OH BOY!!! ITS THE ROCK SHOW!!!!
We like rocks and minerals a lot. In fact we run a mail order company all about rocks and minerals and stuff for kids! Yes we do.
www.DragonMountainTreasures.com
You can see our three big websites there. Jessy is the owner and head meanie that puts us slave miners to work bagging and sorting her ores.
Not really. Jessy is all sweeeeeeeetness and that kind of stuff. She’s really really nice.
So when the Rock and Mineral club has their annual big show… you KNOW we are gonna be there. Yes indeed. And so we loaded up and after we stopped at the Goodwill store, we hit the Stranahan Theater for some serious rock and mineral looking, shopping and visiting with some of our fellow rockhounds.
I will admit though… since we became full time dealers and such, about oh, 5 years ago? Some of the allure of shopping at a mineral show is gone because we just don’t pay full price anymore for stuff. And we walk around marveling at the prices that some of the dealers have stuff set at, when we know what it REALLY costs! HAHAHA… but still, it’s just such beautiful eye candy to walk around and look and oooooh and ahhhhh…. just fun.
And they have all these fun tables set up to do stuff with and lots of handouts and phamplets and other show flyers in the region… just all good stuff. And we always have to get a few things… I mean, some stuff is just too good, even at retail prices.
Like these two beautiful chunks of Iowa Keokuk geodes! Only $5. And they are BIG… 4 pounds of geode! About the size of a small cantalope! EACH! So that was sweet.
And Maggie got a beautiful picture jasper slab…. Really cool markings.
I think it looks like the shape of Arkansas!
She thinks it look like a cool mousepad.
I must agree. Way cool.
Pretty unique idea… I think a little polish and that would be the coolest rockhound gift around. Rocks and minerals are really really cool. We love them.
I loved this little sign. Sometimes people don’t realize just how much work goes into selling stuff like this. Sometimes we only make 10-25 cents profit on a piece. And after all the effort that goes in, you begin to wonder… is this really worth it? But it is… it’s fun and keeps us off the streets!
This is our buddy Ed. He runs a nice rock collectors business out of his garage on a piece of land near our Moby. We buy special collectors specimens from him. He’s super nice… and the girls love going over and spending money with him. He gives us wholesale prices when we buy flats of material from him… We’ll be going over there soon and getting some nice stuff. Of course, Jessy had to get a few special pieces from him today. She says she doesn’t mind buying retail from him, because his prices are the best around and he really likes working with kids and young people. He’s way cool.
Well… it was a great day! We had a good time, walked around, saw lots of beautiful specimens, and had a flush of excitement for our own business ideas and dreams. Gooood stuff!!!!
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Oh my – this brings back memories. My Mom was an avid rock collector in California when we were kids (I’m 64). She even had a “claim” in the high desert and we’d go often to hunt for rocks. Us kids would end up gathering pinion nuts while she and Dad looked for the prize rock. She was looking for agate. She had the rock polisher and the whole works…..Great pictures, as usual. Pat
I absolutely love rocks too! As a kid I would usually have a few rocks in my pocket. I would spend entire school recesses just looking for cool rocks. It’s funny about geodes – I grew up in Indiana and I had a few geodes I had picked up. I had no idea that people made money from those. They’re fairly easy to find just laying around in southern Indiana cave country. I’m wishing I hadn’t gotten rid of mine, but moving around a lot and rocks don’t mix very well.
Glad you had a good time at the show!