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  1. 24-05-2016, 07:40 PM #31
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    hello,
    Bump.. Ok this is what I'm looking for the iron pyrites resembles "iron pebbles" not "fools gold". It is seemingly found in abundance on the Gower peninsula South Wales by all accounts.
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  2. 24-05-2016, 09:50 PM #32
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    Man , I'm keeping my eyes peeled for this stuff!!!

    It's so difficult to find it, nobody sells it , most people don't even know it exists and theres not much info about it... it might as well be Adamantium!



    I hope you find some soon!!!

    Good luck

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  3. 25-05-2016, 03:18 PM #33
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    hello,
    I've received a call today with a possible resource, fingers crossed.
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  4. 25-05-2016, 03:38 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by David_JAFO View Post
    hello,
    I've received a call today with a possible resource, fingers crossed.
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  5. 25-05-2016, 03:39 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by David_JAFO View Post
    hello,
    I've received a call today with a possible resource, fingers crossed.
    Regards
    David
    Good luck!!
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  6. 02-06-2016, 05:12 PM #36
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    hello,
    I'm declaring today a Bushcraft public holiday. Between the glorious Scottish weather +25C today & I've been given a couple of nodules of Iron Pyrites. (A wee dance around my friends room) A "stone kicker" I met up with today as part of a small Bushcraft group session presented me with a cloth drawstring bag of nodules, totally unexpected. I've got more larger nodules coming in the next few weeks from another resource. I've tried & tested the nodules today & they shew sparks Whoo Hoo.. we've been practising Bushcraft skills all day & we are out later tonight & hopefully tomorrow too. I've measured the nodules against a 5p piece to gauge the size.
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  7. 02-06-2016, 06:08 PM #37
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  8. 02-06-2016, 06:10 PM #38
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    Well done man!

    A demonstration on starting a fire with no steel must be on the cards now?

    Just Flint and Dragons blood !

    Video please ...
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  9. 03-06-2016, 05:23 AM #39
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    hello,
    First we shall quench our thirst with Dragon's blood (Ale) I declare this day "Dragon blood day" national holiday..
    "From the bonny bells of heather
    They brewed a drink long-syne,
    Was sweeter far then honey,
    Was stronger far than wine.
    They brewed it and they drank it,
    And lay in a blessed swound
    For days and days together
    In their dwellings underground."
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    from the poem Heather Ale by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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  10. 11-06-2016, 06:42 PM #40
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    Hi David, found this article...

    http://www.primitiveways.com/marcasi...d%20flint.html

    It's really good to shed light on the iron pyrites identification confusion ...


    Also this free copy of a report on primitive fire apparatus from the US National Museum dated 1888 :

    https://archive.org/stream/firemakin...e/535/mode/1up


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