The Earliest We've Ever Hunted Rocks on Lake Superior
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2023
- We headed up to Lake Superior for our earliest agate hunt ever. What an awesome day of rock hunting we had!
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That little Omar gave me an idea. That would be perfect to fill with another little rock and fill with resin and make into a pendant.
That one would almost be small enough for that. I've found them even smaller though. I'm not really into resin, but I like your idea.
I don't see how the Omar's were not ones for the bucket!! They surely would have come home with me! Along with so many others that I could see as camera moved along.
@@lisamanrique1770 I hauled a bunch of those home a long time ago. They sat in my cabinet for years because I didn't know what to do with them. I finally gave them to a geologist who was doing a paper on them and now I have my cupboard space back!
It looked like a lil avocado 🥑 why did he leave it idk
How do those holes form in the omars?
Great editing.......fitting in the cut rock right after finding it....noticed this on a few of your newer videos. Keep up the great work. Thanks for taking us along.
I'm making it a point to try to do that as much as I can. I'd rather show even more complete creations, but I just didn't have time on this one.
The road was pretty sketchy getting in there, but it was worth it. It turned into a very nice day. I was one of the people fishing and I saw you guys down the beach. Can’t wait to go back up again.
You were there the day I was there (April 15)? Were you one of the guys I talked to? How'd you know about this video?
We drove that road four times that day. We went to the Blind Sucker, then back to Muskellunge for the outhouse, then back to Perry's Landing. The water was deeper every time. That road was a lot of fun.
At 26:20
What are the odds?
Definitely a do not stop or slow down too much kinda road
ThankYou, I had a great time, with you all. ❤🎉😊
You're welcome!
That was a good agate day. I’m waiting for you to find an agate of a lifetime. It will happen eventually. The slabbed stones were beautiful. I love the cut scenes to see what they look like.
I'm waiting for that day too!
Do you ever find Fossils on the lake Superior beaches?Any that you can hammer open?
Beautiful day for beautiful finds!
Your support and encouragement for your young companions will fortify their interest. Nicole caught the bug, that's for sure
She seemed to have a good time. Sam has had her in training since last summer. This wasn't her first rock hunt, just her first time to Lake Superior.
No snow on the beach! So wonderful when you get to see the gravel again... It's a great feeling you want to bottle up and save forever. What a scenic spot! I was dying looking at all that gorgeous driftwood. Stone stash! I love it. Great video!
The beaches up around Marquettes sometimes have mountains of snow and ice piled up on them. We didn't see any of that here. I'm not sure if it just didn't blow in to those beaches or if it had just melted.
Thanks for the field trip. I like virtually walking with you all. I learned a lot from these videos.
You're welcome, Pamela.
I love rockhounding videos that I don't need to skip through. Your videos are always fun to watch. Pink isn't one of my favorite colors either, but I'm always drawn to them on the beach. I like collecting pink sandstones. You guys all found some cool agates. Normally LSA agates are way better than cold water agates, but I found an exceptional one along Lake Michigan. I know the area of where you were but haven't rockhounded that spot. Thank you for another wonderful video, Rob. I like the stone stash thing, too.
Thanks. It's hard to know what to edit out and what to keep. Nice to know I'm guessing well.
Loving the sounds of the waves. Wishing spring would get here soon.
It think it was here that week and is gone now. I hope summer is longer than spring was.
🙋♀️❤ Another nice day with nice friends! The rocks you slabbed were gorgeous!
Really nice day and a lot of nice rocks. Look like you all had fun. Thanks for the video it is really great.
We had a ball that day.
Awesome Rocks your way 😮😊❤Thanks for sharing 👍🏻 Take care have a wonderful week 👋🙋♂️
Glad you liked them, Ron.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Nice hunt! Beautiful view of Michigan's beaches in early spring. Very refreshing. Thanks for taking this old fossil along!
You're welcome, Kelly.
Love the U.P. for the rocks and the "BIG" lake. Great day, thanks for taking us along.
My dad loved fishing on Lake Huron. We lived on an inland lake, and he always referred to Lake Huron at the "big lake".
There is nothing like a day spent with friends enjoying the beauty of Gods handiwork! You all found some great rocks! I can't wait to see who finds the hidden stash! Love your videos ❤
I think that's going to be a fun thing for my videos. I probably won't do it every time, but I'll try to do it fairly often.
I’m thinking about making a trip out that way soon. Would be nice to walk those beaches.
It's great walking those beaches!
I like all the slab cut-ins you did. They were really neat!
That’s the kind of day at the beach we all wish for. Way to go Rob. Very good agates.😎😎
We were not disappointed, that's for sure.
Amazing and beautiful hobby with colourful stones... good day,,,Have a nice time, Best of luck 🌷💎🌷
This is the spot you pointed us to last year. Unfortunately, weather kept us from hunting there (and made the waves about 6 feet tall at the shoreline), so we had to put it on the agenda for next trip up. I hope that happens soon because the huntin' looks GOOD!
Those big waves bring in fresh rocks. Bring on the waves!
@@MichiganRocks Bring on the waves... when I'm not standing IN them! :D The week before would have been fine.
So fun to see you back in action! Braver men than than we go to the lake and leave the girls (my 5 year old walked right into Huron waist deep when she realized her clothes weren’t waterproof like Dad’s). She’ll go back I’m sure, there’s rocks!
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That's funny. Waterproof cloths are handy this time of year.
Great rocks... great friends....
Heading up there next weekend! Very excited! 😀
Good luck! Maybe there will be a rock left in my little stash.
Think Sam and you have gave Nicole rock hounding bug. Thanks for sharing Rob. Always enjoy your video's. 😊
Sam and Nicole go rock hunting together a lot. This is the first time I have joined them.
I really enjoy the immediate slabbing of rocks! I sure needed this video today since it’s very cold and cloudy in Wisconsin. I can almost feel the wonderful ions off the beach!
I'm doing my best to include something that I've done with the rocks after the video. The best I could do this time was a few slabs.
@@MichiganRocks They were pretty!
Awsome hunt guys!!!
You found a lot of somethings, looks like a good day to hound. Have a great weekend.
Hi Rob, wow still snow !! a lot of nice stones ! Love it
Our snow here has been gone for awhile, but the beach in this video is about three and a half hours north of here. My sister lives in northern Minnesota and they just got 11 inches a week ago. They also still had a ton on the ground from before.
@@MichiganRocks wow
Holy Agates!! ❤😂
I love the slabbed rocks, very pretty. Thanks for the lift 😉
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video.
LOL, I live in Alaska that's all the road is coming into my cabin for at least a month. Definitely enjoy picking up rocks so thankful for you guys to help me identify
That's a good, solid road underneath, so there wasn't a chance of getting stuck. The water was at least a foot deep that afternoon.
YES my comment IS as long as some novels and I apologize for it. I've never heard a rock being called Little Omar before but they look cool. From what I am seeing rock picking at your end of the lake is a bit different than here on the North Shore in Minnesota. However, if you drive inland many miles on 4 different roads and highways, there is an amazing and GRADE A EXTRA LARGE AGATE that I would love to have gotten but the old guy and his son who found it, in order to protect their claim on it literally blindfolded me before taking me to see it, and after seeing it, I understood why they blindfolded me even though I would not have taken it away from them and they both took its exact location to their graves with them. This agate had a big chip knocked off it and a generous amount of banding was visible in the chipped area and in the chip itself. The entire thing even after it was chipped is so large that all 3 of us using large 6 ft pry bars to pop it loose could barely even get it to wiggle. Until then, I never knew that an agate could weigh in at well over 1000 lbs. I know they had not retrieved it before they both passed away and I was blindfolded from when we had left home until we were at the agates location and I was blindfolded again from when we were ready to leave the agate in the woods until we were nearly home. So, from what I have read, lost somewhere in the woods off of a certain road in Minnesota is what is quite possibly the largest Lake Superior Agate in the world... And now I am too crippled up to continue the search for it and I only know the name of the road it is off of in what by now will be a totally regrown logging area (and maybe even logged off again) they had found it in when they were cutting it 35 to 45 years ago.. and it was git and chipped by the dozer blade on the skidder that a guy workinf with them was running who was never told about the agate as he was the type who would have gone to any extreme to get it for himself so he could sell it and even his name is now lost as well. It sucks knowing this agate exists and even having it shown to me, yet being unable to find it again bexause it was shown to me under so much secrecy that I have never been able to find it after they died. Not even the old guys daughter knows its location.
That's a great story. I have joked about blindfolding people before taking them to some of my favorite spots, but I have never heard of anyone actually being blindfolded. We do not have agates here like you have in Minnesota. I have been told by people in Minnesota that the big ones tend to be ugly, kind of like the one I found in this video. It would be awesome to see a huge boulder agate that was actually beautiful like you described. Thanks for the novel, I enjoyed it.
Another great tape 🎉
I might just look for your cache one of these days 😊
Good luck!
You just came up on my feed ..very encouraging to see a young man and woman out there doing a positive hobby..enjoying nature.. I was raised in Fort Lauderdale Florida so we were always at the beaches collecting seashells for craft ideas..gifts..I bet that water was freezing 😮..Nice video to watch..
Sam and Nicole are good kids who have wholesome hobbies. It's a shame that that's not the norm.
She's a keeper Sam. She'll get up early to hunt rocks and grab a crawdad. Looks like you all had a great time! Thanks for sharing.
I have missed the sound of waves❤and ofcourse the stripey ones😁
We had some snow last night,maybe spring will never come here😂
That hunt was two weeks ago and the weather had been mostly rainy since then. I whole lot colder too.
That first agate is awesome! I've never found anything that big up there. Very cool
It was big, but lacked any banding. It's still fun to find one so big though.
@@MichiganRocks absolutely! It looked like a nice quartz floater, I would consider cutting that one.
Very cool video!!! Loved the rock slabs. Awesome rock hunting.
That was an awesome look at somewhere I’d like to go rock hounding 😇
Kudos to the younger rock hounds for sticking to the search!
What a great game for people! I look forward to seeing who finds it!
Nobody has reported in yet. I hope they didn't get found before the video was posted.
I totally love the relaxing sound of the water on the rounded stones, the crystal clear water through which to see the beautiful stones just underneath the surface, and looking at the stones y'all pick up to look at further. Just an AWESOME video. Thank you!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. We sure had fun making it.
Fun hunt! Very enjoyable video👍👍
It sure was a fun hunt!
Great video, I really enjoyed watching.
So many beautiful finds.
A cup of coffee & enjoying the sights and sounds in MI with the 3 of you ... a great way to start my day. Thanks for another enjoyable video!
No problem, Kim.
The rocks you stabbed were awesome. The water looks frigid, too. Great to see another rockhound out with you & Sam
The water was frigid. Those waders got really hot later in the day, and I'd cool off by wading in the water. I was never cold, except for sticking my bare hand in.
Loved the magnetite!
Really enjoying the cut scenes after the find. Very beautiful rocks. Would have loved to see the purplish rock cut.
You mean the amethyst that Sam found? He's keeping that on the way he found it. He has oiled it with mineral oil.
26:20 ish
@@mtpockets5109 Those aren't really purple. That's what we call mystery rock because we have never figured out exactly what it is.
I’ve been dreaming of getting up there. To get there so early has got to be fun.
I’ll be up there at some point picking up your leftovers.
Great video as always.
That's the earliest I've been there by over two weeks. We talked to some fishermen who had been there for two days before and didn't see anyone hunting rocks. That surprised me.
My fiance and I went to the Pinery park in Grand Bend Ontario this past weekend. I've never found so many beautifully colored rocks in my life, we found three really nice Petoskey stones about 20 different fossilized corals. I brought home a bucket full of things to throw in the tumbler and add to the collection. At this rate I'm going to need to get another Tumbler to keep up with how much I'm bringing home. How many pieces do you think are in your collection? Great video as always. It makes me want to go back to the beach in the morning 😂
I forgot, my fiance found an amazing puddingstone, I'm so happy she's into the hobby like me.
How many rocks do I have? I have no idea. Thousands of tumbled rocks. I really limit what I bring home because there's only so many that I can tumble, even with lots of barrels rolling.
I truly enjoy your videos Rob. Thank you for sharing your adventures! You've inspired this old broad, and we're taking our oldest grandson to pilgrim haven here soon and have plans to head north this year. I really wanna find some leland blues. Happy little side note, I found a teeny tiny one in the parking lot of the club my husband is a member of tonight! Funny thing is, we're in Jackson mi! Must be the slag we put on the parking lot must have come from the leland area!
I can't wait to take my grandson out rock hunting. That will be great.
Really impressed with your navigating that “road” this time of year! Nicole brought you and Sam good luck. I’m hoping to get up to the NW lower peninsula beaches soon.
That road looked much more like a river later in the day. I wish I had thought to get video of it then. The water was at least a foot deep and filled the whole road for a long way. It was much worse than what you saw in this video. Lots of fun.
the slabs are amazing! has a wood quality to it. the driftwood is wild!
The slabs looked really good.
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Always an awesome day when the waves are calm!
I agree, except when the flies are out. Then some wind is better to keep them away. No flies in April.
@@MichiganRocks so true!
Wow amazing rock's Mind blowing super excited 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You're hilarious! I don't know how you even got to there!
In a Jeep, of course.
@@MichiganRocks 😆
Love the beautiful shoreline! Cool finds cant wait till next week to start our season
What happens next week? Break in the weather or do you just have time off?
Time off and our daughters are coming home from Colorado and joining us Rockhounding up near Lutsen on the north shore MN
@@bjornsfather Sounds like fun. Hopefully you find an agate or two.
Hope to get there one day.😊
Cool cool day and funds
Wow Amazing very beautiful finds and beautiful rocks left behind for others thanks for sharing 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I Never tire of seeing neat rock varieties .....bonus when u call out their name🤗👍
I call them out when I know them, but I often don't know them.
The rock you cut is beautiful
I see a stone butterfly underneath this one 😲 you are very talented!
I love the sound of the spoon on the rocks... so pleasing
Thank You for taking me Rock hunting with you, I enjoy rocking 😉 Women have an eye for pretty❤ Love n Hugs Barbie
Great finds today, love your channel, so fun
Thanks, Mary!
Is the mystery rock Mookite? Not sure of the spelling lol It is beautiful!!!❤❤❤
Mookite is from Australia, so it wouldn't be that.
@@MichiganRocks it really looks like it. I would love to know what it is lol You always find some amazing treasures out on your adventures ❤️
That was an awesome day at the beach. I loved all that was found. Thanks for sharing. 😊
I love the fact that you are introducing two young people to rock hunting. I really like the rock stashes that you are doing - I think that is a great idea. I only wonder how many people got stuck trying to drive down those muddy roads to find the stash. I realize the roads are probably better now than when you filmed the video. I also like seeing the the rocks after you slab them. Some of them had surprisingly great color on the inside.
Actually, I only introduced Sam. He introduced Nicole to rock hunting last summer. They go out a lot.
Not to long ago a mother and daughter got stuck going to crisp point(about the same drive to sucker river) for two weeks. They survived on Girl Scout cookies. There is a sign where they were discovered. Now there is an emergency phone at the lighthouse.
@@I_wish_I_knew_something Wow, that's a long time. No one drove by in two weeks?
Great day of finds guys, and lady!
I showed Nat the "mystery rock" and she's thinking maybe some sort of metamorphic, but would need to see them in person.
We plan to hit those beaches while we're up this summer to have a look around....
I'm counting on you guys to eventually tell me what those are. We see a lot of them and they really stand out from other rocks.
Some great finds. The stach of rocks is a cool idea! Kinda like a treasure hunt or geocaching. My 6 year old was more vocal about the stones you put back then I was. Lol . Cheers from the 920 of Wi.
Yes, I was thinking about geocaching when I decided to do this on a regular basis. My daughter used to be into geocaching and we had a lot of fun doing that together. My game is a lot easier. I'm not trying to hide anything from my viewers, just from other random people.
"Quite the stripe." Lol! I love the DIY scoop.
Rocks are cool. It’s fun to find nice unique looking kinds, variety and colors. I always enjoy your rock quest searches.
Did you figure out what the mystery rock you slabbed around the 20 minute mark was? I have a large one of those that I was thinking about slabbing
I have no idea what that is, but that was a really nice rock.
Water is like fire. These two elements unite and give joy to the point that we always think of renewing our gathering around a winter fire with family, similar to a walk along a stretch of water like the one where I see you in this moment. What pleasure, what joy to live fully in nature, and with it to obtain from what it discreetly offers us what many others cannot achieve during their entire lives. Thank you Mr. for reminding us what nature is capable of offering to those who offer it respect and trust. Have a good day to you, your family, and all those who follow you. Be well, taking care of yourself and those you love.
Thanks!
Looks like you had an awesome adventure on the beach and found lots of great rocks. Thanks for sharing.
That is an accurate assessment of the day.
Great simple video, felt like I was there, good info and thank you for getting out there before we can, Ill be following :)
That's the only kind of video I know how to make, so I'm glad you liked it!
Sam’s mystery rock at about 26 mins in was my favorite rock of the hunt! I saw someone else comment on the cut scenes inserted after showing the rock on the beach, I throughly enjoy getting to see the inside throughout the video. Happy rock hunting season 🎉
I'm glad you like those slabbing segments. I'm always trying to find something to make my videos a little bit more interesting.
Great trip! Love your idea for "Secret Stash". Nicole was gettin' all the agates prizes. 😊 Missed Nancy again. Thanks for sharing this info with us. God bless
Nancy wasn't really into leaving the house at 4:30 in the morning. Not sure why. Seemed reasonable to me when Sam suggested that as our departure time.
@@MichiganRocks lol. I can see Nancy resisting that rooster crowing time of the morning. Hugs to her anyway.
Yeah!! Early bird gets the agates! Lol! I love the slabs of the brown and orange mystery rock! Thanks for sharing!
Nice agates!
I love love love rocks. Wish I was there. Where I live we have sand ,not many rocks.
I don’t know how I lost your channel, but I’m back on board now and I love your channel so much! I love rocks so much too!❤️
I'm glad you're back! Hit that little bell and you'll always get notifications. I'd hate to lose you again.
Maybe a future video on how to create the stick with the spoon on the end. Looks like a PVC pipe with some screws going through a metal spoon.
Does it have to be a future video? Would a past video do? ua-cam.com/video/94qD2d34Ge4/v-deo.html
@@MichiganRocks Perfect video, forwarded it to the daughter for a project we can do. Thank you.
@@rbartig You're welcome. Have fun!
Love the slice footage inserts!
"JUST JASPER"???? I'm sooooo jealous. I'd love to find such a rock! Those are incredible. I can only dream of such a rich environment of collectibles. What a wonderful way to spend a day. Great video. :)
Yep, it's always a fun day when I get to the beach.
Nature's makes beautiful rock's 😍
Thank you for the video. My kids and I used to hunt for rocks, and we'd laugh because we'd comment on our appearance of insecurity as we walked along with our heads down. : )
There's another way to walk?
The weather looked beautiful. You all found some really cool agates.😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It was a beautiful day.
Rock hunting is just so exciting. Yearly we vacation at the jersey shore. We get to the beach at sunrise and I plant my but down on the shore line 1/2 in the sand and 1/2 in the water just waiting to pluck the best rocks that the water brings me. My husband walks for hours looking for shells. I wish the younger generation would get off their electronics to discover what great wonders we have in nature.
Yes, there's nothing like being outside experiencing it firsthand. I'm thankful that people watch my videos, but It's really not the same as being there.
Fun trip! Good thing you had the mighty jeep! Loved your cuts to the slabs; loved the 1st one!
Some day….
Yes, the Jeep was important that day. The water was much deeper that afternoon, at least a foot deep for long stretches.
The first sign of spring is when your out rock hounding. Looks like you had a great day, Rob, and I think this is the most I’ve have seen Sam smile. 🤭
Sam is loosening up on camera. That's a good thing.
Loving that picture.
I want to BE there... hunting agates n rocks!
The thumbnail? Nicole took that while I was doing the little segment about the Stone Stash. Thanks, Nicole!
Love looking for rocks. My sister and I are always looking. Someday we want to go to Michigan looking
I and my daughter use to pick up rocks we liked. Wish I had known about this back then was I was young, could have been a great hobby.
Is it too late? I didn't start until about 12 years ago.
Thanks for showing us the slabbed rocks! We lived in MN for 25 years & spent every summer in L. Sup. or the gravel roads & quarries finding agates f other interesting specimens. I always wondered what the insides of the jaspers, cherts & a variety of “leaver-ites” would look like. Now I know!
It's pretty cool inside some of them.
Felicidades amigos, muy bonitas agatas!!! Un fuerte abrazo desde España!!!
I'm going to try to translate this Spanish...correct me of I'm wrong... : "Happy Greetings my friends! very beautiful agates! It is "A Big Hug from Spain" ( literally ...the force of arms of Spain.)♥....
These have got to be some of the most beautiful stones ever - all in one location. Bucket list location.
love watching you all hunt for rocks...we used to do this on the Northern California coast and found agates as well
Some day maybe I'll get to California to hunt for agates. That would be so cool.
That was an awesome hunt ! It’s nice to be able to get out and do some outside activities. Just wondering if you were able to take in the Northern Lights the other nights. It was overcast down here. Bummer !!!
Are the northern lights in northern Michigan?!
I have never seen the northern lights. Nancy saw that there was a good chance to see them a few nights ago, but it was cloudy here so we didn't go out. Someday, I'll see them!
Yes, they can be seen here, but it's not common. I think it's more common in the U.P. since it's farther north than where I live.
@@MichiganRocks On very rare occasions you can see them here in northern Indiana. I remember on night back in the 80’s when they were oh so vivid. Beautiful colors of blue and green. We are now entering the solar cycle when the sunspots will be on the increase for 5 years or so. The best times for them to occur is when the sun is nearest to the equator. That would be spring and fall but they can occur anytime if the conditions are right.
@@davidhile5363 There are apps that tell you when they're likely. I don't have any of those apps, but I should get one. Nancy is interested in seeing them and so am I.