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RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
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Anybody rockhound or have a metal detector?

Hi My name is RKCNDY, I'm a nerd and I rockhound.

After the Missoula PJ show, I went to Phillipsburg to go look for sapphires-Montana is *the* place in the US you can find sapphires (a few have been found in North Carolina, but it's not as common). Anywho, I went to one storefront, they get gravel from a mine and have a sluice box on-site for you to sift through the gravel. I found a few worth cutting, and ended up with:

http://www.opalmtngems.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=38&zenid=rr792iol2iat9ov53770r7o1f1
mine is the Bezel set triple sapphire ring.

I was hooked, I bought another bag of gravel from a different store...all the stores get gravel from different mines and the sapphires will vary in size and quality. Went home and sifted through them all, I found a large sapphire and held onto it to take back to have them grade it and to see if it was worth cutting. Last July, I sifted through another bucket of gravel, didn't find much (just smaller sapphires, not really worth cutting) but asked them about the larger one I found.

Turns out it was a 6 carat flawless. So I left it for them to heat treat and cut. They called me yesterday and it's ready, so I paid off the balance for the cutting and treatment, and should get it by 'next Tuesday'.

I will post a pic of the rough stone when I get home from work later today.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

- Christopher McCandless
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  • PJSirenPJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    Wow, that ring is pretty...I don't do this, but that's awesome you can find that stuff...just curious, is sapphire your birthstone?
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    that's a cool little story. nicely done. i like crystals, rocks, semi precious stones & gemstones.... unpolished please
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,245
    I get a lot of rocks at Halloween whilst trick o' treating.
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    What a cool hobby.
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    RKCNDY said:

    Anybody rockhound or have a metal detector?

    Hi My name is RKCNDY, I'm a nerd and I rockhound.

    After the Missoula PJ show, I went to Phillipsburg to go look for sapphires-Montana is *the* place in the US you can find sapphires (a few have been found in North Carolina, but it's not as common). Anywho, I went to one storefront, they get gravel from a mine and have a sluice box on-site for you to sift through the gravel. I found a few worth cutting, and ended up with:

    http://www.opalmtngems.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=38&zenid=rr792iol2iat9ov53770r7o1f1
    mine is the Bezel set triple sapphire ring.

    I was hooked, I bought another bag of gravel from a different store...all the stores get gravel from different mines and the sapphires will vary in size and quality. Went home and sifted through them all, I found a large sapphire and held onto it to take back to have them grade it and to see if it was worth cutting. Last July, I sifted through another bucket of gravel, didn't find much (just smaller sapphires, not really worth cutting) but asked them about the larger one I found.

    Turns out it was a 6 carat flawless. So I left it for them to heat treat and cut. They called me yesterday and it's ready, so I paid off the balance for the cutting and treatment, and should get it by 'next Tuesday'.

    I will post a pic of the rough stone when I get home from work later today.

    Damn!! We do some amateurs hounding up on the hunting property.. That show Prospectors is filmed out by where we have property.. So we started looking! All we've found is smokey Quartz.
  • PJSirenPJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    whispering hands said:

    RKCNDY said:

    Anybody rockhound or have a metal detector?

    Hi My name is RKCNDY, I'm a nerd and I rockhound.

    After the Missoula PJ show, I went to Phillipsburg to go look for sapphires-Montana is *the* place in the US you can find sapphires (a few have been found in North Carolina, but it's not as common). Anywho, I went to one storefront, they get gravel from a mine and have a sluice box on-site for you to sift through the gravel. I found a few worth cutting, and ended up with:

    http://www.opalmtngems.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=38&zenid=rr792iol2iat9ov53770r7o1f1
    mine is the Bezel set triple sapphire ring.

    I was hooked, I bought another bag of gravel from a different store...all the stores get gravel from different mines and the sapphires will vary in size and quality. Went home and sifted through them all, I found a large sapphire and held onto it to take back to have them grade it and to see if it was worth cutting. Last July, I sifted through another bucket of gravel, didn't find much (just smaller sapphires, not really worth cutting) but asked them about the larger one I found.

    Turns out it was a 6 carat flawless. So I left it for them to heat treat and cut. They called me yesterday and it's ready, so I paid off the balance for the cutting and treatment, and should get it by 'next Tuesday'.

    I will post a pic of the rough stone when I get home from work later today.

    Damn!! We do some amateurs hounding up on the hunting property.. That show Prospectors is filmed out by where we have property.. So we started looking! All we've found is smokey Quartz.
    I have a necklace made out of my grandfather's cuff link that is smokey Quartz...
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Very cool. I remember when I was kid, we would visit my grandparents in NC, and go to a place where you'd get a bucket to sift through for rubies. My brother found a few, but I just ended up with a bucket of dirt.
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I like rocks! I had no idea this was even a thing.
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  • BIGDaddyWilBIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,070
    Cool ring!
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,245
    The ring you made is cool and I guess rock hounding is kind of like fishing except instead of water, you have dirt or rocks and rather than getting your hands slimed by hooking worms, you still get 'em dirty. Good luck and I hope you find the Rosetta Stone or Hope Diamond of sapphires!
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    PJSiren said:

    Wow, that ring is pretty...I don't do this, but that's awesome you can find that stuff...just curious, is sapphire your birthstone?

    no, my birthstone is the ugly celery green peridot. :lol: I happen to love sapphires, especially pink ones. Sapphires are a 9 on the mohs scale (hardness scale, so talc is a 1), just under diamonds-no other gems are that high on the mohs scale.
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I get a lot of rocks at Halloween whilst trick o' treating.

    what's up Charlie Brown!
    PJSiren said:

    whispering hands said:


    Damn!! We do some amateurs hounding up on the hunting property.. That show Prospectors is filmed out by where we have property.. So we started looking! All we've found is smokey Quartz.

    I have a necklace made out of my grandfather's cuff link that is smokey Quartz...
    smokey quarts is very pretty!
    SD48277 said:

    Very cool. I remember when I was kid, we would visit my grandparents in NC, and go to a place where you'd get a bucket to sift through for rubies. My brother found a few, but I just ended up with a bucket of dirt.

    rubies are really red sapphires! but yeah, you aren't guaranteed to find gems in the buckets of gravel you buy.
    ldent42 said:

    I like rocks! I had no idea this was even a thing.

    chadwick said:

    that's a cool little story. nicely done. i like crystals, rocks, semi precious stones & gemstones.... unpolished please

    I got a rock tumbler for the holidays, I just finished my first batch of rocks, I do like some rocks un-polished, and some rocks polished. I will be sorting and photographing them tomorrow...I can post pics if people like.
    BIGDaddyWil said:

    Cool ring!

    thank-you!
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,245
    ^^^^^^^^^^^ you should see my Christmas tree. <<<SIGH>>>
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    woo! I didn't fuck up the quotes!

    here is a pic of the rough sapphire I turned in:

    image

    it came out to be 2.35 carats finished, I just have to find a jeweler to make a setting for me. I was going to set it in sterling-I have an allergy to gold-but the stone's worth is fairly high, so I'm thinking about getting it set in platinum or titanium. I'm really giddy about seeing it. Now I know why those guys on the Prospectors show get all "woo-hoo"!
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    RKCNDY said:

    woo! I didn't fuck up the quotes!

    here is a pic of the rough sapphire I turned in:

    image

    it came out to be 2.35 carats finished, I just have to find a jeweler to make a setting for me. I was going to set it in sterling-I have an allergy to gold-but the stone's worth is fairly high, so I'm thinking about getting it set in platinum or titanium. I'm really giddy about seeing it. Now I know why those guys on the Prospectors show get all "woo-hoo"!

    I know right?? My dad met one of those peole.. ( the Prosoectors people but I can't remember which one! Sorry, I don't watch much TV...) and he showed them
    One our best smokies we'd found and the guy told him to
    Keep digging down, Amazonite often follows Smokey Quartz.. So we're gonna try to get deeper into the mountain this year! Lol
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    very coool....
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,687
    RKCNDY said:

    Anybody rockhound or have a metal detector?

    Hi My name is RKCNDY, I'm a nerd

    she's a nerd....but a cool nerd!

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    imalive said:

    RKCNDY said:

    Anybody rockhound or have a metal detector?

    Hi My name is RKCNDY, I'm a nerd

    she's a nerd....but a cool nerd!

    image
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • PJSirenPJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    RKCNDY said:

    PJSiren said:

    Wow, that ring is pretty...I don't do this, but that's awesome you can find that stuff...just curious, is sapphire your birthstone?

    no, my birthstone is the ugly celery green peridot. :lol: I happen to love sapphires, especially pink ones. Sapphires are a 9 on the mohs scale (hardness scale, so talc is a 1), just under diamonds-no other gems are that high on the mohs scale.
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I get a lot of rocks at Halloween whilst trick o' treating.

    what's up Charlie Brown!
    PJSiren said:

    whispering hands said:


    Damn!! We do some amateurs hounding up on the hunting property.. That show Prospectors is filmed out by where we have property.. So we started looking! All we've found is smokey Quartz.

    I have a necklace made out of my grandfather's cuff link that is smokey Quartz...
    smokey quarts is very pretty!
    SD48277 said:

    Very cool. I remember when I was kid, we would visit my grandparents in NC, and go to a place where you'd get a bucket to sift through for rubies. My brother found a few, but I just ended up with a bucket of dirt.

    rubies are really red sapphires! but yeah, you aren't guaranteed to find gems in the buckets of gravel you buy.
    ldent42 said:

    I like rocks! I had no idea this was even a thing.

    chadwick said:

    that's a cool little story. nicely done. i like crystals, rocks, semi precious stones & gemstones.... unpolished please

    I got a rock tumbler for the holidays, I just finished my first batch of rocks, I do like some rocks un-polished, and some rocks polished. I will be sorting and photographing them tomorrow...I can post pics if people like.
    BIGDaddyWil said:

    Cool ring!

    thank-you!
    HAHA, that's funny! I love Peridot! I think it's gorgeous... :-p I like sapphires too, but ONLY pink ones....lol

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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I watched this show on BBC called Detectorists. Dont know if I could get down with a metal detector though. I just like looking for pebbles and shit near the water.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    ldent42 said:

    I watched this show on BBC called Detectorists. Dont know if I could get down with a metal detector though. I just like looking for pebbles and shit near the water.

    pebbles and shit from near the water:

    image

    these are agates from the Oregon coast-the little green bit and the stuff around it is beach glass.
    That's one haul from about 5 hours of hunting.

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    - Christopher McCandless
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    I love beach glass. That's a nice haul, RK.
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    RKCNDY said:

    ldent42 said:

    I watched this show on BBC called Detectorists. Dont know if I could get down with a metal detector though. I just like looking for pebbles and shit near the water.

    pebbles and shit from near the water:

    image

    these are agates from the Oregon coast-the little green bit and the stuff around it is beach glass.
    That's one haul from about 5 hours of hunting.

    OMG BEACH GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! Dude that looks so cool! I've never found beach glass. :-\
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Currently, my favorite stones are Botswana agates. They are formed by super fine layers of quartz/silica from lava flows. There is an embargo on rough unfinished agates, Africa only allows the agates to be sold after they are finished within the country. You can still find some rough stones to finish yourself, but they can be costly.

    I found some Botswana rough and spent the last 10 weeks tumbling and polishing these along with a few other stones.

    image

    they remind me of biting into jawbreakers
    image

    I may toss a few back in the tumbler to get a better shine.
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    ^^^ You have some beauties there.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    ldent42 said:



    OMG BEACH GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! Dude that looks so cool! I've never found beach glass. :-\

    really? go to some smaller beaches at low tide, walk around to the lesser traveled areas, and keep your eyes open, keep looking at the ground, don't trip ;) .
    I went for a walk on a private beach, and found tons of it. I'll toss up a pic tomorrow.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    SD48277 said:

    ^^^ You have some beauties there.

    thanks!
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    edited April 2015
    Unfortunately I don't get to too many beaches around here. (I don't drive) these are from my Australia/NZ/Hawaii trip last year. Except the giant white shell, my friend brought that from Honduras for me. The older ones i have are on a shelf I can't reach so I don't have any more to share tonight.image
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Love it!! I will show you guys some IMG the bad ass rocks we've found up on the property, tomorrow.
  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    you guys every single park is on Yelp LOL
    My friend says she will take me here when the weather gets better: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/west-meadow-beach-east-setauket?select=mxKQeHHk_SwlDV-pZui8qw#fXmm5HK82-svHYLLDKD3ig
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    ldent42 said:

    you guys every single park is on Yelp LOL
    My friend says she will take me here when the weather gets better: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/west-meadow-beach-east-setauket?select=mxKQeHHk_SwlDV-pZui8qw#fXmm5HK82-svHYLLDKD3ig

    awesome! make sure to do a search for 'rockhounding in {name of city)" and it will tell you what you can find in certain areas.

    This is the beach glass I found in an hour of walking on a beach in West Seattle :

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