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Post by greig on Aug 21, 2016 20:30:40 GMT -5
I rotary tumbled some silver ore that I found using a metal detector in Cobalt, Ontario and some became nuggets. I gave a few pieces to a friend in Sweden who made one of the nuggets into a pendant. Here is the result:
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dottyt
spending too much on rocks
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Post by dottyt on Aug 21, 2016 21:10:00 GMT -5
You can wear it yourself, there's nothing girly about it! Cool to think you collected the silver.
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Post by greig on Aug 21, 2016 23:00:30 GMT -5
You can wear it yourself, there's nothing girly about it! Cool to think you collected the silver. Thanks for the nice comment.
I am not sure what the fellow is going to do with the pendent and might be wearing it. I traded him for a cabbed stone, which is now being put into a ring for my wife. I don't wear jewelry, so won't make one for myself.
My wife is not crazy about my silver collecting. To her, they are just rocks. I guess it is a good thing that it is a 7 hour drive to where I metal detect. LOL
I am still experimenting with the tumbler for smaller pieces of silver and my saw is too small for many of the larger rocks. Consequently, I have quite a few rocks stacked up. It used to be pretty easy to find silver, but there are many people who have good detectors and know how to use them, so for sure it is getting more difficult.
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Post by orrum on Aug 22, 2016 8:15:05 GMT -5
Now that's just too cool!!!
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Aug 22, 2016 8:34:37 GMT -5
Collecting your own material in the wild is so satisfying, my sound Strang but I think it's a special connection when you personally find something?
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Post by greig on Aug 23, 2016 10:25:53 GMT -5
Collecting your own material in the wild is so satisfying, my sound Strang but I think it's a special connection when you personally find something?
I personally find it very satisfying to collect my own specimens, especially those that have been hiding for a hundred or a hundred-thousand years. Not every trip is urber-successful, but everything is a learning experience and if it were too easy, I would rapidly lose interest. Most times, it is just my dog and me, but I also enjoy teaming up with a buddy. I am just as happy when someone else has a good find as when it is me. When I start to pack my outdoor gear, my Labrador Retriever (Daisy) gets super excited and makes sure she is not left behind.
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Aug 23, 2016 12:35:58 GMT -5
Coolio!
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Post by Psycho on Sept 12, 2016 20:50:42 GMT -5
Kewl piece !
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Post by Toad on Sept 13, 2016 15:00:18 GMT -5
Very cool. Looks like the bail grew right out of the rock. Thought I was the only one that tried to tumble ore specimens.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 13, 2016 22:42:47 GMT -5
Love it. Have always been a silver over gold person. would love to be able to find some silver ore.
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Oct 2, 2016 6:32:41 GMT -5
Collecting your own material in the wild is so satisfying, my sound Strang but I think it's a special connection when you personally find something?
I personally find it very satisfying to collect my own specimens, especially those that have been hiding for a hundred or a hundred-thousand years. Not every trip is urber-successful, but everything is a learning experience and if it were too easy, I would rapidly lose interest. Most times, it is just my dog and me, but I also enjoy teaming up with a buddy. I am just as happy when someone else has a good find as when it is me. When I start to pack my outdoor gear, my Labrador Retriever (Daisy) gets super excited and makes sure she is not left behind.
When I find a cool and beautiful piece, I say to myself that I'm the first human ever to see this treasure. And most of the stones we collect have been hiding (or migrating via rivers, floods, tectonic shift, etc.) for millions of years. It's quite a connection to nature and the history of our planet. |
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