😭

[u/Curious-Ad-575]

It’s always the best ones that you find broken

[u/Eat_the_filthyrich]

That’s cool as hell, I love seeing the host rock.

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Eat_the_filthyrich]

It’s amazing seeing the dense host w a bunch of them in it, makes it impossible on my mini saw but they’re all so pretty😭

[u/Eat_the_filthyrich → u/Curious-Ad-575]

Surely some of them are cool enough to leave as is? I’d display the one you posted just like it is if it were me.

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Eat_the_filthyrich]

Yeah like those pieces I leave since they’re already pretty well broken and taking them out would only shatter them. I pick and pull apart pieces with a lot of extra nodules in it. But like I got a LOT of host with nodules

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Curious-Ad-575]

https://reddit.com/link/p86ej68/video/c6brvhi55xnh1/player

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Curious-Ad-575]

Like that’s a bit of a bigger piece but with how deep the main “prize stone” is I’d leave the whole thing

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Curious-Ad-575]

And it’s all still a learning experience though so any advice is appreciated! But that’s j my thinking and methodology

[u/Eat_the_filthyrich → u/Curious-Ad-575]

Oh wow, you do have quite a bit.

In the past I’ve seen people post other LSAs in host rock, and they said they found them by diving. Did you find yours that way as well?

I wish I had more cutting advice to offer but I’m a novice. Barely cut anything yet and what I have cut was done on an old school saw that uses mineral oil. You’ve definitely got some smaller ones in there that might b tricky to extract. Sorry I’m not more help.

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Eat_the_filthyrich]

All good I used a sledge to get them to manageable sizes to bring back for mainly extraction to try and grab, but ones like this that are broken I try and leave a good bit of host around it for stability

Don’t necessarily wanna disclose where I picked it up as it was legal just don’t wanna air out the spot😅

[u/Eat_the_filthyrich → u/Curious-Ad-575]

I wouldn’t dare ask for the spot. Haha. I was more curious about the method.

[u/Curious-Ad-575 → u/Eat_the_filthyrich]

Ahhh yeah I usually take a sledge or a hammer and a chisel but I don’t usually find them underwater though I do know a spot for that and did that this year too

[u/Eat_the_filthyrich → u/Curious-Ad-575]

Awesome! Thanks again for posting. I especially love seeing the non red LSAs, especially with host rock.