Rockhounding Graveyard Point for Seam Agates
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- We had such a great time down in Graveyard Point looking for agates, and it was by far our best day ever rockhounding. Watch to the end and I think you will agree.
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Hey man, I really enjoyed your video. I just wanted to ask you, we tried to follow your coordinates and they didn’t seem to take us to the right place. It was a huge river crossing that was too deep for even my Toyota Tacoma, and then we went to the Graveyard Point spot and it was private road now. Do you have a route that we could get to the area you were digging in?
What a fantastic video! I can't believe the amount of material just lying around all over the ground. Nice work you guys!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Love that GLOW! That area is one of the areas that got me hooked on rockhounding as a kid...about age 9 if I remember correctly. Been decades since I've been back there. So wonderful to get to be there with you via UA-cam and see y'all enjoy collecting the same stuff today! Thanks for helping me remember magical times.
The look on the dogs face, when you said, you wanted to get rid of her, was so funny, she was like, how dare you dad, how dare you.
Holy agates!! That place rocks!
Duuuuude! That’s Shaughn! Yesss! He’s a seriously rad guy. Man oh man the stuff coming outta that spot is nuts. Really cool man 👌
Yeah I think I might be doing some tumbling of it.
Drooling? Who's drooling? Oh wait, that's me. Agate, agate, agate, agate, agate, agate...... Why would I be drooling? Agate, agate, agate......
Puppy enthusiasm can be challenging at times, but eventually it turns into a companion who just really wants to be with you. Lyka will get there. 😊 Thank you for taking us on a super cool rockhounding adventure.
Hahaha also we really only surface picked, I can only imagine what its like if you start to dig or rake out there.
Laika is a really good dog, she's just a little bit nutty.
It was great to meet you, Sarah, and Mica! I'm glad you guys were able to make the trip and find some great material. Hopefully our paths will cross again!
It was great to meet you as well, I'm sure our paths will cross again on some future trip!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thanks for that info.!
That is an awesome place, a rockhound's dream! What awesome agates. I would look for just enough to have for my collection.i have so many specimens I have to be very picky. But I am definitely drooling!
I love graveyard point plume agate. I have some but would love to go there one day and find some for myself. I’m jealous.
I love hearing from people who actually hunt rock, and the different experiences and ways people relate to the hobby, cool interview at the beginning
Thanks! You should check his channel out as well.
Hey CR, thanks for sharing the post, very much appreciated!👍 Was great finally meeting in person and am glad you enjoyed the time out at graveyard point!✔ Look forward to hunting with you Sara and Mica again real soon sir~ Love the video, really good views of what the desert landscape looks like out there and the types of materials that can be found wandering the ridges and draws! Hope you have an awesome week ahead and talk again soon! PS...its awesome seeing you enjoy your first experience there as much as I did, excellent and makes me very happy to know! 😁🎁
Thank you for inviting us out there! We should do some more rockhounding again this summer.
That's amazing- every stone is something! Sure makes beach hunting feel like fishing for small fry.
I think it’s funny seeing Sarah squinting her eyes so much, and her sunglasses are right on her head! Because that would help if she put them on, but she wouldn’t see the rocks as good! Haha
Very nice vid, thanks! My first rockhounding trip with our club was last March (it'd been dry!) to Graveyard Point. I was completely hooked! It is many square miles, hit by collectors for decades but still producing enormous quantities of float material. The main limitation is how much one wants to carry. There are some large hidden pieces peeking out like that nice one in your vid.
To those wanting directions, easiest is to get the Falcon Oregon or Idaho rockhounding guides, it is in both.
Thank you and I couldn't agree more with the rest of you comment.
My side of the backwoods. Love to hunt for agates, thundereggs, opal, Jasper, petrified wood, and fossils in that area
Its me, Im drooling over the stuff your discarding.
Saddle Mountain was on my list and now this location. Thank you so much for sharing. Looks like you guys had a blast! And it was funny when you said you were gonna get rid of your dog and her ears perked up 😂. Those were some excellent finds, just incredible! 🤩
I am in the treasure valley and have always wanted to go to Graveyard Point but always not sure where to go. Thank you for sharing the location and hopefully I can find that general area (all I have is google). :) Thanks again.
You will have issues using google in this area just so you know.
I loved surface hunting there. Pull over to the side of the road and start walking. I came home with some beautiful plume agate. Can't wait to go again!
It's a good area.
Awesome Video! Thanks for taking us with you! 😊
I'm glad you liked it.
Agate for days 🍻love when I can say that👍
It's a great spot.
Omg! I know that astonishment when there's an incredible abundance of something just one piece of you'd go bananas over somewhere else.
Not too far from there is the same crazy amount, not of agate, but of what the locals call picture jasper. Came back with 90 lbs in one hour. I've never seen anything like it.
Such a great video, thanks for sharing!
Yeah its a great area and every year it just works its way out.
I wish I was there, thanks for bringing me with you.
Thanks you stopping by and giving the video a watch.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding no problem, I'm having a blast watching, I'm a new sub, so I'm just starting to get to know ya'll
I tried to look for you at the wild turkey mine .Absolutely love watching your videos
When did you visit the Wild Turkey last? Thank you!
Very cool that in one video you're in a rainforest and another in you're in a high desert. Cool agates and Jasper. You have so many videos to choose from...what will I watch next?
Yes drooling over that agate. My wife always finds the beat stuff too. Enjoyed watching. Awesome finds.
Thanks!
Seam agates...almost reminds me of fire agates in sw arizona. NICE!
YOU ARE IN MY TERITORY!
Ha! It sure is good territory.
Does that mean you have a claim out there or that it is a place you frequent to rockhound?
@@RandyRobin just rockhounding in the area. One club has a claim on a small part of the deposit. The main deposit the original
Material came out of is covered under 30' of overburden right now.there was a lot of dirt moved around when the original prospect was active.
Wow, that place is fabulous. Just like a giant rock candy store. Pick all you want to carry home. Can’t wait to see what you do with it. Yes, you are right about us watching and drooling 🤤.
This spot has some top notch materials.
Amazing video! Thanks for taking us along with you.
I'm glad you liked it.
i have a 9 and 5 year old puppy, they are way easier to control by voice then leash, they are /think they are the center of the world! WHAT a JACKPOT of a HONEYE HOLE for AGATEs!
I wish she was that kind of dog but I know she would find the nearest snake and try to be friends with it. The agates in the this area top notch.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding that is the first thing i noticed when you were showing them at the end of the video! first class all the way!!
Each one is nicer than the next they are beautiful❤️
The area is rich in agates.
Congrats on quite the haul. I have lots of agates, buckets, boxes, shelves, drawers, etc..full of them. Lots of green and red jaspers too. I was born into a rockhounding family. Basically been picking up rocks and bringing them home to cherish since I could walk. I love how these were just laying out all over. I must visit soon. Thanks for sharing. Your dog is gorgeous, and so well behaved.
J in Oregon
A life time of collecting sounds pretty cool.
It's a really good spot up there!
Would make gorgeous arrowheads
I'm sure it would but that is well beyond my skill level.
That's definitely going to be on my bucket list but places to go.
It's well worth the visit.
Danggggg. Never seen those like that before. I am so glad you showed us and it is so good of you to reveal your location. You and Sarah havagudun.
These were really amazing to find, and the location belongs to everyone!
I love that whole area. Graveyard Point is dope. Sure gets windy sometimes though.
It's a really nice area.
Was there again today go some amazing pieces Got to fire up the saw tomorrow !
I love your agate speedrun at 13 minutes in hahahaha
Ha! I'm glad you liked it!
nice to meet you guys out there, missed you Sunday afternoon and Monday, some nice finds on the other side of the reservoir
Its gonna be gorgeous polished.
Yeah I'm going to have to get to work on some of these.
I would have to have a lot more time there! Great job! Fantastic agates!
We will be going back at some point for sure.
I have a crap load like that from NV when I was stationed out there at Nas Fallon , lots of seam agate , nuggets and Jasper , some quarts crystals
As much as you could carry all day long lol
Sounds amazing.
I’m drooling...
It's quite the spot.
I'm new to all of this and while agate/jasper/petrified wood hunting with my grandson a couple of weeks ago I was also finding a lot of that thin stuff. It was all over the place. Now I know. what it is.
I also figured out one other thing. You walk out as far away as you want to hunt and wait to start filling the bags until on the way back. I would load a backpack with 70 lbs of jasper and agate and also carry a pillowcase with another 40-50 lbs. Never did get more than 200 yds from the vehicle. I was picking a lot of big pieces for flintknapping. By the time we left my 3/4 T Suburban with airbags was sagging.
What's your plan for that much material?
We have to have a plan?
Ha!
I'm ordering a QT12 Lortone tumbler and a Hi-Tech 10" flat lap so we can have fun making things out of them. As I told my grandson, half the fun is just in the hunting for them. Now we will have fun using them.
Wow what a great spot!! Thanks for sharing.
It's a pretty epic location.
I took my one year old pup up diggin. Madness lol
It's good to take the hound out looking for rocks.
Great video! Went out there today and the first thing I ran into was a Badger! Drove a bit before getting back out of the truck :)
Ha, I don't think I have ever seen a Badger.
I find a ton of seam agate in my area. I'll post a video soon of some of the ways I am working it
Can't wait!
Just happend to stumble upon your video, very nice hunt, my great grandfather left me a ton of seam agate, tons of other agates that he collected from all over South Dakota, Wyoming & Montana, I'm sure other states to he would find rocks every where he went, and now I've picked up where he left off, I forgot to mention the seam agates your finding dont look anything like the ones I have maybe theres diffrent types of seam agates
Thanks for watching, I have lots more videos just like this.
It's very cool that your have his collection now and you're getting into it as well.
There's lots of seam agates out there, and they all look kinda different.
Would love those skinny seam agate to slice, polish, and use for earrings!
You're in my back yard. I live on the Idaho side about 15 minutes from there. I've spent countless hours out there. We also had a lot of rain last week so it washed off a lot of the rocks.
Yeah it was prefect timing for use, not to muddy, and the ground wasn't rock solid yet. We did hit some deep water holes as we did some driving around out there.
If you don’t mind me asking, how exactly do I get there? Google maps isn’t helping to much lol
Wow, what an amazing place! I think your dog needs to play with my dog. It was also cool to see Back Country with Shaughn. You rock. :D
Let have a doggy play date later this summer and do some rockhounding!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding You've got a deal.
Awesome finds great video. I'm in western Washington but definitely going to have to make the trip out there.
It's well worth the drive!
I have some graveyard plume agate from there!!!..it's super awesome!!!
It's really very pretty.
Awesome! I need to get out there some day, I live in central Oregon so it's not too far. That seem agate has some crazy banding and plume. I love it
You should absolutely make a weekend out of it.
Wow. So cool.
It was well worth the long drive.
I'm thinking about getting one of those fold up wagons. And welcome to Oregon by the way. I am in Southwest Oregon 😁 one of these days I'm going to make it over there. We got a Ford Escape so we have the vehicle but the next part is finding a way to have electricity for my daughter's oxygen machine and my CPAP
We have a garden wagon but it's a hard one which takes up a lot of space. You also have a lot of really good rock hunting locations over in SW Oregon.
Have you heard of the Jackery portable power supply? They come in 3 different sizes, you can charge them with a solar panel or off your car as you drive, maybe something like that would work?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I will check out that power supply thing. We have one of those hard metal wagons as well. We have livestock so we use it a lot.
My brother just found a thunderegg in his irrigation ditch! He runs the area water control gates from his property. He is also saving all the petrified wood he is finding in there as well. The Mt Mazamma eruption was good to us over here.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding a nerdy geology fact is that the Mount saint Helens eruption was a total of three-quarters of a cubic mile of lava flow. The Mount mazama eruption estimated to be between 13 and 15 cubic miles of I remember the Mount saint Helens eruption because I was a junior in high school. And we had ash from that clear down here.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching buddy!
wow that place looks amazing, surprised I've never heard of it before. I'll have to make a trip out there this summer. Great video as always
It's a top notch spot that doesn't disappoint.
I need to come out there! I’m in Boise. Let me know when you come out next.
Looks like a good area for a mountain bike.
It sure would be!
WOW!!!!!!
Looks like fun!
Check out lobster pond in nova Scotia Canada. There is just as much if not more with tons of exposed seams of all colors. This spot looks awesome too.
I would love to check that out, unfortunately its a little far.
If you tumble some of that material can you do a video on the results. As always thanks for making these great videos.
I no longer rock tumble but I have cut and polished it.
I gotta go to this site, amazing !!
It's really good.
It looks like my beautiful Mazda 3 and I have a very dusty, possibly(most likely) bumpy trip to go on 😊 this will be exciting
Do it!
Currently Rockhounding I’m going this Tuesday! Though I have a question, one of the people in a group I’m in mentioned that they navigated to graveyard point only to find private property, any certain directions I should take in order not to hit private land :p
Nice finds!
Thanks!
Have you considered a wagon with sides that fold down and put solid tires on them
They roll well on gravel roads!
We do have one of those but we didn't bring it on this trip.
Hey man.
I live in twinfalls idaho and I took a trip to this area I think.
I pulled some dark red, black, orange, white, and pink agates the size of bothered my feet put together.
If you come this way again I'd be happy to show you how and where.
I dont have social media but I'm sure we could figure something out.
It's a really good area isn't it!
I don't know when I will be back down there but I appreciate the offer!
Sooooo cool! 🤩
Could you please tell me where you got the skinny flashlight that you were using at the end of this video?? TIA
The little pen light that I use is called a Streamlight Stylus Pro, looks like its on Amazon for $20. I love having this little light in my pocket, its super durable and it doesn't have any of the stupid features you see in most flash lights these days, it just has an on and off.
Agate for days indeed! What a place to search. What do you plan to do with it all?
All the little bits filled a small jar. Some ill cut up, and some ill save for trades with people I think.
SCORE! Eastern Oregon is the place for great material for sure... GYP agate is some nice material, thanks for sharing.... May I share your video??
Thanks man and you can always share my videos, it's very much appreciated.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thank you..
I'm curious.... Do you have a video showing your tattoos? I'm super curious about the extra dark sleeve🤩👀
I do not. That's not really the focus of this channel.
Very helpful - thanks! It was a bit confusing when I went out there. I felt like I needed to be wary of not collecting on someone's claim. Not sure where to look that up. I did some rockhounding on the site near the Graveyard Point historical marker. Crossing the dry canal was difficult in the crumbling rock, especially when hauling back my finds in buckets and bags. Not sure how that would be accomplished with water in the canal. I also drove out into the area south of there. Need to go with someone more familiar with the area.
The claims should be clearly marked, if not its on the claim owner to do so. I hope you had some good finds.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding That seems reasonable! Thank you!! I found some nice agates and jasper. It’s been soaked in water and scrubbed and is now in large glass jars of Lime Away getting cleaned up, along with finds from the Succor Creek area. Both are not fat from my home in Boise. I’d love to hear your thoughts on cleaning, tumbling, cutting, etc. How to choose which to what with. I am just getting back into rockhounding after retiring and have a lot to learn.
I always wondered what itd sound like to make wind chimes outta plate agates
That could be a really good use for some of these.
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Dirtbiketay It sounds amazing. We have some orthoclase that I cut up that sounds beautiful!
After watching your awesome video my husband and I headed out there. Unfortunately to our surprise there are No Trespassing Signs on both entrances! There was even a cow gate across the one on Grave Yard Rd. Did you run into this problem?
You can always drop me an email and we can chat about exact directions but the location shown here and the access is public lands.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I will do that can you please send me your email address? My husband and I went out a couple of years ago and had no problem getting through. I did follow the coordinates you gave. Thank you again. We live in the neighboring town and can go out there anytime. Well..when I figure out how to get in there. Lol
@@carlabarron7898 currentlyrockhounding@gmail.com
I tried going out there today, tried 3 different roads and they all had do not trespass signs. One even mentioned that they owned a shotgun. I would like directions too.
@ShimmerySound turn left at the graveyard point and sage intersection. Go down till the road forks, you will fork to the right and go over the bridge. Then just follow the center road. That will get you to the right area. Then just follow the main dirt road till you get to where you want to go.
Sarah does always win.
I went to this spot looking for something like what you found and I looked and looked and couldn't find that white car anywhere. It's just not there. Can you describe in detail exactly where that white car is ?
That was an interdimensional car.
It just blows my mind that we can just walk around the area and randomly pick up agates like that,..I'm going to saddle mt next spring with hopes of getting some fire...where is this at your currently picking?
This is in SE Oregon at a location called Graveyard Point.
I have seen plenty of red and yellow jaspers from the east coast. But the “black” and dark green jaspers are new to me. Do you have any small pieces/close ups? I know you do not sell, but do you trade? I have finger-sized smoky quartz points from Nova Scotia.
I don't think I have any photos handy. Also I'm sorry but I generally don't do trades.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thanks for the quick, honest reply
Hey Jared, how bad is the access road to where you camped at. We have a small 5th wheel with good clearance. Need to go see family in Southern Idaho thought we might stop by. Larry
It's not great but I did see people out in the area with 5th wheel toy hauler trailers.
I really want to check this place out, super cool finds! How are the roads out there?
Mostly dirt and gravel, not too bad but I think after a rain the area turns into a mess.
You wouldn't do it. That puppy is your fur baby and its great learning experience for when you have children. The things I threatened my kids with and they grew up fine .
So are u on oregon side or Idaho side? Then next question I have if u could please. There are private areas that say no tresspasing. Where do u go that dont have gates?
Please go to the website and read the location guide and if you have questions then contact me.
Oh its ok my husband found us an absolutely great spot! Huge agates the size bricks!
Hi was this graveyard point I was at graveyard point didn't look like this area came in thru Marsing Id
It is a larger place.
How exactly do you get there? All the roads are marked as private no trespassing?
Are you using google?
What do you do with the plates?
Some got tumbled, and some got cut and polished.
Where is graveyard point located at? My hubby put the GPS numbers, which are not giving me the address of the graveyard point. Love ur videos. I prefer a physical address for the graveyard point.
It's located in SE Oregon near the Oregon/Idaho state line. There is no address for it since it's the desert but it's about 9 miles from the town of Homedale, ID.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thank u so much. So sad that I don't have the gas money to make it. :(.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding What? It's practically in my back yard! How were the roads? Passable with a Ford Focus?
Yeah the gps # drops you in the ocean 🤣 if you google graveyard point, you can find it.
I tried to go but the way my GPS took me there was private property signs all over.
Did you watch the video I made that is also in the description box about using GPS?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Not yet I plan to when I get home.
@@RoxxiProvost I assume what happened is that you are using google maps which really breaks down once you leave pavement and in remote areas.
How do you use the numbers in the description to find the location? I have never done that before. I would love to one day check that place out.
So the easiest way to use GPS is to simply drop those numbers into google and you should see a pin pop up on a map. Also there's more advanced search features out there which talk about and show in my How to Rockhound video playlist.
Currently Rockhounding I am probably doing something wrong but I am trying it in maps on my phone and in keeps putting me in the South Pacific sea.
Do a cut and paste of these numbers and it should work 43.561893, -117.059929
Currently Rockhounding thanks that on worked yeah I think you made the first number negative so it messed me up. Thanks anyways!!
Where is Graveyard Point?
In the description box there is a GPS coordinate.
I hope you respond quickly. I bought a garmin gps to find the coordinates you listed and I have no idea what format those are. They’re not minutes and seconds so what format is it.
Decimal degrees is the format I use which is also used by google, gaia and a host of other products. You should have a setting to change the format in your Garmin devise. Otherwise you can download app for your phone that will act as a converter tool.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thank you very much for the quick response. God bless
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Do you ever find artifacts?
Its not really our type of thing right now.
That is an amazing area. Did you say what state that is in
This is in SE Oregon.
Currently Rockhounding thanks
Have you ever brought out a pick axe to help with hunting?
Some times I use the Estwing Geopick on our hunts.
Evening,
Heading here and only have a few hours. Can you point me to a good area at g.p. with a family?
Thanks for any tips.
Please look at the listing on the website.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding
Thanks so much and all your work you put into this hobby! Great resource!
Wow! What a spot. Material everywhere. Couldn't get to spot that is on the site. Creek crossing was to high. Didn't have time to go around to other entrance. Still found amazing stuff in only a couple of very hot 100 degree hrs!