scooterin73
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Post by scooterin73 on Aug 25, 2004 20:47:14 GMT -5
hello all...sunday morning I drove up north to backbone state park in iowa...its in the northeast corner of iowa...I spent about 3 hours walking a dry creek bed and my legs are still sore. I thought I would post some pictures so that everyone can see what I found. I brought home a good 20 pounds I am sure. Here is some of my nicer stuff  anyone know what this might be?  a nice agate and an awsome 2 3/4 inch chert scraper...I can't believe I found either of these!!!  nice yellow, orange and red. any idea what it might be?  just of a few of the nicer Lake Superior agates I found and my wonderful scraper again. I wish It wasn't an hour and a half away or I would be up there ever night... thanks for looking scott |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 25, 2004 20:53:15 GMT -5
can't help you with idetification but looks like you had fun and collected some nice rocks. are you going to break 'em up and tumble them?
kim
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scooterin73
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Post by scooterin73 on Aug 25, 2004 21:01:22 GMT -5
hey kim
yes, it was a wonderful time. It took me back to my child hood when I use to dig for glass bottle. I think I am gonna save the one in the first picture tell I can afford a slab saw and the other 3 multi colored ones will be broke up to tumble. I was picking up all the red I spoted, didn't keep it all..but that seemed to be a good way of finding the agates
-scott
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 25, 2004 22:03:19 GMT -5
hey scott looks like you did real good---and a hell of a nice scraper too,, wish i could go get some of my own rocks
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 25, 2004 22:46:11 GMT -5
hmmmmmmmmmmmm i'm sure scraper must mean something - go ahead tell the dummy what it means  . kim |
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 25, 2004 23:08:08 GMT -5
Here Here, What's a scraper? It's something to be proud of, appearently  cooie |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 25, 2004 23:48:19 GMT -5
is it an indian artifact - like an arrowhead?? am i on the right track here?
kim
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 26, 2004 0:49:19 GMT -5
Hello Scooterin73  Great findings! Could the yellow parts on the rock be some sulphur? Anyway, it is always a great feeling when we find rocks that we really like! By the way....I'm was also curious about the word "Scraper"and found this: Meaning of SCRAPER Pronunciation: 'skreypur WordNet Dictionary Definition: [n] any of various hand tools for scraping . Definitely, something related to scraping! What about a rock used to scrape others for hardness testing purposes???  Bye now ;D |
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 26, 2004 1:02:27 GMT -5
My understanding of the word ;"scraper" is that it was used to scrape the old buffalo hides, making sure to remove any bits of meat and fat in preparation of the curing process. And any other hide that was usefull to the people living in the region. Nice rocks , now to tumble or not to tumble Jack |
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 26, 2004 1:47:22 GMT -5
The rocks look great, but that scraper is quite an amazing find. Looks like it still has a pretty good edge on it too! That must be at least a couple hundred years old, perhaps even thousands of years. Heh, heh, looks like you weren't the first lapidarist in the area to work the local stone!
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 26, 2004 8:45:26 GMT -5
Hey Scott, looks like you had a pretty nice day! Finding things like the scraper are always a pleasant bonus.
Ron
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Aug 26, 2004 11:55:46 GMT -5
Hello Scott,
I am not sure if I have siad hello or not ... so ... Hello and welcome!
Some nice material there, that is for sure.
One thing about it, you should be able to find many more Indian Artifacts in the area. We have a lot of arrowheads in this part of the country (Southwestern Kansas).
Certain areas have very explicit rules about taking Indian Artifacts, it might be worth a look into and be certain that there are no restrictions for that area.
I used to go arrowhead hunting in the Pawnee National Grasslands of Northern Colorado. The fine for taking an arrowhead from this area is 500.00 a piece! So it is best to be certian that you are in a clear area.
Great find! Here is hoping that you may find many more.
Enjoy,
John
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Post by Cher on Aug 26, 2004 13:25:59 GMT -5
I have CRS just like John so just in case .... Welcome to the forum.
That scrapper is way too neat, what a find!! Great rocks too. I shouldn't even come to this forum when it's raining out. Just makes me want to go pick rocks and I can't. Guess I'll go open my tumbler and peek at those instead. LOL
[glow=red,2,300]Cher[/glow]
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scooterin73
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Post by scooterin73 on Aug 26, 2004 17:13:37 GMT -5
hello everyone... thanks for all the welcomes....I did some looking around and I believe the very top picture I posted is Chert. I had though chert was just white. but it seems to come in many different colors...
-scott
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Great findings! 
