You guys found some amazing rocks this time! I’m really enjoying when you say “I’ll take that home and slab it”, and then you do a cut away scene showing the slabs at home. Or showing a cut scene of an agate at home in better light. That’s super cool!
I'm addicted to these videos... currently watching these before bedtime... the waves are so calming and the stones are beautiful ! Happy to learn from you
I like the green stones too, especially epidote and unakite. I live outside of Phoenix, where not too far from here, I found lots of epidote. I also found some unakite (epidote and feldspar, with quartz). I really need to make a trip to the Great Lakes. The rocks are amazing!
a little sad I didn't find htis channel while my old dog was still alive she loved rocks, stones, pebbles. clinker, anything mind, she'd have had the whole TV in her mouth watching this video what a great episode
@@wbsc56 She sure was a big ol' lump. Like one of those fridge freezer shaped pork pies, beautiful, golden brown like a sunset but twice as big and good lookin. Her smiles and frowns only a little smaller than her heart. She lives on in mine now and I'll tell you, it's a squeeze *_:' )_*
Wow! This second hunt of the day had some great finds! That one striped rock that Sam found looked suspiciously like petrified wood. You should take some of the porphyry home and slab it. Agate Dad does it and they can be really beautiful.
I don't love porphyry as much as Taylor does. I found a couple today and left them behind. I suppose I could bring one home and slice it for you though. Maybe next time.
@@MichiganRocks well, I wouldn't mind lol. I like the crystal formations in them. No matter what you decide I'm still a huge fan of you and your channel!
Do you ever sell any rocks? Would you be willing to pick me out some and mail them to me if I pay you? Don't think I'll ever get to Michigan any time soon.
I have to admit that I miss Lake Michigan and all the pretty rocks… I moved to Colorado because I love the mountains but every once in a while I miss my big lake.😢
Wow! You guys found a lot of really good stuff out there! All those cold water agates and your red skinned one, and that magnetic one was really cool. Not only was it magnetic and a neat looking rock, vut the magnesite was all in triangle formations. Why is that? And you even found a yooperlite, in broad daylight! Thats awesome! And you were a magnet for epidote today! And they were some really pretty green rocks too! And that is the first time ive seen porphyry in squares before too! Ive seen the crystals form rectangles but not squares! Thank you for the wonderful hunt and the find of the day had to be Sam's amethyst agate! What a beauty! Thanks Rob!
The agates in this area are Lake Superior agates, not cold water agates. I"m not sure why the magnetite forms those geometric shapes. Sometimes it's just mixed together with whatever the red rock is, with no triangles.
Wonderful hunt and fun to see a part 2 hunt in the same day! Can you believe that feet of snow fell there only last week? Goodness. I can’t wait to hunt for petoskeys in June when my school year is over. My family and I travel to the Atlanta area. Keep posting your trips.
I don't think they got that snow in the area we were in in this video. I'm not 100% sure though. I know they got 29 inches in Marquette. I got a firsthand report from my sister who lives there.
Very fun video. My dad grew up in traverse city. I used to collect rocks from the d day beach by the sleeping bear dunes. This was in the 70's. I would drag them in my beach towel to the car. Then to the cottage. In traverse city. Back home to Pgh, pa. My husband and I took our daughters in 2000. Then we went back 2019. Empty nesters. So different going on vacation without the kids. Thank you so much for sharing. Lots of great memories. 💙💙🩷🫶🫶🫶🪣🪣🪣
I'm torn between wearing my cheaters and leaving them off. I usually leave them off, but I'm constantly putting them on to look at the rocks that I pick up. It does suck getting old.
@Michigan Rocks I wear my glasses with bifocals only when I go rock hounding. Its the only time I wear them...but i don't want to miss any cool rocks! 😎 😊
I wondered how often rock hunters steal each others prizes. 😜 When I was a young boy I once found an almost clear quartz crystal while on a picnic with my cousins in the Sierra Nevadas. I was very proud of it. When we got ready to go home my crystal was gone. I'm glad that didn't make any accusations but I've always wondered how it disappeared and where it ended up. Thanks for the video Rob!
Another great video & rock find! Nice to see the next generation getting enjoyment out of it as well. Man I miss my home state! Probably one of the reasons why I watch your channel. 😉
@@MichiganRocks I've only lived in the thumb area of Michigan, and went camping around Tawas area several times where fireflies were around. Other Eastern states I'm sure have them. They say fireflies have been seen in the Rocky Mountain States here & there, but I have lived here for 35 yrs & never seen one?
I had no idea there was natural amethyst in Lake Superior! That is a beautiful piece. It almost looks like a big, huge smile! A gorgeous paperweight! Love it! Used to rock hunt too🙂but bad OA hips won't let me now:(
Just curious. Have you ever tripped & fallen face first into the water this early in your rock hunts? You know that water is ICY COLD... there's probably ice bergs floating somewhere.
0: 52. I Finally cought on. It's a double meaning! Michigan Rocks. Yes it does. It's the best state of all in the summertime. Thanks for the videos and the title/title
For me, Michigan Rocks is almost a triple meaning. I do videos showing rocks from Michigan, the state itself is beautiful, and I also graduated from the University of Michigan.
The Lake Superior water--it's just so clear and clean-looking, and there is so much of it; makes me happy. I know Lake Baikul in Russia contains 20% of Earth's freshwater/I believe the great lakes do, too. Oh, and my mom would take all of those rocks home that would fit into the car.
You know Life is Good , when you appreciate ROCKS ! Nice Stuff ! I have a friend that went to Gitcha Gumee to hunt rocks with his U.V./ Black light , a week or so ago ., like freckles in the rocks under the light , they look after dark
I agree Green is a great color especially with White . Three years ago I watched your video and have seen every one since. Now I have a number of tumblers, flat lap, lap saw and cab machine. My wife hates you although I started making jewelry which has had a positive effect. You helped make retirement more of an adventure with all of this.
That was the best rock beach in a while. Lots of good ones. It looked like a great day. Sam has an amazing agate eye.the amethyst was gorgeous, That’s my birth stone. I love the yooperlites too.
So I’ve never been rock hunting (in an up-north sort of way). I’ve decided to head up north for a few days of rock hunting Michigan shores. Are there any beaches that I shouldn’t miss?
That’s a hard question to answer. You haven’t told me where you’re headed. Lake Huron? Michigan? Superior? Even then, there’s no guarantee that you’ll find anything at beaches I recommend.
@@michaelmelling9333 We don't have much gold here, but we're not lacking in rich geological offerings. The Keweenaw Peninsula alone has a lot of different minerals. Check out the list here: www.mindat.org/loc-11425.html Other parts of the state have different rocks and minerals than what can be found in the Keweenaw, including a lot of fossils. Then there are all the Canadian rocks that hitch a ride on a glacier and ended up here. I'm sure California has great stuff too, but we're not hurting for geology here in Michigan.
@MichiganRocks Wow, that's one heck of a list! I've always thought Michigan was pretty much only known for copper, Petoskey stones, and salt. I've seen some gorgeous and massive gems be pulled out of the mud in Arkansas and just assumed that Michigan was impoverished by comparison.
Great video, I love the snowball white quartz. The Amethyst is beautiful, and I always love green rocks. I recently went on a fantastic rock hunting trip to Gemstone beach in New Zealand, I brought home so many green rocks, I love them. Love the red stone you cut
WOW! That's the same beach we tried to hunt back in late September that was just brutal. The water is like glass now! I'm gonna have to bring a dry suit and a snorkel next time I'm up! And that amethyst... HOLY COW!
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, that was the day we caught a storm front from the north, temp dropped into the 20's, wind was 45 mph, waves were like 90 feet high and angry... LOL!
You guys found some amazing rocks this time! I’m really enjoying when you say “I’ll take that home and slab it”, and then you do a cut away scene showing the slabs at home. Or showing a cut scene of an agate at home in better light. That’s super cool!
Funny I said the samething right before he did cool GODSPEED
I enjoy the “cut away” instead of waiting months to see a gorgeous rock slabbed.
I'll do my best to keep doing stuff like that. I can't do it every time, but I can most of the time.
I like the cut away cuts as well ❤
I'm addicted to these videos... currently watching these before bedtime... the waves are so calming and the stones are beautiful ! Happy to learn from you
Sweet dreams.
Thanks
Love rock hunting in the water. Another place is the Yakima river south of Ellensburg in the state of Washington.
That's a bit of a drive for me.
Awesome find Sam! The Amethyst rock is amazing. Great rock hunt guys and gal. The first black rock you found Rob is interesting.
I liked that first one a lot. I sure hope it tumbles well.
You are correct it is a basalt and it's in Abundance in maine, it won't tumble well but it do polish by hand quite well
Such a find! So many neat elements! Can not wait to get back to the big Superior
You are rich in rock diversity there!
Nice!
Yes we are.
Yes, I liked that Magnetite, cool. 👍
My late dad retired to Tucson, and of course desert rocks, or rocks from that part of the country have a fascinating story to tell as well. Cool!!!
I like the green stones too, especially epidote and unakite. I live outside of Phoenix, where not too far from here, I found lots of epidote. I also found some unakite (epidote and feldspar, with quartz). I really need to make a trip to the Great Lakes. The rocks are amazing!
And I need to take a trip to Arizona. I've never been there and would like to see it someday.
Rock on Friends. Thanks Rob.😊
im in Ely, mn. obviously in camping country, but we love nothing more than coming your way to camp and rock hunt.
nice amethyst find!
It's more fun to camp away from home and see something different.
Oh, my word! So many beautiful rocks in their natural state. I kept yelling in my head "Put it in the tumbler!!" :)
Awesome video dear friend, have a happy day!
Thanks!
Rockin Rob-in
Several cool finds. I love that you hide some for others to find. That is so cool.
I haven't had anyone find the last two I hid yet. At least no on that has notified me.
Love the square polka-dot rock
Me too. I hope it polishes well.
That’s some great finds big ones for sure. Sam is becoming a great rockhound.❤❤
He has been a great rockhound for awhile now. He was a natural right from the start.
I want them all! Nice hunt. Great friends.
It’s so fun to watch you all having fun on the beach! Can’t wait to make a trip up that way ❤
Looks like a pretty great haul this trip, it's always fun when you have others along as well. Thanks for taking us along for the ride :)
I like having company too.
Amethyst Burger is possibly my favourite find across all of these videos (although there are so many lovely rocks, it's hard to choose!)
It's delicious looking for sure! I couldn't believe when he found that.
Sam, got an incredible find while you all were rock-hounding on the beach. I would love to see that thing tumbled and polished! Great job!!
a little sad I didn't find htis channel while my old dog was still alive
she loved rocks, stones, pebbles. clinker, anything
mind, she'd have had the whole TV in her mouth watching this video
what a great episode
Was your dog's name Clifford?
That's a big bite!
@@wbsc56 She sure was a big ol' lump. Like one of those fridge freezer shaped pork pies, beautiful, golden brown like a sunset but twice as big and good lookin.
Her smiles and frowns only a little smaller than her heart. She lives on in mine now and I'll tell you, it's a squeeze *_:' )_*
That amethyst was super cool! You all found some really impressive agates. 🥰😇😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Very nice stones
SE Michigan…here
❤️ love yr video-shares
“I know that water is COLD”
11:29
It's very cold. That was a warm day so at least our hands warmed up when they came out. I wouldn't want to wade in it though.
Absolutely incredible amethyst find! Congrats! Definitely a top shelf find.
Wow! That water sure is clear too!
As Michigan baby, don't you tell anybody or we'll come and get you. We're not sharing. I don't care what the news is
Great finds guys (and gal)!! I love Lake Superior. My main problem is WAAYYY too many pretty rocks!
No problem, you just have to learn to be very selective.
Love Grand Marais ❤
I wouldn't know one rock from another, but I'd keep most of the rocks you threw back.😊
Wow! This second hunt of the day had some great finds! That one striped rock that Sam found looked suspiciously like petrified wood. You should take some of the porphyry home and slab it. Agate Dad does it and they can be really beautiful.
I don't love porphyry as much as Taylor does. I found a couple today and left them behind. I suppose I could bring one home and slice it for you though. Maybe next time.
@@MichiganRocks well, I wouldn't mind lol. I like the crystal formations in them. No matter what you decide I'm still a huge fan of you and your channel!
I love watching you and the ability to see the beautiful clear water as you carefully select your rocks.
Do you ever sell any rocks? Would you be willing to pick me out some and mail them to me if I pay you? Don't think I'll ever get to Michigan any time soon.
First rock; Nat says "Great explanation, Sam!"
I thought so too. That was a really fun find.
I have to admit that I miss Lake Michigan and all the pretty rocks… I moved to Colorado because I love the mountains but every once in a while I miss my big lake.😢
Nancy and I visited Colorado a couple years ago and I was surprised at how much I missed the water, and we were only there for a couple weeks.
Another great video you Rock.
Very cool finds! Great editing as well,from the find to the work shop to slabs. Cheers from Wisconsin.
Thanks!
Great specimens and even better with company. Nice to watch.
Wow! You guys found a lot of really good stuff out there! All those cold water agates and your red skinned one, and that magnetic one was really cool. Not only was it magnetic and a neat looking rock, vut the magnesite was all in triangle formations. Why is that? And you even found a yooperlite, in broad daylight! Thats awesome! And you were a magnet for epidote today! And they were some really pretty green rocks too! And that is the first time ive seen porphyry in squares before too! Ive seen the crystals form rectangles but not squares! Thank you for the wonderful hunt and the find of the day had to be Sam's amethyst agate! What a beauty! Thanks Rob!
The agates in this area are Lake Superior agates, not cold water agates.
I"m not sure why the magnetite forms those geometric shapes. Sometimes it's just mixed together with whatever the red rock is, with no triangles.
I love your videos..Love the sound of the water and the amazing views and of course rocks. Could you show a video on how spheres are made.
I could not show that since I have never made one. It would be fun to do that though.
Wonderful hunt and fun to see a part 2 hunt in the same day! Can you believe that feet of snow fell there only last week? Goodness. I can’t wait to hunt for petoskeys in June when my school year is over. My family and I travel to the Atlanta area. Keep posting your trips.
I don't think they got that snow in the area we were in in this video. I'm not 100% sure though. I know they got 29 inches in Marquette. I got a firsthand report from my sister who lives there.
That Agate Burger Sam found looks delicious!! 🤤
It's a bit overdone. Too crunchy.
@@MichiganRocks Nah, it’s just Cajun Agate 🔥
How do you know the lakes in Michigan are friendly?
They wave
Ha! Good one.
LOVE green rocks... Love ALL rocks... How beautiful guys... Thanks so much!
Impressive finding a yooperlite during the day! Massive skills!
I'm about 50% on identifying them in the daylight. I found another one a couple days ago, but it only had one little speck of sodalite in it.
Thanks for the ridealong, appreciate it.
It looked like an amethyst burger. Very cool.
Very fun video. My dad grew up in traverse city. I used to collect rocks from the d day beach by the sleeping bear dunes. This was in the 70's. I would drag them in my beach towel to the car. Then to the cottage. In traverse city. Back home to Pgh, pa. My husband and I took our daughters in 2000. Then we went back 2019. Empty nesters. So different going on vacation without the kids. Thank you so much for sharing. Lots of great memories. 💙💙🩷🫶🫶🫶🪣🪣🪣
We are empty nesters too. We adapted pretty quickly, but it sure is different.
This was amazing!
Love the video, Rob! Sam's amethyst is cool, but I liked your slabbed hematite more... that thing is awesome!!
Really? I guess I liked Sam's because it was so unusual for that area. We've found it before, but never that big and awesome.
Its those young eyes of Sam's why he's finding them! 😂 It sucks getting old! 😅 That magnetite is gorgeous! Beautiful finds! 😊
I'm torn between wearing my cheaters and leaving them off. I usually leave them off, but I'm constantly putting them on to look at the rocks that I pick up. It does suck getting old.
@Michigan Rocks I wear my glasses with bifocals only when I go rock hounding. Its the only time I wear them...but i don't want to miss any cool rocks! 😎 😊
I wondered how often rock hunters steal each others prizes. 😜 When I was a young boy I once found an almost clear quartz crystal while on a picnic with my cousins in the Sierra Nevadas. I was very proud of it. When we got ready to go home my crystal was gone. I'm glad that didn't make any accusations but I've always wondered how it disappeared and where it ended up. Thanks for the video Rob!
It wasn't winter was it? I have found some very nice, clear quartz only to find a puddle of water later where I set it in the house.
@@MichiganRocks 😂It was early summer and at a fairly low (warmer) altitude but that was an excellent question.
Thank-You for the early season explore !! ❤
Sam's young strong eyes win the day! 😊
Yep, he's good at spotting agates. I think I would have seen that HUGE amethyst if I had walked by it. That would be hard to miss.
Fun day, great rocks too
Love that brilliant white quartzite!
And love the really red jasper mossy types.
Another great video & rock find! Nice to see the next generation getting enjoyment out of it as well. Man I miss my home state! Probably one of the reasons why I watch your channel. 😉
I hear that a lot. People move away and then miss the big lakes.
@@MichiganRocks and the trees & fireflies! Don't miss the winters & mosquitoes in the summer. Lol
@@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353 Are fireflies unique to Michigan?
@@MichiganRocks I've only lived in the thumb area of Michigan, and went camping around Tawas area several times where fireflies were around. Other Eastern states I'm sure have them. They say fireflies have been seen in the Rocky Mountain States here & there, but I have lived here for 35 yrs & never seen one?
@@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353 I thought they were everywhere. They're definitely here.
I had no idea there was natural amethyst in Lake Superior! That is a beautiful piece. It almost looks like a big, huge smile! A gorgeous paperweight! Love it! Used to rock hunt too🙂but bad OA hips won't let me now:(
I'm sorry you can't get out anymore. Hopefully I can fill a little of that void for you.
@@MichiganRocks You are 🤗 thank you for the wonderful videos! Happy hunting, I'll be watching!
Just curious. Have you ever tripped & fallen face first into the water this early in your rock hunts? You know that water is ICY COLD... there's probably ice bergs floating somewhere.
I have never fallen face first into the water on _any_ of my rock hunts.
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
That amethyst looks like a set of teeth smiling! 💜
That's what we thought. Maybe after eating a grape candy.
It does!
Yep! The magnatite did look cool slabbed!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Pretty amethyst and a variety of interesting rocks... looks like y'all are having so much fun!!
That was a very fun day.
0: 52. I Finally cought on. It's a double meaning!
Michigan Rocks.
Yes it does. It's the best state of all in the summertime. Thanks for the videos and
the title/title
For me, Michigan Rocks is almost a triple meaning. I do videos showing rocks from Michigan, the state itself is beautiful, and I also graduated from the University of Michigan.
Lake Superior has so many beautiful and colorful stones to see along its shores! I want to go there someday.
Lake Superior is an awesome place to rock hunt.
The Lake Superior water--it's just so clear and clean-looking, and there is so much of it; makes me happy. I know Lake Baikul in Russia contains 20% of Earth's freshwater/I believe the great lakes do, too. Oh, and my mom would take all of those rocks home that would fit into the car.
I don't know the percentage, but the Great Lakes do contain an awful lot of the world's fresh water.
You know Life is Good , when you appreciate ROCKS ! Nice Stuff ! I have a friend that went to Gitcha Gumee to hunt rocks with his U.V./ Black light , a week or so ago ., like freckles in the rocks under the light , they look after dark
Those are fun to hunt.
Wow, I really like that first stone. It is really cool! Wish I up there to get that yooperlite also. Thanks for sharing.
That first one was my second favorite after Sam's amethyst.
Awesome indeed!!!
Very nice finds.
An awesome cut!
Thank you for sharing this ❤
Fun stuff. Fun. Thanks.
I love all those rocks.
❤❤❤ Love that Beach.....
Nice picking, amethyst is beautiful.
all those cool looking rocks, been hinking about going there 👋
I wish you good luck and lasting success🌹🌹🌹
Great find superior lake
I agree Green is a great color especially with White . Three years ago I watched your video and have seen every one since. Now I have a number of tumblers, flat lap, lap saw and cab machine. My wife hates you although I started making jewelry which has had a positive effect. You helped make retirement more of an adventure with all of this.
Ha ha! I can understand why she hates me. Start making her some nice stuff and she might come around.
That was the best rock beach in a while. Lots of good ones. It looked like a great day. Sam has an amazing agate eye.the amethyst was gorgeous, That’s my birth stone. I love the yooperlites too.
Did you see last week's video? That was from earlier in the day. I thought we did pretty well there too.
@@MichiganRocks Yep. I never miss a video. Sometimes I forget and am a few days late, but I watch them all. That was a busy day.
Nice trip lots of cool finds thanks for sharing 😊
The Amethyst rock looked like a big smile!
Sam's face sure had a big smile.
I'm jelly... congratulations y'all 🎉 great video
Awsome finds
That was amazing 👏 😀
No place like Lake Superior! Instead of sand you get awesome rocks!!
Sand is overrated.
WOW! looks like amethist in this one what an absolute beauty!
It is amethyst.
Pretty sure the rock at 1:00 is a Feldspar Porphyry.
Someone else said the same thing. Seems like a good guess to me.
So I’ve never been rock hunting (in an up-north sort of way). I’ve decided to head up north for a few days of rock hunting Michigan shores. Are there any beaches that I shouldn’t miss?
That’s a hard question to answer. You haven’t told me where you’re headed. Lake Huron? Michigan? Superior? Even then, there’s no guarantee that you’ll find anything at beaches I recommend.
Looks like you early birds had a great time 👍
That looked like a fun day.
It was!
Makes me want to leave Southern California and be a rocker girl!
Finding rocks is what all the cool girls are doing these days.
IMHO California is way better due to gold nuggets to be found, as well as a way richer geological offering.
@@michaelmelling9333 We don't have much gold here, but we're not lacking in rich geological offerings. The Keweenaw Peninsula alone has a lot of different minerals. Check out the list here: www.mindat.org/loc-11425.html
Other parts of the state have different rocks and minerals than what can be found in the Keweenaw, including a lot of fossils. Then there are all the Canadian rocks that hitch a ride on a glacier and ended up here.
I'm sure California has great stuff too, but we're not hurting for geology here in Michigan.
@MichiganRocks Wow, that's one heck of a list! I've always thought Michigan was pretty much only known for copper, Petoskey stones, and salt. I've seen some gorgeous and massive gems be pulled out of the mud in Arkansas and just assumed that Michigan was impoverished by comparison.
@@michaelmelling9333 No, we're not hurting for interesting rocks and minerals at all.
Hi Rob 👋 hope you find alot of gorgeous AGATES Bro Good Luck 👍😃
Great video, I love the snowball white quartz.
The Amethyst is beautiful, and I always love green rocks.
I recently went on a fantastic rock hunting trip to Gemstone beach in New Zealand, I brought home so many green rocks, I love them. Love the red stone you cut
I think we should do a rock exchange program. I'd love to visit New Zealand, and you seem to enjoy Michigan.
@@MichiganRocks book a flight to NZ then 🤣,
Boa noite adorei o vídeo muito bom 👏👏👏
WOW! That's the same beach we tried to hunt back in late September that was just brutal. The water is like glass now! I'm gonna have to bring a dry suit and a snorkel next time I'm up!
And that amethyst... HOLY COW!
Rough day when you were there? I've had more calm days in that area than rough, although there have been plenty of rough days too.
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, that was the day we caught a storm front from the north, temp dropped into the 20's, wind was 45 mph, waves were like 90 feet high and angry... LOL!
Love you brother ❤️🙏