Fossick #3 at Gemstone Beach with JP On Easter Saturday morning I went fossicking again with JP at Gemstone Beach. The weather was stunning and […]
Trace Fossils in 400grit
Trace fossils are usually a mud-like stone that an “animal” as left a trace or trail of movement through. Trace fossils represent animal behaviour rather […]
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 […]
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 […]
Batch 6: Bluecliffs Beach Stones
There’s a couple of big stones in this batch (a pink one and a bluey/white one) collected down where the Rowallan Burn now comes out […]
Discovering Tumblestoneblog
I’ve been google-researching rock tumbling and came across a phenomenal blog called Tumblestoneblog. I have learned so much from John and his blog. Most especially […]
Getting Started Tumbling Stones
Note: I’m using my old notes, my very basic tumbling log, relying on my memory plus I’m working backwards to capture my learning journey of […]