Cheap Rock - Free!

fatdaddy · 05/02/2008, 06:22 PM

Last weekend I was outside Perry Florida scouting for good canoe/springs rivers and found a few forest roads that had rock piled on sides. Interestingly, there were two kinds of rock to pick through. Classic Limestone and Aragonite. Limestone was heavy, and the aragonite light and encrusted with shells, corals, etc. Amazing!

I loaded up about 200 lbs. Just hosed it off tonight and it's full of cavities and some even dense enough to describe as lacework.

Wow! I'll definitely stock up whenever in the area. The price is right.

ERICinFL · 05/02/2008, 07:00 PM

Nice find! It's a little out of the way for me though.

vanmo92 · 05/02/2008, 07:13 PM

Definitely out of the way for me. Good find though.

Playa-1 · 05/03/2008, 12:16 AM

Wow, I don't run across that everyday

SCR · 05/03/2008, 05:17 AM

Can you give direction to the general locaton. Thanks

SCR · 05/04/2008, 06:36 AM

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fatdaddy · 05/06/2008, 12:23 PM

Yeah, take 98 West out of Perry. It's before the intersection with 59. Basically, take you're pick. There is rock all over the place. I just pulled off on a forest road and their was rock piled up.

I'd recommend a sledge hammer, digging wedge, and a pair of gloves.

SCR · 05/06/2008, 04:09 PM

Thanks. I picked up some field stone in Marion Co. and only rinsed it off with a hose. About half of it devoloped a bad case of hair algae.

05/02/2008, 06:22 PM	#1
fatdaddy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Florida Posts: 1,191	Cheap Rock - Free! Last weekend I was outside Perry Florida scouting for good canoe/springs rivers and found a few forest roads that had rock piled on sides. Interestingly, there were two kinds of rock to pick through. Classic Limestone and Aragonite. Limestone was heavy, and the aragonite light and encrusted with shells, corals, etc. Amazing! I loaded up about 200 lbs. Just hosed it off tonight and it's full of cavities and some even dense enough to describe as lacework. Wow! I'll definitely stock up whenever in the area. The price is right. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

05/02/2008, 07:00 PM	#2
ERICinFL Rejisturd Mimbur Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brevard County, FL Posts: 1,346	Nice find! It's a little out of the way for me though. __________________ Ummmm... yeah... don't touch the Mag Float. Sorry kids, your college fund is gone, but the tank looks SWEET right? Current Tank Info: 150gal mixed reef. ER CS135, 65gal sump/fuge with a Mag12 return. (2) Korillia 4s, (1) modded MJ1200, two SunSun 3200gph powerheads. 250+lbs LR.

05/02/2008, 07:13 PM	#3
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	Definitely out of the way for me. Good find though. __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

05/06/2008, 12:23 PM	#7
fatdaddy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Florida Posts: 1,191	Yeah, take 98 West out of Perry. It's before the intersection with 59. Basically, take you're pick. There is rock all over the place. I just pulled off on a forest road and their was rock piled up. I'd recommend a sledge hammer, digging wedge, and a pair of gloves. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

05/03/2008, 12:16 AM	#4
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	Wow, I don't run across that everyday

05/03/2008, 05:17 AM	#5
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	Can you give direction to the general locaton. Thanks

05/04/2008, 06:36 AM	#6
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	.

05/06/2008, 04:09 PM	#8
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	Thanks. I picked up some field stone in Marion Co. and only rinsed it off with a hose. About half of it devoloped a bad case of hair algae.