That was a very cool road cut! You guys are so lucky to have moved to an area that is so fossil rich! I love minerals, don't get me wrong, but fossils and prehistory, hold my heart! That being said, you guys have found some amazing agate rich areas too! Lol! Utah is just an ideal area. It really does have just about everything you could want to look for, and then there are the views! Such a great move! You picked an ideal location and you are in the center of so many great spots! Thanks Jared and Sara, for everything!❤
There's a town in Arizona named Snowflake, when I was a child my parents owned 40 acres there. It was packed with petrified wood. There was an entire tree trunk on our land. But chunks were everywhere! Something you might want to consider for a little trip?
Thank you for the laugh with the walking stick. When you said "someone on the internet knows", I went straight to the comments section and said to my wife, "lets see how many comments before someone says what it is." The third comment at the time was about the bug. lol I'm with you on the mineral vs fossil thing. I like them but I can only identify the varieties that are overly abundant around me. Crinoids and Bivalves from the Devonian Era. I managed to find a "death plate" with a bunch of Crinoid stems all lumped together and the whole thing was a silicate, chert, replacement. much more durable than the limestone it replaced but the silicate replaced the fossils and the limestone so it is all one piece of rock and makes it looks almost fake, like someone tried to carve the crinoids into the chert.
So happy to see you both in fossil land! 😅 In my past experience. The best time to visit such localities (again) is just after the winter thaw (if you have one), or after a hard rain. New material is continuous. Hope you two are doing well. 🙏
I hypothesize the Salish sea was a subglacial great Lake at lower elevation than a higher subglacial great Lake in the Central BC far north Okanagan highlands. Under extreme melt events primarily around 14 thousand years ago, a system of subglacial tunnel channels following low mountain passes became supercharged and filled Lakes Missoula, Columbia, and, my discovery, out through the Salish Sea subglacial reservoir, over Vancouver Island low mountain passes, over Olympics passes (Hoh Valley eg), and south through Olympia and into the Columbia at Longview. Lots of other outflow points are likely as well.
I have found spiral shells in Ashdown Creek, only a few miles from where you are. Some are over 2” long. I have found a piece of rock with whole shells but I have not been able to determine the layer (in the cliffside) that is the source.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding lol, I think you’re right. I think it’s the same stuff that the books say you can find on Kolob Terrace. Either way, probably not worth looking for. But, as I mentioned elsewhere, the Gastropods in Ashdown Creek can be several inches long. You can find them before you reach the wilderness boundary. I have found a few nice agates in the creek as well.
When hitting roadcuts near the lane of traffic, a reflective vest is good. Cops never stop but sometimes people will drive by and look or stop and ask if our car is having issues but the safety vest keeps everyone rolling.
If you drive a little further up the mountain, there’s an overpass that crosses coal creek, off to the left you can see the remains of the original Cedar mountain rd. If you walk down that way, I found better fossils there good luck.
What a wonderful channel. I have been watching alot of your videos. Welcome to Utah. I am a underground and surface miner and prospector. I also do a youtube channel. I have my own mining claims for gold. I do alot of rockhounding with my family and solo I am in central Utah there is many wonderful places to rockhound here in Utah.
Cool place and fossils. Sara is correct as usual. . . It is a Walking Stick. Thanks. We'll need to go check out this location. Thanks again guys!
Walking Stick bugs are something new to me!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding How about the leaf insects? They're also quite fancy!
I loved seeing Mr. Walking Stick, It's remarkable how they know how to blend in. Fossils are so interesting. Thanks for another cool video.
That was a very cool road cut! You guys are so lucky to have moved to an area that is so fossil rich! I love minerals, don't get me wrong, but fossils and prehistory, hold my heart! That being said, you guys have found some amazing agate rich areas too! Lol! Utah is just an ideal area. It really does have just about everything you could want to look for, and then there are the views! Such a great move! You picked an ideal location and you are in the center of so many great spots! Thanks Jared and Sara, for everything!❤
It’s a walking stick. It’s perfectly camouflaged for it’s environment.I enjoy your variety of destinations. ❤
Thanks for another video drop. U2 (you two)are really busy this year making videos always appreciated. Thanks again.
Yup, a walking stick. It looks like a nice place to pull over for about 15 minutes. Love the finds. Lots of new places for you to hunt.
It’s a walking stick. I’ve never seen one in person, but my wife has, and she said that’s what it is. I didn’t know we had them in Utah. Very cool!
OK, let’s be honest, I creeps me out. LOL. I’m not a bug person.
I can confirm this, but yeah I'm not a bug person.
LOL
@@jodeath2000 I think the walking stick is a really cool bug!!
@@amberandrews6842 certainly unique!
That stick bug was so cool! Great fossils too.
There's a town in Arizona named Snowflake, when I was a child my parents owned 40 acres there. It was packed with petrified wood. There was an entire tree trunk on our land. But chunks were everywhere! Something you might want to consider for a little trip?
Definitely a walking stick ! We have bunches of them here in Tennessee
This would be my first time seeing them! They seem a little unreal to be honest.
Thank you for the laugh with the walking stick. When you said "someone on the internet knows", I went straight to the comments section and said to my wife, "lets see how many comments before someone says what it is." The third comment at the time was about the bug. lol
I'm with you on the mineral vs fossil thing. I like them but I can only identify the varieties that are overly abundant around me. Crinoids and Bivalves from the Devonian Era. I managed to find a "death plate" with a bunch of Crinoid stems all lumped together and the whole thing was a silicate, chert, replacement. much more durable than the limestone it replaced but the silicate replaced the fossils and the limestone so it is all one piece of rock and makes it looks almost fake, like someone tried to carve the crinoids into the chert.
It does help at times to ask the collective about something. I just don't know much at all about insects.
I am not sure about the pure rock mineral of gypsum , but gypsum can be added to soil with heavy clay content to break down the clay.
So happy to see you both in fossil land! 😅 In my past experience. The best time to visit such localities (again) is just after the winter thaw (if you have one), or after a hard rain. New material is continuous. Hope you two are doing well. 🙏
It's a fun new world for sure.
Nice fossil specimens
That thing on the rock is a giraffe.
I agree with Sara, it's a Stick bug
Good video. Cool intro.
Thank you!
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I hypothesize the Salish sea was a subglacial great Lake at lower elevation than a higher subglacial great Lake in the Central BC far north Okanagan highlands. Under extreme melt events primarily around 14 thousand years ago, a system of subglacial tunnel channels following low mountain passes became supercharged and filled Lakes Missoula, Columbia, and, my discovery, out through the Salish Sea subglacial reservoir, over Vancouver Island low mountain passes, over Olympics passes (Hoh Valley eg), and south through Olympia and into the Columbia at Longview. Lots of other outflow points are likely as well.
Nice wide road cut!
I see them here in Michigan. We calls em walking sticks. Always an interesting sight.
I pity the fools that don't love a good roadcut 😁
I have found spiral shells in Ashdown Creek, only a few miles from where you are. Some are over 2” long. I have found a piece of rock with whole shells but I have not been able to determine the layer (in the cliffside) that is the source.
Awesome fossils but I didn't see any cephlopods
Pelecypods, a type of bivalve. There were plenty of casts of them.
@@MrPhillip2 my bad I read it wrong thank you for the correction
There is a bed of the stuff in the top right on up the canyon. I think one of the books tells where.
I have been there but I must say its a little sketchy of a spot, you're about 3' from the lane of traffic.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding lol, I think you’re right. I think it’s the same stuff that the books say you can find on Kolob Terrace. Either way, probably not worth looking for. But, as I mentioned elsewhere, the Gastropods in Ashdown Creek can be several inches long. You can find them before you reach the wilderness boundary. I have found a few nice agates in the creek as well.
14:14 I always thought that was Mica.
11:47 that is a stick bug / walking stick. They are very rare in utah
Great video! Curious....do the police or anyone else ever stop to ask what the heck you are doing??
When hitting roadcuts near the lane of traffic, a reflective vest is good. Cops never stop but sometimes people will drive by and look or stop and ask if our car is having issues but the safety vest keeps everyone rolling.
PUT.........THE ROCK...............DOWN m@%#$@^#$@er!
Walking sticks can act defensively, sometimes. We had a cocker that went to sniff one and it chased her.
If you drive a little further up the mountain, there’s an overpass that crosses coal creek, off to the left you can see the remains of the original Cedar mountain rd. If you walk down that way, I found better fossils there good luck.
What a wonderful channel. I have been watching alot of your videos. Welcome to Utah. I am a underground and surface miner and prospector. I also do a youtube channel. I have my own mining claims for gold. I do alot of rockhounding with my family and solo I am in central Utah there is many wonderful places to rockhound here in Utah.
Thank you! I will go check out your videos next.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Awesome thank you.
18:32 can you cut and polish this, please!!!
Great video guys!
I should try that.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Yes, I think it would look awesome. Did you check it out with the UV lights yet?
@@Mike-br8vb I did not but I will now!😃
19:57 Bacculite?
I have no clue.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding maybe @Ontario_Rockhound would know..🤷♂️