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[krneaves]

hello,i am new to this forum and i am not very good with a computer,i hope you all will bear with me.i live in the mountians of north carolina near where a lot of different gemstones are found.i have been messing with gemstones since 1968,i am 69 years old and can''t hunt rocks anymore.i still cut some cabs and do some carving.in the 70''s and early 80''s i did a lot of gemshows and at that time you only had to have a few instruments to check stones with.since i have got a computer i have learned more about stones than i did in a lifetime on the road.i hope to learn a lot from you folks on this forum.glad to be here and best regards to all of you,ken

 

[Colored Gemstone Nut]

Date: 3/6/2010 7:34:17 PM
Author:krneaves

hello,i am new to this forum and i am not very good with a computer,i hope you all will bear with me.i live in the mountians of north carolina near where a lot of different gemstones are found.i have been messing with gemstones since 1968,i am 69 years old and can''t hunt rocks anymore.i still cut some cabs and do some carving.in the 70''s and early 80''s i did a lot of gemshows and at that time you only had to have a few instruments to check stones with.since i have got a computer i have learned more about stones than i did in a lifetime on the road.i hope to learn a lot from you folks on this forum.glad to be here and best regards to all of you,ken

Hey Ken! Welcome to Pricescope.

It will be interesting sharing stories with you with 40 plus years experience collecting.

I apllaud you getting on the internet and branching out. Computers of course are a different generation.

If you need any help let us know?

I bet you have cool pictures from years past?

 

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/6/2010 7:34:17 PM
Author:krneaves

hello,i am new to this forum and i am not very good with a computer,i hope you all will bear with me.i live in the mountians of north carolina near where a lot of different gemstones are found.i have been messing with gemstones since 1968,i am 69 years old and can''t hunt rocks anymore.i still cut some cabs and do some carving.in the 70''s and early 80''s i did a lot of gemshows and at that time you only had to have a few instruments to check stones with.since i have got a computer i have learned more about stones than i did in a lifetime on the road.i hope to learn a lot from you folks on this forum.glad to be here and best regards to all of you,ken

Hi Ken and welcome to pricescope.

What type of rocks did you used to hunt / find? Did you only do it in North Carolina or did you go to other places as well?

Was it for your personal pleasure or was it your business that sent you to gem shows?

Any pictures you have of your cabbing / carving would be nice to see. We like lots of pictures on pricescope

 

[krneaves]

mac,i hunted rocks mostly in north carolina.about a mile from where i live they mined quartz crystals in the 1920,s and 30,s.this was what got me interested in gemstones.there was a lot of mica mining done in n.c. during the second world war and there was a lot of aquamarine and golden beryl found.i started cutting some cabs in the mid 60''s and then started carving gemstones in 1968.i exhibited some at the gemshows and won some blue ribbons.people would come up to me at the shows and ask me to carve some for them and first thing i knew i was in the business and doing shows.i did mostly club shows on the east coast,we did the Tucson show a few years.in the early 80''s we adopted my grandaughter and when she started school we had to drop out of the shows.i still carve gemstones.i have a lot of pictures of some of my carvings on my computer but i don''t know how to put them on.you can see a few pictures at www.americanmastersofstone.com under Neaves.this is not a comercial site so i hope nobody cares for me to talk about it.thanks and best regards,ken

 

[somethingshiny]

Ken~ Welcome to Pricescope!

I can''t imagine the fun you must have had walking around your own "back yard" hunting gems! You''re a welcome addition to our community!

If you do want to share pictures, you can email them to PS administration and they can size them for this forum.

 

[somethingshiny]

I just popped over to your link and saw the photos there. Your work is incredible!! I love the hobo by the fire. I can''t believe how much detail you were able to carve! The face is perfect and the suitcase is very cool!

 

[krneaves]

Date: 3/8/2010 5:17:09 PM
Author: somethingshiny
I just popped over to your link and saw the photos there. Your work is incredible!! I love the hobo by the fire. I can''t believe how much detail you were able to carve! The face is perfect and the suitcase is very cool!

shiny,thank you for your kind remarks.you can click on the pictures and they will enlarge.the carvings are all different kinds of stone put together.the hobo is 6 inches tall and took a year to do.i have a lot of pictures of my carvings and i will try to learn how to put them on the site.i am no good at using a computer,you folks would get a kick out of watching me.one finger poised over the keyboard hunting and pecking.thanks and best regards,ken

 

[MAC-W]

Wow, I just looked at that website Ken. The level of detail is amazing. Thank you for sharing it.