jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2020 7:55:04 GMT -5
In Peru a hole in a canoe was simply packed with clay. Cramming plastic bags in the hole works well. Beautiful scenery, that water is of cool color. Amazing treasure trip with a great mission. This is my small fast water tributary exploration boat. I use it for petrified coral. It can carry 600 pounds of rock. 400 pounds and a passenger. The jon boat is a cheap thin wall aluminum rig that is light weight for dragging up small falls and rapids, over dead falls. The Go Devil motor tackles rapids 4 inches deep and deeper. I often take it 3 hours upstream, about 15 miles to locations rarely visited at low river levels where the unseen treasures can be found in the river basin. Return trip downstream takes half as much time. Sometimes having to toss 'ballast'(ouch) to make it back. I have towed a string of up to 4 kayaks occupied with kayakers.
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Post by pauls on Oct 30, 2020 19:46:35 GMT -5
Monumental masons (AKA gravestone makers) have really large saws, but they have a wide kerf, They don't care about a bit of wastage when slicing a Granite boulder. Also check around for companies that cut stones for building facades and bench tops. I have a 46Kg Agate that has been sitting in my garden for nearly 20 years waiting on a decision about cutting it. Procrastination, not me.
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rockhoundoz
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhoundoz on Oct 30, 2020 22:33:38 GMT -5
In Peru a hole in a canoe was simply packed with clay. Cramming plastic bags in the hole works well. Beautiful scenery, that water is of cool color. Amazing treasure trip with a great mission. This is my small fast water tributary exploration boat. I use it for petrified coral. It can carry 600 pounds of rock. 400 pounds and a passenger. The jon boat is a cheap thin wall aluminum rig that is light weight for dragging up small falls and rapids, over dead falls. The Go Devil motor tackles rapids 4 inches deep and deeper. I often take it 3 hours upstream, about 15 miles to locations rarely visited at low river levels where the unseen treasures can be found in the river basin. Return trip downstream takes half as much time. Sometimes having to toss 'ballast'(ouch) to make it back. I have towed a string of up to 4 kayaks occupied with kayakers. Outstanding!! That rig looks like it's own variety o perfection right there. Primed for an array of harvest & collecting work on our waterways ππ£. Lots of 1 to 2inch water & long straight up exposed gravel bars on the 93lber trip, lotta dragging the kayak, but when that water is up I'd say there are class 4 rapids amongst the sharp limestone boulders/carved bedrock. Absolutely woulda slapped a patch/plug on that hole had I known the hole was there in the field. With the giant agate & gear loaded right over the hole on the back of the boat, it was all I could manage to lift the kayak & drain half of the water from the hull plug every 15 minutes or so. We were racing to make it to the take-out before pitch dark, as the temps dropped into the 20's β. The float took longer than anticipated due to my half submerged boat slowing us all down, lol. Long way of saying I was too rushed & soaked to get the kayak upside down & I had assumed the water was entering the hull via fishing rod holder & "dry-cargo" stowage gaps, which had plagued me on prior trips (I sealed them with silicone eventually but figured it cracked). I too have tossed 'ballast' π- wasn't an option to me on this day. Nearly sank the same kayak once, in the middle of an icy New Mexico mountain lake, during a sudden gale, due to said accessory hole leakage (good imagery) before sealing. One of the rocks that went overboard was a nodule showing veins of brilliant red agate, which I later realized was a thunder-egg. That rock still haunts me as a friendly ghost when eyes are closed. Dropped it below accidently, as I was frenzied /fight or flight to escape going down & throwing the bigger rocks over. Once patched a large 3 or 4" cypress knee hole in a canoe 10 miles into Congaree N.P. swamp backcountry with a boat full of Nova Scotians (people-but I hear the agates are quite fine too). Used soft plastic fishing lures melted by bic lighter & dripped /formed it onto both sides of the hole. Worked like a charm & used that canoe w/ said patch multiple time after. I'm a big fan of the GA/FL fossil coral & did read/was a fan of one of your posts on the subject ππ. Here's my current fast camp rig with the custom $15 2x4 kayak rack I built ontop π.
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rockhoundoz
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockhoundoz on Oct 30, 2020 22:45:23 GMT -5
Monumental masons (AKA gravestone makers) have really large saws, but they have a wide kerf, They don't care about a bit of wastage when slicing a Granite boulder. Also check around for companies that cut stones for building facades and bench tops. I have a 46Kg Agate that has been sitting in my garden for nearly 20 years waiting on a decision about cutting it. Procrastination, not me. Excellent suggestions, thank you! As long as it's less than a 1/4" kerf (π), I believe this agate can handle it. But like yourself, I will most likely chaw on the possibilities a while while taking it all in.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2020 22:49:39 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2020 22:56:02 GMT -5
Awesome rig rockhoundoz. Looks to be dialed in for great adventure runs. Small waterways are one of the last rarely explored frontiers. Ever watch Rocks Costeau on Youtube ? He uses a jet kayak, propulsion similar to a jet ski drive.
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fravel
off to a rocking start
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Post by fravel on Nov 18, 2020 9:49:33 GMT -5
What a great find!
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