I first collected rocks while in mid to later grade school. Thought I was pretty cool. Knew the names like ignatious rock, sedimentary rock, and Wham, my rock hounding days were behind me as I grew up. So here it sit about 60 years later from the comfort of my chair watching videos of folks who unknowingly teaching me things about rocks now that I never knew existed. You do the finding, all the lifting and toting, having a good time with me sitting at home having just as good a time. For that, I thank you. 😊
I know what you mean, I sit here at home, wishing I still had my pile of rocks from when I was like 5-15 years old. When my Family were fishing & I would look for rocks I loved! Now I collect rocks again! I have a saw & lapadary machine like he has & I make Cabochons, palm stones & slices! So satisfying!!!! ❤
I like your comment and I collected rocks for a long time. I discovered that most of them have been carved! I looked back at my a collection and I could see usually faces in 90% of them! Usually more than one. So just us here I started looking at the Bluffs along the river and I keep finding the same face carved into the bluffs everywhere along the Mississippi. I keep finding them and it still blows my mind! If I ever get it together I'll do a channel. I'm also an old guy but not too old...lol
I was drawn to rocks since I could walk. I’m 51 and just realizing what I possibly have. Didn’t even have a clue they could be anything but just rocks that I liked. Thought I was weird, Now realizing I’m not weird just connected to Gods fantastic beautiful earth. Love the videos.
I'm happy to see someone who gets excited over Stones and Rocks like me! I have been drawn to them since l was a kid! Best wishes! More good luck to you! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Your enthusiasm shows your passion, and thanks to your channel, has rekindled a hobby that I haven't explored in 50 years! My first trip to the north shore didn't produce much but I'll be back in 2022! And have found some pretty cool pieces close to home. Keep posting your subscribers love it. 😊
My dad found a jasper rock about twice the size at a fire ring at a lake where people camp. We split it open and it's filled with gold colored pyrite cubes. Absolutly beautiful and I'm having a hard time finding much information on this. My dad gave it to me and it's currently in my rock garden in front of my deck.
I like my Jasper GEMMY 😉 I have a very large honey yellow piece that was rolled by the river that has so much character. It is rounded and has smoky quartz and druzy.
Bear scat, wolf prints…a typical day rock hounding in the summer around the Lake Superior region! Wonderful finds Taylor. Woo hoo galaxy stone..I’m so fascinated by them! Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
Another great rock hunting adventure....I went to my favorite creek for the 1st time this summer & guess what....nothing.....it has either been picked to death or the spring thaw that causes the minor rise of water in it, buried all the best stuff . I am going to Michigan at the end of the month & hope to go to Superior for a quick afternoon hunt. Maybe my spot here will be better next spring....I hope so because there isn't many places here in S.E. Iowa to pick. Have a great August. I will catch up on your videos when I get home.
My wife loves rocks and crystals and your videos have inspired me to plan a rock hounding trip in the spring. We live in eastern Massachusetts, I'm not sure what we can find but we sure will look.
That jasper blew my mind! What...a...find! The jasper you find is so different than what I find... it just amazes me... it's so cool to see. I LOVE the red/black combo. That jasper is going to look sick all polished up! I wanted to mention that I have bears where I'm at and they really want nothing to do with you really... So I always make loud noises to let them know I'm there and they'll leave the area. But then I have to worry about the big cats...they are way more curious...and stealthy😳 going with someone is a lot more safer. Stay safe out there Taylor!
Love me some jaspers, they never disappoint. It looks like you found a nice place to hunt. Just remember your not the apex predator in the woods, without a gun. Keep finding those beauties. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
I know, all these comments caused me to buy some bear spray. I don’t have my permit to carry or anything so I don’t feel comfortable bringing my sidearm out.
Wundervolle Natur . Mineralien sind auch meine große Liebe . Es ist toll dir bei deiner Suche beizuwohnen . Danke das du uns alle mit nimmst . Ich wünsche dir noch weiterhin viel Erfolg und Freude in der Natur . Hab keine furscht vor den Tieren des Waldes . Hab respeckt und zeige dich dem Wald. Nimm seine Energie auf und warte bis du dich angenommen fühlst . Denn angst vor wilden Tieren in ihrem zuhause ist die gleiche angst eines Diebes welcher sich heimlich in einem Haus aufhält . Wie gesagt. Respeckt und Bescheidenheit sind gute Ratgeber. Wenn du dich erst mit der Natur mit dem Ort und mit den Kräften verbunden fühlst und angenommen wurdest wirst du noch sehr vieles an wunderbaren entdecken . Auf die herkömmliche Art kommst du nur soweit wie das Vermögen deines Verstandes es zulässt . Viel Erfolg
Wild guess, but is the rock at 2:24 Mary Ellen Jasper? Nice to know I'm not the only one who forgets how to use words as soon as the camera is turned on. I like that location. I wish I had some good rivers to hunt around here. In the rivers I have been to, the rocks are usually covered in scum so it's hard or impossible to identify them.
Awesome spot! I saw a bunch of great stuff unpicked! 🙈 I hope you go back and make another video 🥰. And another one with you rock flipping in the creek 😁. Thanks for the video. It was watched with my morning coffee. Great way to start the day!
My grandmother collected huge rocks when she traveled and made a border with them for her flower beds. Now that I’m interested in rocks… I wish I could go back in time and take a good look at them. Love the huge jasper!
Nice finds! I imagine you'll be returning to this spot! The rock at 3:00 looks like Amygdaloidal basalt. My partner and I found a lot of similar pieces while we were in the Keweenaw Peninsula, so depending on where you were, the green bits could be oxidized copper, although that would mean the one you found was a pretty far ways away from home. Maybe the dips could have contained Michigan greenstone, because they break down so easily, but I suppose that would be a long shot and wishful thinking. There are a lot of similar looking rocks in the Keweenaw with quartz inclusions as well. Happy hunting!
Hi again TAYLOR Big and beautiful Jasper! Seemed there was alot there. Why would that be? Not much as far as agates but other interesting ones. Kind of a different location including many signs of critters there. Must be tucked away where they're not worried about seeing humans! Hadn't crossed my mind but be careful out there... Thx as always for sharing. Catcha next time!
Where I live in southern Oregon theres jasper that's way cooler looking than the jasper in this vid! The jasper here varries beetween dark red and bright red way brighter than this vid and just an hour north you can find jasper agates which if you didn't know most agates in southern Oregon are clear forms of jasper and jade so we get orange/red agates and green agates here! The jasper here has white and black sometimes through out it also!
Most people just step over rocks, never once thinking about where rocks begin, how they form, the endless seasons and eons of time they endure. They are not just from history, they ARE history.
You didn't find as many agates as you hoped, but you sure can't be disappointed with all that beautiful jasper. Wow! I'd love to find a piece like that big one. Anyway, please be careful when you're out there alone. Your family and your fans need and love you!
When I was a child I would find rocks my grandfather plowed up. Later on I would, with safety glasses on, sit and break them open. As an adult, I love looking through landscaping rocks or rocks at Lake Michigan.
Jasper where I live is literally one of the most common rocks to find in the rivers. Were talking jasper chunks so large youd need a boom lift to pick it up.
Hi Taylor, another great looking creek, some really nice pieces and that chunk of Jasper, WOW, what a ripper. The colours look great and patterns look outstanding, what an amazing piece. Can’t wait to see it cleaned up and a slab if you decide to cut it. What a hunting trip, though you can have the bears & wolves, I’ll stick with our spiders & snakes some of which are the deadliest around, but they won’t decide to make a meal of you, 🤣🤣. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
The stone at the 2 min mark is what I find here on the beaches. I've never been quite sure what to call it, but some of them are awesome. I carry a laser light to check them for translucency. I wish I had a cabbing machine to work on them.
Ohhh that huge jasper is absolutely gorgeous...I'm so jealous. Just came across your channel this evening and am really enjoying it! I've always been drawn to rocks since childhood, I'm 71 now...what is it? ...and others have zero interest and chuckle because you do. How I wish I could live near Lake Superior and collect rocks there. I'll be watching more of your channel...found it fascinating.
Out here in new mexico san juan county you will find the most beautiful white lace red jasper and jasper rocks like that so big you wont be able to pluck it from the earths grip
I'm a newbie,,,, I'm in Northeast Ohio, haven't found any agates,,,, not sure I even know what I'm doing but there are some pretty rocks I have found. I have them in a tumbler now
Hope you kept that lake superior green stone . It’s Michigan’s gemstone of the state. They’re hard to find and that’s a whopper ! Polish it ! Could be worth a fortune 🤗
That red agate looks like Mary Ellen Jasper, which is quite common up there. I have cut and polished some. It comes out OK. Sometimes it looks mossy (it moss were red.)
Here in the Philiphines especially to the longest river named magat River that is a 5 percent of the jasper stones and that is not pupular into us becouse of the one reason other people treat the stone picker as a mad
Love to come to Scotland and rock hunt , I've been metal detecting and a rock hound all my life and I still have the passion for it everyday, Agate Dad is great and I enjoy Theo Kellison, sometimes I just get so jealous when I watch them and their finds, but I have some one of a kind finds of my own, keeps me happy! Rocking Ron . Grant co. Indiana, largest gravel deposits in the state
Dude, I hope your carrying atleast bear spray. Be careful . I know how addicting rockhounding is I love it so much. I do my rockhounding in Baltimore Md. No bears where I live but we have coyotes, deer, raccoon , beaver , fox. I enjoy your show!
There is/was a stream in Lincoln Park, outside of Port Angeles Washington, where these sorts of rock were everywhere. We called them brick-stone, gramma called them red Jasper. This was a long time ago, dunno if the park is still there.
I’m 50 miles away in Port Townsend so I’ll have to check the area out. I have been wanting to check out a a few streams coming off of Mountain Olympus. I hunt the shore of the Salish Sea near a subduction fault and on some days the sea throws out red jasper. Never a big 10 pound chunk but golf ball size pieces. Red jasper is my favorite find followed by the red and green bloodstone. Thanks for the lead in Port Angeles.
3.10 is a bit of eruptive basalt through which depressurized, pent-up gases escaped prior to its cooling... These vascular cavities (vugs) then facilitated the flow of very hot waters, saturated with chlorite salts (greenish minerals), which precipitated out as the basalt cooled. There is a fair amount of this on the Superior shoreline in Michigan's UP. 4.15 is another example of cavities formed by de-gassing, de-watering. You are surrounded by extrusive basalts, from the rock walls at the beginning of your video, to these erosion effect boulders and cobbles which fill and bank the river. There are two types of volcanic / igneous upwelling, intrusive and extrusive: 'magma', which remains underground as it pools and cools, and 'lava', which breaks through the ground's surface, where it pools and cools. Because "magma's" captive / contained flows are insulated by surrounding rock and soil, they cool slowly, so that the minerals they contain will most frequently de-gas and de-water gradually within the matrix, leaving behind discrete crystals that are easy to discern with the eye. quartz resolves out in crystals as druzy as sugar to those exceptionally huge crystals found in geodes, veins and caverns. "Lava" flows, on the other hand, are relatively quick to cool; when the pressures of overburden are bypassed to the open atmosphere, the molten material quickly releases its superheated gases and mineral-saturated waters, forming the vascular systems of tubes and holes (vugs) which quickly irradiate the heat. The tendency with quicker cooling is micro-, and crypto-crystallization of the minerals contained in the igneous flow; quartz will resolve out as chalcedonies (agate, jasper, etc.). Reference the "Bowen reaction series" for a better understanding of what you're seeing in your fascinating searches for agates et. al.
Considering how far away Minnesota is, I’m surprised how similar the plant life, climate, and even rocks are to western Washington. If I didn’t know better I would guess that you were right near here lol
My friend found a softball sized red chalcedony piece yesterday. It's gold country Creek area just outside Tahoe national forest. It's crazy this same creek is where my neighbor found a perfectly round clear quartz ball. It weighs 6lbs and it is perfectly symmetrical.
I have found really big chunks of jasper. Red and even tiger Jasper. Yellow and green. I would show you photos but this don’t have a place to share them.
I think I got a lager piece of red jasper. I never knew what kind of rock it was but after watching you video. I sure that it's the samething as that big piece you picked up.
When I was in 5th grade, I collected shark's teeth, a few rocks. I still have a few rocks, but gave all the teeth to my teacher. Good luck with your hunting.
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This is in usa or canada🤔
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I first collected rocks while in mid to later grade school. Thought I was pretty cool. Knew the names like ignatious rock, sedimentary rock, and Wham, my rock hounding days were behind me as I grew up. So here it sit about 60 years later from the comfort of my chair watching videos of folks who unknowingly teaching me things about rocks now that I never knew existed. You do the finding, all the lifting and toting, having a good time with me sitting at home having just as good a time. For that, I thank you. 😊
This made me smile 😊 happy you join on our adventures!
I know what you mean, I sit here at home, wishing I still had my pile of rocks from when I was like 5-15 years old. When my Family were fishing & I would look for rocks I loved! Now I collect rocks again! I have a saw & lapadary machine like he has & I make Cabochons, palm stones & slices! So satisfying!!!! ❤
I like your comment and I collected rocks for a long time. I discovered that most of them have been carved! I looked back at my a collection and I could see usually faces in 90% of them! Usually more than one. So just us here I started looking at the Bluffs along the river and I keep finding the same face carved into the bluffs everywhere along the Mississippi. I keep finding them and it still blows my mind! If I ever get it together I'll do a channel. I'm also an old guy but not too old...lol
I second this
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I'm not even that into rocks, but anyone with as much enthusiasm for their passion is inspiring.
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Definitely agree!
I love watching your videos. They make me realize I’m not the only one who genuinely enjoys a day spent rock hunting.
I was drawn to rocks since I could walk. I’m 51 and just realizing what I possibly have. Didn’t even have a clue they could be anything but just rocks that I liked. Thought I was weird, Now realizing I’m not weird just connected to Gods fantastic beautiful earth. Love the videos.
OMG, that 10 lb jasper is gorgeous! Great find!!
Right! Thanks 😊
Sir 10 lb means
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Superb jasper! Beautiful environment! You always have such a lovely energy about you!
Thanks so much!
I'm happy to see someone who gets excited over Stones and
Rocks like me! I have been drawn to them since l was a
kid!
Best wishes! More good luck to you! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Your enthusiasm shows your passion, and thanks to your channel, has rekindled a hobby that I haven't explored in 50 years! My first trip to the north shore didn't produce much but I'll be back in 2022! And have found some pretty cool pieces close to home. Keep posting your subscribers love it. 😊
Some awesome finds! Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for joining!
My dad found a jasper rock about twice the size at a fire ring at a lake where people camp. We split it open and it's filled with gold colored pyrite cubes. Absolutly beautiful and I'm having a hard time finding much information on this. My dad gave it to me and it's currently in my rock garden in front of my deck.
Take a short vid an post it for us ... I left ones this size an bigger also at the creek due to its weight I may try breaking one now
Went back to my favorite hunting spot near the Colorado, along lower Country Club Creek. Went back to retrieve a piece of jasper. Yup! Found it!
Nice!
I like my Jasper GEMMY 😉 I have a very large honey yellow piece that was rolled by the river that has so much character. It is rounded and has smoky quartz and druzy.
Bear scat, wolf prints…a typical day rock hounding in the summer around the Lake Superior region! Wonderful finds Taylor. Woo hoo galaxy stone..I’m so fascinated by them!
Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
Absolutely!! I’ll be cutting some soon 🤘🤘
Another great rock hunting adventure....I went to my favorite creek for the 1st time this summer & guess what....nothing.....it has either been picked to death or the spring thaw that causes the minor rise of water in it, buried all the best stuff . I am going to Michigan at the end of the month & hope to go to Superior for a quick afternoon hunt. Maybe my spot here will be better next spring....I hope so because there isn't many places here in S.E. Iowa to pick. Have a great August. I will catch up on your videos when I get home.
Yeah interesting! Crazy how it goes sometimes!
My wife loves rocks and crystals and your videos have inspired me to plan a rock hounding trip in the spring. We live in eastern Massachusetts, I'm not sure what we can find but we sure will look.
You should bring a pick and hammer with you ,there may be some surprises inside some of those rocks with agates stuck on them
That’s what the saw is for 🤟🤟
That was a great location for rock hunting! Love that gorgeous banded agate!
I found a huge one like that, was too big to walk three miles with so I’m going back this spring for it :)
OMG! Can you schedule a "Hunting Agates with Agate Dad" tour? I'd sign up in a heartbeat!
Haha if you’re ever in the area hit me up, I’ll see if I’m planning to go out
@@AgateDad is that open to anyone lol
Of course!
I want to go too!
@@AgateDad i would go too! Any chance of a great jasper in that red color? OMG! 😲
That jasper blew my mind! What...a...find! The jasper you find is so different than what I find... it just amazes me... it's so cool to see. I LOVE the red/black combo. That jasper is going to look sick all polished up!
I wanted to mention that I have bears where I'm at and they really want nothing to do with you really... So I always make loud noises to let them know I'm there and they'll leave the area. But then I have to worry about the big cats...they are way more curious...and stealthy😳 going with someone is a lot more safer. Stay safe out there Taylor!
I really should carry bear spray or some other means of protection! But me too, soooo beautiful!
Get 1 pcs jasper stone almost 25 kg..
Wow, just Wow. That is a beautiful Jasper rock ! Congratulations !
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Love me some jaspers, they never disappoint. It looks like you found a nice place to hunt. Just remember your not the apex predator in the woods, without a gun. Keep finding those beauties. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
I know, all these comments caused me to buy some bear spray. I don’t have my permit to carry or anything so I don’t feel comfortable bringing my sidearm out.
Wundervolle Natur . Mineralien sind auch meine große Liebe . Es ist toll dir bei deiner Suche beizuwohnen . Danke das du uns alle mit nimmst . Ich wünsche dir noch weiterhin viel Erfolg und Freude in der Natur . Hab keine furscht vor den Tieren des Waldes . Hab respeckt und zeige dich dem Wald. Nimm seine Energie auf und warte bis du dich angenommen fühlst . Denn angst vor wilden Tieren in ihrem zuhause ist die gleiche angst eines Diebes welcher sich heimlich in einem Haus aufhält . Wie gesagt. Respeckt und Bescheidenheit sind gute Ratgeber. Wenn du dich erst mit der Natur mit dem Ort und mit den Kräften verbunden fühlst und angenommen wurdest wirst du noch sehr vieles an wunderbaren entdecken . Auf die herkömmliche Art kommst du nur soweit wie das Vermögen deines Verstandes es zulässt . Viel Erfolg
Code red day as in Jasper, my second favorite rock. Happy hounding.
Wild guess, but is the rock at 2:24 Mary Ellen Jasper? Nice to know I'm not the only one who forgets how to use words as soon as the camera is turned on. I like that location. I wish I had some good rivers to hunt around here. In the rivers I have been to, the rocks are usually covered in scum so it's hard or impossible to identify them.
Yeah that’s how they are right now in every river, absolutely covered, occasionally I get lucky and find an agate in the mix but stick to the banks
Awesome spot! I saw a bunch of great stuff unpicked! 🙈 I hope you go back and make another video 🥰. And another one with you rock flipping in the creek 😁. Thanks for the video. It was watched with my morning coffee. Great way to start the day!
Can’t take it all home haha wife would kill me (jk)
My grandmother collected huge rocks when she traveled and made a border with them for her flower beds. Now that I’m interested in rocks… I wish I could go back in time and take a good look at them. Love the huge jasper!
Nice finds! I imagine you'll be returning to this spot! The rock at 3:00 looks like Amygdaloidal basalt. My partner and I found a lot of similar pieces while we were in the Keweenaw Peninsula, so depending on where you were, the green bits could be oxidized copper, although that would mean the one you found was a pretty far ways away from home. Maybe the dips could have contained Michigan greenstone, because they break down so easily, but I suppose that would be a long shot and wishful thinking. There are a lot of similar looking rocks in the Keweenaw with quartz inclusions as well. Happy hunting!
Copper can be found in Minnesota too, I’m pretty sure it’s just a pocket of green nodules, I may be wrong tho!
@@AgateDad Well, if you ever figure it out, let us know. We spent Monday along the north shore, and found a beautiful specimen just like it.
I know what it is. :)
Hi again TAYLOR
Big and beautiful Jasper! Seemed there was alot there.
Why would that be?
Not much as far as agates but other interesting ones. Kind of a different location including many signs of critters there. Must be tucked away where they're not worried about seeing humans! Hadn't crossed my mind but be careful out there...
Thx as always for sharing. Catcha next time!
Where I live in southern Oregon theres jasper that's way cooler looking than the jasper in this vid! The jasper here varries beetween dark red and bright red way brighter than this vid and just an hour north you can find jasper agates which if you didn't know most agates in southern Oregon are clear forms of jasper and jade so we get orange/red agates and green agates here! The jasper here has white and black sometimes through out it also!
Also I don't have carnelians where I live but about 4 hours north theres carnelians!
Most people just step over rocks, never once thinking about where rocks begin, how they form, the endless seasons and eons of time they endure.
They are not just from history, they ARE history.
You would love my hood in Southern Oregon. Red and Green Jasper everywhere. Petrified wood, agates, geodes, fossils etc.
Sounds legit
Such a beautiful area 😍 and beautiful finds!
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There's a place called Kenny dam in BC, Canada with TONS jasper 😁
Awesome!
Thank for show this beautiful Rocks 😊🙌
My pleasure 😊
I love when you add some bloopers in!! 😄😄
Some nice finds today thankyou for the tag along.
You bet
@9:13 that looks like a heart, dude
@9:47 that is a rainbow jasper! 👍👍👍 Very lovely! 🤩
You didn't find as many agates as you hoped, but you sure can't be disappointed with all that beautiful jasper. Wow! I'd love to find a piece like that big one. Anyway, please be careful when you're out there alone. Your family and your fans need and love you!
Oh thanks! And of course I’m not disappointed, it’s how it goes and happens more frequently than you all see 👍
What is so special with jasper? I really dont know 🙈
I have favorites this time. Not only that huge jasper, green spotted & galaxy stone. 😃
Right!! Probably going to cut that one!
@@AgateDad can’t wait til the cutting! 😁
Love that deep red jasper. Really nice finds.
Wolves and bears, oh wow. And lots of very unusual rock! Take care.
Always!
That was a good come back,, thanks for being human and leaving in the flubs🤣🤣🤘
When I was a child I would find rocks my grandfather plowed up. Later on I would, with safety glasses on, sit and break them open. As an adult, I love looking through landscaping rocks or rocks at Lake Michigan.
Jasper where I live is literally one of the most common rocks to find in the rivers. Were talking jasper chunks so large youd need a boom lift to pick it up.
Awesome finds. Yeah, you definitely don’t want to have any run ins with wildlife. 😳
I was fortunate enough to find a naturally tumbled, solid, red jasper from the glacial period on the banks of a nearby river weighing 45 to 50 pounds.
nice!
Beautiful red jaspers. Great finds for you.
Thanks for this fun northern Minnesota adventure,Taylor!
Thanks for joining!
You can find all sorts of lovely blood red Jasper in the Willamette River
Hi Taylor, another great looking creek, some really nice pieces and that chunk of Jasper, WOW, what a ripper. The colours look great and patterns look outstanding, what an amazing piece. Can’t wait to see it cleaned up and a slab if you decide to cut it. What a hunting trip, though you can have the bears & wolves, I’ll stick with our spiders & snakes some of which are the deadliest around, but they won’t decide to make a meal of you, 🤣🤣.
Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Yeah gotta avoid them big predators 🐺 🐻
The stone at the 2 min mark is what I find here on the beaches. I've never been quite sure what to call it, but some of them are awesome. I carry a laser light to check them for translucency. I wish I had a cabbing machine to work on them.
Yeah I could tell that one was for sure translucent
Nice 5 colors with pattern view mountains more valuable
Amazing video!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Sure would like to see that Jasper cut!
Good score!
Awesomeness love that jasper.
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I get as excited as you do finding amazing gems/rocks! So glad I came across your video, hope you make more!
Every Monday and Friday ☺️
Love the rocks. Very beautiful. Love this video. From Jordan
Ohhh that huge jasper is absolutely gorgeous...I'm so jealous. Just came across your channel this evening and am really enjoying it! I've always been drawn to rocks since childhood, I'm 71 now...what is it? ...and others have zero interest and chuckle because you do. How I wish I could live near Lake Superior and collect rocks there. I'll be watching more of your channel...found it fascinating.
OH MY GOSH is right. Nice finds.
Thanks!
Out here in new mexico san juan county you will find the most beautiful white lace red jasper and jasper rocks like that so big you wont be able to pluck it from the earths grip
Been a rockhound since i was 7 yrs. Old i.m 63 now and can t go any more this brings back memories
Nice job on that 10 lb jasper picked some smaller stuff this year on the northshore ludsun
That’s great!
I'm a newbie,,,, I'm in Northeast Ohio, haven't found any agates,,,, not sure I even know what I'm doing but there are some pretty rocks I have found. I have them in a tumbler now
Newbie stage is the most fun 🤩
Wow..Good Spot..And Beutyful Stone,Im From Asia/Indonesia,,
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Nice rocks! I'd like to see vid of some of them cleaned up and/ or cut. I'll check some other vidz in your channel.
Thanks Rob!
Lots of rocks like you have here up on the creeks near Mount Rainer Washington
True!
very beautiful the rocks there in this place
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Hope you kept that lake superior green stone . It’s Michigan’s gemstone of the state. They’re hard to find and that’s a whopper ! Polish it ! Could be worth a fortune 🤗
That first rock “what are you? I’m so confused…” flint/slag
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That red agate looks like Mary Ellen Jasper, which is quite common up there. I have cut and polished some. It comes out OK. Sometimes it looks mossy (it moss were red.)
MEJ is less common than LSA in my opinion, some is meh and some is fantastic!
Iron mining areas have tons of beautiful jasper, banded iron formation (bif) for short, in Ely all around miners lake, lots of great stuff
Awesome!
Sweet!!!👍
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Here in the Philiphines especially to the longest river named magat River that is a 5 percent of the jasper stones and that is not pupular into us becouse of the one reason other people treat the stone picker as a mad
Gracias por compartir, saludos desde Venezuela
We have a river here like this, we call rivers ‘burns’ in Scotland 🏴. I used to take my boys to play there and we would collect rocks like these
Love to come to Scotland and rock hunt , I've been metal detecting and a rock hound all my life and I still have the passion for it everyday, Agate Dad is great and I enjoy Theo Kellison, sometimes I just get so jealous when I watch them and their finds, but I have some one of a kind finds of my own, keeps me happy! Rocking Ron . Grant co. Indiana, largest gravel deposits in the state
this channel deserves so many more subs
That's very kind of you, I'll always be grateful for any amount of support from our community here
I have a jasper rock about 30 pounds and broke it in half and it has crystalized iron pyrite through it! Realy pretty!
Thats awesome!
Hope to see these beauty cut soon!
Really cool jaspers and agates!
It was a great hunt!
Gorgeous jasper! Love your podcast!
Dude, I hope your carrying atleast bear spray. Be careful . I know how addicting rockhounding is
I love it so much. I do my rockhounding in Baltimore Md. No bears where I live but we have coyotes, deer, raccoon , beaver , fox. I enjoy your show!
I have bear spray now, thanks for enjoying 😊
There is/was a stream in Lincoln Park, outside of Port Angeles Washington, where these sorts of rock were everywhere.
We called them brick-stone, gramma called them red Jasper.
This was a long time ago, dunno if the park is still there.
Cool!
I’m 50 miles away in Port Townsend so I’ll have to check the area out. I have been wanting to check out a a few streams coming off of Mountain Olympus. I hunt the shore of the Salish Sea near a subduction fault and on some days the sea throws out red jasper. Never a big 10 pound chunk but golf ball size pieces. Red jasper is my favorite find followed by the red and green bloodstone. Thanks for the lead in Port Angeles.
Nice! I just found a big guy myself
Nice!
3.10 is a bit of eruptive basalt through which depressurized, pent-up gases escaped prior to its cooling... These vascular cavities (vugs) then facilitated the flow of very hot waters, saturated with chlorite salts (greenish minerals), which precipitated out as the basalt cooled. There is a fair amount of this on the Superior shoreline in Michigan's UP.
4.15 is another example of cavities formed by de-gassing, de-watering. You are surrounded by extrusive basalts, from the rock walls at the beginning of your video, to these erosion effect boulders and cobbles which fill and bank the river. There are two types of volcanic / igneous upwelling, intrusive and extrusive: 'magma', which remains underground as it pools and cools, and 'lava', which breaks through the ground's surface, where it pools and cools.
Because "magma's" captive / contained flows are insulated by surrounding rock and soil, they cool slowly, so that the minerals they contain will most frequently de-gas and de-water gradually within the matrix, leaving behind discrete crystals that are easy to discern with the eye. quartz resolves out in crystals as druzy as sugar to those exceptionally huge crystals found in geodes, veins and caverns. "Lava" flows, on the other hand, are relatively quick to cool; when the pressures of overburden are bypassed to the open atmosphere, the molten material quickly releases its superheated gases and mineral-saturated waters, forming the vascular systems of tubes and holes (vugs) which quickly irradiate the heat. The tendency with quicker cooling is micro-, and crypto-crystallization of the minerals contained in the igneous flow; quartz will resolve out as chalcedonies (agate, jasper, etc.).
Reference the "Bowen reaction series" for a better understanding of what you're seeing in your fascinating searches for agates et. al.
Taylor,
That is a beautiful area!
Absolutely ♥️🙏
Wow! Beautiful finds😍
Thanks!
Considering how far away Minnesota is, I’m surprised how similar the plant life, climate, and even rocks are to western Washington. If I didn’t know better I would guess that you were right near here lol
It sure looks similar at times! Minus the mountains lol
Glad you didn’t meet up with any wolves or bears! Thanks for another great video! I love the out takes too!
Haha there’s always outtakes
I just found a 56.02lb bandedred jasper. It is big and hUge. From you find 2 years ago. I found it may 1.2024😊 in my back yard.😊😊
My friend found a softball sized red chalcedony piece yesterday. It's gold country Creek area just outside Tahoe national forest. It's crazy this same creek is where my neighbor found a perfectly round clear quartz ball. It weighs 6lbs and it is perfectly symmetrical.
One good agate is all it takes to keep me coming back.😎
Exactly!
I have found really big chunks of jasper. Red and even tiger Jasper. Yellow and green. I would show you photos but this don’t have a place to share them.
Thank you..this is remarkable...😀😀
I think I got a lager piece of red jasper. I never knew what kind of rock it was but after watching you video. I sure that it's the samething as that big piece you picked up.
awesome!
I love that boty one at the beginning! The Jasper at 2:15 do you think it’s Mej? So many cool rocks on this adventure. Friday’s are my favourite!
Another jaspagate! (The little red one)
When I was in 5th grade, I collected shark's teeth, a few rocks. I still have a few rocks, but gave all the teeth to my teacher. Good luck with your hunting.
That was nice of you!
I love watching this video thank for sharing