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Scored this nice oak China hutch for only $150 in Houston, MN at a someone's moving sale a few months ago. Let me tell you, it's solid! Almost broke my buddy and I moving it! An absolute steal though! Love the woodwork and velvet lined drawers 🙂

It filled up quickly as you can see!

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Better shots of the stuff in the hutch...nice little mix of modern and vintage Mickey and Minnie and various assortment of animals by Fenton, Murano, Viking and others, along with porcelain, wooden, ceramic, stone, metal, and china figures from many countries (my favorites arethe raccoon, USSR; and the Fitz and Floyd Lions in each corner)

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Foraging around on a rainy day and came across some of my packed away sports cards. Used to buy the "blaster boxes", now reuse them for storage. More plastic totes somewhere downstairs...

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For the first time I'm a long time I went rock-hounding yesterday. What fun! Found a rock quarry back in the woods along the Upper Iowa River last week and saw potential, so we visited today and had some decent luck! Found a few really nice banded agates, some decent geodes and other crystals, along with some unusual oddities and a few fossils. Once I get them cleaned I'll post a few pictures.

One of the local residents, a spotted sandpiper, didn't appreciate our presence. Unknowingly walked right up on her nest, which was superbly camouflaged amongst the rocks. She let me know with her whistles and her "broken wing display", a method they use to distract predators away from the nest. 

Here are a few shots of the day!

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The wife has decided to start collecting mineral specimens. Joining the local USGS group soon. 
I have specimens from my grandfather, who was Dean of geology at UNM for 30+ years. I have his USGS 50-year pin.

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4 hours ago, schmoozer said:

The wife has decided to start collecting mineral specimens. Joining the local USGS group soon. 
I have specimens from my grandfather, who was Dean of geology at UNM for 30+ years. I have his USGS 50-year pin.

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4 hours ago, schmoozer said:

The wife has decided to start collecting mineral specimens. Joining the local USGS group soon. 
I have specimens from my grandfather, who was Dean of geology at UNM for 30+ years. I have his USGS 50-year pin.

I am not sure, have not looked deeper into it yet...was thinking a form of plant?

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6 hours ago, William said:

Share away! 👍😎

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My grandfather was the fist civilian allowed onsite to collect specimens for the geology museum. Grandmother snagged some pieces to make paperweights for the grandkids(3).IMG_1482.thumb.jpeg.eeb2b64518b7301ab48778159bb085cf.jpegIMG_1483.thumb.jpeg.b23212604dd7a9d282c15f8c610527c8.jpeg

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4 hours ago, schmoozer said:

Atomsite

My grandfather was the fist civilian allowed onsite to collect specimens for the geology museum. Grandmother snagged some pieces to make paperweights for the grandkids(3).IMG_1482.thumb.jpeg.eeb2b64518b7301ab48778159bb085cf.jpegIMG_1483.thumb.jpeg.b23212604dd7a9d282c15f8c610527c8.jpeg

That is incredibly Great Stuff 

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45 minutes ago, William said:

That is incredibly Great Stuff 

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Been hauling some of the yard specimens across the country for 44 years. They came from the grandparents yard in Albuquerque.

we found the larger petrified wood pieces in local stores.

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Went down to that quarry again along the Root River in Iowa this past weekend. Love the view around us! Hit some more Banders that I'll post soon...

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10 hours ago, Fire1981 said:

I like reptiles 🔥🔥🔥

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I was raised in Florida so I hear ya when it comes to reptiles. Was more than one occasion when we went swimming in Black Creek and found ourselves hauling butt back to shore 😬

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Here's a few of the interesting specimens that I picked from that mountain. Talk about steep, and it's at least 50 feet up the sides, treading through mini avalanches of river rock. Gotta have quick eyes and hands to snap them up before they get buried again!

A few really nice banders, a hunk of water agate I believe was hand worked into a spearhead? Squared on all 4 sides with an obvious point and base.

A nice Geode before and after splitting it open, and what I think could possibly be a fossilized tooth.

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Here's a few more pictures of that "spear tip", I think anyway.

Also, a couple of views from on top of that crazy river rock mountain. It's nuts how far up I am from ground level and how long this thing is. The first picture is a view from one end and the second picture is from the other end.

Actually takes a couple minutes to walk from one to the other! In both pictures you can see the ramp where the bulldozer gets up and down from. Plus here and there how high the sides are. At any point from the base it takes me about a minute or so to ascend! 

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Got some nuggets...eureka...there is gold in dem dar hills...lol..went on "vacation" prospecting for gold ...if you have been it's like work ....lol but gold fever will get ya .......

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Crystal is another interest. The candle holder which is now a crystal ball holder is from a glass Artist from Trondheim Norway. I met her there when my Dad taught at Trondheim University for a year and visited them for Christmas and New Years 1984. LOL. -25 to -70 and 2 hours of “Dusk Light” I did see 1 and a half hours of Sunlight before I went home🔥 

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