Little Naches: Quartz Creek Thundereggs
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Join us for a fun adventure in central Washington as we hunt for some thundereggs! This is a great spot, but I wouldn't really say it's for the beginner rockhound since you need a good number of tools to work the clay, and when you do get the prized thunderegg you really need a saw to cut it open.
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Hello I am 58 new to rock hounding I have always enjoyed beach combing I live in mason co wa any suggestions what or where in my area to go and try my luck finding. Kool stuff I will add a pic of what we found at a quarry a few miles from my house I forget the name but it's way Kool and lots of it thanks Shelly enjoyed watching you guys on your outing love your dog too
Smoking in a hole sounds healthy lol
The potato looking one having 3 in it is just so cool
I really appreciate how your not just grabby hands taking as many as you can. It sets such a great example for newcomers! Really appreciate your videos and learning about great beautiful spots
Collect with purpose!
Wow, they all have little ocean scenes inside, complete with crashing waves and fluffy clouds. You made great choices on the rocks to bring home. Thank you for sharing information about the site as well as your finds. Looked like a great outing!
I love them!
Thank you very much for the great video and tips and directions how to get there. My wife and I had never been. We followed your directions and went last Sunday. Found a clay layer and started digging. Found several nice ones and had a great time. We could not have done it without you.
I'm glad you had a good time!
Hahaha I love the sticky note on the water bottle! Don't lick rocks!! Because we have all at least been tempted to do so. Great finds and beautiful camping spot
I still do lick rocks. Is that a health hazard?
@@gregh4284 yes some are very toxic not to mention what could just be on the surface of them.
@@cindy40 thanks. No wonder I turned out kinda weird.
These thunder eggs are truely beautiful thank you cor sharing them with us 🇦🇺
I'm glad you liked them!
Wow, thundereggs are on my top 5 list of favorite stones! I have a few I've bought, cut, and polished but I'd love to find them in the wild.
I also really love them. There is a location I would love to goto that has fluorescence thundereggs but its like 8 hour drive for me.
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Going back to naches in the morning. I just love the white and blue that comes out of that place.
That triple is pretty sweet.
Nice! Have you found any doubles up there?
So beautiful. Hidden treasures! Really well chosen.
Thank you!
Thundereggs, wow! Nice finds!
Wow I love these!🤩 Blue is my favorite color so I think these are some of the prettiest thunder eggs ever. Thanks for sharing Jared!✌😎
My first time seeing a thunder egg. They are beautiful when you cut them. I wasn't expecting that; not sure what I was expecting. Lol But love them!
In it's raw form a thunderegg is mostly unimpressive, they really need to be cut and not broken to see the beauty.
Eye opener! I thought I only see them in the trading posts. Thanks for sharing!
I don't quite follow, what do you mean trading posts?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding It's an archaic name alternative for souvenir shops in places rarely visited by weekend warriors.
Twenty years ago I went to Arizona for a a Workshop, In a souvenirs store I found something identified as geode comes in a zipper bag cost me 5.99, still have the price . In a paper that comes inside , have the instructions for break it, in the bottom said that ancient people call geodes as thunder eggs . This week I rescue it from the place was stored and a conflict rise: break or not break it. I leave it. Then..... you share this awesome video.... ohhh my God!!! How beautiful are those rocks inside, and I understand that the one that I have is indeed a thunder egg, but I’m not sure that is the same that a geode, and definitely break it is not the right decision, I need cut it with maybe a tile saw, I need buy one in Home Depot!!!! Thanks for share !
What a cool story. So a Thunderegg, which are technically known as lithophysae are typically found with solid or near-solid cores of chalcedony or agate, whereas geodes are relatively hollow inside with thinner layers of quartz crystals. A Thunderegg can be a Geode but not the other way around. If you rock feel relatively lightweight for the size and there for hallow its like a Geode, people do crack them with hammer or for a big one a geode cracking chain.
I love the note on the bottle. DON'T LICK ROCKS! Hilarious!
Love this ,that you kindly showed the young were to look ,also did you see the grey cat face within the blue background in the thunder egg that you were telling about chiseling and how cutting is so much fun and prettier when you get done.of course you have to have an imagination .
Just did a day trip to this spot and your Lilly Pad site had very good success at both sites. I appreciate your positive,sharing attitude that your videos always contain. A geo pick is definitely in my future for sure.
I'm glad you had a good time. The more time I spend rockhounding, the more picky I'm getting about what I bring with me, I want good tools that are right for the job, not too much, and not too little. The geopick is amazing.
That location is marked in my book to visit when I am able to come to the state. Have never had the pleasure to find any Thunder Eggs yet. All those you found are absolutely beautiful specimens. Thanks for the educational video 👍.
If you make your way out here we gotta go rock hounding together man!
Currently Rockhounding agreed bro. When I’m able to make a trip up that direction I’ll let you know.
Dude from 16:04, just damn. The finds and cuts are nuts! The three eggs in one is my fav. Nice finds dude. Stellar finds I’d say!
Thanks man, it was a good trip for sure and I also love the three eggs in one, I think ill be giving them a polish and save one side for a future giveaway, maybe at 3000 subs!
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Heck yeah dude, they’ll look stunning polished up too!
They are just amazing! Each one an original creation with no other the same. The little triple was a real score, it is just awesome.Thanks for sharing the adventure.
I think the triple will get polished and then half will be given away in the future.
Appreciate you sharing this info and your knowledge. We're going to try our luck at it tomorrow!
Good luck and bring some bug spray.
That last one and the triple are AWESOME!!!
It really is lovely, its now lives in my living room and I enjoy seeing it.
Good morning. Love your videos. I once spent a summer cutting t-eggs bought in a large parcel. Eddy bed and Killer Green. Amazing scenic pictures! If you are looking for different source, The Hauser Geode beds, near Blythe CA, have many different mineralizations. I recently live cut, during a Zoom class meeting of fifth graders, a 2-in. that had amethyst crystals. HUGE surprise! The students at my school are well aware of my love for digging and collecting. In the muted video, they saw me jumping up and down with excitement! It's this part of spreading the knowledge and joy of discovery that has our school's children bringing me samples from their yards for identification and gifts. Always make a big deal about their finds. I use academic vocabulary and find the older students repeating this to other students in sharing. Thank you for preparing videos that are academically helpful, technically pleasing, and, frankly, the best "movies" on UA-cam. ;)
I'm happy that you enjoy the videos we make and thank you for the tip on the Hauser Geode beds, ill have to look into them.
Nice this was some awesome finds!!! 💗💗💗💗
They were all gorgeous...
They really are lovely
Those are so beautiful! Finding one is on my bucket list for sure! Thank you for sharing the beauty of the earth with us!
I always used to get super-excited when I was making bacon & eggs and I got a 'double yolker" egg, but that triple-yolker! Holy smokes! Great find!
Hahaha I think half of this triple thunderegg will get polished up and given away at some point.
I love thunder eggs!!! Have to get more. Can’t wait to get a saw to cut what I have.
Have you looked for a tile saw to start? I see lots of used ones around here.
I have. May get one at harbor freight or may just get the hitech 10”.
Great job
Y'all found some very prettyful rocks they definitely have a high Cool Factor!
Keep it up I enjoy your videos!
Went to the spot I think, and camped out there too! Haven't cut any of mine yet but I totally rely on your videos for guidance! Thanks a mill from a new rockhound (after moving to Redmond two month ago).
I'm sure you got some good stuff! What do you plan on cutting them with? New to Redmond, where did you move from?
I moved from Waco Tx. I just bought a tile saw to cut with. I have yet to open it but will of course post a newbiew video lol
Love the patterns and blue color that is most of them. Worth the sweat in digging them for sure. Thanks Theo for another entertaining video. Keep 'email coming!
Thank for watching Paul, I hope all is well with you.
😂 you found a tweeker’s Thunder Egg mine I think! That’s crazy!!! I thought I was nuts for rocks! The depth of that hole was crazy and seemed more than slightly dangerous. Little know fact nicotine in your lungs can help you survive a mine collapse... somehow 😂🤣
Yeah people really shouldn't tunnel into the hills like this. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Haha, I was just up there checking on the conditions. Fun place. Good video!
Thanks!
Dude me and my gf made out like bandits today! I found 5 nice ones. One almost softball size…my gf got even more lucky she probably got 15. And one is a large double like the one in your video! She pulled all of them out of one hole! I was so jealous lol she was very lucky! I notice alot of good ones are close to the tree roots. Thanks again for showing us such an amazing spot! I just hope my large one has no fractures. I just picked up the ones i got polished from first trip on way up yesterday. Looks great but still the big one has a fracture. Hoping for a perfect one out of our new batch.
I'm glad you had a good time, depending on the fracture they can be sealed up.
Your rock arrow was still intact yesterday. Started a new hole on the right side of the site and pulled out a bucket full of rounds. Seems like the digging is a bit easier on the right side. The clay isn't sun baked and the small, golf ball size eggs started rolling out right above the clay. Quite a few softball size eggs and a great time digging!
That's great! I'm glad you had a good time up there.
Wow! Those are absolutely beautiful! Looks like it was a fun trip!
It sure was!
Beautiful! Love the different shades of blue and patterns throughout each one.
Yeah the verity is really nice at this spot.
That triple Is amazing :) Hopefully going to Saddle Mountain next weekend if all works out.
Now is a good time of year to get up there! I hope you finds lots of wood.
Those thunder eggs are awesome! Love the blue
They sure are pretty.
another great video man. can't wait to finally go dig some of these up soon!
Thank you! It's a great location.
Beautiful, just breath taking!!!!
Thank you.
Those are so vool nice job.
Here to support you. Keep doing what you love 😎
Thank you!
Super rocks, just awesome!!
Thanks!
Your dog is AWESOME
Thank you.
Thanks for the vid. Loved the eggs and am very curious about your setup on the Outback! Watching that next ;)
Yeah man give that video a watch, I love the setup up we have in it.
Super excited, gonna camp nearby and head there to see what we can find this Tues! I've only been rockhounding for about a year and my adventures aren't as frequent as I'd like so this will be awesome! Thanks for all the wonderful info!
Good luck, I suggest you have the gps locations saved, the trail head is just to the west of the parking area and its a little over grown at the start.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Already have your coords entered and some handwritten notes made.
Awesome finds thanks for sharing 👍
It will be fun cutting those. Good luck and havagudun.
They sure are nice to see come out of the saw.
Amazing finds. Great fun video.
Thanks!
Awesome as always 😊
Thank you.
Beautiful eggs!❤
Thank you.
Nice!! Thanks for sharing
Man those were beautiful. I find geodes in Indiana and rarely anything more than milky quartz thanks for sharing
We have some geodes out here as well. I didn't know Indiana also had them.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding around Bloomington Indiana the creeks are full. Last trip down there I fill 4 5gal buckets in about an hour.
Such fun! Really great video!
Thank you! You should try to make it out there this summer if you can.
Amazing!! I was told that thunder eggs were hollow inside and had crystals now I'm confused, still a beginner at rock hounding. These are absolutely stunning, I truly love the last egg you showed beautiful!!
You must be thinking of a Geode, those are hallow with crystals inside.
Good job! I’m in Yakima so next summer I’ll have to give the area look. Just got home after finding about 10lbs of agates in Buena
You have lots and lots of DNR land out there. It's an area we've been wanting to go to for sometime now.
Think it's time to just move to the other side of the mountains. Prob could buy a house with the amount of gas I'd save from driving over there all the time. This spots been on my to do list for a while and its exciting to see the payout is phenomenal. Keep up the great content!!
Do it! Escape that west side! It's a great location and very centrally located which is really nice.
Wow! They are beautiful and thank you so much for opening them for us to see the hidden beauty! Much love to you and Sarah and Mica from Windsor, Ontario Canada.
Awesome
Another great video! You mentioned that lower down the hill there were people staying in Fifth Wheel Trailers, etc. How is the road up to that point where the Fifth Wheelers camped? Any special precautions driving up there and how far from Naches? Your GPS locations are a gift, thank you so much.
The road up to that point is a mixture of pavement and quality double lane gravel, after that and more towards the dig site I wouldn't dare bring a trailer up. This area is about a 40 mile drive from Naches, WA.
Went up there primarily for a dirtbike ride but had enough time to locate and surface pick the area. Ended up with a few whole ones baseball sized, a few halves, and a bunch of random pieces. After tumbling the small ones, about grape sized partials, it broke the outside rock off and shows the outside of them and they look just like eggs, shape color and even almost texture. So I like the small ones a lot too, but I have one question is there a way to remove the outer rock from the bigger eggs to expose the smooth white outside on the bigger pieces? Like vinegar or citric acid? I'm too scared to try and end up ruining them lol. But uh thanks for all the information on the spot, I'ma get out there with tools and see what I can unearth
Unfortunately there is no acid that can dissolve the exterior but not the interior.
Really nice.
Thank you.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding could you look at my latest video and help me identify some of the rocks? I’m a real rookie.
Thanks for this video. My wife and I are going to try and make the trip out there, ASAP. We are going to tow our small pop-up camper, and stay overnight. You mentioned there were plenty of places to camp- any info you could give us, as far as where to go, from the parking area coordinates? Thanks again, and we will be sure to check out your Amazon store.
You're welcome. So the area is open for camping anywhere you like but a trailer will limit you. Down by the river there's many spots to camp but they seem to fill up fast on the weekend with people that have RVs, trailers, and dirt bikes...etc. You could take a small trailer up to this parking area but beyond that point on all the roads you will not be able to turn it around.
So me and my grandson are binge watching your videos. He is only 7nmonths old and is glued to my phone lol. I was wondering what got you into rockhounding?
It was our first real trip to the Oregon coast agate hunting that planted the seed.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching.
Cool video!!!
Wow,cool finds!!!
5:20 that's crazy how similar the view is to a spot around here called the Beaver Silver Mine. I'll have to go there sometime just to get a shot to show you!
I would love it! Shoot me an email anytime man.
Beautiful finds. Like you said, this is beyond entry level rockhounding because you need a saw. Any suggestions on where to buy a rock saw or lapidary saw? I can't afford the $1500-5,000 options I've seen in online searches. And I don't know if I could find something worth buying for $200-500. Any suggestions?
I think you could start by joining a rock club with a shop that has saws, you could also do some smaller cuts with a tilesaw, and start looking for some used equipment.
i love my thunder eggs
I LOVE the last one, with the dark ring! What do you do with the ones you can't keep?
I mostly just toss rocks in a discard pile behind my house or give them away.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Woo.. please consider opening up your discard pile, one weekend, to the local rock club!💕
@@bumblinagirl2683 I don't think they would want it. If you have few go and look at my Spokane Rock Rollers club tour video. My local club has tons and tons of rocks.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Cool! I will! I'm new to the Spokane club and not officially a member yet. Next Thurs will be our family's first time at the Valley spot. Glad you've got a video tour- I'll go check it out!
@@bumblinagirl2683 The new location for the club is on 3915 E Francis Ave just so you are aware.
Beautiful...is that chalcedony?
Yes
Hi J
Beautiful thundereggs 😁
Looks like im coming up to Pullman to visit daughter mid July and wondering if you can suggest any rockhounding in the area.
I sure can, ill email you later about some places to go.
Wow those are gorgeous how far is it from Gig Harbor Washington
There is a GPS location in the description box of the video.
Do you Ever do rock hounding in Grant County? I am extremely new I haven’t even ever gone out yet just learn this is an actual thing
These are very nice looking but not for those who as you say, beginning. The blue is beautiful.
Yeah it can be a little much since it can be some really hard work and well, you kinda need a saw to really enjoy them.
Great
I know this video is old but I went out today and found this spot I parked in the parking spot that you are parked in I noticed a trail that left from that parking lot Do you take that the trail you take or do you walk down the road to the dead end And start going up there
You need to walk out the trail.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Awesome thanks I ended up by walking out the road until the end and then going up a trail over there . I found a couple of holes that were already dug out over there over there but no luck finding any finding any thunder eggs .we went there so late in the day it was kind of an exploration day to see if we could find your spot. I appreciate you sharing your locations. I really appreciate it. the funny thing is even if you do share where you are how many people are really gonna go there
I would love to know more about how to cut the stones. Maybe a video showing the process?
Thank you for the idea, I just wrote it down and I'll start working on it.
Nice!
Thank you.
Thanks for the hole info, we made it a little bigger a few days ago and got a few nuts from it (we call them thunder nuts intermittently). Question though. Did you use a wet polisher on those faces or does your saw just leave them that smooth? I am using a 7" tile saw (water) and its a challenge to make straight cuts on rocks with any curvature. Then using the wet polisher it takes some real effort, technique and time to get it to a polished glass finish because those diamond pads remove so little material.
I'm glad you got up there for some Thundereggs! Those are how they come off my oil saw. There are some tricks to making flat, straight, smooth cuts on the tile saw which I think are too much to try and describe in a comment but Ill make a video at some point here on the subject. The polishing pads are really meant for polishing and not grinding out rough marks left by a tile saw blade gouging the face which is what I think the issue is that you're having.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Lol, I learned that. Takes some time to get rid of the saw lines. Sounds like I need a purpose built saw, thats a really nice finish. BTW I live a few blocks from the Bombing Range Rd Fire station spot. The good chunk (south east quarter of that undeveloped square) is posted no trespassing now as of a few weeks ago. There is state/gov land that borders it (the pit to the north 50 yards) that is still game, but no more rummaging through the excavation turnover (at least at the present).
They are pretty
Agreed.
Great dig!! How long do you think it took you to dig out all the thunder eggs you brought home?
I think I was there about 3 hours but keep in mind things are always slower when your filming stuff.
I could only imagine. Great work keep it up. How many spots in Oregon do you know to find thundereggs. Being that the Richardson ranch doesn’t allow digging anymore and lucky strike closes as well and I guess the dig site in friend Oregon closed as well. Kind of weird they all shut down so soon to one another. Kind of a big blow to a lot of rockhounders like me and you.
Wow that blue is really dark
Is it just me, or does the inside of that one thunderegg look like the Klingon Bird of Prey ship from Star trek? 7th in the photos.
Is there anything else you can find in Quartz creek? Or is the mission really the thunder eggs, not worth searching anything else as far as we know?
There's also some low quality fossils in the area.
Epic!
Thank you!
what kind of rock type you need to find thundereggs? I live in maine and it seems like the western/mid western state have everything, not much up here. :/
Typically they only form in Rhyolite lava flows.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thank you so much :)
THE LAST ONE LOOKS LIKE A SEA SCAPE
Agreed. They really are some nice thundereggs.
make a little doggie harness and a flattie and have the doggo pull the sled of eggs
Amazing eggs.i totally want a saw...but what kind?
Starting with a tile saw is always a great first option cause it's so affordable.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thank you
Did you ever cut the teeny one?
Nope I still have it as I found it.
Gm. Why it name Thunder eggs i need a Tumbler mashing & a stone cutter how can i get one at store to buy ?
The name goes back a long time and the story of it is out there if you want to look it up. I started cutting rocks with a tile saw from Home Depot.
They have to look up Ocean State picture of stones
What would you like me to look up?
Is this Little Naches Washington or else where?
Did you watch the video in the description box and see the GPS listed?
🤣😂LOL @ Don't Lick Rocks
I try to keep it light-hearted.
I think I have licked more rocks than windows in my days. Awesome video regardless.
How busy is the trail?
What do you mean busy? It's a just short trail in the national forest to get where you can dig.
And is it wheelchair friendly out to the dig sites?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding With Yakima being the new ground zero for Covid, I wondered how many people we may encounter. I just want to bring back thundereggs, not a disease.
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Can others join you in your rockhounding adventures
Sometimes other rockhounds can join us on adventures if the schedules work out.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding how can we get on your schedule to see when and where you are going. Have you ever done rockhounding in northwest area of washington
@@randibowman7079 Shoot me an email currentlyrockhounding@gmail.com