Do you find petrified wood?

[patrick_g]

I have picked up some in SOCAL, Baja, and AZ but haven't found any here in south central Oklahoma.

Biggest I ever picked up was about 10lbs. It went into a nephew's lizard terrarium.

Pat

 

[Redbug]

The problem with tumblers is they take forever. I have had a couple. Good for polishing brass shell casings, though. I would suggest one of those combo tools for rock work...this is a cheaper one, much better out there, too...
Lortone, Manufacturers of Tools for Lapidary & Jewelry Artists

 

[jinman]

The problem with tumblers is they take forever. I have had a couple. Good for polishing brass shell casings, though. I would suggest one of those combo tools for rock work...this is a cheaper one, much better out there, too...
Lortone, Manufacturers of Tools for Lapidary & Jewelry Artists

Oh yes! They have a nice vibrating lap for a cool $825 to $945 also.:shocked: You gotta really be serious to spend that kind of money.

 

[jinman]

I have picked up some in SOCAL, Baja, and AZ but haven't found any here in south central Oklahoma.

Biggest I ever picked up was about 10lbs. It went into a nephew's lizard terrarium.

Pat

Pat, that surprises me. I'd expect your finds to be similar to mine. Do you have gullies and washes with caliche and limestone rocks? I find most of my pieces along the walls of my gullies.

 

[Western]

Pat, that surprises me. I'd expect your finds to be similar to mine. Do you have gullies and washes with caliche and limestone rocks? I find most of my pieces along the walls of my gullies.

Jim, I have found most of mine while or after plowing, on relatively flat ground taboot! Even a deer lease I had Near Silver City Texas (very rocky country) I would find it spread out on rather flat, but rolling hills. I have looked in wash outs and the like (mostly for arrow heads and stuff, but don't think I ever found any P wood. Had a friend that found it like that though around Ballinger TX.

 

[sandman2234]

As a kid, we went back and forth across this country several times. One time we stopped at the Petrified Forest Park, another the Grand Canyon, then the Sequia's. We never did make it to Jellystone (as I called it) which is Yellowstone National Park. That is one I want to go see, soon...but it is a bit of a hike from here!
David from jax

 

[patrick_g]

Pat, that surprises me. I'd expect your finds to be similar to mine. Do you have gullies and washes with caliche and limestone rocks? I find most of my pieces along the walls of my gullies.

Jim, Dennis, I don't have any caliche or limestone. I have "sand rock" down a few feet mostly. It is very weak sand stone. It is often in fairly large strata. A piece in your hands can often be broken with a little effort It comes in colored stripes sometimes.

I also have a very heavy very red type of rock that is rich in iron (color-weight) and that is about it for me. South of here down by Davis there are large commercial limestone quarries. Just a few miles from here is a gravel pit that produces natural gravel. They do no crushing just sorting by size and washing. Pieces are smooth having been naturally tumbled way back when. Twice the price of crushed limestone and half as good for drives etc. Fair for landscaping.

Pat

 

[Western]

Jim, Dennis, I don't have any caliche or limestone. I have "sand rock" down a few feet mostly. It is very weak sand stone. It is often in fairly large strata. A piece in your hands can often be broken with a little effort It comes in colored stripes sometimes.

I also have a very heavy very red type of rock that is rich in iron (color-weight) and that is about it for me. South of here down by Davis there are large commercial limestone quarries. Just a few miles from here is a gravel pit that produces natural gravel. They do no crushing just sorting by size and washing. Pieces are smooth having been naturally tumbled way back when. Twice the price of crushed limestone and half as good for drives etc. Fair for landscaping.

Pat

Oklahoma is much like Texas, I have family near Hugo OK, and cant remember seeing a "rock" on their place. then you go from the state line up the I-35 corridor and see several places covered in the reddish rock like you describe.

A couple of months ago while I was out looking for rock for fence project, I almost bought the Oklahoma cut Limestone (had more red streaks, real nice), but the local version from Granbury Texas was of course cheaper.

 

[patrick_g]

Oklahoma is much like Texas, I have family near Hugo OK, and cant remember seeing a "rock" on their place. then you go from the state line up the I-35 corridor and see several places covered in the reddish rock like you describe.

A couple of months ago while I was out looking for rock for fence project, I almost bought the Oklahoma cut Limestone (had more red streaks, real nice), but the local version from Granbury Texas was of course cheaper.

Transportation is large part of landscaping materials. I wanted to buy an 18 wheeler load of crushed lava rock but shipping was a killer. I'll probably have to settle for local natural gravel. I intend to cover "lawn" with it. Some call my plans xero-scaping, others call it laziness as it obviates ownership of lawn mower besides brush hog.

Pat

 

[Western]

Transportation is large part of landscaping materials. I wanted to buy an 18 wheeler load of crushed lava rock but shipping was a killer. I'll probably have to settle for local natural gravel. I intend to cover "lawn" with it. Some call my plans xero-scaping, others call it laziness as it obviates ownership of lawn mower besides brush hog.

Pat

Done right, I've seen some impressive rock yards. I see more that look a bit "hap-hazard" too. I have watched a show where they where doing that to yards in Las Vegas and some of them turned out pretty darn nice. I did notice the pros always used a black plastic weed barrier.