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Offline ken75

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anyone know if this is coastal plains (new pics ,nother run )
« on: October 23, 2009, 10:31:28 am »
hey guys found two four foot by four foot boulders of this stuff with pieces all around . think im going back tom. with my sludge hammer . just curious if this is coastal plains flint . im in southwest GA near alabama and florida line

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Offline Bill Skinner

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 01:17:20 pm »
Looks like costal plains to me, and you are in the right area.  It will work raw but works better if heat treated.  Bill
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 02:25:31 pm »
yup...looks like coastal plains chert to me.  Cook it, slowly bringing the temp up to about 400-450 degrees and it should glass up nicely

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 02:34:18 pm »
yea i'd say its coastal too... i would not use a sludge hammer if you can help it.. A sludge hammer will cone it up bad.

 I don't know about all this slow cooking stuff billy.. i have cooked allot of rock and for the most part i never exceed the max timp but i cook it fast.. I'll set the oven to 250* let it sit for 1hr then ramp it up 50* an hr let it set at max timp for 5-8 hrs then i just tern it off.. I've cooked coastal , coral , horse creek, TX flint , Kay co. , alabats , and some others like this with no problems.
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 06:43:43 pm »
 I put mine in and turn it up to 450 and go to bed. I turn it off in the morning when I go to work and let it cool down all day.
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 09:00:51 pm »
thanks for the ID and cooking info , leapingbare im not sure i can get it with out the hammer bout 20 miles from the house and the rocks are really four foot wide four foot high and bout three foot thick , i have a frontend loader but nowhere close to the rock. ill post pics of the boulders tom.  thanks again for the info.. may have some rock for anyone interested in coastal
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 09:43:02 pm »
yea i'm interested. :)  i
  If you gatta use the hammer try to make sure your plat forms are good so you want have to hit it more then once for each spall.
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Offline ken75

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 10:06:50 pm »
im gonna try to knock some three and four pound chunks loose, there are a few thirty or forty pound boulders nearby ill get them too
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Offline sailordad

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 10:11:15 pm »
ooooooooo interested in rock
heck ya
i cant never have enough on hand
especially when ya cant stop knapping.i just gotta make something everyday
either a point or a pound of gravel lol
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2009, 12:11:31 am »
Yep. that's Coastal. I collected alot from that area. The clearer stuff will cook at @ 400 degress but the other is gonna need alot more heat
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Offline ken75

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2009, 12:16:20 pm »
got a truck full i'll post pics later gotta get some sleep
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains (pics added )
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2009, 10:06:58 pm »
here is what i was able to get today ... and learned a lesson about sludge hammers and flint !!!

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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains (pics added )
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2009, 10:08:03 pm »
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains (pics added )
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2009, 10:14:42 pm »
  Ken, where are you at? That stuff looks like white Coral.
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Re: anyone know if this is coastal plains (pics added )
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2009, 10:30:55 pm »
blakely ga, southwest corner bout 50 west of albany , 35 east of dothan al
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