A 90 minute drive from Riverton to Slope Point with JP on Monday 10 March meant we arrived at 12:45pm with high tide scheduled for […]
Rock Tumbling YouTube Channel
NEW YouTube Channel Announcement! Kia ora, fellow rock enthusiasts! I’m so excited to share some big news—my new YouTube channel, tumbleandpolishnz, is live and ready […]
Batch 90: Treasured Gift of Kakanui Stones
Sometimes the best stones you tumble are the ones gifted to you. As are the stones in Batch 90, a treasured gift of Kakanui stones, […]
Batch 88: Rocking the Tumbler
In true rocking the tumbler style the stones of Batch 88 are recent finds on JPfossick #2, Monday 16 September 2024. Usually the stones that […]
Batch 86: Overloaded the 3lb Barrel
This will be an interesting batch because I have overloaded the 3lb barrel. Once again I’ve suckered myself into trying to keep stones together. I […]
Batch 85: Fossicking at Gemstone Beach with JP again
JP was back in Southland and I’ve been out fossicking at Gemstone Beach with him again! Living so close to that “famous” beach you can […]
Batch 83: Connor’s Stones
Batch 83 are Connor’s stones probably collected from Gemstone Beach. Connor is a friend’s grandson and every now and again friends ask me to tumble […]
Batch 81 : How Breccia Differs from Conglomerate
Breccia (pronounced bre-CHE-a) is a funky type of sedimentary rock that’s actually composed of large angular broken fragments of other rocks that get cemented together by […]
Batch 78: From Gemstone Beach to Tumbler
The majority of stones I tumble are from Gemstone Beach. It is not often that the stones go straight from the beach to the tumbler […]
Batch 77: Sold on Mr Grit 220grit
I’ve been using Mr Grit 220 grit for Stage 2 in quite a few batches now and the quality of it is really good. It […]