The Farthest South I have Hunted Rocks on Lake Huron
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- I ventured all the way down to Port Huron to hunt at Fort Gratiot County Park. Unfortunately I messed up the audio on this video but decided to publish it anyway. My external microphone wasn't plugged in all the way, so only the front mic on my GoPro was recording. My voice sounds muffled throughout the video, but for those of you who love the sounds of the waves, they came through loud and clear! I edited the closed captions if you'd like to use those. Sorry for the mistake.
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So nice to see you in my neck of the.....well city. Lol.
I enjoyed my visit!
Missing rock hunting...needed the lake, the waves and those awesome finds! Thanks.
That sky! Horizon! Gorgeous . Boy it looks cold! Those icicles on the stairs say it all! Lots of good finds!🙋♀️🎄
35 isn’t all that cold if you’re dressed for it. the clouds were interesting that day, I had the sun peek out on me a few times too.
Thanks...I love the sound of the waves
Yep, most people do. You're in good company.
Coffee in one hand, PBJ in the other, and a video from you!!!! Thanks!
You're welcome! I'm glad to be part of your snack.
Always nice to hear you explain what you pickup, but the sound of rolling waves was nice too.
I think people like the waves better anyhow. Maybe this will be a really popular video because it's mostly waves.
@@MichiganRocks I’m sure it will be popular, just because we love watching you find cool rocks.
Thanks for a warmer video to watch after. I've lived in Michigan in the 70's. Coming from California it was quite a change, even though I was born in Detroit my parents left Detroit for California while I was a baby. Moved back for a little while. Loved the electric storms, the ice on the trees, the fireflies and most of all the PEOPLE. I wasn't a fan of the weather especially in the winter when all the trees seemed to look like they died.
Winter is alright for awhile, but it gets a little long. Other than the end of winter, I really like living here. Of course, I have never lived in another state to have much to compare to.
Hi Rob...I posted this video on the FB group "Great Lakes Rocks and Minerals" and you should see a quick up-tick in the views from people in that area. I don't think you found the best examples of what can be found in the area of southern Lake Huron but to be fair you weren't hunting under ideal conditions. That water sure looked murky and hard to pick out those special stones beneath the surface of the water. Hope you can make it down that way again some time when the weather is nicer and you're always welcome to cross the border and visit us in the Kincardine area during the summer months to see what can be had there. "Great Lake Loops" would be a great theme for a series of features.
That beach is an hour and a half from my daughter's house, so I plan to go to that area more often. I could see that there were more rocks in the water, but that wasn't the day to get them. I'll be back.
Kincardine is THE prettiest place!
Thanks for taking us along again! I’ve watched your previous videos over and over. I look forward to watching your videos. Somehow they make me feel good!
Getting out on the beach always makes me feel good, so maybe that comes through.
Rob it was so cool to see you where I go rock hunting! It’s a pretty hot spot for the FB group Michigan Rockhounding! I have gotten my first freshwater agates there and some nice Petoskey stones! Hope you come back someday when the waves aren’t so rough!
My daughter lives about an hour and a half from there, so I'll be back to that area. There are a couple other beaches in the area, like the state park down the road, that I'd like to go to.
So many things can go wrong when recording videos. Still sound good. More great finds and scenery. Was fun to watch. Great video
I think I've experienced most of the things that can go wrong by this time. The other one that has gotten me a couple times is having the camera on hyperlapse mode. The video gets over really quickly that way.
Sweet adventure some sweet finds awesome that you picked that one up for that lady, thank u
She was gone when I got back, but I gave most of my rocks to a couple other people when I got back to the park. I kept the really yellow quartz for a project I might do and the Petoskey that was exposed in Tuesday's video.
Sweet that will be awesome
Interesting spot. All the wave sounds were very relaxing. Those yellow rocks were cool. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The waves sounds are usually more popular than my voice, so I'm glad they won out.
@@MichiganRocks Interesting , i thought your voice would be more popular. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I enjoyed watching the video!! Your voice was still clear enough to understand what you were saying! Always learning something! I hope you are having a Great Week! 😊❤️🙏🏼🎄
Brrrr. The houses on the water were nice. I would love to fall asleep to the sound of the waves. Your favorite was the same as mine. I liked the striped red and orange rock too. The color of the water against the sky was sure pretty.
I prefer no houses, but it would be nice to live on the lake. I grew up on an inland lake and I miss it.
Thanks for this video of Gratiot Park. I see so many post of people going there and finding so many rocks. It made me wonder.
I have been wanting to get to a beach in that area for a long time since it's so much closer to a large population than where I usually go.
Looking forward to seeing what becomes of the rocks 😊, blessings to you and your family
This is what happened to that nice Petoskey: ua-cam.com/video/9ISyv2M61bg/v-deo.html
Dude my wife and I always say “i wonder if we’ll see him” “nah he doesn’t come this far down” now I’ll be looking for ya all the time
I’m trying to get to as many different spots as I can. I prefer going north and getting to the most remote beaches that I can. My daughter lives about an hour and a half from there, so I can go from her house for any easy day trip.
That big coral fossil at about 7:45 was really neat! This is one of those beaches that I keep hearing about in Facebook groups and I keep meaning to get to since it's not as far of a drive from Ohio, compared to some of the other Michigan beaches.
The park itself is really small and the rocks fizzled out to the north pretty quickly. But there were still a lot of nice rocks to be found for such a small area. Next time, I might walk to the south to see what that's like.
Awesome! I prefer the day use area in the Lakeport campground. Not as many people. Open year round. Lots of good rocks!
I almost drove down there, but I decided that I didn’t want to drive back to my daughter’s house in the dark. I’m not used to big city driving, it scares me a little. Next time!
Looking forward to what you do with the rocks, blessings to you and your family ❤️
This is what happened to the nice Petoskey I found near the end: ua-cam.com/video/9ISyv2M61bg/v-deo.html
My best friend and I go a little further north and hunt at the Lakeport Day Use area. You walk over the pedestrian bridge, which is pretty cool. To us anyways. Lol I've been binging your videos at work, I can't get enough!!! And I just want to thank you for reigniting my love for Michigan. Watching your videos reminds me that there are SO many beautiful places here that you can't find anywhere else on earth. Keep em coming!!! ❤
I have hunted the Lakeport Day Area too. I even made a video. It's a good spot.
@@MichiganRocksI am actually in the middle of that video right now! 😂 I should have known there would be one! Trying to watch them old to new. Lol thank you so much for the videos and the knowledge. I always learn something new and that's one of my favorite parts. Plus, as a lifelong Michigander myself (Go Blue btw! I know which team is the right team. 😉), I feel lucky to have seen a lot of these places throughput my life.
Relaxing video..I stopped by the water today for about a half hour before I was to get my kids and walked away with some pretty nice petoskey slabbers. I work excavation and come across them the size of a basketball you'd think I'd get sick of them..beautiful stones
I highly doubt I'd get tired of that!
You and Taylor come from sturdy stock. But if I lived there I'd be doing the same. I like the sound of the waves. TFS ❤️🦅🦅
Yes, I'm spazzing out that you left that amazing fossil.
That was a pretty nice day, not too cold at all. I'm a little wimpier when it gets really cold, plus the beaches are usually covered in ice.
Thanks for this video Rob. I'm going to miss the next couple weeks out hunting due to covid, so I needed this! I'm hanging in there, good enough to watch videos!
Hope you feel better soon! I had it last year at this time. What I think helped me the most was extra vitamin C ,D and Zinc. Slept for 3 weeks. Rest all you can and keep drinking fluids. Hope you have a speedy recovery!
Hang in there, Nicolas. I'll say a prayer for you.
Hope you are better soon.
@@wyomingadventures Thank you very much for the tips there, I just loaded up on vitamins. Zinc, and some probiotics. Plenty of rest as well!
@@MichiganRocks Thank you Rob, I'm blessed to have a great rock community!
i always go there i love the smooth rocks
I laughed at the beginning. Getting out before it gets cold, eh. True northerner spirit! Fun hunt.
It's colder than it was, but not really cold yet. I won't be out much when it gets in the teens or lower.
you should try lakeport state park its on the top 15 rockhounding spots in michigan when i google searched it. the campsite actually pops up but the state park is just up the road.
I was there the year after making this video. ua-cam.com/video/5EmnEpwBhkY/v-deo.html
I live one mile away from here so excited to know you came to our beach
It was a fun beach to visit. The rocks sort of fizzled out as I walked north, but I managed to find a few. What's the hunting like to the south?
You're hands looked so cold! Thanks for braving the elements and sharing this.
I have really bad circulation so my hands get cold really easily. They weren't cold that day though. Those neoprene gloves work well and it wasn't really that cold out.
@@MichiganRocks where did you get those gloves?!
@@jackiebowman56 Amazon. They’re in my Amazon storefront in the description.
From that park, you're about 30 minutes or so away from where I grew up. I'm a rock hounder now, I sure wish I was then! So many pretty rocks in MI. I would have taken advantage. Now I'm in Utah. I have family still in Michigan. I'm going to visit those Lake shores for sure when I go back to visit.
Go Blue!
What's the rock situation in Utah?
I have found some excellent fossils in Lake Huron. Tawas Point is stupidly easy for fossils.
I should go down there some day. I checked every public access I could find between Harrisville and Oscoda and didn't find anything but sand. Tawas needs to be on my list for next summer, maybe even next week.
Loved hearing the waves! And that cool large fossil rock would have come home with me! Thx for the trip!
I left it right there for you, Lynette. Go get it!
@@MichiganRocks Not if I can get there first! May the best gal win. Am I right Lynette? 😉
While you’re freezing over there we’re enjoying nice warm days of summer here 😊 but I miss white Christmas though 😌
It's white at my house right now, but there is unusually warm weather and rain coming this week.
Nice petoskey by the wall. Some nice rocks there. I still enjoyed the video with the waves!
Thanks, I was pretty disappointed, but people like the wave sounds, so It wasn't a complete disaster.
Neat video, Rob. My scientific mind thought that maybe the Michigan Basin rocks might arc back around that area, so I checked the bedrock geo maps for Michigan and sure enough there is a little pod of Traverse Group rocks in the area.... probably why you're finding petoskeys.
There are some Petoskeys on Kelleys Island on Lake Erie too. I figured that's why they were there. I saw a video that showed some really big ones.
Shush. Kelley's is my secret petosky hunting ground!! Well maybe not petosky, but certainly hexagoneria.
@@samuelthurber1482 Oops.
Sure was warm with you bundled till you took your glove off😱😬 ouch!
Lots of good picks.....👍👏👏👏💚shaped potosky stone YES wanna see it polished nice nice💖✨🏆 TREASURE! Gotta go back when calm waters.....🚙🛣️🌞☀️☀️🌞🌝
You can see the Petoskey stone in the thumbnail all polished in this video: ua-cam.com/video/9ISyv2M61bg/v-deo.html
Brrr 🥶 chilly.
Interesting rock hunt, I bet it gets rough there, hence the big protection wall.
Still some really pretty finds.
Love the bright yellow quartz.
For the past few years, the water level in the Great Lakes has been way up. People were losing their lawns, but also some were losing their homes. It's down a bit this year, which is good. I think those walls were probably built recently because of the high water. They didn't look very old to me. Of course, I'm just guessing since this was the first time I was there.
@@MichiganRocks we have a big problem on part of our coastline here in Hawkes bay.
Big seas causing erosion, and wiping out houses.
@@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Yep, lakes and oceans are beautiful to live near, but you have to respect Mother Nature.
@@MichiganRocks yes that is so true, my favourite rock hunting beach where I live is, great for rock hunting and fishing, but too dangerous for swimming.
Big drop offs with lots of rolling seas and shingle.
Thanks for this one! I was thinking about stopping over there this summer, but wasn't sure how the variety of rocks was. Looks like I'll definitely be there in the Spring.
I have heard really good things about this spot and was glad to finally get there myself. The park itself is really small, but the rocks go beyond the park for a ways.
35°, but not cold yet! If I was from Phoenix I'd be thinking you had some of those Petoskey stones in your brain. But since our high today was about 31°, and the wind was blowing at a good clip, I'm thinking you were smart to get out for some rock hunting. I didn't mind the sound of the waves and I could hear you just fine. It's always a pleasure to walk along the lake with you. Are all the shores along the lake public? Thanks Rob! 🎄
It wasn't that cold at all. The sun peeked out here and there, which helps, plus it wasn't too windy.
In Michigan, beaches are state land up to the high water mark. I stayed in the water the whole time to avoid any problems. I saw one homeowner on my walk who was at the wall with his dog. He was really friendly and we chatted for a few minutes.
I think it turned out just fine. Waves vs. Rob? Hmm... :) Thanks for sharing...
Thanks, Dan. I was pretty disappointed when I got home and heard the audio. I'll be back though. That's about an hour and a half from my daughter's house.
Whoa.... 8:38 - looked like a body in the water! Spooky!!!
That was a huge log. Looks like it's been there for a long time.
Goodness, you set the rock standard very high : )
I guess I do. I don't have a surplus of rocks in my basement though.
I like the loud waves.
Better than me droning on!
@@MichiganRocks Nope. Just very soothing, reminds of days gone by, at the beach.
Hey! We were just there a few weeks ago! Pretty much the same waves we had, but bigger. That might be why we saw more of the bigger rocks higher up the sand. All the tiny rocks attract those who want to make wearable things, big pretty rocks break down to little pretty rocks! I’m still rolling my second batch, about 4 days then a week on stage 4. The first batch came out beautiful! Happy to know we could cross paths some day. Our plan is to try the tip of the thumb next.
I haven’t really been to any spots in the thumb, but I’d like to check out that area. Maybe next summer.
The rocks up on the beach were all covered in snow that day, so I didn’t spend any time trying to look at them.
@@MichiganRocks , going in that weather shows you dedication to the hobby! We are loving it too, giving a set of lightly polished Lake Huron fossils to our young nephew to connect to his new interest in Megalodon sharks and dinosaurs in general.
There are a few county parks near the tip, researching them, and places to stay overnight, for the spring.
A follow up, I’ve asked about large fossilized coral recently, but mine is definitely not from our lakes. It looks more like the agatized out of Florida, but grey with all light yellow, druzy or brown crystals. Going to try a gentle soda medium blasting to clean them up. They are nice looking , just dull. But the tunnels, tubes and nodules of crystals are fantastic. I’ll let you know.
@@berjo77 I’ve tumbled some Florida coral. That’s some hard stuff.
haha... I recognized the beach from your thumbnail :D this is my home and where i start my beachwalks.
Great, so next time I go, should I walk north, like I did here, or south? I ran out of rocks to the north and couldn't see much that looked promising ahead. Also, how does Lakeport State Park compare?
@@MichiganRocks Lakeport state park has two areas the day use then the campground. Day use is still in Burtchville city limits the camp ground is more woody. I like either . They are literally about five minutes from this beach.
@@stupidnshinny I have been to the day use beach. It was pretty good, but I was there in the early spring. I imagine it's very crowded in the summer. ua-cam.com/video/5EmnEpwBhkY/v-deo.html
Thirty five degrees with sunshine is not too bad. It looks like there were plenty of stones there to check out. I think we’ll probably go back up north between Christmas and New Years, and that will probably be the last time we go rock hunting until spring.
It's supposed to get really warm next week. I'm hoping to get a couple hunts in.
I tend to find the most yellow beauties on the gloomy days as well. 🥰
Maybe that's it, they just stand out more on the darker days.
Hey, nice to see you this far south! I've been going rock hunting up along that side of the Thumb the last few years.
A little north of there is Lakeport State Park. The part that is camping only during the season is great for rock hunting. But you have to go when the season closes unless you are going to camp there overnight. The not-camping half of the park (a few miles south) is mostly sand though. (And if my car didn't need work, I'd be headed up there tomorrow since it's supposed to be about 60 out.)
I camp there most every year.. yea it is a great place to rock hunt.. as well as the lexington beaches.
I as wondering about that park. I almost drove there when I was done, but I had to drive back to my daughter's place. I'm not used to city driving and decided to do it in the daylight instead of after dark.
Can you get into the camping part of the park off season, or is there a gate? If that doesn't work, is there a good place to put my kayak in at the day use park?
@@MichiganRocks hi Rob! Yes you can rock hunt when the campground is closed- you just have to park by the gate and walk in - I do that a lot- I also go to the fort gratiot lighthouse - smaller rocks but I have a couple cold water agates from there and lots of cool rocks with druzy quartz there
@@MichiganRocks there's a gate, but you can park outside of it and walk to the shore in the off season, which is what I had done last November when we had that Chinook.
My great-grandfather was a rockhound and my family kept most of his extensive stash of rocks, which they eventually bestowed upon me. I've been digging through his haul for about a year, and just yesterday I happened upon a petoskey stone! He was from southwest Missouri, but I guess he ventured up to Lake Michigan at some point. I'll be taking a look at some of your videos on petoskey stones to see what I should do with it.
You should polish it, of course! Here are some videos. At least one of them should be something you can work with, depending on what equipment you have:
How to Hand Polish a Petoskey Stone: ua-cam.com/video/sjImNrwR9As/v-deo.html
How to Partially Tumble a Petoskey Stone: ua-cam.com/video/IBRq7dPD0Lk/v-deo.html
Petoskey Stones in Corn Cob Media: ua-cam.com/video/grSlZ835VDo/v-deo.html
Polishing Petoskeys on a cabbing machine: ua-cam.com/video/ZWVidWu9LYY/v-deo.html
@@MichiganRocks Thanks! I have some other material currently in the first stage in my tumbler, so I think I'll be polishing this one by hand.
nice video
Hey Rob, have you done a video of the construction of your awesome tumbler cabinet?
My friend designed that, I built it. He has asked me not to share the plans for it. I do have a couple videos showing it and I have answered some basic questions if you read the comments.
Homemade Tumbler: ua-cam.com/video/6qIcK2ZohGM/v-deo.html
Tumbler Update: ua-cam.com/video/PAMOCc2BNJM/v-deo.html
Lucky you and your lakes that don’t freeze😂
I think Lake Huron and Lake Superior have about the same likelihood of freezing. The inland lakes here definitely freeze over. It surprises me how Taylor is able to get to beaches pretty much all winter. Here, the beaches are usually covered in feet of piled up ice and snow.
www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/#historical
Hello Rob, I think the big coral fossil you found was Organ pipe coral
Are you going back on a better forecasted day ?
Carl Zatsick
Farmington Michigan
My daughter lives about an hour and a half from here, so I'll be back to the area. My beach visits will have to correspond to visiting Allison's family, so I can't just go anytime, but I'll try to pick a calmer day next time.
Hi Rob - is there a place online that tells you what the lakes are doing on a given day (i.e. if they are calm, stirred up, big or little waves)? I found a wind speed site but that's about all. Thanks, love your videos and your guidance!
The wind speed and direction should give you a really good idea. Offshore winds mean generally calmer water. The problem is, the wind predictions seem to be the least accurate part of a weather forecast. I try to pick calmer days so I can fly my drone as well as so I can see into the water better. I drove an hour to a beach yesterday and was disappointed when I got there because he winds that were suppose to be 5-10 mph out of the east were probably more like 15 mph out of the southeast. There won't be any drone shots of that beach and it would have been the perfect place to get some aerial shots.
Like 92 I have done a little beach combing lately on Lake Superior I actually found some nice agates and jasper and unikite and quartz.
I'd like to get back up there this time of year, but it's a long way for a day trip and my tent is pretty cold.
@@MichiganRocks I have a cabin in Presque Isle Wisconsin about 50 miles from the Southern shore of Lake Superior. I want to find Yooperlites. Have not found any yet.
@@greatnorthernviews3052 Those are fun to find. You need a decent light though. The cheap ones don’t work very well unless you’re really close to the rocks.
@@MichiganRocks Good to know. Thank you
Nice ! Is that the only location for the petrovski rocks or would superior have the also ?
No, there are lots of places to get Petoskey Stones, but not in Lake Superior. I don't think there are any in Superior. Lake Michigan is most known for them, but I think Lake Huron has just as many. The more northern parts of the lakes tend to have more Petoskeys, but this beach had a few too. They occur south of Rogers City in Lake Huron and South of Harbor Springs in Lake Michigan.
Hi Rob, Another great video! Do you know how far south you can find Petosky stones?
I know they can be found in northern Ohio. I don't know just how far though.
Do you know if they can be found on the northern shores of Lake Superior in Canada? We want to try to make the loop around Lake Superior someday.
@@tigerg3761 I have never looked for them up there, but I highly doubt it. Petoskeys are found south of a line from about Rogers City to Harbor Springs. The layer of rock they're in is a bowl shape that passes through that line and then down in southern Michigan somewhere. project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/sedi-rocksequence.html
🙂 A few times, with your voice muffled like that, you sounded like Kermit The Frog. 🐸
Those gloves looked nice and toasty!
I was about to comment the same, then saw yours. I had my back turned to screen and said where do I know that voice from?
Um, thanks?
Love how the yellow ones are grabbing you today! I often watch you go right past them and I usually have to say something to the screen about that. LOL! I also love those gloves! I'd reach into the water way more if I had those! are they neoprene or some such material? like for fishing or something?
They are neoprene decoy gloves, for setting and picking up duck decoys. I’ve had a few pairs over the years. These particular ones are listed in my Amazon storefront if you want to see the exact brand I have.
@@MichiganRocks thanks!! will do
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First! Just kidding 😂 Great finds. Your videos make me want to visit Michigan and rock hunt.
It's a fun place with lots of beaches.
What gear do you use for colder weather rock hunting?
Waders, neoprene decoy gloves, and my rock scoop.
Thank you, I’m across the border on Lake Huron. I’m Just getting started with the hobby and it’s getting chilly.
It was 80° in Houston while you were hunting for rocks. But you don't get hurricanes
No hurricanes, no sharks, not even salt in the water. It also doesn't get over 100 very often. I'll take a few months of cold for all that. I was out on the beach all day today.
7:46-7:48 👍
There were quite a few fossils there.
You ain't getting anywhere near a beach U.P. here today! Holy white out!
Is it supposed to get really warm up there over the next week or so? We're supposed to get some very warm weather.
@@MichiganRocks yes...we are supposed to hit 50 on weds. That's just not nice. It'll just melt, then make ice, and, and, and.....
@@LadyYoop No, it's not good for plants in my garden either. They prefer to freeze and stay frozen.
@@MichiganRocks Wed/Thurs-50 degrees. Friday back to 20....not good.
I've been there several times
How did you do? I was pretty happy considering it's so near so many people and has to get hammered with rock hunters. I saw five other people looking for rocks the day I was there.
@@MichiganRocks yes I have had good luck and not so good, just like rock hunting
Did you ever find out what the yellow rock was?
Can you give me a timestamp so I can see the rock? This was months ago and I can't remember what the yellow rock looked like.
@@MichiganRocks Sorry about that! The time was at 6:55 🙂
@@cinciao5692 That was just quartz. It's probably just stained on the outside. I have cut a lot of yellow quartz like that and it's almost always white on the inside.
@@MichiganRocks Gotcha! Thank you for the info! My kids and I have 2.5 weeks until we go up to Big Bay/Squaw Beach area for a mini-cation! Can't wait to go rock hounding on Lake Superior again! 😃