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Tim talks about Rocks....Mostly
United States
Приєднався 15 чер 2020
On this channel I mostly talk about rocks, fossils, and rockhounding. While hunting the beaches, fields and creeks for rocks it is inevitable that a person will encounter projectile points, artifacts, and arrowheads so I talk about them too. Of course there is the travel to get to all the places to do the rockhounding and I figure I might as well do a review of the travel destinations. Finally, when relaxing in my back yard I am devoted to the birds, especially bluebirds, that call my back yard home.
Agates, Cold Water Agates, Skip an Atom Agate, Maggots
Agates are one of the most collectable stones of the Great Lakes Region and in fact, the world. This video is an introduction to the difference between Lake Superior Agates (LSA), Cold Water Agates (CWA), Skips and agate wannabe's.
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1885 Rock Carving by Lantern Light
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Henry Church walked through the woods at night with a lantern to carve beautiful images on a huge rock. By lantern light he carved an Indian maiden, a papoose, a giant snake, a skeleton, an American flag, a quiver and arrows and many other marvelous things. These carvings are very well done, are accessible to the public by way of a short trail along the Chagrin River near Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Election Day Rockhounding Lake Erie
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Rockhounding Lake Erie was the perfect way to spend the day away from the presidential election, the television and internet. We had already voted when early voting began so we made the most of a beautiful day on a beautiful lake. #rockhounding #rocks #fossils #greatlakes #lakeerie #minerals
From Raw Rainbow Flint to Gemstone Projectile Points
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I mined Nether's Farm rainbow flint from Flint Ridge, Ohio. I polished some. I heat treated some, and I sent some to Ed Mosher of Mosher Knapping to flintknap some projectile points for me. Ohio's official gemstone is the flint from Flint Ridge because it is so beautiful. They turned out great. #rockhounding #arrowheads #flint #flintknapping #gemstone #nativeamerican #rockhounders #rockhound #
Rockscape Complete! Part 2, Final Steps
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Second and last installment of a rockscape inspired by readily available rocks and bounders from a construction site. Rocks, plants, mulch, the whole nine yards. A granite mountain, foothills, and a natural bird bath in this small scene. Granite, sandstone and Sharon conglomerate stones from the Great Lakes area. Plants from the clearance aisle compliment the stones. Part 2 and final steps. #ro...
Lake Michigan Rockhounding: Glenn Fenn Beaches
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Lightning stones, cold water agates, pudding stones, geodes and much more can be found in Southwest Michigan on Lake Michigan beaches. Granted the cold water agates, pudding stones and geodes are rarities, but many fossils and beautiful rocks are plentiful on the beaches of Fennville and Glenn. Come along with me as I walked three beaches and show what I found. #rockhounds #beachfossils #fossil...
More Lake Erie Rockhounding Beaches
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The Good and the disgusting Lake Erie rockhounding beaches. I visited two more new (to me) beaches to evaluate their attractiveness for rockhounding. One was great for every aspect that anyone would want in a beach even if they weren't into rockhounding. The other one had a poop problem. I also revisited two beaches that I had reviewed back in February. One disappointment was that some parks do...
So You Want a Rockscape?!
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Display your rocks in a rockscape. How do you create a rockscape without blowing a ton of money? Where do you get the rocks? My neighbors created a wonderfully impressive rockscape. They have inspired me to do something similar in a boring corner of my yard. #rocks #rockhounding #greatlakes #landscaping
Magee Marsh Beach: Lake Erie Rockhounding
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There is a beach at the Magee Marsh on Lake Erie. Yes, and it is super accessible. Rockhounding, sand, waves, wildlife, and ALL FOR FREE! Granted, there are not as many rocks as other beaches, but they are there. Magee Marsh is one of the premier birding spots in the world. You can park, relax on the beach, find some rocks and fossils, take a stroll on the boardwalk through the Marsh and everyo...
4 Lake Erie Rockhounding Beaches
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You want to hunt for rocks, fossils, minerals, beach glass, architectural salvage. Where do you go? Here are four good beaches east of Cleveland where you can satisfy your rockhounding interests. #rockhounding #rocks #fossils #feldspar #beaches #conglomerate #chert #greatlakes #lakeerie
This Field Is a Beach!
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Instead of driving 50 miles to a beach I drove 2 miles to a field that looks like a beach. I am finding lots of amazing quartz, conglomerates, granite, flint, chert, sandstone, fossils and more in a field. There are so many rocks from glaciers that I could look a lifetime in one field. lol. I won't do that because I like variety, but I could. #rockhounding #rocks #beaches #fossils #feldspar #ar...
I Skipped Step 1: No Coarse Grit --- What Happened
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I ran out of coarse grit so I went without it and skipped Step 1 in Rock Polishing. You are never supposed to skip Step 1. Look and see my finished product. #rockhounding #rockpolishing #rocks
February Rockhounding: Lake Erie
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Winter rockhounding is limiting because of ice and snow and frigid temperatures but with unseasonably warm weather it was time to hit the beach. This is a new to me beach. Lake Erie. Geneva State Park in Ohio. Beautiful blue slag, fossils, colorful rocks everywhere. #rockhounding #rocks #fossils #greatlakes #lakeerie #minerals #granite #feldspar #epidote #unakite #beaches
Rock Polisher Belt Change
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Model RT01 Professional Rock Tumbler (Yes, that's what it says on the box). It's an easy mundane little chore, but don't put it off until the belt breaks and your tumbling sludge solidifies inside the barrel. This video shows just how easy it is to change the belt before it breaks. Just in case you were wondering. Yes, the Lortone belt will fit as a replacement, just like the instruction bookle...
Is This A Real Arrowhead? For Absolute Beginners.
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Is This A Real Arrowhead? For Absolute Beginners.
Watch This If You Want a Rock Polisher!
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Watch This If You Want a Rock Polisher!
Tumbling Rainbow Flint From Flint Ridge, Nether's Farm, Ohio
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Tumbling Rainbow Flint From Flint Ridge, Nether's Farm, Ohio
Landscaping Becomes Rockhounding Odyssey
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Landscaping Becomes Rockhounding Odyssey
Bland Rocks Bling... Japanese Garden Style
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Bland Rocks Bling... Japanese Garden Style
Thumb of Michigan Motorcycle Run, Hell, Frankenmuth and Lake Huron
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Thumb of Michigan Motorcycle Run, Hell, Frankenmuth and Lake Huron
Flint Ridge State Memorial Museum, Atlatl Demonstratation
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Flint Ridge State Memorial Museum, Atlatl Demonstratation
3 Generations, 3 Great Lakes, 7 Beaches
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3 Generations, 3 Great Lakes, 7 Beaches
There are epigraphy inside rocks....who can solve it..😂😂
Merry Christmas
Eat some clams 😅😅😅
Awesome stuff! I want to go to nethers farm this year.
@@SnapScavenge you will have a great time!
River rocks 🪨 😅😅😅you are a fake 😂😂😂
River rocks 🪨 😅😅😅
I am a replacement 😂😂
Nibble on some weed 😂😂
Please speak English 😂😂😂
It was chief wideeyes 😅😅
Smoke 💨 it and find out 😅😅😅
You made them 😅😅😅
Dude that’s a crack rock 😂😂😂
I like rocks 😅crack rocks 🪨 😅😅
I got fake ones on temu😂😂😂
I watched your Erie, PA beach video, very interesting! Could you help identify my very strange “boomerang rock”?.
Wow, boomerang rock! That sounds super cool. I'd like to see it. Can you put a picture of it on your youtube channel?
There is more in Nebraska than expected. Wish I had spent more time exploring when I lived there.
Yeah, I totally get that. Some of my growing up years we lived in Arapahoe. Some of my best childhood memories. Thanks for watching and commenting.
2 days was not a lot of time for stage 1
@@TomsRockShop right, I could have gone longer.
A tip! Have the sun to your back when you’re filming the rocks. This keeps the rock from casting a shadow on itself, so we can see ‘em better! Good stuff, keep at it !
@@mitchellcullen4918 thanks for the help. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, Tim! UA-cam appears to have deleted my comment where I carefully tried to post a link the gives some info about Henry Church that's interesting (if you haven't already found it). It shows up on Case Western U's Encyclopedia of Cleveland History's page for him. It can be found with a search of Chagrin Falls and his name.
@@TruthWillSetYouFree832Thanks. I will look into this more. I spoke to some locals and they gave me the old name if this rock which maybe some would say was not PC. It didn't seem derogatory to me but better safe than sorry.
@@timtalksaboutrocks....most6644 Ah, I see. I looked it up just now. I can see how they wouldn't like it nowadays.
I found a area in my yard with over a 100 arrowheads an other stones that have been made into something. I find more every time I garden . I would love to connect with you somehow an show you a few an would love a little advice please.
@@Amanda-w8u2t you are so very fortunate to have a spot like that. My best advice to you is to contact the DNR in your state. They will have an archaeologist on staff or they will refer you to one. Happy hunting!
Thanks for bringing us along Tim!
New do rockhounding and have been looking into lapidary equipment, tumblers, etc. I have a lot of petrified wood. Seems that I am losing all my rock! Would you explain what tumbling is good for? It seems a cab machine is better?... Not making fun, just don't understand....very sad when my tigers eye pretty much turned to chips and pieces.
@@Lomamacmama you have the right idea. I don't tumble anything I am not willing to lose because it is a gamble. Cabbing is better by far if you have the money for the equipment and the space for the machine.
That was great, thanks! I felt like I was getting a good refresher of some terms and names after a while being out of practice.
@@TruthWillSetYouFree832 i know what you mean. Sometimes I have to edit out a long pause while I am thinking of a word.
Breakwater Beach?
@tamimcclain2459 you got it.
@@timtalksaboutrocks....most6644where’s break water beach?
@@tmayer0009 Breakwater beach is in Geneva State Park in Geneva Ohio. It is a nice beach and then about a mile or two north, also in Geneva State Park, is another beach. It's at the end of the road by a cemetery.
Awesome watch ❤❤
I am glad you enjoyed it.
Tim have you ever been told that you sound exactly like coach Nick Sabin ? Roll TIDE sir
@@MikeD.223 you are the first to tell me that. Very cool!
I was thinking he sounds like Jeff goldblum
@@rickking8668 You are cracking me up.
Have you ever searched for gold on those beaches?
@@cigar100 i haven't looked for gold on a Lake Erie beach yet. I found a few gold flakes in black sand on a Lake Michigan beach. I also found what I thought was gold but when I pressed on it with a pick, it was pyrite.😳
So he can basically make 5,000 year old artifacts in his basement 😂😂😂🤙🏻 great work 🇺🇸🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
Yes, well he has a shop. :-) For me it is a connection to history and the way my distant relatives survived and thrived. That would be in addition to the amazing geology in Ohio at Flint Ridge. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@ amazing skills… I live in St Louis.. arrowheads are everywhere.. but these are perfect 😎.. the striped ones.. really big sell for huge money..
@@artmosley3337 i supplied the flint and he did both of them for a total of 55 bucks.
Ed did a great job! Those look really good. Also, the polished ones are striking! (No pun intended.)
@@TruthWillSetYouFree832 this flint is very. Easy to polish and comes out fantastic. I am out of grit right now but when I get some more I will be polishing more of this Nethers Farrm flint.
@@timtalksaboutrocks....most6644 I bet it comes out nice just like the others. You wouldn't have picked up just anything. :) I thought about you the other day when we found a plethora of things to pick up and chose to be more discerning.
@TruthWillSetYouFree832 Ha, sometimes I regret leaving something behind but that means I get to make more trips. And for me the fun of finding is better than having.😊
You've piqued my interest in flint, Tim! :) I have some stuff from the ground recently and haven't been able to ID it. (Illinois) Smaller pieces of what looks like the same material (as the larger I found) is attractive to a strong magnet. Both sizes are black inside. Not sure if it's as glassy as slag. The smaller ones are almost slightly metallic-looking. Found some good "fossil soup" along the way as well. Also slate. Gotta love plain ol'-looking Illinois rocks - they sometimes surprise. :)
I lived in Illinois for many years in the Starved Rock Area and I did a lot of rockhounding to add in my landscaping. There might be some iron content in that flint that likes a magnet. Some don't care for flint and chert but they have their uses and can be beautiful.
Great video, I also attempt to limit my rock collecting. The struggle is real.
@@Steve-xr8dn Oh yeah, I need to schedule another rock and fossil giveaway at a Great Lakes beach and lighten the load. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
Very cool
@@adamhuze Thanks for watching and the comment!
So cool buddy
@@boatbuilder508 Thanks for watchimg and for your comment.
@@boatbuilder508 Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Very nice, I love knapping , I’m in central texas, around a lot of chert. Been busy doing what your holding. Love videos
@@boatbuilder508 Texas is awesome! Knapping is such a fascinating ability. I met Ed at the Indiana State Fair. I would just stand and watch the rock be transformed. Thanks for your comment!
Add some small aquarium rock to them for each tumble, along with the grit... They polish up very nice but also help keep structure and texture to your rocks... They cushion the tumble....
@@millardwilliams9182 thanks for a great idea.
Very interesting. I like it ❤
@@zekeking5217 thanks for watching and commenting.
adorable
Unfortunately you haven’t been to my very rocky beach! I find similar rocks to lake superior! Some beaches have way more rocks than others. Happy hunting!
Thanks for watching and commenting. Finding similar rocks to Lake Superior is awesome they are usually quite gorgeous. Much of Lake Erie rockhounding is for sedimentary and metamorphic as opposed to Lake Superior with all those wonderful igneous rocks. However, when I am on Lake Superior I miss finding the fossils that I love so much.
Do you ever go to PA to rockhound?
I have looked for rocks on Lake Erie hoping to find similar to what they find in Michigan and I did find a teeny tiny pudding stone and a teeny tiny unikite. smaller than dimes, both of them, but it's better than nothing 😊
Hey Tim! I’m a rock-hounder who lives on Lake Erie near GOTL!
Well, you are one fortunate lady. I am only an hour away from Lake Erie but I don't get there as often as I would like.
Is Nethers still open since Mrs. Nethers passed? I love going there. How do you heat treat the flint?
@@tamimcclain2459 Thanks for watching and commenting. Last time I was there some other family members were taking care of things. They were very friendly. I did a video on how I heat treated my flint. You have to be careful because the flint could explode.
@@timtalksaboutrocks....most6644 thanks. I'll have to go back. Thanks for the tip. I didn't know it could explode.
Nice trip, nice video, enjoyed it! I am a former resident of the Western side of Michigan, it was nice seeing snippets of beaches that were familiar to me.
@@Ross-x1o thanks for watching and commenting. We always have a great time in Michigan.
I take questionsbles
The problem with tools was they were left at the campsites to use again later. They didnt carry all their stone tools. They cached all they could. Nutting stones abd grinding stones were usually left along the banks where they were used
You,re quite knowledgeable about rocks ,thanks for sharing all the best locations because I really don't know except Petoskey and Charlevoix and trying to take advantage of the last days of summer this year .
@@maryparent9573 yes, these last days are still good. I have a lot more to learn but I like sharing this hobbies with others. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I found one small I was panning and deep in the dirt in the side of the river still am having a hard time figuring if it's real it has the curve and it looks like it's been picked away just bits a piece could I just send a picture and maybe get some Advice
I always recommend that if people have something they're not sure of they should contact their state DNR. Some states have an archaeologist on staff and you could get a true expert opinion. I have done this in Indiana. Also, some historical sites have an ID day where people can bring in their potential artifacts and have an expert take a look.
@@timtalksaboutrocks....most6644I was told they would come take ur land and items . Is this true
Where can you purchase one of those plastic bucket filter/sieve things?
@@ItchyGonadz-THC i got mine at an auto parts store. Some paint stores have them too. Thanks for watching.
Rub some of the others with mineral oil .
You didn't give the names or locations of the last 2 beaches!!!😢
Thanks for watching and commenting. Sorry about the lack of info. The third beach was written on the screen, Arcola Creek, which may have might have been easy to miss. The fourth beach was Headlands Beach. I showed the big sign and map they have on the beach but I probably didn't say that enough or maybe not at all. I hope this helps.
It looks so good! I love the one standing up! Good job.
I think with that design you stand a very good chance of getting a pileated woodpecker to visit. I hear them sometimes on my Maryland app and on my PUC bird monitoring station in my backyard but I've never seen one. Someone told me they're a huge as a bald eagle apparently they're massive.
I can't believe you didn't have spectacular results. I photograph wild birds and have a bird sanctuary in my backyard and when I put this out I spread it on the tree bark of a tree in the back of my yard and the birds go absolutely crazy for it. The Blue Jays hang upside down off of branch titmouse climb up the tree chickadees go nuts and woodpeckers go absolutely insane for it. I tried another peanut butter mix which is mixed with suet and it's smoother the texture is not the same but the birds prefer this bark butter. The only challenge that I found with it is that the squirrels also like it. I hate when the squirrels eat it.
@@dab7963 great info. Squirrels can be entertaining but eventually the wear out their welcome at my house.