Beeper Bob

Honda or Yamaha, Only ones that hold up to heavy use, Daily driver. The ranchers and vineyard owners used to buy Polaris when the first came out but not anymore too many problems. I have a Honda 450 foreman with 48000 miles on it and 2 Yamahas with over 23000 miles. No major problems.

I remember a article in good old Desert magazine showing someone with a large collection and the process to carefully dig them out.

Happy Birthday Roger, been a long time since we hunted together. Hope you are well. Bob

Happy Birthday Dave!

Happy Birthday Martin!

Always wanted to put on a ADOT jumpsuit and detect highway 95 by Quartzite.

Probably no gold left on them. Most of their claims have been worked to death.

It is petrified wood. Don't think it has much value other than being a cool find. Valuable petrified wood has a lot of colorful agate that replaced the wood and is hard enough to polish. Wood also can show the original grain and tree rings. You may find some like that if you keep looking in that area.

I don't think they have killer bees in the ridgecrest area. You could have just gotten too close to a hive or been in the bees path flying back to the hive. Once the bees scent mark you as a threat they will come at you like that. Have my own hives, once putting mite strips in the hive with no protection on I got stung and marked on the neck with pheromone My nice little domestic bees came at me and chased me into the house. while in the upstairs bath they kept fly at the screen trying to get me. Even the next day had to stay away from them or they would go at me.

Looks old, but I don,t think it is fossilized. Use a bic or fireplace lighter and try and burn a broken end. If it smells like burning bone it is not fossilized at least that is what my geology teacher told us years ago.

Thanks for the information. Will check them out.

Great Discussion, I am in the market for a new scope the scope on my Winchester .06 has rattled apart from quad hunting pigs in the back country

Looks to me like Mica Schist.

Nice Buck, Now that's hunting. So much more skill is involved when you hunt archery.

You could be right up around $44.00 right now I hope it does. There are no other real investments right now but gold and silver. Practically no interest on bank money, soon they will be charging us to keep in the bank. If the dems get in stocks will go down and gold will go up like our taxes.