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Offline Tower

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Corner notched coral
« on: August 26, 2011, 12:30:25 am »
I know I've posted a lots of points lately from Timos rock, but I'm going to post another. I'm surprised how easy cooked coral knaps. It doesn't take much to percussion or pressure . It gets an A in my book of workable materials.
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Offline ken75

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2011, 12:56:53 am »
man your work is insane , my points look like i beat them out with my head and notched them with my tooth

beautiful point and notches

Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2011, 01:56:35 am »
I couldn't agree more, that is scary thin and those notches are narrow and deep!!  Wow.

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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2011, 02:00:55 am »
You are an animal with this stuff Tower  >:D  I love it!

So, probably a dumb question, is Coral really "coral" as in reef, saltwater growth, etc?  Where or how can a guy get some of this stuff to work...it looks really clean and really gorgeous.

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Offline Tower

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2011, 09:27:05 am »
Yes, it was alive eons ago. Its agatized, or fossilized coral. I acquired this in a swap , but I believe the large deposits are in Florida,& Georgia.  I love the stuff.
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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2011, 09:47:47 am »
 Man that's a nice thin one. And that white piece came from the Alafia River.
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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2011, 11:37:40 am »
Its crazy how narrow your notches are!! :o  Good looking stuff!! :)
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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2011, 11:41:51 am »
I think the last two or three flakes taken from those notches must be nerve racking! Nice point
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2011, 04:14:19 pm »
thanks for the info Tower...now I know what to search for online.
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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2011, 12:13:52 am »
Don that is the first coral I have ever cooked. I thought I got it to hot, but it looks like you got it covered....jeeez another tater chip point! ;)

Offline jcinpc

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2011, 01:28:16 am »
thanks for the info Tower...now I know what to search for online.

you wont find anything related to this coral from this river online. Only a handfull of us know about it, and its not laying on the bottom everywhere. Eddie and I have and another have cleaned out what holes we found. My neighbor is another one who has taken this coral around the country. the other popular river coral is the withlacoochee coral, but its a darker stain, the 2 pics are of the coochee coral and the other are soome I have pulled from the river by my house.
the most popular coral will be advertised as "Pasco County" coral

Tower, that is a fine point you made








Offline maddog314

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2011, 05:33:47 pm »
jcinpc, My mouth started watering when I saw your photos!

Offline FlintWalker

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2011, 11:50:41 pm »
Jeff, I recognise the top two pictures as withlacoochi. Is the rest of it the same? It don't look like it.
 Also, when I heat up the withlacoochi it turns whiter and looses a lot of it's translucency. Reckon I'm heating it too hot?
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Offline jcinpc

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Re: Corner notched coral
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2011, 12:13:03 am »
if you heat the coochee coral too hot it will blow up ;D the other is from the river right by  my house, that Roger and Eddie and I like to get time to time. its what Tower made his killer corner notched from