whatamidoing
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since August 2014
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Post by whatamidoing on Aug 14, 2014 12:41:03 GMT -5
Hello -
My name is Kathy and my teenage daughter has gotten me interested in the tumbling because of her interest. Just starting out and just bought a dual 3 lb tumbler cheap off of craigslist. Now looking for some rock to put in it. Saw some posts that said to try jasper or agates first, so that's what we will do. Seems to be a great board so I feel fortunate to have found it and wanted to say hello.
--Kathy
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 14, 2014 14:19:32 GMT -5
Welcome to the board Kathy. My sons got me started with this hobby too. We started tumbling about 3 years ago and the tumblers have run 24-7 ever since. If you spend a little time going through old threads on this forum you will certainly find everything you need and more. Feel free to ask questions and also try to post pictures of what your working on. If you have not gotten your grit and supplies yet I highly recommend going to www.therockshed.com/ You can get some real nice dependable rock to tumble from there and if you phone your order in Shawn will point you in the right direction for best stone choice for a beginner too. Hard rock like jaspers and agates are a catch 22. They are an easy to tumble in regards to getting a great shine but they are also a hard rock which means they will take a long time in stage one to remove the imperfections. Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 14, 2014 15:12:09 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, Kathy! My son got me going with rocks too, and now I'm much more into it than he is.
What Chuck said about agate and jasper is very true. Agate usually takes longer than jasper for me, but both can take months. It's worth the wait, but depending on your daughter's patience, you might want to do something quicker for your first batch. I live in Michigan where there are lots of rocks available on the beaches. Beach rocks may or may not turn out great in the end, but they'll be well on their way to being rounded already. The first stage is what takes the longest, but I can have some beach rocks done in 2-3 weeks if they start out without any major defects. On the other hand, if you don't know what you're picking up, they may be rocks that will never shine up at all.
Ask some questions along the way and the nice folks here will be glad to help out.
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Post by Toad on Aug 14, 2014 17:04:17 GMT -5
Welcome. You could always try heading over to Flint Ridge - east of Columbus. For $0.50 a pound you get colorful and nicely patterned material that you collected yourself!
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Post by braders on Aug 14, 2014 18:02:33 GMT -5
Welcome kathy from Wyoming !! Im opposite of the other posts lol I got myself into rock hunting for something to get me out and away ...and have got my daughter into it ! Glad ya joined its a great place for a rock licker .
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 15, 2014 9:25:19 GMT -5
Welcome Kathy...a great forum with lots of education going on here.....
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cardiobill
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by cardiobill on Aug 15, 2014 12:42:18 GMT -5
Welcome aboard Kathy. I'm a central ohioan as well (Bellefontaine). If your close to me let me know and I can certainly hook you up with some tumbling rocks Bill
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whatamidoing
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since August 2014
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Post by whatamidoing on Aug 15, 2014 21:28:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the warm welcome. Busy reading posts and trying to soak it all in.
cardiobill - we live close to west Jefferson about 10 minutes from plain city. So not far from you.
--Kathy
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Post by snowmom on Aug 16, 2014 16:11:44 GMT -5
welcome from Michigan!
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