Tumbling My Biggest Carnelian • Chasing Chalcedony 3/3

[@Grandmasrockin]

I’m like you. Every time I do something with my rocks, cutting, polishing etc I learn something new. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@lizzymoore54]

Turned out very, very nice, indeed! I don't tumble my agates but do use sandpaper, different grades to polish up my stones. The finest paper being the black paper used for cars and the like. I wet this paper and it sands off any unleveled spots and leaves a nice polish. My stones are soaked first in lemon juice, CLR and peroxide and cleaned with a toothbrush, dried and then put in mineral oil to soak overnight. Then I sandpaper but only if I feel they need an extra polish, rinsed and another light layer of oil. Enjoyed your video, my friend.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you for those good tips, I might try that actually. Especially with some of the bigger ones and see how they turn out. Thanks for helpin out 👍

[@CityRockhounding]

Really cool how these turned out, I'm glad you shared this whole process from finding them to fully polished. Life is an experiment! Positive high vibrations man!

[@denisweimer8791]

One of the things that might be preventing you from getting a nice smooth finish on the final polish is contamination from the previous grit. Any of those stones that have interior pockets can hide small amounts of grit through each run, and if you don't get 100% of it, it will fall out in the next stage and scratch up your finer grind. Since the 3rd stage is usually your 500 or 600 pre-polish, then a trace amount of that in your final polish will keep it from getting glass-smooth without showing obvious scratches visible to the eye. I usually take out stones any that have the potential to store grit after the 60/90 stage and either grind out the deep pockets on a wheel, or run them again through the coarse grind for the shallow pockets. An aluminum oxide final polish will give a glassier finish, but as you stated, the hardness of the rocks has to be considered. Finally, at the end, you can also give them a final run for about 4-6 hours with plastic pellets and some soap flakes (shaving a bar of ivory soap works best) to give them a good shine. Of course if the polish step doesn't produce a smooth surface, then the extra burnishing with soap flakes won't really improve it much.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you so much for the help!!! I’m not good at taking the ones out with the pockets, but I think I need to get better at that to help the final result. That’s probably where I’m going wrong... seriously thank you so much! I really appreciate the great advice bud 👍👍👍

[@shawnshepherd6707]

Im makeing a coffee table with this stuff and mount a light under it!! How awsome!! Done been saving the rocks for over year!! Just found your channel and sub. I pick up all that kind of material i can find its pretty plentiful here in Ohio 👍👍👍

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh that’s a great idea mate. That would look pretty. Are you using resin or doing it like tiling sort of thing? They’re so fun to find though aren’t they. It’s like little extra treasures while bush/creek walking 👍

[@shawnshepherd6707]

@@Rookie_Rockounding going to do it in resin , yes they r like little treasures !! Going to lay my arrowheads on top and put another glass top on it so i can remove arrowheads if i want👍👍👍

[@NorthSpider]

Great looking stones when polished. Good job on that. I like how thats basicly how sand looks like, but then thousand times bigger.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey that’s so true! They’re some pretty cool rocks 👍

[@amberloveshawn]

Very beautiful specimens. Thank you for sharing. I love them I have never heard of them. I'm so happy to watched!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you kw! I’m glad you enjoyed 😁👍

[@toasttoast5348]

I’ve just recently gotten into your channel, I really love how passionate you are about rocks, and your personality is so uplifting! Looking forward to seeing more!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey that’s awesome! Thanks mate!!! 👍😁

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

Very cool view of this rock at 5:04. Looks like little worms trying to escape. Very alien kind of rock. Don't lick it. :)

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

James Mann Haha! Totally alien, Benny, the guy I rockhound with is always gettin angry at me for lickin my rocks haha! Thank you very much for watching James 👍

[@annepayette]

I'm loving your videos!! I love the POV with the clouds...magical. The blue ones...oh my...they are my favorites also. Seems they are from another world or something! They have this inner glow thing...I dunno! But they are so so lovely! K. Well now that I've been binging on your videos...so many more to watch.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you sillilittlegurl! I’m glad you enjoy them 😁 The blues are just magical, they have that glow that makes it hard to stop looking at them hey. Thank you for your kind comment 👍

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

I am just on step two of my second run today and yes I do love the sound the tumbler makes. It's quiet but I can hear it from the top of the basement steps. Love it.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Awesome mate! I was meant to change out my second step today but ran out of time, and probably won’t get to do it for another couple days!!!! As if it doesn’t take long enough hahaha😂 I guess it’ll help though, maybe wear em down a bit more! Good luck mate! What are you tumbling?

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

I am tumbling mostly quartz this time around so that I can see what they look like. The other rocks I did in my first batch... well I have no clue what they are other than pretty cool rocks. :) I also messed up the first batch because I missed a few rocks with cracks that held grit so I didn't get a polish... just new scratches. So I took out the bad rocks.. cleaned the rest and have them in water until I get my new tumbler. I am not sure if I would put those through step 3 and 4 again... What do you think I should do about the scratches?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hmmmm... I can’t really say to be honest. I’d say probably doing 3-4 again would help, and just leave them for when you’re about to do stage 3 and 4 the next batch and throw them in with them. I’m still a novice but in theory that sounds right. Haha! Good luck mate and keep me posted 👍

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

I didn't expect you to say... "It's because I don't have a tile saw right now..." not sure what I thought you were going to say but it wasn't that so it made me burst out laughing.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

James Mann Hahahahaha! Oh man that made me laugh! Hahaha! Yeah I can’t wait to be able to cut some of my stones into shapes etc but for now I just like having fun seeing them get all shiny in their original shape. How’s your tumble going?

[@MsSandraCGL]

I love the tumbled rocks videos, thanks for these

[@sarejen6868]

Oooh those are Pretty! Tumbling is a learning experience each time I think, at least for me so far. I need to run my batch with coarse again found the medium all clumped together in the tumbler dunno what I did wrong. Do and learn.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

SareJen Ah crap! That’s happened to me a couple times now and you only figure it out once’s it’s opened and all poured out. I wish I could tell you what went wrong or why it happened but I still do it myself. Haven’t had any luck figuring that conundrum out. Good luck though! And thank you heaps for watching. 👌

[@carolarnold9916]

The milky blue stone reminds me of moonstone..lovely🎇

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Yeah I’ve seen a few others have mentioned that also, it’s very similar looking stone but I’m not sure what moonstone is made of. They might be pretty similar in makeup. 😁

[@lindennottingham3662]

Thanks for the videos and the eyes-on info. I am currently on stage 2 of my first tumble since I was a kid in the late 70's. I've been watching a lot of videos on the hobby and am going to try a 5th and final step I saw called 'burnishing' using a bar of Ivory soap, shaved with a cheese grater. 1 cup of shavings per pound of rocks with water filled to just under the top rocks as usual. Tumble 24 hrs. rinse in warm water. His jasper came out amazing!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh yeah I know the one, meMiner, he’s who ive learnt everything from. Burnishing works amazingly. It really does. All the best on the tumble, I hope they sho et super bright for you 😊✨

[@necroeasy593]

Where does this man live on treasure island? Great rocks.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hahaha! Great comment!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

necro easy I live in south east Queensland Australia. Pretty lucky to be honest 😁

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

Nice stuff. I enjoy your vids. Keep on rocking in the vug life

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

jason genaw Thanks Jason! Got some Hunt vids coming soon, 😁👍

[@spiderfireentmt]

Thank you looking forward to getting my tumbler today an you helped me Decide which of mine to pop in the first

[@ITSMANKYWANKY]

One trick to tumbling a 1 lb rock in one of those tumblers, add a few large stones, and a bunch of way smaller stones, the large stones will act as chisels, you should also add medium sized stones too. with the tiny rocks, this will cause the rocks to roll on all the tiny rocks getting a fantastic shine that way, this tumble came out amazing, especially the largest one.

[@gregniel]

I remember having the same tumbler. . . . now I have 8 15 lbs. units turning everyday.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Holy crap! That’s a whole bunch of tumbling! That’s awesome!!!

[@JonKinchIsLegit]

Hey man you should consider buying a cheap rotary drill like a off brand Dremel and then using a silicon carbide or rubber abrasive silicon carbide bit to take away a few layers while also shaping the stone to how you like. It's faster then using a tumbler and its nice to use if you want to see what a stone will look like polished right away. You can do about 20 rocks a hour for medium size.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh wow! That sounds great! I used to have a dremel too! I think it’s broken now though. I’ll have to check. Thank you man!

[@mollysingleton7001]

Lol I'm sitting here at 6 AM watching your video wondering if I'm gonna go rock hounding today sweet video brother catch yall next video mate

[@symonsheppard5519]

Molly Singleton I hate you with a passion. Not literally of course, I just hate the fact you can go hounding and I can't, there are no rocks here.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Molly Singleton Haha! Do it molly! For those of us who for one reason or another can’t today 😁 thanks for watching 😁

[@travisguide4516]

Sweet lots of cool stuff

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Travs Guide Thank you very much Trav! 🤟

[@easilydistracted5140]

So informative, I'm hooked

[@pgrinavic]

After aluminum oxide polish I run a fifth week in cerium oxide , stones come out looking like they were dipped in glass

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ohhhhh! Nice! I’m gonna have to look into getting me some cerium oxide for sure! Thank you for the tip 👌👌👌

[@Wildflower-xe8sn]

Those inclusions hold the coarser grit which comes out in the subsequent grits. I go in with a needle and pick out as much as I can and rinse well.Cool stuff

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you, for that wildflower, I try and hose and brush everything really well but a needle would be great to try out. Always lookin for new things to help the process along. 😁

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

Its sunny today. Time to rock it up

[@shinysunlight]

Somebody decided that this is the best music piece of the century. What is this? KZbin hymn?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

shinysunlight Hahahaha! It’s a song from iMovie, I didn’t know how to use other music back then and left it on loop 🤣 bit cringe now 😣

[@dillydilly7693]

Some how I missed this one. Great video as usual. In tumble mine for 2 weeks each step. I have 2 double barrel tumblers. One week I go to the #1 tumbler and the next step and the next week I go to the #2 tumbler and do the same. That way I'm not so freaking anxious about having to wait soooooo long to see results. Lol

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hahahaha! That’s a great idea!!!! I love it!

[@bennyb2762]

Nice one brother👍

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Benoit Goarin Thank you mr Benny!! You wait till you get your tumbler runnin, your gonna love it dude, we need to get a saw! ASAP haha!

[@abbiemaggiepieoh2712]

they're all incredible!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

😁 thank you! They are beautiful material to work with!

[@symonsheppard5519]

The shine won't improve from that by polishing for longer, burnishing will help get a better shine but the pixelated rock won't be less pixelated by polish, the 600 or pre polish stage was the problem I think, it's all trial and error and eventually you will instinctively know when each process is right. Some nice finds though, that dinky one was cute.

[@thirstfast1025]

I agree that polishing longer won't fix the polish issue. I've seen a couple sets where the 'pre-polish' is 600 Silicon Carbide instead of aluminum oxide, and thought that was a bit odd. I use up to 5 separate grit stages, down to 600, then a pre, then a pol, then a burnish, and they come out looking like thick-coated candies.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Symon Sheppard Hey duuuuuuuuude!!! Oh okay your probably right Symon, learning so much from doing and then sharing and in turn receiving such good helpful tips. As always brother, thank you muchly 👍👌👍

[@thirstfast1025]

Niiiice stuff bro! The blue is VERY pretty! And I love the little carnelian drip! Flatten one side and it would make a very nice ring setting. ~3:30, I know how 3D those pieces look when not on camera, those are very cool! 5:45 Looks like a ½melted ice cube! ~6:00 I call those "tumbler bombs", as they can go off at any time! In the grits, it's not a big deal, but in the pre-polish or polish, it will prevent a good polish. I notice your beads are pretty dark. Not sure if they're the exact same as the ones I use, but if they are, they were white to start. Suggests to me you're using them in the grit and polish. I would strongly recommend having separate beads for grit and polish, just because they're really good at holding grit I find. :) Glad you're having fun with the tumbler though! It's awesome to see an identical barrel to what I run working away on the other side of the planet! The more you use it, the more you'll refine not only your tumbling process, but your selection process as well. It takes time, but eventually you'll even become selective about what you collect in the field for your tumbler! Thanks big time for the shout out! I really appreciate it!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thirst Fast Hey mate! Yeah those plastic pellets started off the same colour they are now, buuuuuuut, I have been using the same ones through step 2 to the burnishing, might be worth doing what you mentioned though cause I don’t wanna contaminate the following grits effect. Thanks dude for that heads up too! Appreciate it dude! Ah yes the quartz bombs! Haha, gonna leave them out next time, so much to learn and remember but so fun learning as I go. Thanks heaps again dude for all the help 👍

[@thirstfast1025]

@@Rookie_Rockounding As far as the bombs go, just do some risk assessment. The one you did turned out great! They don't all go off! Having some level of micro-crystalline (agate, chalcedony, whatever) on it will stabilize it. Just watch closely for signs of imminent failure, such as pieces starting to come off, and grit getting farther into the joints between the crystals than before. I'm just working on getting another quick video up (less than 3 minutes, as opposed to my epic tumbling sagas to date) on using beads as filler. Lol, learning that buying the cheapest desktop was maybe not good foresight into video editing! Oh well, live n learn!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thirst Fast Yeah I reckon the chalcedony layer would have helped it stay together a bit better. Definitely gonna be careful with them in the future, they look pretty but not worth the hassle if the go off haha! Oh damn yeah dude, having a slower computer makes it hard sometimes hey. I do all my editing on my phone, my computer just is too full and gettin old haha. Oh that’s cool though man, I’ll check out the new video today 👍👍👍

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

I have 2 batches of plastic beads. One for step 3 and one for step 4. I think you will see better results that way. I use my ceramic beads for step 2 if I need them for filler. I am getting good results I think. I do wish I had access to those nice rocks. I drive about 150 miles to find anything close. I subbed you today. I thought I already had but keep up the good vids man.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh thank you E.D. Law! Yeah I think the beads I’m still figuring out, I haven’t got any ceramic pellets yet but I’d like to try working with them. Thanks for the tips mate. And also for the sub. I hope I don’t disappoint buddy 😁👍

[@joehhurly]

For your jasper, agates, pet. wood (basically all chalcedonies), and any quartz, you can't beat Cerium Oxide for your polish. It's a bit more expensive, but on par with Tin Oxide. If done properly, you'll get a mirror finish. Be sure to just have only the above things in the tumbler.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ah thank you for the tip Joe! It’s funny you mention cerium oxide, my buddy benni just got a tumbler a few months back and part of the pack he ordered was the cerium oxide polishing powder. He just put his polish run on now so it’ll be cool to see how cerium works. Thank you again mate!

[@stinkygraykitty6808]

Great batch!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you!! 😁

[@robertsquires2529]

Keep pushing, trial and error my friend. I've been a coward to touch some of mine. I admire you and ol Kevin Nix for jumping in headfirst! Hopefully my cowardice will disappear. 😟

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh thanks Robert, but no your not a coward, you’re just cautious I’m sure and don’t want to do the wrong thing. It’s so much fun though, you should get in and see what happens, even with some material that isn’t much at all. It’s so fun. Oh and what a legend mr Kevin Nix is hey. I love his work!

[@epicrunscapetime]

Cerium and tin oxide work great on chalcedony, idk about tumbling but I have used both while cabbing and got the most beautiful mirror polish.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

rsiku Hmmm? Maybe I just need to do some of the pre polish for longer and then the polish for longer again. Thank you rsiku 👍👍👍

[@epicrunscapetime]

Sorry I worded that wrong, I meant to say idk much about tumbling XD. But whenever im not satisfied with my cabs I go back a few wheels to the lower grits and spend a bit more time on each wheel until I achieve the polish im looking for. I would imagine its the same with tumbling, I cant say for certain though. Good luck with your tumbling! Love your videos!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

rsiku Haha! That’s all good bud, yeah so I haven’t used wheels so far, (one day hopefully), but it’s pretty much the same deal, so if they aren’t done well enough in one stage, then that will effect the later stages, only with tumbling, unless you check really well between each stage, you won’t know properly till the end polish im thinking. But doing it on the wheels is wayyyyyyyyy more effective, and you’re able to see each stone and each scratch while you’re doing it. I can’t wait to have that opportunity one day though. Thank you for your comments though dude, always appreciate feed back or conversation with the rocks. Thank you mate 😁👍

[@bsnadaf5019]

These is really good diamond sir

[@robrabbit2773]

Ha, loved it but I really want to see your Data on your experiment and has it been peer reviewed 😆 Seriously though, some real nice natural shapes and colouring there. Nice camera work and editing once again but someone's given you a thumbs down? Did you forget to pay the Sky TV bill?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Rob Rabbit Haha! Oh brother you know it! Totally peer reviewed but I seem to have lost the data.... ehmmmm... 🤣 Thanks for the kind words and support mate. Really appreciate it dude. Oh and as for the “thumbs-downer”... I don’t know who that is, I get one almost in the first day of posting since a few weeks back haha, just some bored salty person out there bein mean for the hell of it. I just try and look at the kind words. Just want people to enjoy what I do. Thanks again dude, have a great week! 👍

[@travisguide4516]

the green one is likely a green adventurine I paused the video and it looks like I can see some fine mica in the cracks of the stone sometimes they can be hard to see because the mica will be really small and evenly distributed into the rock but layers of mica can be identified with a loupe on that stone probably. It looks like it's in the color range of adventurine being more forest green. being in Australia you have a chance of chrysoprase but those are somewhat different color than what you found. you can just call it green jasper if no micas are present.

[@thirstfast1025]

:) * aventurine. That was one of my guesses too. I also thought maybe chrysoprase. They're both pretty similar.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Travs Guide Ah that could be what it is then, I’ll have to have a closer look in the cracks and see if I can see any mica, hold on I’ll look now.................... Ha! Yes! Little black bits nearest to where it’s the greenest. So it’s aventurine! Thanks T Rav!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thirst Fast Aventurine it is T Fast! Thanks dude!

[@janoglatz]

Hi Rookie The big stone is what? Thank you for your response :)

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

The big stone is waterline carnelian Agate.

[@ZyanZik]

Very Nice carnelian agate

[@typicalrockhound9887]

buddy ! , All of those look awesome !! wonder if ontario would have that mineral ? probs not .?.. xD but im thinking if u cut those with a saw . made em flat on both sides and polish them ... could psbly sell them for a decent amount ... ppl do that with agates here . more so towards Lake Superior , which ive never been .. It ttakes a long time to travel across ontario man .. lmao Keep up the videos dude ! :)

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ontario RockHound Heyyyy buddy! Thank you! Yeah I’ve gotta wait for some money to appear from somewhere so I can get me a saw and get my cut on, will be doin a bunch of experimenting when I get one though, can’t frikin wait! Thank you for checkin out the video dude!

[@LEGENDZyo]

Maybe something's wrong with me . I like rocks clean but I don't like to tumble anything I find . That little icy blue piece is very cool .

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Kyle Oh no absolutely nothing wrong with you at all brother. I’m amazed at how much people’s preference on how they like their rocks changes. Cheers mate!

[@LEGENDZyo]

@@Rookie_Rockounding thanks for sharing your video .

[@aidairis2996]

MARAVILHOSAS SUAS PEDRAS!!! ESSE MÉTODO DE LAVAR É MUITO BOM! AS MINHAS COLOCO DE MOLHO DEPOIS ESFREGO COM UMA ESCOVINHA DE DENTE E MESMO ASSIM NÃO LIMPAM DIREITO!!! O QUE VC USA PRA LAVAR?

[@TURKIYEGEMSTONEDogaltaslarmz]

wonderful :)

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

TÜRKİYE GEMSTONE Doğal taşlarımız thank you!! 😁👍

[@pete8420]

What are your guys opinion of silicon carbide step 4 polish?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

I’m not sure, I usually do only 3 steps of the Silicon Carbide and then the tin oxide polish. I haven’t tried doing a step 4 of Silicon Carbide but anything that helps bring the surface closer to perfection is worth a try in my opinion. 👍😁

[@pedraspreciosasdoBrasil]

Like are beautiful gems

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Obrigado friend!!!

[@quebrapedras5542]

one like from Brazil

[@Terwin82]

I actually love the look of those tumbled from the creek! Now that you have a bit of experience maybe you can help me out. Along the beaches east coast U.S. are tons of sea-tumbled agate and chalcedony so they are smooth but not polished, how would you go about finishing them off?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey Terwin, I would say tumbling them would be the best way to finish them. But you’d need to get a tumble for that. It costs a little bit but the results are amazing. There’s many ways that you can display them though. A jar with water (and a little bit of bleach, a very little bit to keep the water from stagnating), is another really beautiful way of displaying them. The water really makes them shine. You could also use mineral oil if you’d like. They dont become shiny like polished but the mineral oil is supposed to help make them look prettier. I haven’t tried this however but some people like how it looks. There’s a few videos on KZbin showing how to do it properly. I hope this has helped, and happy hounding mate. 👍

[@maryannincardona6718]

Terwin I found this to be really helpful. I just stumbling it today rocktumbler.com/tips/stream-rounded-rough/

[@judyhobday4760]

you might use a little pet store fish net to get the floaty beads out.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey that could work, I’m open to any ideas 😁 thanks Judy 👍

[@eitanengel8259]

Must be fun to just go out of a second and find tons of agates. I only found brown carnelian here 😭😭😭

[@myrthagunter4141]

Isn't the white stone with the blue Highlight in it a topaz? Just a thought .

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Myrtha Gunter Oh I would love for it to be 😁😁😁, but I’m pretty sure-ish that it’s chalcedony with small quartz crystals fused together. The light in this video wasn’t as good as I would have liked so it didn’t show them as good. But as always, I could be mistaken? Thanks for watching Myrtha 👍

[@japhyryder66]

I want to go rock hunting with you and Benny!

[@Bizz420]

Nice stones, I follow another channel meminer who suggested adding some unscented soap shavings in with the polish. His always turn out awesome. I’m in the process now of trying it.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Bizz 420 Oh man meMiner is one of my fav rock tubers, I learn so much from his videos hey. I used shaved ivory soap over night for these guys, and I could tell the difference but I forgot to film it to show. Thanks for watching Bizz!

[@symonsheppard5519]

Buzz, No , don't add the soap to the polish, when you have finished your tumbling but it's not a great shine burnishing will help, clean stones and water plus the soap, nothing else.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh wait! Yes good pick up there Symon! Yeah, don’t add the soap to the polish, you add it after the polish when everything is cleaned up, then run it for I think around 6-8 hrs. I did it for a bit longer but I don’t think it mattered. But definitely not with the polish. Thanks Symon 👍

[@symonsheppard5519]

Rookie Rockhounding We are all here to help, that's what it's all about.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Symon Sheppard Definitely man, that’s why I started sharing, to share and learn with and from other good peoples 😊

[@guilhermeribeirojunior6592]

Show,belo trabalho...

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you very much Guilherme 👍

[@alonsoglez5711]

Time to make slices!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh yeah! Already on to it 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5bZhnyba5KmrZo

[@michaelherron362]

How long did you leave each tumble media go?

[@rpmblues7018]

OMG!!!

[@bebofrazier5690]

❤️❤️❤️

[@hardyakka6200]

my rocks need a polish but not sure if I need to use a tumbler

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

It’s a tough one deciding what to polish them with. I got the tumbler to start with and then will start building upon it with a saw and eventually a lap machine, wheels or a flat lap maybe... so much to figure out but it’s fun daydreaming about what I wanna get when I can afford it haha!

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

I was told to not let my stones dry between stages of tumble. It was said it made them harder to get a good polish. But then again I am still rookier than you. LOL havagudun my freind.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ah yes I’ve heard this as well, I try and keep them wet between rounds but I think the main reason that I have been told is that it allows any residual grit from the previous round to dry up, making it like concrete and really hard to get off. But yeah I’ll always be a rookie, I hope so any way, always want to be trying new stuff and always learning brother 😉 Hope you havagudun too mate 😊👍

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

@@Rookie_Rockounding I didn't realize that was your final tumble. I need to look at whole vid before I comment.

[@miriancristina5002]

Like ficou lindas qual produto que você usa será que vende aqui no Brasil?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

muito obrigado, eu não sou capaz de vender ainda, mas espero que um dia eu vou

[@nikitovitch5113]

Not a bad polish maybe if u put them in the tumbler again they’ll have a better shine and man i have made some few videos of geodes it would be amazing if u checked them out 😊❤️

[@elisalanzonilanzoni7884]

Boa tarde ! Sou brasileira de Minas Gerais. E difícil comprar esta máquina de rolar as pedras ai onde vc mora ? Em que país vc mora ?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hi, yes, I have a rock tumbler. I live in Australia. Thank you 🙏

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ohhhh okay, I’ll find the link and pop it up here. Thanks for the help Sun Boards

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

www.gemcuts.com.au/tumbling-machines

[@elisalanzonilanzoni7884]

Bom dia suas pedras são lindas !!!! Parabéns!!!! Está máquina e cara ai no seu país eu gostaria de ter uma pois tenho muitas pedras aqui .

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Ah okay, so I think you said “Good morning, your stones are beautiful. congratulations! this machine and face there in your country I would like to have one because I have many stones here.”

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

obrigado! Eu gostaria que você pudesse ter uma dessas máquinas um dia. especialmente se você tem muitas pedras em seu país. obrigado por assistir. Espero que você goste.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Espero que faça sentido. eu tive que traduzir tudo no google 🤣😂🤣

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

boa sorte com suas pedras

[@elisalanzonilanzoni7884]

Obrigada !!! As suas pedras tbm são lindas !

[@billywhitehorn6397]

have you tried burnishing your stones?

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey billy! So I do burnish each tumble but I think I need to get some proper ivory soap. I’ve only been using dove 🤦‍♂️

[@billywhitehorn6397]

@@Rookie_Rockounding yea ivory doesn't have the chemicals and perfumes that other soaps do

[@الاحجارالكريمةوالمعادن-ض9س]

👍👍👍

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you 👍

[@jeffersonpaiva3209]

Passando por aqui

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Jefferson Paiva Thanks for passing by 👍

[@emdee7744]

Hi. I know you said you weren't into selling any pieces right now, but do you know anyone in your circle of mates who could sell me a raw carnelian or three in the amber/orangeish color range, any size from marble sized to a palm size chunky piece? I'd trust a referral from you, you seem like an amazing guy, and I really enjoybyour videos. ( I live in the U.S., rural.upstate New York,) Thanks for your time!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Hey Em Dee, I don’t really know anyone who sells their stones out here in my area that I could recommend. I’m really sorry 😬 I can see what Benny and I have laying around in our stuff. Unfortunately most of my Carnelian are already tumbled as I tend to do them first. I’ll have a look at home and see if there’s any raw/rough ones. I’ll keep you posted, if I don’t get back to you on here by this time tomorrow please send me a reminder, I have the worst memory 🤣

[@emdee7744]

@@Rookie_Rockounding Trust me, nothing to be sorry about at all. I just have a strong draw to the stone and it's not found near me, and I don't live near a shoreline, can't go beachcombing yet. Cash flow issues, like everybody can relate! I don't blame you for tumbling it, lol, you have such a great eye for it and I love your vids on your experiments with your finds. I appreciate your kind offer, I wasn't sure if you had become acquainted with sellers in your rockhound community, and thought it was worth a shot to ask. Thank you again!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

No worries at all Em Dee! I probably wouldn’t be able just yet to organise sending you some because I’m pretty sure it would take me a while to get organised and send them off, and I reckon what I did send off might not be the quality you could get from a seller. It’s such a magnificent stone, I just love the colour of the Carnelian so much so I see why you’re drawn to it. I will keep my eye out though and want to help you our so if I come across some good sellers I will let you know. Or if I can pull my finger out and get organised properly and start sending things over seas I will definitely keep you in mind, you’ll be on the list. I just can’t promise anything just yet. I so wish I could. I hope you understand!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@emdee7744]

@@Rookie_Rockounding Completely understand. Thanks for your kindness in getting back to me! I look forward to continue following your searches.

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

My tumbler has been running for 3 months straight

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

Do you mean it hasn't stopped for that length of time or you have been using it non stop for that length of time. I just started tumbling a week ago and I don't plan to stop until something happens to the tumbler. :) I did my first - First Step last week and was shut down for about an hour and then on to Step Two. An exciting experience to start this at age 65.

[@emdee7744]

@@BackYardGardeningTip Ditto. I am 61 and just getting into rock hounding. Love it. Can't get enough.

[@BackYardGardeningTip]

@@emdee7744 I am off in a few minutes to Mary's Point for a walk, some rocks and a few photos of the lighthouse at Grindstone Island, NB. It's also spring now so hopefully all that snow and ice will be going away for a while.

[@emdee7744]

@@BackYardGardeningTip Ohhhhhh, other than "envy", I have to say sounds amazing.

[@mollysingleton7001]

Lol symone why not

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Molly Singleton He’s not in an area that he can head out lookin for nice rocks I think...

[@lupedras8523]

me rocks.

[@lldaoriginaldaspedras5624]

Top de mais meu mega like like like like like like like like 🇧🇷 🇧🇷🇧🇷 Tmj

[@gcegubbels4734]

I love to tumbel my stone to

[@จักรกฤษณ์ชูทอง-ถ5ฮ]

Fc ครับ

[@elisalanzonilanzoni7884]

Tenho varias pedras aqui .gostaria de vender !!!!

[@michaelleez18]

i have a carnelian that its 4 inches!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Woah! That’s huge!

[@migueldetuduumpouco9828]

Linda

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Thank you!

[@asiansecret8931]

Hi I varygood

[@hichamswissforage6217]

عندي هدالحجار

[@fathyshenswy9152]

انا عندى مثلهم بفضل الله

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

😁👍💎

[@asamadhyd]

ايش الفائده من دي...

[@asamadhyd]

انا اريد ان اعرف امكانية البيع بعد جهد الطؤيل اسابيع ممكن يبيعه واكسب ...

[@elisalanzonilanzoni7884]

Do you speak portugues? O dont no speak inglês!!!! My my so so !!!

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

No I don’t, but will mostly translate. Obrigado!!

[@justintskinnerdickinya7821]

thay are snakes frogs and turtels