Post by elementary on Aug 29, 2010 19:42:16 GMT -5
About four years ago, when Mel lived up the lane, I said to him that I really was interested only in material that I collected myself, that I had no interest in trading with people. He told me that would change.
Until recently my original thoughts still held true...but now his words have come to pass.
My first trade was with Fairburned and though he said not to worry, I still think his material to me was better than what I sent him. I offered more recently, but he said it was fine, and I am grateful for his willingness to trade with me.
Then came Woodyrock. After reading up my post on how I provide specimens to my students, he offered up a box of Maury Moss. I said, if it wasn't too much, I'd love a specimen or two of some of the nodules in his area. He sent the box with some awesome material and I returned one to him with Lavic Jasper and North Cady moss.
(I can't seem to find the photos of what he sent me.)
Then I sent the box to SteveHolmes recently, as both a thank you -because his post back in February led directly to the Agate/Jasper Index - and a joke. There was no expectation of a return, but I received a neat lil package and an extremely kind note in the mail the other day with this inside:
A crazy lace cab, a neat Moctezuma nodule, and a wonderful dinobone wrap. My daughter grabbed the nodule right off the bat since it's her favorite colors. Many thanks to him. I'm figuring out how I can display the dino at the Oxnard Show coming up in November.
I then posted a box of secondary nodule material from the North Cady's a friend gave me. I offered it up for sale. Thunder69 was the first to respond. This was great as I had been meaning to strike up a trade with him for some of his wonderful local banded material he posts. He bought the one box, and I shipped him a box of misc So Cal material. I hope he liked his end of the deal. I'm exceedingly happy with mine.
I had opened the box and saw a load of rough all ready for me to attack and fiddle with. (It might actually get me away from those Aussies I've been fiddling with.)
I then noticed a smaller box buried under all the Southern hospitality. I figured it was just his payment for the initial box of 2nds. I popped it open and my eyes popped out!
It was a batch of his tumbled material!
Love it to death!
Meanwhile I sold a medium box of misc material to "Rons" in Georgia. I just shipped it out yesterday. I told him one price if the material was okay and a slightly higher price if he liked it.
I'm beginning to get that giving feeling again, and someone out there might be getting an email from me just asking for their address...and if that happens - there might be a box coming your way...
Ho Ho Ho
Until recently my original thoughts still held true...but now his words have come to pass.
My first trade was with Fairburned and though he said not to worry, I still think his material to me was better than what I sent him. I offered more recently, but he said it was fine, and I am grateful for his willingness to trade with me.
Then came Woodyrock. After reading up my post on how I provide specimens to my students, he offered up a box of Maury Moss. I said, if it wasn't too much, I'd love a specimen or two of some of the nodules in his area. He sent the box with some awesome material and I returned one to him with Lavic Jasper and North Cady moss.
(I can't seem to find the photos of what he sent me.)
Then I sent the box to SteveHolmes recently, as both a thank you -because his post back in February led directly to the Agate/Jasper Index - and a joke. There was no expectation of a return, but I received a neat lil package and an extremely kind note in the mail the other day with this inside:
A crazy lace cab, a neat Moctezuma nodule, and a wonderful dinobone wrap. My daughter grabbed the nodule right off the bat since it's her favorite colors. Many thanks to him. I'm figuring out how I can display the dino at the Oxnard Show coming up in November.
I then posted a box of secondary nodule material from the North Cady's a friend gave me. I offered it up for sale. Thunder69 was the first to respond. This was great as I had been meaning to strike up a trade with him for some of his wonderful local banded material he posts. He bought the one box, and I shipped him a box of misc So Cal material. I hope he liked his end of the deal. I'm exceedingly happy with mine.
I had opened the box and saw a load of rough all ready for me to attack and fiddle with. (It might actually get me away from those Aussies I've been fiddling with.)
I then noticed a smaller box buried under all the Southern hospitality. I figured it was just his payment for the initial box of 2nds. I popped it open and my eyes popped out!
It was a batch of his tumbled material!
Love it to death!
Meanwhile I sold a medium box of misc material to "Rons" in Georgia. I just shipped it out yesterday. I told him one price if the material was okay and a slightly higher price if he liked it.
I'm beginning to get that giving feeling again, and someone out there might be getting an email from me just asking for their address...and if that happens - there might be a box coming your way...
Ho Ho Ho