Hunting for COLORFUL GEMSTONES in Illinois that GLOW under UV light
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2023
- We are a couple of nomads living and traveling in a minivan in search of free camping, cool rocks, history and geology to discover out in nature. While visiting Cave in Rock, Illinois we found a cool old dusty rock shop and toured it with you guys. As well as some rock hunting for colorful fluorite crystals also known as spar. We camped at the decommissioned Minerva mine and found so many rocks and minerals. we even pulled out our black light at night and watched the gravel glow due to the uv reactive properties in fluorite and calcite. This was the best rockhounding in Illinois we had done so far.
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Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you! 😃
Well I know what I'm doing tomorrow. And that rock shop HOLY SH...OW tunes I hope he is open I will buy something for sure. Thats so crazy about Opal and the low antifreeze I actually had that happen to my truck on Christmas Day , I was a little worried I was going to need a new thermostat Luck for me I did not it was just super thirsty for the green stuff LOL ...
This was so flipping cool ( will for sure give you guys a shout out in my video from there ) Happy Easter , stay safe Much Love
Holy show tunes is almost exactly what we were thinking. 😂 We're excited you're going to get out that way. Just too much cool stuff to see and do. Have fun.
There's so many different rocks! How are you keeping track on which is which!? 🤔😅
Ice in the beard in the mornings!? 😂❄️😁😁
50/50 chance it's food or ice. 🤣
The colorful fluorite crystals are so beautiful. Every State seems to have a Gem that is worth finding and collecting. Oh wow the no heat to get the frost off the inside had to be a bit scary for sure ! Glad yous got it working right :) Those heat shields are a pain in the butt, but good to have when parking in long dry grass🔥 Opal is a trooper for sure ! Enjoyed the adventure😊
Never though much of Illinois before getting there. It's got some pretty neat rocks and features. At least where we were. Yes, Opal is a champion putting up with our rough play. Chrysler should sponsor us. 🤣
@@TheAdventureCloset Yes Chrysler should. Make a video of all the craziness Opal went through and survived and end it with, nothing will outlast a Chrysler and then send a video to them letting them know it is posted on UA-cam and that Opal is on about 100 videos proving that she can out last other vans🥰 Maybe they will do something ??
@@upnorthadventureswithccc you never know!
Thats a lot of fluorite in that lil shop , lots of colors out there looked like a nice place to hunt . the night hunt looked like so much fun . crazy colors under uv , that was too cold for me , thanks for sharing
Night hunting for fluorite has got to be on our top ten funnest things to do. That cold made it hard though. We'll be back there though. We want to find some bigger specimens. Thanks for watching the show!
Another super cool rock shop! Can't believe how much fluorite was there in that wash, I bet there's some huge stuff at the source! Underwear for the win!
The fluorite was so good there someone had to throw their underpants at it. Can't blame the I suppose. It was cool stuff. Would love to get into some bigger stuff.
Cool trading post, with lots of nice pieces for sale. Cool, he told you about Minerva. I've actually had that on my list for a while now. I have some fluorite from Cave In Rock area. But, I've not collected any myself. You guys had an AWESOME adventure out there! That was rad seeing everything with the uv light at night 🤩. Great video, guys!
It'd only be a couple days drive for you. It's worth planning a trip. The guy at the shop was really open to sharing spots too. We already want to go back. Thank you and thanks for watching. I hear spring has made it to you guys. It'll be here in a few weeks we hope. Still a few feet of snow on the ground but it seems to melt fast.
Wow ❤❤❤ what a score. I would have had a hard time stopping and leaving some behind lol. How fun at night for a whole nother experience. Amazing stuff.
I know it. It was hard to stop looking even though we had plenty.
I'm about to take my great uncle and my son down there in the next few weeks for our first time. Great video and I might watch again to look closer at the landscape.
Have so much fun and bring a uv light if you got one!
You definitely found an amazing spot. What a haul of beautiful rocks.
Thank you.. This was all in Cave in Rock too. Definitely a cool area. I guess there's more mines with even better specimens too. Just might have to make a return.
A whole lot of rocks for you rock hounds to go through……..need to get one of those Mr. Heaters (though i dont know how safe they are) to stay warm!
We have one in storage but just no room in the van unfortunately. We seem to get by with our good sleeping bags and body heat.
I'm a lil less than 2hrs from there. Didnt know there was anything worthy of checking out that close to me!
Oh you gotta go! We had the best time. You're lucky to live so close.
@@TheAdventureCloset have you guys ever been to Cahokia Mounds just south of STL? Its a must in my book. Can't recommend it enough.
Jeff and I are gonna have to go check this out soon.
Yes you guys do! I think Jeff did go poke around up there recently though.
@@TheAdventureCloset love it
Wow, what a great adventure down there! I had this long comment all typed up and then got water on my phone and lost it, lol, darn!!! Doing laundry outside under the stars, portable washer and spinner, 5gal. Works great for our stuff, dryer inside. We don't have room in this cabin, but back to the comment! What a cool family owned shop with some huge beautiful pieces, amazing, makes my finds look like tiny pebbles, lol! Love all your finds too, so pretty and soooo many. Love the purples, clears and yellows. Sweet crystal and so pretty with under the UV light, thst was fun.
Doing laundry outside is kind of satisfying. We'll do that in the summer. It dries so quick in the desert. How is the new place? Are you guys closed on it yet?
@The Adventure Closet we ended up backing out on it, it didn't pass inspection and there was a ton of water and mold issues. So we are still looking! We've looked st so many now.
@@CityRockhounding well good thing you found out before it was too late. Good luck on the hunt.
@@TheAdventureCloset Thank you! Yeah luckily!
Wow - you found some nice stones!
Thank you. This was quite an epic day of finds.
THOSE ARE AMAZING!
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Geeeeeez that table of fluorite 🤯 🤤
I know it. They were small specimens but the quality was amazing compared to others we've found around the country. Thanks for watching Chris! Do you have any more travels on the books right now?
@@TheAdventureCloset no big trips planned other than moving to California this fall! But I will be back up to herkimer soon and maybe some other east coast spots like the NJ fluorescent mine before I leave the east coast. For sure herkimer a couple times at least.
Happy Easter, God Bless & GL&HH 🙏🏻
Happy Easter Bucky! Have an awesome night.
@@TheAdventureCloset Thank you, the variety of those beautiful minerals is Amazing, I envy y’all bouncing around to all these cool places, it’s freaking cool y’all are documenting all these places, y’all have a heck of cool catalog of adventures, sorry I don’t comment more, Hope y’all have had a great Easter Sunday, Y’all stay safe and have fun, God Bless🙏🏻
I’ve had a couple of mini vans I put through hell lol, the last one I had was a mercury I believe, I bought it for 5 hundred bucks and drove it for two years, went on a lot of adventures with her, I hope old girl has a couple more hundred thousand miles, my brother in law has a jeep Cherokee that has over 4 hundred thousand miles, he’s been really good at maintaining it, I think Opal still has a lot of life left in her🤞God Bless!!🙏🏻
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Omg I’m ready to head over to Illinois and do some hounding 😂 Those are some amazing finds!!
It's maybe 2 miles from that cave too.
Oh nice!!
My first time seeing one of your videos. Before I even see the video, I subscribed. You had me at "mix tape". The next time you go to Minerva Mine, try digging! You find even more.
Thanks for that awesome tip. We were definitely missing out it sounds. We still had fun finding the little stuff though, plus the free camping wad a bonus. Thanks for watching!
LOVE the purples
They were the best!
holy shitake mushrooms! ok, it’s official, i’m adding this to the list of places in August to hit up!! i was soooo hoping you would do a night hunt. thank you for not crushing my dreams!😂. so free camping there hey? good to know😁
This one is a definite Greg approved camp spot. Might be a bit rocky for a tent though. Hope you make it out there.
I'm glad you was able to check out the best part of the state😁
We are too. Anything we missed that you recommend for next time?
@@TheAdventureCloset lots of good places south of Carbondale and Inspiration Point overlooking the Mississippi River Valley is also a good spot. If you are further north off of I-70 there's a town called Casey it has a lot of the world's largest objects in that town
@@ILKnierim Casey sounds awesome! We're adding it to the list. Thank you!
I’ve been to the Minerva 1 site Annabel mine . Someone told me it’s other Minerva sites in the area but I don’t know where
Yes, wish we knew all tye secret sites around there. Amazing material to be found. Thanks for watching!
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Thank you. They were really pretty.
Man.. I went on a trip to Arkansas last September to a quartz quarry there and stopped here on my way back up. The place was pretty picked through. But after some digging in a pile, I found some awesome crystals. I bet lots of people go during the warm months, hence why I didn’t see any big good ones just lying about. Do you know if this spot gets regular dumps of tailings from local mines?
It was lots of small stuff, but super fun. The uv light at night was the best for finding more. I don't think they dump here anymore, unfortunately.
It is like a treasure chest under the blacklight..
I know! Made it worth braving the cold. It was so magical.
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Small world. That's awesome. This area was crazy fun to hound in.
Awesome video.
What UV Light did you use for this video?
Thank you. I'll get you a link. We like our light. It does alright for the price. TATTU U3S UV Flashlight... www.amazon.com/dp/B07KT75XY3?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Ametrine? I think it's called. Yellow and purple.
Does ametrine floresce? We don't really know anything about it.
Whoa definitely adding this site to my list, is the road Motorhome worthy?
Oh definitely. A motor home would have better clearance. We're pretty low to the ground.
Gotcha thanks so much🤩
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🤣 Love your reaction. That was the feeling 100%.
Машину поменяйте..Эта вообще не подходит для лесов и полей..Купите себе джип .Или БМВ-5.😂
We are doing this on a budget and this van is what we already had. America is very expensive.
The fact that you keep switching between regular flashlight and uv light is fucking annoying and hard to watch. The camera can’t refocus that fast and it’s jiggling all over the place.
Sorry about that. We were just so excited. 😃