire Wrapping! He is the big daddy of the method and has taken it to truly incredible levels! Well Bill, you're in good company then.  |
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Post by zarguy on Jan 23, 2018 16:14:56 GMT -5
OK, my turn. Not alot of photos, but I hope you'll get an idea of what we saw. I bought some Blue Lace agate from this pile. It was $7 a lb, but he gave it to me for $5. I's from Malawi, not Namibia, like the stuff we've been seeing for years. Bright blues, and thicker layers in the banding compared to Namibian material. I went for pieces with druzy pockets & hollows. Going to make some nice cabs! Lynn |
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Nevertheless, all of the photos are on my laptop now, so all I have to do is upload them and post them here. Should be able to do that after running all of our errands today.
