Maybe coming out of my dry spell

NCPeaches · Nov 15, 2014

Well it got pretty cold here in the western NC foothills but the sun was out, I put on 2 pairs of boot socks and rubber boots, got the garden rake and went upstream and not disappointed in my finds for today. Scratched around in a sand pebble bar in a bend and found all of these shards there. The orange one is different than what I usually find and thinking it is a contact period shard. The rock on the bottom left is a dang it...saw it in the water and thought it was a little point but it's not and the quartz is worked but probably broken off something bigger and I'll probably toss the both of them in the rock garden, just posting them to show how easy one can be fooled by nature.

I'm very happy to have the shards and thanked creek spirit for the gifts as always :heart:

ptsofnc · Nov 16, 2014

NCPeaches..........We here in NC haven't had a "gullywasher" rain since about May (at least in my area). Still waiting for it to change the creeks and make the fields "lookable". It is coming. I'm just glad I'm able to get out there and look.

NCPeaches · Nov 16, 2014

ptsofnc said:
NCPeaches..........We here in NC haven't had a "gullywasher" rain since about May (at least in my area). Still waiting for it to change the creeks and make the fields "lookable". It is coming. I'm just glad I'm able to get out there and look.

It's been a few weeks since that last gullywasher rain here and now I'm raking/sifting thru the sand and pebble bars that were formed from it. Try raking a bit in your creek on the bends. Today looks to be a bit warmer here but rain later this afternoon/evening so I'm going back to my spot I was in and move a bit more. Also, rake in the edge of the banks where there's grass, sometimes shards get caught there. Good luck! HH

monsterrack · Nov 16, 2014

Nice finds :thumbsup:

and we are getting a toad floater right now, maybe it will get to you.

NCPeaches · Nov 16, 2014

monsterrack said:
Nice finds and we are getting a toad floater right now, maybe it will get to you.

monsterrack, I'm likin' that toad floater term...that's funny lol maybe we will get some of that and it will wash the darn leaves on down, they really get in the way! lol

ptsofnc · Nov 16, 2014

NCPeaches said:
It's been a few weeks since that last gullywasher rain here and now I'm raking/sifting thru the sand and pebble bars that were formed from it. Try raking a bit in your creek on the bends. Today looks to be a bit warmer here but rain later this afternoon/evening so I'm going back to my spot I was in and move a bit more. Also, rake in the edge of the banks where there's grass, sometimes shards get caught there. Good luck! HH

Thanks..........I appreciate all tips!

NCPeaches · Nov 16, 2014

ptsofnc said:
Thanks..........I appreciate all tips!

I have good luck finding shards along the edges of the creek where they get caught and have found them stuck between rocks in the center. Wherever you find glass shards will more than likely have NA shards also. ;-)

rock · Nov 16, 2014

Glad you found some pieces. I was going to take my leaf rack tomorrow to remove leaves but its raining now and we might get it hard tonight. I can hope anyway. The creek is very low and the fields are full of weeds.

NCPeaches · Nov 16, 2014

Found 2 more a little bit upstream from this spot...one was laying on the edge of the water with the inside up...I thought it was a piece of glass and left it then a few minutes later picked it up to take back and toss and realized it was a shard lol I think I found a Savannah River in smoky quartz but tip is broke and the base is curved...maybe a knife or something or might just be a rock.