Njyamadori
Chumono
Have you ever collected rocks and if so what did you find ?
Have you ever collected Rocks?
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Shibui
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I am a self confessed rock collector. I have hundreds of different shapes and sizes lying all round. From beach pebbles through to granite slabs.
Will try to get some photos of more interesting ones.
Will try to get some photos of more interesting ones.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Let me think about that.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Ohh.... BTW. Merry Christmas 
ABCarve
Masterpiece
I’m a little slow getting started.
clem
Chumono
did you sculpt the turtle by yourself ? it is awesome
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Thank you. I carved it from an Australian wood, “ringed gidgi” sp.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Graphic stone displayed in a “daiban “ which is a hybrid of a daiza and a suiban. The wood represents the frame and the colored grog represents the mat, framing the graphic.
James W.
Chumono
Yes! All the time. Both for bonsai and as a rockhound.
Here's what I brought back from Montana last fall, that bucket is full of agate from the Yellowstone river. Another bucket full of jasper. The bigger uglies are full of augite crystals.
I almost always bring a trailer with me on vacation so I can collect as much as I want. Brought back over a ton of rocks once. The worst time was when we we went backpacking. My pack just kept getting heavier! My pack weighed 70lb at the end of the trip and I think I about died on that last mile.
I haven't made any displays out of mine.
Njyamadori
Chumono
So you recommend to look around lakes ?
James W.
Chumono
Lakes are good, streams are better. Also cuts where roads go through a hill, or any place that has been dug up.
Njyamadori
Chumono
Thanks ! NJ has tons of rivers , streams , ponds , and hopefully I find some
hinmo24t
Masterpiece
youd be surprised w the quality of stone around where i live. because we have big wave beaches, yet more rocky than say a cali or southern east coast beach, these waves have shaped rocks up to cobblestone size to smooth over. granite. quartz. etc.
memories singed in my mind. fall session, wolf (looking) spiders in the fall, walking the cobbles barefoot to the waters edge and a large spiders scattering w every step, they reproduce or live in the rocks in the fall. i do collect a lot of the rocks over the 20 years surfing, maybe ill try to post some in here later.
i also have a piece of large quartz (15 lb) thats pretty cool. they are like iceburgs on some of the hiking trails out here.
lugged that badboy out of a 3 mile hike by hands
memories singed in my mind. fall session, wolf (looking) spiders in the fall, walking the cobbles barefoot to the waters edge and a large spiders scattering w every step, they reproduce or live in the rocks in the fall. i do collect a lot of the rocks over the 20 years surfing, maybe ill try to post some in here later.
i also have a piece of large quartz (15 lb) thats pretty cool. they are like iceburgs on some of the hiking trails out here.
lugged that badboy out of a 3 mile hike by hands
James W.
Chumono
Get some collecting bags, those reusable cloth shopping bags are perfect. Carry one around all the time, tie one to you bike, throw one in the back of each of your parents' cars. Then pick up every neat rock you see. You will get lots of cool rocks and the rejects still make good landscape rocks.
kakejiku
Chumono
I love the look of this. It is beautifully done!
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Necklace?
I reckon.
Sorce
I reckon.
Sorce
jaco94
Chumono
Some points of similarity 
ABCarve
Masterpiece
All the stones I showed are from Lake Erie.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Here's the first one I made a daiza for:
It is petrified wood collected on the side of a road in Queensland
Next is Ironstone with 2 faces so I made 2 daiza to show it.
Vertical orientation:
Leaning:
Some others I have picked up over years
It is petrified wood collected on the side of a road in Queensland
Next is Ironstone with 2 faces so I made 2 daiza to show it.
Vertical orientation:
Leaning:
Some others I have picked up over years
hinmo24t
Masterpiece
our rocks, follow up, the granite state. we have Pink granite here thats notable:
i have a white quartz spearhead from my grandma, from pre America NAs.
theyre common here, no metal detector for our artifacts. stones, wooden battle clubs leaning against trees.
theres are metal (silver) colony coins here, called Pine shilling and Oak tree shilling, thought i had one from same grandma, worth roughly $20k. was a cast though. the coins im referring to are some of most rare in America.
heres some beachfront i get, stones i collect. 10 mins from my house where i surf. (the dream, worked hard for it)
little compton Rhode Island and south east MA, horseneck beach
btw, i was one of those who walked by the 13' great white and surfed. double edge sword, decomposing oils, 20' sharks in lineup
last shot is my old buddy Dan, the spot where a wolf spider is every 6" on the entire beach in the fall
i have a white quartz spearhead from my grandma, from pre America NAs.
theyre common here, no metal detector for our artifacts. stones, wooden battle clubs leaning against trees.
theres are metal (silver) colony coins here, called Pine shilling and Oak tree shilling, thought i had one from same grandma, worth roughly $20k. was a cast though. the coins im referring to are some of most rare in America.
heres some beachfront i get, stones i collect. 10 mins from my house where i surf. (the dream, worked hard for it)
little compton Rhode Island and south east MA, horseneck beach
btw, i was one of those who walked by the 13' great white and surfed. double edge sword, decomposing oils, 20' sharks in lineup
last shot is my old buddy Dan, the spot where a wolf spider is every 6" on the entire beach in the fall
