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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Next blob of tumbling fodder from the Rio Nov 1, 2017 14:12:38 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Nov 1, 2017 14:12:38 GMT -5 That's quite a walk from Kentucky. Roughly 1300 miles. Pack a lunch!
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Next blob of tumbling fodder from the Rio Nov 1, 2017 13:03:57 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Nov 1, 2017 13:03:57 GMT -5 That's zebra agate, and I'm pretty sure you got it from Roy. He may have gotten it from Tony. Not from the Zapata trip.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE Nov 1, 2017 8:12:27 GMT -5 amygdule likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Nov 1, 2017 8:12:27 GMT -5
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Lapidary Sale Oct 29, 2017 17:52:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 17:52:17 GMT -5 Wow and extremely jealous! Right place at the right time for sure. Good for you!!
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Un-tumbled breccia's in a tumbled breccia from the Rio Grand Oct 29, 2017 12:12:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 12:12:39 GMT -5 That brought a huge smile to me. Best of memories. Let me know when you are ready for round 2!
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Garly Jasper? Oct 29, 2017 11:03:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 11:03:13 GMT -5 Mushroom rhyolite and a widow's nest?
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Lemon serpentine (falsely labeled as lemon jade) Oct 29, 2017 9:34:01 GMT -5 fernwood likes this

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Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 9:34:01 GMT -5

I hadn't seen this stuff before you mentioned it here. Looks soft! Good luck with your experiments on it.

I believe that you might enjoy trying to work with honeycomb calcite. Some call it honey onyx.
Out of Utah and around a Mohs 3.5 It will take a nice shine to it, but it is soft.

www.google.com/search?q=honeycomb+calcite&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1x4jFhZbXAhUC4yYKHa-wBdYQsAQIQg&biw=1024&bih=701

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Time to go agate hunting when I get home Oct 29, 2017 9:02:35 GMT -5 toiv0 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 9:02:35 GMT -5 That's some die hard surfers/surfing. At least they don't have to worry about sharks! Good luck when you go rock hunting!
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THE STEEL DRUM COLLECTION"to buy or not to buy?Help. Oct 29, 2017 8:34:41 GMT -5 fernwood and accidentalrockhound like this

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Post by captbob on Oct 29, 2017 8:34:41 GMT -5

Nothing better than gaining access to a very old collection like that! Fantastic rocks and I hope that you get the chance to go back and pick through them again and again. I'd just make an offer on the entire lot were I there.

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	eBay tumbler STEAL - Columbia, Illinois Oct 28, 2017 18:36:56 GMT -5 MrMike likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 28, 2017 18:36:56 GMT -5
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Random Thoughts II Oct 27, 2017 16:13:33 GMT -5 rockpickerforever likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 27, 2017 16:13:33 GMT -5 Nice job Jean! But that looks like a bunch of work (time). They are, after all, just random thoughts. Kinda doubt there is anything too profound in there. Consider the source(s)
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Random Thoughts II Oct 27, 2017 9:57:34 GMT -5 1dave, MrMike, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 27, 2017 9:57:34 GMT -5 That wasn't a trap, it was an open door! Never pass on an opportunity to call a spade a spade
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Random Thoughts II Oct 27, 2017 9:27:55 GMT -5 1dave, washingtoncharlie, and 1 more like this

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Post by captbob on Oct 27, 2017 9:27:55 GMT -5

Oct 27, 2017 9:09:51 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Oct 27, 2017 7:09:53 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Dancing on the grave site of an RTH landmark ? <Shameless>.

And it's clear you have zero clue to whom I refer. The reference I make is to an active member whom is perfectly capable of being offended for himself. :Snort:

I hadn't planned on posting here, but...
Did I say ONE effin' word about about any sort of "conspiracy theory" regarding the deletion of the thread?
No, I did not.
In fact, I posted:

Oct 24, 2017 12:10:00 GMT -5 captbob said:

oh well... thanks for checking into it. Stuff Happens!

Please quit going above and beyond in your efforts to be a douche.

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Member Survey - What brought you to this forum? Oct 27, 2017 8:32:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 27, 2017 8:32:45 GMT -5 In the words of Jessica Rabbit: I'm just drawn that way.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Member Survey - What brought you to this forum? Oct 27, 2017 7:23:02 GMT -5 grayfingers, Drummond Island Rocks, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 27, 2017 7:23:02 GMT -5 Where is the What's gonna cause you to leave this forum? poll?
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Traveling Rock Box Input Request Oct 26, 2017 14:55:58 GMT -5 spiceman, Garage Rocker, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 26, 2017 14:55:58 GMT -5 This all gonna be in a medium Flat Rate box or a footlocker?
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Agatized coral gal from Florida - new here :) Oct 26, 2017 14:45:52 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this

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Post by captbob on Oct 26, 2017 14:45:52 GMT -5

Liz, ya gotta tumble coral! Jim likes to tumble the solid stuff, but I think that the bots are much more interesting when tumbled. Get Jim to post some of his tumbled coral pics or at least the link to his pages of photos.

I've got extra 15 pound tumblers. I'll trade ya one when we can get together sometime, if you are interesting in tumbling.
You mentioned coming down this way to visit your mom, where does she live near?

I wouldn't go to Honeymoon Island for coral. Beautiful place, but not for coral. Have collected in Tampa Bay when there are dredging operations going on, but mostly I find existing collections to cherry pick.

Have countless coral pictures, but most are hosted on photobucket - which doesn't work anymore for posting here. Need to spend a day transferring photos to new hosting site. Most of my collection is big (to huge) hollow pieces. Got a couple 55 gal drums of Tampa Bay coral as well. Hard to explain how much of this stuff I have (hoarder!).

Here are just a couple for now that I do have hosted on new site.

Little red wagon of coral scraps. Few hundred pieces in there.

A couple of bots being tumbled - not finished (polished). Have a 15 lb barrel of these running polish stage right now.
Jim has great pics of tumbled corals!

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Flint slabs Oct 25, 2017 22:33:18 GMT -5 meviva, 1dave, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Oct 25, 2017 22:33:18 GMT -5 ^ LOL some things are best left alone. Very nice flint slabs.
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eBay steals & deals Oct 25, 2017 9:26:11 GMT -5

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Post by captbob on Oct 25, 2017 9:26:11 GMT -5

Adding this 18" saw just because I've never seen one of these.

Not thinking it is a steal or deal, just something worth seeing.

www.ebay.com/itm/Buehler-Lapro-18-Lapidary-Slab-Saw-Covington-Denver/372115448022?hash=item56a3cf20d6:g:oK8AAOSwVNxZ7~~m

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eBay tumbler STEAL - Columbia, Illinois Oct 25, 2017 9:19:39 GMT -5

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Post by captbob on Oct 25, 2017 9:19:39 GMT -5

This should go in the eBay Steals & Deals thread, but needs to be seen immediately. Just listed.
It won't last long.

LOCAL PICK UP ONLY Columbia, Illinois

www.ebay.com/itm/Nelson-Rock-Tumbler-Lapidary-Machine-w-3-Barrels-1-4-H-P-Dayton-Electric-Motor/232536754611?hash=item36244549b3:g:CdAAAOSwcXVZ7~E4

$145 for a tumbler with three 15 lb barrels

Anyone near there might want to consider this.
I would not do the Make an Offer thing, someone else will hit the BIN and it's gone.

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