elementary
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Post by elementary on Apr 2, 2012 15:48:10 GMT -5
Hey All!
Well - the Northwest Index is at 44 pages and that's just of petrified wood-and I know there's more locations to be had - so I ask of you:
I'm putting together the Northwest Volume of the Agate Index and I'm looking for images of petrified wood from Gabbs, Nevada; McDonald Ranch, OR; Texas Springs Limb Cast (with the pink innards), NV; (I have some, but am looking for a greater variety) -and many other locations -
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if you have anything you think might be unusual or offbeat (pet wood or limb casts) from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, or Alaska, please post it here if you would like me to use in the index. I just ask for it to be a clear shot (any blurriness intensifies when I convert the file to PDF) in good light. I have tons of Saddle Mountain, Hubbard Basin, McDermitt, Sweet Home, but if you think you have something unusual or from a place I haven't mentioned - post! Share with others.
Thanks for your time.
Lowell
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sticksinstones
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Post by sticksinstones on Apr 2, 2012 16:53:16 GMT -5
I was the guest host of an episode of Cash and Treasures where we dug at the McDonald Ranch a few summers ago. The log that we found in the show is in my shop, slabbed but unpolished. If you aren't in a hurry I can try to finish a slab and get you the pic in the next couple of weeks.
I'm pretty sure I'll have a lot of pieces from places you haven't seen before. Is there a place to look at this index and what is its intended use/access?
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Post by elementary on Apr 2, 2012 17:28:52 GMT -5
Thanks Steven. (Glad you stuck around after dealing with the business you had to deal with a while back...it's been a pleasure reading your posts.)
Much of my pet wood I'm using comes from your site (with your permission a while back) and I have to say "THANK YOU" because you fleshed out so much of my Northwest. You and another dealer I know broadened the content to the point of being respectable right now. Your images are superb.
Oh, by the way - your Hubbard Basin material is incredible (if I may say) as is everything on your site - it makes me want to add some international, but that's way off topic for this project's intent.
As for your McDonald Ranch material: it usually takes me a couple weeks to put one of these volumes together (the new indexes - so needed- are a pain to do), so if you are able to produce a good representative sample, I'd love it - and a huge thank you if you find time to do this. I used to watch that Cash and Treasures show and though I enjoyed it, I always wondered how much digging and chunking work the host did compared to her 'production assistants'. I envisioned them doing several hours of work before she steps in, and with the call of 'action', pulls some impressive piece from the dirt.
Oh - to all - the pet wood section is up to 50 pages - and I haven't touched limb casts yet. I'm getting the feeling this one's goin' to be a monster...
Lowell
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sticksinstones
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Post by sticksinstones on Apr 2, 2012 18:37:56 GMT -5
I can only comment on the show I did, but Kirstin was very gung-ho in the trenches. She was there to make a show, but she'd dig when the camera's weren't rolling and really seemed to enjoy the thrill of unearthing something. We dug from trenches that had been opened up by the land owners, but the finds we ran into were real and she would get as excited as anyone when the pick would ring on contact with a piece of agate. She asked me to finish a couple of the pieces we found and send them to her for her own collection. She was the real deal and I didn't encounter a pretentious bone in her body. Here are a couple of unusual pieces: I found this in a bladed skill trail cut near the North Fork of the John Day River. Not sure if it's beech or sycamore but it's pretty neat and the only non-conifer I ever found over there. Then there was this piece from Stinking Water, but obviously not the typical find for over there. It was a winged elm I found in a washed out hillside. Do you have any good rip cut photos of knots from Hubbard Basin in there? It's one of my favorite ways to view wood:
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Post by elementary on Apr 2, 2012 19:45:42 GMT -5
Thanks for letting me know about Kristen. It's nice to hear that the apparently real her was reflected on the show (where she always seemed positive and enthusiastic.) I'm just a cynic when it comes to 'reality' or 'made for TV'. I know TV shows are a product and that illusion is made through the cameras, so I don't trust what is shown at face value. (My favorite current commercial is a skin product for 'mature' ladies that claims to make one look younger. The ad shows a bunch of women walking by the camera, coming out of the water, etc. In fine print at the bottom of the screen is the admission: "Not actual users." It makes me laugh.) I teach 6th grade and these kids will buy anything that shown on a screen - either TV or computer or IPad or whatever. Propaganda and persuasion are two of our topics. Anyway, enough about TV. Again, nothing against her - she seems great and fine, it's just without a true context of seeing her in real life, I tend to be a little suspicious.
On a more enjoyable rockhound note: I love the photos. The John Day piece fills a gap, the stinkingwater is a beauty, and I don't have any decent photos of cut knots from Hubbard - though I believe I have one exterior view.
Thanks again. Your work and the material you work with are incredible.
Lowell
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Post by sticksinstones on Apr 2, 2012 22:39:13 GMT -5
Oh I understand, and few are as cynical (or critically thinking as I like to think of it) as I am :-) Do you have any Post, OR, sycamore specimens in your index? This is a neat site that seldom produces anything larger than a limb that is now part of the Les Schwab Ranch. Here are a couple from my archives if you don't
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Post by roy on Apr 2, 2012 23:00:37 GMT -5
now that is some awesome wood !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 8:47:35 GMT -5
Damn, I thought I had a couple of nice pieces of wood but I guess I can throw mine out now. lol Jim
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 6, 2012 9:21:57 GMT -5
That is some nice wood!
I have lots of pet wood, but most of it I cannot identify to an exact locale. If I find some with a locale written on it or someone who knows where it came from I would be happy to help.
Great job on the indexes, that is an impressive job you are doing. Tony
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 6, 2012 13:46:27 GMT -5
I have a limb cast posting,on the general page,but couldn't tell you where it was from.....The guy I got the rocks from said he hunted Oregon and Idaho areas...
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Post by getyourbone on Apr 6, 2012 14:04:21 GMT -5
Only one I could dig up at the moment...if not petrified, certianly scared. Sorry...
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Post by sheltie on Apr 6, 2012 16:16:32 GMT -5
Here are two pieces. The one on the left is stinkingwater and the one on the right is Texas Palmwood. Hope this helps.
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Post by sticksinstones on Apr 7, 2012 23:24:46 GMT -5
That is some nice wood! I have lots of pet wood, but most of it I cannot identify to an exact locale. If I find some with a locale written on it or someone who knows where it came from I would be happy to help. Great job on the indexes, that is an impressive job you are doing. Tony Put up some pics (either her or in a new thread) and I'd be happy to identify if I recognize.
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