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Tomorrow I will photograph a piece of Indonesian amber, I just started to work on and post it on my community page for you.

Don't heat amber on a wax pot it is too hot for the stone. To polish, use a pair of old jeans on your thigh and gently rub the stone back and forth. The friction will polish the stone, if it does not come up shiny put a dab of toothpaste on the jeans.

Thank you for showing us your creative process. Ive been trying to imagine ways to put all my slabs into a mosaic, and short of an epoxy bath, this method is probably the tried and true. Would you post a shot of the finished piece framed?

It's definitely melting on you, I have the same thing happen when I try finishing the polish with a buffing wheel. Try shaping it (very slowly, allowing it to cool) with the wheel, then hand polish with sandpaper to at least 1000 grit, and finish with titanium dioxide (or white toothpaste) on a piece of denim. The black stuff is coal, so try not to breath it in - there's also sand and volcanic dust trapped in some of them, which can make getting a perfect polish difficult... and of course, the fractures. Even taking things slow, Indonesian amber tends to get a gummy layer that takes away from the shine... I haven't quite got it figured out, but it eventually stops forming if you clean it enough and coat it with a thin layer of oil.

I want to come to Arizona so I can collect some petrified wood, and any of the other myriad of other beautiful minerals that I can lay my hands on. ❤

So much fun seeing you creating such beautiful art.❤

I really appreciate the effort you make to educate us. ❤

I found petrified wood digging out my foundation in Denver Colorado Sloanslake neighborhood. The Wigwam Motel there iconic looks like a pretty area drove through there 25 years ago on a road trip

Where in Camp Verde can one rock hound

Glad to see you outside and smiling. Remember to take a little me time every day. ❤

Congratulations! Life gets different when you become a Mother; but you will settle into a routine and life will become a little more predictable. I just found your channel today, so I will really look forward to your videos when you’re able to do them.

I’m nursing an injury to my hand that has me sidelined from rock hounding. Thanks for letting me tag along with you today. I really like your attitude about what makes any rock worthwhile. If you like a rock, then it’s worthwhile to you. ❤❤❤

Aren't you afraid of a collapse in those holes??

Long ago, after you got your flap lap, I watched your videos and ordered my own. It seemed cumbersome and I sold everything I had put together for it…regretted and then recently bought it all back (buyer never used it)…have set it all back up, watched a ton of videos and NOW I’m eager to really put it to use, all thanks to you. My g-son and I love your hunting videos too! Blessings…

Well 7 months later this video shows up in my feed. Very nice to see your content, your adventure. Thank you for sharing. Hope you & baby girl is doing amazing? 😊

Those pieces are so small. It's ok we don't want the area inodiated with visitors. We'll keep the big pieces to our selves.

Thank you for taking me back to years gone by.

You are correct about ants brining things to the surface. I’ve picked up (small) peridot and garnets from ant hills in New Mexico. Your videos are very informative. Thank you for posting them.

Where is Cam Verde? What state?

Petrified wood is a fossil of an ancient tree and thus protected on federal lands. Be careful where you hunt!

Good agates ! To far for arizona pet. Wood for me but only 500 km to queensland agate creek to fossick for banded agate .

If I wasn't living so far away , nord eastern🎉Australia, I would love to get some of this amazing pet. Wood .

Thank you for the adventure. This reminded me of my first trip to B.C. . Road was washed out to the good stuff. Didn't find much but white agate. With nice patterns. The layers of ash and rock may be pyroclastic flows. The green stuff may be high pyroxine ejecta. Seems there was a lava cap on the hill behind you. You mentioned magnesite the rock you chipped nearly fits that description. Good luck .

At 4:38 that was a fossil when the dinosaurs walked on it. Is it a marine fossil?

You sound like me when I collect rocks. Thank you for being selective and not hauling away everything you find. The tiny candy rocks i like to tumble and drill for beads.

I was in Arizona in latter 1960's, but not in petrified wood locations. Was in greater Phoenix; only got to a rock shop, Hodson's, where there were large sections of awesome Rainbow petrifled wood in large rectangular fish tanks filled with water. Had never seen anything like this before. Might have read an article on this type of petrified wood in The Lapidary Journal, c. 1967/1968. Enjoyed this video. Keep on hunting rocks & making videos. Its' the only way I hunt these days.

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I've been there several times over the years. It's really fun and satisfying rockhounding in that area! Keeping an eye on the weather and taking proper emergency prepping for desert conditions survival a must.

Family comes first.

Do you have any GPS Coordinates to the area you parked? By chance.

I am so glad to see another video from you!! I know you had a little outcrop (baby), so you have a good excuse but I still miss your adventures. Stay awesome and take care of yourself (and that tiny rockhound).

To bad you didnt show us the woods cleaned off & wet. Then you can really see the beautiful colors. ✌️🇺🇸

Thanks for the nice video, content, and information! 🙏 A tip that might help you going forward to help you work smarter, not harder with your hammer: hold the hammer at the bottom of the handle. This will create more force on impact with the chisel. This is why hammers have long handles. They're not meant to be held up by the head. I hope this helps you get more bang for your buck! 😅

Congrats xx

Youd love my petrified would collection i even have some with claw marks on them and some decent color to them as well

I want to visit here, from Ohio, need map.

How much further time and mile wise is the opal? Cuz I made it to that spot u we’re at (I think) I was just past the creek few more miles. Clay wall looked familiar. On my book it said that was the opal spot- but people later told me it’s pastilite. So I’m wondering if u know how much further the opal is cuz my map look close but u know it’s always seems much longer…it is truly a wonderland, looks like it was professionally landscaped huh! And best Easter egg hunt for rock rounders ever! I’m heading back up tomorrow! Hope to make it further out this time with 4wd!

How much further time and mile wise is the opal? Cuz I made it to that spot u we’re at (I think) I was just past the creek few more miles. Clay wall looked familiar. On my book it said that was the opal spot- but people later told me it’s pastilite. So I’m wondering if u know how much further the opal is cuz my map look close but u know it’s always seems much longer…it is truly a wonderland, looks like it was professionally landscaped huh! And best Easter egg hunt for rock rounders ever! I’m heading back up tomorrow! Hope to make it further out this time with 4wd!

Nice! U just convinced me to broaden the types of stones I use

Is this for a job? Cause i want this job.

This winter I was on 40 acres of a friend’s land that had mounds of the rainbow petrified wood showing. I brought some larger pieces back with me to Lake Havasu. I left many many many smaller pieces there. It felt like it was an old forest being exposed. I am a neophyte so I could just be making stuff up lol. I kept saying to my friend I’m sure this is petrified wood, but I’ve never seen petrified wood this colorful. Are used to go hunting petrified wood with my parents up by Zion, and that would look totally different . A found wood with the Cambian layer, but I also found a larger piece and when I say larger football basketball size that I swear as bark. I’m 80% sure of what I have. Would you be interested in a video call to look at what I have and possibly going to the location.

New to your channel 😊 very awesome, wife and I was just at the petrified forest last month, didn't realize how much history there is, wow learning a lot , thankyou and be safe out there 👋

I was told it was illegal to take petrified wood from Arizona. So I was told wrong?

Great Job!!

Most excellent!

where do you get the blanks

are the ring blanks solid or do you run the risk of sanding past the silver coating

the straw thing is awesome great video

Hiiii Lauren :) I’m traveling alllll the way from Australia to cottonwood and would love to explore this spot. Would you be interested in doing a collaboration and exploration together? :) Josh

Make him work on it!

congrats on the little one. what a wonderful trip you will have. can you tell me a location from dry beaver creek to scamp verde that would be fun for 2 newbys in their 80'' s with some wornout body parts. no hills. been married 62 years and still enjoy getting out together. good health to you and your family.