OregonBorn
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by OregonBorn on Jul 20, 2018 15:21:31 GMT -5
Yep, you got a bucket of plain Jane obsidian there.  not... Tiger stripe mahogany meets flowing midnight lace. Looks like a contour map. Waddaya gonna do with it? |
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Post by woodman on Jul 20, 2018 15:32:26 GMT -5
Yep, you got a bucket of plain Jane obsidian there. not... Tiger stripe mahogany meets flowing midnight lace. Looks like a contour map. Waddaya gonna do with it? That is a good question, the stripe of gold sheen might look good may just polish the whole slab, "indecision is the key to flexibility" |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 20, 2018 18:08:39 GMT -5
A buddy and I always hit the gold sheen obsidian claim... We get permission every year to dig there.. I usually surface hound the area.. Some people dig up the Obsidian and just toss it to the side, I get some sweet material that way!
I don't know what they think they are looking for, but that's ok with me....Hahahahaha
Beats digging...
Sweet material you cut there, totally awesome!!
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fvpty
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Post by fvpty on Jul 21, 2018 20:30:40 GMT -5
Just cut this one, not too bad.  Wooouuu! Beatifull! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 21, 2018 20:43:32 GMT -5
Dang! That is a killer slab.
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OregonBorn
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Post by OregonBorn on Jul 22, 2018 1:54:31 GMT -5
A buddy and I always hit the gold sheen obsidian claim... We get permission every year to dig there.. I usually surface hound the area.. Some people dig up the Obsidian and just toss it to the side, I get some sweet material that way! I don't know what they think they are looking for, but that's ok with me....Hahahahaha Beats digging... Sweet material you cut there, totally awesome!!
True story: when my brother and I were at Glass Buttes about 3 years ago we were on the side of the main road going into there looking for float. Along came an SUV with a couple in it, and they stopped and showed me a nice polished piece of mahogany flame made into jewelry. Then they asked me where they could find it. So I looked down, and lo, there was a nice piece of mahogany right there in the road. So I picked it up and handed it to them as said, "You are driving on it." They seemed stumped with that and rolled on down the road.
There is a lot of gold sheen float at most sites at Glass Buttes, but people do not know what it is when they see it. The rock I cut above in the photo was a dusty old crappy looking rock that I got at the cattle pond next to the road. Even I was not sure it was sheen until I cut it up. I just randomly picked it out of a bucket of obsidian to dress my new saw blade as it was a good size for it. You have to cut it right to get the sheen though.
Today I found some nice aurora, electric blue and rainbow obsidian at a sale that Rockoonz (Lee #2) here put together. That and a bucket of Hampton Butte wood followed me home today. I love hounding through giant piles of old material.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 22, 2018 7:59:08 GMT -5
A buddy and I always hit the gold sheen obsidian claim... We get permission every year to dig there.. I usually surface hound the area.. Some people dig up the Obsidian and just toss it to the side, I get some sweet material that way! I don't know what they think they are looking for, but that's ok with me....Hahahahaha Beats digging... Sweet material you cut there, totally awesome!! True story: when my brother and I were at Glass Buttes about 3 years ago we were on the side of the main road going into there looking for float. Along came an SUV with a couple in it, and they stopped and showed me a nice polished piece of mahogany flame made into jewelry. Then they asked me where they could find it. So I looked down, and lo, there was a nice piece of mahogany right there in the road. So I picked it up and handed it to them as said, "You are driving on it." They seemed stumped with that and rolled on down the road.
There is a lot of gold sheen float at most sites at Glass Buttes, but people do not know what it is when they see it. The rock I cut above in the photo was a dusty old crappy looking rock that I got at the cattle pond next to the road. Even I was not sure it was sheen until I cut it up. I just randomly picked it out of a bucket of obsidian to dress my new saw blade as it was a good size for it. You have to cut it right to get the sheen though.
Today I found some nice aurora, electric blue and rainbow obsidian at a sale that Rockoonz (Lee #2) here put together. That and a bucket of Hampton Butte wood followed me home today. I love hounding through giant piles of old material.
Hampton Butte is a must, for sure! Hahaha... Got lucky the last time hounding there, found some sweet material... Here are a few of my pieces that I cut from Glass Buttes.. 
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Post by MsAli on Jul 22, 2018 10:35:08 GMT -5
True story: when my brother and I were at Glass Buttes about 3 years ago we were on the side of the main road going into there looking for float. Along came an SUV with a couple in it, and they stopped and showed me a nice polished piece of mahogany flame made into jewelry. Then they asked me where they could find it. So I looked down, and lo, there was a nice piece of mahogany right there in the road. So I picked it up and handed it to them as said, "You are driving on it." They seemed stumped with that and rolled on down the road.
There is a lot of gold sheen float at most sites at Glass Buttes, but people do not know what it is when they see it. The rock I cut above in the photo was a dusty old crappy looking rock that I got at the cattle pond next to the road. Even I was not sure it was sheen until I cut it up. I just randomly picked it out of a bucket of obsidian to dress my new saw blade as it was a good size for it. You have to cut it right to get the sheen though.
Today I found some nice aurora, electric blue and rainbow obsidian at a sale that Rockoonz (Lee #2) here put together. That and a bucket of Hampton Butte wood followed me home today. I love hounding through giant piles of old material.
Hampton Butte is a must, for sure! Hahaha... Got lucky the last time hounding there, found some sweet material... Here are a few of my pieces that I cut from Glass Buttes..
Those are beautiful. I love how each one is different Flip the top one and you can see the man in it |
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