I am getting to the end of the Kakanui rockhounding stones collected from Seadown Beach with these ones being quite pitted and rough. Normally I […]
Batch 42: Tumbling Stones from the Grove Burn
This batch is tumbling stones from the Grove Burn where it comes out onto the beach about halfway between out in front of our place […]
Batch 47: Tumbling Misfits and Redos
This batch is tumbling misfits and redos from other batches like Batch 33 and Batch 39. There are also some stones originally from Batch 35 […]
Batch 46: Giving Sandblasting Grit 40/60 Another Chance
I am giving the Ozito sandblasting grit 40/60 that I picked up from Bunnings another chance. I want to see if it will help smooth […]
Batch 45: Gemstone Beach Pink Thulite
Batch 45 stones are from Gemstone Beach. I’m pretty sure there’s a pretty pink thulite in the mix that I am very interested in seeing […]
Batch 35: Using 46 Grit
I’ve been looking for a coarser grit than 80/100grit for a while now so I messaged the friendly, helpful peeps over at Rock and Gemstone […]
Batch 44: Rockhounding in Kakanui
There are 51 redo stones in this batch of stones from my rockhounding in Kakanui. Some of the stones were originally in Batch 37 and […]
Batch 40: 36 Day Rock Tumbling Cycle
Batch 40 features stones from my local … Gemstone Beach but this poor batch was the forgotten batch with the 220grit rock tumbling cycle lasting […]
Batch 41: 80/100 grit on Repeat
Batch 41 features a total of 82 stones with quite a number of redo stones from various places (B27-28-29) but most of them are still […]
Batch 39: Rockhounding Gemstone Beach
On the 19th of October I popped down to Gemstone Beach on a special mission. My NZ rockhounding friend Nicola asked me if I would […]