Crystal Park 2020, Rockhounding Montana and Hitting a HUGE Smokey Vug!
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- A rockhounding adventure that scratched one item off of the bucket list. We travel to Crystal Park Montana and dig for Smokey, Amethyst, and sceptered Quartz crystals that were formed in the Pioneer Batholith. We met up and dug for three straight days on July 29th, 30th, and 31st of 2020 with Aidan’s friend Eric. If a person wants to dig for quality quartz crystals, I highly recommend this area.
If any viewers are interested in purchasing mineral specimens, contact eric8he on his Instagram or Facebook page South Fork Minerals.
I had a blast watching your sons and you find all those beautiful Crystal's, I was even cracking the screen to help you dig them out , Lol !!! God bless you and your family, that was treasure from heaven as a gift to you, so keep finding his gifts for you and your family, take care...
Diane Riegel I sincerely thank you.
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These children are very lucky to have an adult raising them that knows what real good times are and making treasured memories with them...Great video!!
Y'all are awesome! I have been binge-washing you for the past 2 days. So great to see you out with your boys. 👍🤠✨
Thank you! I’m currently working on some more videos to eventually upload
Nice to see a younger generation excited about rock hounding & digging for crystals. My friend is a Geology Professor at Boise State University Idaho. She'd love you gentlemen.
I really enjoy watching how well your boys work together and help one another. You raised them right.
It's so cool how you guys get up and go, I wish my family would be up to doing exactly what you and your kids are spending time together and enjoying digging up crystals. My daughter is 16 and my son is 19 and I really believe they would enjoy it. They just don't know it yet!
This video had me hitting the subscribe button because your children help each other, are kind to each other and seem confident and very mature. #RaisedRight
* The sound of a family "Oh!" in unison is so fabulous.. The care to get whole pieces. You show the Inspiration of Rockhounding... Thanks.. Keep on Digging for us to share..
Amazing! Thx for sharing! Sub’d 🤙🤙
Going this saturday, about 4 hours from where we live and I'm so excited. My 6 year old son collects any nice rocks he finds or gems we buy for him so we're going for him. I went when I was 12 for a school trip and it's such a beautiful place to visit, watching your video has me even more excited to go back.
That’s how old my son was when he showed interest and we have been going places ever since!
You guys are my favorite! I love that you both have such a passion for rockhounding. Great father son activity!
Tracy Vance Thank you sincerely. It’s a great privilege and honor to be your favorite!
Creating amazing memories with you son - getting personal time with you AND educating on the best subject ever!
I like how you use the white background and lighting to show the color, inserted the clean specimen, and that little box display is quite sharp. I'm learning quite a bit from this that I like. Thank you. I plan to get into a little rockhounding myself. Glad I found your channel. 👍
Those crystals and scepters were AMAZING well done
Should have seen the size of the crystals they were pulling out of crystal park back in the 70s. Lived next door to an avid rock hound named Mr. Magnuson in Dillon , he would often give specimens to sisters and I , favorite was a fully terminated smoky quartz about 9" . Mr. M had petrified logs , big picture rock slabs , quartz clusters that took two or men to move.
Looks like you guys had a good day! Some of my most perfect days were hunting rocks with my dad. I'm now in my forties and we still take a trip every year.
Just had someone in Montana (a fellow hound on reddit) recommend this place to me today for when I finally get out to Montana for my dream hounding trip - #2 on my list, second only to Queensland, Australia... And then I just happen on this video! 😍💎
thank you darling I
Before they built Price Creek in the mid-90's, you were allowed to set up camp just about anywhere at that place (for free). A few shady characters, for sure, but they were always happy to show you what they found and provide advice on where and how to dig. The site hosts from the Butte mineral/gem club would stay up there for a month at a time. I remember a couple of those guys had a hole close to 10 ft. deep straight down at the top (they had a ladder to get in and out). They were using sledges and pry bars to get through the granite. They came out with two crystals attached to a piece of granite. The largest one was easily 12-16" long and at least 6" in diameter. By far, the biggest stuff I've ever seen come out of there. Sorry to ramble on, but a lot of good memories from digging at Crystal Park with my kids back in the day. It's good to see others doing the same.
rockhounding is the new rock n roll
It looks like I need to head out there since its only a 5.5 hour drive for me. Y'all had some epic finds out there.
Yes you need to go. And lucky you it’s a shorter drive!
This looks like a fun place to visit! I’ve put it on my list, thanks.
These kids are hooked for life 😀
thank you! great camera work as well as digging! Made me feel like I was right there excavating that pocket with you guys.
The crystals are beautiful. Thanks for taking me with you. Love the channel 🙂
Vivid23 D Thank you!
These children are very lucky to have an adult raising them that knows what real good times are and making treasured memories with them...Great video!!
I just watched this. What an awesome time. Thank you for getting those boys hooked on rocks and adventure. I am sure you have started something that will continue for generations to come. Great to see a dad spending quality time with some great kids. Keep up the great work, and keep the videos coming.
Guys you are lucky...🍀🍀🍀...all this crystals are wonderfull...good luck to you all...
Be happy. We dont have such crystal parks in Germany. Her we have in privacy...or in states hand..
.and thats robbery...🥶😷😁
I'd love to up there some time it's on the wish list for sure,love the crystals you all found🍻
Reminded me of going collecting with my Dad when I was young, I'm still going after 40 years. Hang in there guys, enjoy the ride!
So, SO fun to watch...the next best thing to being there ourselves! Absolutely beautiful finds. Thanks!
thank you darling I
What a fun time you guys had...some beautiful crystals. Brekky looked yum too!😊👍
Your creating rock monsters.
Awesome finds
Absolutely fabulous crystals the boys pulled out. Wow.
You guys were awesome! So happy for your hard work paid off!
not even kidding. Was just wondering if Eric knew or you guys all knew Eric, and there he is. okay Udo says your getting the good vugs at Hansen he says he led Eric to and now - ah great- maybe this old guy inspired to ? Crystal park huh. nice points. Peace guys Eric. Maybe see ya at Hansen this year. peace all
Be well
Thank you same to you.
Good ones !
Crystal park is so cleaned out.
Just gotta dig deeper and work for them. We were rewarded for our effort.
Awesome finds 😊❤️, thank you for sharing , where is this place please , what guide book are you using ,
Gem Trails of Montana
By the way, my dad ran a Dutch Oven business out if the home. All of my family cooks Dutch oven camping, and at home too. Dutch Oven cooked Prime Rib at Christmas, Dutch Oven Ham & Turkey at Thanksgiving & Easter.
Thumbs up form somewhere close to Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Ok...mouth dropped😲 I am in awe... You guys hit the jackpot. Especially Aiden and Eric...how epic! So many smoky beauties I'm surprised the hill wasn't on fire haha. I really enjoyed watching the extraction...my eyes were glued. Another locale on my bucket list! Lol What a spectacular trip. I'll be sharing the link to this if you don't mind, in my upcoming video... Guess what came in the mail today?😉
Thanks a million VM...
And cheers to more epic adventures!🐾
Marlaina Atkins Wow, That package came fast! No I don’t mind at all. I hope you make the trip there some day. I can imagine hearing your excitement upon extracting one yourself!
Dads looks like a very very very light amethyst.
My dad won't go anywhere without that same coffee percolator. You guys had the full camp set up.👍Thanks for the great video. Also may I ask what book you were showing in the beginning?
Ashley Wilson I’m glad you like the video, Gem Trails of Idaho and Western Montana by Lanny Ream.
You can also try antlers to protect the crystals from damage in that looser soil.
What day of the week did you guys hit it and how were the crowds? Been wanting to go there but the way the WA camping and rec areas are so crowded it has me wonderin if its the same in MT. Mind sharing where you camped? Also wondering if this place is dog friendly.
Thanks for another awesome video!
Price Creek Campground, USFS. This is the closest camp ground to the dig area. I don't remember if it was pet friendly or not. We got there on a Tuesday evening and about half the camp ground had vacant space available. Then on that Friday, the camp ground was fully occupied. We packed up and left Saturday morning. So definitely mid week is the way to go.
A collegial work between family which brought back its fruits and a long awaited rain comes to water the places; a joy to be in the open air
Y'all need to take your vitaminC👍
How did yall clean them up so nicely?
Planning a trip up there myself! Where’d you guys camp if you don’t mind me asking?
Price Creek Campground
Who wants to do a day of sapphire mining in helena montana this summer? You need a kayak to get there though.
Me.
Well email me and we can set it up. jason.genaw2012@gmail.com
Awesome stuff you guys find there! 😎 Are you from Germany?
Thanks! My grandma (Oma) was and that makes me 1/4. One thing on my bucket list is to visit Idar Oberstein where agate and amethyst mining took place as far back to Roman times. Or explore the old stone quarries for nautilus fossils. That’d sure make an incredible adventure video I think.
Ohh thats nice, the whole world is a village. :D Yes it would, i also would go there, and it's not to far away from me. 🙈
Keep on doing, and have a good time with your family ^-^
Greetings from Germany
Think it’s cool you take your son that’s awesome
I would be right there in the dirt digging w/you gentlemen.
Ooohhhh what???? I hate it when a movie ends like that. Is there a sequel?
Oh yeah there will be when we go again this summer!
I want to go! I would love to find my own instead of buying them
So close to 1k!
Sir, collect rainwater in the bucket ... to wash the crystal stones
Did you go on the side of crystal park facing the parking lot, or on the back side?
TJ Shmoke1 Back side.
@@vugmeister918 looks like you were fairly close to the ridge line huh. I was thinking of going toward the back left corner just over the ridge.
Curious
What kind of pick you guys were using I live in deerlodge and go there quite often but I always break crystal because my pic is to heavy
We used shovels to move loose dirt and then screwdrivers to work around the crystals.
Thanks I was admiring that blue pic also curious if you clean yours up I just got some muratic acid and started a acid bath hope it works
@@kodyryan5694 Hey friend i kniw this is late but hopefully it will be of some use to you. That blue pick shown in the first hole i believe is an Estwing PaleoPick. They're awesome, about 60 bucks but well, well worth it. Shorter than a traditional pick, closer to a mattock maybe? Probably around 2 feet or so. Has the traditional pick end but the other side is this nicely designed kind of a rounded,shorter and narrowed version of the traditional picks broad blade. And a super durable ergonomic style foam grip running most of the length of the shaft. It was awesome to me, ESPECIALLY on long and out of the way hikes to dig, because you have your rock pick but also can very easily use the broad end to move soil like a small shovel for the most part. If its an already established dig you're money for sure. Do you save on weight and items to hike in and out. Sorry for the novel just trying to give you the best rundown I can. They're genuinely a great tool. And im also in no way affiliated with the most excellent folks that have this channel or Estwing, just a rockhound . Good luck, happy hunting, be safe !
@@joshgarrity4068 thanks a bunch yeah estwing makes good stuff I have an ax but am going to get a pic
which section of the park is this?
As the old saying goes, “If you know, you know.”
Be patient when you find something interesting, be more careful , you can separate crystals with too much haste. They are much more valuable when they are in blocks. ❤❤❤
လူမသိအောင်သိမ်ထားသောရတနာသိုက်ကသန့်ရှင်သောကာလားများနဲ
stone I need
Hey, do you got a fb?
Hi! I'm editing a commercial promoting tourism in Beaverhead County. Any chance you'd be willing to share some of this footage with me? I'll give your credit of course.
Send me one 😂
It's nice seeing young kids getting interested in this......and you sure found a productive site.....BUT.....digging with a metal tool turned me off. you should use a stick or deer antler and that way, you wont inadvertantly damage any hidden crystals.....
What is Eric's Facebook page?
vicky goodwin South Fork Minerals