Yay Rookie Friday! Thank you Rookie great stuff! I love what you're doing and for selfish reasons want you to keep it up. It must be a real pressure though with a family, work and I think I saw somewhere you are studying. I know I'd struggle to come up with video ideas so can I suggest some? Maybe it will help when you're feeling time poor and need inspiration. I love all your rock videos, especially actual 'hunting the creeks' . Maybe you could do a really basic video for first timers and take them to a rocky creek bank and show how you look for 'indicator rocks' that indicate it might be a good place to hunt...just a thought because I get asked a lot 'how do you know where to find this stuff?!'. (Chalcedony almost glows in the water etc)Your camera work is great, I can almost feel the texture and weight of the stones you show so maybe, now you're getting better at identifying stuff you could do a basic explanation of the types of minerals you find, jasper, chalcedony and it's range of colours and what makes a carnelian, carnelian as opposed to a Jasper etc. I know I'd love some close up shots of and simple explanations of identifying the make-up and formation of stones. Even if you just collect a bunch of footage of you picking up rocks in the creek for 10 mins with no dialogue and put those up when you need time out or go through Benny's shed lol! Thanks again.
Love love Kawaii Okay seriously that’s one of the kindest comments I have ever had! Thank you so much Love Love Kawaiiiiiiiiii! You are very right about coming up with new ideas for videos and those are some genuinely great ideas, I really really appreciate them (and will definitely be doing them in the new year for sure)!!! Any ideas are always welcome. I need to start a reddit page or something so people can send me video ideas haha! Also, thank you for thinking of the work that goes in. It definitely has been keeping me busy and I’m always trying to push myself a bit more as I get further into this project. But making the videos in itself is my other hobby now haha! I’m lucky to have such a supportive family who have so much patience with me 🤣🤣🤣 But I just love being able to be creative, the rockhounding feeds the video habit and the video habit helps me get off my butt more to find the beautiful rocks so its a double win for me. This week I finished my diploma of early childhood education!!!!!!!!! I’m officially a real childcare worker!! And man did I feel the weight lift from my shoulders. Haha! Once again seriously thank you so much for your ideas, so kind! And don’t worry, I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon haha! Well, I’m gonna have a couple weeks off over Christmas so I can get some quality family time in, but that’s in a couple weeks. And the new year I hope to expand a bit more on the video ideas. Have a great Sunday! And thank you thank you!
Well done! I love that undulating/wavy 'carnelian' specimen at around 5:50 and 7:37 min!...and that one straight afterwards, the orange with the bluish undulating bands on the sides. Awesome!
I like your style Rookie i just finished up my first couple batches and they look great. They look just like yours I cant believe how similar they are. I thought i was the only one who appreciates that natural /raw look with a nice shine. Very nice.
I ALWAYS enjoy your videos so much! They're beaitifully made, informative, and YOU are just a good natured, kind hearted fellow! Please keep em coming, so jealous of the stuff you have to hunt down there :D
I live in Wisconsin, USA. Not too far from the Agate Lady. I've only recently gotten into rockhounding. I always thought Lake Superior agates were only on the beaches of Lake Superior. Then a buddy of mine who's into rocks told me they are all around us. I went home and walked around my newly built house-first rock I found was a 3 inch diameter dark Lake Superior agate! I've been hooked since...now I just need a saw and some polishers! Love the videos, keep it ip!
@happy times I’m really sorry but I’m not sure what you are asking. But if it’s about the price of diamonds I really don’t know anything. I’m really sorry my friend.
I really appreciate your tip about the plastic beads so the rocks don't smash into each other and just rub each other, that was helpful. My first week tumbling I didn't really see any difference, so I think that's my problem. That's so smart! These turned out beautiful man! Thanks for showing the before and after, plus love the variety you share, so helpful for me learning to identify rocks! You ROCK!
you are amazing! I love Crystals and was trying to get a better understanding of the clear Chalcedony that are sold for beading... I "stumbled" on your tumbled crystals and also another video of yours! YOU Rock!!!
Hey bud! How cool is that, I’d heard of tube agate before but I didn’t know if found it haha! Learning is the best! And the burnishing does wonders for the shine doesn’t it! Thanks mate 👌
I've found a bit of it here in south central Texas before, but ours is usually translucent black in color with white tubes instead of the other way around. Looks awesome. We also have some excellent quality petrified wood that comes out translucent and retains the tube structure in the wood so that it looks like tube agate (the petrified palm wood is especially nice when it's just right). Some of the wood is even replaced with opal, but it's just common opal - rarely any color or fire like you guys have there. It's some of my favorite stuff around, though.
Denis Weimer Oh man they sounds awesome! I love hearing about what others find in their areas and how each place is so unique depending on the minerals underground. 😁👌
Fantastic job they look great. I have a large rock saw. But I picked up on sale at a store for 40 bucks a wet tile saw for doing small rocks and bought a thin diamond blade 4 inch for shaping and small rocks and it works great I think it would work for you also very impressive stones u found thanks big guy
Hey milesnn, thank you 😁👍 Yeah I’m looking online recently and I think “someone” might be getting one for Christmas. My girlfriend asked me to show her which ones are good haha! I seriously can’t wait to try my hand at cuttin
Wow, they turned out super duper awesome. I could look at self-collected and self-tumbled rocks all day...You know what I want to try, is a small cement mixer for the bigger rocks I drag home..sound interesting huh..until next time..have a great day...
Yvonne Sebastian Hi Yvonne, I had considered doing that at one time after I saw a video of someone tumbling using a 45 gallon drum at the bottom of his garden . My reasoning for not doing it was noise mostly, it would be horrendously noisy and the cost of grit would be astronomical plus what would I have used to stop the rocks breaking. If I were in America where I could collect the stones myself and things are more reasonably priced I may have given it more thought and if you ever do try this I would be really interested in seeing the results.
Symon, I live in the country..not many neighbors so the sound might not be too disturbing. But the other factors I too have considered... I think I've been a good girl this year and Santa knows that lol..I'll let you know if I ever do it.
Oh thank you very much Yvonne! And I think that sounds like a really cool idea and you could do bigger rocks too. I agree with Symon, If you ever do this you need to show how it goes. I reckon the though has crossed many a rock tumbler’s mind haha! 🤣 Have a great weekend!
@@Rookie_Rockounding I've been tumbling stuff from past trips, but after watching your videos I need to make some time for a trip or two out of my local area. My work use to take all over California and I would find awesome stuff to tumble.
Oh man that’s so cool that the videos are makin you wanna get out there more. I really appreciate that comment, it’s amazing getting out into nature. And finding the treasure you can take home makes it even that more enjoyable. I’m so glad you enjoy it mate. I really am 🙏
Wow they turned out just beautiful! Good variety of stones to have tumbled. I could check each out with a magnifying glass to see all the changes in colour in each stone, time would get away from me. My latest tumble bunch I have to redo the 1st step, it turned into gunk on me and stayed in one end. That was even making sure there was enough water to. So annoying when that happens.
SareJen Hey Sare! Oh no! The dreaded clump of stuff at the bottom of the barrel. I’ve come across that 3 out of the 6 times I’ve tumbled. I have no idea why it does it but I do know how you feel. I’m out of my first round grit because I’ve had to tumble them twice after finding the muck at the bottom with rocks stuck in there. I hope your batch turns out beautiful! 😁👍
I always buy a chunk of something that I can crush up with a hammer, and throw that in the batch. My local rock shop guy taught me that. I try to go 1/4 very small rock, 1/4 medium, 1/4 bigger, and sometimes a big agate or whatever.
Yeah that’s a great idea, it’s so much fun. That’s a good guide for the ratio of rock sizes, annnnnnnd a big agate 👌😁😁😁 I only ever have done a big one once and I was surprised how it turned out, that’s for the comment tleaves!
Rookie Rockhounding , definitely! Thanks for sharing your process! Good looking stuff! You have a good selection of gem stones. One thing that has helped me, was purchasing a 12 pound tumbler. I’m able to do a lot more bigger stones. Sometimes I’ll do a lot of smaller stuff, and throw a “fist sized” agate or petrified wood in, but most of the time, I do several golf ball sized stones, with lots of medium to small stuff. Fun either way.
Gracias Rookie!!! Muy buenas tus enseñanzas!!! Me inspiran pulir rocas y coleccionarlas también!! Todas las rocas son hermosas !!! Buen vídeo.Ya me suscribi! Saludos desde Baja California !!
oh wow muchas gracias por tu amable comentario !! ¡Eso significa mucho para mí! Tendré más videos próximamente, espero que los disfruten. Y buena suerte encontrando las hermosas rocas mi amigo! 😁👍
Mmm Friday morning goodness! Oooh, Ahhh, Ohhhh!!!! that's better now I've had my carnelian fix. Nicely done film and edit amigo and a great batch of amazing mother earth~ Looks like you are using a nice kitchen strainer in the video? hahaha Am appreciating the content each week, helps me get through the winter. Thanks again for all your work showing us the magic stuff, hope you have a super weekend and week ahead sir!
Hahaha!!! Glad to be able to help good sir! 😁👌 Oh yeah, my girlfriend noticed the strainer too haha only the finest for these little treasures 😉 Thanks for the compliments too buddy! I hope you have an awesome weekend and week also my friend!
Good job, well done. Many would shun lots of those, pits and dimples, skin and rough holes all are considered by some as unsightly, plus it can be much harder to tumble anything that can trap grit in a vug or fissure so those usually get thrown out. Personally I think it can add character to a stone and enhance the natural beauty , whereas without those blemishes although still very pleasing to the eye much of the detail can be missed as the shine becomes more of a focal point.
Symon Sheppard Man thanks dude, I agree. Most would shun these beautiful little imperfect fellas. But I love what you said about there natural beauty. I seriously love the contrast of the pits and blemishes. Talk to me after I have a chance to cut and shape the stones and then tumble them and I may have a different opinion but I hope not. I hope I continue to enjoy the natural beauty of these guys. Its different, and cutting and shaping them will be awesome, but I love the progress of doing this with only the means I have. I reckon it should help me appreciate what can be achieved with the proper tools. Thanks for all your help Symon, and your mate-ship.
Rookie Rockhounding Haha, haha, really you do make me laugh at times , my mate hasn't got a ship, hahaha. Seriously, your opinion will change and you will get more fussy and critical over the polished finish. Like I've said to you before, the stone will show you the shape, you just enhance its natural beauty by removing bits, never force a stone to give you a cab, that makes it a production work factory made mediocre piece. You will sit on some for years, not knowing where to cut or what the final shape will be, then out of the blue it will jump out at you and you will start to see what it can look like, but if your not sure just put it back for playing with at a later date. Keep at it you are getting better all the time.
Hahaha! I hope you don’t sit on them for too long though bud, it could give you a dead leg if you don’t shift positions. Seriously though Symon, I really appreciate your guidance dude!
Sheree Speer Ahhhh so refreshing havin an Aussie stop by! Thank you so much! What area are you in, I’ll check some maps and see if there’s any close by 😁💎👌
@@Rookie_Rockounding I'm at Caboolture... I need to head Sth, to Cedar creek or even out further to Warwick I've heard. Haven't been to either yet. I find all my Chalcedony at the beach, but the size u get OMG they are all gorgeous. I need a tumbler bad. Please Santa lol
Ohhhh okay, that’s funny I read the beginning and was going to tell you about Redcliffe, haha! It’s strange though because you would think the rocks would come from the creek out to the ocean. Is there a gem club up there, they may know of some spots in and around the area.
@@Rookie_Rockounding I've really been meaning to join. It's at the Caboolture Historical Village. Gotta pull my finger out!! Haha Been going to Redcliffe for 2 yrs now. I have so many beautiful samples, love finding gems of nature.... Good luck on all ur Hunts!! 😁😁😁
The little pits with polish still in them come pretty clean with a hard toothbrush. Or waterpik. Or pressure washer. Whatever you've got access to......
Thirst Fast Ah man I would love to have a pressure washer! But yeah the hard toothbrush is a must, but I think The one I’ve used is an old soft one 😖 haha! Oh a waterpik, what is that? Google time! Haha!
Oh they look awesome! Ha! I have never seen them but how cool would they be for the rocks, and I reckon it’d feel good on the teeth too haha! Thanks dude!!
Love your videos! I’m a beginner rock polisher and you’ve helped me a lot. I have a few chalcedony specimens I found in my yard only I didn’t know what they were until I watched your videos. My rocks are mostly the pearly white ones. I’ve tried polishing them and wasn’t satisfied with the results. Now I know it’s because I didn’t tumble them long enough. Chalcedony is harder than the average rock, right? So needs more time in the tumbler. Thanks for the info!!
Awesome I just finished my first batch 3 weeks ago I prefer the natural look to but like them smother if possible mine have a few things like yours 😁yours are great way better than mine I think lol
Also I’m getting a Tumblr hopefully within the month. So I’m gonna be watching more videos to try to figure out how to do it. By the way I love when you go rock hounding with your kid.
Prevent PA You should so get one, they’re so much fun and you get to keep the treasures at the end too 😊 And thank you, she’s a budding young rockhound for sure 👍
tanja strickler Thank you! In the new year I’m gonna get me a PO Box and have a go at this trade game 😉 Sounds like a great way to exchange rocks and meet like minded rock folk. I’ll keep you posted when I get one
You are very welcome Rookie. I was a bit worried that you'd think I was being a busybody but I so appreciate the time and brainpower that goes into your videos. I'm still upset about the little rock video my sister deleted! I've got four young kids but I don't work an I'm not studying and I still haven't gotten around to doing it again ! (I still will). And... you picked it, I'm worried you'll burn out, what would I do for my rock fix?! See it's all very self serving.! Well done on your diploma btw! And thank you I understand a lot more about rhyolite now. You're doing well with subscribers and views so I'm hopeful you'll do really well with this long term, it's clear you love what you're doing and I'd love to see you succeed at this. (You also need to get some physiotherapy sponsors, I get a really stiff neck from stooping over looking for rocks so others prob do too). Don't forget I'm hoping to look for that spot in that 1800's report in the new year. If it doesn't work out I'll prob just send you info so you can go explore it for me...
Love love Kawaii Hahaha! That’s the best idea!! A physiotherapist sponsor 🤣😂🤣 I’m seriously so humbled by the response to the videos I’ve made, I never in the slightest imagined people would like them that much, let alone subscribe... it’s a little bit daunting to be honest. I’m very grateful though. It’s funny to see what’s happened so far. But I always wanna keep just doing what I enjoy with the videos so hopefully people enjoy that too haha! Oh yes! The infor on that spot, no rush, it would be great in the new year to explore it sometime though for sure 😁👌 Thank you for your support Kawaii!!!!!!!!
Hello I love your videos and your accent. Very good friend of mine lives in Australia. I believe that’s where you are. Anyway I have a question. I have some rocks that I love there from the US and I have no idea what they are but I think they might be a form of the Chalcedony. I just ordered one for Madagascar I’m so excited. It’s really deep orange. Anyway do you have a website or an email something I could send a picture of these rocks to you. Also Sometimes you find the most amazing rocks. Do you ever sell to the states? I would love one of yours. I love the orange and the red my favorite. Also something big enough for my palm. I think tumbled I’m not sure yet.
Prevent PA Thank you so much for the kind comment mate, yeah I’m Aussie, would love to see some of your rocks. I don’t have a website or anything right now but one day hopefully, just enjoying sharing the fun finds for now but thank you so much for your interest. If and when I do set myself up to trade and or sell I’ll let everyone know. Thanks again for your support. 😁👌
i have a few calcedony and agate. and i dont know how to polish its? could you tell me please! the simple ways to pollish them out! and get better result like you have in your video.
Hey Nyoman, these rocks were tumbled using a rotary tumbler where there is grit placed in the barrel each week for a week while the rocks tumble around. It takes a while but it’s super worth it. A good rock tumbler will be more expensive but there are also cheaper options out there. There’s many other ways to polish them but this is the only way I have done so far. I hope that helps. 😁
nice really good looking stones but even more magnificent after the tumbling. Btw I was really wondering at what place you're living? the view from your garden seems so relaxing, would love to know what area it is
Thank you Thijs, they’re so pretty aren’t they. I live in Australia, south east Queensland, but the view is just beautiful from the patio, I basically live out there haha!
So you did the coarse grit then the fine grit and then went pre polish then polish because I tried that and they came out really foggy or cloudy looking with my Tumblr and I've been wondering whether or not I should try the Polish third step and then pre polish last any suggestions
Hmmmm... what you want to do is use the grit with the lowest number on it first. For example my biggest roughest grit, is 80, then as it gets finer it goes up in numbers, the next I think is 240 grit, and then 600 or 800, and then you do the polish last. It doesn’t matter what the numbers are though, some suppliers give different types just as long as you start with the lowest number first, and then work your way up to the highest and then the polish. Otherwise if you’ve been doing it this way, then it might be that grit has got in from a previous round, and roughed up the finer round. If that makes sense... haha! I really hope this helped. Good luck and Let me know how you go 👍
With you not having a saw here I understand running the first stage “shaping stage” two weeks. Would you still run the first stage for two weeks if you could have cut them?
Nice work Rookie, when will you be able to call yourself novice. You've got to be getting close. Hopefully you'll get a cabochon machine at some point if you don't have one already. By the time you're on to a faceting machine you'll be the Professional Rockhounder. Keep up the great work.
Oh thank you very much ModernProspector! I’m hoping to join a lapidary club this year and they have a bunch of courses you can do to work your way through cabs, free form cabs with opal, silversmithing and then Faceting too. So I’m still a rookie at many things haha, and kinda hope to always be one, cause I wanna always keep learning more and more. Haha! Thanks so much for the rad comment mate 👌
Oh man thank you so much mate! meMiners one of my favs as well hey. Now, please don’t laugh, I know it might be seen as unprofessional but... ready for it... I use my iPhone. It’s a 7 I think.
That’s awesome Bryan! Man it’s so much fun watching them get even prettier. So far I just use them in a display to show the rocks I’ve found all shined up. But I’m going to try and start cutting them into different shapes and maybe even pendants and see how they go 😁 Happy tumbling brother!!!!
Hahaha, yeah, look mostly, put them in a nice dish on display. That’s pretty much all I do with them right now. I have a Crystal cabinet as well so some go in there. Having them out on display is a cool conversation starter of you have guests over, not that I ever need a reason to start talking about rocks haha, I give them away also. But wire wrapping is another thing people do, or use them for jewellery somehow. I kinda don’t really know 😂
I really enjoyed watching this! I love crystals and stones. Am I to understand that these stones are smooth and shiny due to the tumbling, or is there a varnish applied? Thanks!
Hey jonathane! So yes these get the polish on them from going through several rounds in the tumbler over 4 or more weeks with a final polish round. And the shine is the end result. So there’s no need for a varnish. It takes a while but is well worth the wait. I hope this helps mate! 😁👍👌
Hey jo, I’d say cutting before a polish, because the saw is going to leave marks more than likely. Then you can get a nice polish on the cut face. I hope that helps 😁
Oh no, I’m tumbling these guys for 7 weeks in a number of different tumbling grits that slowly grind on and smooth down the surface of the stones until it is polished.
Hey mate! No I don’t have skype, I don’t have much time to use social media except for RUclips right now. Haha! I wish there was a way to share pics on here though. Oh an oil agate, that sounds really cool. I’ll have to look that up for sure. Thank you for the help Richard!
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Yay Rookie Friday! Thank you Rookie great stuff! I love what you're doing and for selfish reasons want you to keep it up. It must be a real pressure though with a family, work and I think I saw somewhere you are studying. I know I'd struggle to come up with video ideas so can I suggest some? Maybe it will help when you're feeling time poor and need inspiration. I love all your rock videos, especially actual 'hunting the creeks' . Maybe you could do a really basic video for first timers and take them to a rocky creek bank and show how you look for 'indicator rocks' that indicate it might be a good place to hunt...just a thought because I get asked a lot 'how do you know where to find this stuff?!'. (Chalcedony almost glows in the water etc)Your camera work is great, I can almost feel the texture and weight of the stones you show so maybe, now you're getting better at identifying stuff you could do a basic explanation of the types of minerals you find, jasper, chalcedony and it's range of colours and what makes a carnelian, carnelian as opposed to a Jasper etc. I know I'd love some close up shots of and simple explanations of identifying the make-up and formation of stones. Even if you just collect a bunch of footage of you picking up rocks in the creek for 10 mins with no dialogue and put those up when you need time out or go through Benny's shed lol! Thanks again.
Love love Kawaii
Okay seriously that’s one of the kindest comments I have ever had! Thank you so much Love Love Kawaiiiiiiiiii! You are very right about coming up with new ideas for videos and those are some genuinely great ideas, I really really appreciate them (and will definitely be doing them in the new year for sure)!!!
Any ideas are always welcome. I need to start a reddit page or something so people can send me video ideas haha!
Also, thank you for thinking of the work that goes in. It definitely has been keeping me busy and I’m always trying to push myself a bit more as I get further into this project. But making the videos in itself is my other hobby now haha! I’m lucky to have such a supportive family who have so much patience with me 🤣🤣🤣
But I just love being able to be creative, the rockhounding feeds the video habit and the video habit helps me get off my butt more to find the beautiful rocks so its a double win for me.
This week I finished my diploma of early childhood education!!!!!!!!! I’m officially a real childcare worker!! And man did I feel the weight lift from my shoulders. Haha!
Once again seriously thank you so much for your ideas, so kind!
And don’t worry, I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon haha!
Well, I’m gonna have a couple weeks off over Christmas so I can get some quality family time in, but that’s in a couple weeks. And the new year I hope to expand a bit more on the video ideas.
Have a great Sunday! And thank you thank you!
@@Rookie_Rockounding Seriously I dunno what I'm doing I just somehow replied to you and put it up like a separate comment...oops, ugh.....
Haha! I’ll find it 👌
Nice to see how many people share the love for rocks and minerals I used to think I was alone beguiled with them
Haha! Yeah, it feels good not being the odd one out hey. Yay we’re not alone!!
Oh my beautiful gem ! The colors are so mesmerizing ..I miss watching your channel thank you for sharing .
Thank you for watching Gemma, and if you ever want to watch more, we have new videos every two weeks 😉😁
Well done! I love that undulating/wavy 'carnelian' specimen at around 5:50 and 7:37 min!...and that one straight afterwards, the orange with the bluish undulating bands on the sides. Awesome!
Thank you very much! They’re definitely beautiful and I’m super lucky 😁
Wow! Those are all so pretty! Earth is amazing!!
Earth definitely is magnificent isn’t it!
I heart mineral rocks. The red-orangey-goldy-pink ones are the prettiest. Happy Valentines Day 💝
I like your style Rookie i just finished up my first couple batches and they look great. They look just like yours I cant believe how similar they are. I thought i was the only one who appreciates that natural /raw look with a nice shine. Very nice.
Wow! Ive been collecting rocks for 40 yrs n never knew we could do this ourselves!! Wo just wow!
Oh yeah, and it’s so much fun with rocks you collect yourself. 😁😁😁
They took a real good polish though, that's for sure! Good job man! I learned how to shoap my savings too!
Hahahaha! Shoaping your savings is a crucial step for that ultra high grade polish, not many people will tell you this. Haha!
Thanks heaps Adam! 🤟🤟🤟
I ALWAYS enjoy your videos so much! They're beaitifully made, informative, and YOU are just a good natured, kind hearted fellow! Please keep em coming, so jealous of the stuff you have to hunt down there :D
Thank you so much Andrea, I just love making them and sharing them with good people like yourself 😉
Wow! Lots of beautiful pieces!
Thank you mate!
I live in Wisconsin, USA. Not too far from the Agate Lady. I've only recently gotten into rockhounding.
I always thought Lake Superior agates were only on the beaches of Lake Superior. Then a buddy of mine who's into rocks told me they are all around us.
I went home and walked around my newly built house-first rock I found was a 3 inch diameter dark Lake Superior agate! I've been hooked since...now I just need a saw and some polishers! Love the videos, keep it ip!
Those turned out excellent!
Thank you! 😊👍
I have to ask two diamond real price how much the ad ا cost can u help
@happy times
I’m really sorry but I’m not sure what you are asking. But if it’s about the price of diamonds I really don’t know anything. I’m really sorry my friend.
Great job on the tumbling now they come out like they will commercial grade they look quite stunning they really do good job my friend keep it up
Thank you mate!!!!
How fun is that, I too like the little imperfections, inclusions and the natural look of the finish stone. Quite lovely
Thank you so much wildflower 😁
It’s so much fun isn’t it 😉
I really appreciate your tip about the plastic beads so the rocks don't smash into each other and just rub each other, that was helpful. My first week tumbling I didn't really see any difference, so I think that's my problem. That's so smart! These turned out beautiful man! Thanks for showing the before and after, plus love the variety you share, so helpful for me learning to identify rocks! You ROCK!
A perfect video for chalcedony.
Nice work, Jesse. TFS ❤️🦅🦅
you are amazing! I love Crystals and was trying to get a better understanding of the clear Chalcedony that are sold for beading... I "stumbled" on your tumbled crystals and also another video of yours! YOU Rock!!!
Aye that’s awesome! Cheers mate!
This year i realized how beutiful minerals amd rocks are so i started collecting some and there really pretty so are yours so shiny..
That’s awesome! They are so great to collect and look at! It’s so addictive but the best kind of addiction I’d say!
feliz año!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuevo muchos éxitos y bendiciones para ti este 2019 ruclips.net/video/JbY8zK6MdhE/видео.html
Beautiful! Thank you.
I just got another double tumbler and the belt broke. Gotta order another 3 this time.sweet stuff bro. I need a 55 gal drum tumbler.
jason genaw
Thanks dude!
That sucks about the belts though!!! Hope you’re able to get it sorted and rockin and rollin bro
Very nice! Love the tube agate. And it looks like the ivory soap burnishing did well.
Hey bud! How cool is that, I’d heard of tube agate before but I didn’t know if found it haha! Learning is the best! And the burnishing does wonders for the shine doesn’t it! Thanks mate 👌
I've found a bit of it here in south central Texas before, but ours is usually translucent black in color with white tubes instead of the other way around. Looks awesome. We also have some excellent quality petrified wood that comes out translucent and retains the tube structure in the wood so that it looks like tube agate (the petrified palm wood is especially nice when it's just right). Some of the wood is even replaced with opal, but it's just common opal - rarely any color or fire like you guys have there. It's some of my favorite stuff around, though.
Denis Weimer
Oh man they sounds awesome! I love hearing about what others find in their areas and how each place is so unique depending on the minerals underground. 😁👌
Fantastic job they look great. I have a large rock saw. But I picked up on sale at a store for 40 bucks a wet tile saw for doing small rocks and bought a thin diamond blade 4 inch for shaping and small rocks and it works great I think it would work for you also very impressive stones u found thanks big guy
Hey milesnn, thank you 😁👍
Yeah I’m looking online recently and I think “someone” might be getting one for Christmas. My girlfriend asked me to show her which ones are good haha!
I seriously can’t wait to try my hand at cuttin
kool , think I watched You find some o those.....very nice , Rock onnn
Oh awesome! Thanks RJDCR!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Very beautiful
Really pretty stuff looks like they worked out great job
Thank you dude, I think leaving them in a bit longer each time really helped with preparing them for the polish
Wow, they turned out super duper awesome. I could look at self-collected and self-tumbled rocks all day...You know what I want to try, is a small cement mixer for the bigger rocks I drag home..sound interesting huh..until next time..have a great day...
Yvonne Sebastian
Hi Yvonne, I had considered doing that at one time after I saw a video of someone tumbling using a 45 gallon drum at the bottom of his garden .
My reasoning for not doing it was noise mostly, it would be horrendously noisy and the cost of grit would be astronomical plus what would I have used to stop the rocks breaking.
If I were in America where I could collect the stones myself and things are more reasonably priced I may have given it more thought and if you ever do try this I would be really interested in seeing the results.
Symon, I live in the country..not many neighbors so the sound might not be too disturbing. But the other factors I too have considered... I think I've been a good girl this year and Santa knows that lol..I'll let you know if I ever do it.
Oh thank you very much Yvonne!
And I think that sounds like a really cool idea and you could do bigger rocks too. I agree with Symon, If you ever do this you need to show how it goes. I reckon the though has crossed many a rock tumbler’s mind haha! 🤣
Have a great weekend!
Yvonne Sebastian
Nice to have your own space and not worry about disturbing others.
I would appreciate if you let me know how it goes.
Very cool video! I use my tumbler all the time! Keep the videos coming!
Weasel 6Three
Thank you so much dude! Seriously thanks. And happy tumblings my friend!
@@Rookie_Rockounding I've been tumbling stuff from past trips, but after watching your videos I need to make some time for a trip or two out of my local area. My work use to take all over California and I would find awesome stuff to tumble.
Oh man that’s so cool that the videos are makin you wanna get out there more. I really appreciate that comment, it’s amazing getting out into nature. And finding the treasure you can take home makes it even that more enjoyable. I’m so glad you enjoy it mate. I really am 🙏
Nice... I'm hooked
lisa bradley
Yayyyyyyy! Thank you 😁
Great video. Thanks for sharing it.
That is awesome hope you get it
milesnn
Thank you milesnn 👍😁
Wow they turned out just beautiful! Good variety of stones to have tumbled. I could check each out with a magnifying glass to see all the changes in colour in each stone, time would get away from me. My latest tumble bunch I have to redo the 1st step, it turned into gunk on me and stayed in one end. That was even making sure there was enough water to. So annoying when that happens.
SareJen
Hey Sare!
Oh no! The dreaded clump of stuff at the bottom of the barrel. I’ve come across that 3 out of the 6 times I’ve tumbled. I have no idea why it does it but I do know how you feel. I’m out of my first round grit because I’ve had to tumble them twice after finding the muck at the bottom with rocks stuck in there. I hope your batch turns out beautiful! 😁👍
Very nice! I love rocks/stones/what ever ppl wanna call them haha.
Rising Pheonix
Rocks, pebbles, stones or gems, they’re just really cool hey. Thanks buddy!
Also the music you use is great!!
Prevent PA
Thank you! I owe it to the awesome artists that let us use them copyright free 😁
I always buy a chunk of something that I can crush up with a hammer, and throw that in the batch. My local rock shop guy taught me that. I try to go 1/4 very small rock, 1/4 medium, 1/4 bigger, and sometimes a big agate or whatever.
Yeah that’s a great idea, it’s so much fun. That’s a good guide for the ratio of rock sizes, annnnnnnd a big agate 👌😁😁😁
I only ever have done a big one once and I was surprised how it turned out, that’s for the comment tleaves!
Rookie Rockhounding , definitely! Thanks for sharing your process! Good looking stuff! You have a good selection of gem stones. One thing that has helped me, was purchasing a 12 pound tumbler. I’m able to do a lot more bigger stones. Sometimes I’ll do a lot of smaller stuff, and throw a “fist sized” agate or petrified wood in, but most of the time, I do several golf ball sized stones, with lots of medium to small stuff. Fun either way.
Yeah man a bigger barrel one day would be sweet hey, so much fun man.
Gracias Rookie!!! Muy buenas tus enseñanzas!!! Me inspiran pulir rocas y coleccionarlas también!! Todas las rocas son hermosas !!!
Buen vídeo.Ya me suscribi! Saludos desde Baja California !!
oh wow muchas gracias por tu amable comentario !! ¡Eso significa mucho para mí! Tendré más videos próximamente, espero que los disfruten. Y buena suerte encontrando las hermosas rocas mi amigo! 😁👍
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Great vid and info thanks again
Thank you Paul! Hope your weekend is goin well mate
amazing video
Thank you 👍
Nice and beautiful
Isabel Johnson
Thank you Isabel 👍😁
Mmm Friday morning goodness! Oooh, Ahhh, Ohhhh!!!! that's better now I've had my carnelian fix. Nicely done film and edit amigo and a great batch of amazing mother earth~ Looks like you are using a nice kitchen strainer in the video? hahaha Am appreciating the content each week, helps me get through the winter. Thanks again for all your work showing us the magic stuff, hope you have a super weekend and week ahead sir!
Hahaha!!! Glad to be able to help good sir! 😁👌 Oh yeah, my girlfriend noticed the strainer too haha only the finest for these little treasures 😉
Thanks for the compliments too buddy! I hope you have an awesome weekend and week also my friend!
I love this chanel. Good job, brother.
Oh man thank you so much!!!
Good job, well done.
Many would shun lots of those, pits and dimples, skin and rough holes all are considered by some as unsightly, plus it can be much harder to tumble anything that can trap grit in a vug or fissure so those usually get thrown out.
Personally I think it can add character to a stone and enhance the natural beauty , whereas without those blemishes although still very pleasing to the eye much of the detail can be missed as the shine becomes more of a focal point.
Symon Sheppard
Man thanks dude, I agree. Most would shun these beautiful little imperfect fellas. But I love what you said about there natural beauty. I seriously love the contrast of the pits and blemishes. Talk to me after I have a chance to cut and shape the stones and then tumble them and I may have a different opinion but I hope not. I hope I continue to enjoy the natural beauty of these guys. Its different, and cutting and shaping them will be awesome, but I love the progress of doing this with only the means I have. I reckon it should help me appreciate what can be achieved with the proper tools.
Thanks for all your help Symon, and your mate-ship.
Rookie Rockhounding
Haha, haha, really you do make me laugh at times , my mate hasn't got a ship, hahaha.
Seriously, your opinion will change and you will get more fussy and critical over the polished finish.
Like I've said to you before, the stone will show you the shape, you just enhance its natural beauty by removing bits, never force a stone to give you a cab, that makes it a production work factory made mediocre piece.
You will sit on some for years, not knowing where to cut or what the final shape will be, then out of the blue it will jump out at you and you will start to see what it can look like, but if your not sure just put it back for playing with at a later date.
Keep at it you are getting better all the time.
Hahaha!
I hope you don’t sit on them for too long though bud, it could give you a dead leg if you don’t shift positions.
Seriously though Symon, I really appreciate your guidance dude!
Very nice,thanks again
Thank you Warren 😊👍💎
Ojalá lo dijeses en español!
Miro tus videos, porque soy aficionada, y trato de entender.
Me encata tu trabajo!
Gracias!
beautiful
Great vid!! Love all the rocks u find. I'm further north than u guys, not much in my creeks here lol I'll keep trying tho....
Sheree Speer
Ahhhh so refreshing havin an Aussie stop by! Thank you so much!
What area are you in, I’ll check some maps and see if there’s any close by 😁💎👌
@@Rookie_Rockounding I'm at Caboolture... I need to head Sth, to Cedar creek or even out further to Warwick I've heard. Haven't been to either yet. I find all my Chalcedony at the beach, but the size u get OMG they are all gorgeous. I need a tumbler bad. Please Santa lol
My fave spot is Redcliffe 😃
Ohhhh okay, that’s funny I read the beginning and was going to tell you about Redcliffe, haha! It’s strange though because you would think the rocks would come from the creek out to the ocean. Is there a gem club up there, they may know of some spots in and around the area.
@@Rookie_Rockounding I've really been meaning to join. It's at the Caboolture Historical Village. Gotta pull my finger out!! Haha Been going to Redcliffe for 2 yrs now. I have so many beautiful samples, love finding gems of nature.... Good luck on all ur Hunts!! 😁😁😁
Your teaching me now 👍👍👍😂🏴🏴
Tinkerbell Blue
Hahaha!!! I’m learning as I go haha! Thank you Tinker Bell!! 👌👌👌😁😁😁🎅
Nagyon szépek!
Beautiful stones thank you 😊
Thank you Paige! 😁🎄
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الروعة والجمال يا صاحبي ما هادا الجمال ِ.. ✋👍💐 جميل ورائع إبداع جميل
The little pits with polish still in them come pretty clean with a hard toothbrush. Or waterpik. Or pressure washer. Whatever you've got access to......
Thirst Fast
Ah man I would love to have a pressure washer! But yeah the hard toothbrush is a must, but I think The one I’ve used is an old soft one 😖 haha!
Oh a waterpik, what is that? Google time! Haha!
@@Rookie_RockoundingIt's like a tiny little pressure washer for your teeth. Or your rocks!
Oh they look awesome! Ha! I have never seen them but how cool would they be for the rocks, and I reckon it’d feel good on the teeth too haha! Thanks dude!!
Love your videos! I’m a beginner rock polisher and you’ve helped me a lot. I have a few chalcedony specimens I found in my yard only I didn’t know what they were until I watched your videos. My rocks are mostly the pearly white ones. I’ve tried polishing them and wasn’t satisfied with the results. Now I know it’s because I didn’t tumble them long enough. Chalcedony is harder than the average rock, right? So needs more time in the tumbler.
Thanks for the info!!
Perfect of nature
Really nice
Thank you Mike! 🎄😁
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Hey Bud what kind of camera ya using? Love your vids. You and meMiner are the best!
Very goooooooooood
morocos ismaeil 0660948431
Thank you very much kind friend 👌
السلام اخي حياك الله ممكن اعرف المادة التي استعملها في تنضيف هذه الاحجار الجميلة
Sou apaixonada por pedras😍😍😍,suas pedras são lindas d+💓💓💓
Oh, muito obrigado! Eu sou muito sortudo. Obrigado pelo seu apoio!
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Awesome I just finished my first batch 3 weeks ago I prefer the natural look to but like them smother if possible mine have a few things like yours 😁yours are great way better than mine I think lol
Thos rocks are beautiful.
Thank you dead pool!
Also I’m getting a Tumblr hopefully within the month. So I’m gonna be watching more videos to try to figure out how to do it. By the way I love when you go rock hounding with your kid.
Prevent PA
You should so get one, they’re so much fun and you get to keep the treasures at the end too 😊
And thank you, she’s a budding young rockhound for sure 👍
They came out beautifully! If you ever want to trade some GA, USA quartz please let me know. Good job dude!
tanja strickler
Thank you! In the new year I’m gonna get me a PO Box and have a go at this trade game 😉
Sounds like a great way to exchange rocks and meet like minded rock folk. I’ll keep you posted when I get one
You are very welcome Rookie. I was a bit worried that you'd think I was being a busybody but I so appreciate the time and brainpower that goes into your videos. I'm still upset about the little rock video my sister deleted! I've got four young kids but I don't work an I'm not studying and I still haven't gotten around to doing it again ! (I still will). And... you picked it, I'm worried you'll burn out, what would I do for my rock fix?! See it's all very self serving.! Well done on your diploma btw! And thank you I understand a lot more about rhyolite now. You're doing well with subscribers and views so I'm hopeful you'll do really well with this long term, it's clear you love what you're doing and I'd love to see you succeed at this. (You also need to get some physiotherapy sponsors, I get a really stiff neck from stooping over looking for rocks so others prob do too). Don't forget I'm hoping to look for that spot in that 1800's report in the new year. If it doesn't work out I'll prob just send you info so you can go explore it for me...
Love love Kawaii
Hahaha! That’s the best idea!! A physiotherapist sponsor 🤣😂🤣
I’m seriously so humbled by the response to the videos I’ve made, I never in the slightest imagined people would like them that much, let alone subscribe... it’s a little bit daunting to be honest. I’m very grateful though. It’s funny to see what’s happened so far. But I always wanna keep just doing what I enjoy with the videos so hopefully people enjoy that too haha!
Oh yes! The infor on that spot, no rush, it would be great in the new year to explore it sometime though for sure 😁👌
Thank you for your support Kawaii!!!!!!!!
Hello I love your videos and your accent. Very good friend of mine lives in Australia. I believe that’s where you are. Anyway I have a question. I have some rocks that I love there from the US and I have no idea what they are but I think they might be a form of the Chalcedony. I just ordered one for Madagascar I’m so excited. It’s really deep orange. Anyway do you have a website or an email something I could send a picture of these rocks to you. Also Sometimes you find the most amazing rocks. Do you ever sell to the states? I would love one of yours. I love the orange and the red my favorite. Also something big enough for my palm. I think tumbled I’m not sure yet.
Prevent PA
Thank you so much for the kind comment mate, yeah I’m Aussie, would love to see some of your rocks. I don’t have a website or anything right now but one day hopefully, just enjoying sharing the fun finds for now but thank you so much for your interest. If and when I do set myself up to trade and or sell I’ll let everyone know.
Thanks again for your support. 😁👌
Love your videos!!! Can you tell me what is the filler you use and where can I get them?
MIL PARABENSSSSS POIS SUAS PEDRAS SAO MARAVILHOSAS DIMAIS!!! LINDAS LINDAS!
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Brasil, quartzo, calcedônia, jaspe ágata e outras lindas, bonitas✌️👏👏👏
Obrigado my friend!
i have a few calcedony and agate. and i dont know how to polish its? could you tell me please! the simple ways to pollish them out! and get better result like you have in your video.
Hey Nyoman, these rocks were tumbled using a rotary tumbler where there is grit placed in the barrel each week for a week while the rocks tumble around. It takes a while but it’s super worth it. A good rock tumbler will be more expensive but there are also cheaper options out there. There’s many other ways to polish them but this is the only way I have done so far. I hope that helps. 😁
nice really good looking stones but even more magnificent after the tumbling. Btw I was really wondering at what place you're living? the view from your garden seems so relaxing, would love to know what area it is
Thank you Thijs, they’re so pretty aren’t they. I live in Australia, south east Queensland, but the view is just beautiful from the patio, I basically live out there haha!
Top!
Parabéns amigo!
Abraço!!
Marcelo Zanardi
obrigada amigo!! 🙏😁
So you did the coarse grit then the fine grit and then went pre polish then polish because I tried that and they came out really foggy or cloudy looking with my Tumblr and I've been wondering whether or not I should try the Polish third step and then pre polish last any suggestions
Hmmmm... what you want to do is use the grit with the lowest number on it first. For example my biggest roughest grit, is 80, then as it gets finer it goes up in numbers, the next I think is 240 grit, and then 600 or 800, and then you do the polish last. It doesn’t matter what the numbers are though, some suppliers give different types just as long as you start with the lowest number first, and then work your way up to the highest and then the polish. Otherwise if you’ve been doing it this way, then it might be that grit has got in from a previous round, and roughed up the finer round. If that makes sense... haha! I really hope this helped. Good luck and Let me know how you go 👍
I like your videos . I tried tumbling ,I couldn’t take the noise .
Thank you Dena! I’m glad you enjoy them. Yeah I know what you mean. It can be loud at times.
With you not having a saw here I understand running the first stage “shaping stage” two weeks. Would you still run the first stage for two weeks if you could have cut them?
Nice work Rookie, when will you be able to call yourself novice. You've got to be getting close. Hopefully you'll get a cabochon machine at some point if you don't have one already. By the time you're on to a faceting machine you'll be the Professional Rockhounder. Keep up the great work.
Oh thank you very much ModernProspector!
I’m hoping to join a lapidary club this year and they have a bunch of courses you can do to work your way through cabs, free form cabs with opal, silversmithing and then Faceting too. So I’m still a rookie at many things haha, and kinda hope to always be one, cause I wanna always keep learning more and more. Haha! Thanks so much for the rad comment mate 👌
Hi there from Oklahoma USA what kind of a camera ya using? sure does a nice job> You and meMiner are my favs.
Oh man thank you so much mate! meMiners one of my favs as well hey. Now, please don’t laugh, I know it might be seen as unprofessional but... ready for it... I use my iPhone. It’s a 7 I think.
@@Rookie_Rockounding Very good! I am retired and live on a budget so hoping I can learn to take the pics and edit on the cheap. Havagudun my friend!
Send the rough ones for another tumbler or two to get better shapes for pendants.
Me gustan estos vídeos de rocas preciosas saludos desde san Miguel allende gusnajuato mexico
Muchas gracias mi amigo! Estoy muy feliz de que hayas disfrutado el video
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Nice Vid!!!!! I just started tumbling. May i ask what you do with the rocks after?
That’s awesome Bryan! Man it’s so much fun watching them get even prettier. So far I just use them in a display to show the rocks I’ve found all shined up. But I’m going to try and start cutting them into different shapes and maybe even pendants and see how they go 😁
Happy tumbling brother!!!!
Now that they’re tumbled, what do you do with them? I’ve got a bunch of nice shiny rocks, all dressed up and nowhere to go. Any ideas?
Hahaha, yeah, look mostly, put them in a nice dish on display. That’s pretty much all I do with them right now. I have a Crystal cabinet as well so some go in there. Having them out on display is a cool conversation starter of you have guests over, not that I ever need a reason to start talking about rocks haha, I give them away also. But wire wrapping is another thing people do, or use them for jewellery somehow. I kinda don’t really know 😂
Hey dude Hi there. I need to ask what kind of camera you use, if ya don't mind. Nide rocks!
Turned out awesome ! . seven Weeks tho ... Man lol
I know right! 7 weeks haha! It’s a long time but I’m out of grit so I had to wait a while anyway. Not the quickest form of polishing haha!
might get a tumbler
hard yakka
Hahaha yeah it’s pretty fun mate 😁👌
Very nice! What kind of tumbler are you using?
Thanks C & P, I’m using a Lortone 3A Rotary tumbler. It’s a 3 pounder. 😊
I really enjoyed watching this! I love crystals and stones. Am I to understand that these stones are smooth and shiny due to the tumbling, or is there a varnish applied?
Thanks!
Hey jonathane! So yes these get the polish on them from going through several rounds in the tumbler over 4 or more weeks with a final polish round. And the shine is the end result. So there’s no need for a varnish. It takes a while but is well worth the wait. I hope this helps mate! 😁👍👌
Rookie Rockhounding , thank you. They are beautiful!
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Nicely done. I prefer the more natural shape.
What do you do with them once you've tumbled them? Do you sell them?
Hi I have a question for you. If I wanted to cut a stone, can I do it before or after the pre-polish?
Hey jo, I’d say cutting before a polish, because the saw is going to leave marks more than likely. Then you can get a nice polish on the cut face. I hope that helps 😁
@@Rookie_Rockounding Thank you. Yes, that does help me out a lot.
I tried to make a video of hyalite canyon in Montana but the roads were too snowed in.
jason genaw
Ah damn dude, I’m so grateful we don’t have that here. Winter just means we gotta balls up and get in the sorta cold water 🤣
What you will do with all the rocks sir?
What is this blue small stone 00:11 ?
I’m not too sure but it would be a piece of blue chalcedony, sometimes if we are lucky enough we come across them in the creeks out our way 😁💎
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Lindo tudo lindo
Valdenice Alves
obrigada amigo!!!
I also have some brown stones ...i want to check them . But how can i check brother pls help me
thanks
Lindas 👏👏👏👏
Obrigado!
@@Rookie_Rockounding estamos juntos 👍
You just soaking to the water with what kind acidic you put in
Oh no, I’m tumbling these guys for 7 weeks in a number of different tumbling grits that slowly grind on and smooth down the surface of the stones until it is polished.
Passando,vi seu canal e gostei mito,amo pedras preciosas,tenho algumas igual essas,ágata,cristais,citrinos ,vou seguir sempre abracos
Solange Oliveira
oh muito obrigado pelo seu comentário gentil, que realmente me faz feliz. perseguição de rock feliz
👌😁💎
Hey, where did you get your rock tumbler from? And the grits for it
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You got Skype? The polished back agates looks very much like oil agate, here in California we have oil agate
Hey mate! No I don’t have skype, I don’t have much time to use social media except for RUclips right now. Haha! I wish there was a way to share pics on here though.
Oh an oil agate, that sounds really cool. I’ll have to look that up for sure. Thank you for the help Richard!
Bolinas?
Thirst Fast Lompoc California
What is blue bean??? Chemical material???