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Post by woodman on Feb 4, 2019 18:40:38 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 4, 2019 18:44:36 GMT -5
Beautiful, especially that first one!  |
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2019 18:45:37 GMT -5
Beautiful, especially that first one!   |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 4, 2019 19:30:28 GMT -5
Some great lookin' eggs bud.. I dig the double!
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Post by woodman on Feb 4, 2019 21:26:25 GMT -5
I never tire of cutting eggs. I cut one today that will be polished soon that is different. Put another in saw before I came in, should go out aand take a look at it but it has dropped down below freezing and it is nice and warm in here! The old body does not like the cold anymore!
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Post by orrum on Feb 5, 2019 6:36:36 GMT -5
Nice and super shiny!
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 16:48:05 GMT -5
some more Richardsons out of the saw   Just found out from Casey Richardson that these two are from the Pony Butte bed. . still oily. |
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Post by miket on Feb 5, 2019 17:10:47 GMT -5
Love those things!
Do they ever disappoint? They're going on my list of someday rocks, too.
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 17:20:22 GMT -5
Love those things! Do they ever disappoint? They're going on my list of someday rocks, too. All too often they disappoint and get tosted on the rock pile. don't take pictures of those. |
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Post by miket on Feb 5, 2019 17:45:19 GMT -5
Love those things! Do they ever disappoint? They're going on my list of someday rocks, too. All too often they disappoint and get tosted on the rock pile. don't take pictures of those. Yeah, I just looked at their website- it says only an average of 1 in 20 cut make outstanding specimens. Still, that sounds like a great place to visit. I wouldn't mind spending a day digging there. It would take another day just to look at all that they have for sale! |
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 18:02:21 GMT -5
All too often they disappoint and get tosted on the rock pile. don't take pictures of those. Yeah, I just looked at their website- it says only an average of 1 in 20 cut make outstanding specimens. Still, that sounds like a great place to visit. I wouldn't mind spending a day digging there. It would take another day just to look at all that they have for sale! I have also heard 1 in 10, these I am cutting today , I got 4 good ones in a row, but they come from aa bucket I bought the last trip I made, the diggings were closed due to rain, so I just picked thru the bins. The problem with digging them is knowing when to stop digging or have heavy wallet! |
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 18:03:39 GMT -5
The last one off the saw.  |
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 18:05:02 GMT -5
This one I just  put on the polisher! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 19:07:48 GMT -5
The hollow one is real nice! I also like the wisps of red in a couple of the others. I have also heard 1 in 10, these I am cutting today , I got 4 good ones in a row, but they come from aa bucket I bought the last trip I made, the diggings were closed due to rain, so I just picked thru the bins. The problem with digging them is knowing when to stop digging or have heavy wallet! I suppose it depends on what a particular person considers a keeper, what part of the bed is being dug (some folks insist on taking eggs from the upper layers, flattened eggs that are too don't have room for much inside, or even mud balls) and what one is looking for. From my experience, less than a quarter are just plain gray chalcedony, and even those can cut some interesting spheres or eggs. If someone is looking for something specific, like plume, the odds can get really steep (typically fewer than 1 in 100), and unless a piece of the shell breaks off during digging - which can ruin the egg - not much indication of what is inside until you slice it. And every egg is different, so finding a great one doesn't mean that those adjacent to it will look remotely similar. They used to call them "Surprise Eggs" and opening them is an addictive thrill. Richardson's puts a lot of work into the beds to make them easy and fun to dig, too. What I've found mysterious, on every trip I've taken down there, are the really interesting eggs people just toss out in the parking areas. I suppose some are trying to get their buckets of eggs down toward the minimum charge, but I've picked up some excellent examples without digging at all. |
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Post by woodman on Feb 5, 2019 21:22:49 GMT -5
I too have picked up great eggs in the parking lots!
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Post by MsAli on Feb 5, 2019 21:35:31 GMT -5
some more Richardsons out of the saw . still oily. Those top two are crazy looking and the colors in the bottom ones are sweet! |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 6, 2019 4:19:12 GMT -5
The ones with the "fingers" are very cool.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 6, 2019 11:01:17 GMT -5
Liking the tube eggs..... At least the RR eggs give you a variety of different material to look at when cut... So many beds to choose from when digging there.
Nice cuts Woodman.....
As for the bone piles, I have a bigger bone pile than I do the bucket of goods, I keep... Hahahaha
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Post by miket on Feb 6, 2019 12:48:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I just looked at their website- it says only an average of 1 in 20 cut make outstanding specimens. Still, that sounds like a great place to visit. I wouldn't mind spending a day digging there. It would take another day just to look at all that they have for sale! I have also heard 1 in 10, these I am cutting today , I got 4 good ones in a row, but they come from aa bucket I bought the last trip I made, the diggings were closed due to rain, so I just picked thru the bins. The problem with digging them is knowing when to stop digging or have heavy wallet! 1 in 10, I'd take those odds. Some day I may have to order some to cut. Not sure I would be able to stop, I'd have a full bucket and full pockets purely based on how I hunt rocks around here!  |
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Post by RWA3006 on Feb 6, 2019 15:19:46 GMT -5
some more Richardsons out of the saw . still oily. That one on the upper right looks like a nest of alien babies in a cavern. |
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