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vic rzonca
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 Posted: Jun 28, 2014 07:53 Post subject: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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In the small, idyllic New Hampshire town of Gilsum, established in 1752, there is today and tomorrow, the Gilsum Rock Swap. It's a buy, swap, sell event filled with local and international dealers, pies, camping, ham and bean supper, BBQ chicken, rocks. And it looks like perfect weather. See the Gilsum web site: https://www.gilsum.org/
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2014 15:27 Post subject: Re: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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| Worth the drive just for the PIES.
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LeadMineGal
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Location: Westhampton, MA
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2014 07:33 Post subject: Re: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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| It's a great show ~ don't miss it!
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Pete Modreski
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2014 14:08 Post subject: Re: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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| It would be fun to get to this some day! My sister lives in NH and we get there to visit usually once a year, but my visits have never yet coincided with the swap. Always the future to look forward to!
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2014 20:06 Post subject: Re: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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Gilsum Swap Meet. A perfect day. Not too hot, not too humid, light breeze, temp in the low 80's. I think you would like it Pete.
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| This meet is not for those looking for Bling. Mighty casual. Shorts, flip-flops. |
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| Folks doing the mineral hunt lean. |
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| Some folks had their luxury, others had tents and pop-ups. |
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| Some of the Tovco boys spent the night in their pop-up. |
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| Very low bling coeffcient. Thats what I like best about Gilsum. |
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| And to prove it, here are two guest speakers, Tom Minnich and Dave Redfield, in their "givin' a talk" duds. |
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| Everything on the table was field collected by them. And often times with me in tow. |
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| They both laugh at the escapades we had at a Connecticut, quartz location. |
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| A bit of their personaly field collected exhibit for their talk. |
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| Tom holds what is truly an amazing Herkimer diamond cluster. I suppose there was a bit of bling around. |
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| The talk was on field collecting in the North East and the crowd much enjoyed their revelations. |
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| Thank you for your time. Good day. |
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Ed Huskinson
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
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Location: Kingman, Arizona
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| Posted: Jun 30, 2014 16:19 Post subject: Re: The 50th Annual Rock Swap June 28 & 29 |
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Great post Vic. Thanks for sharing. I know it takes time to sort through your photos, pick the ones you want to post, and then write captions for each one. Bravo!!
I was particularly taken with the large Herkimer quartz group.
Many thank-you's.
Ed in Kingman.
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La respuesta está en las rocas!! Estudiadlas!!
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