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re: Rock Tumbling
Posted on 7/15/25 at 1:28 pm to Rick9Plus
Posted on 7/15/25 at 1:28 pm to Rick9Plus
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I bought that same kit for myself a few years ago. It got the rocks smooth but not shiny. I think my rocks were all too similar in size. I read that you need all different sizes for it to work properly.
The kits that came with it were about what you described. But we picked up some other packs/grits from some places at vacation spots and those came out glossy. The tumbler worked pretty decent for a while. Until I got bored with it since my son wasn't really taking any responsibility for it.
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 3:32 pm to Shexter
To the OP the biggest thing about rock tumbling is patience!
This post was edited on 7/15/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 7/15/25 at 3:36 pm to Shexter
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Fordite
I made a watch with a Fordite dial a couple of months ago. I got the dial from a guy who slices and polishes them. I think he is in Colorado. This one was advertised as coming from the Jeep Gladiator line.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:00 pm to TeddyPadillac
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last summer i managed to push a very large rock off the top a mountain in Colorado
Man, I found your story funny as hell, for some reason!
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:17 pm to Obtuse1
That's actually pretty awesome. I bet you could market the hell.out of those to various car owners
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:19 pm to Thecoz
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Just to be clear the quartz crystal is a mineral not a rock :)
Go to the wrong mine and you can find crystal the mineral and crystal the chemical. Twin creek crystal mine has both if you really want a taste of the local flavor lol
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:32 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:I’ve never heard of this rock tumbling hobby before and when I clicked on this thread and went to research vids on YouTube I was 100% expecting this was what “rock tumbling” was. Literally expected people tumbling rocks down mountain sides, not putting rocks into a polishing machine
I was in the middle of the woods and knew there wasnt' another human being within a mile of me, and i could clearly see all the way down to the river bed where the path of this rock went.
That's my rock tumbling story.
Your take on rock tumbling definitely seemed the more interesting to me but to each his own
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:37 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
I'd invite anyone to give rock tumbling a try. Just be sure there is no one in the vicinity down below b/c once that rocks starts tumbling down the mountain side, nothing is stopping it until it reaches the bottom.
Hearing it crash through the trees and other rocks and what not in the silence of nature is really cool, at least to me. It's crazy how much momentum it starts to gain and how unstoppable it becomes. It's got to be a big rock though, as in one you definitely can't lift up and have to tip over.
Hearing it crash through the trees and other rocks and what not in the silence of nature is really cool, at least to me. It's crazy how much momentum it starts to gain and how unstoppable it becomes. It's got to be a big rock though, as in one you definitely can't lift up and have to tip over.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 4:44 pm to JEC119
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That's the exact one I had as a kid in the 80's.
I've always been interested in geology, but as I grew older I prefer the raw minerals/fossils/rocks/petrified wood over polished rocks.
So, if your kid is into rock tumbling, have at it. Who knows? They may be some O&G company VP of exploration or CEO one day.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 5:06 pm to bad93ex
I got some "rocks" maybe you could move for me. Cash money. Nobody knows better, right?
Posted on 7/15/25 at 5:23 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
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I’ve never heard of this rock tumbling hobby before and when I clicked on this thread and went to research vids on YouTube I was 100% expecting this was what “rock tumbling” was. Literally expected people tumbling rocks down mountain sides, not putting rocks into a polishing machine
I've done both kinds. I was throwing 20 ton boulders off the side of a ridge with an excavator. It's was like watching a tornado or something. Massive oak trees would get demolished. The sound and vibrations were so incredible I called some buddies to come watch.
My intention was to use the boulders as a barrier to catch sediment at the bottom of the ridge. Unfortunately some went beyond the property line and took out trees on forest service land and I got a pretty steep fine. It was worth the fine because the barrier worked and I could then dump tailings off the ridge to get them out of my way.
You can do whatever you want on your property but if you send sediment into the forest your mine will get closed forever.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 5:27 pm to Clyde Tipton
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I've always been interested in geology, but as I grew older I prefer the raw minerals/fossils/rocks/petrified wood over polished rocks
Same here. All natural is the most impressive to me. I did rock tumbling strictly to turn worthless left overs into sellable product.
Here is an all natural piece from the mine I was throwing boulders out of. It's an exceptional piece with no attached matrix
This post was edited on 7/15/25 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 7/15/25 at 7:38 pm to lsufan112001
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You’d be surprised how many rock hounds there are
As a boy I was one for sure, and fossil hunter. In those days, lots of gravel roads and driveways where you could find all sorts of rocks and fossils. The 1960's are gone
Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:28 pm to JEC119
My brother had this one in the early ‘70s.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:30 pm to CitizenK
You can still find minerals and fossils in the roads in Central Arkansas. Montgomery County has wavellite in road gravel and garland county has pyrite.
Posted on 7/15/25 at 9:01 pm to Tr33fiddy
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You can still find minerals and fossils in the roads in Central Arkansas. Montgomery County has wavellite in road gravel and garland county has pyrite.
The bonanza for me was finding fossils in Denton Creek at the dairy of family friends in Justin. TX. They were everywhere, all from Cretaceous. Then catch a 3lb bass in a large stockpond.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:53 am to CitizenK
There is a creek like that in arkadelphia arkansas right in the middle of town. It's loaded with marine fossils. I use to fill pillowcases with fossils there when I was a kid.
I'd have my mom drop me off while she ran errands around town and she would lay on the horn for me to come back when she was done lol
I'd have my mom drop me off while she ran errands around town and she would lay on the horn for me to come back when she was done lol
Posted on 7/16/25 at 3:28 pm to SuperSaint
Will there ever be a point in your life where you are not a crude douchebag?
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