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Post by miket on Aug 16, 2018 12:47:46 GMT -5
So my son was looking for a certain agate with some fairburn that he just knew had to be in the garage somewhere... So he dumped out one of the buckets on the floor. Turns out he had put the rock on a shelf...  Anyway, here's the pile- you're welcome to look through it!  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 16, 2018 13:36:19 GMT -5
Oh, I can certainly relate to that, lol. I tend to put those special rocks in a "safe" place. Problem is, they seem to always be somewhere else when I go looking for them!  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 16, 2018 13:43:47 GMT -5
So my son was looking for a certain agate with some fairburn that he just knew had to be in the garage somewhere... So he dumped out one of the buckets on the floor. Turns out he had put the rock on a shelf...  Anyway, here's the pile- you're welcome to look through it! LOL! That's funny! |
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Post by fernwood on Aug 16, 2018 13:48:47 GMT -5
When finding rocks for my latest tumble I dumped 3 5 gallon pails on the dining room floor. Between the 3 pails found exactly what I was looking for.
Yes, I can relate.
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Post by miket on Aug 16, 2018 14:11:22 GMT -5
Oh, I can certainly relate to that, lol. I tend to put those special rocks in a "safe" place. Problem is, they seem to always be somewhere else when I go looking for them!  Yep. Rocks. Keys. Money. Phone. My mind. I put them all in a safe place and lose them  |
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Post by miket on Aug 16, 2018 14:13:43 GMT -5
When finding rocks for my latest tumble I dumped 3 5 gallon pails on the dining room floor. Between the 3 pails found exactly what I was looking for. Yes, I can relate. Glad I'm not the only one! That was just one bucket, we really need to go through them, pick out the ones we really like... And release the others back into the wild. Sort of a catch and release program... |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 16, 2018 14:24:40 GMT -5
You are in good company  |
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Post by miket on Aug 16, 2018 14:34:36 GMT -5
I really am  All joking aside, the people on RTH have been some of the friendliest, most helpful people I've come across By the way, I ordered the 7" tuck point blade that jamesp posted about for my portable tile saw at home I believe he called it the rock destroyer First collecting, then tumbling, now cutting It's a slippery slope In a good way |
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Post by HankRocks on Aug 16, 2018 15:11:21 GMT -5
You are planing on using that tuck point blade for grinding, aren't you? It 's not really meant to cut rocks but to shape and smooth them.
Hope you use lots of water to supress the dust.
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Post by miket on Aug 16, 2018 16:14:20 GMT -5
Yes, for grinding and shaping mostly
I will, and I've heard that a mask isn't a bad idea, either
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surreality
starting to spend too much on rocks
is picking up too many rocks at the beach again
Member since January 2012
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Post by surreality on Aug 18, 2018 1:44:48 GMT -5
Oh, I can certainly relate to that, lol. I tend to put those special rocks in a "safe" place. Problem is, they seem to always be somewhere else when I go looking for them! Both my mother and I do this, too. "Don't worry, I put it somewhere safe!" coming from my family translates to: "That's safe from me finding it for at least three years!" |
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Post by miket on Aug 18, 2018 7:11:19 GMT -5
Oh, I can certainly relate to that, lol. I tend to put those special rocks in a "safe" place. Problem is, they seem to always be somewhere else when I go looking for them! Both my mother and I do this, too. "Don't worry, I put it somewhere safe!" coming from my family translates to: "That's safe from me finding it for at least three years!" 😂 |
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 18, 2018 9:59:25 GMT -5
Hahahaha,I have a slab I put away - been looking for it for over two months now!!!
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 18, 2018 10:43:48 GMT -5
Hahahaha,I have a slab I put away - been looking for it for over two months now!!! We're going through the bucket farm in the process of reducing our pile, finding stuff that I had no idea we even had. |
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