A Perfect September Day on the Beach for Rockhounding
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2024
- Nancy and I hit the beach again hunting for rocks. We found some nice ones, and even better, the weather was absolutely perfect.
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The water is so calm and clear; a beautiful day for rock hunting.
Yep, it was perfect.
Gorgeous day, wow! It's great to see you and Nancy out together. I enjoy your interactions and comments about the rocks. They add a nice new dimension to your videos. Thanks Rob and Nancy, retirement looks good on both of you!
I like having her along too. It's a little less awkward than me talking to myself as I walk along.
Wait, it’s awkward to talk to yourself!? Hum, I have some explaining to do… lol jk
@@chrislilly1463 😅
@@chrislilly1463 umm, I always have my cat out with me when I’m out in the garden, so when neighbors walk by, I can tell them I’m talking to her. But on the beach? I tell anyone that asks, that I’m praying. I tell the Lord how much I appreciate all His thought that went into making this world for us, that even the rocks beneath our feet can be so interesting and have such beautiful colors and patterns!😇🙏❤️😊
@@MichiganRocks as I told Chris Lilly, I just talk to God and tell Him I appreciate the world He made for us, that even the rocks beneath our feet, that we tread upon, have such cool patterns and colors!😇🙏😊
I loved seeing the two of you together! That was such a beautiful day at the beach. I got a double tumbler for my birthday and am ready to use it, but not sure exactly HOW. I try to avoid reading directions, if at all possible...LOLOL. Thanks for sharing your day with us.
Here's a video that might help you out: ua-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/v-deo.html
Hi Rob and Nancy, thanks for taking us along with you to that breathtaking place, 🥰🥰🏴
You're welcome!
I just wanted to say that I’ve been casually (but more actively) collecting rocks for almost a year, and have gradually been trying to learn more about different types, what to look for, what might tumble well, etc. I love watching your videos. I’m learning a lot, and the way you (and your partner) explain and describe things is so peaceful and calm. The side commentary is also great. Thank you so much for sharing what you find, along with your knowledge and experience - I really appreciate it 🙂
I'm glad you're learning something from my videos. That was my intent from the beginning. I'll be making more tumbling videos this winter.
That's a great location. Really awesome stuff. Best way to spend retirement.
This might be my favorite beach. If not my favorite, it's very high on the list.
I really enjoy watching your videos, and the interaction with your wife. You both seem very knowledgeable about the different types of rock. I learn something new every time. Thank you.
We know a little bit, but I wouldn't call us "very knowledgeable".
Weather has been perfect up north.
Ooooh….. don’t throw that one back!!! 😩 lol- I loved them all 🥰👏 INancy found awesome stones today- I’m obsessed with watching!
Luckily, Nancy doesn't mind throwing some back. It would be bad if one of us wanted to bring every rock home and the other didn't.
I would be happy to be able to walk behind you two and pick up your ‘rejects’!🤣
@@littledabwilldoya9717 Same here!! I like all of their rejects lol
@@littledabwilldoya9717 Don't think of them as rejects. Think of my rock collection being stored on beaches all around Michigan.
He could sell them to those of us with no taste. I would buy that medium pudding you threw away.
Lovely video. You can’t get a more beautiful day, a more gorgeous place. You two are showing us how it’s done!
It was perfect. I was editing this video the other day and Nancy walked by and commented on how nice the day had been.
@@MichiganRocks and it’s so good to see you two looking so healthy and relaxed. We’re living in a crazy time and seeing normal goodness is just lovely.
The water was so calm that it was like glass in some places. It made it easy to see the rocks. I can see why it’s a favorite beach. Lots of colors and variety, Nancy sure had good luck finding petoskey stones.
Yep, I find the limestone fossils as well as lots of glacial material.
Crystal clear water and. Not many waves. It doesn’t get much better than that ! You found some nice keepers !
No bugs, low seventies temperature, and nice rocks.
It's always so amazing how bright the orange rocks show in the water
The red of the puddingstones is probably the brightest thing that I see on this beach.
Nice clear, calm water. Great for looking for rocks and kayaking! Lovely day you had! R/J Northern Indiana
No kayaking that day, but it would have been an excellent day for it.
It’s always a joy to see Nancy and the rocks she finds. I love all your videos.
Thank you. I do enjoy getting out there sometimes.
Hi Nancy! I loved seeing you hunting with Rob. That granite you found was really cool. I would have loved seeing how it looked polished up. And that banded green one would have been cool as coasters. Too bad it was too big for the saw.
I could solve that by buying a bigger saw, you know, for Nancy.
@@MichiganRocks sounds like a great plan!🤣
@@MichiganRocks sure , Rob! Buy a bigger saw “for Nancy”😉😉😜! What a considerate husband you are! When’s her BD? I would have been happy just to put that one along the edge of my flower bed!
@@littledabwilldoya9717 Her birthday is in June, so maybe Christmas. You think she'd like that? I had my eye on a new vacuum for her.
I love it when Nancy goes out with you. She picks up the rocks that I find fascinating. That piece of limestone and the big green rock would look awesome sitting on my bookshelf in their natural forms. The fossil stones both of you picked up were very interesting. But the tiny pudding stones are absolutely adorable!
You're right, she sometimes chooses different rocks that I wouldn't. It's nice to have someone along with different (better?) taste.
@@MichiganRocks Different. The joy of any collector is seeing what other people love!
Another great day on Huron! Love your Secret Spot, Rob! Thanks for sharing! Miss Michigan already!
Glad you enjoyed another video, Nancy.
So many nice rocks and there were lots of curiously shaped things out of your sight. I'm always so happy to see how wonderfully clean the beaches of Michigan are - you barely ever find fishing line or pesky lead weights, let alone aluminium cans and chip packets - very satisfactory! Glad you had fun!
I do pick up some litter along the way, but it's not too bad. I think mylar balloons might be the most common thing I pick up.
@@MichiganRocks Compared to some of the rivers I see other YTs exploring in UK & USA the Great Lakes are virtually pristine! Yes - those balloons are a ghastly menace & kill countless wild things & pollute our world! Thanks for doing your bit picking up others waste! :)
Yess, calm waters and a good finds🏆🇺🇲
The calm water sure helps with the great finds.
Rock finding in the beach, amazing discovery
Mrs Michigan rocks is sweet! Thanks to you both!
I think she's a sweetie.
@@MichiganRocks I agree she’s a keeper. I’ve got a keeper too. 42 years of marriage.!God bless
What a wonderful, relaxing video. Love the sounds of the water.
Pretty rocks too. Thank you.
I like the gentle wave sounds better than the crashing waves. I was out yesterday and the waves were pretty big.
I really enjoyed the walk along with you.
Last week I was in Cromer Norfolk, the church is covered in flint
That must be beautiful.
What a lovely day it was ! Calm , clear waters , beautiful rocks and great company just perfect what more one can want ?! I say Nancy is very good at sporting great rocks why can’t she just take the ones she likes and put them in the garden to look at them , I do 😊
Enjoyed the video very much 🥰
I have lots of rocks around the yard. I think if I added many more, it would be too much. I did feel bad leaving that green striped one behind, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have polished well. I still have slabs of the last one that I'm not sure what to do with.
@@MichiganRocks 😊💖
@@MichiganRocks I would have been happy to put the green striped one along the edge of my flower bed. Along with the blue one with the white/clear/peach colored chunk on the other side!😆. If they’re too big to put in the tumbler, you can put a ‘wet’ sealant on them and put them in the flower garden.😁
@@littledabwilldoya9717 My gardens have enough rocks already. I don't want to overdo it.
Water SOooo clear...ALL beautiful water polished rocks....what a NICE SECRET BEACH......Amazing....Nice water SOUNDS.......to watch....thank You!
You're welcome!
Nice rocks, Rob and Nancy, especially the Cladophora, which I really love. Haven't found any as nice as yours yet. This week we hounded up at Whitefish Point in a brisk gale. Stopped at Partridge Point and Harrisville State Park on the way home. All were very picked over. Found two poor Petoskeys at Harrisville that I "left for someone else". Thanks for your video showing good vs poor Petoskeys. (Tell Nancy that retirement agrees with her! She looked rested and happy in this video.)
Thanks. Retirement does agree with me but it looks like another job found me. It won’t be full time though so I can still fit in some time on the beach.
Partridge Point probably wasn't picked over. I have found very few Petoskeys or cladopora there. Usually it's just horn coral, crinoids, blastoids, brachiopods and a few corals.
@@MichiganRocks We were only looking for fossils at Partridge Point but found far fewer than we did when we were there (in the rain) on July 7. Only found a few horn coral. (We watch your videos so we knew not to expect Petoskeys at PP!)
That's a gorgeous shoreline! Thank you for sharing!
It really is beautiful.
Nancy, I loved that big green rock!! It was beautiful!! I would of taken it home and put it out in my hosta garden!!! Thanks for taking us with you!! Right now at 16 degrees out w/light snow flurries, I wanted to walk in that water to just listen to the sound of it!!! 🤗❤️🙏🎄
I was on the beach today, but it was a balmy 25 here.
I can't believe you left the single Rocking flip flop behind lol. I always enjoy seeing you and your beautiful bride out together. The water was so clear and the rocks plentiful! Thank you both for a great video.
I brought the flip flop home. I think it's still in the bucket with the other trash I picked up.
@@MichiganRocks oh good! Now if you meet up with a one legged person you can offer the shoe. At the very least the trash is off the beautiful beach! ♥️
Very nice! Love seeing the 2 of you. Loving the rocks and this place looks familiar.. Your grand baby will be with you soon!!
Little Joseph is visiting this weekend. He's in the room with me now, but Allison is feeding him, so Nancy and I had to take a break from holding him.
Great finds! Love watching you and Nancy hunt together!! Have a great weekend!
I love having her along.
Well done on not taking home every rock on the beach, you left some great samples there, it was nice to come along for the walk.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Tantas pedras lindas e diferentes, daria pra enfeitar um jardim! Linda panorâmica!
Fico feliz que você tenha gostado do vídeo, Eloisa.
@@MichiganRocks,me encanta ver seus vídeos! Amo a natureza como um todo!
I am also around the area and find the same kinds when hunting. Always wondered what some of them were, thank you. Will continue to watch you two! Go Blue
I can't identify a lot of the rocks I find, but I'm glad to help you with the ones I can.
Wow the water is so calm can see the rocks beautifully, beautiful day, 😊💙thank you for sharing your awesome day rock hounding 😊💙
We had a great day and it's fun to share it with others.
Beautiful day! Gneiss finds too👍👍
I’m heading up to the Traverse City area next week. Can’t wait to hit the beaches!
Good luck!
Love the video!
Awesome video. Always love the peacefulness
Thanks!
Just love seeing these beautiful rocks and beach! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome, Debi!
Happy people finding rocks, my favourite sight to see! ...besides the rocks themselves of course. Hahah Thanks again for another awesome video!!
You're welcome, Jolene!
Oh man!!! Super jealousssss Nancy!!!🤣 Sure enjoyed this trip, perfect weather!
It was in the low seventies with not much wind. Perfect.
Have you slabbed those big petosky stones? What a stunning place! Beautimous! Hi Nancy!!~!
No, they're still setting on my counter in the basement. I do have plans for one of them.
@@MichiganRocks awesome!
Thanks for sharing your rock hunting with us ALL. I really love the waters up there in Michigan. My husband is from up there so when ever we get a chance to go home I always bring something back with us..😆 🤣
We do have some good water here in Michigan. I'm very thankful that I live here.
Thank you for sharing as always,beautiful day ❤️
I don't know how it could have been any nicer.
You so casually pick up puddingstones right and left. I would have loved to find one like that last one your found this past weekend. We drove up to Sault Ste Marie and spent Friday at Drummond Island and Saturday at Grand Marais. Would love to find this beach you and Nancy are at! I found one tiny little piece of puddingstone but my husband found a nice one for our yard. I believe that red stone you picked up before finding the last puddingstone may be jaspilite or possibly banded rhyolite. We found so many pieces of beautiful granite and basalt with feldspar. I've done beading for decades and have never really liked unakite beads. But seeing it on the beach at Grand Marais, it practically glows and is so pretty. Thank you for another great video!
I agree that red rock might have been jaspelite, but it wasn't obvious. The very last red rock, that I called banded iron formation is definitely jaspelite. BIF and jaspelite are the same thing.
Lake Superior unakite is much nicer looking than the unakite rough I see being sold at rock shops. It's like a completely different rock, and much nicer in my opinion. I don't care for the stuff I see being sold either.
Great rocks today
What a beautiful day ! Um. Go back and get those pudding stones! 😄🌞🙋♀️
Maybe next time.
Beautiful scenery. Fantastic finds. Go Blue! 〽️
Hail to the victors!
Awesome finds, glad you let the wife go with! Thanks for sharing!
Once in awhile, I allow her to come along. I'm such a nice guy.
LOL!
You are always lucky with calm days on the lake. Every free day I have had this year to collect rocks I had to deal with two foot waves.
It's not luck. I watch the weather pretty closely and try to get out on calm days. It's easier on Lake Huron because the winds tend to come out of the west more and I live near Lake Huron. The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior hunts are a little tricker to do on calm days.
@@MichiganRocks the perks of being retired!
I flew over lake Michigan Wednesday wowza that was amazing. First time flying.
I haven't flown much, not since having kids who are all grown up. I'm ready to start flying again.
The "strange looking rock" reminded me of all the rocks on the beach rolled into one. :)
Sort of did look like that, didn't it?
Every time you toss away a fossil, an angel loses its wings. TFS 💖🦅🦅
That's ok, I'll just ring a bell a few times when I get home to put them back.
BIF! Lovely day
Love that stuff!
Very cool rock hunting.
Keep on going... :)
The rock shed is great you are right
Of course it's great. Did you think I'd recommend it if it wasn't? I always get good service and my orders arrive with a little bag of Tootsie Rolls.
أحجار جميلة وشاطئ جميل أتمنى لك مزيد من النجاح
شكرا لك! أنا محظوظ لأنني أعيش في مثل هذا المكان الجميل.
Very beautiful. You both found a lot of interesting rocks. 😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, Indyana!
@@MichiganRocks You're welcome!
Looking for rocks is equally just as fun as swimming when you're at the lake
I'd argue that it's more fun. Swimming with a mask and looking for rocks at the same time combines them for even more fun.
Looks like another successful day of puddingstone, Petoskeys, tillite, and other rather odd oddities....
Yep, it would have been fun even without the rocks.
Dude! I need a Cladapora!!!!!!!
It's fun stuff.
Omg, that rock at 12:45 had AMAZING potential!
That one did have some nice colors.
I love Michigan
Me too!
❤💙💜💖 this 🏆 📹 watched again.
That clear water makes me thirsty......
CAN U DRINK IT! SO FRESH LOOKING....
LOTS OF MINERALS FOR SURE! 👍
that was a fun hunt. I didnt really appreciate how beautiful puddingstones were until i saw one in person. The little puddingstone i have is absolutley gorgeous
They are nice rocks. Honestly, in the past, I didn't appreciate them. I thought they looked like concrete. I have learned to love them though.
I always chuckle when you find a ‘gneiss’ rock!😂 LOVE the ‘dragon eyes!😲😍
Did you see my new shirt that says "Gneiss is Nice"? It's a gneiss chert.
Boy, what would I give to have water that calm to shell in!😊 Beautiful! Be careful not to fly that drone too high - you'll give your secret spot away! Lol
I'm very conscious of where I fly the drone there. Thanks for the reminder.
Ohhhh ojos me gustan todo Muy bien 👍
great video and great finding rocks.!! hi. have a good evening. i hope all is well. great views!!
Wow what a great beach I love the videos with Nancy!!
I think she's been on a record number of rock hunts with me this year. I've enjoyed having her along.
Thanks. It is fun to get out there.
As always, great vid! How calm the water was!! Finally was able to take off and get up to the U.P. a few weeks ago. I didn’t get to do much preplanning though, rather impromptu. We made it to Vermilion point and white fish. Spent about 5 days. LOVED the privacy of Vermilion (thank you for the vids you’ve done on that place) my daughter and I had the entire stretch of beach to ourselves for almost the entire day!! I finally found myself more Omar’s than I knew what to do with. That was one of the rocks I went all the way there to find!! Thank you for that suggestion. Sadly, 5 days and not 1 single pudding stone😢 Before we left Tn, my husband bought me and daughter some UV flashlights to find some Yooperlites. We spent 3 hours at White Fish, searching for them and never found 1. I started thinking maybe there is a specific # of Lumens/UV it take to make them visible. Went back to the hotel and Googled it. It stated that you need at least 600 Lumens, ours was only 12🤪. I guess we should’ve checked that first. Wanted to go check out Vermilion at night because we read that the Northern Lights can be seen from there, but we were too nervous about driving that long dark sandy forested desolate trail, two lone females 1200 miles from home and no cell service, so we chose not to. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to go back again!! We did the underwater shipwreck tour, up in Munising before we left, that was awesome! Hope to get back up there again and find me a pudding stone!! Keep up the great vids. Makes me miss home!
Lake Huron is the best place to look for puddingstones. You won't find them in the area you were looking.
Isn't Vermillion Point great? I love that place. Whitefish point has too many people for me.
For Yooperlites, you need 365 nm light too. The cheap ones don't work well at all. Convoy lights with a filter are the way to go.
Next time you go, check out the Pictured Rocks boat tour in Munising. That's really good.
@@MichiganRocks thank you very much for your reply and w/those helpful tips. Yes, Vermilion was perfection, and yes, there were way too many people at White Fish👎for my liking, although we were there so early, to do our business, we were the only ones there for about 2 good hours. There was so much urine in the parking area, I did end up vomiting, the stench was so overwhelming. And when we pulled in, there were two guys in a car so packed down with stuff that the front end was sitting higher than the back, and we observed them passing their lit something back and forth, and it was not weed! We got scared, because they looked right at us and saw us see them, although they weren’t even trying to hide it. They eventually just sped off. Weird. I will definitely start researching where some stretches of good rock beaches on Huron for the elusive pudding stones! Thank you for your info and videos!
@@nathensgirl1 Wow, I never saw anything like that at Whitefish Point. Yuck!
How beautiful stones👍👍👍
Great video! Always enjoy when a long rock hunt releases!
It was longer in person. I think we were on the beach for four hours.
Ahhhhhh ur killing me!...that one pudding stone was legit!!!...I don't find many if at all over here..I'd saw my toe off for that big nice one u put back!..but I know..I know..I've been watching you long enough, I know the story!
Sorry to cause you distress, Wil. There were some pretty nice ones that day.
@@MichiganRocks lol..no distress rob!...strictly for entertainment purposes only!
That is a beautiful beach for sure. The last coral fossil Nancy finds I do believe is called tube coral. I could be wrong. But thats what it looks like to me. You both found some really nice rocks. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Donna. Do you mean the one at 19:47? I'm pretty sure that's horn coral. I could see the one at 10:39 possibly being tube coral.
Yes the one at 10:39 . I had to go back and find the time stamp. I have some of that as well and wasn't sure what it was at first. Did some research and someone called it tube coral. I think its so cool looking.
Nice video I also luv the big green stripy rock Nancy. Re purpose the flip flop into a phone holder luv the mudstone too
We did find some beautiful rocks that day.
You two and Sam should host a meet and greet on a public beach sometime in the future......and make a video with you three picking!!!!...... All the guests can fight over the rocks you throw back in the lake!!! It would be great and unforgettable 😜
I have thought about doing some sort of meet on a beach. The problem is that the public beaches tend to be pretty picked over. Do you think people would want to meet on a beach where they didn't find that much?
I would drive 5 hours to meet you guy's!!! looking for rocks would be a bonus!!! Maybe try around April after the thaw
@@charlesbordner9240 I'll think about how to do that and where to do it. No promises though. Planning far enough ahead and having good weather is tricky.
Lots of "catch and release" rock hounding today.
Yep, lucky rocks.
I find myself yelling at the phone "keep it"
Don't worry, you're not the only one.
I am a new subscriber as well as new to tumbling. My daughter and I have had a blast but until I started to watch your videos did I realize how wrong I was trying to tumble. I have been using a double barrel 6lbs tumbler but since watching you I have a Lot O tumbler on the way! Thank you so much for these videos as my daughter was losing faith in all the time spent with little amazing results!
I'm glad I could help out. I think you'll love your Lot-O. Let me know if you have any questions when you get it.
I’m fact I am watching your how to video again. Those stones in this video are amazing! So awesome you took this amount of time to truly show how to tumble in the right way! My daughter and I have watched all your beach videos and she said why haven’t we been to the Great Lakes!!! I said well road trip imminent! We are in Central Illinois and not a lot of good rockhounding spots. Unless it’s fossils at Mazon Creek!
@@joeastle5142 You're not far from Lake Michigan then, get going before the snow flies!
@@MichiganRocks we will def be heading up in short order!! I’m so glad you would field some questions when I get my Lot O tumbler. Because I will have them. Since watching you I have some ceramics on the way. I was so tumbling with 1/4 barrel sometimes because I was afraid to add I started rocks. Boy was I wrong! Thanks again for helping get me going in the right direction. The hunts you go on with your wife on the beach looks like pure serenity!!!!
@@joeastle5142 Glad to help out, Joe.
So sorry we didn't make it to Alpena on our trip...we had to cut our vacay after two weeks in the UP because there were absolutely zero vacancies in hotels or camping from petosky, Charlevoix, Leland, etc though we drove through all.. Had to drive all the way past Lansing to Jackson to find a place to stay. We found amazing coral fossils in door county, and lots of agate pebbles in Marquette... A few petosky stones where you recommended, and a teensy Leland blue at vans beach, that place was a joke! Three million people with sieves all scouring the beach. I did find my best agate at white fish point! All in all not a bad first rock hounding experience, and worth the 40+ hours of driving! We did visit the Bishop's statue, but the jam pot was closed on Mon, Tues, and Thurs. Thanks again for all your great suggestions, but I think we would have been better off waiting until spring to have a better chance of finding rocks! Never did find a pudding stone or unakite or Omar, but we met a dude that found a 200# yoo per lite, I should have taken a picture to show you! (Somewhere near copper harbor) but this dude snorkeled at night to find his yooper and agates....I won't ever be doing extreme rock hounding that's for sure!
That sounds like a pretty good trip. I had better luck on the other side of the river in Leland, and I was also there in the spring which probably helped. I wasn’t too impressed with Van’s Beach either because it had a lot of people there when I visited. I wonder if the Jam Pot is closed more due to Covid? I would think they’d either be open or not. I’m surprised that you never found any unakite. I find most of that in the eastern U.P., but also in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Loved your dramatic reenactment. Lol. Really enjoy your videos and nice to see Nancy. How's that grandbaby?
Thanks. It was a fun day. The grandbaby should arrive within the hour so this will be a great weekend.
Pretty dramatic, huh? Little Joseph and his parents are about a half hour from arriving at our house for the weekend. His grandparents and great grandparents are trying to stay awake for his arrival.
Such a beautiful day to search for rocks and enjoy time with Nancy! The two pudding stones that you were hesitant about had me going "yes, take it home, take it home, take it home....and....he's leaving it behind." I love how calm the water was and how clear. Thank you for taking us along on another great adventure. Hi to Nancy! Have a great weekend!
Someone else will enjoy finding those.
@@MichiganRocks that they will if they manage to find your secret beach 😉
Do you find any petrified wood there? Some of the striated rocks remind me of petrified wood.
Nope, no pet. wood here. Some of it does look sort of similar, but it's not wood.
Lovely day and some many rocks... that fossil may have been syringapora
Wow, love the video! Will be up that way in about a month, hope I find some great rocks like you did. Will be on port sanilac and Lexington. I am thinking you're a bit further north however. Lol.
All of my videos are north of there. Some day I need to get down that way and make a few videos. Good luck on your hunt!
Love your videos. Why do you not seem to like the more unusual rocks? The one Nancy showed you in the beginning that had what appeared to be slag in it was so cool. I watch these videos to learn about rocks and minerals. I know it is not your job to teach me but there is more to michigan rocks than Petoskey, unikite and pudding stones, right? You have spoiled us but I want MORE!!! Respectfully, a fellow teacher from Missouri.
I'll admit that you listed three of my favorites. I do try to show more variety, but those three still grab my attention. I'll redouble my efforts to get out of my rut. Thanks for the reminder!
Looked like another beautiful day to find rock treasures. Looking at the water made me wonder if there are certain times of the year when the waters in the great lakes isn’t as clear or if it was just the day and the place you were hunting or I guess it might have been the time of day with reflection of light. The water looked pretty good but not as clear as other times. Having lived only around rivers like the Mississippi and Missouri which have VERY muddy waters, I really love how clear the water is up there.
The water is harder to see through in the winter when it's frozen. Also sometimes there will be a bug hatch and the little bug carcasses will be in the water. Otherwise, it's pretty clear most of the time. I can't say that I notice a seasonal difference. I thought it was very clear in this video too.
Great video Rob. Should have taken that last puddin' stone home. You can only look at one side at a time. And that one side was awesome!!
If there had been anything at all on the other side, I would have taken it.
That UNUSUAL CHUNKY rock to me looked like PETRIFIED WOOD!
It wasn’t though.
Beautiful day at the beach! Thanks for bringing me along with you, I don't get why I'm always edited out! No jk... What cool views of the water and drone shots. Loved those! Really cool rocks, and great variety for identifying rocks.
Somehow I kept you off camera. It took me years of practice to avoid picking up all of you.
LOL, including my shadow, you definitely have skills. Keep up the great work.
Very beautiful
That looks like a very fun beach to hound! Your banded iron formation reminds me of the comment you left on my gravel road video. I find BIFs all the time around here. I'd probably trade good agates to find fossils like you did today though🤣
I kind of take the fossils for granted. They're fun, but so common that they're not the thrill that some other rocks are. On the other hand, watching you pick up agates is a thrill. They seem to be everywhere on some of your videos.
@@MichiganRocks It’s a thrill finding them too!
I love your videos and have learned so much.
I am going to be in the eastern michigan area in a few weeks and am very interested in finding pudding stones.
I have no idea where to go and i will have limited time, only one afternoon.
I have searched and found many petosky stones and only two small pudding stones in westerm michigan around Traverse City. I was hoping there was a better location for pudding stones on lake huron that you might be willing to share or a general area.
I was wanting to stay as far south as possible but will go up as far as i have to. Thanks so much. Love watching.
The farthest south on Lake Huron that I have hunted was at the Singing Bridge public access near Au Gres. The water was high this spring when I was there and I needed to wade through some water to get to the beach. You should watch the video so you know what you’re getting into before you go there. ua-cam.com/video/JF469dElD3E/v-deo.html
That is an awesome area,so much variety,is the fossil,cladapora possibly toxic to aquarium fish ?You mentioned that it smelled like oil when you worked with it .
I think cladopora actually contains oil. I would be careful putting it in an aquarium, but I don't have any real experience with aquariums to be able to tell you for sure if it would hurt the fish.
Nancy when I come to Michigan in the spring will you take me out rockhounding? I’ll pay you
Ha! I don’t know if Rob will let me visit his secret beach with guests.
Hi there...
How do we see so many variations of rocks on a beach like that? One would think that the stones would be all the same type reflecting the geography...
Glaciers. The Petoskey stones and other limestone fossils are from the local bedrock, but most other stuff was deposited here by glaciers.
You were one the first people I keyed onto when I started my Rockhounding journey and your videos are just as entertaining as they were back then....One question, where did you learn to juggle?
I learned to juggle on the fifth floor of Alice Lloyd hall at the University of Michigan in 1986. I eventually became the president of the U of M juggling club, which just meant that it was my turn to reserve the room that we met to juggle in during the winter months.
where did you say this is?
I didn't say. I have to cross private property to get here and I don't want to encourage trespassing by publicizing the location.