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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2016 8:27:01 GMT -5
Easy to distinguish. Hit it with a hammer. Pyrite shatters, gold squishes. Did that Dave. It was gold. Will keep my eye on these that I collected as I work them. Hey, it might could pay for your trip! I would love to find gold. Too cool. |
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Post by 1dave on Oct 31, 2016 8:56:29 GMT -5
Easy to distinguish. Hit it with a hammer. Pyrite shatters, gold squishes. Did that Dave. It was gold. Will keep my eye on these that I collected as I work them. Happens right now I am researching where our gold came from. Geologists are all about gold and quartz veins. I'm thinking it is coming in from outer space ALL THE TIME. It appears most of our gold arrived 2,023 Ma in 300mk diameter Vredefort Crater - South Africa.That asteroid and an equal amount of ground was melted and vaporized. a portion of the combination fell back into the crater and surrounding area and much of it was deposited around the earth on the then top layer. Where were the nearest areas BACK THEN?  What other special layers are there? |
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 31, 2016 9:41:12 GMT -5
Hey James,with all this hauling and running,how much weight have you lost!!!  |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2016 9:42:27 GMT -5
Did that Dave. It was gold. Will keep my eye on these that I collected as I work them. Hey, it might could pay for your trip! I would love to find gold. Too cool. Ha, my wife is shipping fire pits Tela. Afraid that is paying for the trip. Made a hydraulic lift just for her on her birthday so she can get them in the truck. Just what every lady wants. She is getting boot money from the ones picking up locally. So she's not complaining. She probably put a billboard up to sell all the stock off locally. She is clever that way. Gotta watch that green eyed monster. She will make me come back when the inventory is gone. Believe she is partying. Enjoying my time away lol. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2016 9:43:57 GMT -5
Hey James,with all this hauling and running,how much weight have you lost!!! Guessing 10 pounds. Add 95F and real shaky rocky ground. about 3PM I soak my ankles in ice water. Swelling |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 31, 2016 9:45:01 GMT -5
Hey, it might could pay for your trip! I would love to find gold. Too cool. Ha, my wife is shipping fire pits Tela. Afraid that is paying for the trip. Made a hydraulic lift just for her on her birthday so she can get them in the truck. Just what every lady wants. She is getting boot money from the ones picking up locally. So she's not complaining. She probably put a billboard up to sell all the stock off locally. She is clever that way. Gotta watch that green eyed monster. She will make me come back when the inventory is gone. Believe she is partying. Enjoying my time away lol. LOL! She misses you dearly, you know that. How can you not pine for someone who builds you a lift? I bet her honey do list is growing, though.  |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2016 9:50:28 GMT -5
Insurmountable list Tela. With a big grin on.
We travel a lot separately. Good for relations. Been like that for over 30 years.
She does get mad if I put all the dirty dishes in a big trash bag out on the porch when she goes away. You could hear her from Virgina cussing lol.
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Post by captbob on Oct 31, 2016 9:56:40 GMT -5
I gotta admit that I was rather apprehensive when I first got to Zapata and the Falcon Lake area to hound with James. Reading such stories, as below, had me concerned from the safety standpoint, about encountering illegals coming across the border or worse "bad Guys". The first day or so my head was on a swivel keeping an eye on my six and surroundings, and it also took me a little while to get used to the normal sounds of nature in the area. I'm not a jumpy guy, but I don't like not knowing what that noise was or what's just over that hill or around the next corner. Figured I would have made a nice target with usually hundreds of dollars on me and a vehicle parked near by. EXCLUSIVE: Agents Accuse Feds of Covering Up Record Border Detainee Numbers for 2016 Electionwww.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/exclusive-agents-accuse-feds-covering-record-border-detainee-numbers-2016-election/A record number of illegal aliens have crossed the U.S.- Mexico border and are in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV), according to the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). Border Patrol Agent and NBPC President Brandon Judd spoke exclusively with Breitbart Texas and condemned the leadership of the Border Patrol’s parent agency, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for allegedly “keeping this information secret” ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
“We are at breaking point. We have the highest number of illegal aliens in custody in history in Border Patrol’s RGV Sector and this information has been kept from the American public,” said Agent Judd. “The talk of amnesty has once again created pull factors and encouraged people from all over the world to cross Mexico and then cross our porous southern border to illegally enter the U.S. We are simply overwhelmed.”More at link I'm thinking that we encountered no such issues because of the width of Falcon Lake. There are easier places for these illegals and other bad guys to cross. Glad that this wasn't a problem for us in that area. There seem to be other productive areas to hound for these Rio agates and other treasures further upstream from where we were, but the Rio Grande is pretty narrow further to the north west and probably where these folks are crossing. Would have liked to check other areas, but a few buckets of rocks just aren't worth the (potential) risk - to me. |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 31, 2016 11:53:43 GMT -5
Bob, In the region where Clayton's ranch is, Carrizo Springs, they are right on the Rio and there is much more illegal activity. Don't go out at night much, never stop for folks you don't know on the roads and such. Yet, he doesn't seem to worry about it that much, especially in day time. Guess they get used to it....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 12:34:26 GMT -5
Bob, In the region where Clayton's ranch is, Carrizo Springs, they are right on the Rio and there is much more illegal activity. Don't go out at night much, never stop for folks you don't know on the roads and such. Yet, he doesn't seem to worry about it that much, especially in day time. Guess they get used to it....Mel I have encountered many migrants afield n the desert. Mostly arizona. I find they are folks that just want a better life. Mostly men who want to make a few bucks to send home to family. Women coming to be with their husbands that already settled. Think about it. They are tired from a long hike, hungry thirsty. A few bottles of water go a long way to being safe in their presense. If anything at all was needed. If I owned property in their path I would set up an old school outhouse, outside the secured residential portion of my property. |
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Post by richardh on Oct 31, 2016 13:30:05 GMT -5
I gotta admit that I was rather apprehensive when I first got to Zapata and the Falcon Lake area to hound with James. Reading such stories, as below, had me concerned from the safety standpoint, about encountering illegals coming across the border or worse "bad Guys". The first day or so my head was on a swivel keeping an eye on my six and surroundings, and it also took me a little while to get used to the normal sounds of nature in the area. I'm not a jumpy guy, but I don't like not knowing what that noise was or what's just over that hill or around the next corner. Figured I would have made a nice target with usually hundreds of dollars on me and a vehicle parked near by. EXCLUSIVE: Agents Accuse Feds of Covering Up Record Border Detainee Numbers for 2016 Electionwww.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/exclusive-agents-accuse-feds-covering-record-border-detainee-numbers-2016-election/A record number of illegal aliens have crossed the U.S.- Mexico border and are in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV), according to the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). Border Patrol Agent and NBPC President Brandon Judd spoke exclusively with Breitbart Texas and condemned the leadership of the Border Patrol’s parent agency, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for allegedly “keeping this information secret” ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
“We are at breaking point. We have the highest number of illegal aliens in custody in history in Border Patrol’s RGV Sector and this information has been kept from the American public,” said Agent Judd. “The talk of amnesty has once again created pull factors and encouraged people from all over the world to cross Mexico and then cross our porous southern border to illegally enter the U.S. We are simply overwhelmed.”More at link I'm thinking that we encountered no such issues because of the width of Falcon Lake. There are easier places for these illegals and other bad guys to cross. Glad that this wasn't a problem for us in that area. There seem to be other productive areas to hound for these Rio agates and other treasures further upstream from where we were, but the Rio Grande is pretty narrow further to the north west and probably where these folks are crossing. Would have liked to check other areas, but a few buckets of rocks just aren't worth the (potential) risk - to me. I don't know anything about that story but I have been visiting that area for years with my family and have seen a lot of illegal activities around the border. Three years ago we were visiting a popular birdwatching location very near Falcon Lake and we witnessed a boat come across the river with two men with what appeared to be machine guns and about 8 bails of marijuana. They pulled up just a few yards away from us and loaded the drugs into a van tat was waiting for them. All of this happened in broad daylight and with full knowledge that we were watching. I can't tell you how many people I have seen crossing illegally over the years but it is a very large number. However, in the past two years the state of Texas has spent a huge amount of money (one of the troopers I talked to said it was around $200 million) to drastically increase the amount of state troopers along the border between Rio Grande City and Zapata. Since then I have seen far less illegal activity in the area. I don't think it is a terribly dangerous place but I would definitely use caution in the area. Edit One other thing, there are ticks in south Texas, the Texas Lone Star Tick and they can carry Lyme disease and STARI. Probably the more annoying creature in the area is chiggars. I am scratching some chiggars bites on my ankles right now. |
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Post by captbob on Oct 31, 2016 13:42:44 GMT -5
"migrants"?
A migrant is someone that goes from working in Florida picking oranges to Georgia to pick peaches.
Someone entering our country from another country without going through the proper LEGAL process ain't no migrant.
I did, however, have plenty of extra water with me should it be needed for whatever reason. Encountering someone simply in need of water wasn't my concern. Someone, or a group of someones, wanting more than water was.
Mel, I quickly got used to being alone out in the brush in an area miles from the nearest human. Just took me a day or two to realize that I wasn't truly in injun country - in that specific area.
I found a few spots using Google satellite images just north of Laredo that I would have loved to go rock hunting. The fact that folks can seemingly walk across the Rio Grande in that area - whether in search of a better life, or with the intent to break laws other than just that of entering our country illegally, put a damper on those rockhounding desires. I wasn't interested in unwanted conflict; nor dealing with a, rightfully, on edge and overworked Border Patrol.
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Post by 1dave on Oct 31, 2016 14:33:50 GMT -5
Lift? What stinkin lift?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 15:24:38 GMT -5
I typed immigrant. My UK English keyboard switched it. My bad. Possibly a typo. I am glad to know you got comfortable. Over 10,000,000 have come to the USA and the criminal are dozens and maybe maybe scores. Hundreds even. Stilll a very small poortion of those walking across the border. Now for richardh sotry. Wow! Witnessing something of that magnitude seems to me to be a very dangerous thing. Like they would have killed any witnesses. Good to know you walked away unscathed with a crazy story! |
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Post by 1dave on Oct 31, 2016 15:30:23 GMT -5
Over 10,000,000 have come to the USA and the criminal are dozens and maybe maybe scores. Hundreds even. Stilll a very small portion of those walking across the border. |
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Post by captbob on Oct 31, 2016 15:42:40 GMT -5
And how many are receiving US taxpayer aid of any type? That's basically robbing from me, us and all US taxpayers. Why is it my problem to supply housing, medical, schooling, etc etc to someone that is here ILLEGALLY? Bad enough that I and we have to pay for the rats that are already here. Close the damn border! Hope Jim shows up soon with some purdy rock pictures! Here's one of a small stretch of the 10 mile road we bounced down heading in and coming out every day.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 15:57:17 GMT -5
I have a couple thousand miles on Arizona roads similar to that. Hundreds of snakes bagged. Many immigrants seen. I assume you had a firearm onboard. As did I. 1dave so true. An so non-important. I'll stay focused on the fun. I refuse to be paralysed by fear. It's what the govt wants. I AVG 200 miles a day in my car. More likely to get hurt/die that way than at the border rockhounding. |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 31, 2016 16:07:54 GMT -5
Scott, I can see you have a liberal attitude regarding these " illegal invaders" that are swamping our country. All are breaking the law and so are "criminals". Thousands are gang members, drug smugglers, burglars, and other more dangerous types. The damage they do though is more than just the bad crimes. They overload and swamp our schools, bankrupt our hospital emergency rooms, crowd our highways with unlicensed and uninsured drivers ( in Ventura County , CA where I worked often drunk drivers too) raise our taxes because we wind up paying for all that crap. Raise our auto insurance because again we pay for all the crap too.
Worked in AG most my career and believe me, I've seen it all including drug stuff, illegal hooterweed farms, meth labs, been threatened by druggees, narrowly missed being killed multiple times by drunken farm workers driving, had daytime burgers in our neighborhood and even had to sit hours in emergency rooms flooded by illegals getting free medical care while the ER raped me on costs because the illegals do not pay.
Sorry dude but I believe in America for Americans first. We need to curb the invasion and close the borders to all except those who follow the law and enter properly before we become another northern Europe or totally f'd up like Commie- Mexifornia. Aussies have the right idea on immigration. Control it and only take the best folks who bring wanted skills to your country.....Mel
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Post by richardh on Oct 31, 2016 16:39:50 GMT -5
And how many are receiving US taxpayer aid of any type? That's basically robbing from me, us and all US taxpayers. Why is it my problem to supply housing, medical, schooling, etc etc to someone that is here ILLEGALLY? Bad enough that I and we have to pay for the rats that are already here. Close the damn border! Hope Jim shows up soon with some purdy rock pictures! Here's one of a small stretch of the 10 mile road we bounced down heading in and coming out every day. Wish I could have been there, I've got a lot to learn about rock hounding. |
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