After tumbling rocks for a while most people will find that they have a lot of tumbled rocks. There will be shelves, bags, boxes and other containers all over the place. Sooner or later the tumbled rocks get out of control if one continues the hobby.
After each batch is complete I separate the rocks into two categories; rocks that are good for giving to kids and rocks that I want to keep. Often as time passes many of the keeper rocks turn out to be give away rocks. Even after the keepers turn to give-aways I find that I have more to display then I have room for.
Last summer I went to my friend Ron’s house to look at some stamps he wanted to sell. Besides being a stamp collector Ron also is an avid rock hound. Around Ron’s house there were dishes full of tumbled rocks. As we looked at many of the dishes I found that each dish contained a certain type of rock or rocks from a specific location. I found this method of displaying rocks to visually appealing.
Since my visit to Ron’s house I have been using his display technique with each batch of rocks I have done. Since I haven’t shared many of these tumble batches I thought I would share them now along with the dishes they are displayed in.
Until recently I have had the capacity to tumble 24 pounds of rocks at a time. This past weekend I purchased a monster tumbler from my friend Jason. This tumbler holds 48 pounds at a time. Now that I can tumble up to 72 pounds at various stages at any given time I wonder if I will have enough room to show all the dishes of rock. I doubt it but it is going to be fun finding out.
Nelson 48 Pound Tumbler
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I love the tumbler, I am in the process of building one myself.