Thread: I Found It Over There

that is a pretty popular hobby. I would expect there to be a lot of places selling them. You could try and environmental test company they use them a lot too.

Originally Posted by Suile

I ben Spending my spare time trying to recover gold.
I ben keeping the colorful rocks that don't fit though the 30 mesh classifier.
And the really Clear ones just in case might be a Diamond.
I seem to have ran into a problem I can't find where to get a 1/200 mesh screen
or a 1/300 mesh screen.
Does any one know where to get them.
Such tools would kind of be a huge time saver. Have realize stuff so fine take some
time to settle down.

If you're looking for diamonds in N.Y the only ones you'll find might be Herkimer Diamonds.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If you're looking for diamonds in N.Y the only ones you'll find might be Herkimer Diamonds.

I just don't know what's in my colorful rock jar.
Bummer that's might be what my clear stones are in my jar.
Just looked those are pretty worthless.
Guess I should stick to figuring out how to recover fine gold.
Are there any yellow gem stones that light shines though them.
Cause I got a few rocks like that. Saw them in my gold pan.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Here are some COnats (Colorado naturals) that I'm working with. On the left is a piece of slate found in an old railroad cut, not sure if it is natural to that location. On the right is a piece of sandstone from the Dakota group. The later shows great promise as a finisher. The Dakota group is exposed for a couple of hundred miles along the front range, so there is plenty of exploring to do to find the best hones in this group.
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I'm excited enough about the Dakota sandstone that I printed out the geological survey to use as a field guide.

Originally Posted by Suile

I just don't know what's in my colorful rock jar.
Bummer that's might be what my clear stones are in my jar.
Just looked those are pretty worthless.
Guess I should stick to figuring out how to recover fine gold.
Are there any yellow gem stones that light shines though them.
Cause I got a few rocks like that. Saw them in my gold pan.

Yes, there are many but you need to look at the location where you found them. You have varieties of Quartz like Citrine and you have Sapphire and calcite (not a gem stone). If you are talking minerals in general there are loads that are yellow and transparent or translucent.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Yes, there are many but you need to look at the location where you found them. You have varieties of Quartz like Citrine and you have Sapphire and calcite (not a gem stone). If you are talking minerals in general there are loads that are yellow and transparent or translucent.

It's in area with a lot of ghosts activity. Toilets flash when no ones in the bathroom many people have seen the images of children's faces as they lock up and leave. Is the kind of place that makes the hairs stand up on one's neck. As if someone is watching even though the place
is empty.

I just have to post this here, a Q & A about a hone lot on Ebay

Q: do the two larger stones seem natural material or synthetic? any saw marks on the side? Aug-16-14
A: Hi, The two on the left were discovered by me while I was at an estate sale. The were warped in a paper which had the sentence "Slate for st. razors from grandpa". The grandpa was alive in the 1870s. They do not have any saw marks. I believe that they are natural. Thank you.

I guess rock hunting is of all ages

Originally Posted by Bram

I just have to post this here, a Q & A about a hone lot on Ebay


I guess rock hunting is of all ages

These are odd looking stones, shurely any kind of slate ;-)

After reading the whole thread, I picked up a couple of stones while walking the dogs this afternoon. I live in a slate mining area and you find slate all over the place. To limit the dead weight, I tested on the spot if I could raise a slurry on the stones.

Once back home, I dressed one on progressively finer sand-paper. I went from 40 grit to 400 grit for a first test. That took no time at all. I ended up with a nice dark slate, with some stripes of a lighter color and some white/cream inclusions. The slurry is a light grey.

Once it was flat enough, I did a succession of tests with an old rusty cast steel chisel on that stone:
-light machine oil
-heavy slurry
-light slurry
-soapy water
-water

I was able to clean up the rust, regrind the bevel, raise and chase a burr and get a decent cut with the chisel.

I would call that a success for the first attempt on the first piece of stone I picked I will get some larger stones next time and test an antique skew panel raising plane blade... that steel is usually the benchmark for hones.

So I tested the other pieces I picked up yesterday, they all seem to perform in the same way... it is possible that they all come from the same rock so I'll pick some in a different area next time. I tried yesterday's hone on a few razors just for fun. It seems to like English steel better than French steel, it polished my "celebrated fine Indian steel razor"... I think I bought that razor 3 years ago and have yet to successfully shave with it as it is a bear to hone. It also did a nice job on a Wade&Butcher and a B. Winks&Sons.

I'll try shaving with the "celebrated fine Indian" tonight.

EDIT:
I shaved... I got cocky and shaved with 4 razors without prep. W&B and Winks need to spend more time on the hone. Celebrated shaved like a dream and Le Grelot was very decent as well. Awesome