Post by adrian65 on Jun 20, 2007 12:29:42 GMT -5
Hello, all!
I was in a trip for two days and, as usual, I went rockhounding in the same area I was with my daughter and mom some days ago. This time, being alone, I went further on that rivulet. I found a lot of rocks, but this time it was mostly pet wood. The wood of that area is black/dark grey, because it was "in-carbonized" before its petrification. So it's not very good looking, but still the wooden patterns are quite visible.
The really BIG surprise of the day was a HUGE stump, which was lying in the water waiting for me to pick it
I was not able to be very happy for the moment, because in the moment I've seen it I also realized I have no chance to carry it to the car (it was a distance of about 2 km between the car and the stump, and about half of the distance had trails near the riverbed, the other half of the road is right through the riverbed)
So I begun to think- what should I do? Should I try to roll it by myself? I was able to roll it just once, and realized that was impossible. So I went into the village, and asked someone if he has a horse to help me to carry it. He asked me how big it is, I told him and he saids - "no horse is necessary, my cart will do it" and pointed to his hi-tech tool. So we went back with the cart
We arrived at the place where I left the stump
and managed to load the monster into the sturdy cart
.
It took one and a half hours to bring the stump to the car and three man to lift it into the trunk, where it still is right now. I asked the men who helped me how heavy do they think it is, and they told it's about 130 ... 150 kilos. I agree with them.
I'm glad that stump is not bigger, 'cause either-way my rockhounding hobby would have been jeopardized (read the text under my avatar - till now I thought I'm completely "covered" with it but now I'm starting to doubt about that )
Any ideas about how should I polish one of its faces? I will keep it in one piece, excepting a little piece of it that broke apart very easily. That will be part of a contest that will come soon in a few days, so stay in touch on the competition area!
Thanks for looking,
Adrian
I was in a trip for two days and, as usual, I went rockhounding in the same area I was with my daughter and mom some days ago. This time, being alone, I went further on that rivulet. I found a lot of rocks, but this time it was mostly pet wood. The wood of that area is black/dark grey, because it was "in-carbonized" before its petrification. So it's not very good looking, but still the wooden patterns are quite visible.
The really BIG surprise of the day was a HUGE stump, which was lying in the water waiting for me to pick it
I was not able to be very happy for the moment, because in the moment I've seen it I also realized I have no chance to carry it to the car (it was a distance of about 2 km between the car and the stump, and about half of the distance had trails near the riverbed, the other half of the road is right through the riverbed)
So I begun to think- what should I do? Should I try to roll it by myself? I was able to roll it just once, and realized that was impossible. So I went into the village, and asked someone if he has a horse to help me to carry it. He asked me how big it is, I told him and he saids - "no horse is necessary, my cart will do it" and pointed to his hi-tech tool. So we went back with the cart
We arrived at the place where I left the stump
and managed to load the monster into the sturdy cart
.
It took one and a half hours to bring the stump to the car and three man to lift it into the trunk, where it still is right now. I asked the men who helped me how heavy do they think it is, and they told it's about 130 ... 150 kilos. I agree with them.
I'm glad that stump is not bigger, 'cause either-way my rockhounding hobby would have been jeopardized (read the text under my avatar - till now I thought I'm completely "covered" with it but now I'm starting to doubt about that )
Any ideas about how should I polish one of its faces? I will keep it in one piece, excepting a little piece of it that broke apart very easily. That will be part of a contest that will come soon in a few days, so stay in touch on the competition area!
Thanks for looking,
Adrian