r/Rocks Nov 19 '24

Discussion A dollar for a rock

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u/ephemeralspecifics Nov 19 '24

I don't know that's a pretty good rock.

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u/Snow-Dog2121 Nov 19 '24

Actually that's a pretty good deal

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u/txkwatch Nov 23 '24

A rockin deal

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u/No_Zookeepergame9024 Nov 24 '24

Pretty solid comment

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u/Inevitable-Hunt-2889 Nov 19 '24

Highway rockery

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u/jugstopper Nov 19 '24

That rock looks defective. It has a crack in it.

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u/microview Nov 19 '24

mislabeled, it's a door stop.

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u/Content-Grade-3869 Nov 19 '24

I’ve got hundreds upon hundreds of those that turn up every spring when I work my garden beds ,
I could be rich 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

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u/InternationalArt6222 Nov 19 '24

Omg, we could be hundredaires!

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u/Mountain_Act6508 Nov 19 '24

I'd buy it. Make a little display stand for it. Keep it on my desk and make up a story about it any time someone asked what it was. Good times.

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

I was astounded when I learned that archeological artifacts, much like rocks, are most valuable when viewed in context to a story!

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u/BasicPerson23 Nov 20 '24

I still have a shoebox full of pet rocks. Wanna buy some?

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u/Allilujah406 Nov 19 '24

I got plenty for ya

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u/InDependent_Window93 Nov 19 '24

They could be thinking it's a native american artifact. Sometimes, when people donate, they tell the goodwill what it is they are donating.

Is the left side of the stone rounded like the right, or is there a sharp-ish edge to it, like ground down to the shape of an axe bit.

I have a preform stone axe that looks similar. This is hard to tell with it being so blurry on the left side of the pic.

A preform is a stone artifact, i.e., a tool/weapon that was started but never finished.

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

You’re wholesome. I was thinking the person in charge had memories of the Pet Rock®

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u/Johnna421 Nov 19 '24

I was thinking the left side looks like it came to a sharper edge. My dad has some like this that are artifacts.

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u/InDependent_Window93 Nov 19 '24

Idk, I could be crazy but I see it, too.

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u/InDependent_Window93 Nov 19 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

I can't post a pic of mine here.

Edit: Here's a link to it. I didn't label it correctly. It's not an adze, but a preform axe.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegitArtifacts/s/ImNl6DTfmj

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u/Johnna421 Nov 19 '24

Oh my. That looks a lot like my dad’s. I’m from and live in Indiana and my dad’s was found on their farm when he was a kid. They lived near Richmond but just over the border in Ohio. They found a lot of items on their farm, from arrowheads to grinding stones.

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u/InDependent_Window93 Nov 19 '24

That is a great area for artifacts. A lot of native american tribes were in that area for a long, long time. I'd keep looking if I were you.

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u/Johnna421 Nov 20 '24

I don’t live in that area. I live almost 2.5 hours away.

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u/InDependent_Window93 Nov 20 '24

Maybe a vacation one weekend

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u/TellLoud1894 Nov 19 '24

Only to the untrained eye. That if I'm not mistaken, is the window smasher 3000

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u/biggoofball2019 Nov 19 '24

Buy it and set it free in the wild.

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

This is the only ethical thing to do.

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u/South_Shift_6527 Nov 19 '24

There's a $.25 sticker underneath for sure.

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u/MastodonSandWitch Nov 19 '24

Dang. What’s a new rock going for nowadays?

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

3.50

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u/BiggestTaco Nov 19 '24

Only if it’s from the Loch Ness region of Scotland.

Otherwise it’s just a sparkling tree fiddy.

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u/Strong_Associate962 Nov 19 '24

This was great. Without the 'about three fiddy' reference, I took your number as a likely estimate for how much a new rock might actually go for if a used rock were $1 at Goodwill. Took me until the next comment to get that it was a joke..

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u/RustfootII Nov 19 '24

Should bring in more rocks, infinite money glitch.

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

I’ve seen elsewhere that dipping them in koolaid quadruples their value.

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u/Inevitable-Ad3384 Nov 19 '24

Ok, I saw a Mercari listing for a wasp nest, listed for 15$$!!😉

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

A little gold spray paint, then you can share it on r/DIWhy

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u/Key_Cut467 Nov 19 '24

Id buy that for a dollar 🤣🤣

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u/quakesearch Nov 19 '24

Pebbles like this granitic one are everywhere and have no economic value. In any beach or river bank one would be multibillionaire

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

So… you’re saying there’s a chance! Yes!

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u/tatorpig Nov 19 '24

Small but not zero

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u/InternationalArt6222 Nov 19 '24

That stone has all the features you could want, if you aren't buying it I will

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u/Stardustquarks Nov 19 '24

That, sir, would make a wonderful pet…

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

Googly eyes optional

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u/Consistent_Night68 Nov 19 '24

My first ever childhood roadside hustle was painted rocks! And then painted golf balls... Don't think I ever got around to lemonade. 😂

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u/Mans_Fury Nov 19 '24

This is why I always carry googly eyes.

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u/gemstun Nov 19 '24

Must be a Pet Rock! Anyone who’s not a boomer or generation Jones probably has never heard of them, but believe it or not this was a brief but ubiquitous sensation in 1976 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

Sad to see!

Families adopt without considering the obligation it brings! The result is an abandoned rock with no forever home!

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u/LessMarsupial7441 Nov 19 '24

It looks like a solid purchase.

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u/SmartGirl62 Nov 20 '24

You could keep it like a pet.

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u/Turnmaster Nov 20 '24

That’s a bargain. If you drove to the mountains to get that on your own, it would cost you at least twice that much in gas.

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u/crazysadie1 Nov 20 '24

Remember when some gut made a shit ton of money selling pet rocks. My hero, selling stupid shit to stupid people,

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u/Camwiz59 Nov 20 '24

That’s a Indian sex stone

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u/KrashWorShiP Nov 21 '24

Fossilized potato 🥔

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u/txkwatch Nov 23 '24

Getting stoned for a dollar ain't bad

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u/whatsreallygoingon Nov 19 '24

Oh, the classic Native American Sex Stone…

Just a fucking rock!

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u/Most_Particular5936 Nov 19 '24

We were at the beach Everyone had matching towels Somebody went into Goodwill And there they saw a rock It wasn't a rock It was a rock for a dollar Rock dollar

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u/-Morning_Coffee- Nov 19 '24

Be sure to donate your cast-off rocks!

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u/No_Community2234 Nov 19 '24

Could be a mica schist

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 Nov 19 '24

It's a Pet Rock!!!!

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u/Wookster789 Nov 19 '24

"Well, you don't know the history of that thar rock. It was once owned by Mick Jagger!!" -Goodwill employee