svcgoat Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Acquired some unopened nodules I don't have freezer space to freeze thaw them and am doing this for fun. Where on the nodule am I supposed to whack it?
Fossildude19 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 On the long side. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
svcgoat Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 Just now, Fossildude19 said: On the long side. How hard and how many times do I need to whack? Should I soak them?
Fossildude19 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 @Nimravis Generally, I think this requires trial and error. Some concretions just pop, ... some require more, ... finesse! Ralph can probably answer more thoroughly. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
Nimravis Posted January 11 Posted January 11 9 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: @Nimravis Generally, I think this requires trial and error. Some concretions just pop, ... some require more, ... finesse! Ralph can probably answer more thoroughly. As Tim stated above, it will be trial and error. I will post pics later today to show you. The best method is freeze / thaw. I know you stated that you do not have room in your freezer, but you do not have to freeze all of them at once. Sometimes I freeze one or two at a time in a small Tupperware type sandwich container. If you do this, let the concretions soak for a day or two, freeze for a couple days, thaw and let dry, lightly tap and if they don’t pop, repeat again and again. It is a long process. You can cycle containers of concretions so you always have something soaking, freezing and thawing and you are not taking up my room in the freezer with one sandwich container. 2
Nimravis Posted January 12 Posted January 12 10 hours ago, svcgoat said: Thank you Here are a couple pics of two concretions- An elongated one: A round one: On the elongated one you would use the hammer along this side- The round one you would strike here- Of course you get a better result by freeze / thawing as was the case with the above concretions.
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