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Pennsylvania's Rock Hound Haven
Добавлен 25 авг 2022
Welcome to the PA Pennsylvania's Rock Hound Haven RUclips Channel. We're a Facebook based rockhounding group focused on hounding resources for the amateur hounder. A friendly place to look and learn. No Sellers, we do check!
How to use Mindat.org to help locate rockhounding spots!
Hey there hounds! Mindat.org is one of the most powerful tools you can use to help research not only new spots but help ID finds by location! Check out this brief tutorial to help get you started!
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Chester County PA Smokey Quartz Vein Extraction with Friends!
Просмотров 392Месяц назад
Hey there hounders! We return to Chester County PA with friends to extract some massive (for PA) smokey quartz! The windows of opportunity is closing on this site so we dragged some more friends out for taste of the rare opportunity! Come along and hang out with us as we dig, joke and have fun with friends!
RockSwap! How do you participate? How does it work?
Просмотров 58Месяц назад
Howdy Hounds! @everyone I have heard you and this video answers...How does a rock swap work? What do I do there with my stuff? Let me explain, no! Let me sum up! We have to get you all ready for 1st Annual PESA ROCKSWAP! Mineral, Fossil, and Rock Exchange RockSwap on July 13th! Macungie Memorial Park in the Quaking Aspen Pavilion 50 Poplar St, Macungie, PA 18062. This event is Free and No Sales...
RockSwap - A Free and No Sales Rockhounding Event!
Просмотров 124Месяц назад
Howdy Hounds, Lets talk about RockSwap on July 13th! Macungie Memorial Park in the Quaking Aspen Pavilion 50 Poplar St, Macungie, PA 18062. This event is Free and No Sales! Swaps and Giveaways Only!The first annual PESA RockSwap is a social community outreach event about bringing Hounds, new and old together and promoting gem and mineral clubs throughout Pennsylvania. Experienced hounds are enc...
Historical Ruins using hyper local quarried stone
Просмотров 2854 месяца назад
Come along with Pete @onwardsandupwardsrockhounding and me as we discover some awesome historic ruins made with locally quarried materials!
Rockhounding Pennsylvania! Intro to Rock hounding!
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.6 месяцев назад
So you wanna start rock hounding in the great state of Pennsylvania! Come hang out with @onwardsandupwardsrockhounding's Pete Fountain and @WildHuntRH's Jake Van der Vliet as we give you the whirlwind class on rock hounding!
Chester County Clinozoisite Collection.....The Hard Way!
Просмотров 3386 месяцев назад
Howdy Hounders, Come along with @WildHuntRH @onwardsandupwardsrockhounding as we take apart a section of quartz boulder! A look at the thought processes we use when approaching something like this! Hope you enjoy! At about 7:30 we misstate, these are igneous rocks, not metamorphic!
Professor Pete Perceives a Peculiar Pocket of Particularly Pleasant Smokey Points!
Просмотров 758Год назад
Howdy Hounders! Come along with Professor Pete as he shows us the application of experience, knowledge and that most necessary element, a bit of good ol' luck! It's searching for Smokey's in beautiful Chester County! Don't forget to check out Pete's RUclips Channel! Onwards and Upwards Rockhounding! www.youtube.com/@UC6sVMoQLQ_WUsk5clH6maLw And PA Rockhound Spots and Finds! groups/...
Pegmatite vs Power Tools in Delaware County
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Come along with Pete, Chuck and Jake on the hunt for Beryl, Apatite and Garnet! Don't forget to check out Pete's Channel! Onwards and Upwards Rockhounding! www.youtube.com/@onwardsandupwardsrockhounding
Boulder Busting, Quartz Collecting and Pyrite Plucking in McAdoo with Pete, Chuck and Jake
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Год назад
Come along with us as we explore and collect in this unique location! Good times with good friends!
Boulder Busting for Quartz, Clinozoisite and Tourmaline in Parts Unknown with Pete and Jake
Просмотров 723Год назад
Come along with Pete and I as we go boulder busting!
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Coal Mining Tailings Exploration Peacock Coal, Pyrite and Fossils
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад
Join Pete and I as we have a successful hounding adventure up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania looking through some Coal Mining Tailings. Come along as we find Peacock Coal, Pyrite, Various rocks with Hematite Coatings & Fossils!
Cleaning and Sorting the Chester County Blue Quartz Bonanza
Просмотров 486Год назад
A viewer had requested I show what ended up coming home in the bucket. Grab a cold drink and put your feet up while I clean and show off the Blue Quartz Bonanza!
Rockhounding in Chester County, PA! Blue Quartz Bonanza!
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 года назад
Pete and Jake take a ride out to Chester County for a stroll along the East Branch Brandywine Creek! It was a BLUEtiful day to go hunting for Blue Quartz!
A Rockhounding Adventure in Schuylkill county. Boom or Bust?
Просмотров 6312 года назад
Come along Pete and Jake as we go on a recon mission at a potential new hounding location. Will it be boom or bust?
Thank you so much for posting this! It's like attending a rockhounding seminar.
You're very welcome!
I'm in Facebook group and see posts of material from here and I wanna go collect but I dont know where it is. I keep reading that it's getting shut down soon so I dont wanna miss it!
Thanks for NOT taking the 5 minute reveal. LOL...
Hello, found your page through some research. My daughter is 6 and has expressed a large interest in geology and palaeontology. I'm trying to learn as much as possible and try and find some stuff so I can show her and teach her. I'd love to talk to someone if at all possible
Hey there, come join us on Facebook, group is the same name as this channel we have many resources!
Please be advised you cannot take minerals from Pennsylvania state game lands,you will get in trouble
Thank you this was so informative.
We're thrilled you found it helpful!
Wish it was in leesport.
I mean, it's in the same county!
Great video! Thank you for making it and sharing all that information.
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching! Happy Hounding! - Jake
Look for oxidized rusty rocks, rust quartz, any pyrites ,, some have silver in the sulfides,,, amd you cam lewrn the layers and the type of rock has the fossils,,,, the dark grey not black, not hard not soft, some is close ti shale, others is very breshiated amd falls into pieces,,,fossiles threw out,,there are layes of the old sea bed,,, amd the granite type rock on the outer limits, as the plaets pushed it up, there are areas that are geologic features, for any one that doesnt k ow,, anyone can go to the state, a d buy geolocic surveys done over the years,, they are publicaly available 💪💪💪👍👍👍 just make a phine call find out the closest state building which has em for us, amd go get one, the are huge,,, one half of the state is bigger than average kitchen table, amd comes with charts a.d after lewrnit how to read the map, overlay it on a good topo map,,,, one has all they need,, i my self might beeak out my old maos amd fo see qhats still as it was
Some small pockets of quartz and other diabase layers do hold gold,, small amounts , but ist there,, look for the quartz, and pyrites,, they dug threw small seems to get to the large seems of coal,,, but the altererd granatic rocks they saw as over burdon has many many minerals ,, iron, silver , a little gold here amd there, copper look for the greens and blues, a d fossiles galore,,,,,💪💪💪brings back.memwories of being out there on my he buolt mini bike chasei g goat trails ,,, a d all the best things burried deep in the woods
I have a full shelf and boxs and boxs of fossils i collected years ago,, as well as many sulfides,, one same is rich in silver
As i reflect back, its been years but has the earth changed that much
That looks like dredgings feon some old fill was dug out,, its all rounded and water worn like river rocks,,,, its been a few years but the overburden piles are ussauly jagged amd rough,, where are you exactly,, several yeqrs ago the dcnr reclaimed many sites, but i hear atvs in the back ground,,,, id love to find places reclaimed by the people
Aluminum foil for storing your specimens. And for people with Arthritis, it might be nice to try a small rotahammer. from like Dewalt or Milwauke. U can get a shovel attachment.
Thanks for this! Lots of great info. I live in northwest Montgomery County (Pottstown) and my sons and I are always picking up cool rocks and minerals along the river and creeks. I'm hoping to take them somewhere this summer (within an hour drive or so) where we might find cool crystals/gemstones.
You're so welcome, we've got so many great spots around here! Join us on FB! Happy Hounding!
I've been afraid to go to McAdoo, because every time I hear about a place to collect there, someone says, no, not that place, you'll get arrested! No, not THAT ONE either. And they describe climbing down a steep hill hanging onto a rope- I'm 68, and I neither want to be arrested nor fall down a mountain, but I'd love to collect some quartz. I realize you're being cagey about exactly where you are for a reason but I have to ask- where is this and can I go without getting into trouble? I'm in Philadelphia and its a long drive but I'd go in a minute if I knew where.
It's completely marked at this point, not worth the risk
@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven thanks for responding to my query.
Probably turkey tail, although the distinguishing identifying feature is on the underside.
Carnelian
Calcite
I find alot of loose garnet and garnet in schist in my Bucks County backyard! We have lots of quartz and other cool stones. Its pretty awesome!
We live in a great area for rockhounding! Thanks for watching! Happy Hounding
There are going to be some sore muscles tomorrow! Great finds, gentlemen!
Weirdly body was fine, my thumbs and hand were sore as all get out!
Way to muscle that rock. Was more productive and timesaving doing it that way than with feather wedges!!
I don't see the location you mentioned you would add
The brandywine Creek runs right though Lyndel!
Where are you standing in the video please@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven
@@allthingsrealestatecrm948 I fully understood your original question.we address this in the video, we aren't listing the exact location anywhere but in our FB group so it doesn't get swarmed and destroyed. Feel free to join our FB group for more info, or fire up google maps to look for the only white church at three point intersection in Lyndel next to the brandywine!
where is your PPE!
There is a spot in Delaware or close to it that is a mixture of black tourmaline, red garnet, apatite and it cabs well.
I have cabbed a bunch of this , it’s ok, fun to find. I like mineral hill the most , but I chase things that can be cabbed
Mineral Hill is a favorite of ours as well, the nature and rocks make it quite a lovely place to spend the the day!
This is me discovering that blue quartz is rare! I live around here and have been finding them all my life. Took traveling around the state to realize they aren’t common much anywhere else!
this is me also discovering the same thing, (i too live in PA) and their is AN ANUNDANCE of quartz of all types available at our fingertips apparently sitting right on the top of the surface and it looks to be a GOLDMINE amount of it!!! i am going to be looking tomorrow ANYWHERE i can get eyes on rocks 🪨, geodes and such, and here soon enough ill have a MASSIVE collection of gemstone and crystal ❤ 😊 i LOVE youtube, i just got into this topic within past day, and realizing everywhere around me is antient ocean i think we are truly in heaven for this type of activity!😊
We're tripping over it here! Beautiful stuff, and to my research blue with points is only found in Texas
Did you head upstream from the church or down to the brandywine from the church? Would I need permission from anyone to search this creek ?
Sorry, realized I wasn't getting notifications on comments from RUclips. If you pass the church on your left, go to your right!
Downstream!!
I have a bunch of nice pieces, good video 👍
Thanks for checking out the video! Love that blue quartz, stopped a few weeks back after the heavy rain, great material
Will I have any luck finding Blue Quartz in the Oxford/Nottingham area?
too far west. lots of magnetite out there though.
Not to my knowledge, the brandywine and Neshaminy creeks are the best known locations
I've had luck in Neshaminy Creek at Playwicki Park in Langhorne.
Wait, I feel like we saw the gentleman in red shirt in distance. I was hauling bags of big rocks because my wife was being impatient! Couldn't leave without something!
Haha omg you two are the only other crazy s.o.b.s. I know who go out when it snows. My only two trips to echo was this year in Feb. Ground hard as rock and one time it snowed lightly all day. I filled 2 back packs and one duffel bag with head size stones and carried them to car with tools and pic axe........... my wife thinks I'm a mad man. I split them at home and mad our garden nice
It was worth it, I neglected to throw on long johns that day and could feel my knees, but as the saying goes, WORTH IT! Winter has it's challenges, but the lack of bugs and undergrowth makes it good boulder busting season! I wish you luck with the Mrs....but in truth, she's right! Happy Hounding, Stay Safe out there!
Great video
Thanks Ron!!
Thank you, Jake, and Professor Pete, for this video. This was VERY helpful in showing me what I should look for when we go digging. I hate to think of all the spots I've dug in our yard over the years where I may have simply overlooked beautiful crystals because they were crusted in dirt! Of course this means that any project my poor husband does in the yard is going to be complicated by my "Wait! I think I see something!" Also, watching the video and hearing Jake go "There's something." while I squint to see what he might be pointing to really makes me frustrated that I'm far-sighted. LoL
I Love it!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I’m in Berks County.
Awesome, have fun! Lots of mining history in Berks!
I just found a small piece of the blue quartz in lycoming county yesterday!
That stuff shows up everywhere!
I found a spot in nearby pegmatite that seems promising. Sounds like a pocket. Would love to go with some experience rockhounders to check it out :) I've never brought a drill. That may be the way.
Hit us up.. see if we can make it happen
Are you avoiding the pit area?
There's a lot of ground up there! Between the three of us we've covered a lot of it. Different trip, different area!
So, we were trying this method for future uses since carrying that tool and accessories were a challenge in itself. The tools worked well but we need a better selection of bits and a steady supply of water Onwards and Upwards Rockhounding!!! Like and subscribe here and my channel. We will try and add more narrated information on future videos, weather permitting.
One guy holding a spike while other two hit with sledge would have been faster and less tiring
I could see 2 of us walking out with smashed hand if that happened lol
Are you going to hold the chisel? Just curious...
Glad you gentlemen had a fun time and enjoyed being out! Thanks for the video!!
Thanks Missy!
Speaking of safety -- conspicuous lack of safety glasses... Stay safe!
Safety squints for the win!
They were....in the truck....
I had mine in my pocket. However it was 20° and they were fogging up, prescription
feather and wedge guys.
Have I got a treat for you! Check out the latest video!
I'd have to bring a Stihl concrete saw
You're going to love our next video, Mike!
The first time the chisel fell, I thought it was gone for good! Happy Hounding!
You and me both!
@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven 😆
I LOVE MCADOO! Awesome video.
Jack! We love seeing your finds up there, we have to hook up at some point! Thanks for checking out the video! ~Jake
@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven absolutely, you let me know when you plan on a trip, Im headed out there tomorrow for some wall diggin. Good hunting brother!
Of course you talk about it after I commented. Lol!
Time to get a portable Jack hammer! Great job, great finds!
There is a good middle ground between a hard bristle brush and a toothbrush. The brushes that come with dog spot treatment kits aren't very hard and do a great job of cleaning what a toothbrush just isn't stiff enough to get.
I've never had the occasion to see and feel one of those brushes but I'll keep my eye out. The brush I'm using here is a fingernail brush perfect for hard quartz! Thanks for watching
@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven I have bad flashbacks as a kid with having those fingernail brushes used to clean out wounds and scraped knees. Just to see they have a better use.
@@hankfarley2514 I'll get the Betadine for you! I can smell it haha
@@PennsylvaniasRockhoundHaven I can feel it.