Fruita Colorado River Hunt
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2021
- So I found a spot near Opal Hill right down on the Colorado River to do some rock hounding that wasn't frozen over. From the looks of it no one has searched this area. In this video I found a lot of really cool rocks. So if your in the area check it out. Just remember to stay off of Private Property and stay in the riverbed. You may need some water shoes/boots. The location coordinates is (39.142353, -108.737950).
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Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: My old stomping grounds! I love the rocks in that area! When I was a little pebble pup ...about 4yrs old I thought Colorado was named after the colorful rocks!! Grew up on Oklahoma but we spent summers in The Rockies....doing what....rockhounding!!! So many good memories there. Now I'm unable to get out ...and you're videos let me experience a portion of the glee I felt back then. I get pumped just watching!!!! Thank you!!
That's awesome, I'm glad my videos bring back those memories and experiences you felt back then. I hope you keep enjoying them. I plan to get back to the area hopefully this spring summer to do some more hounding. Thanks for watching
I love your videos. I thought I would thank some of my favourite UA-camrs. I'm an armchair rockhound. I can't actually go myself because a stroke has left me partially disabled and affected my balance, but I do enjoy it vicariously through you and others.
Thanks man, I appreciate you watching. Oh man I'm sorry to hear about your stroke, that must be very hard again I'm sorry.
Just going to mention this incase you would like to do this... but I'm part of the Rockhound Podcast and every couple months we do a Viewers Show-N-Tell where people send us photos of their cool rocks they want to show off and a description or story that goes with the rocks. We will go through the list and show them off for you on the show. Every other Friday we do a premier on the channel with live chat.. it's alot of fun if you ever want to join in.. I'm personally taking a small break but will return soon. If your interested in that you can send photos to rockhoundroundtable@gmail.com
That place looks cold, but so beautiful. So many amazing and different coloured rocks, it's just mesmerising watching your camera skim over them. Thanks for sharing
I really liked the rock at 6:10 ,also the agatized wood and unknown conglomerate. That fossil was excellent, I'd be happiest with that also. Good content, very nice video! Rock on!
Wow! So many beautiful, colorful rocks at that river! I would want to take all of them home! Thanks for the video.
Lol I know same here but the all won’t fit In my backpack 😁😂
Love your videos! You found a lot of nice rocks! Enjoyed!
I’m glad you enjoy my videos, thank you for taking the time to watch them.
Fantastic spot, super cool finds
Thanks man
Great video my friend !!
Good luck!!
Thanks man
Very cool isolate!
I live in Fruita! I’m glad you enjoyed the area. I’m constantly finding awesome stuff on the river!
That’s awesome. I need to get back out there
I love rocks!
Nice, keep Rocking 🤘
I live on the Front Range and have always loved collecting cool finds from around this beautiful state ❤ Have really wanted to take a trip out that way! So many places along the western slopes! Thanks for your video. Both intriguing and relaxing!
@@user-yd4cg6tm9v I’m glad you enjoyed it. I haven’t done much out on the front range much. Hope to when I have to come to Denver for something. Thanks for taking the time to watch my content.
Hope you having a great weekend.
Great rock hounding video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Hi friend good finds
Thank you friend
Very good my friend
Thanks for watching
Beautiful rocks!
Thank you
Thanx! I miss CO. 🙋
wow thats a beautiful river and mountains nice stuff out there lots to chose from
Yes there is, glad you enjoyed
So many rocks are calling for me to pick them up!
Beautiful area with a lot to pick from ! Very nice finds :)
Thanks I’m going to try and go back with more time to hunt next week
Thanks for watching
What an awesome variety of colors to hound from!
I know, it’s super fun.
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
What a great trip. I would just put my bag on the ground and fill it up without looking. A great place to go rockhounding. Is Fruita where the headless chicken festival is? If so we had fun there. We wish you all the joy, love and hope your heart can hold for now and the new year. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒🌲
great vid. Liked and subbed. Slow your pan, we are searching with you and enjoying. Again GREAT job.
@@Parry635 sorry it took me so long to respond. Thanks for your support and the tip 😉
Beautiful!
Fantastic rocks!
ALL rocks are beautiful, especially these! I’ll take one of each...please. ROCKS RULE! 😉☺️
@@lizzymoore54 😁
Love Fruita. Thank you for sharing. Colorado National Monument is fabulous rock hunting.
Yes I love the geology in the area and thanks for the support want watching my content. Also just a heads up please be aware of where your rock hounding only because you can get in a lot of trouble for removing rocks/plants from National Parks, National Monuments, and National Conservation Lands. National Forest are completely ok as long as your not on a private claim. Other then that Rock ON 🤘
COOL VIDEO on rock hounding along the Colorado river !!!
I just uploaded some other cool areas to search along the Colorado river where I was finding beautiful agate and jasper as well as some nice chalcedony. Eagle Eric
My favorite is the quartz seam
Beautiful crystals!
That one was definitely beautiful
U know about Portable Rock Art, right? There's more to those beautiful rocks than meets the eye....
Most definitely 😉. Thanks for watching
Enjoying the beautiful scenery and rocks in your video, all the way from Australia. 😊
Awesome I’m glad you enjoy my content. Thanks for the support
Just subbed great channel thanks for sharing the adventure 💪😎👍
Nice, thanks for your support 🤘🤙
Brr! Looks cold, but soo worth it!
Hi Rock.
Nice meeting you mate 😎👍💥
I enjoyed your video.
Interesting stones you found.
Dave the Dutchman
Thanks for the support Botha. 🤙🤘
Nice variety of rocks there! Also, congrats on 500 subs!
Yeah I’ll be going back next week for a much longer hunt. Thanks, I will be posting a giveaway in the next few days.
Just found your channel Love you videos man.
Thanks man
I really like the pink Feldspar! I love the green and purple rocks you have there too!
Awesome, well I did put some of those pink feldspars with nice light flashes in your box as well some other cool finds from this hunt. You should get a email with tracking. If not I’ll send you it.
I would have been in trouble on that gravel bar lol. I would not have been able to walk out of there from the weight! You have a really beautiful place to hunt for beautiful rocks!
@@patriciabock4299 thank you Patricia. Lately I have had to be very careful about what I want to keep lol. I have to man rocks in the back yard 🤣
My old home town! I have found rocks right where you are!
Nice, there is definitely a lot of goodies there.
Some nice volcanics and silica in that river. Looks like you found a good spot!
Thanks man, yeah definitely a good spot. I’m going back tomorrow for another hunt. I’m trying to get the gravel pit company to call me back which is the private property above there just so I can make sure I’m on the safe side.
You ever heard of the Mudfossil Theory? Some of those could be parts of gigantic magical creatures! And most were dragons!
You're doing a good job just think about slowing down maybe a section at a time? Good content too!
Thanks and thanks For the advice 😜
@14:24 that was a nice galaxy stone!
Oh your right 🤦♂️ I should of kept that one.
@@RockHoundingAdventures next time! lol!
Also, I live in the San Luis Valley here in south central Colorado. I find very similar stuff @17:39 over here all over. Some very peculiar pieces! I’ve been trying to determine exactly what they are because some have some crazy patterns! Almost like they are brecciated and/or banded quartz agates. Idk if that’s even a thing. LOL!
Sox...I hate them, even here in Massachusetts in winter i wear wool lined boots without sox but sometimes u gotta hav em! Colorful rockbed to hunt in..and yes 5 more minutes please
Thanks for the idea! Didn't make it all the way to Fruita, but found some pretty cool rocks along the Colorado River under the 5th Street Bridge in GJ. Nothing amazing, but still fun!
Oooh cool, I will check that spot out next time I’m in town. There are lots of cool material to find in this river lol. Good luck hounding in the future.
Man I wanna go Rockhounding but we just got hit with almost 3 ft of snow..I’m thankful I got you guys to get me through! Can’t forget those socks bro
Oh I know man was was watching the weather Channel last night and saw that. It’s crazy...and yeah I know lol
I'm just north of the Adirondacks and I'm jonesing too for some hunting! Just got my friends 9yo into hounding and we've got many field trips planned. Hopefully spring comes soon!
The red rocks are so cool too!!
I know, I’ll be going back for sure next week.
@@RockHoundingAdventures my son loves the red rocks but I can't identify them. We hope to go here (fruita) when the water is down. I found a carnelian agate near where you were at lands end...there was a tan coating on it...I tried miriatic acid...no help. lemon juice helped a bit. but I dremeled it almost clean, then put it in the lemon...now it is all grey covered again. sigh...can you give me ideas?
those black and pink ones might be rhodonite. also saw some translucent looking greens that might be serpentine.
enjoyed the hunt, take care , I'll catch you again
Sounds good bro 🤙 thanks for watching
Nice hunt
@@therockdad1 thanks man 🤘🤙
@@therockdad1 just subbed your account. Number 250 oh yeah 😁👍
@@RockHoundingAdventures thanks
Cool finds! Looks like you found a great spot to go back to. I love the jasp agate a lot! I dont think any of that is agatized wood, one looks like chalcedony and the other brecciated jasper or some type of breccia.
Oh yeah, I’m going back next week. Going to take a black. Light with me and stay till dark. Yeah that Jasp Agate was cool, a good portion of what I found was for a rock trade. Thanks for watching man 😁. Hope you find more of that fire 🔥 carnelian 😁
Love the rocks with feldspar in them. I live in Mississippi and we don't find that down here.
Oh same, if they have a nice flash to them I MUST pick them up lol. What all do you find in the Mississippi River?
@@RockHoundingAdventures I have never been rockhounding in the Mississippi. I tried to find access to it once, but, could never get down to it. People who have gone have found mostly some very nice fossils.
@@janiehand2954 check out these free apps. They may help you find a way down. My altimeter favorite is called Gaia GPS. There is a free version and a paid version ($40 annually). With Gaia you can create your own trails by recording when you hike, you can also check out the layers for their maps which can be quite helpful. The second one is called RockD it's completely free and you can check out surrounding formations, landscapes, and the world geological background. Use the map to pin point exact location with data for basic description of minerals and/or fossils found in the area with time periods.. and third is just a basic hiking app called AllTrails, you may be able to find a way down to the river on there also.. huge database of all public trails world wide.
I hope these help you find a cool spot. If you find anything cool send me some pictures on my email I'd like to see what you find. Rock On..
A rock pick... oh darn I'd love a box of random rocks.. my cousin lives near and I can't get her to fill a 8.95 box and send it... beautiful day on the Colorado.
Yeah I figure since it 500 might as well do a tool. That’s a bummer she won’t send any rocks.. where are you from? I’ll tell you what, I plan on going back there next week and if you tell me what type of rocks you like I’ll look for them and pick them up for you up to a $9 box if you want to pay shipping?
@@RockHoundingAdventures oh my goodness... I will look for your email
@@rebeccaofsunnybrookefarm8469 it’s
rock_hounding_adventures@yahoo.com
Thank you for the coordinates. I will be going through there this summer on my way to hunt the Yellowstone. I might try to look you up on the way. I lived in GJ for several years during the oil boom but was not a rockhound then,dadgummit. I subbed ya. good luck and havagudun Bud.
Sorry I'm just seeing this. Hope you found some cool stuff on your trip. If you haven't already check out Theo Kellison, he hunts up there on the yellowstone. Thanks for the sub.
New to your channel. UA-cam suggested your video to me. Subd you.
Thank you man, I appreciate your sub and hope you enjoy my content. If there is anything that you think I could improve on please let me know in the comments or by email. I’m always look for improvements. Rock On 🤘 and have a great Sunday.
So I just love this video...I hope like hell you kept the rock from 15:00
Oh yeah I did, that one was to cool to put back. I think is banded Chert.
You looked cold but had to be loving the wet rocks! Some great stuff there today.
Lol yeah it definitely was cold but I was needing to get out for a hunt. It’s been to long. Hopefully the weather is better when I go back next week. I’m going to take my black light to see what it looks like.
I kept wishing you weren't avoiding all of those pretty celadon green stones, 'cuz I wanted to know what they were! You seem very tuned-in to red, brown and white colours. :-) I really liked the last rock you picked up, with it's contrasting black, grey and green striping--the only green stone you handled in the video.
You seem a bit like me, heading for stones with interesting patterns and colours. :-) I also gravitate to soft plain fields of colour, too, with little to no pattern, or a simple, minimalist mark on the stone. An interesting shape will catch my eye, like smooth, round and flat, a symmetrical tear-drop--that happens more often than you'd think--ovals, or even the odd square or rectangle--yup, those happen, sometimes, too. The moon-shaped pink piece I saw at 9:27 that you passed over for another rock was a good example of a Nature-formed beauty, shape-wise, as was that lovely blade of rich maroon-pink I saw when you rinsed a piece of agate at 14:44.
I often make the finer, smaller rocks with the more fascinating, artist shapes and colours into simple pendants or other jewellery, unmodified or with a hole drilled for a cord or precious metal wire to hang them. :-) For example, the long, pink blade shaped stone I saw in the river when you rinsed the big agate, I would've cleaned that one up a bit, and if it was a longer piece on the other side, I might slice it into thinner blades and make a necklace and earring set.
If it was large-bodied enough and kept it's colour, or had an interesting pattern as the slices progressed through the rock, the blades could become multiple pendants on the necklace, with the earrings being single stones. Depending on how the colours looked in their natural state, I'd leave them matte, or I'd polish them to semi-gloss or even high gloss.
Also, that agated pisolite might become a cool primitivist pendant with it's shape. I'd probably wire-wrap it, or use leather and glue, instead of drilling a hole--or drill it at the large end and hang it point down--that could look interesting. But, drilling might crumble it, if it's hardness is anything like bauxite. Although people make bauxite beads all the time, the pisolite looks more likely to fracture (at least to me) with those egg-like inclusions. On a quick Google search, the only info I could find was "pisolitic minerals" with only oolite and bauxite coming up. Bah. Hardness 2.3 to 3. :-/ But, would it being **agated** up the hardness level? Hmmm...
Anyway, enough of my blather. I liked your video. Keep it up! Cheers!
that music in the background is disturbing. Hope you find a lot of lovely rocks!!
Noted, thanks for the advice ☺️ I appreciate it. I used to do music but then stopped for a while and was going back and forth on if I should have music. Thanks for watching.
I love where you’re at. The stones are beautiful but please slow down moving your camera. Your making me dizzy. 😂😂
I could take a chair and sit in one place, all day, just examining all the rocks around me. This was very cool! What river is that? PEACE
Oh I know, I could do the same. That is the Colorado River. Thanks for taking the time to watch.
So is that Jasperized Agate or Agatized Jasper? Lol very cool stuff there in Fruita. Is the chrome bull still there?
So it’s Jasper and agate mixed together. Thanks for watching. What is the Chrome Bull?
Did you make it to the store? I always say that I will only go out for an hour, five hours later. . .. cool finds, thanks for sharing.👍
Yeah lol. Same here man. I was running two hours late to the store 😆😅. Thanks for watching
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hi, thanks for great videos.
at 18:02 you said that this is agatized wood, how did you understand this? i have a lot of such agates, but i have been thinking that they are ordinary agates
So it’s hard to tell in the video but if you look closely at your stones if their Agatized wood you should be able to see some wood grains or like fibers. Hope this helps. I may try and do a video to help identifying Agatized wood vs agate. Thanks for watching. Rock on bro 🤘
Great rocks! New to your channel. What kind of Gopro do you have?
@@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353 thanks for subscribing. I just use my iPhone 8.. kinda outdated until I can get a better one. The GoPro I have is like 14 years old. It was one of the first cube looking models
Really enjoyed the video but what is up with Opal Hill ? Is it a seasonal closure? Great finds there.
Glad you liked it, it’s right next to the South Fruita Gravel Pit.
So when I first got to Western Colorado I did a lot of research wondering if it was ok to rock hound there. I found tons of mixed information online and from locals. Some people say it’s protected now and others say it’s not. As well I’ve heard it is protected but surface finds are ok to take as long as you don’t dig.
I finally found the McInnis Canyons Conservation Area Ranger phone number and talked to them. They Confirmed that rockhounding is prohibited at Opal Hill. But it is open all year for nice walks/hikes down the trails. I actually went back a couple weeks ago to do a video showing how the landscape glows under a 365 Uv black light but it was all covered in snow. The original video I made there I removed so it doesn’t promote rock hounding there anymore.
Hope this info helps. Are you from the area?
@@RockHoundingAdventures I am from Fort Collins but I go over to Grand Junction a couple times a year now to see my daughter who is in college at CMU. I actually know the area where you started at because I had stopped there to look around to check out the flow of the Colorado river. I was wanting to do a little gold prospecting. A little downstream is an area that people prospect and find gold. Next time over there I will have to check out the area closer. River was high when I was there.
@@markgergely6834 oh cool, I almost moved there when coming to Colorado. We really liked the area. That’s cool, I’ve been wanting to try out some gold panning. There is a place between GJ and Delta called Rattlesnake Gulch I was told about by another subscriber where you can pan for gold and garnets on the Gunnison River. I haven’t checked it out yet but was told you need a 4x4 suv or truck to get there.. which I don’t have. It’s on public land that can’t be claimed though. Here is a link I found with more helpful info cause looking it up on maps it’s almost impossible to find with out exact location.
findinggoldincolorado.com/rattlesnake-gulch/
@@markgergely6834 The river is definitely flowing much higher throughout spring and early summer from all the snow melting up river. Normally starts slowing down by fall.
@@RockHoundingAdventures Someday when I have more time to spend over there I would like to try that area for gold. That website that you linked to is really a good sight for Colorado gold. Very informative. There is a gentleman that lives in Fruita and offers to let people go with him to his claim that is somewhere in that area. They are always finding gold. He posts videos on Facebook in the Finding Gold in Colorado page. Interesting videos to watch. Love the Grand Junction area and can't wait to go back over there.
At 12:35ish, what is that spotted green one on the top left?
It’s hard to tell but if I had to guess it’s green hornsfeld which can also be found along Crystal River near Carbondale, CO.
Thanks for watching
What do you do with all those rocks?!
I keep some to make slabs and for tumbling, then the rest I send out for rock trades.
bunch of leaverites!!! What's a leaverite? Leaver right there.
😆🤣🤣
Cool adventure nice rocks 👍🏻just subscribed 👍🏻i prospect in AK swing by check us out 👍🏻not sure how you forgot your socks lol
Isn't that the Colorado river?
Yes that is the Colorado, one of the main River I used to hunt in Texas and still hunting in Colorado 😜😁
Do you find many arrowheads?
I haven’t found any on this portion of the river. I’ve found some way way way way down river in Texas lol 😂. I want to get a kayak and kayak down to the border or Utah though and look.
@@RockHoundingAdventures That would be fun
Had to stop watching at 7:50...that's a nice piece of fancy jasper!!!
And 9:30!!
Oh I know most of these were to add into a box for a rock trade. I did happen to cut a piece of that jasper at 7:50 off and put aside for you in your box. You want the one at 9:30 too? was planning on going back next week but just realized I will be going back maybe Thursday or Friday.
Hell yeah 😁
I live in Grand Junction and have collected rocks at that spot :) i know better spots for cooler stuff if you are ever back in the area :0
we are retired beginners and would appreciate help finding spots like this that don't require being young,lol.
@@triciastuckenschneider5387 what all are you into? i have my email in my about section on my channel if you want to hit me up sometime
That buzzing you hear in your ear when you're hounding is me yelling, (in a loud, fast, high-pitched voice) "No! No! That one over there next to it. That there green one looks lots prettier than the one you picked up. What, you're going to just toss that piece of agate away? Hey! You just walked past the best agatized petwood on the beach. You'd really do much better if you brought me along with you!" That would add excitement to your monologue. You are way too mellow. Nonetheless, I enjoy your channel very much. You inspire me to get out there and find my own goddamned rock.🪨🪨😱🪨😦🪨👈🪨👉🪨👆🪨👇🪨
@@leannaerickson9745 🤣 this comment had me cracking up. Thanks for your support. UA-cam doesn’t notify me for every comment so I didn’t see yours until now.
@@RockHoundingAdventures Sometimes I do wonder if anyone read the comments, so it's nice to know when my cheesy humor tickles someone. I enjoy your channel. Carry on.😏😆