Rockhounds on Wayalife

boardsurfer said:
There is a dry creek bed on some private land that has been in the family for well over 30 years here in Southern Colorado. When I was a kid my dad would take me there to search for fossils, which wasnt much of a search because damn near anything you picked up had a fossil on it.

On this rock wall, you could pull out just about any slice of rock and find an imprint of a sea shell. On this occasion we had a local visitor:

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While the land sits at about 6000 feet elevation, it was once completely under an ocean. Hard to believe sometimes.
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That is really cool. That's a good looking gopher snake too.

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Cool thread. I used to look for sharks teeth when I lived in SC as a kid. Used to have one tooth that was larger than the palm of my hand. Would put it it about the width and length of my palm now. Wish it wouldn't have went missing after one of our many moves growing up.

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Had the metal detector out tonight and found this. It's about the size of my palm and real heavy. Found in natural slate in a pretty remote area. Thoughts? Seems way too hard for lead and won't streak on paper.

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Nice thread!

I have some chunks of rock I took off with my center skid plate that I now use as weights in my winch line dampener :rolleyes2:
 
Got a chance to head up to a really cool rock shop in Estes Park. They have everything you could imagine.

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Finally got these done. It was a long process. About 2 months total.

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As you can see, the quartz came out the best.

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The next best was this group of random colored rocks.

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The landscaping driveway gravel was next.

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And lastly, these banded ones didn't take the polish well but they sure are pretty. They started out just barely a little harder than sandstone, so it's hard for polish to stick to them the same.

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WJCO said:
Finally got these done. It was a long process. About 2 months total.

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As you can see, the quartz came out the best.

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The next best was this group of random colored rocks.

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The landscaping driveway gravel was next.

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And lastly, these banded ones didn't take the polish well but they sure are pretty. They started out just barely a little harder than sandstone, so it's hard for polish to stick to them the same.

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That's awesome. I was curious to see the results of that intriguing little drum you had spinning. May have to get one of those.
 
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