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Post by lee on Jul 9, 2011 18:17:18 GMT -5
Is it legal to collect petrified wood from private ground in North Carolina? If so, has anyone done so and made cabochons using the specimens they found? Does this wood have good color and any banding? If anyone has any, please bring them to the Roundup.
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Post by lauriesrocks on Jul 9, 2011 20:28:20 GMT -5
All the petrified wood localities that I now about are on private land, so collecting would be legal as long as you have permission. However, there is very little color in our wood, mostly tan to grey or brown. While it does not usually make good cabbing or jewelry material, it can be good specimen material, sometimes with excellent grain structure, knot holes, etc.
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turkeychefadam
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Post by turkeychefadam on Jul 10, 2011 9:17:52 GMT -5
I have access in stokes county to petrified on both private and public land. I have found color in this particular variety. Most is very dark black and cabs to a good luster...I do have a small peice(85 lbs) with some good red going through it. This stuff is cool. I have one peice that weighs over 350 pounds. you can still see bark and the whole peice has a bend to it. its truely wonderful stuff. I get most from my families land and have aproached them about letting the club in...but they were terribly uninterested......I will gladly take a limited # of folks to poke around some day and i do have some monster peices for sale which leads to this..........do museums usually work on a donation basis or will they pay for specimens and how whould the process be started? Thanks all. about the legality, i have had no problems and some can be found in and around public parks in stokes co.
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Post by dan on Jul 10, 2011 10:20:35 GMT -5
Adam, Next time you are going up to the family land give a yell and you will get some company for looking for petrified wood.  Did you check with the Tar Heel Club in Raleigh? Dan Joe - not trying to step on your role as pres.  |
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Post by turkeychefadam on Jul 10, 2011 12:47:52 GMT -5
I will let ya know where ta go. just p.m. me.....My family is real tight and wont even let some family on their land but there are tons of places to go and score. some are fairly short walks. I will contact the Tar heel club. thanks
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Post by turkeychefadam on Jul 10, 2011 18:46:48 GMT -5
Howdy folks.....Im getting lots of interest and p.m.s for people wanting to go dig......I would like to clarify that there is no way possible anyone can come to my families land. Only My son and i have been able to collect there. My father isn't even allowed. Its a cousin's wifes land. Im fortunate to have found what i have, BUT.......there are tons of places to collect in Stokes county. I will research it out and find us the best place and talk w/ rick and see if he is interested in doing a club thingy...if not i will gladly take a small group in and get some wood. I will start getting on it...For a head start you can travel to Germanton, N.C., look for the "town fork creek" and hit the banks...Always talk to the owners of the land to get permission first. Most are farmers, and love litter pick-up;)...You can also find indian artifacts sometimes....ive never dug in the banks...the creek flows pretty good and reveals new finds after big storms, so ive never seemed it necessary..I will post about group dig soon.. good luck
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