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What a lovely day on the john day. And Sarah always get the best finds. I would have loved to see the road cut looking for zeolites too! But not part of agate hunting, i get that. Awesome finds and its good to know that im not the only one who finds nothing on hunts! Lol! Great video and wrap up! Thanks Jared!
There is a trip report up on the website about the roadcut in question! I think we will be spending more time visiting some lower portions of the John Day.
Definitely worth 5 bucks to camp there. Love the views. Nice gravel bar to look through. Sarah had a great find. It would be cool to see some slices of that polished. It just looks like a great area to explore and enjoy nature in the videos so far. Awesome to have all the trip reports. Really enjoying all the John Day content. Thanks, Jared.
We raft the John Day downstream from this location and have found plenty of awesome agates jaspers and pet wood. Even there on areas primarily accessible by water gravel bars get picked over. Where the river passes through the Clarno and John Day formations the collecting gets much better.
I always take a battery operated angle grinder with a diamond blade. If I need to grind down a corner or "peel back some skin" A great way too make you sure it's worth packing out or leave er right where you found it. Even a cheap Bauer rechargeable grinder would work with a diamond bit of choice. Only need to see if it's worthy of a trip in the backpack.
That's a pretty spot! You two make a good team. Good to know about the large one and the non-wood piece. I'm sure you have superior camping there to where we are in the Midwest. $5 is the additional fee to even book camping where we go. We are usually looking at $25/night for an electric site in a crowded campground in these parts.
As usual, another nice video. That large piece looked like it had some moss agate in there. Do you ever spend any time fishing when you're near rivers like that? I would have to at least give it a try. Although, you being out of state would have to pay a greater fee than me, however, you can get a day pass that's not too expensive.
You don't often find good specimens but you just can't beat the variety of river rockhounding. I think it's probably more rewarding where I'm at because the carbonate rocks tend to leave behind a variety of quartz of all forms. I'm with Sarah. I tend to find more surface collecting than digging but I definitely do well when I combine the two. That strategy will definitely NOT work on a river though. I think that agate is pretty cool. I guess it was probably formed in basalt but... It does kind of look like the "coldwater" sedimentary type agates. Might be interesting to cut a thick chunk off of and see if it has a different pattern if you rotate it 90 degrees and do another cut.
Just spent a day on the John Day and found a giant whopper so guess I was lucky, also a large red, green, and yellow jasper. Was worth the $2.50 senior discount!
I have got to get some kind of cheap rock saw. I walk my dog every day at the Illinois River in Cave Junction. I think I have picked up some large agates like you showed around 7:20. Tons of Jasper, and petrified wood. I found a 13 pound slab of petrified wood a few weeks ago and lots of river tumbled pieces. But I'd like to cut the pitted pock-marked pieces and see what's going on. They have waxy areas on the surface and are considerably heavier than other rocks the same size. Hmmm...
Most of the stuff I find in this one place looks like the piece you find. Only one was an because it had banding on the exterior. Most are cherts or druze based chert....
Someone once told me that you can't photograph your life and live it at the same time. That might be paraphrased to you can't create a UA-cam video and rockhound at the same time, explaining why Sara does so well.
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I really enjoy your wrap-up and explaining your finds. It’s fun examining the catch and completing the adventure 😊
Thank you!
I feel like I owe you money for the education you've been giving me. You are awesome at finding gems for sure. You are so smart and mature. Keep it up
Why thank you! I'm pleased to share everything I know with the hopes that other people get involved in the world of rockhounding.
Great finds Sarah. 😁
What a lovely day on the john day. And Sarah always get the best finds. I would have loved to see the road cut looking for zeolites too! But not part of agate hunting, i get that. Awesome finds and its good to know that im not the only one who finds nothing on hunts! Lol! Great video and wrap up! Thanks Jared!
There is a trip report up on the website about the roadcut in question!
I think we will be spending more time visiting some lower portions of the John Day.
Some neat finds for sure!!! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great location, great rocks, great team = a great video! Thanks guys. 😊
Thank you!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding You're very welcome. I always enjoy your outing videos.
Thanks for sharing your location. It helps us fellow rockhouders here in southern oregon. Happy rockhounding 😊😊
Definitely worth 5 bucks to camp there. Love the views. Nice gravel bar to look through. Sarah had a great find. It would be cool to see some slices of that polished. It just looks like a great area to explore and enjoy nature in the videos so far. Awesome to have all the trip reports. Really enjoying all the John Day content. Thanks, Jared.
Thank you!
Enjoyed the video! Cool finds👍👍
You two make a great team.
Thank you!
Sarah killed it! Great day outside…
That is often the case!
This is a good channel for rockhounding advice and a side helping of relationship goals.
Thank you! :)
Sarah is the poet in your heart.
Accurate!
Thanks
Thank you for watching!
What a beautiful dog! I live in Central Oregon and looking for a day trip. Might make this trip today.
We raft the John Day downstream from this location and have found plenty of awesome agates jaspers and pet wood. Even there on areas primarily accessible by water gravel bars get picked over. Where the river passes through the Clarno and John Day formations the collecting gets much better.
I for sure want to spend some time on the river like that someday.
I always take a battery operated angle grinder with a diamond blade. If I need to grind down a corner or "peel back some skin"
A great way too make you sure it's worth packing out or leave er right where you found it. Even a cheap Bauer rechargeable grinder would work with a diamond bit of choice. Only need to see if it's worthy of a trip in the backpack.
Sarah does have the eye for agates, that last one maybe a jasper-agate. Jaspers can be fun too.
She's better at finding them than me for sure.
Chucks the quartz into the river.. hahahaha. Evil quartz
Ha!
lol!
That's a pretty spot! You two make a good team. Good to know about the large one and the non-wood piece. I'm sure you have superior camping there to where we are in the Midwest. $5 is the additional fee to even book camping where we go. We are usually looking at $25/night for an electric site in a crowded campground in these parts.
Yeah we recently stayed at a real campground like that.... I'm not a fan of all the people running around.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I hear you!
So glad Leica is on a leash. She seems great, but losing a dog in a strange area is awful. Nice rocks. Thanks
I would for sure lose my mind if she ran off.
As usual, another nice video. That large piece looked like it had some moss agate in there. Do you ever spend any time fishing when you're near rivers like that? I would have to at least give it a try. Although, you being out of state would have to pay a greater fee than me, however, you can get a day pass that's not too expensive.
Thank you! Yeah we don't really do any fishing, however we have done some magnet fishing off of docks which is pretty fun.
You don't often find good specimens but you just can't beat the variety of river rockhounding. I think it's probably more rewarding where I'm at because the carbonate rocks tend to leave behind a variety of quartz of all forms. I'm with Sarah. I tend to find more surface collecting than digging but I definitely do well when I combine the two. That strategy will definitely NOT work on a river though. I think that agate is pretty cool. I guess it was probably formed in basalt but... It does kind of look like the "coldwater" sedimentary type agates. Might be interesting to cut a thick chunk off of and see if it has a different pattern if you rotate it 90 degrees and do another cut.
I really do like all different kinds of rockhounding so we try to mix it up and do a little bit of everything.
Ha, digging in the river!
Just spent a day on the John Day and found a giant whopper so guess I was lucky, also a large red, green, and yellow jasper. Was worth the $2.50 senior discount!
I have got to get some kind of cheap rock saw. I walk my dog every day at the Illinois River in Cave Junction. I think I have picked up some large agates like you showed around 7:20. Tons of Jasper, and petrified wood. I found a 13 pound slab of petrified wood a few weeks ago and lots of river tumbled pieces. But I'd like to cut the pitted pock-marked pieces and see what's going on. They have waxy areas on the surface and are considerably heavier than other rocks the same size. Hmmm...
Most of the stuff I find in this one place looks like the piece you find. Only one was an because it had banding on the exterior. Most are cherts or druze based chert....
"me, Sarah...and the dog..." Doesn't THE DOG have a name? Great videos BTW.
Our dogs name is Laika.
Someone once told me that you can't photograph your life and live it at the same time. That might be paraphrased to you can't create a UA-cam video and rockhound at the same time, explaining why Sara does so well.
That might be true and its a bit of a double edged sword for me since I can't do trips on this level without filming them.
Run your 1st 2 rocks through a tumbler they would be perfect.
This is literally 45 min from my place 😅✌️
If the water is low you should go.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding about May or June. I sent you a pm with a look at what you can find looking in the right places. 😊✌️
I hate it when she out split rocks me 😅
I think the only way your going to tell if its an aget is to cut it.
I did cut it.
@Currently Rockhounding was it okay did you like that rock after cutting
Thanks