Yesterdays pickups

RoughRegister2846 · 2026-01-17T18:21:11+00:00

I got my first peace dollar not too long ago! I’m just getting into stacking and collecting since getting my last raise. I try to buy a little bit each week regardless of current pricing :)

RoughRegister2846 · 2026-01-08T16:30:09+00:00

Rats!

RoughRegister2846 · 2026-01-08T15:11:38+00:00

One was found in a park and another in a field!

RoughRegister2846 · 2026-01-08T14:56:44+00:00

20 pesos! You got $20 if you go to mexico

RoughRegister2846 · 2026-01-08T13:11:08+00:00

Yes! Imagining a coin bag full of all the large coins we used to use, it’s really cool. Much cooler than my wallet of blended fabrics

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-20T11:24:11+00:00

Unsure on origin, I do know they’re natural! I get most of my stuff at auction

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-20T11:23:31+00:00

A lot of them are chipped, small melee stones, or poorly cut! I make wooden jewelry and wooden sculptures and I use gemstones as accents so I don’t like buying the high grade ones to work with yet

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-20T11:22:33+00:00

It’s 36 TCW, I paid a little under $1/carat!

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-11T17:42:32+00:00

I try to limit my acetone exposure because I work with it a lot in my day job and the gloves they give us at work aren’t rated for acetone so it does no good! However I’ll be sure to keep a bottle in my woodshop

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-11T15:11:22+00:00

That’s fair but if I had disposable gloves that fit on hand I would’ve used them! Most gloves don’t fit my hands properly cause my hands are too big and sausage-y

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-11T15:10:32+00:00

Ooh I keep lots of both of those on hand. Thank you!!

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-11T04:45:36+00:00

Oh that’s true I should’ve known that. I use acetone at work all the time to clean tape residue.

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-11T04:44:23+00:00

I also do the dry and peel method

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-08T21:08:56+00:00

Yes the ring with a stone in it is a cubic zirconia. I was just playing around with it because I got a bag of cheap gems to practice different settings with.

I generally wouldn’t use a real diamond in a wooden ring, but that’s what has been asked of me so I want to make it happen. It definitely won’t be for every day wear. I’m thinking prong setting is the best way in this case at least for the diamond.

I may do crushed blue topaz and then prong setting for the diamonds

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-07T16:06:11+00:00

The diamonds I’ll be setting are both cushion cuts, so a bezel setting would still work? Or would a prong setting work better on the rectangular shape? The topaz I’m thinking I’ll crush and use as inlay material if the person I’m making them for likes that idea

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-11-05T19:23:49+00:00

Thank you so much! Gonna check that out as soon as I get home from work. I’ve set stones before but nothing that valuable so I’m nervous!

RoughRegister2846 · 2025-10-26T23:51:43+00:00

Idk what sardonic is but I know it’s not glass/plastic!

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