Forum: Campfire
04-05-2015, 07:13 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Raw state:
[photo:kk9amsdc]28405[/photo:kk9amsdc]
Cabbed:
[photo:kk9amsdc]31731[/photo:kk9amsdc]
Final state:
[photo:kk9amsdc]31730[/photo:kk9amsdc]
Unfortunately, the guy I found on Etsy...
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Forum: Campfire
01-01-2015, 05:44 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Jan sent me a couple pics of the latest one that he finished.
Before:
[photo:c1vnh6tq]28404[/photo:c1vnh6tq]
After (8.3x6.5mm and 1.3ct.):
[photo:c1vnh6tq]30445[/photo:c1vnh6tq]
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Forum: Campfire
11-20-2014, 02:42 PM
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Forum: Campfire
08-12-2014, 05:32 AM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
When Jan sent me some pics last night, I could barely comprehend the transformation. :t4:
What a great skill to have.
Herb
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Forum: Campfire
06-22-2014, 04:14 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Here's the bulk of our haul, minus the 'special' ones
[photo:1fsjl5o4]28396[/photo:1fsjl5o4]
The lighter colored special ones
[photo:1fsjl5o4]28397[/photo:1fsjl5o4]
Mid-color special ones...
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Forum: Campfire
06-21-2014, 09:12 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Just got back late this afternoon from our trip.
Some decent obsidian (and no bloody cuts on my hands from the obsidian!), and met an old rockhound who gave my son a nice piece of polished flame...
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Forum: Campfire
02-04-2014, 06:43 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Rob,
My family, that being my parents and my brothers, started rockhounding when we moved to Arizona, and shortly afterwards bought a '72 Chevy Blazer. We had no idea what we were doing, and...
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Forum: Campfire
02-01-2014, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Thanks Jan. After having a fossilized sharktooth made into a necklace for my wife last year, there's a definite "plus" in giving a gift that's been made from something I found, even if I'm not the...
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Forum: Campfire
01-31-2014, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 33
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Forum: Campfire
01-31-2014, 01:37 PM
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Re: Oregon rockhounding?
Nice sunstones Woody. I have a 1/4" sifting screen that I made the last time I went digging for sharkteeth at Sharktooth Hill. I will also be bringing shovels, rock hammers, a pry bar, and gloves....
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Forum: Campfire
01-31-2014, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 33
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Oregon rockhounding?
Planning my Summer trip with my son, and was wondering if anyone has done any digging for Sunstones near Plush, OR, or for obsidian at Glass Buttes? Trying not go go any further north as I'm already...
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