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Louisiana
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 Louisiana Opal
Precious Opal from Louisana
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Toledo Bend area of east Texas - Petrified Wood General description : The petrified wood region extends from east Texas to Louisiana. The most
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Arkansas
was a Union disaster. General Frederick Steele had plans to join forces with Brigadier General John M. Thayer and take the port at Shreveport, Louisiana
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Great Profile!
"Well, back in the 80's I made several craft type items, but those were just outlines cut with a jigsaw and then painted. Nothing like making the beautifully finished wood pieces that I've seen on this site. The Petrified wood is georgeous when slabbed and polished from what I can tell." Terry, If you would like some Saddle Mountain Pet Wood; we have a swap shop that Andy started. I have swapped with several folks on the WIKI. I have Washington- Saddle mountain pet wood, Adna agate, Washington Jade, and serpentine, other Washington agates, Oregon Thundereggs. If you have some extra material you might want to swap. The Washington bunch are real horse traders. The Arkansas petrified wood is from Malvern south to the Louisiana line. Malvern is the home of Billy Bob Thornton.
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Brining out the big boys..April NFMS/LGMC rock & mineral show tomorrow
My great grandfather Wison Wallace fought in a number of battles. He was shot through the thigh at Corinth Mississippi but recovered to fight again. He was taken prisoner at Port Hudson Louisiana but after being released in a prisoner exchanger joined the cavalry. I am surrounded by battles. Just 15 miles north of my home is the Pea Ridge National Battlefield Park where 26000 men fought for control of Missouri. The losses were 3400 men. Eighteen miles west of my home is the battle of Prairie Grove where Federal forces suffered 1,251 casualties and Confederate forces suffered 1,317 casualties. My great grandfather Hartwell Reynolds is buried just south of here in a unmarked soldier's grave. If I was into relic collecting, I guess I could have a load of artifacts. But out of respect for the men who fought on both sides I refrain from plundering the spots were thousands fought and died. My great grandfather Wilson Wallace (whom I am named for) died in 1938 returning from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.At the reunion Union and Confederate soldiers gathered together to remember the brave comrades and as men who have fought in battle; both sides stood together in respect for each other and as one nation. The big event was the dedication of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial (on Oak Hill), a ceremony highlighted by President Franklin Roosevelt’s speech and a joint Union/Confederate undraping of the memorial and lighting of its eternal flame. A sense of closure or finality pervaded the 1938 reunion. Everyone realized that the advanced age and frailty of the veterans would make further reunions of any decent size impractical, and that most of the old vets would soon be dead. The following link has rare film footage of the reunion.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/02/rare-motion-pictures-show-civil-war-veterans-75th-gettysburg-battle-anniversary
Db I thank you for your service in Nam. What branch of the service?
Bill
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Who Has Any Good Ideas for Kirsten's Next Trip?
Short List:
So many good shows could be done.
Louisiana Opal
Apache Peridot - largest mines in the WORLD bar none
Maine Tourmaline
Arkansas Quartz and Wavelite
The Wyoming Diamond Pipes lead by Diamond Prospector
Adventures with Bob Jackson - he has two under his belt
Alabama Paint Rock during the Blue Grass Festival
The new Paleocene Fossil site in Tennessee- dig with professionals
Diving for Geodes in Keokuk Iowa- the good ones are in the streams
Topaz in Utah
Lots more in Utah - Utah has Rochhound Parks out the kazoo
A Green Program featuring mines that have been turned into Rockhound Parks
Metal detecting at Civil War Battle Sites - not in the National Parks of course
Western Ghost Town antiques, collectibles and abandoned tailings
The Owyhee River before it becomes a National Scenic River - Graveyard plume, Owyhee jasper, Morrisonite - imagine a float trip through the gorge
Green River Fish Fossils
The Black Hills - Emeralds or Fairburns at a buffalo ranch with a Sioux Elder
Arizona turquoise at one of the huge copper mines - Kirsten in a 13000 ton dragline bucket crane
The list goes on and on
Bill
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING
It's snowing- I guess its no rockhounding today. I am speaking at church on the Good Samaritan, which can be dangerous. Preach on the Good Samaritan and you will be tested. With the snow, I'm praying no one will be stuck in the ditch on the way to church. Snow is not common here we are on the edge of the Great Plains but we are up in the Ozark mountains. If you are wondering why there is so much Cajun food around my house, I married one of those raven haired Cajun beauties from done in the swamps of Louisiana. Her mom lives with us , she is up in her eighties but between the two of them they keep me full.
Bill
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Fossils
I hate to tell you guys. The big boars are meaner than **** but totally uneatable. They stink and the meat has the smell and flavor of that stink.They have scent glands that marks their harem. The ones that are good to eat are the piglets up to 50 to 75 pounds. Great taste. After that the heads are good for trophies and that is it. The law says on the big razorbacks you do not have to haul them out of the woods. They run in packs and will attack humans because they are not afraid. Billie is from the swamps of Louisiana and her neighbor had a big boar run into their yard and bite the face off their five year old girl. The reputation of a razorback is no fairy tale. The one advantage a hunter has over a mean razorback is that they have poor eye sight. If you are still and quite they can not see you easily. My friend got attack because he had a small beagle with him that would not keep quite. Where Billie is from they have dogs (Catahoula Curs) that are trained to corner a wild hog.
Bill
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Alabama to Louisiana are finished (as far as the indexing is concerned). When this is finished I'll also have a list of threads I'll ask Leslie to put on the "Featured Threads" Tab that should forever solve these problems. For example "tool recommendations" "tips for newbies places to collect" etc, that could also be featured on the home page. We can't change the way the general discussion area works, but the featured area can be easily managed...that's why it's there. I'd prefer to find existing threads, any suggestions?
~Zeke
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Tips for Newbees places to collect
Great tip. The old gold prospectors knew that gold settles in pockets. In streams so does agates, other gems and gemstones. Steams sort by specific gravity. In a mountain creek there will be a mother load up stream at the host rock where the gems where formed. All the gem float in the stream came from that source. One can follow the trail and hopefully find the source. It is not always found; do to landslides, lava flows or other changes to the land. But I do not know how many agate sites I have found by following a stream to the source of the float. When the source is found a prospector can zero in on the very best material. When the mother load is found stay with it. Of course this does not work on a large river because the float could come from hundreds of miles away. Lake Superior agates can be found in Louisiana along the Mississippi.
Bill
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Adna, Washington ((((No Trespassing???))))
We went on a day trip out to Adna today and the pullover spot and the other side of the street with the primitive road are plastered with 'No Trespassing' signs. What happened?
I thought that was BLM land. Is it privately owned or recently purchased?
I know Lucas creek has had some shady digging practices this year (and I noticed some similar issues at Adna but not quite as severe) but the signs differ from there.
I hope the end is not here...... I was just getting my feet wet.
Other than the newly posted signs nothing seems to be different; no clear cutting, no houses going up, no filed in pits.......
Confused and super duper bummed,
Brennan
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