Your Hound from the Sound. I'm a rockhounder and a lover of all rocks and nature. I live in WA State in the PNW. I am a member of the Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society. And I am always seeking to learn more about this wonderful world we live in and it's treasures. I hunt along the shores, streams and rivers in my area for jasper, agates, carnelians, quartz crystals and banded quartz, jade, chert, epidote, fluorite, chalcedony, hematite, opal, and petrified wood just to name a few. But I mostly find a variety of jasper on my hunts. I have a tile saw I use to cut and shape them. I have tumblers for tumbling. I polish them and wire wrap them mainly for gifts. I also take plain ordinary rocks and paint them turning them into beautiful pieces of art. I truly love all things rock! Hope you enjoy my adventures and I inspire you to go on some of your own. Happy Hunting and Keep On Rockin! 😎🏞
Nice video! Can we do a video together using my dinostones fire agate, I can send you a rough stone to cut. The stone will have dino textures that will be categorized later based on color as I grow my new channel. Keep up the good work and enjoyable content🤠
It acts as a thickening agent to the mix. Some people use sugar. But I prefer borax. It helps to clean the Rocks afterwards as well. Sugar will make it stickier and harder to clean after
I don't think that putting a box over the tumbler is a good idea. Back when I tried it, my tumbler got really hot. Plus, I saw a video from some RU-vid rock tumbler person talking about how he burned up the motor in his vibratory tumbler. I may be worrying about nothing, but my tumbler really did get very hot. To this day, I keep a fan going on all of my rock tumblers in the summer.
I totally hear you. And you're probably right. In the summertime you definitely got to be careful and check it often. When I put the box over it I make sure there's a gap at the bottom (about an inch and a half) to allow air flow so it doesn't get too hot. I haven't had any problems with it getting hot but it's pretty cold where I'm at most of the year.
🫣 I don't know if I can! I just can't bring myself to do it...yet. MAYBE if I find another like it. Till then it's sitting on my front porch so I can stare at it every day haha 😆
Because the grit gets super embedded/stuck into/onto the stone and barrel and it helps to clean and loosen the grit on the stone for easier cleaning... Because you still need to clean them afterwards. If you don't do this step it'll take you twice as long or longer to clean them good enough for the next stage. ☺️
Can I use ceramic and stainless media together for all 4 tumbling stages? I use Borax after stage 1 and 2, to clean everything. You said you used it only on stages 3 and 4. Is it hurting anything by using it on stages 1 and 2? Thank you in advance.
It probably wouldn't hurt. But I really cannot tell you if stainless is good at all because I have never used that type of media but you can definitely use ceramic in all four stages... as long as you clean it good like you do your stones
Hi yall, it's been a while since I wrote, don't you think poppy will want her jasper back, just saying. Husky voice still drives me crazy and I bet marmalade is still so very sweet. Never far from my thoughts, should have married you when you proposed. Rock on baby girl.
Hahaha... I got her high enough to forget about it 🥴 lol 😆 Still loving hearing from my toasty friend 🧡 Hope you're doing well. Good to hear from you 🍊 🍞
@@MarlainaAtkins The shoes helped, but I had to finally get orthopedic inserts which really helped. Without the inserts I could not walk much at all, with them I am hiking into places someone my age shouldn't be
That's one that you maybe think about keeping as a specimen as opposed to slabbing. Of course, that's coming from a notorious "keeper" who rarely "slabs". Beauty find, M! Glad to see you out there gettin it! 🐺 🐾
Hey G! 👋😃 Good to hear from you! I think you're right about keeping it as a specimen. I just can't bring myself to take it to the saw and cut it up. It's such a unique piece that unless I find another one just like it, I think this one is staying as is. I'm going to put it on my front porch where I can stare at it everyday 😆 lol. 🐺🐾
Hi Kristen! I'm torn about whether to cut it or not. It's such a unique piece that I can't seem to take it to the saw. It might just stay a cool ass specimen in my collection of awesomeness 😆 lol Hope you're doing well as well! Good to hear from you 💛
What a find mar!!!!..please tell me ur gunna cut it and polish some slabs out of it?..make some coffee coasters with felt backing for the makers challenge??
Great video! Some people say all you need for the 1st tumble is the grit and "maybe" a drop or two of dish detergent. They don't use the pellets. Can you explain why you use them in the 1st tumble?
@scotts1356 For the most part theyre right. I don't normally use them in the first stage. The only reason you should is... 1) you don't have enough material to fill barrel, so you can use them to add to make a full load 2) you are using softer material and need to cushion for no bruising during tumble 3) you need a variety of sizes and you only have a certain size stone(s). Adding the pellets will help that scenario for a better tumble. I can't think of any other reasons at the moment but adding them sure can't hurt anything. But I always recommend using ceramic pellets in coarse if you're going to because it will ruin plastic pellets fairly quickly. I hope that helps! Cheers
I weigh my rocks to 3lbs . Then add water to just cover rocks along with 3 tbsp of grit. Total is about 4lbs. Sadly, Lorotone has gone out of business.
I've been watching tutorials for weeks for crystals that I've already bought couldn't figure out how to wrap them. You need to expand your you tube search criteria cuz this is amazing thank you so much! Who knew...
Look up the Mohs hardness scale... and use that as a reference. Its the best way to learn. You can always ask Google what a specific stones hardness is as well.
Thank you! I just did the same thing, but then I got scared wondering if the bleach could damage my rocks and ran inside to check online. Your video has quelled my fears.
Love all the wonderful moss you found.. Your globe is so thick & lovely.. The terrarium is perfect.. fabulous variety of stones & mosses. Hope you never have to leave it in the hands of an unfit baby-sitter. I came home to a blobe filled to the top with water. I cried.. Yours is more lovely than mine was.. Stunning!!
