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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 25, 2015 16:12:34 GMT -5
I finally made it to the beach. I put on my waders and hit the water for about four and a half hours. My main goal was to find Petoskey stones. I found a few. I always find some puddingstones in this area. I got some pretty nice ones today. Most of my unakite comes from Lake Superior, but I found a few today. I almost made it home without picking up any granite, then I found this. It was just too pretty to leave behind, so I didn't. snowmom would have been disappointed in me if I hadn't hauled this home. At first I thought it was a puddingstone because that bright red jasper is exactly the same as what's found in puddingstone. This one has some really nice stripes. Bottom side, same rock. More striped rocks. The one on the left is really unusual. This is my favorite find of the day. It's a really nice piece of chain coral. [/url] Here it is with another I found. This is another unusual one. It looks like palm wood to me, but I don't think it is. There is supposed to be palm wood in a bay and a nearby island near here, but I've never found any. I talked to an older rockhound who told me it had all been picked up from the island. He made it sound like they were logs. I have never been able to find a picture of the palm. The fossils around here are from the Devonian Period and are limestone from what I've seen. They are various shades of gray, so this red doesn't really fit in. It's a mystery!
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Post by panamark on Apr 25, 2015 16:55:38 GMT -5
Those are some beauts! I wouldn't be surprised to find out that was palm, although I haven't seen it in read before. My favorite though is the granite. Great colors on it!!! Be sure to show it when you get it polished. A very nice day Rob!
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Post by orrum on Apr 25, 2015 17:26:29 GMT -5
Man I like that chain coral! Puddings tone too!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 25, 2015 17:28:00 GMT -5
Really?!? The granite is your favorite?!? I was really disappointed in myself for hauling that home. I've been trying to quit, and I fell off the wagon.
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 25, 2015 21:22:37 GMT -5
Nice haul!!!!!!!!!! That last one looks like the whale bone you can find around here...
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Post by snowmom on Apr 26, 2015 15:44:44 GMT -5
we've definitely been rock shopping on the same beach! Having waders you can get the good stuff. It was so quiet out there the other day I was thinking of going in without waders. Maybe this coming week. juggelerguy Rob I am proud of you for picking up that breccia/conglomerate. The darker ones always make me think of patchwork quilts. I picked up its sister a couple days before you picked that one up. It had a little bonus in it too. There is a big ole nugget of nickel/iron ore right in it. If you look near 12 o clock in the photo you will see it also has a fragment of that great red jasper. I have found a couple others with red jasper randomly stuck in them too. Waiting to find one with BIG red jaspers in with those other colored rocks. They've gotta be out there. well, I can hope! This area has some outstanding colorful granites, always catch the eye. I have not reformed, caught myself picking up more this spring and finally thought aww "what the heck". Pretty for pretty's sake has a place too. Will you cut the bottom red and white palm-bone rock? Don't forget to show us what it looks like!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 26, 2015 16:03:38 GMT -5
awesome haul Rob. you know the pudding is my favorite and you got some great keepers. we drove an hour today to lakeport state park on lake huron and it was closed for maintenance. I was not a happy camper.
Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 26, 2015 16:19:49 GMT -5
That's a bummer Chuck. Were you after anything in particular? snowmom, what beach were you on? The one I was on is only accessible through private property. My wife's aunt's brother has a house there, so that's how I get on. Once I'm in the water, I can legally go anywhere I want. I've never seen you post a picture of a puddingstone or a Petoskey stone. Do you pick them up?
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2015 17:30:29 GMT -5
Like em all. Coral over the top, along with the polka dot one that is unfamiliar-no clue on that one. If you figure out how to tumble the pink felspar granite with out under cutting, please share.
Can you pull a little boat raft behind you ?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 26, 2015 17:54:48 GMT -5
I thought a lot about how to not have to carry all those rocks back while hauling them. I would like to go much farther down the beach some day in my kayak, but I'm afraid that a wind will come up and I'll end up carrying my boat home. I went just past the houses, but from there on, there are no houses and no public road. I tried floating my bucket, but then I have to wade through deeper water, so it slows me down. If the bucket gets too full it doesn't float. I've considered taking a kid's inner tube along and blowing it up for the walk home, but the water depth is still a problem. I did meet a man much closer to the uninhabited end of the beach who came out and talked rocks with me. He invited me to use his beach to launch my kayak, so I could leave my full bucket there and drive back to get it.
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Post by panamark on Apr 26, 2015 19:14:35 GMT -5
Really?!? The granite is your favorite?!? I was really disappointed in myself for hauling that home. I've been trying to quit, and I fell off the wagon. lol! Yeah, you cut and polish that thing and it is gonna be a beaut! I guarantee it.
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Post by Tommy on Apr 26, 2015 22:37:56 GMT -5
Awesome haul I love the chain coral - that's an amazing find.
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Post by snowmom on Apr 27, 2015 6:29:21 GMT -5
Rob, ( jugglerguy ) I usually don't hunt Petoskey's or pudding stones, but if I run across good ones i'll pick them up because guests love them. I send them home with some as mementoes of their visits. I hunt only on public beaches and wade without waders when the lake is calm, which as you know is about 3 times a season. Presque Isle co. Has provided some of my best finds so far. Farther north has spectacular granites, closer to Alpena is where I find stuff like you show here. Good finds, and sounds like a real adventure to use a kayak and waders... the deep stuff would be pretty scary to me! The bravest bird gets the best pudding stones!
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Post by quartz on Apr 28, 2015 0:27:37 GMT -5
Looks like a good day, we like all the variety. Probably the nicest piece of granite I've ever seen, ours here is very basic and plain.
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Post by broseph82 on Apr 28, 2015 12:30:03 GMT -5
Jugglerguy buy a hiking backpack and haul them in it. Hands are free the whole time. Much more convenient and you can put about 100lbs in it (in mine anyway).
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 28, 2015 12:58:08 GMT -5
That's a good plan. I used my backpack from college (for books) and it was ok, but something with more of a frame would probably be better. I'm built more like a pole, rather than your build that's more like a tank, so I'll probably haul a bit less than 100 pounds. Thanks for the idea.
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Post by grizman on Apr 28, 2015 13:16:32 GMT -5
Great finds my friend! Being from Montana we don't get to see rocks like those except the granite. With that in mind, I love all of your finds. I especially like the petoskey stone. Can you tumble them, or are they too soft?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 28, 2015 14:09:35 GMT -5
I've never heard of anyone successfully tumbling Petoskey stones because they're so soft. They're limestone. I'm going to experiment with some of these to see just how far I can take them in a tumbler. I've done them for about three days in 60/90 and that works well. I've read that they can be done through about 500 and then they fall apart or something. At some point, you have to stop tumbling and finish them on a grinder or by hand.
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