JP invited me to fossick with him on Gemstone Beach on the 24 March. He had a challenge for me though. I was to resist […]
Batch 13: Polishing a Dinosaur Egg
Never thought I’d be polishing a “dinosaur egg” – well not really but that’s what this stone has affectionately come to be known as. “Dinosaur […]
Batch 12: Papatotara Stones
Batch 12 consists of Papatotara stones from our beach, a part of Te Waewae Bay out front. I’ve also included some ‘random’ stones from the […]
Fossick with Tumblestoneblog John
I’ve mentioned before in this post how much I’ve learned from John P, and his Tumblestoneblog. John is very generous with sharing his fossick finds. […]
Batch 14: 56 Stones, 4lb Tumbler
The Lortone 4lb tumbler has found itself idle again so I decided to go through my ever-growing collection of Papatotara stones that have been sitting […]
Moeraki Stones
3lb Tumbler 1 is on a special tumbling mission. I’ve been given 19 stones collected from Moeraki by my neighbour up the road. He’d seen […]
Holding Box Catch-up
While the 3lb Tumbler 2 was not busy I thought it might be a good idea to catch up with stones in the holding box […]
Redos – Retumbling Stones
At the end of a tumbling stage there are often stones that aren’t quite ready to progress to the next stage of tumbling. I call […]
Tumbling Stones for Others
I love it when people ask me to tumble stones for them. Tumbling stones for others means that I can document the before and after […]
Batch 7: Stones from Rowallan Burn
Just like Batch 6 there are some big stones in this batch too – also collected from the Rowallan Burn where it comes out on […]