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31 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

Not sure if I posted these here or not ?? I know I did somewhere but !! Ah well, here goes. A few ashtrays made in Murano Italy, loaded w heavy chunky gold lutz and some killer patterns, got em all at yard sales except on at a thrift store. Spendy little buggers new I guess, anyway I really like em & just wanted to share them with ya. All are marked and are embossed w/  ITALY on the bottom. There are knock offs out there just like everything else !!

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I'm pretty sure you did because I remember them but I don't think it was here? It is nice glassware though 😊

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On 9/15/2021 at 10:51 AM, Chad G. said:

Not sure if I posted these here or not ?? I know I did somewhere but !! Ah well, here goes. A few ashtrays made in Murano Italy, loaded w heavy chunky gold lutz and some killer patterns, got em all at yard sales except on at a thrift store. Spendy little buggers new I guess, anyway I really like em & just wanted to share them with ya. All are marked and are embossed w/  ITALY on the bottom. There are knock offs out there just like everything else !!

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Those are rad.....💥💥💥👍

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7 hours ago, William said:

Cool find last week I forgot to post. Since I highlighted one of my interests being agates and agate hunting in this thread, I'll put it here! Found my first "raw" agate in the wild encased in glass 😊

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Very cool . 

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I do a little gold prospecting out here in the desert...Pic of some ore from my mine . There is gold in dem darn hills..😉 and a tin of blasting caps..

There is some gold in this sample after crushing just a small piece.👍 . It's near the ghost town of palemento N.V. middle of nowhere 😉

Little clip of my drywasher for fun

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On 11/20/2021 at 10:07 PM, Tommy said:

I do a little gold prospecting out here in the desert...Pic of some ore from my mine . There is gold in dem darn hills..😉 and a tin of blasting caps..

There is some gold in this sample after crushing just a small piece.👍 . It's near the ghost town of palemento N.V. middle of nowhere 😉

Little clip of my drywasher for fun

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Wow !! That's cool Tommy, what a great hobby, I've always wanted to do that, the creek beds and ground around here are somewhat lacking as far as the gold content goes. To do any good you have to go Northeast to the desert part of the Oregon. My uncle used to have a dredge and a dry setup like yours.

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9 hours ago, Tommy said:

I do a little gold prospecting out here in the desert...Pic of some ore from my mine . There is gold in dem darn hills..😉 and a tin of blasting caps..

There is some gold in this sample after crushing just a small piece.👍 . It's near the ghost town of palemento N.V. middle of nowhere 😉

Little clip of my drywasher for fun

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Very cool! I didn't do really much of anything this year as far as rockhounding goes....too wrapped up in glass 😂....still excited for my first dig in years coming up next Spring down in Central Iowa.

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10 hours ago, William said:

Her son found and shot down another addition to our wildlife wall  in the woods a few days ago while hunting...another hive.

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Ok desert rat wants to know what that is....wasps or something....

Crazy...it's awesome 

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9 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

Akroware beware! 🤪 If its funky I gotta have it 👍

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Reminds me, I think I have one of those old flash bulb cameras around here somewhere with the box...something I had to have a long time ago, just too have it 😊

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On 10/23/2021 at 1:58 PM, William said:

Had too have it for that price!....look it up, you'll recognize this beast from one of the "Jurassic World" movies 😊

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Do you collect fossils...?

I think this is a tree root or something lol...

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6 hours ago, Tommy said:

Do you collect fossils...?

I think this is a tree root or something lol...

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Once in a while I'll pick one up if it catches my eye...yours could be, maybe research the history of your area too see what some of the more common fossils are that are recovered (assuming yours was discovered in your area). I tend to find alot of varieties aquatic vegetation around here in the "shot" rock. It gets tricky, helps to know someone who has a little background (unlike me 😂). I found many large pieces in the rock pile that used to be along my driveway. What I thought was fossilized snake skin ended up being the leaves of an underwater plant!

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6 hours ago, William said:

Once in a while I'll pick one up if it catches my eye...yours could be, maybe research the history of your area too see what some of the more common fossils are that are recovered (assuming yours was discovered in your area). I tend to find alot of varieties aquatic vegetation around here in the "shot" rock. It gets tricky, helps to know someone who has a little background (unlike me 😂). I found many large pieces in the rock pile that used to be along my driveway. What I thought was fossilized snake skin ended up being the leaves of an underwater plant!

Lol...there are lots of fossils all over around here. I was out shooting with a friend and we found this strange area with crazy rocks so I had to grab some lol..

 

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17 hours ago, jten said:

Picked up a big box at an auction years ago

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Nice pile! I know a dealer who sets up in a handful of antique malls in the Tri-State area (Southeast Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and Northeast Iowa) who sells color and non-color treated agates, fossils, etc. (Where I purchased some of the goods you saw in this thread). When time allows, I love hunting my own also. Buried in this thread are pics of some of the agates I have found, along with some pics of one of this dealers displays. Thanks for sharing 😊

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Here we are, the gardens of 2022! First pic, all tomatoes....second pic, little squash mound.....third pic, the watermelon mound....fourth pic, tons of peppers both sweet and hot....fifth pic, taking a stab at brussel sprouts....sixth pic, pumpkin mound....this is the before. We'll visit in a few weeks and see how things are coming along 😊

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