rocks & weather

[mohs]

Rock people are very sensitive to weather
its a mood thing

but what I want to know is:

which is the biggest detriment to rocking ?

Hot or Cold ?

[Pat]

Hard to pick up a rock when your hands are frozen stiff!

We don't get hurricanes around here, and serious flooding is rare.

[tkvancil]

I chose cold. However it was rain that stopped me this last year.

Best collecting near me is creeks and rivers. Every time the water got low enough it would rain and the gravel bars went under.

Only got 2 or 3 collecting outings in. I plan on buying some waders for the 2016 season.

[rockpickerforever]

Heat much preferred to cold. I have been out collecting in over 100 degree heat. Colder than 60, especially if there is wind, fuggedaboudit!

Snow falling in the local mountains. Not for me!

[Fossilman]

I will do it all,if I'm with the right people.....I'm not a heat person and do crumble up after a good hounding day,the heat kicks my ass...But I still go,I just move slower than most...
As for rains,hummmm,I live in Oregon..LOL
I do like the cooler weather,in the high 50's,low 60's for hounding,that's down right perfect for this old man....

[150FromFundy]

1) On the Bay of Fundy, fear of being stranded or drowning by the rising tide is the biggest logistic challenge.
2) Rocks are covered by snow and ice 4 months each year are another detriment.
3) Rocks falling 200 to 300 feet from the unstable cliffs during freeze/thaw cycles or after heavy rains can ruin your day.

In spite of the above, I have to vote for NOTHING STOPS ME. I'm heading out this weekend, unless we get heavy snow.

Darryl.

[DirtCleaner]

Heavy rain.

[Mark K]

Cold doesn't stop me. I hound MT in early May. It is still colder than a well digger's ass in the morning when I get up. Sometimes I have to dodge the snow piles. and one time I got blocked out of a spot by a huge snow drift that was actually small enough to dig out and get through if I had known it was right at the end of the trail.

Last year I got flooded out of a few places in Northern AZ. If you can't get there, you can't find anything.

[bsky4463]

For me, biggest detriment to rocking: winds of change constantly being blown in by USFS and BLM bull$hit land management policies and political agendas...end of story rant (sorry my bad )...  I am with many of the other folks on here - hounding in the rain in OR, the heat in ID/NV and the snow in MT....  Cheers

[Jugglerguy]

Cold doesn't really stop me, but frozen water does. I do most of my collecting in lakes. That's pretty close to impossible if the lake is frozen.

When collecting Petoskey stones, rain can be helpful. I collect mostly in the water, but if I'm up on the beach or somewhere away from water, the rain is almost a necessity. The pattern on a Petoskey is much easier to see when wet.

[Intheswamp]

Rain. So far, my only rock hunting areas are along creeks....water level rises and it covers the rocks.

[broseph82]

Heat is my enemy. I've been in NC hounding in creeks when it was snowing. Have winter gear for cold. Can't really cool down in summer if no cold water or shade is around.

[nowyo]

Don't really give a crap about hot or cold but when the rocks are covered with snow it kind of shuts things down.

Russ