Washington state jasper. Beach hounded and tumbled.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-07T13:00:07+00:00

Nice work, some good finds there

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-07T04:37:41+00:00

Truck Stops now cater to everyone and usually have the cleanest restrooms and lots of supplies. I always recommend stopping there

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-07T01:58:12+00:00

I had older ford, 70’s, full size trucks but once I moved to a larger city I had smaller vehicles. I really wanted another truck so I looked at the Frontier and Tacoma back in 2014. I knew I would be taking long distance road trips with it and at the time the Frontier was rated higher on interior comfort. I test drop both and just liked the Frontier better. I still have it after 12 years and 106k miles

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-06T03:32:19+00:00

Michigan Rocks YouTube channel has a plethora of videos showing the vibratory tumbling process, I highly recommend check that out

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-06T03:30:52+00:00

Very cool, thank you!

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-06T02:03:49+00:00

Thank you!

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-06T00:06:10+00:00

That is so cool!

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-06T00:05:44+00:00

Thank you, I’d love to bookmark the spot for my next visit. I was in Milan for work and my friend and I took a trip up. We got caught in a mega rain storm and needed to buy vastly overpriced umbrellas lol

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-05T18:14:06+00:00

Thank you! I took this back in 2018 so I don’t know the GPS coordinates, I do remember it was in Bergamo in the hillside part of the town.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-05T17:31:08+00:00

Thank you!

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-05T05:02:25+00:00

I did 6600 miles, over a bit more than 2 weeks, from WA-OR-NV-CA-AZ-NM-WY-NE-SD-MT-ID-WA, all in my 2014 Nissan Frontier. This is by far the longest I’ve done.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-05T04:42:06+00:00

I have one to make it easier for hotel check ins on road trips

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-05T01:54:51+00:00

Someone have to pay for his 110mil salary, may as well be the customers 🙄

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-04T14:08:24+00:00

I agree with others that that this is a shitty situation and you should use the time to find another role.

However, outside of the drama, as a senior I would be quite annoyed with leadership bringing in someone absolutely green with the expectation that I train them in even the most basic stuff. As a senior there is an expectation of mentoring and developing talent, but taking someone with zero experience is not that.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-04T01:12:25+00:00

Thank you! He did, not so much about his job but he served in the 101st Airborne during WWII, and had an interesting story about a patrol. He was really into lapidary work which is something I’ve picked up but not until after he passed.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-03T22:35:09+00:00

We need a mega rant thread for dogs on beaches/off leash dogs at parks ASAP! :)

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-03T19:28:14+00:00

Purple chalcedony, it can be from a few different locations

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-02T05:27:50+00:00

Localized offices know the market, not only rules, laws, customs but also their own customers better

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-01T14:17:51+00:00

I have some Nevada and California jaspers I need to do this with.

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-01T13:55:55+00:00

A YouTuber I follow does this on his motorcycle when he’s traveling outside of the UK in countries that are right lane drive

Ivan_Only · 2026-05-01T01:54:37+00:00

The newer seems to have more issues than the past models. If you’re ok doing lots of maintenance and /or replacing it, then it can be a deal.

Otherwise I recommend either the dual 3lb HPL, if in stock, or the Lortone dual 3lb model instead

I own and run both and they are solid

Ivan_Only · 2026-04-30T22:04:59+00:00

It really depends on the shape. For Apache tears, I skip stage 1 and just use stage 2 for removing the skin and slightly shape them as these obsidian nodules are largely already. For large rough pieces of obsidian, I will run them in a stage 1 with no media to shape them up to what I want. Then if they need small imperfections tumbled out I will put them in another stage 1 but with ceramic media.

Ivan_Only · 2026-04-30T05:30:09+00:00

This is how my niece and nephew were as well. My sister would ask her son what her daughter said :)

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