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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 13, 2018 20:49:46 GMT -5
Highgrading the parking lot gravel at work again the other day... . Don't laugh - I've found an old arrowhead, and a piece our gold prospecting pal didn't immediately dismiss as a dud. That one had some tiny yellow specks in it he actually said were very interesting.
This one not as exciting, but I'd like to find a big deposit of it somewhere. The way the colors and pattern lines vary in this little piece suggest that larger pieces might've been interesting enough to cut. Not a crack or pit anywhere in this 3000 grit surface, either.
Back (natural)
Front (3000 grit)
Shine
Bummer that it all got dug up and crushed, from some unkown location. At least I was right about it taking a good shine... . |
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Post by MsAli on Dec 13, 2018 23:05:10 GMT -5
Nice!
I have a friend back in Mn that has found some really amazing lakers in parking lot gravel so I'm not laughing.
Unfortunately I haven't found anything good yet and my daughter gets a tad embarrassed
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Post by agatemaggot on Dec 13, 2018 23:29:16 GMT -5
We find a LOT of Lakers in parking lots here in Iowa also !
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Post by fernwood on Dec 14, 2018 6:44:51 GMT -5
I love parking lot gravel/landscape gravel. Lots of agates and fossils here.
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Post by greig on Dec 14, 2018 9:34:38 GMT -5
Nice rock! You never know what you can find in parking lot gravel, especially the crush from mine tailings. I was up in Atlin, BC (old gold mining town, near the Yukon) showing a friend my new metal detector. He threw down a nugget into his gravel driveway and I tried to find it. I got a good signal and a small nugget, but it wasn't the one he tossed. The gravel was from a Pine Creek placer mine. I am sure he spent many hours checking the rest of his 200 yard driveway. Down in Cleveland, GA I a small pay to play gold mine which also sold its washed gravel for landscaping. They noticed people following their dump trucks to poke thru the rock that was being sold by the cubic yard. These people were finding smokey & rose quartz, Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds, Amethyst and Topaz. Now, this same rock is sold by the gallon bucket. ;-)
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Post by 1dave on Dec 14, 2018 9:49:10 GMT -5
Look not, see naught.
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Post by miket on Dec 14, 2018 10:22:20 GMT -5
Nice. People find Fairburns in landscaping rocks around here in Nebraska and in South Dakota. A friend of mine's dad found a nice one at Popeye's Chicken in Rapid City .
Not laughing one bit!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 14, 2018 16:27:17 GMT -5
Yours are really cool! I found a piece recently. A little agate of some sort. Not sure where it came from, probably mexico? It was in a "fancy polished landscaping rock" bag. Finding things is so fun!    |
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Post by miket on Dec 14, 2018 16:55:09 GMT -5
That's a great one, it will look nice tumbled...
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 14, 2018 18:39:11 GMT -5
That did take a great shine. Here is a couple Laker eye agates found in parking lot  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 14, 2018 21:14:26 GMT -5
Hey Bluesky - your agate has all those little "crazy lace" type patterns in it. That IS nice.
The "eye" agates I've never even seen in person, Toiv0, and you find them in the parking lot there. Excellent!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wanders around gravel lots looking like I lost my car keys... . |
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