Awesome. I've been on highway 97 at the creek, but my climbing and hiking climbing days seem to have deserted me. To many reactions to RX drugs that the Drs said I needed. Love watching you find these beauties. I visited Red Top once and the finds were awesome. Up First Creek Without a chissel. Lmao funny man.
I traveled to Montana to visit some friends and on their property, geodes were lying everywhere and striped and lined agate. There was tones of quartz, ocos, amethyst, smoky quartz and more...
Hi erglerd, This is a really great area and there's many good spot's. You might try Red Top Mt and Yellow Hill. There's also the Rock n Tomahawk Ranch fee dig for the blues. "Gem Trails of Washington" is a good resource for this and many other areas. Cheers. Dusty Fingers
You could check with your local rock shop. Also, Eckert has a book for the entire northeast region. All I ever hear about up there are Herkimer "diamonds."
You cannot call them Herkimer diamonds if they didn't come out of Herkimer county New York. You can say that they resemble Herkimers though. You have to coin your own name for these stones for example Arkansas calls theirs Arkimer diamonds
I'm wondering if the gentleman in the blue shirt has arthritis in his left thumb as I do? Too many years of hammering on a chisel with a 3 or 4 pound crack hammer, and missing every so often. I knew my thumb would pay me back some day, and it's doing it now. I don't see any eye protection or gloves either. I use a pointed gad with a plastic shield on it now. Pretty fun to see the area instead of just imagining it from the rock books.
Love your video, what fun. Awesome stuff, I have a similar area out here that I hunt at and find lots of little round ones like your second to last specimen picture. How do you clean these, do you tumble them? What do you do with your finds? I still have all mine, buckets of the stuff. I love the hunt part :-) Keep up the good hunt and great videos ;-)
The original outcrop that I marked for the book is no longer there because it was completely worked out by energetic rockhounds; that was 1.6 miles. For the video we stopped at a small billy goat trail at 1.2 miles and made the hike up the ridge. We started finding material right away, but it's probably been picked over pretty well by now. Once you get to the bigger outcrops, there is material all over them, and I'm confident of my GPS reading.
Very nice specimens, and the trip looked beautiful there. So Agate in Ellens/Williams burg are traditionally blue, but some agates like a lot that I've seen are yellow probably from weathering. Are there other parts like a part 2 of Garret's World of Geology? It was a very good one, especially for young rockhounds and geology enthusiasts like me. Any advice, thoughts, and concerns of going to First Creek, Ellens/Williamsburg, Washington? Overall, Great job. =D
I've done some searches for USGS maps and found some could be downloaded in PDF format. Some of them need to be purchased.It takes some poking around to find them and I haven't tried in about 5 yrs. Try googleing the location you're interested in followed by "USGS map".
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum houses an outstanding collection of minerals, gemstones, carvings, period journals, photographs, mining tools and other items. The collection has been visited by various authorities on minerals and is believed to be one of the finest in existence. The Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, Inc. was formed in June 1990 to make the attraction something that would generate outside interest in the mineral and mining heritage of West Kentucky.
Try his books. Gem Trails of Washington, Gem Trails of Oregon, and Rockhounding Idaho.You'll find them to be both informative and accurate. He visits every site personally to verify it.
My god, I'm really envious of you guys... I've always wanted to go hunting for my own geodes. All there is around Singapore is granite, granite and more granite. Does anyone know, though this might sound a little far-fetched, any place in Singapore you can find geodes? ):
no motorized vehicles beyond point x? now that's why i have a mountainbike :p not that i dislike hiking, not at all, but it is something different it is about 10x faster tho and it increases ur active range about that size too, it takes me one day to cover an area that would take me maybe five days or more on foot
Total amateurs. Only they would shove a large chisel into a geode to show the depth when to do so just bruises the quartz crystals and ruins aesthetics and value. But then again, this is only quartz and fundamentally worthless. FWIW,G
Awesome. I've been on highway 97 at the creek, but my climbing and hiking climbing days seem to have deserted me. To many reactions to RX drugs that the Drs said I needed. Love watching you find these beauties. I visited Red Top once and the finds were awesome. Up First Creek Without a chissel. Lmao funny man.
A fun adventure and a great presentation
Oh wow this was great, thanks for the laughs, so good to see you in action Tad! :)
Great edit Marty! Good Job, the 10 minute time is perfect. Excellent educational info. I enjoyed it.
I live in western Illinois and it is Keokuk geode heaven!!
I traveled to Montana to visit some friends and on their property, geodes were lying everywhere and striped and lined agate. There was tones of quartz, ocos, amethyst, smoky quartz and more...
I'm a few years late finding this to comment but I really enjoyed this video.Thank you.
Hi erglerd,
This is a really great area and there's many good spot's. You might try Red Top Mt and Yellow Hill. There's also the Rock n Tomahawk Ranch fee dig for the blues. "Gem Trails of Washington" is a good resource for this and many other areas.
Cheers.
Dusty Fingers
Hey Zach,
I guess it depends on what you're looking for. The "Gem Trails Of Washington" book is a really good resource.
Cheers.
You could check with your local rock shop. Also, Eckert has a book for the entire northeast region. All I ever hear about up there are Herkimer "diamonds."
You cannot call them Herkimer diamonds if they didn't come out of Herkimer county New York. You can say that they resemble Herkimers though. You have to coin your own name for these stones for example Arkansas calls theirs Arkimer diamonds
I'm wondering if the gentleman in the blue shirt has arthritis in his left thumb as I do? Too many years of hammering on a chisel with a 3 or 4 pound crack hammer, and missing every so often. I knew my thumb would pay me back some day, and it's doing it now. I don't see any eye protection or gloves either. I use a pointed gad with a plastic shield on it now. Pretty fun to see the area instead of just imagining it from the rock books.
My name is Garrett also and am a life long novelist rockhound lol great video
Love your video, what fun. Awesome stuff, I have a similar area out here that I hunt at and find lots of little round ones like your second to last specimen picture. How do you clean these, do you tumble them? What do you do with your finds? I still have all mine, buckets of the stuff. I love the hunt part :-) Keep up the good hunt and great videos ;-)
Por favor quisiera ver este video en español yo encontré esos guevitos en las rocas pero no se que son
The original outcrop that I marked for the book is no longer there because it was completely worked out by energetic rockhounds; that was 1.6 miles. For the video we stopped at a small billy goat trail at 1.2 miles and made the hike up the ridge. We started finding material right away, but it's probably been picked over pretty well by now. Once you get to the bigger outcrops, there is material all over them, and I'm confident of my GPS reading.
Very nice specimens, and the trip looked beautiful there. So Agate in Ellens/Williams burg are traditionally blue, but some agates like a lot that I've seen are yellow probably from weathering. Are there other parts like a part 2 of Garret's World of Geology? It was a very good one, especially for young rockhounds and geology enthusiasts like me. Any advice, thoughts, and concerns of going to First Creek, Ellens/Williamsburg, Washington? Overall, Great job. =D
@lexusowner Yes they are quartz lined geodes with agate walls
I've done some searches for USGS maps and found some could be downloaded in PDF format. Some of them need to be purchased.It takes some poking around to find them and I haven't tried in about 5 yrs. Try googleing the location you're interested in followed by "USGS map".
Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum houses an outstanding collection of minerals, gemstones, carvings, period journals, photographs, mining tools and other items. The collection has been visited by various authorities on minerals and is believed to be one of the finest in existence. The Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, Inc. was formed in June 1990 to make the attraction something that would generate outside interest in the mineral and mining heritage of West Kentucky.
Try his books. Gem Trails of Washington, Gem Trails of Oregon, and Rockhounding Idaho.You'll find them to be both informative and accurate. He visits every site personally to verify it.
The quarry seems to be pretty much worked out. I think the mountain behind it has promise though.
My god, I'm really envious of you guys... I've always wanted to go hunting for my own geodes. All there is around Singapore is granite, granite and more granite. Does anyone know, though this might sound a little far-fetched, any place in Singapore you can find geodes? ):
This really helps when it comes to finding minerals and such. Does anyone know any good rockhounding areas near Cheyenne, Wyoming?
Look online to see what your area has. Type in gems and minerals in Wyoming.
thanks, usually i search for geodes at Walker Valley quarry.
What are the best places to find Gems in Washington?
Please respond soon
Zachary
no motorized vehicles beyond point x? now that's why i have a mountainbike :p
not that i dislike hiking, not at all, but it is something different
it is about 10x faster tho and it increases ur active range about that size too, it takes me one day to cover an area that would take me maybe five days or more on foot
you found rare blue ocean geode!
Is that the gate next to the old rock shop? Whats with the gate? I thought that was the old back way to upper green canyon....
hey im a local and would like any information i can get on this area i just picked up rock hounding and live in the teanaway (tea-an-a-way). thanks.
@lexusowner and btw: great finds; i would love to hangout with you guys if you come down to oregon..
@DustyFingers5 Sigh, it's okay. Singapore has a lack of rocks to collect anyway. ):
AWESOME, you're so lucky
Awesome~!
NEED ANY HELP ..........I'M RETIRED AND LOVE TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE AND ENJOY LIFE.................... SEMPERFI
what type of crystal is that? its not quartz...
Billy bob thornton?
Nice just a thought 10lb sledge hammer and safety glasses .
goes garret have a email or something im from spokane washington trying to get some info about rock hunting
@curtis1567 Sorry man, can't help.
Every been out to greenwater
If you cant get it out smash it?
Wow really? Are you drunk already?
@@DustyFingers5
Totally must be, smash it and break it. Some ppl
Perty
Total amateurs. Only they would shove a large chisel into a geode to show the depth when to do so just bruises the quartz crystals and ruins aesthetics and value. But then again, this is only quartz and fundamentally worthless. FWIW,G
Always a hater somewhere.
yup, but maybe he's fundamendably worthless too