Located in eastern Ohio. Had a man recently install some tile lines and do some grading for me. In the process he dug up numerous sandstones, anywhere from say basketball size to a few that would about fill a loader bucket. I asked him to gather some up and place them in a corner of the field out of the way. The corner happens to be close to the road. A man came by and asked me if I wanted to get rid of the sandstones. I have been to farm auctions where piles of sandstones have been sold, generally they are barn foundation stones that are cut. Would these field sand stones have any value?
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This is one we snagged with the ripper a few years ago. This summer we built a new paver patio behind the house, so I dragged it to the shop, drilled a hole through it and plumbed a water line to the bottom for a water fountain. It works well and we get the trickling water sounds.
Greg1959, just a clarification- The sandstones were well underground and not in anyone?s way (buried) until the excavator came thru to grade and lay tile lines. They were dug up at that time. The guy that offered to remove them will not pay for them, he is saying he ?will get them off my ground?, and for the record is a known local wheeler/dealer. Means to at least one person, the stone has value. If you had the same thing done on your land and instead of rocks had large boulders of coal turn up, and suspected the coal had value but did not know for sure, would you just give the coal away so it would not be in your way anymore?
Landscape rocks, or fill rocks, do have value...so why not recover some cost of digging them out? I"ve sold some for $80 per dump truck load, to folks who sell them in Metro for $500 per load. When locals come for rocks I tell them they"re free if you are gray-haired, but younger than that, they can either walk the fields for free ones, or pay for ones already piled. Then I give the money to our kids, cuz they did the hand work. Some very decorative rocks with colored granite streaks running though can easily bring $100 or more for a single yard display.
db4600
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Where I grew up in central MN we were blessed. I've mentioned before about the farmers in the neighborhood all having rock pickers in the 70's before rockpickers were common. Unfortunately Pa buried all the rocks as we hauled them off the field to improve the grade behind the barn. I would venture to guess that Pa buried close 400 yards of rock in his farming career. Toward the end of Pa's career my brother had a connection for a landscaper from the west metro where the higher ups live. A couple of neighbors who had rock piles made good money selling their rocks to the landscaper who worked his magic for the folks who needed rocks. If the guy wants to buy your rocks negotiate a price.
BillinCentralMO
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$1.00 a pound at the building material place down the street! Problem with selling them is buyer usually has no way to move a 500 or 1000 pound rock.
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