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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 17:20:30 GMT -5
Those are the fixtures for reptile lights (ceramic sockets) but what are the bulbs? I have tried to take rock pictures inside my iguana's enclosure - figured on using the bright light to my advantage - but the UVB lights gave a green cast to the photos. Are your pictures so awesome because of the paper filtering the light or are those standard incandescent bulbs?
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 16:55:15 GMT -5
Really Dr DG only 15 bucks a pound? I didn't know. Folks pay a lot more than that for regular rocks. Malachite can go for 30 to 35 bucks a pound for rough. Charoite is over $100 a pound. Guess dino bone ain't all that then if $15 a pound is the going rate. I'm just gonna throw in in milk crates and store it away for when I have time to deal with it anyway. Good to know. There is other stuff there to spend money on. Thanks! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 16:35:07 GMT -5
Does anyone know- is that tiger eye more appropriately called Brockman Tiger Eye? A bit better than everyday TE with scenes. Like Marra Mamba? No, this is just regular tiger eye, outta Africa, not Aussie. Got it just because I like bigger than the norm rocks! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 16:31:48 GMT -5
Aside: Mel Sabre52 jamesp - if you get the Fox Business channel, there is a nighttime show called Strange Inheritance. It's about.... (wait for it!) people that inherent odd, usually very valuable things. Monday night a new show is out about someone inheriting an arrowhead collection. Should be worth watching. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 16:22:45 GMT -5
Funny thing ... We are emailing back & forth, and a couple days ago this was a paragraph in one of his emails: Other items for your consideration would be spheres, ammonites, walrus skull with scrimshawed tusks, carved eskimo whale bone, carved and/or scrimshawed sperm whale teeth,mammoth tooth, mammoth tusk,musk ox scull, agate wood crotch,giant milky quartz crystal from Gabbs Nevada, selenite crystals, Alaska gold tree coral, nephrite jade vase and Mayan mask, and much more. We can also carry on our bantering about the Texas Spring rose agate replacement wood and the Buchanan Oregon egg.I read that and I'm like - are you kidding me! Noticed he didn't offer up the arrowheads.  ETA: that Alaska gold tree coral was pretty freakin' cool!! I'll try to remember to get some pictures. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 16:04:35 GMT -5
That place is a bit overwhelming, but in a good way. I'm usually bored at our local rock shows. I'm certainly not bored over there! It's kinda like going to a Barrett-Jackson auction to buy a vehicle and having no idea on a make or model when you walk in. Do you walk out with the fully restored 71 Chevelle SS or the 72 'Cuda? Or maybe you should get the 68 Camaro...
Not like you're gonna lose with any decision you make!
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 15:35:35 GMT -5
Doubt it's an expanding drum on a machine that old. Probably a bump wheel. Easy enough to change out to an expanding drum tho. What sized wheels 6" or 8"? - I would want 8" myself, but YMMV
I don't consider a 10" vibrating lap worth having. SMALL pan! If you are going to the trouble to get polish stuff on a vibe lap, make it worth your while and get at least a 15" pan. 27" would be better! But they take up a boat load of room and are noisier.
ALL for 800 bucks though is still a deal and there may be money to be made keeping what you want and parting the rest of the lot out. Figure the saw and the cab machine are worth $400 each and go from there.
Someone up that way may want to check that out!
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 15:23:25 GMT -5
Why is dino bone so expensive Mel? I figure there must have been millions of them critters running around, so the bone shouldn't be all that scarce. Not like it's running out...? Here is a pic from their craigslist ad of some dino bone (pic will go away when the ad does I guess)  I bought most of the nice pieces on that shelf, but the two big chunks towards the camera I didn't know enough about. Maybe a 25+ lb piece with the red in it and 20ish lbs for the one on the right. Both could be heavier. They were asking like 1200 & 1000 for them. Nice cell structure showing up close, but I have no clue if they are worth the $$. Guess it would be a nice addition to have a big honkin' chunk like that sitting on a shelf here. They have some pieces inside the house that I'm definitely gunning for. Just don't know value.  Sabre52 |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 14:14:39 GMT -5
Anyway, some more from the trip last weekend. Not everything needs to be expensive or rare. Sometimes being "cool" or unusual is enough to get me to bring it home. Used to be the case with wimmins too! Now it's just rocks ... This stuff is fossil algae (Stromatolite) found near Wamsutter Wyoming I just like Stromatolites. Like this stuff, and Mary Ellen or Kabamba "jasper". Yup, sometimes cool is good enough!      This Turritella stuff I also find kinda neat. I like the tiny shells  I bought the big chunk because I think it will make a dandy sphere someday.      That may be it for today, not sure. I've been slacking around here (taking pictures!) and need to get some other stuff done. Thanks for following along. More to come! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 13:59:45 GMT -5
Sounds like you dance card will be pretty full when you get there, but if you are still interested can send you a couple of links to quartz sellers in the Mt Ida Arkansas area. You are right, I'll have my hands full enough that I probably shouldn't go that direction! Off Topic PhotosHenry, here are a few of that tiger eye. It's a good sized piece, but no big deal other than size.    I also took one of a shelf I have agatized coral on - just because I was out there with a camera in hand.  ETA: the shelf pic should have been bigger. Set it for 1000 wide. Need to figure out what I did wrong (later) back to the new rocks ... |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 12:44:42 GMT -5
Yes Henry, tiger eye. I'll take a pic for ya if you school me on Arkansas crystals!  I'm out taking pictures anyway, I'll get a shot of it. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 18, 2018 11:54:37 GMT -5
I'm headed back to the sale Saturday morning. Headed over there early to be there (with permission) 2 1/2 hours before the sale opens. No telling what kinda trouble I'll get into this time, but... I admit that I am out of my comfort zone (rock wise) here. I just don't know enough about some of their treasures. Spent so much time reading about petrified wood, which I don't collect to date, that I'm going cross eyed. And I still don't have a freakin' clue! Buy what is "pretty" ?? *snicker* The dino bone there is WAY above my pay grade. What I bought so far was pretty easy to figure out "this is good", but they have huge chunks - whole vertebra/leg joints (?) like basketball sized, entire leg bones, etc, that I just don't have a way to know value. I could come home with ten thousand dollars worth of dino bone (I won't!) and not put a dent in their collection. They have a huge collection of BIG Arkansas crystal clusters. Again, I don't collect this stuff. Is it worth having? No telling the value. ... *sigh* SO many different specimen types that I just don't have experience with. I can tell what is a nice piece of Stone Canyon jasper or malachite or agatized coral or ... and have a very good idea of what it is worth or at least worth to me. But this collection goes off in directions that I am not properly prepared to deal with - due to LACK of knowledge. I'm not dumb, but dealing with so many various specimen types that I'm not up on makes me feel ignorant and unprepared. I don't like being unprepared - for anything. I am SURE that a year or two down the road I will be kicking myself for not buying X or Y when I had the (rare) chance to. Wish I could do one of those Vulcan mind meld things like Spock does on Star Trek and upload Mel's Sabre52 rock knowledge! I guess I'll just wing it the best I can. Certain that I will over pay on some items. I can justify that somewhat if these pieces just can't easily be found elsewhere. Figure that some specimens are worth more simply because you don't run across them often - or ever. Supply & demand? I dunno ... DO know that Saturday will be stupid expensive and crazy fun! Or, maybe I'm just stupid and crazy. I'll go ask my wife Should have taken up stamp collecting ...
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 23:56:53 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 18:16:06 GMT -5
I don't collect pet. wood, so I don't know what is what. I wish I did (know). They have so much of it but I don't know the good from the great nor values. I did pick up some cycad pieces - it's on my this stuff is rare list, but don't really know what I have. Will try to post some pictures of it tomorrow - it's supposed to be freakin' cold tomorrow - to ask for opinions as to whether I should pick up more.
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 18:08:50 GMT -5
And just where were you when the lawn needed to be mowed and I was painting the house?
Darn slacker kids!
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 17:26:43 GMT -5
Picture overload. I hate taking pictures as I'm not very good at it and resizing everything sucks. Will get to more pics of the dino bone soon. Have a question about Teepee canyon. This is the photo from their craigslist ad -  I thought I had bought more than I did, but when I unpacked that crate I didn't have as much as I thought - or want. From the photo... see the piece at the upper left with the big red blotch on it? They have a crap load of pieces like that, but many have a fracture running through them. Is it worth getting if there is a fracture or a few? Will pick up more on Saturday if it is still there. Mel Sabre52 ?? Mission Saturday is talking them out of the stuff they won't sell. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 15:12:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the Oregon guesses Mel. Will research further. Oh I'm certainly not depressed about what Baker Ranch rocks used to cost ya! Bet a car cost much less back when too. I've read the Baker Ranch mine/hole has been filled in and it's now pretty much surface collecting. If so, these things might do well price wise down the road. I look forward to opening a few of them up. Yup, everything was a bit pricey, but I bought enough to get to the 30% off level. Figure when I go back on Saturday (as my previous purchase amount carries forward) that I'll get to the 40% off the total level. That makes my costs much more reasonable. Going there and buying just a few things and paying full price would be insane. I'm trying to stick to items that are hard to find now days or getting rarer. Always thinking about return on investment! Some pieces I just want to have so ya grin and bear it. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 14:48:16 GMT -5
Thanks Rick, I'm leaning towards limb cast myself, but I can't be 100% as the seller wasn't sure.
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 14:41:51 GMT -5
Oh she knows about the rocks, they are all right out in the open on the back porch.
The lapidary equipment I got yesterday was all squirreled away before she got home. I'll bring it out (slowly) eventually, but I didn't want to push my luck this week. Not when I plan to go back to Cocoa in a couple days anyway!
ETA: what she also doesn't have a clue about was the tab on the rock haul. She has absolutely no clue what good rocks cost.
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Post by captbob on Jan 17, 2018 14:18:39 GMT -5
Alrighty, Baker Ranch ... THIS was a true treat to come across. I spent a bunch on these silly things. The sellers actually dug WITH the Geode Kid. Not just at his site, with him! Great stories!! I have lost my sunlight, so just a few pictures for now. Most everything I bought is rough. The potential is off the charts and the beauty remains hidden within. TOP quality specimens. I left very little of this behind. Not sure whether I spent more on these or dino bone, but the amounts would be close (?) I wasn't keeping track of such! group shot - again limited photos due to light getting bad. Heck, I probably couldn't take decent pictures of them anyway!   the piece in my hand was $175  one piece here 75 bucks, everything else $100 or more!  Could sell any of these pieces for 3-4-5 times what I paid or more. But they won't be sold. Ya might want to do a save the date for my estate sale! Lighting sucks and it's gettin' cold. More later. Hope ya liked 'em. Good stuff still to come! |
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