Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 10, 2022 13:05:47 GMT -5
Howdy Folks, Not my finds but a collecting buddy of mine just returned from a trip to the Cady Mtns in California and sent me this pic of a new green plume agate they collected. Very unlike any plume I've ever collected there and I thought you all might like to take a look at it. Very neat stuff.  Cadys Green Plume by lonerider652000, on Flickr |
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Apr 10, 2022 20:06:11 GMT -5
awesome thank you
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 10, 2022 23:30:27 GMT -5
WOW! Love the color tones in that material! Thanks for posting the pic Mel!  |
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Apr 13, 2022 0:04:19 GMT -5
Howdy Folks, Not my finds but a collecting buddy of mine just returned from a trip to the Cady Mtns in California and sent me this pic of a new green plume agate they collected. Very unlike any plume I've ever collected there and I thought you all might like to take a look at it. Very neat stuff. Cadys Green Plume by lonerider652000, on Flickr Mel, do you know if it came from north or south Cadys? There's been some real nice stuff coming from the south lately. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 13, 2022 6:48:26 GMT -5
Hey Tommy, My old Cadys gang is very closed mouth about where they have been collecting lately due to the fact every time we used to make a find and talk about it, friggin commercial collectors went in and pillaged the site. Shoot a couple of places we found they even made new illegal roads into the sites. We always collected way back in the north Cadys when I was going with them but I agree, other guys I know have been pulling new plume types out of the southern areas. First time I've see this particular type though.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 16, 2022 9:34:32 GMT -5
Tommy, Just got an e-mail from my old Cadys collecting buddy and the green plume came from not far from the fluorite mine plume site in the north Cadys. If you know where Pepto Bismol \Hill is ( the campground with the hill of pink ash) it would be south of there.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Apr 16, 2022 9:59:04 GMT -5
Tommy, Just got an e-mail from my old Cadys collecting buddy and the green plume came from not far from the fluorite mine plume site in the north Cadys. If you know where Pepto Bismol \Hill is ( the campground with the hill of pink ash) it would be south of there. Very cool, thanks Mel! Yeah I know that area well - it's where I found that 40# monster colorful jasper boulder that I still haven't cut. The story as I remember it is after searching the ridges for several hours we made our way back to the truck for a sandwich and I climbed up the side of a small hill just at the opening of the fluorite mine canyon and sat down to eat and the tip of this damn thing was sticking out of the ground right beside me.  |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 16, 2022 17:11:57 GMT -5
Very cool Tommy. That's a heck of a boulder you found. I have a favorite story about that PB Hill camp too. I was up on the ridge behind the camp and found a small piece of float that was truly incredible multi-colored moss agate. Followed the ridge a bit onto a canyon and found it full of big frothy nodules. I cracked one open and the entire center was made of that moss, enough that I finished filling my pack. Headed down the canyon towards camp and at that choice time I was struck with the most horrible case of food poisoning (store bought sub sandwich) that I've had in my life. Got so sick and delirious that I barely made it down that hanging canyon to camp and in fact could barely remember hiking back. The long drive home to Ojai afterward was pure Hell! Went back a few months later, parked in the same exact spot, but danged if I could even find that canyon again. So sad as that was really nice moss as good as any I've seen from Mexico or other places. Sold off the last slabs and rough a couple of years ago and was sorry to see it go as I never got around to cutting a cab. Oh well.
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