What a beautiful day!..this location can be so temperamental. Ruff and slim pickins' one day..and like last time ibwent the water was Iike glass. It's a gamble making the drive. I just love being there and the scenery. Very private. Sorry you didn't cash in on some epic finds,but....you can always go back a different day when your over this way again. The hike through the dunes wasn't to bad was it?..I enjoy it!..btw,..we find a lot of that "agatized coral"..is whatvibcall it..cleans up nice..often u can find many with strong banding..
It was a beautiful day and I really enjoyed the scenery. I met a guy on the beach who grew up in the area and told me the same thing about it being much better on a calm day. He said the rocks are all out in the water, which was inaccessible the day I was there. I really liked the big sandy hill all along the beach. We don't have those over in Lake Huron much. Thanks again for giving me directions to this spot. It was not a wasted trip at all.
Great video Rob. I liked all of the birds in this episode. The little shorebird looked like a juvenile sanderling. My Creative Story: The sight was where somebody disposed of a body. I think it's obvious what the shovel was used for. The fry basket was used to transport the soap, pudding dish, and zip tie. I'm not sure why they didn't just use a bucket. They probably weren't very bright. The soap was used to cleanse themselves of any evidence. The pudding dish was the leftovers of their snack, because let's face it, disposing of a body works up an appetite. They ziptied it to the tree so they could find it again if needed(again they probably weren't very bright). The fact that there were vultures there probably means they didn't do a very good job either(probably because they weren't very bright).
Beautiful, quiet beach to explore; only had to share with the buzzards! Seems like most of the rocks you're finding are/were chert nodules that have weathered out of a nearby carbonate. To me, what's the most interesting is at 10:20; I saw some crossbeds in the dune face, telling me what direction those dunes are moving. 13:10 looks more like a sponge coral that's been silicified than a stromatoporoid. 17:10 is something very similar we're trying to help someone with on Mindat.
Thanks Paul. Those rocks that you think might be chert nodules are sort of translucent. Parts of the rocks looked like chert, but I have never seen chert that was translucent like that. Very different than other stuff I have seen. I'm interested to see how it tumbles. I'm still having trouble learning to identify stromatoporoids. Tbanks for helping out when I make a mistake. I wasn't sure on that one, that was just my best guess.
Rob, all the bigger rocks are buried in the sand. Dig down a foot and use basket to separate sand from rock. Use the soap and pudding cup to clean/rinse rocks.
Wow, amazingly beautiful area! Cool rocks. I accidentally spilled used tumbler water on my freshly finished assignment. Unfortunately, my theory is completely unreadable from the slurry landing on it. On the bright side, I remembered to feed the dog before I wrote it.😂
Beautiful video Rob.... thank you so much for sharing your passion ❤ I really truly appreciate getting to walk on your Beautiful Clean beaches and play with all the pretty rocks and listening to the surf. You are providing a lovely gift and dozens of super big smiles to many who cannot physically join you out there just now. Big Hugs ...and just know that I mention your influence on my purchase every time I order a big package from Shawn at Rockshed. I hope he is sending lots of freebies your way 💜 it's all because of you that I have re-ignited my interest rock play!!
Shawn definitely knows who I am now. I tried to order a replacement Lot-O barrel last year and they were out of stock. I sent a note asking him to let me know when they got one in. When I got my package, there was one in the box with a note that there was no charge. I also got my normal baggie of Tootsie Rolls. I just really like his business and want to help him promote it. He's got great service and great prices too. Thanks for mentioning me when you order.
That was paradise! Although smaller than what you normally find, those were some beautiful finds! I loved the banded iron as the red was really popping. Have a great weekend Rob! Thank you for another great adventure!
Rob.. thank you for your tumbling videos!!! I switched up my grits and the way I was tumbling and I know have successfully tumbled a variety of gemstones and crystals and pet wood with the glass shine and finish look. Thank you again 😊😊
Thanks for letting me know. I put a lot of effort into those videos and it's really nice to know when they actually help someone out. I hear from a lot of people who watch them and enjoy them, but not as much from people who actually have tried what I taught and had success. Thanks again for that!
Thats my most favorite thing to do, I love to rock hunt it really relaxes me I have found many beautiful rocks throughout the years and have saved many of them, its also something about being around the water and the waves that makes me feel really calm!!!!! Wish I knew others that likes to rock hunt it would be nice to rock hunt with others!!!!!
I agree. There are many different colors that the lake can be depending one where you are and also the weather at the time. It ranges from dark blue to light green.
Sweet adventure sure looks like it would have some hidden gems to find , as is some cool finds a great outing thanks for sharing and thank u to your friend for sharing his area
LOVE THAT PLACE.....LOVED the walk to the beach SAND DUNES.....water colors too! SKY BLUES crisp soothing.... Exciting different progression of types of Rock sizes too, but just BEAUTIFUL PLACE to me.......
I don't usually see quite so many birds right on the beach like that. I love the little shore birds. I followed that one for a long ways, it would run in front of me and occasionally fly, but land in front of me again. I even tried walking way away from the water to go around it, but it just kept moving back in front of me. I thought its little legs would fall off.
I didn't bring that one home. It was sort of translucent and the sodalite bearing syenite is opaque. Didn't look like the same stuff to me, but I guess we'll never know for sure.
Finally I had time to sit and watch your video. Liked the sounds and beauty of the place. I believe a man named Robinson used the shovel to dig clams to and clean them in the basket. The next clambake is scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. 🏝
Thank you...I really enjoyed coming along for the adventure & the outstanding scenics. Spent the entire afternoon doing the same on a Lake Erie beach. Every rock I bring home is still a mystery to me!🤔 But, thanks to your channel, I am hooked & hoping to ascend the learning curve!🙂
I think that finding rocks that I can't identify makes it more fun. I'd hate to be finding the exact same things everytime, even if I do have some favorites.
What a great spot, so remote. I always like to have the beach to myself. The spade may indicate an outdoor loo. 😁😂 Maybe it's hiding pirate treasure?? Great video.
My guess would be shovel full of rocks and wash bucket sort of, and lunch. Cool dunes, views and waves. Really cool pieces and rock identification today. Thanks for this beautiful video, my wife and I enjoyed it!
Wow, went out with my wife and kids today hunting down a railroad track and also gravel road. Found our first agates. Oh my what a cool one, I want to say it's an agatized coral rock. Looks like Petoskey on top and blue chalcedony veins running through it all. I could use some help identifying it though, not 100%!
13:06 I think this actually might be a favosites as seen from the side. The rock you showed just before this one could be a stromatoporoid, if it has long, tightly packed lines (would love to see it polished!). The vertical lines in stromatoporoids tend to be difficult to see, if they’re preserved at all. Makes them really hard to differentiate from stromatolites.
Yeah, I have a hard time with stromatoporoids. I'm trying to learn to identify them, but it's slow going. Several people told me that the one at 13:06 is a coral, but opinions on which coral have varied. I'll be tumbling most or all of the ones I brought home from this beach, so you'll get to see them shiny eventually.
At 7:00 the root ball is often called beach ball or lake ball. There is an area in the lake by Wilderness State Park where there are many and various sizes. I don’t see them often when kayaking
Thanks. I have never seen one before, which is weird because I spend a lot of time on beaches. There must need to be the right plants growing in the water to form them.
I wondered about some of these being cold water agates. I have had trouble finding much information about them on the Internet. I do know that they form in sedimentary rocks like limestone instead of volcanic rock like basalt or rhyolite. Do you have a good resource to learn more about them?
@@MichiganRocks no I don't have much info on Coldwater agates. We have lots we have found in Door County. Some with really nice defined bands and colored. My favorite has light blue bands.
The shovel is pretty self explanatory for wandering type of people. You need it to dig... the strainer is for dumping the digging into. The soap is for washing and obviously its zip tied so it doesn't get lost. People who wander hate carrying stuf.
So, I see this is a much older video of yours. But, for some reason it popped up under another video I was watching, that was actually in Michigan also, at least I think thats where this video was made. Looks like it could of been near the Warren Dunes where I visited many many moons ago. What caught my eye was the thumbnail. I find Stromataporids just like those over here in Wisconsin and Illinois along Lake Michigan. I love to tumble them. I think the one at 13:06 is a favosites. I find a bunch of them also and I'm tumbling my first one that has some red in it. Not sure if its iron staining as I soaked it in iron out for quite awhile. I just finished step 3 and it's looking amazing. I seen you found some red and yellow jasper like I find too. It's always fun to see how some rocks in the Great Lakes area are so similar and some are very different. I find lots of fossilized coral, but very little petoskeys and no puddingstones whatsoever. I find chert-like chalcedony rocks here that are a bit different yet still similar to ones in this video that are my favorite to collect and tumble. I must admit I don't have much time to watch a ton of UA-cam videos. Most of your videos I watch are rock tumbling videos, as they are by far the best on UA-cam, and I always reference your channel to people who ask me how to tumble. I just watched your video last night where you left rocks alone for 1 year to tumble. That was pretty interesting! Anywho, great video, Rob! I always enjoy your funny, witty personality and great content.
Thanks, Fayde. I have the handful of rocks that I picked up on this beach in the tumbler right now. The rocks like the one in the thumbnail have lots of little holes in them, but I suspect they'll shine up well. This video was filmed on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, but has some stuff that's much different than I find on Lake Huron or farther north on Lake Michigan. At least there was a lot more of it here. I'd love to do more hunting on your side of the lake, but that's a really long drive from here. I did make it to Minnesota last summer, maybe this summer I'll venture down to your state.
(6:50) (13:14) (17:08) Those are silicified corals (most likely Favosites). The first one could be part of a larger chert lens. (18:08) might be Syringopora, another genus of tabulate corals. These are possibly from Silurian rocks of the Upper Peninsula (Schoolcraft and Cordell formations) in which silicified brachiopods and corals such as these are very common.
Thanks. I knew some of them were fossils, but other ones were a little less obvious. I just found a nice one like these in Rogers City (Lake Huron) today. I don't normally find these in Lake Huron a little farther south.
Starting to know what I am finding after MUCH research. I think the green I have found is slag. Beautiful and marked so cool. I keep going back to the secret spot and filling up. Had no clue the history, very interesting. I am making some pendents and incorporating Crystals with them. I found monster sized quartz a week ago. Good thing I have storage unit! lol
The Great Lakes look just like oceans. You can't see across either of them. I don't think a lot of people realize just how big these lakes are. Where I live in Alpena, we have a National Marine Sanctuary to protect all the shipwrecks. There are almost 100 shipwrecks in the sanctuary. That tells you how dangerous these lakes can be. thunderbay.noaa.gov
That spot actually looks very familiar to me from when I was a teen. Might not be though. Just brought back a lot of good memories though. Beautiful place. Nice rocks. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sure a lot of people will recognize this spot. It seems pretty memorable. I talked to some people on the beach who had grown up there and they verified that the dunes were more covered in grass in the past. With the high water, I'm sure there has been a lot of erosion.
You're the third person to tell me it was coral, so it seems like that's probably the case. It looked different than other corals I find. Thanks for the hep identifying it. I appreciate it.
That's syringopora? I have seen pictures of it that looked different. I thought there was more space between the coral branches and that the coral branches were larger. I just looked around at pictures and saw both what I thought it looked like and stuff that looked more like the one at 18:05. Sometimes the more I learn, the more I get confused.
A Canadian was shipwrecked and the only things he could save were his shovel, his fry basket, and his soap. So he uses the basket to catch fish. He uses his soap to clean himself and his clothes, and the shovel is to make signs in the sand for planes to see. Little does he know, civilization is a mere hike down the beach.
The basket soap and shovel could be a rockhounding wash up area? And who ever made it either left it for others to use or just forgot about it? I dunno? Lol 🤣🛁👍love the birds in the video. Nice! 💕👍🦆🦅🕊💕👍
It might be some sort of granite, but it was somewhat translucent. Most granites are opaque. With a name like "Granite Runner", you probably know more about granite than I do.
@@MichiganRocks This name was given to me from a trail running buddy...a trail name as they occure at the Appalachian trail. I am living in a Granit highland, the so called Mühlviertel, the geological border in the south is the river danube, where i also collect rocks that are pebbeld and rounded by the river...and you showed me how to tumble..thanks..love your videos
In a previous video you asked about the quality of your iPhone video. I recently watched your video from 3 years ago and the video quality is exceptional compared to the past and GoPro. Still I love the GoPro shots. Your videography techniques have improved right along with your equipment.
I don't see my videography skills improving. I'm not saying that they're not, but it's sort of like seeing yourself age. It happens too gradually to notice. I'm glad to hear that I'm doing better though. In this video, I didn't have my new phone yet, but I did do a few of the close ups with my wife's iPhone 7. This Friday's video will have some beach shots done with the new iPhone.
I enjoy your videos. It was fun to see so many different rocks. When you find out what those rocks were, would you add the identification to one of your upcoming videos. I live in Wyoming so it is interesting see rocks from The Great Lakes. Thanks for sharing the beach experience and your expertise.
The most knowledgeable viewer here is a geologist who goes by Capt Paul. He commented that he thinks the rocks I was confused about were chert. They look different than other cherts I have found, but I trust his opinion.
That hairy looking clump you picked up and called weird is found on the Oregon and Washington coast all the time and people call them whale burps. I am not sure how they form but thought you might like to know they are found other places too.
Those “chert” looking rocks. I like to find those. Not sure what they are either. Sometimes they can have a really pretty blue cast. I’ve tumbled quite a few of them and they do quite well! Hope you brought some home with you to tumble!
I’m up late today researching fossils because of the rocks in a box episode you made today where you had some of the fossils I have found and I wanted to find out what they were. 6:32 and 9:39 are pretty clearly arachnophyllum coral. Those corals were from the silurian period, and they were silicified in the Cordell formation in northern Michigan. You can find them farther south too because of the glaciers. The piece at 13:12 is not the same as those two, and I agree that it is probably some type of coral like Favocites, but from the side view. The piece at 12:44 looks like a stromatoporoid. Stromatoporoids are sea sponges, and they have wavy thin lines in the fossil. Let me know what you think, I recommend looking up arachnophyllum coral, the patterns are exact.
I think stromatoporoid is a good guess. I'm not sure about the favosites. Those have hexagonal cells, but they might look different from the side. The side view of the one at 13:12 has rectangular cells. I just did a little searching for arachnophyllum coral and didn't find much that looked like what I have. Everything that I found looks similar to a Petoskey stone (hexagonaria). My fossil doesn't look anything like that. You seem really confident in that one after doing more research than the ten minutes I just did. Could you send a link to something you found? I'd be very interested in reading it.
OK this is not very good, but it's all I have on such short notice. The shovel is for you to dig for buried treasure, and because it is down very deep you will get hot and sweaty so thats what the soap is for. To go into the lake and wash off.
Hey Rob that banded pc looks alot like the one I sent you a pic on. Would be interested to see how that tumbles. It's going to be a while till I can be all set up here plus mine needs cut. Great video, new places are awesome.
Taking a hint from China, someone was going to dig out the dune to make a new island off the coast. It was to be called the Island of Misfit Rocks. Some unlucky rock that Rob threw back might be deposited in the fryer basket for its magical trip to the island's permanent rock collection.
Ha-ha! A pleasure - what a curious writing assignment - such a lot of trouble! Not sure I'd want to be on that beach should the bluff decide to move - as sometimes they have a penchant for doing, perhaps the spade would help dig one out? Lovely location... Thanks!
Hey Rob! The basket was potentially a makeshift fish trap with the bar of soap and pudding as baiting attempts when the water level was higher? No idea there. Also a shower thought, maybe use some beach/wave audio for background noise when you do the rock slide shows at the end of videos? Enjoy all the videos!
The wave noises during slide shows is a good idea. I'll have to try to remember to do that. I have lots of wave sounds already recorded for use during drone shots.
I love unakite too, but I have tumbled more of it than just about any other rock. I try not to bring so much home now. There isn't nearly as much on this beach as there is on the Lake Superior beaches I go to, so I thought it was better to leave it for someone else to find. Here's a video of some of the unakite I have tumbled: ua-cam.com/video/KVOiFX47LE8/v-deo.html
Not too many big rocks or much variety, but still a pretty beach. It would be fun to bring a big piece of cardboard and slide down the sand dunes . We used to do that on sand dunes and grass hills when we were growing up. I loved the bigger wave sounds. This one will be a good one to put on when I can’t sleep. Very relaxing.
welcome to diorite "quartzy looking rock with black stuff in it." it come in orange, yellow, white, large grain and small grain. my favorite (like your) "pudding stones."
Weird things Rob finds on the Beach for $100 please. :D Maybe we shouldn't ask WHY there was a shovel, deep fryer basket and assorted other things. lol Oh gosh, now let's add Buzzards to those odd finds. Glad you fun and some good finds as well!
@@MichiganRocks women tend to think of this more than men, I think, because we don’t have it nearly as easy as men do. I’m from the U.P., where woods are plentiful and bathrooms are scarce, so I carry a small tp roll in my vehicle at all times!😜🤣 (“Really?!?”I can imagine ‘city folk’ asking…yes, no 💩!!!)😉
No, I saw a video of someone collecting them there, but I haven't been there myself. My daughter and son in law went there and showed me pictures of the glacial grooves there. Those were really cool.
Well. I went down to the lake. Couldn't find my cooler so I brought my lunch in my old fryer basket. Figured I'd bury my trash in the sand, so brought a shovel. While I was eating, a couple of very large vultures gave me the evil eye, figuring they'd cash in when I wasn't looking. All of a sudden, a HUGE snake came out of nowhere. Scared me so badly, I scampered down the beach, forgetting everything I brought. Since you found it, please bring it with you on your way out and I'll come by and get it sometime. Thanks!😂
I know you can’t say, but my guess is Sleeping Bear Dunes….mostly because I like the name. ‘Seems like many of the rocks are already polished! No doubt the fry basket is for sifting what the shovel digs. The soap for getting scum off….but the small bowl is a mystery. Making tiny sand castles?
I like your theory on the shovel and basket, but I can't figure out why the basket is tied to the tree but the shovel wasn't. It was an unexpected find. I can tell you this wasn't Sleeping Bear Dunes. I don't think there are trees on top of the dunes, although I don't know if I have ever walked all the way to the water. The dunes are a National Lakeshore, so I don't think rock collecting is allowed there.
Of course we were on our best behavior, we wouldn’t want to get kicked out of class now would we ? A big thanks to Wil for sharing his secret location. You were out there in my neck of the woods. Here’s the scoop. The wooden tee pee structure was a dead giveaway. As you approached Bigfoot’s secret power rock washing station. He hurled a warning rock at you from high above the bluff. Just put your rocks in the basket chuck in a bar of soap and wait for some big wave action. The pudding container washed in there from a recent storm. Not sure if the shovel was leaning against the tree or vice versa. The moral of the story, don’t put all you’re rocks in one basket ! I don’t know when you were there but about a week and a half ago we had some real heavy wave action going on and for several days most of the rocks were covered by sand. I find some of those agatey looking rocks also. Sometimes they seem to be partially chert. Let us know if you find out what they are. Great video !!!
Gosh, I'm glad I made it out alive with Bigfoot after me! Chert and agate are the two things that came to my mind with those rocks. I'm going to tumble them and see how that goes. I think they'll turn out pretty cool. I was on this beach on Sept. 16. Wil told me that there had been some big waves a few days before. I met a guy on the beach who grew up in the area and said the beach is always pretty much like what I saw. He said that the rocks are all out in the water and that a calm day is much better for this spot. He also said that there are only two or three calm days a month, so that makes it a little tricky.
(It’s a trash collector if you need it. Strainer for the water and the shovel if to pick it up. Doggie poopie, ivory soap is all natural safe for the environment and it breaks down poop)
I fought a light coated/waxy/chalk like stones I thought were some kind of fossil.. inside of some Are beautiful quartz... another one I thought was old bone; it was all white. When I got home I noticed a metallic luster I haven’t scrubbed it yet.
Some of those light colored rocks are definitely fossils. They're a lot different material than what I find in Lake Huron. I have a couple of those in the tumbler now.
Pagan's sacrificed a goat to Ctulhu. They fried parts of the sacrifice and ate it, buried the heart with the shovel, ritually cleansed themselves with the soap and left the rest for the vultures. They tied their utensils to the tree as they are bound to return very soon with a fresh sacrifice!
I find many very similar fossils in SE Michigan, including lots that are partially filled with blue or white chalcedony and quartz. These fossils show up in glacial gravels, and not in a limestone matrix like the most common fossils in this area.
Everyone knows that the cryptid monster of Lake Michigan loves a good bubble bath. Giving it soap but keeping it in one place in a wire basket ensures that the creature will be attracted to that same spot to play. Clearly, it also enjoyed a pudding cup at its last visit. It prefers to bask in shallow pools in the sand, where the sun warms the water and the bubbles can stay contained, so a shovel is necessary to ensure the proper conformation of the beach for optimal tubbing.
Hey Michigan rocks I got a question. I have never really seen rock tumbling before and want to get into it especially as gifts/collecting. I was looking at the Nat Geo tumbler due to the price. What is the best tumblr for its price? Looking for something not too much more than the geo tumblr. And in your opinion what level of grits and kind of grits should I use? Thanks so much I love your videos
I really like Lortone tumblers. They're a little hard to get right now, but they are still being made. My first tumbler was a Lortone 33B which I think is a really good choice. It has two barrels instead of one like the National Geographic tumbler. It also has a stronger motor that turns at a slower speed, which is a good thing. The Rock Shed sells them for a little over $100. I also like the Rock Shed's grits, especially their aluminum oxide polish. Send Shawn an email if the website says they're out of stock because sometimes he has one around that isn't listed. rockshed.com Here's a video showing exactly how I use this machine. It also has the recipe I use in the description. ua-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/v-deo.html
@@MichiganRocks I recently called the Rock Shed because I wanted an item that was listed as out of stock. Shawn told me that if you clicked on the out of stock button for that item it will put it in your cart if they do indeed have it.
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What a beautiful day!..this location can be so temperamental. Ruff and slim pickins' one day..and like last time ibwent the water was Iike glass. It's a gamble making the drive. I just love being there and the scenery. Very private. Sorry you didn't cash in on some epic finds,but....you can always go back a different day when your over this way again. The hike through the dunes wasn't to bad was it?..I enjoy it!..btw,..we find a lot of that "agatized coral"..is whatvibcall it..cleans up nice..often u can find many with strong banding..
It was a beautiful day and I really enjoyed the scenery. I met a guy on the beach who grew up in the area and told me the same thing about it being much better on a calm day. He said the rocks are all out in the water, which was inaccessible the day I was there. I really liked the big sandy hill all along the beach. We don't have those over in Lake Huron much. Thanks again for giving me directions to this spot. It was not a wasted trip at all.
I really like the ‘agatized coral’ specimens, too. And ANY day you can get out to one of the GLs isn’t wasted, it’s just different!😁💖👍
Love the soundtrack of Lake Michigan in the background.
Me too. I don't feel the need for music with the lake there.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I continue to learn so much from your videos & the tumbling tutorials. You are “THE ROCK” man….. ❤
You're welcome!
What a gorgeous beach! Just love that surf.. Could listen to that for hours!
Everyone loves the sound of the waves.
I love mystery rocks ! It's such a surprise the colors and designs you find in them after they have been tumbled.
Let's hope these are a pleasant surprise after tumbling too.
Great video Rob. I liked all of the birds in this episode. The little shorebird looked like a juvenile sanderling.
My Creative Story: The sight was where somebody disposed of a body. I think it's obvious what the shovel was used for. The fry basket was used to transport the soap, pudding dish, and zip tie. I'm not sure why they didn't just use a bucket. They probably weren't very bright. The soap was used to cleanse themselves of any evidence. The pudding dish was the leftovers of their snack, because let's face it, disposing of a body works up an appetite. They ziptied it to the tree so they could find it again if needed(again they probably weren't very bright). The fact that there were vultures there probably means they didn't do a very good job either(probably because they weren't very bright).
Excellent story. You pass with flying colors! Thanks for having your homework done on time, even though I was a little slow grading it.
@@MichiganRocks The one time I actually get my homework in on time and the teacher doesn’t even grade it right away😂
@@99Rockhounding interesting murder mystery story ! You must be a great fan of Agatha Christie 😀 👍
Beautiful, quiet beach to explore; only had to share with the buzzards! Seems like most of the rocks you're finding are/were chert nodules that have weathered out of a nearby carbonate. To me, what's the most interesting is at 10:20; I saw some crossbeds in the dune face, telling me what direction those dunes are moving. 13:10 looks more like a sponge coral that's been silicified than a stromatoporoid. 17:10 is something very similar we're trying to help someone with on Mindat.
Thanks Paul. Those rocks that you think might be chert nodules are sort of translucent. Parts of the rocks looked like chert, but I have never seen chert that was translucent like that. Very different than other stuff I have seen. I'm interested to see how it tumbles.
I'm still having trouble learning to identify stromatoporoids. Tbanks for helping out when I make a mistake. I wasn't sure on that one, that was just my best guess.
Rob, all the bigger rocks are buried in the sand. Dig down a foot and use basket to separate sand from rock. Use the soap and pudding cup to clean/rinse rocks.
Darn, I wish I would have thought of that!
@@MichiganRocks at first i thought it might have been on those riddles found under beer bottle caps.
@@powerlinekid4296 I don't think I drink that kind of beer. I usually just find beer under the cap.
Beautiful beach!
Yes it is!
Thank you for the tour, Rob.
At 6:42. I think that is either agatized coral or silcated coral.
Wow, amazingly beautiful area! Cool rocks.
I accidentally spilled used tumbler water on my freshly finished assignment. Unfortunately, my theory is completely unreadable from the slurry landing on it. On the bright side, I remembered to feed the dog before I wrote it.😂
I've heard quite a few excuses for not having homework done, but rock tumbler slurry spilled on it is a new one.
@@MichiganRocks I do strive to be different😂
Beautiful video Rob.... thank you so much for sharing your passion ❤ I really truly appreciate getting to walk on your Beautiful Clean beaches and play with all the pretty rocks and listening to the surf. You are providing a lovely gift and dozens of super big smiles to many who cannot physically join you out there just now.
Big Hugs ...and just know that I mention your influence on my purchase every time I order a big package from Shawn at Rockshed. I hope he is sending lots of freebies your way 💜 it's all because of you that I have re-ignited my interest rock play!!
Shawn definitely knows who I am now. I tried to order a replacement Lot-O barrel last year and they were out of stock. I sent a note asking him to let me know when they got one in. When I got my package, there was one in the box with a note that there was no charge. I also got my normal baggie of Tootsie Rolls. I just really like his business and want to help him promote it. He's got great service and great prices too. Thanks for mentioning me when you order.
Lol. Cool trip and great stones! even the little ones :)
Yep, I found a few neat things.
7:07- it’s a hair all from a catfish! Hahahah!
My short story:
Hey you found my shovel! I forgot where I left it!
Short and to the point. I left it there for you.
The rolling rock was a warning! Tip toe, and whatever you do, don't dislodge the shovel!🐈⬛💀🎃
Yikes! I'm glad I made it out of there alive!
That was paradise! Although smaller than what you normally find, those were some beautiful finds! I loved the banded iron as the red was really popping. Have a great weekend Rob! Thank you for another great adventure!
It sure was paradise. I found some stuff I don't usually find, so the rocks were good too.
Rob.. thank you for your tumbling videos!!! I switched up my grits and the way I was tumbling and I know have successfully tumbled a variety of gemstones and crystals and pet wood with the glass shine and finish look. Thank you again 😊😊
Thanks for letting me know. I put a lot of effort into those videos and it's really nice to know when they actually help someone out. I hear from a lot of people who watch them and enjoy them, but not as much from people who actually have tried what I taught and had success. Thanks again for that!
@@MichiganRocks you are very welcome 😊 thank you again for all the tips & tricks they definitely helped 😀...
Thanks Rob enjoyed our rock hunting today
We found alot of that chert this summer . Swear their white agates beutiful banding! 🧐👍
I often have wondered if these are considered to be cold water agates. I'm still not clear on how to identify those.
Thats my most favorite thing to do, I love to rock hunt it really relaxes me I have found many beautiful rocks throughout the years and have saved many of them, its also something about being around the water and the waves that makes me feel really calm!!!!! Wish I knew others that likes to rock hunt it would be nice to rock hunt with others!!!!!
Start talking to people about rocks and you'd be surprised at how many people like rocks.
Very nice ❤❤❤
Thanks for the video.......
The color of the lake is stunning.
I agree. There are many different colors that the lake can be depending one where you are and also the weather at the time. It ranges from dark blue to light green.
Sweet adventure sure looks like it would have some hidden gems to find , as is some cool finds a great outing thanks for sharing and thank u to your friend for sharing his area
LOVE THAT PLACE.....LOVED the walk to the beach SAND DUNES.....water colors too!
SKY BLUES crisp soothing....
Exciting different progression of types of Rock sizes too, but just BEAUTIFUL PLACE to me.......
Definitely a beautiful spot. I just kept looking at the huge dunes. We don't have many of those over on my side of the state.
As always a very pleasant video. You found some pretty cool rocks. Loved all the footage of the birds.
I don't usually see quite so many birds right on the beach like that. I love the little shore birds. I followed that one for a long ways, it would run in front of me and occasionally fly, but land in front of me again. I even tried walking way away from the water to go around it, but it just kept moving back in front of me. I thought its little legs would fall off.
@@MichiganRocks that's just to cute. I love bird watching. Looking forward to your next video.
Cool! Blue beach glass isn't easy to find. Love coral fossils of any kind!
The color of the water reminds me of the tropics.
There are a lot of Great Lakes beaches that have that color. I love it.
I always enjoy your videos and am amazed that you take the time to reply to all posts. Thank you.
@@rosalindhendricks6337 It's taking over my life. I enjoy replying, but I spend too much time doing it.
5:05- I would check that one to see if it was fluorescent sodalite!
I didn't bring that one home. It was sort of translucent and the sodalite bearing syenite is opaque. Didn't look like the same stuff to me, but I guess we'll never know for sure.
Looks like your at that park where it winds all over and has overlooks and a covered bridge. TFS😊
Finally I had time to sit and watch your video. Liked the sounds and beauty of the place.
I believe a man named Robinson used the shovel to dig clams to and clean them in the basket. The next clambake is scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. 🏝
Sounds yummy, I'll have to make my way back for that.
Thank you...I really enjoyed coming along for the adventure & the outstanding scenics.
Spent the entire afternoon doing the same on a Lake Erie beach.
Every rock I bring home is still a mystery to me!🤔 But, thanks to your channel, I am hooked & hoping to ascend the learning curve!🙂
I think that finding rocks that I can't identify makes it more fun. I'd hate to be finding the exact same things everytime, even if I do have some favorites.
great video and beautiful quiet beach to explore !! hi rob!! have a good evening. i hope all is well.
It was very relaxing there. Beautiful spot.
@@MichiganRocks look like you had fun!!
@@heatherlandskron I did!
rock hunter on the beach which is very extraordinary. always success sir.
What a great spot, so remote.
I always like to have the beach to myself.
The spade may indicate an outdoor loo. 😁😂
Maybe it's hiding pirate treasure??
Great video.
The loo is hiding pirate treasure? That might keep me away from it!
My guess would be shovel full of rocks and wash bucket sort of, and lunch. Cool dunes, views and waves. Really cool pieces and rock identification today. Thanks for this beautiful video, my wife and I enjoyed it!
Wow, went out with my wife and kids today hunting down a railroad track and also gravel road. Found our first agates. Oh my what a cool one, I want to say it's an agatized coral rock. Looks like Petoskey on top and blue chalcedony veins running through it all. I could use some help identifying it though, not 100%!
@@CityRockhounding I'm not usually 100% sure what I'm finding either. In fact, a lot of time it's way less than that.
13:06 I think this actually might be a favosites as seen from the side. The rock you showed just before this one could be a stromatoporoid, if it has long, tightly packed lines (would love to see it polished!). The vertical lines in stromatoporoids tend to be difficult to see, if they’re preserved at all. Makes them really hard to differentiate from stromatolites.
Yeah, I have a hard time with stromatoporoids. I'm trying to learn to identify them, but it's slow going. Several people told me that the one at 13:06 is a coral, but opinions on which coral have varied.
I'll be tumbling most or all of the ones I brought home from this beach, so you'll get to see them shiny eventually.
At 7:00 the root ball is often called beach ball or lake ball. There is an area in the lake by Wilderness State Park where there are many and various sizes. I don’t see them often when kayaking
Thanks. I have never seen one before, which is weird because I spend a lot of time on beaches. There must need to be the right plants growing in the water to form them.
We see them under water and maybe 50 or more. They seem to roll on the bottom with the currents and get bigger.
@@cvx2dog549 Kind of like a snowball, huh? There are just so many interesting things in nature.
Nature, yes…That’s why I kayak!
Lol, once a teacher, always a teacher.
I can't help myself!
The one you found at 9:30 I'm sure is a cold water agate. We find lots of them on Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan.
I wondered about some of these being cold water agates. I have had trouble finding much information about them on the Internet. I do know that they form in sedimentary rocks like limestone instead of volcanic rock like basalt or rhyolite. Do you have a good resource to learn more about them?
@@MichiganRocks no I don't have much info on Coldwater agates. We have lots we have found in Door County. Some with really nice defined bands and colored. My favorite has light blue bands.
Beautiful spot wow 🤩
Yes it was!
Coming over the dune and seeing the beautiful turquoise water felt very tropical.
I haven't been to the tropics much, but this sure was a pretty spot.
Magnifique endroit mon ami très belle prospection bravo
The shovel is pretty self explanatory for wandering type of people.
You need it to dig... the strainer is for dumping the digging into. The soap is for washing and obviously its zip tied so it doesn't get lost. People who wander hate carrying stuf.
So the wanderer must be planning to come back this way. Sort of a wanderer who plans ahead.
So, I see this is a much older video of yours. But, for some reason it popped up under another video I was watching, that was actually in Michigan also, at least I think thats where this video was made. Looks like it could of been near the Warren Dunes where I visited many many moons ago. What caught my eye was the thumbnail. I find Stromataporids just like those over here in Wisconsin and Illinois along Lake Michigan. I love to tumble them. I think the one at 13:06 is a favosites. I find a bunch of them also and I'm tumbling my first one that has some red in it. Not sure if its iron staining as I soaked it in iron out for quite awhile. I just finished step 3 and it's looking amazing. I seen you found some red and yellow jasper like I find too. It's always fun to see how some rocks in the Great Lakes area are so similar and some are very different. I find lots of fossilized coral, but very little petoskeys and no puddingstones whatsoever. I find chert-like chalcedony rocks here that are a bit different yet still similar to ones in this video that are my favorite to collect and tumble. I must admit I don't have much time to watch a ton of UA-cam videos. Most of your videos I watch are rock tumbling videos, as they are by far the best on UA-cam, and I always reference your channel to people who ask me how to tumble. I just watched your video last night where you left rocks alone for 1 year to tumble. That was pretty interesting! Anywho, great video, Rob! I always enjoy your funny, witty personality and great content.
Thanks, Fayde. I have the handful of rocks that I picked up on this beach in the tumbler right now. The rocks like the one in the thumbnail have lots of little holes in them, but I suspect they'll shine up well. This video was filmed on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan, but has some stuff that's much different than I find on Lake Huron or farther north on Lake Michigan. At least there was a lot more of it here.
I'd love to do more hunting on your side of the lake, but that's a really long drive from here. I did make it to Minnesota last summer, maybe this summer I'll venture down to your state.
What's at 9:25 , I found the same thing today.!
I think that might be a cold water agate.
That was a toiletree lol
LOL!! 👍🏻
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I think a bigger tree would offer more privacy!
The fossil at 13:07 is a tabulate coral. Enjoyed the video as usual.
Thanks, Tony. Someone else told me it was a coral too. It doesn't look like most of the corals I find, so it threw me off. I appreciate your help.
Good job my brother👍👍👍👍
My favorite lake!!! Maybe because I’m from the west side! I might have a guess, I’ll keep the secret.
Thanks for keeping it to yourself. If I want people to share their locations, I need to be able to keep it a secret when they request that.
@@MichiganRocks Absolutely, I got your back.
Try point beach. No need to keep it secret, all the stones are amazing there. Plenty for all. ..I call it agate beach. Amazing place
@@GregtheGrey6969 I wasn't familiar with that beach. Is it in Wisconsin? That's what came up when I did a search.
(6:50) (13:14) (17:08) Those are silicified corals (most likely Favosites). The first one could be part of a larger chert lens. (18:08) might be Syringopora, another genus of tabulate corals. These are possibly from Silurian rocks of the Upper Peninsula (Schoolcraft and Cordell formations) in which silicified brachiopods and corals such as these are very common.
Thanks. I knew some of them were fossils, but other ones were a little less obvious. I just found a nice one like these in Rogers City (Lake Huron) today. I don't normally find these in Lake Huron a little farther south.
Starting to know what I am finding after MUCH research. I think the green I have found is slag. Beautiful and marked so cool. I keep going back to the secret spot and filling up. Had no clue the history, very interesting. I am making some pendents and incorporating Crystals with them. I found monster sized quartz a week ago. Good thing I have storage unit! lol
Slag can be really pretty. Leland Blue is a slag glass found in Leland and is used to make a lot of jewelry that sells for quite a bit.
I'm always amazed of the lake's size. That first view of the water looks like an ocean to me.😁
The Great Lakes look just like oceans. You can't see across either of them. I don't think a lot of people realize just how big these lakes are. Where I live in Alpena, we have a National Marine Sanctuary to protect all the shipwrecks. There are almost 100 shipwrecks in the sanctuary. That tells you how dangerous these lakes can be. thunderbay.noaa.gov
@@MichiganRocks Thanks for the link. So much underwater history and the 360° and virtual views are amazing!
As they say, some lakes are greater than others.
Fun! I know that side of the state fairly well, but got me stumped! Guessing north of sleeping bear dunes!
I can neither confirm nor refute your guess.
@@MichiganRocks 🤣
That spot actually looks very familiar to me from when I was a teen. Might not be though. Just brought back a lot of good memories though. Beautiful place. Nice rocks. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sure a lot of people will recognize this spot. It seems pretty memorable. I talked to some people on the beach who had grown up there and they verified that the dunes were more covered in grass in the past. With the high water, I'm sure there has been a lot of erosion.
I lived in TC for a spell and went many places along Lake Michigan.
Nice beach. The "stromatoporoid" looks like a piece of colonial coral.
You're the third person to tell me it was coral, so it seems like that's probably the case. It looked different than other corals I find. Thanks for the hep identifying it. I appreciate it.
Thanks
You're welcome, Joseph.
I find that stuff all the time in the local river. I think it's agatized & geodized fossils mostly.
Looks like banded algae at 3:14. 😃 Syringopora at 18:05.
That's syringopora? I have seen pictures of it that looked different. I thought there was more space between the coral branches and that the coral branches were larger. I just looked around at pictures and saw both what I thought it looked like and stuff that looked more like the one at 18:05. Sometimes the more I learn, the more I get confused.
A Canadian was shipwrecked and the only things he could save were his shovel, his fry basket, and his soap. So he uses the basket to catch fish. He uses his soap to clean himself and his clothes, and the shovel is to make signs in the sand for planes to see. Little does he know, civilization is a mere hike down the beach.
He must have either been down the beach gathering berries when I went by or he had been rescued.
The basket soap and shovel could be a rockhounding wash up area? And who ever made it either left it for others to use or just forgot about it? I dunno? Lol 🤣🛁👍love the birds in the video. Nice! 💕👍🦆🦅🕊💕👍
Maybe. I didn't think to stop and clean up. I hope I didn't look to grubby in the video.
5:00 looks like Granite....greetings from Granite Runner..Ultra Runner and Rockhound from Austria
It might be some sort of granite, but it was somewhat translucent. Most granites are opaque. With a name like "Granite Runner", you probably know more about granite than I do.
@@MichiganRocks This name was given to me from a trail running buddy...a trail name as they occure at the Appalachian trail. I am living in a Granit highland, the so called Mühlviertel, the geological border in the south is the river danube, where i also collect rocks that are pebbeld and rounded by the river...and you showed me how to tumble..thanks..love your videos
In a previous video you asked about the quality of your iPhone video. I recently watched your video from 3 years ago and the video quality is exceptional compared to the past and GoPro. Still I love the GoPro shots. Your videography techniques have improved right along with your equipment.
I don't see my videography skills improving. I'm not saying that they're not, but it's sort of like seeing yourself age. It happens too gradually to notice. I'm glad to hear that I'm doing better though.
In this video, I didn't have my new phone yet, but I did do a few of the close ups with my wife's iPhone 7. This Friday's video will have some beach shots done with the new iPhone.
I enjoy your videos. It was fun to see so many different rocks. When you find out what those rocks were, would you add the identification to one of your upcoming videos. I live in Wyoming so it is interesting see rocks from The Great Lakes. Thanks for sharing the beach experience and your expertise.
The most knowledgeable viewer here is a geologist who goes by Capt Paul. He commented that he thinks the rocks I was confused about were chert. They look different than other cherts I have found, but I trust his opinion.
That hairy looking clump you picked up and called weird is found on the Oregon and Washington coast all the time and people call them whale burps. I am not sure how they form but thought you might like to know they are found other places too.
I don't know either, but I can tell you that they didn't come from whales. That's a fun name for them, whatever they are.
Those “chert” looking rocks. I like to find those. Not sure what they are either. Sometimes they can have a really pretty blue cast. I’ve tumbled quite a few of them and they do quite well! Hope you brought some home with you to tumble!
I did bring a couple home. They looked like they'd tumble well and I'm excited to see them all shiny.
I’m up late today researching fossils because of the rocks in a box episode you made today where you had some of the fossils I have found and I wanted to find out what they were. 6:32 and 9:39 are pretty clearly arachnophyllum coral. Those corals were from the silurian period, and they were silicified in the Cordell formation in northern Michigan. You can find them farther south too because of the glaciers.
The piece at 13:12 is not the same as those two, and I agree that it is probably some type of coral like Favocites, but from the side view. The piece at 12:44 looks like a stromatoporoid. Stromatoporoids are sea sponges, and they have wavy thin lines in the fossil.
Let me know what you think, I recommend looking up arachnophyllum coral, the patterns are exact.
I think stromatoporoid is a good guess. I'm not sure about the favosites. Those have hexagonal cells, but they might look different from the side. The side view of the one at 13:12 has rectangular cells.
I just did a little searching for arachnophyllum coral and didn't find much that looked like what I have. Everything that I found looks similar to a Petoskey stone (hexagonaria). My fossil doesn't look anything like that. You seem really confident in that one after doing more research than the ten minutes I just did. Could you send a link to something you found? I'd be very interested in reading it.
@@MichiganRocks I sent you a message on instagram with photos, let me know if you would like the link
@@rustyrockhound Ok, thanks.
OK this is not very good, but it's all I have on such short notice.
The shovel is for you to dig for buried treasure, and because it is down very deep you will get hot and sweaty so thats what the soap is for. To go into the lake and wash off.
I didn't see a big X to mark the spot though. It would be a pretty inconsiderate pirate to not mark the spot to dig.
@@MichiganRocks he didn't want to give it away, and besides that where's your sense of adventure.
Hey Rob that banded pc looks alot like the one I sent you a pic on. Would be interested to see how that tumbles. It's going to be a while till I can be all set up here plus mine needs cut. Great video, new places are awesome.
I'll get them into the tumbler some day soon. It might be awhile before they come out though.
Taking a hint from China, someone was going to dig out the dune to make a new island off the coast. It was to be called the Island of Misfit Rocks. Some unlucky rock that Rob threw back might be deposited in the fryer basket for its magical trip to the island's permanent rock collection.
Heck, they probably don't need any sand from the dune to create that island. My discarded rocks should be enough.
해안가에서 다양한 원석들이 아름답습니다.
ここミシガンに美しいビーチがあるのは幸運です。
I'm heading over to Frankfort area next week , cruise M-22, and see the Charlevoux Mushroom Houses. Hope I find some cool rocks.
The mushroom houses are really cool. You should be able to find some good rocks in that area.
@@MichiganRocks Thank you. I hope so, I'm bringing boots this time. I was soaked and cold in 2018.
Ha-ha! A pleasure - what a curious writing assignment - such a lot of trouble! Not sure I'd want to be on that beach should the bluff decide to move - as sometimes they have a penchant for doing, perhaps the spade would help dig one out? Lovely location... Thanks!
Well, that one rock moved down toward me, but I don't think it was too much of a threat.
@@MichiganRocks I don't s'pose you'd be down there in a big storm... !! Lovely spot.
@@SmallWonda Probably not.
Hey Rob! The basket was potentially a makeshift fish trap with the bar of soap and pudding as baiting attempts when the water level was higher? No idea there. Also a shower thought, maybe use some beach/wave audio for background noise when you do the rock slide shows at the end of videos? Enjoy all the videos!
The wave noises during slide shows is a good idea. I'll have to try to remember to do that. I have lots of wave sounds already recorded for use during drone shots.
Just about broke my heart when you threw that unakite away, I wire wrap jewelry and I love unakite
I love unakite too, but I have tumbled more of it than just about any other rock. I try not to bring so much home now. There isn't nearly as much on this beach as there is on the Lake Superior beaches I go to, so I thought it was better to leave it for someone else to find.
Here's a video of some of the unakite I have tumbled: ua-cam.com/video/KVOiFX47LE8/v-deo.html
Not too many big rocks or much variety, but still a pretty beach. It would be fun to bring a big piece of cardboard and slide down the sand dunes . We used to do that on sand dunes and grass hills when we were growing up. I loved the bigger wave sounds. This one will be a good one to put on when I can’t sleep. Very relaxing.
I never thought of sledding down the sand. That sounds like a lot of fun. Next time I'll bring a sled and zip tie it to a tree when I'm done.
@@MichiganRocks You can add it to that other odd collection of things on that tree. Lol.
The shovel is preparing a fish fry with pudding for dessert!
Mmmm... Sounds delicious!
welcome to diorite "quartzy looking rock with black stuff in it." it come in orange, yellow, white, large grain and small grain. my favorite (like your) "pudding stones."
Weird things Rob finds on the Beach for $100 please. :D Maybe we shouldn't ask WHY there was a shovel, deep fryer basket and assorted other things. lol Oh gosh, now let's add Buzzards to those odd finds. Glad you fun and some good finds as well!
Sometimes the rocks are not the most interesting things I see on the beach. That little scene with the shovel was a head scratcher.
I think, I can explain this strange scenerie.
It must be art. Landscape art.
Ah, literally on a landscape!
I tried to polish out the muddy eyes in a petoskey but it didn't work... I know why you pick and choose stones with good patterns. 👍
Sometimes you can grind past the muddy eyes, but not usually.
Anyone who knows Michigan would think that you are at Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Those people would be wrong though.
Hey mind try throwing some petoskey stones in lake Ontario. I know it's a long shot. Use a trebuchet. 😄😉
I was never very good at baseball, so I don't think I have the arm for that throw.
7:00. Hairball from a catfish?
Most likely.
I see you discovered the lake side toilet. Shovel to dig your own hole and soap to wash up afterwards. I guess the cup is to leave a tip.
Good one!😆
Luckily, I didn't need this service. Next time I'll throw a roll of toilet paper in my backpack to complete the scene.
@@MichiganRocks women tend to think of this more than men, I think, because we don’t have it nearly as easy as men do. I’m from the U.P., where woods are plentiful and bathrooms are scarce, so I carry a small tp roll in my vehicle at all times!😜🤣 (“Really?!?”I can imagine ‘city folk’ asking…yes, no 💩!!!)😉
The shovel, basket, and contents are a geocache. The end.
That was a very short story! My daughter was into geocaching, but we never found a geocache quite like that one.
Have you ever been to Kelly’s island for Petoskey stones?
No, I saw a video of someone collecting them there, but I haven't been there myself. My daughter and son in law went there and showed me pictures of the glacial grooves there. Those were really cool.
Well. I went down to the lake. Couldn't find my cooler so I brought my lunch in my old fryer basket. Figured I'd bury my trash in the sand, so brought a shovel. While I was eating, a couple of very large vultures gave me the evil eye, figuring they'd cash in when I wasn't looking. All of a sudden, a HUGE snake came out of nowhere. Scared me so badly, I scampered down the beach, forgetting everything I brought. Since you found it, please bring it with you on your way out and I'll come by and get it sometime. Thanks!😂
Well that explains everything, Ginger. Thanks! Come by sometime and get your stuff out of my garage.
@@MichiganRocks Thanks! Haven't done creative writing since high school so took you up on it!
@@gingermackeen5741 I'm glad some people played along with my little game. It was fun reading them all.
I do this with my mom but I can never find anything all that great but hopefully soon I will find something cool
Keep looking. It takes awhile to find the right places to look.
I know you can’t say, but my guess is Sleeping Bear Dunes….mostly because I like the name. ‘Seems like many of the rocks are already polished! No doubt the fry basket is for sifting what the shovel digs. The soap for getting scum off….but the small bowl is a mystery. Making tiny sand castles?
I like your theory on the shovel and basket, but I can't figure out why the basket is tied to the tree but the shovel wasn't. It was an unexpected find.
I can tell you this wasn't Sleeping Bear Dunes. I don't think there are trees on top of the dunes, although I don't know if I have ever walked all the way to the water. The dunes are a National Lakeshore, so I don't think rock collecting is allowed there.
Testing
@@mariahdriggs2913 Did the test work?
@@MichiganRocks it did!
Of course we were on our best behavior, we wouldn’t want to get kicked out of class now would we ? A big thanks to Wil for sharing his secret location. You were out there in my neck of the woods.
Here’s the scoop. The wooden tee pee structure was a dead giveaway. As you approached Bigfoot’s secret power rock washing station. He hurled a warning rock at you from high above the bluff. Just put your rocks in the basket chuck in a bar of soap and wait for some big wave action. The pudding container washed in there from a recent storm. Not sure if the shovel was leaning against the tree or vice versa. The moral of the story, don’t put all you’re rocks in one basket !
I don’t know when you were there but about a week and a half ago we had some real heavy wave action going on and for several days most of the rocks were covered by sand. I find some of those agatey looking rocks also. Sometimes they seem to be partially chert. Let us know if you find out what they are. Great video !!!
Gosh, I'm glad I made it out alive with Bigfoot after me!
Chert and agate are the two things that came to my mind with those rocks. I'm going to tumble them and see how that goes. I think they'll turn out pretty cool.
I was on this beach on Sept. 16. Wil told me that there had been some big waves a few days before. I met a guy on the beach who grew up in the area and said the beach is always pretty much like what I saw. He said that the rocks are all out in the water and that a calm day is much better for this spot. He also said that there are only two or three calm days a month, so that makes it a little tricky.
(It’s a trash collector if you need it. Strainer for the water and the shovel if to pick it up. Doggie poopie, ivory soap is all natural safe for the environment and it breaks down poop)
Ha ha! Thanks!
I fought a light coated/waxy/chalk like stones I thought were some kind of fossil.. inside of some Are beautiful quartz... another one I thought was old bone; it was all white. When I got home I noticed a metallic luster I haven’t scrubbed it yet.
Some of those light colored rocks are definitely fossils. They're a lot different material than what I find in Lake Huron. I have a couple of those in the tumbler now.
Pagan's sacrificed a goat to Ctulhu. They fried parts of the sacrifice and ate it, buried the heart with the shovel, ritually cleansed themselves with the soap and left the rest for the vultures. They tied their utensils to the tree as they are bound to return very soon with a fresh sacrifice!
Well that makes perfect sense! Nothing like a good goat sacrifice on the beach to keep your day going well.
I find many very similar fossils in SE Michigan, including lots that are partially filled with blue or white chalcedony and quartz. These fossils show up in glacial gravels, and not in a limestone matrix like the most common fossils in this area.
Next summer, I really want to check out the beaches down in your area. It will be a good outing for David and me when we're down visiting.
Where on lake michigan was this?
Someone told me about this spot and asked me not to share the location.
Love those waves. Wonder where you are?
I'm on my sister's couch right now.
@@MichiganRocks funny guy
Everyone knows that the cryptid monster of Lake Michigan loves a good bubble bath. Giving it soap but keeping it in one place in a wire basket ensures that the creature will be attracted to that same spot to play. Clearly, it also enjoyed a pudding cup at its last visit. It prefers to bask in shallow pools in the sand, where the sun warms the water and the bubbles can stay contained, so a shovel is necessary to ensure the proper conformation of the beach for optimal tubbing.
Well that explains the scene perfectly. I'm glad I didn't sneak up on it and startle it!
Hey Michigan rocks I got a question. I have never really seen rock tumbling before and want to get into it especially as gifts/collecting. I was looking at the Nat Geo tumbler due to the price. What is the best tumblr for its price? Looking for something not too much more than the geo tumblr. And in your opinion what level of grits and kind of grits should I use? Thanks so much I love your videos
I really like Lortone tumblers. They're a little hard to get right now, but they are still being made. My first tumbler was a Lortone 33B which I think is a really good choice. It has two barrels instead of one like the National Geographic tumbler. It also has a stronger motor that turns at a slower speed, which is a good thing. The Rock Shed sells them for a little over $100. I also like the Rock Shed's grits, especially their aluminum oxide polish. Send Shawn an email if the website says they're out of stock because sometimes he has one around that isn't listed. rockshed.com
Here's a video showing exactly how I use this machine. It also has the recipe I use in the description. ua-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/v-deo.html
@@MichiganRocks I recently called the Rock Shed because I wanted an item that was listed as out of stock. Shawn told me that if you clicked on the out of stock button for that item it will put it in your cart if they do indeed have it.
@@davidhile5363 Thanks David, that's good to know.
@@MichiganRocks thank you so much!