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Offline iowabow

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« on: August 12, 2012, 09:43:15 am »
Flint=Fun Leading Inquisitive New Talent

This morning another adventure begins. Leroy and his girl friend are going on a flint run with me. Pictures to follow.
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2012, 10:04:37 am »
Nice, that sounds fun.  :)

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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 11:45:14 am »
Waiting for the pic's...............Well ! ?............... ;D ;D  '  Frank
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2012, 11:57:19 am »
Just started
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2012, 12:02:59 pm »
These rocks are large just the shear weight of them of them rolling over on your fingers is enough to cut my finger open it down into the nail bed. We finally have a rain and it just started raining. That's not good because creeks fill very quickly but we're halfway back so it shouldn't be a problem.
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2012, 12:04:52 pm »
The hike back
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2012, 12:17:56 pm »
Deep water crossing
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2012, 12:21:34 pm »
Nice find along the way
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2012, 12:42:13 pm »
What do you do when your pack is full and you find a great rock. Well you just carry it in your hand.
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« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2012, 01:33:12 pm »
Leroy dropped half his pack on the trail so he is headed back. I am camped at the truck with all this flint and no tools lol. My old feet only wanted to make one trip. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed the photos of our outting. I will take one more when I get home of the total haul.
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« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2012, 05:52:49 pm »
Awsome deal! Looks like a great trip!!
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2012, 10:22:23 pm »
Did not photo the total haul but we pulled 275#. With all the work I did this summer I should have flint for points for the next few years. The dry season is just about over. The place we pulled flint will be underwater for another year. We finally have storms moving in and the creeks will rise tomorrow.
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« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2012, 08:35:20 am »
Where were ya'll finding that flint?  Looks like midwest somewhere....  Just curious...
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« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2012, 08:50:36 am »
Yep it is burlington and was pulled from a layer of rock call "burlington" it is not all ice cracked because most of the time it is below the water line in a moving creek. The weather has been so dry and the water level dropped 4 feet so it exposed rock I had never seen. We could not carry it all out so we cached hundreds of pounds around the area. When the water comes up we are taking a boat out for the rest.
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« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2012, 09:24:12 am »
You can really see how low the water was in the fourth photo. It looks like we are walking in an open field but it is the river bed. It had be so dry for such a long time  that the rock bed was being covered with plant life.
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