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Post by broseph82 on Feb 15, 2020 20:13:22 GMT -5
Many thanks, vitzitziltecpatl I'll email them tonight, I was going to call, but think I'll email first to find out a good time. That rough does have some flash,and ain't bad for having been picked thru. Was he pricing by the chunk, or just had a bin price? I'll let you know what I hear. Thanks again, and for the photos. Go to FB and look up: Gene McDevitt He’s a Koroit Opal miner from the US. He openly posts pics, videos, and such from his mine all the time. Quite interesting. He does sell some on eBay, but it’s all lower grade junky stuff. I think he goes to the shows and sells his stuff by the barrel/drum full. Wouldnt hurt to contact him |
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Post by stardiamond on Feb 15, 2020 20:57:15 GMT -5
When I first joined this forum, pictures of beautiful Koroit cabs were being posted. I got the bug and ordered a parcel from Gene. For what was paid, I expected some value, not the motherload but since he picked the parcel something to work with. What I got was experience and nothing very good as a result. I believe he refunded my money. I am reluctant to take another chance.
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Post by gemfeller on Feb 15, 2020 21:42:56 GMT -5
McDevitt's also a jerk. I ordered an expensive parcel from him but after a few days he emailed that he'd decided not to sell it. OK. But he did it in such a snarky, arrogant way he's gone permanently onto my "do not buy from" list.
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Post by knave on Feb 16, 2020 18:38:46 GMT -5
 Not mine but I LIKE it. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 16, 2020 19:00:54 GMT -5
What's not to like?  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 16, 2020 19:44:37 GMT -5
Wow. When I first saw that photo I thought the cab was larger, but then I saw the scale of the fingerprints.
I had started looking for places to cut "smaller, higher value" clean stones from it. Didn't matter. There's nowhere on there I'd want to saw through.
That's a great piece of boulder.
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Post by Tony W on Feb 22, 2020 16:37:00 GMT -5
Hi, all. I'm not having much luck with opal miners lately, lol. Wrote Rod well over a week ago, but nada. And I've been buying rough from Gene in the past, but I haven't heard back after our last exchange before I started this thread. I know there is still opal in the ground, but it seems the miners are loath to let it go  Just leavings mostly. Oh, well, I'll keep hoping for an email back, or a new source. Jet...it you are out there.... |
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Post by Tony W on Feb 22, 2020 16:41:45 GMT -5
That's a beautiful piece, Knave. That's the quality I used to get in the past, but it has gone way down hill. Tony
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Post by miket on Feb 22, 2020 19:51:34 GMT -5
Dang, knave. That is beautiful... |
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Post by Tony W on Mar 2, 2020 9:32:45 GMT -5
Heard from Rod, and he's going to work with me on a parcel. I'll let you know how it works out. Many thank for the responses to this thread! T
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Post by broseph82 on Mar 2, 2020 21:28:01 GMT -5
When I first joined this forum, pictures of beautiful Koroit cabs were being posted. I got the bug and ordered a parcel from Gene. For what was paid, I expected some value, not the motherload but since he picked the parcel something to work with. What I got was experience and nothing very good as a result. I believe he refunded my money. I am reluctant to take another chance. Ouch I’m sorry. I bought a cheap $35 parcel off eBay from him just to play around with and it was mostly junk. Won’t buy anymore like that off eBay from him. Let me see if I can pull up some folks on Instagram that sell Boulder (it’s super nice and not at all cheap). |
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Post by broseph82 on Mar 2, 2020 21:31:39 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 2, 2020 21:38:34 GMT -5
Heard from Rod, and he's going to work with me on a parcel. I'll let you know how it works out. Many thank for the responses to this thread! T Awesome! Do keep us up to date on how it goes. I hope you're able to get a nice parcel for less than a left lung.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Mar 2, 2020 22:19:34 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll also be looking forward to hearing how it turns out. Hope it's good enough to at least take the edge off that opal jones you have going... .
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Post by stardiamond on Mar 2, 2020 23:23:34 GMT -5
I remember what was posted here when I joined and that is what I would like to chase.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Mar 2, 2020 23:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Mar 3, 2020 8:00:06 GMT -5
stardiamond - That is a nice "pattern stone" for the buyers who only care about that aspect. Priced like an cab of most other types of rough we might cut. That's all anyone can do with those, but the right person will buy that one someday. Probably would be an easier sell in person.
Here's one from 2014.
Did sell, but took a while.
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Post by Tony W on Mar 9, 2020 16:46:13 GMT -5
Love the pattern though. A little pin fire would have jazzed it up nicely. |
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Post by Tony W on Mar 9, 2020 16:49:59 GMT -5
It wouldn't let me look around, lol. Thanks anyway! |
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 6, 2020 12:21:57 GMT -5
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Just leavings mostly. Oh, well, I'll keep hoping for an email back, or a new source. Jet...it you are out there....
