Where to find HUGE agates. Easy pickings, great color!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Utah's spectacular natural rock sculptures are showcased during the drive on Last Chance Road to the "river" of agates. Then you'll see us finding huge, unbelievably plentiful agates. There really are millions. Keep watching or you'll miss the gorgeous cut and polished multi-colored agates from this site in the third part of the video!
We welcome you to come along with us for a great trip and to go ahead and laugh at our outtakes at the end. We did.
Another place that has an astounding amount of beautiful material was found here: • Video
The banded calcite there surprised and delighted us with how easy it is to find and even easier to polish into amazing cabochons.
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Freaking world class video editing, excellent camera quality, perfect video layout, gorgeous rocks, friendly commentary, music at the right times, and the right type / volume. Seriously, who makes your videos? I aspire to be able to do that well. Your cabs are excellent too! Nice finds, nice work, loved this, subscribed to you right away.
Hi Steven,
You are so kind to write such ego-boosting words. We've been struggling to get a million things right while having to learn more than we ever imagined. I (John) did the video editing. We both do "filming". This video is only the fifth one I've ever put together. At least 95% of our footage is not in this final cut so you're seeing the best we could capture and not all the many crazy ways we did it totally wrong. (Shoot your dialog scene with the camera on time lapse and see how fast you throw that away.) The key is to just shoot a lot for practice. Truly learning your camera controls and camera limitations comes from doing it wrong.
I've watched a LOT of tutorials on UA-cam. There are some true experts giving free advice. Jeven Dovey is a great story teller that makes it look easy. Billy Rybka blows us away with what he can do with the DaVinci Resolve editor and that's free software, which is what I use. If you don't have a high end PC, don't worry because Resolve has a way around that called "proxies".
We have some decent gear (see video description) but a lot of what you saw was shot with an iPhone. No matter what camera you have, you will need to buy a microphone and windscreen or the poor sound will ruin the video. Lapel mics are a cheap way to start.
Have fun and good luck. You can get inspiration from many folks on UA-cam like Peter McKinnon who are just fun to watch.
Here is a link showing another site with a LOT of material, this time beautiful banded calcite: ua-cam.com/video/Xf0WG8PxWO0/v-deo.html
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland thanks for the helpful suggestions! We are also just starting to share our rockhounding videos and learning so much about editing. I do our editing and we both take video as well. I just subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your videos!
@@GreyBearOverland. BLOOD ROCKS 🪨. You can see the Nephilim giants bodies and the blood coming out. It’s really interesting and I think it’s arteries make gold.😂
I’m awed the openness of rock hounds. Sharing spot location is the zen of good living. Thank you so much.
Thanks. Based on the number of fire rings and such, it's a well known spot at least to the locals.
Ive still no idea where its at lol
Really nice finds!! You two are fun and look like you're having a great time! Thanks for taking us along!
Thanks, Cyndi!
I live in OR and find the same thing. The "basalt" you say is rhyolite. The agate is mostly red jasper and some chalcedony. So pretty. I want to come there!! Red and green jasper are my favorites!
I was wondering if someone was going to point this out. Still gorgeous rocks.
I really like the relationship between you two, it's simply beautiful and makes me miss my Jay that passed away last September. We had a relationship similar to yours 😢.
Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for your kind note.
We are sorry to hear you've lost someone so dear to you.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland thank you so much.
I'm so sorry for your loss of Jay.
@coffeehunter8742 thank you
Just watched your videos for the first time. It looks like you two are really enjoying your adventures together, weather and all! You have a very nice rig that should get you through most of the tight spots that overlanding and rock hounding can put you into. Thanks for sharing! I look forward to your future videos. Subscribed!🤠
Thanks for the complements, Dave. We do have fun away from it all. Elizabeth can't wait to get the river crossing posted since she drove straight UP a river about 100 feet.
As you can tell from other comments these are not agates, but it sure would be fun to explore there. Keep it up! If you get to Minnesota send me a message and I can take you to some favorite agate spots within a few hours of the cities.
Enjoy your travels!
I haven't read all the comments, but I was thinking that looks more like chalcedony or flint. Not at all like Lake Superior agates.
Ditto. Duluth, Minnesota resident here… These phones are incredibly beautiful, but I do believe they are missing one vital characteristic, which is the “banding” that needs to be present in order for a label of “agate.” there’s definitely translucence and the correct hardness level and the colors are very similar, but the water level banding is not present. This actually looks a lot like petrified rocks, similar to what is found in the Petrified Forest National Park located in Arizona 200 miles straight south of Utah, so not too far from your location
You two are lovely to watch! Awesome finds!
Thanks!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Y'all are living my dream life!
Hi Kelly,
Glad you liked it.
You see just the best 15 minutes. We leave out most of the days of driving, no sleep due to wind, sitting in the cab waiting for the rain to stop while dreaming of that life, too. Ha. Still, we agree completely with you. It's infinitely better than going to our day jobs.
These digs have actually been the first half of my (John) "dusty, rusty" retirement plan. I plan to go get dusty until I can't any longer, then I'll sit at home, grab a rock from a bucket, spin my rusty tools, and make some pretty things. Elizabeth is excited to be learning jewelry making from these stones, too.
There's more videos coming, and some great geodes from Dugway, Utah.
J&E
7:40 was, may I say, cinematic magic. And I fully expected the next shot to have started with the clinking of spurs in the sand, whose owners had just lost his horse.
LOL that would certainly be a good plot twist.
Your cabs are beautiful! Just found you! I love watching people discover Utah. I love the variety of agates, beautiful work!
Hi Vicky,
You're very kind with the complements. It was our first trip to Utah and given we didn't make it to Moab, St. George and nearly all the parks, we'll be back. So different than Washington. Our next long video will be off road near Factory Butte then into Capitol Reef National Park. Before that we'll have a little of the astrophotography up (I hope) even though it was very cloudy and we did much wrong wrt settings. Although for a first time, it was great.
Feel free to send us "don't miss" spots to explore next time via our email, greybearoverland@gmail.com
-John
Looks like my wife and I will be adding to our bucket list. We love rockhounding and were up in Utah just a few weeks ago. We went to a place called agate hill. Lots of agate but not quite that quality. Would love to know where this is or where its near. We'll be making another trip up there soon I hope. great video.
Yes, where was this. You never really told us.
If you go hunting south and east mostly, from Green River in Utah, you'll find tons of agate (Agate Hill, Yellow Cat, Floy, etc.) . We share the areas where we hunted near White Wash Sand Dunes and Yellowcat if you watch those videos!
So happy this was recommended!
Glad you liked it!
Looks very similar to what i found at Brian Head.
I'll have to check that out next time I'm in Utah.
Thanks for posting.
Some of what you are calling agate, appears to be jasper or jasper/agate combos, or jaspagate as some call it. Beautiful stuff.
It indeed seems that way. Thanks for the clarification. It also may be a form of chert/flint if Howler is correct.
Thanks for the clarification as I was thinking petrified wood or type of jasper.
What time of year did you go?
What a fun video! First time seeing your videos and I really enjoyed it. I’ll be checking out your other ones.
Such pretty cabs you made.
Thank you for the great entertainment🤗
Much of it is drab on outside as jasper.But cut it and it's predominant agate.I have cut a lot of similar material from Utah and it will fool you.
@@GreyBearOverland It does look like chert to me also.
New subscriber! I LOVE your fun adventures and I love Agates! Rock On ! Joy & peace💜✌
Hi Janet, Thanks so much letting us know we're on the right track. So glad you enjoyed it.
J&E
Cool spot. Looks like you have to go through all of the Leaverite and get picky; sweet.
Definitely!
WOWZA,what a haul!!!!!
Yes, it's very surreal. Like they were dumped and scattered by the wind.
J&E
The spoon got me! I subscribed...
Hi Damian,
We never know what's funny to others and what's only funny to us, so we are glad you let us know and THANKS for subscribing, too. It really was a complete surprise to Elizabeth. It proved quite a challenge for me to find somewhere in the limited space of the 4Runner that she wouldn't accidentally find it given several travel days of unpacking and repacking before we finally broke out the instant meals. Her genuine reaction was priceless.
John
@@GreyBearOverland All joking aside, GREAT job! The scenery you have captured is priceless.
A very nice video. Thanks for it. You did a wonderful job. I never heard of Last Chance Agates before nor of that place. But I looked it up and as it turns out I was very near there in 2022. But unfortunately I was recovering from a heart surgery gone wrong all last year. But God willing I will be on the road this year and hope to see that agate river. It is beautiful Thanks again. Mac
Hi Mac,
Thank you for the delightful feedback. It's so nice of you to take the time to send it. We're glad you are finally recovering and getting to travel again.
Early in the video where I whipped the truck around at the signpost, you can hear Liz say, "Oh, wow!" That pretty much sums up the pleasure it was for us to view Utah's scenery.
We hope to see you out there. Look out for our big gray DIY wind fairing.
-John & Liz
enjoyed seeing the finds
Hi,
We appreciate your feedback since cutting , polishing and shooting the results adds a LOT of time to the video production.
Right now we are working to get the topaz from Topaz Mountain, Utah cleaned and filmed and that's keeping us from getting the next video published.
J&E
Thanks for sharing. I like Peak refuel over other brands too. Cool vid.
Thanks, Jerry!
A paradise for mineralfreaks :D I wouldn't know where to run first.
There's many people in the comments who are quick to discredit the authors claims of some of the rocks they found being agates. I would advise them to watch the video "Agates and Jasper | What do you really know about them?" by Currently Rockhounding.
I think it helps clear the air a lot and also has an important message that everyone needs to keep in mind.
Hi Matthew,
Good point. We watch a lot of Jared's videos on @CurrentlyRockhounding. He knows a LOT more than we do of the scientific aspects.
J&E
What!!!!!!!! Those look amazing when polished. Do you ever find any purple in color?
Thanks for your comment. There's a lot more that will make great cabs.
I'm (John) slightly colorblind and red/purple are hard for me to see. It all looked purple to me but Elizabeth said we didn't get much, if any, purple from this site. We wanted to get purple at McDermitt (our latest video) but the Purple Cow agate area is now under a claim, so we couldn't collect there, unfortunately. We gots plenty of others, though.
J&E
Excellente!! Enjoyed your Video very much!!! I'm ready to get in my vehicle and head to Utah and I am in Minnesota!!!! If I had someone crazy enough to go with me, I'd be there right after the Christmas Season!!! 🤣 I subscribed!!! Have a Great Week guys!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
We are super happy you liked it so much, Kim.
Hang Tough Tonka!
Looks like Mars. Cool place.
Hi James,
Ha. Felt like the wind of Mars for sure. It truly is an out of the world place.
J&E
Where in Utah I live in Gunnison Utah for years but didn't know this
Nice though I believe it is jasper, some chalcedony and chert :)
Still Geodes being found East of Palm Springs, you will need to dig.
you guys are great!
Thanks for the compliment.
Looks like you've got some great content about Arizona so we subscribed to view it later since we'll get further down south someday to see the Grand Canyon and the amazing January rock shows. We've got a dream mat and a bunch of aluminum waiting for a good motivator to make a sluice.
Almost like on Mars.
You can make arrow heads with these stones. Maybe by chance you might find one left from a native bow and arrow maker in the past.
Hi,
Quite possibly. It never occurred to us to look. Although, it would be way harder than the cliche needle in a haystack. :)
J&E
My father and I took chunks of agate out of that site back in the late 70s.
Hi Stuart,
It was my mother that got me into rockhounding as she grew up on a river with gravel bars full of agates. Before the Internet and cell phones, it was a great way to spend time with the family.
John
I'm used to agates being striped, these plain coloured ones? We call them flints...
We aren't experts on geology. I just Googled flint and it says it's a chert. The pictures show mostly dull, waxy or grey, which much of the rocks there resemble. The colored rocks we collected there closely resemble agate but perhaps not. They are VERY hard like agate. I have also seen a definition of agate that included the bands, which this did not have. I'll have to go back through our "keepers" to look for any with bands.
red agate patch KIDS pros back at it'
is that exit 100 from the shoe tree.. lol
Hi,
For many years now, I thought the one I saw in CA was unique. Your comment led me to search for what we missed. Now I find there are not just two but so many there is a website showing a lot of them:
www.roadsideamerica.com/map/theme/87
Missed seeing your favorite by an exit.
John
From BALI ( Indonesia) 🇮🇩🙏
Wow. Thanks for dropping a comment. We've always wanted to go to BALI. Looks awesome. Dang Covid stops us at this point.
Some of that was "Leverite"; pick it up and leave 'er right there!
Great video
Where was this at?
💙UTAH💙
Just a reminder, if you are in a National Park, National Monument or National Historical Site ..check with the Rangers before taking anything, including any plants, rocks, or even cut wood or you could face criminal charges
Yes, good advice. In general, nothing can be taken from a National Park, or private land for that matter. We were very careful to make sure all our rockhounding was on BLM land where it is okay.
We weren't sure about the Utah State Trust land squares sprinkled across the maps, so we avoided those, too, both in terms of rockhounding and camping. One can't disperse camp in most if not all National Parks, which we mention in our next video as we head toward Capitol Reef National Park.
J&E
Where is this?
Where is the best place to find fire agate?
I love to polish rocks for my gran daughter. I also travel around a lot for work.
Can you drop me a pin to look?
Is this wyoming
Hi Jonathan,
It's not Wyoming but we love that state, too! The Blue Forest petrified wood and all the dinosaur fossils are amazing, not to mention the antelope running around everywhere.
This video was shot just about in the center of Utah on the Last Chance Road as part of our Utah series described here: ua-cam.com/video/BOhb9xwf-8U/v-deo.html
J&E
Have you ever considered using a wagon instead of your buckets?
LOL If we did that we'd be going down the freeway with our wagon train stringing along behind us ;)
Seriously, after overdoing it many times, we now try very hard not to take too much and have actually downsized our buckets to help as a reminder. We will never get to cutting or giving away what we already have and now it's more about the thrill of the hunt with camera in hand.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland Sounds like you have spent a lot of time collecting. I am just now getting to the point of retirement and thinking of getting back into some of the hobbies i used to pursue. There are several places i would like to visit, but, i am trying to figure out which ones would be best. Or, since I am just starting out, with the price of fuel and lodging would I be better off just ordering rough on line and getting a cutting area set up? Still trying to decide. But, it looks like you two are out having a good time.
If you find the right color I don't think anybody be able to tell the difference between what you have there and carnelian.
Our thought, too! Thanks for watching.
Dear folks, where you go might be owned... Don't Tresspass.
That's good advice. Before going, we checked online private/public land maps and it was listed as BLM land. There were no claim markers or signs at the site and someone, likely BLM, had lined up large rocks to direct parking.
I would not call any of those agates...... looks like simple chert, quartz, and jasper...
Why video tape drive there. Pointless
Hi,
Thanks for the feedback.
When we first started the channel, the purpose was to show others the amazing scenery we've been encountering on our searches for pretty rocks. Thus, our "Greybear Overland" name as opposed to "Greybear Rocks" or such. Overlanding is about enjoying the journey, not so much about the destination. However, if it weren't for the search for rocks, we'd have never gone to those places. More and more, people like you have primarily been interested in seeing what we found. At the same time, some people want to go there for themselves if we find something they like and they want to see how far off-road they'd have to go. In other words, could they get there. We've been to some pretty dicey places, as was alluded to in our overview/introduction of the Utah trip. You can also see where we had to run through 3-4 foot deep washes where we could have gotten stuck.
We've been making the scenery shots getting to the sites shorter on newer videos and gone completely on some upcoming videos.
UA-cam doesn't work so well for creators that mix two things, like overland and rockhounding. The "algorithm" gets confused as to who to promote any given video to. You'd think they'd have no trouble with this since they are doing very advanced tech like voice recognition and putting mid-video links into Google search results, but such is not the case.
We hope you bear with us and just fast forward the parts less interesting to you. We're new to this and haven't figured out how to get chapters markers to work despite having tried many times. Someday we'll get it so you can jump right to your favored part.
J&E
Stupid music and once you have been out west the view out a moving vehicle is dumb
I'm out
Hi Sam, Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. That was our third-ever video and even now we have a LOT to learn. We've found music is by far the hardest to get right and audio in general takes way longer than the video. New AI audio editing tools came out this week and we are excited to try them. If that works, we'll have more time to improve the video clip choices.
J&E
Sorry, I'm GONE at 5:04... You wasted too much time indulging your errors!
Thanks for the feedback, Thomas. We are new to all this and eager to improve the viewers' experience.
J&E
Really poor quality agate... a lot of it looks more like chert.
You could be right. Other commenters think it is flint, a form of chert. Much is indeed poor but there is plenty of good stuff hiding in plain site. It wouldn't be as much fun hunting for them if every rock was a keeper. :)
@@GreyBearOverland Yes, well, that maybe true except the "keepers" were also chert.
Happened in Nevada then 0eo0le got gready now lost of collecting sites are bare keep the secrets Ndlet people work for the collection Reno joe
Hi Joe,
Half our viewers want us to give out GPS coordinates and the other half, like you, want to keep them secret. We found these sites by following hints of others, including being misled by bad GPS coordinates, and spending days wandering around (See our Snowflake Obsidian video.) We've also been to "picked clean" spots after hiking up high hills.
We decided that it was best to drop lots of hints and only provide coordinates to super well known spots (in a future Dugway Geode video, for example). That does what you advocate, anyone that works for it will find the X marks the spot and the finds will be that much sweeter.
J&E
Unless I missed it I really wish you would have show where this is on a map.
This is the first video of your's I've seen, but I'm so impressed that I'm just going to watch everything now.
I'm actually in the works of planning a large rock collecting trip in Utah with some close friends. Any chance you could share directions to the land mark rocks you mentioned or their gps coordinates?
@ENUFF! considering that the over all tone seemed to be encouraging people to come collect there and that they've shown support to comments on other videos where the commenter said they also collected there I figured it's worth a shot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
All rockhounds want to share locations but there's the problem of a site being overrun when one posts exact coordinates on the Internet. In the past one had to at least buy a book or learn it from a rock club. I have a future video coming out about Wendover, where an entire outcrop had been removed in less than four years.
I want to help so here's some clues: I-70 exit 91 is the one I take in the video. Those first few very quick shots when the music starts shows the exit and turn. Go south. You can see the landmark rocks on Google maps.
If you get to the eroded road and then the perfectly round watering hole, you've gone too far.
Not exactly the Davinci Code but the search is half the fun.
@@GreyBearOverland thank you! The hunt and your commitment to keeping these places safe are most appreciated.
@@GreyBearOverland Dont tell location. It will be looted.
@@jameshines6486 Aren't they looting themselves?
This was my first time watching you guys. I appreciate the subject matter as I'm a 3rd-generation rockhound, but especially appreciate your filming. Thank you for not making me get vertigo. I'm going to subscribe because I really feel that you guys deserve to hit 1,000 subscribers. Take care. S. Jones, somewhere in the middle of a forest outside of Olympia, WA, USA.
Thank you so much for the kind words.
My mother grew up on a farm on the Chehalis River and I found my first agate in one of the gravel bars.
We did hit 1,000 thanks to you and many others.
John
@@GreyBearOverland Oh, Chehalis is such a pretty area. My grandfather had a bunch of land claims out in the desert near Barstow, CA so that's how I got started picking up rocks. Congrats on hitting 1,000 subscribers!
PS; if you check at 19.37 of the videos and zoom in, you will see what Chalcedony are. You're looking at close to say 22 pounds of Chalcedony gemstones, instead of 'agates.'
Research Chalcedony and your agates, someone is making more money out of your 'agates.'
Wish you two the very Best of "Gemstone Hunting or Prospecting."
LOVE & GOD Bless. Amen.
Thanks so much for sharing your terrific trip to Last Chance Road...we loved rockhounding in Utah! Your treasures were fabulous!
Hi,
Thanks for the complement. We are glad you liked seeing our trip to Last Chance agates.
J&E
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! My wife and I have dreams of eventually prospecting our own crystals, fossils, and rocks.❤
It's really easy to join a local rock club and they will welcome you and give you great advice and locations.
What fun to do.. I haven't been able to this in years but I absolutely love it and treasures that the earth produces... Non ceasing amazing beautiful rocks..
You two are serious relationship goals 🥰🥰
GPS coordinates? did I miss them?
Me too! GPS coordinates. Great video you Guys
Do you sell them once they're cut & polished or do you keep them? I can't believe it's that easy to find them. They're all so amazing & beautiful.
Hi Christine,
We've never sold a single rock. We give lots away though. It is so fun to see someone's eyes light up with delight saying something like, "Really, I can have it? But it looks like something from a rock shop and you could sell it." That comment's way more precious than a few bucks.
As for easy, there was a lot of searching for the good ones among many that just might be something other than agate, as others have suggested.
-John and Elizabeth
@@GreyBearOverland that's awesome! I've been helping my grandsons with identifying & they each got a small bag of polished stones ex: crystals, tiger eye, rose quartz, amethysts, etc. They plan to do a lot of rock hounding now that they moved to Texas. It is so great to see their eyes light up when they research a stone or rock before & after its polished. So I understand how that comment makes you feel when their eyes light up. 💜
That’s a total rock hound thing. When I had my mine or truck load full. Giving one away that people kinda got there heart set on was about as thrilling even more than the finding… such good times for all involved..
Wow what a great person you are, I can't only imagine the looks on people's face when you give them a cab, I'd probably cry with joy lol, absolutely stunning that square can you made holy smokes that gorgeous
Thanks for sharing your finds and area. Keep the videos of rockhounding in Utah coming.
Will do!
There are so many amazing places to rockhound in our state! We are just starting to share our trips if you want to see more videos here in Utah! I'll be watching for future trips from @GreyBearOverland to see where they go next. 😊
I sure would like the location of this area!, please. It is a little bit of a drive from Palm Springs CA. but rock hounding is an addiction.
Hi David,
You nailed it with the addition analogy. I started seriously rockhounding after being dragged up the hill, digging for just five minutes and pulling out an amethyst geode. Talk about gold fever. Now people have to drag me off the hill because it's getting dark.
Look below for a comment that gives clues to the location.
-John
Have you ever gone geode hunting near Palm Springs? It's east of PS, south of I10, heading towards Salton Sea, on unmarked roads/4wd trails. I've never gone, but now have a 4WD truck, and now that it's cooler temperatures here, I want to finally go there. Unless it's all been picked over by now. I heard about the place over 20 years ago. I'd love some tips and feedback if you know about that place? Most all of my rocks, minerals, fossils, geodes, etc are from rock stores or Quartzsite. I really want to find my own, and also get my young teen hooked into rock hounding. I'm a bit over an hour west of PS, just over the mtn. I hear there's a lot of mines around here and down towards Julian, but seems most places are closed off or being commercially mined. I would love to start finding my own stuff in our area just to add some things to my own collection. Have any suggestions? Thanks!!
Hi, We've only been that far south rockhounding a couple of times. Seems you may be referring to Cinnamon Geode Beds as described here:
yesdirt.com/rockhounding-near-palm-springs-california/
J&E
Hello from australia! Visit agate creek QLD, most colourful agate in the world!! 🤩
Is that in Australia?
It's fun to see 2 people enjoying what I love to do. My kids (all adults now) usually are bored although one will have fun if I give him a rock hammer. Our vacations usually alternate one day what they like to do then one day wandering the hillsides looking for rocks.
Thanks, Chris. Really glad you enjoyed it. J&E
@@GreyBearOverland enjoyed your video and the beautiful rocks. But where is this location? Would love to pick up a few for myself
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Hey you two ought to stop on Orangeville right there at the San Rafael turn off. I can show ya some REAL HONEY HOLE
Very nice. I see viewers saying this could be another material and maybe it is but a few have both banding and eyes and look exactly like agate.
Hi Tasha,
Thanks for the complement. If we like it, it's a rose by any other name. ;)
We'll take it to a club meeting and one of our real geologists will likely figure it out.
John
John and Elizabeth, love this!! Can you please tell
Me how to get there?? Or share a map??? Thank you!!!
Looks like they skip the people that ask coordinates or maps of where to find these? Don't know why some people are like this? Sad...
Hey, look like your video went viral. I'm glad to stumbled upon it. Love your vibes and sense of humor. Subscribed.
Thanks, Dheena. Glad you liked it! J&E
Close to Sheep Bridge in Bloody Basin there is a valley covered in bacon calcedeon and saginite blooms with fire in the cliffs above.It is at #1 fishing hole above Sheep Bridge ,Arizona on the Verde River.
Long ways from Seattle but you've got us dreaming of someday!
The agate you refer to as “just a chip” at 16:06 in this video is an arrowhead or a spear point.
Great video of another rockhounding couple! We love hunting for agate here in Utah. There are so many areas where they can be found plus the amazing views everywhere you turn. Hope you get a chance to visit again!
Hi Kent and Steph,
Thanks for the kind note. We see you've been to a lot of places, too. If we get back there, we'll be in touch beforehand. If you ever come to Washington let us know as it would be fun to trip together.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland we would love that! We haven't been rockhounding in Washington, so that would be something new. And definitely let us know when you come back to Utah!
You guys do realize your AGAVATING people don't you.😆😇🙏
Any agate value worth for money that any company wants from you and money to be makes ,etc
can you share gps locations with your great videos?
Hey love the video, but GPS WOULD BE HELPFUL
Beautiful! Last chance road, off of I 70 in-between Salina & Moab Utah, correct? If so, you passed up a great another great agate spot a few miles closer on that same road. No matter...you guys did great!👍
Hi!
You are correct. Glad you liked it.
J&E
My first time seeing you as well. That was great thank you! And those cabachons, beautiful!
Thanks for the complement, Susie. Our lapidary skills are a work in progress, as is our video skill, but we rather liked these, too.
Wow alot agate, very nice sharing !!
Hi Arong,
We are glad you enjoyed it. It blew us away just standing there. Ha, literally and figuratively.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland i Just watched your videos for the first time. I love how this simple video made lots of people remember times on the weekend.
I personally loved the video too
Millions of Agates, Agates for Free. Millions of Agates, Agates for Me.
Delighted by Agates. Tasha is she. Agates aplenty. Everywhere they be.
This came across my news feed hello all.... Nature is so beautiful.
We totally agree! So nice to get out there. The main reason Elizabeth wanted to start this channel was to show others what we were seeing. It's so hard to describe "spectacular" in words.
Where do this video take place? I missed it
Provavelmente tenha muita madeira petrificada na sua região e também , onde tem ágata , tem opalas. Moro no Rio Grande do Sul , Sul do Brasil...meu Estado é o maior produtor mundial de ágatas.
Yes, there's lots of petrified wood and opal here.
Brazil's agates and crystals are amazing. We've seen an amethyst geode large enough to walk into!
J&E
Awesome
Any GPS coordinates?
Really enjoyed your video.
Amazing, found a large agate with a beautiful color. the location where to look for agate cough is wide and good. this is a great find my friend. Greetings from Indonesian agate hunters.
Hi Jhon,
We're half way around the world and have found something in common.
J&E
The most awesomest hounding! Loved the finished products !
Thanks, Bob!
That,s a noymal stoon.
What is the possibility that I could ask a few questions in private?
Hi Jason,
Sorry for the delayed response. We are just doing these videos for fun, not even close to full time. We'd be happy to answer any questions. You can email us at GreyBearOverland@gmail.com.
J&E
Sehat selalu bos... jangan lupa istirahat dan makan...
Thanks!
How do I get to this place? !
Hi Lin,
Look below where I've left a comment giving clues. There's quite a debate about sharing or not sharing coordinates and that's the best compromise we could think of.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverland thank you for not dropping pins. Rockhound in NM.
It is not easy getting out there- 4wd, dragging rocks back in heat or cold. Not for everybody.
Ok, that pounding beat when you were driving is too loud and too much. I'd rather hear narration from you. I had to mute your video. It was giving me a headache.
Hi,
We're sorry about that and we truly appreciate your feedback. Unfortunately, UA-cam doesn't let anyone fix a video once it's been posted.
This was only our third video and we have found that for some reason the voice to music ratio varies a lot depending on whether it's played through headphones, on a phone, PC or TV. We've worked a lot to improve audio since then including buying better microphones and noise reduction software and also watching a zillion UA-cam videos on how to improve audio mixing. We now are doing private postings to garner feedback before making videos public.
Ironically, the Supervolcano Agates video we just posted had a period of completely blanked audio and it was so strange that we added some background noise to fill the gap.
J&E
@@GreyBearOverlandThanks. That's why I gave you the feedback. You both are likeable enough and I wanted to watch the video, but woo boy! I just couldn't tolerate that noise. And of course narration is my personal preference. I'm sure other people like music in the videos. Good luck with your channel and crafting your videos.
At 1.27 a ventifact. Thanks for the video.
Hi Karl,
Ventifact: a wind blown sand shaped stone. That's a word I'd heard once before and couldn't remember. Thanks!
Guess I can't call it a dino skull anymore. :)
John
Very intresting zone that make me dreaming of visiting and make some specimens rock for mi collection 😍
Such fun and great agates, well done.
Hi Elaine,
We're glad you thought it was fun.
We have a great time exploring, cracking jokes in addition to rocks. We've been tempted many times to just make a comedy out of some trips where we laugh all the time.
-John