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Lapidary
First attempt at silversmithing
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 126729" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>And I can finally start to feel the effects of being over 40 when I dig all day now. For about half the year here, a lot of the impact on the body is heat stress more so than just ending up knackered from moving dirt. At Lowmead yesterday, I wore only a hat, singlet and shorts (and boots of course) and didn't feel anywhere near as hammered as when I wear the more sun-safe neck to wrist to ankle thick cotton drill.</p><p></p><p>Good trade off huh? In order to protect yourself from skin cancer you have to keep giving yourself borderline heatstroke by being covered head to toe in thick, heavy clothing through which excess heat just can't escape (or just don't dig for half the year which would drive me crazy). Think I'll just go for the minimum clothing and smother all exposed parts in a gallon of 50+. </p><p></p><p>The bloke who came with me is 73 and I hope I'm still as sprightly as him at that age. We found the usual bunch of broken crystal bits and chunky bits of transparent quartz - and again, more beer bottles. There might be more crystals in the ground up near the road but there is also scarcely a patch that has not been dug over already. Think I might look for virgin ground next time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 126729, member: 2976"] And I can finally start to feel the effects of being over 40 when I dig all day now. For about half the year here, a lot of the impact on the body is heat stress more so than just ending up knackered from moving dirt. At Lowmead yesterday, I wore only a hat, singlet and shorts (and boots of course) and didn't feel anywhere near as hammered as when I wear the more sun-safe neck to wrist to ankle thick cotton drill. Good trade off huh? In order to protect yourself from skin cancer you have to keep giving yourself borderline heatstroke by being covered head to toe in thick, heavy clothing through which excess heat just can't escape (or just don't dig for half the year which would drive me crazy). Think I'll just go for the minimum clothing and smother all exposed parts in a gallon of 50+. The bloke who came with me is 73 and I hope I'm still as sprightly as him at that age. We found the usual bunch of broken crystal bits and chunky bits of transparent quartz - and again, more beer bottles. There might be more crystals in the ground up near the road but there is also scarcely a patch that has not been dug over already. Think I might look for virgin ground next time. [/QUOTE]
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