Stones and Rocks

[parsley]

Has anyone found really interesting/unusual rocks/stones on their land? For example large agates/meterorites/ammolite/flint,etc.?

Parsley

Rockhound, do you collect rocks

[wmoebis]

Parsley
I have lots of interesting rocks and stones. Come on out, We'll do a ROCKFEST.

[parsley]

What kind? Do you collect specific stones? Collections?

I am very interested.

Parsley

[furrowtickler]

Sorry pars - marketing?

[jensend]

i just know she'll find some way to turn this into a bash the cwb thread. lol.

[parsley]

Farmers can sell their meteorites, sometimes, for a lot of money.

Selling crops...selling stones
a bit of a stretch, I know
But meteorites can be very valuable.


jensend throws them...lol

Sorry, I'll exit.

Parsley

[dalek]

No but you're always free to come look them over Parsley. I'll even let you borrow my loader tractor. The main reason our land prices are still relatively low is because European immigrants to Ontario have too much self-respect to pick the amount of rocks we have to offer.

Actually there's at least one guy with an old log truck with padding on the loader clams that comes around buying old rocks out of fencelines, as long as they have lots of moss/algae on them. He wraps them individually with blankets and takes them to Toronto to sell to the landscapers. Think he was paying 10 cents/lb or so last year.

[furrowtickler]

Well I supose ther is a "market" for everything.

[wmoebis]

I'll sell mine for way less than that. This is an open market and I will dump mine to get my market share.

I will drive him out of buisness then I can charge what I want when I have a monopoly.

I think I'll call my company ROCKGIL.

[parsley]

furrow,

google 'buying meteorites"
I do apologize for starting this thread.

It was because farmers see more stones than most folks, so I thought it may be of interest.. Sorry.

..and I was fascinated by the meteorites at the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Parsley