A PURPLE Montana Agate!? One of our RAREST Finds Yet & Gorgeous Moss Agates Everywhere!
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this one, we head out to one of my favorite spots on the Yellowstone and hit the jackpot! Beautiful moss agates everywhere, rainbow jaspers, petrified and agatized wood, a beautiful Montana agate limb cast and to top it all of off is one of the rarest agates I've ever found, a PURPLE Montana Agate!!! It was one fantastic day for sure! After we get back to the shop, we get everything cleaned off and get some good closeups on all of our finds! I hope you all enjoy this awesome hunt, and I will have another one out very soon!
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The rocks in Montana are so gorgeous, and yes, I agree banded chert is not given enough love. It is, as another person mentioned, so much fun for those of us with physical challenges to get out in the field. Being able to “go there” with you and your family makes my day, over and over again. Thank you and blessed be.
Wow, that purple is spectacular, but believe it or not, the green jasper also took my breath away. I submit a request that you use your sculpting talent to shape that brilliantly green jasper!
Ooo! That green would be amasing carved!😱 fantastic idea!😄
Yeah, the green was also spectacular!
All the colours of the rainbow, that blue/purple stone was so beautiful...Im sure in time you make something special out of it 👍💞💞💞💞
That purple Agate is amazing! I also wanted to thank you for filming around Yellowstone while you're there. I'm mobility challenge, so I will never be able to go. So, I really appreciate being able to see the beauty of our national parks through your channel.
Isn't this awesome 👏. One person's action bring joy and gratitude to anothers life. Truly a blessing.
O U T S T A N D I N G THEO . It doesn't get any better than that . I too found a softer blue agate , lighter than yours . It's the shape of a pear , but the size of a medium egg , but perfectly cut in half . I was lucky to find it at all. I would love the opportunity to hunt on the Yellow Stone river for these beauties you'r finding . Recently I found another beauty , a Carnelian agate similar in shape but longer , and cut in half . It had betrothal bubbles and tiny Druzy everywhere .I gave it to my mom just before her last surgery , It serves many issues , but security and good health are the main reason . Second reason , is because it's the same surgery that killed her twice on the table . I gave it to her for support. And she came out of surgery without any issues. So the rocks and things we find on the river banks , and gravel bars , can actually assist in the healing process , and it promotes longevity amongst many other positive attributes Sorry about the book I wrote Theo lmao. Cheers my friend
Wow that blue/purple is out of this world. It will be a nice piece of jewellery for Alexis.
All are beautiful! Favorite is purple agate. Gorgeous!! Wire wrap it and make a pendent out of it.
What a great trip , your honey, you doggies and rocks. Does it get any better... well, a bit warmer with the sun out,not now I'm being picky. I loved all the jaspers best but that b e a u t I f u l purple one is a killer. I think I liked your reaction better that the stone. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
That purple agate is stellar!!!
Oh wow]!!! Yhe color's are stunning and that purple agate us breath taking]!!! 💜
Love that gorgeous purple agate, so beautiful!! I am amazed by how cool and colorful rocks are!!
You do get the most fantastic and beautiful rocks. That green Jasper would make a fabulous frog 🐸.
Great idea! Ive been getting a lot of suggestions to carve that one so i think im going to have to at this point!😂 its such a nice one!
Just WOW that purple 💜 omgoodness
That green jasper. Yowza. Love the pet wood too. TFS 💖🦅🦅
Wow! Definitely your go to place ... they're all awesome, but luv the purple👍
Oh nice! Right brefore the aventurine that agate! You want to slab that! Nice rocks there i need to visit there!
Purple’s my favorite color too! For sure that was my favorite. Although you got some great mossy agates.
That purple is stunning, but then so is most of what you picked up! Thanks for sharing the Yellowstone with this west coaster
I didn’t think they came in purple. What an amazing trip to the river. Right on Theo.😎
I didnt either!😂 ive found a handful of blues but i hadnt even heard of a purple montana agate before that one, thanks so much for watching!
wow purple agate . hats off sir .lol the crazy part you are no where near the holly blues!!! what a find
The limb cast is awesome!
Wao,hamparan batu terbentang dilokasi.
Banyak sekali batu yang indah ditemukan disana kawan.
Pengen rasanya saya ingin mencari disana bersama anda.
Good job my friend 👍
Wow that purple is so sweet 😍 and yes that is the best find
Is the purple just a beautiful chunk of Amethyst? All the rocks are fantastic, but that green Jasper is sooo nice!
Dude, primo spot! One day my hubby and I hope to make it to Montana to hunt. I'm a bit Jelly, but love my socal stones and minerals
Dude!!!, “smaller than my thumb” your a friken giant so…. I can’t wait to see what you facet with it.
Had to add to my post. Score. So many favorites. Just wow. 🤩
Awesome finds as always man! Sunny Gem just sent me a pile of purple agate, been cleaning it up. Incredible color!
That was a wonderful day on the Yellowstone.
Thank you for bringing me along
Are you sure the shell wasn’t a fresh water clam? Fab rocks with the pack. That blue is surreal…wowza! Thanks for the video
Yes i only know that they are mussels because i went down a rabbit hole a while back to figure out the species name; they are fatmucket freshwater mussels, and with a name like that they are hard to forget🤣 but they have amazing mother of pearl and take a phenomenal polish so i always get very excited every time i find those, really an unflattering name for such a pretty shell though😂
@@TheoKellison thanks for replying…I found “fatmucket”. Is is a hilarious name. I thought you referred to it as a fossil, and it isn’t…but I’m probably hearing things😁😁
My favorites are the green one, the blue one and the red one I said you should slab! I can’t wait to see them when they’re done…
Oh. You have succeeded in making me very homesick. I used to come home from a weekend in the Rockies around Helena with my pockets full of rocks. Lost in Kansas now and missing the rocks. 💕
My favorite color is purple also! So its obvious which is my favorite! But all of your finds were really awesome! That limb cast stole my heart as well, but the agatized wood on the yellowstone, has always been a show stopper! And round three of the makers challenge, is a great surprise! when you feature different channels and artisan rock hounds, you promote what we rock hounds can do with our prize finds and bring recognition to these other channels. Thank you for all youve done for rock hounds everywhere! You are amazing!
Thank you so much!😄 that seriously means a lot! Its always so much fun to see what everyone comes up with, the variety is always astounding and so much talent is on full display😄 this community is absolutely fantastic and filled with sooo many amazing people so im more than happy to do my part and spread the love and attention as much as i can😄 also absolutely agree! The green jasper or the limb cast would have been my favorites but that purple stole the show for me anyway😄 never seen one like it before! Thanks so much for watching!
Ok, had to rinse out my drool rag! Hahahaha
That petwood is killer cool, ( which one) all of them ....👍😉
This is the kind of place where I would bring a folding chair, sit down and really look at the rocks surrounding me. Beats wandering aimlessly and I tend to find a lot I really would have missed. Plus my knees are shot. Getting new ones this spring.
Wow! That area you were finding all those states and petrified wood is just stunning!! I could spend a whole week there just turning over every beautiful rock!! I think I might need to bring a sturdy garden wagon I could tow around a fill with rocks😁 Sometimes I see stones I want you to pick up so I can check them out, but there's no way of yelling," Hey what about that one over there!"😀 Nice collection though. I am in New Zealand, so little chance of coming there at the moment. Can you tell me the name of the place so I can read up about what has made all those beautiful rocks.?
I'm from New Zealand too and would love to go there too.
Definitely know what you mean!😂 we may have ti do a rock hunt live stream sometime so i can let everyone pick the rocks that come home🤣 just need ti find a place that would have cell reception😅 and most of my river hunts are on the Yellowstone river in Montana here in the states😄 its a 600 mile long river that cuts through an enormous amount of different geologic exposures and is fed by yellowstone lake in yellowstone national park, which are big contributing factors for the variety that we find along the river😄 you really never know what you might find on the yellowstone!
Great video my friend!! Thank you for sharing!!
I love, love, love the purple and the green is outstanding . All are beautiful.
Nice purple find. Now to find the source
What a great find...along with the other stuff. As pretty a purple agate as I've ever seen and I've got some great Or. and Nv. purple agates. Envious of that one though!
This purple agate is great !! a lot of nice stones !
Whatta fantastic day with such magical finds! That purple is mind blowing! Wow!
Hey Theo love the agates you found. Pretty awesome stuff. Love the purple one especially. Thanks for sharing your videos. Love your dogs also.
Very good day!
That purple was my favorite this round what an amazing hunt! I'm really excited to see the slabs for the green jasper too 😁
I’ve never seen a rock so GREEN! Love the blue/purple!
It was so very green! We find green jaspers every now and then but i couldnt believe the different shades of green in that one😄 im extremely excited to see that one with a polish
I love love sugar love that purple agate!! Fantastic find, congratulations! I love the bright green aventurine & the green jasper too! Such a great day for you, Alexa & the 4 kiddos!
Gorgeous!💜🌲
Super lindo vidros Theo! Ainda quero ver meu nome na sua descrição amigo. Lindas rochas coloridas!8
You walked right past so many awesome potential bonsai trees.
Hi Theo, My favorite was the second green jasper, wow!!! Great finds!!! 👍😊
My favorite find of this hunt is the purple agate!!! I LOVE purple!!! 💜💜💜
Same here!😄 is always an instant win in my book!
Thank you so much for the close-ups ! Great finds ! I love the agates and the petrified wood.
great day ! ! !
Montana agates are really beautiful!
OMG that blue violet stone is crazy beautiful!
Good eye and I love your enthusiasm! So much fun!
Definitly one your best finds that purple agate, wow! The dark green jasper is not too shabby either. Great start of the rock hunting season.
I love your blue rock so much I think you should make cabochon and maching earrings. I'm going now gotta get back to your video don't want to mess anything. Thanks Ray 😊
PURPLE!!! Wow do you need to adopt a grandma?? I so bad want to do what you do, where you do it, just once before I die!!
Wow such awesome finds. I too love banded chert. Here I find gray/black and brown/ tan. I have 1 that is black/gray that looks like glass. It is my favorite piece. I wish I could find green jasper. So beautiful. I hope I am able to get out this year and do some rockhounding. Couldn't do much last year do to physical health issues. Not gonna let it hold me back this year. Just loved every bit of this video. That purple agate is so spectacular. Purple is my favorite color too. Thanks for sharing.
These are INSANE, Theo!!! One day i want to get out there to hunt the Yellowstone!!!
Beautiful hunt.
Purple def my fav Donatello all the way
Okay, that purple 💜 is amazing! I really loved the green jasper too! What a perfect day of hunting!
Still cant believe that purple😁 thanks so much for watching!
What a hunt! hopefully i can find even half of what you found when i get there in May. i’ll probably be kicking over rocks for days!😂. Hope to run into you at the show. Have fun in Florida!
Great haul my friend! All of them took my breath away
That purple might be a corundum (sapphire). You should have a gemologist look at it. Love it!
Dude it's ALWAYS a good day when you post 🤗
Thank you so much!!! That seriously means a lot!☺
I do love the purple agate, purple is my favorite color too...and the super green jasper is pretty awesome too. But I was really digging the yellow and green jasper in the slideshow as well as the the red jasper in the slideshow....bunch of good finds! Thanks for sharing!
No shortage of color in those jaspers thats for sure!😄 never know what you might turn up on the yellowstone! Thanks so much for watching!
Amazing video 👍👍
Wow Theo! The purple agate is amazing, and that’s some of the prettiest petrified wood I’ve seen! Fantastic agates and gorgeous Jaspers! Can’t help but wonder if you will use one of these beautiful finds in the makers challenge!! Hi to Alexis, nice finds!!😄
Never a dull day on the yellowstone thats for sure!😄
That blue/ purple agate is amazing. Just stunning. You get some neat petrified wood where you are and banded chert is neat to find buy kinda rare where i am. Some of your finds just blow my mind sir. Thank you for taking the time to make this video Theo.
4:28 i find a LOT of these and didnt realize they were agates because they are very large .. some as big as a basketball. so thanks :D
👍😎👍 Awesome finds!
Nice finds especially that blue/purple one! Haven't been hunting yet, but soon will get to go. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great vid!
My color green love that jasper
I don't know if you've ever done this, but I would love for you to pan over all those really interesting (to my mind, anyway) plain rocks that you don't even look at. I think I would bring home half the river bottom!
Love the purple one 💜
Thank you! Great hunt. I'd check the hardness and destiny of the purple one. There is always that long shot of a Sapphire.
Awesome purple agate😍 I love looking (hunting?) for agates but here where I am in northern Minnesota I don't find but Lil tiny agates😕 I so want to go to Montana and hunt the Yellowstone River for awesome finds like you.....give me good locations to look😉😉😉😉
Honestly thats the beauty of the yellowstone😄 it is a massive river about 600 miles long, and there are prime agates anywhere downstream of billings, so you can pretty much stop anywhere along the river and find some good ones!😄
What an amazing color on that Agate....man I'm envious with you getting to rockhound at Yellowstone regularly. Up in the northeast here it is, Granite, Granite, Quartz and more Granite, interspersed with the occasional better find like Amethyst or Garnet.
Awesomeness
Really amazing stuff. I have only been in MT for coming on 3 yrs now and really appreciate your videos as well as as your Mom's. I share them with my family and friends. I have been fortunate to find some agagtized wood and a beautiful MT Crazy Lce Agate Heart Rock that has pockets of Goeodic Crystal's, Nodules, and really nice Banding throughout. The most spectacular attribute is it's "Crown " of Crystal calcite. I would be happy to send pictures if you like as I am seeking advice on what to do with it.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Jason C. Johnson
SFC(R) U.S.ARMY
QUESTIONS:
1. Will you be doing any garnet, sapphire, or jade hunting even on your regular hunts along the Yellowstone?
I ask because I've found unexpected gems (may have found jet, definitely jade with chatoyancy, carnelian, etc.) all in Yakima county. The Montana sapphires are so exciting along with star garnet I've seen carved into spheres on TikTok and seeing some potential cobbles of jade on your journeys I'm silently hoping that you'll just announce you're going to be looking.
2. What are the requirements to be invited to the Makers Challenge? So many videos posted on UA-cam, ability, amount of followers?
I just found a whole bunch of very similar rocks on a hillside close to the Columbia River just outside of the Dalles Oregon. It's fascinating knowing they came from Montana.
Wow. Nice 🤩
You deserve an extraordinary WOWZIER treasure! PURPLE!! WWWHHHAATT??!!
what a find!
That is at least a $300 dollar Agate/Chalcedony you have there. Definitely something special, I wish I had buckets of those. I say $300 because of the fact that it is from Montana. Normally a piece that size of the same colors is maybe $30-$50 dollars, but that is very rare for where it came from. You could make a gold/silver necklace and get maybe 5 flawless cabochons out of that and give it to Alexis as a gift.
You need to go there when it's raining!
Well, i got some good news! I will not doe in the next 6 months… yay! That means i get to watch you longer! I’m a rockhound and people look at me funny because I’m 58 and love rock hunting!
That purple agate! Jesus take the wheel!
You're favorite color!🍆🟣🟪
Alexis is my favorite.
@@MontanaRockMom mine too🤣
Okay, so let's get this out of the way first... OMGPURPLEHOLYSNOTTHAT'SAMAZING!!!!!
Now, having said that, it was a GREAT day for mossy agates too. You got some real prizes that should cut VERY well.
By the way, if you love banded chert and agatized wood, you HAVE to make a trip down here to Texas - I can bring you to some material that would blow your mind. Wood 3 inches thick that you can see through, and chert with colors and patterns that are unbelievable. I'd love to send you some samples or at least some photos.
That sounds amazing! Texas is on the bucket list for sure!!! So much fantastic fossils and rocks down there!😄 really hoping to make that trip in the next few years!
You guys sure hit the jack pot today ! I love it wow
Always amazing finds 😊, it’s always a awesome day out hunting rocks 💙😊, wow the blues and purples are always amazing finds 💙😊thank you for sharing 😊💙
Too many nice ones, to say which one is my favorite. I really liked the last green jasper you showed, with the different shades of green. Awesome finds! Do you think any of your agates today are iris agates?
I was thrilled about that green jasper! Had it not been for the purple, that definitely wouldve been "find of the day" for me😄 and i am very hopeful about a few of them! Most are just typical moss agates but theres definitely a handful in there i have hopes for!
Floyd is trying to tell you Timmy is in the well
Great rock finds ❤