kyoti
has rocks in the head
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Post by kyoti on Jul 29, 2020 18:23:42 GMT -5
I mostly hound in our local waterways. Some have huge storm surges and strong currents when they're high. Summertime when the water's low is my happy time. I can access gravel bars that are only exposed in low water. I find so many odd things sometimes. Glass, pottery, artifacts , industrial waste lol and of course rocks. I love finding rocks that are out of place. For example here's my Biggs jasper imposter.  Sometimes I find industrial gears which I carry out for my friend who makes steampunk lamps with them. Even found a huge tractor engine once. Couldn't carry that  What odd things do you all find? |
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Post by Pat on Jul 29, 2020 21:15:32 GMT -5
Hmmm... it’s always fun to find something out of place. I’ll have to give it some thought.
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Post by fernwood on Jul 30, 2020 7:07:16 GMT -5
I have found a watch, ring, multi-tool, paper money and other items.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 30, 2020 9:52:01 GMT -5
I have a wall in our carport for our finds... Divers flipper, old 1955 Oregon license plate (Complete), old oil can, sunglasses, flip flop, tennis shoe, a spoon....... Old cars, but can't bring them home...Hahahahahahaha
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Post by drocknut on Jul 30, 2020 13:13:06 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 30, 2020 16:11:18 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately. Diane, don't you know beggars can't be choosers? You can find them, but chances are, they're not going to work! |
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kyoti
has rocks in the head
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Post by kyoti on Jul 30, 2020 17:59:10 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately. I found a cool but very corroded wrench once. I left it because of the weight. Saw a video a week later where a guy totally restored an old classic wrench. Made me wonder if I shouldn't have taken that wrench home :-) |
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jeannie63
off to a rocking start
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Post by jeannie63 on Jul 31, 2020 10:55:54 GMT -5
I found a tooth - well, technically a cap for a front tooth (human). I've always wondered what the story behind that was.
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Post by amygdule on Jul 31, 2020 12:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by drocknut on Jul 31, 2020 14:47:00 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately. Diane, don't you know beggars can't be choosers? You can find them, but chances are, they're not going to work! True although I've found a few pry bars and a rock hammer that are still in good working order. Sometimes ya get lucky. |
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Post by drocknut on Jul 31, 2020 14:48:27 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately. I found a cool but very corroded wrench once. I left it because of the weight. Saw a video a week later where a guy totally restored an old classic wrench. Made me wonder if I shouldn't have taken that wrench home :-) Heck yeah, I'd have picked it up. But then again I've been looked at funny before...lol. |
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Post by drocknut on Jul 31, 2020 14:50:00 GMT -5
An unusual find the other day down in the bay. A plastic doll that wanted to be a Mermaid.     Weird and a little bit disturbing that you posed the doll for pictures. LOL |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 31, 2020 14:57:25 GMT -5
Diane, don't you know beggars can't be choosers? You can find them, but chances are, they're not going to work! True although I've found a few pry bars and a rock hammer that are still in good working order. Sometimes ya get lucky. Hey, didn't you lose a rock hammer in the desert? So the pry bars you found put you in the plus column, lol. |
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Post by drocknut on Jul 31, 2020 15:07:02 GMT -5
True although I've found a few pry bars and a rock hammer that are still in good working order. Sometimes ya get lucky. Hey, didn't you lose a rock hammer in the desert? So the pry bars you found put you in the plus column, lol. Nope, not me, I've set one down then had to wander for a 1/2 hr to find it but haven't lost a rock hammer. Yeah the pry bars put me in the plus column although one was homemade and bent the first time I used it...lol. Got what I paid for right? LOL |
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Post by RickB on Jul 31, 2020 15:53:02 GMT -5
I usually find old rusty cans, some old glass, and have found a few tools although they were broken unfortunately. I found a cool but very corroded wrench once. I left it because of the weight. Saw a video a week later where a guy totally restored an old classic wrench. Made me wonder if I shouldn't have taken that wrench home :-) Found a beat up and run over wrench once in the middle of a road. It said Craftsman on it so I took it back to Sears and they gave me a brand new one for free. Also, at a flea market, I found a set of four corner wood clamps that are used to put picture frames together. One of the clamps was busted so I was able to get the set for a couple dollars. Sears gave me a brand new replacement set for free. Sears isn't doing very good anymore. |
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Post by amygdule on Jul 31, 2020 16:28:34 GMT -5
An unusual find the other day down in the bay. A plastic doll that wanted to be a Mermaid. Weird and a little bit disturbing that you posed the doll for pictures. LOL She likes Agates too.  |
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Post by greig on Jul 31, 2020 17:44:36 GMT -5
I found a GoPro and was able to watch its last video from a kid rock jumping. Other interesting stuff would include human molars (detected the fillings - I put the teeth back), dentures, a MAGA hat (in Canada), carbide miner's lamp, tin box with a small amount of silver ore inside, a really old sluice with placer gold in between the boards, miner's moss from a sluice which I cleaned well and got a couple of grams of fine gold, while diving a lake found an old horse drawn sleigh (turns out it fell thru the ice years ago), paper money, coins, jewelry (some real), dog tags, crematorium tags (I put them back), bullets (fired and unfired), a dildo, beer, a backpack full of student stuff), old locks, keys, knives, watches, cell phones, pens, drugs (which I disposed), epipen, boat parts, lighters, old bottles, candle sticks, miner's candles, buttons, damaged Indian artifacts, axe heads, old shovels, old picks, old signs and most importantly discovered my love for exploring.
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Post by drocknut on Aug 1, 2020 11:35:16 GMT -5
Weird and a little bit disturbing that you posed the doll for pictures. LOL She likes Agates too.  |
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Post by drocknut on Aug 1, 2020 11:37:32 GMT -5
I found a GoPro and was able to watch its last video from a kid rock jumping. Other interesting stuff would include human molars (detected the fillings - I put the teeth back), dentures, a MAGA hat (in Canada), carbide miner's lamp, tin box with a small amount of silver ore inside, a really old sluice with placer gold in between the boards, miner's moss from a sluice which I cleaned well and got a couple of grams of fine gold, while diving a lake found an old horse drawn sleigh (turns out it fell thru the ice years ago), paper money, coins, jewelry (some real), dog tags, crematorium tags (I put them back), bullets (fired and unfired), a dildo, beer, a backpack full of student stuff), old locks, keys, knives, watches, cell phones, pens, drugs (which I disposed), epipen, boat parts, lighters, old bottles, candle sticks, miner's candles, buttons, damaged Indian artifacts, axe heads, old shovels, old picks, old signs and most importantly discovered my love for exploring. Wow, that's quite the long list. Pretty cool. |
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Aug 1, 2020 19:27:27 GMT -5
I can remember back when I was a kid, we were panning for gold in Colorado, in the vicinity of the foundation for a small crushing mill. Picked up some wire gold, but found 5 or 6 steel balls from the crusher. I wish I knew where they went because they are probably worth more than the small amount of gold we found that day.
They were interesting in that they showed the manufacturing technique, had a big fat seam in the middle where the 2 halves had been welded together.
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