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Your pickings our pieces. Perfect sizes for rings, multi stone bracelets and pendants and earings. Thanks for sharing your treasures and Mica had a good time. She told us when you weren't looking. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. Big Hi to Sara.... now back to work. 😷⚒ 🤪
Hi Kadydigs ROCKS! Nice to see you watch this channel! I am currently binging the CR channel they are pretty awesome people, plus they also have common sense!
I dont know if knocking down the over hang, when there are dead trees above it, is safe for you! I think i would rather build back up the overhang, so the roots have something to grab on to. Why do people need to hollow out under the trees to find these thundereggs? They are everywhere in that area. They dont just form under trees! I love the lily pad area thundereggs. They are beautiful! Just return the dirt you arent keeping back to your holes! But your finds were awesome! its amazing how many little eggs you found! And the amount of good to bad you found, after you washed the dirt off them, is pretty darn good. The was way more good material, then bad. And by bad, you dont even know how good those were. And your cuts were awesome! The tiny one with the pressure ridges was so awesome! Sorry Sarah had to work! Laika was so vocal. Ive never even heard her bark or whine before. She is a good dog. Shes adorable! Thanks for the outing! I love thundereggs!
I think the idea that people have in their minds when it comes to digging is that if you dig under a tree its untouched material but that's really a stupid way looking at it for a number of reasons which are a little too much to get into here in a comment. The eggs here are little but really have some amazing fine detail.
Lyca always has something to say about it! She is a gorgeous rockhound! I love the smaller thunder eggs more than the larger ones. They are so adorable and tiny. I live in southern New Mexico and there are so many mines and ghost towns from before the west coast was part of the United States. I find it crazy that some mines will have beautiful malichite, azurite and chalcopyrites in the tailings! There are so many places in Southern N.M. that people don't know about. It is just way to hot in summer to rockhound in 114 degrees ferinheit, so during fall/winter is the time to rockhound here. There are no rockhound clubs, hear which is crazy to me cuz we have so many amazing rocks and minerals. There are natural geological, structures to Native Americans structures. A good place to visit!
I just fell in love with all the small thundereggs you gathered up for this video. I've never been near finding a good one. My sister and I go to two stores that carry goes and buy them. I remembered that they are the different types of rock. All of them are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Great video. That ledge looked pretty unstable, most people would have good sense not to go under it. But there's always someone who will try. I sign would be good. Great thunder egg finds. 😊😊
Your love of thundereggs is highly infectious. I can attest to the benefit of having knee pads. Darned unusually long wet winter weather. Those little eggs are very nice. Thanks for taking us along.
I love the Lily Pad eggs! I have beautiful Thunder eggs & Geode eggs. Also, I tumbled some of the green/orange matrix, and the colors are just bright! TY for taking me along!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I was thinking of face polishing, but tumbling might work for those broken pieces you were finding (everywhere) lol. I can't believe just how good you have it there. So many gemmy rocks....so little time. Be safe out there. 😎
Ha ha somebody caught the thunder egg fever! They must've just been going for the big ones I guess. Whatever I would not be ashamed at all picking through their tailings LOL looks like they left some pretty NICE small and medium sized eggs. Personally I love surface collecting after a big rain. I like the idea of sifting... especially to get all those little crystals I always miss but the Missouri clay tends to get hard as concrete when it dries. I'm just never really in a spot where I think sifting would work. Rock on Jared, thank you for the continued inspiration, you rock dude!
Wow, I really love those tiny thundereggs. I'm addicted to cutting thundereggs and being stuck in Wisconsin my only opportunity is to search ebay and other selling sites to get them. You should consider selling some rough eggs. I'd be all over them.
Awesome video, as always. I love the little Lily Pad Thunder eggs they are so beautiful! I personally wouldn't risk my own safety on that overburdened. It should have been the people that created it to take care of it, but that doesn't always happen.🤨 Thanks for sharing this spot again and showing us more cut ones, these will never get old for me!✌️🤠
These are great! I too, would’ve picked up the left behind-ers. The small ones are gorgeous. Why bother digging and making an environmental mess? That area with the tree roots exposed is a shame. 🫣. My Soapbox. Sorry. This was a great episode! I’m stoked to see you cut more of those. The quadruple one you showed was epic! I hope that one stays intact for you ✨ Thank you so much for sharing your adventure. Love your channel. Stay Crystal 💫 Mari
Just discovered you through another channel. My daughter's nickname is Lily Pad, so some day we will have to make it to the Seattle area...bucket list!!
This is definitely one of my favorite locations you've shown me I went there last year and collected a ton of material I made a lot of bad choices I need to go back and make some better choices lol thanks for sharing
17:17 these two look so amazing. To me that was a perfect cut. So I'm not sure the blades I bought were from the same company, but I have been having quite the month of cutting fun. I even got so bold I tried a piece of pet wood I had "finished" a year ago, and was able to slab it in a way I never would have tried before. You said thin, yeah that equals more product. Not that I sell anything.
Great material! Great video! I need to put that spot on my list! Love love love the lily pad thunder eggs! As for the underbrush, I think it’s kind of you to think to make it safer for other people, but at the same time you also need to think of your safety as well. You were by yourself and if anything were to happen then what. I’d maybe contact BLM or Forest service, what ever jurisdiction the land falls under. Then they come and take care of things if something is of hazard where people often visit frequently.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding At some point in life I will visit the US, it's been on my list for ages now, but I never seem to get around to it. So many great places and things to visit.
You are right, digging under the bank of dirt like that is kinda dumb. It could cave in on you or destablize the tree and cause it to topple over on you or someone else. Then someone will be digging your body out. You wa smart young man and should educate your viewers. A lot of people never think of these problems. Happy Trials 👍😎👍
I also chose to leave that undercut just like it was. I feel like there have to be other beds in the area but who needs to look for them when there's so much right there.
I really wish people wouldn’t dig underneath trees like that. Those tall trees are going to topple over and cause even more mass wasting. Rockhounds need to backfill their holes! It’s not that hard. Had people done that the trees would probably still be alive. Those tiny eggs would make really cool necklace pendants. I would just cut them in half and polish the cut side then either wire wrap or drill into the top.
I agree that people shouldn't dig under the trees. Can you explain to me the point of back filling a hole at a frequently visited site where in theory I would back fill it and later that afternoon let say someone scoops it out to get to fresh material and then back fills it and the next day the same thing happens over and over.
I have a very strange question to ask… I am a newbie at rock tumbling. I have followed the directions of filling my Tumblr 3/4 full of rocks, 2T of #1 grit, 1/4 cup of ceramic tubes and filled to just the top of the rocks. I let it run for 7 days. Then I emptied out the contents of the barrel, washed the rocks off thoroughly and put the rocks back into a very clean barrel. Filled it with the rocks to 3/4 full, added 2 tablespoons of #2 grit and ceramic tubes. It only got to the fifth day, and I noticed that the bottom of the barrel was beginning to bulge. So I decided to open the barrel to try and figure out what was causing that. I got the outer stainless steel lid off and I’m in the middle of attempting to take off the inner lid it exploded. It had the most hideous smell of sewer. Once again, I cleaned up the rocks,and barrel very well. The smell was absolutely horrific and it lingered. I’ve never seen or heard anybody on video mention anything about the barrel bulging, the lid exploding off or the horrific sewer smell. Can anybody give me insight as to what in the world went wrong?
I'm not really that into rock tumbling but the issue you had with the barrel is due to the off gassing of material you were tumbling, I have heard of people adding a some baking soda to the tumbler to help with it but I have never tried it.
Some select people do that for some reason when hole drifting and notching a hill side is far better. I have not been to the Hauser Beds but I know of them and I would love to go there.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding they have a crazy variety there, a lot more duds (quartz bombs) than other places but i have pulled out a few really interesting geodes, the thundereggs are more hit and miss with colors and such but you can find waterline and tilted waterline. The average size is about the size of a golf ball but i have seen football size as well.
Ooo pretty colours !!!! I dint understand the concept of a “core”!!! Please explain ( to me it looked like it had chambers, is that right???) could it be the scaffolding of the thunderegg w/out all the pretty stuff ???
Do u know anything about Zincite?? My handyman brought this rock to me and gave it to me, it’s beautiful so I got an app and everytime it says it’s Zincite plus he told me he had some lady test it w a hand held tester and she said it was zinc.. one side of it, I guess it’s like a shell and the crystals are under that shell, but where it’s broken apart it’s just jewels and SO shiny.. can a person polish off the rough side?? It’s kinda black looks alot like lava rock.. He was told it came out of a volcano from whoever gave it to him..
Hmm. Those are awfully small. I'm not sure I would go to all that work for such small results. I'm also curious if you are going to try sanding them on your high speed sander. I've done some pretty small pieces on mine, but some of those? Maybe attach a dop stick with plaster of Paris or some other water soluble adhesive to give you something to hold onto. Good luck with those.
No, I wouldn't dig under a tree, especially a dead one. It looks like someone tried putting up caution tape, but apparently that didn't work either. If you knock it down, someone will just dig under it again.
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Your pickings our pieces. Perfect sizes for rings, multi stone bracelets and pendants and earings. Thanks for sharing your treasures and Mica had a good time. She told us when you weren't looking. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. Big Hi to Sara.... now back to work. 😷⚒ 🤪
Those little thundereggs are just adorable! They're small enough that you could use them for earrings if they were polished. Very cool!
Hi Kadydigs ROCKS! Nice to see you watch this channel! I am currently binging the CR channel they are pretty awesome people, plus they also have common sense!
@@mctron22rd :D Jared and Sarah are good people.
I love the core!
Oddly enough...those little eggs seem more fun than bigger thundereggs.
They are fun little eggs, I like how quickly they are to work.
I LOVE this material and appreciate you giving me and cordell a tour last summer! He cut a few with Amethyst in the center!
Its a super cool place.
I dont know if knocking down the over hang, when there are dead trees above it, is safe for you! I think i would rather build back up the overhang, so the roots have something to grab on to. Why do people need to hollow out under the trees to find these thundereggs? They are everywhere in that area. They dont just form under trees! I love the lily pad area thundereggs. They are beautiful! Just return the dirt you arent keeping back to your holes! But your finds were awesome! its amazing how many little eggs you found! And the amount of good to bad you found, after you washed the dirt off them, is pretty darn good. The was way more good material, then bad. And by bad, you dont even know how good those were. And your cuts were awesome! The tiny one with the pressure ridges was so awesome! Sorry Sarah had to work! Laika was so vocal. Ive never even heard her bark or whine before. She is a good dog. Shes adorable! Thanks for the outing! I love thundereggs!
I think the idea that people have in their minds when it comes to digging is that if you dig under a tree its untouched material but that's really a stupid way looking at it for a number of reasons which are a little too much to get into here in a comment.
The eggs here are little but really have some amazing fine detail.
Lyca always has something to say about it! She is a gorgeous rockhound!
I love the smaller thunder eggs more than the larger ones. They are so adorable and tiny. I live in southern New Mexico and there are so many mines and ghost towns from before the west coast was part of the United States.
I find it crazy that some mines will have beautiful malichite, azurite and chalcopyrites in the tailings! There are so many places in Southern N.M. that people don't know about. It is just way to hot in summer to rockhound in 114 degrees ferinheit, so during fall/winter is the time to rockhound here. There are no rockhound clubs, hear which is crazy to me cuz we have so many amazing rocks and minerals. There are natural geological, structures to Native Americans structures. A good place to visit!
The smaller eggs are really nice and have some great finer details to them.
I agree that NM is pretty under rated.
I just fell in love with all the small thundereggs you gathered up for this video. I've never been near finding a good one. My sister and I go to two stores that carry goes and buy them. I remembered that they are the different types of rock. All of them are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Great video.
That ledge looked pretty unstable, most people would have good sense not to go under it.
But there's always someone who will try.
I sign would be good.
Great thunder egg finds. 😊😊
Safety for yourself. You don't have anyone there to get help. Plus Lika is counting on you. Baby thundereggs, oh my.
Your love of thundereggs is highly infectious. I can attest to the benefit of having knee pads. Darned unusually long wet winter weather. Those little eggs are very nice. Thanks for taking us along.
I love the Lily Pad eggs! I have beautiful Thunder eggs & Geode eggs. Also, I tumbled some of the green/orange matrix, and the colors are just bright! TY for taking me along!
Those are cool little t-eggs. I like the subdued colors. A bowl full of those polished would be cool for displaying.
I don't do any tumbling but I know others have tumbled them and they turn out great.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I was thinking of face polishing, but tumbling might work for those broken pieces you were finding (everywhere) lol.
I can't believe just how good you have it there. So many gemmy rocks....so little time.
Be safe out there. 😎
Ha ha somebody caught the thunder egg fever! They must've just been going for the big ones I guess. Whatever I would not be ashamed at all picking through their tailings LOL looks like they left some pretty NICE small and medium sized eggs. Personally I love surface collecting after a big rain. I like the idea of sifting... especially to get all those little crystals I always miss but the Missouri clay tends to get hard as concrete when it dries. I'm just never really in a spot where I think sifting would work. Rock on Jared, thank you for the continued inspiration, you rock dude!
From what I can tell at this point of cutting lots of these the best ones are the smaller ones so all the better for them to leave them for me! :)
I would consider pushing over the trees above the ledge. If they are already down, they cannot fall and hurt the next folks.
They were a little too big for just pushing over, at least for me.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding 😃 obviously
Knee pads are a must for me. I love those tiny eggs. one day I will make it out that way.
They are pretty good little eggs.
So cool! I didn't know the small ones were actually small versions of the big ones. Thanks so much!
At least they are at this location.
Wow, I really love those tiny thundereggs. I'm addicted to cutting thundereggs and being stuck in Wisconsin my only opportunity is to search ebay and other selling sites to get them. You should consider selling some rough eggs. I'd be all over them.
They really are nice little eggs.
Awesome video, as always. I love the little Lily Pad Thunder eggs they are so beautiful! I personally wouldn't risk my own safety on that overburdened. It should have been the people that created it to take care of it, but that doesn't always happen.🤨 Thanks for sharing this spot again and showing us more cut ones, these will never get old for me!✌️🤠
I agree, I just try to leave the places a little nicer than I found them when I can.
Where’s all the thunder chickens?
The tubes looked as cool as the eggs. 🤘👍
These are great! I too, would’ve picked up the left behind-ers. The small ones are gorgeous. Why bother digging and making an environmental mess? That area with the tree roots exposed is a shame. 🫣. My Soapbox. Sorry.
This was a great episode!
I’m stoked to see you cut more of those. The quadruple one you showed was epic! I hope that one stays intact for you ✨
Thank you so much for sharing your adventure.
Love your channel.
Stay Crystal 💫
Mari
Just discovered you through another channel. My daughter's nickname is Lily Pad, so some day we will have to make it to the Seattle area...bucket list!!
Welcome!
Great stuff. I learn something new with every one of your videos.
Thank you.
This is definitely one of my favorite locations you've shown me I went there last year and collected a ton of material I made a lot of bad choices I need to go back and make some better choices lol thanks for sharing
Its a cool location for sure. Did you pick up some of the big blocks?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding more like a lot of material that was too soft to polish
@@inthepumpkinpatch5383 I have only found a few of the loose eggs that are solid to be rotten on the inside. Many of them are really good.
17:17 these two look so amazing. To me that was a perfect cut. So I'm not sure the blades I bought were from the same company, but I have been having quite the month of cutting fun. I even got so bold I tried a piece of pet wood I had "finished" a year ago, and was able to slab it in a way I never would have tried before. You said thin, yeah that equals more product. Not that I sell anything.
They really are lovely little eggs.
LOL. Knee pads are cool., because it is cool not to self-destruct.
Hahaha well said.
To my untrained eye the piece at 19:35 looked similar to the limb casts the boys on Rockhounding Life find.
Great material! Great video! I need to put that spot on my list! Love love love the lily pad thunder eggs! As for the underbrush, I think it’s kind of you to think to make it safer for other people, but at the same time you also need to think of your safety as well. You were by yourself and if anything were to happen then what. I’d maybe contact BLM or Forest service, what ever jurisdiction the land falls under. Then they come and take care of things if something is of hazard where people often visit frequently.
When are you coming to the northwest for an adventure? :)
@@CurrentlyRockhounding what is the weather like early November?
@@AZRockhoundExpeditions Depending on where you go it will be mild and wet to cold and snow.
Awesome finds, thundereggs have to be some of my favorites, shame we don't have any up here in Ontario.
Bummer, I have heard of some location in BC but I don't really know much about them.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding yes and then one spot in Quebec allegedly.
Those are so great very easy to get and beautiful
Great video. 👍🏽
Thank you!
I was today years old when I realized that your dog's name isn't Mica (which seems like a reasonable name given your hobby).
Ha, that's okay! Shes named after Laika, the first dog in space.
This was fun! I'd like to go there.
It really is a great location.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding At some point in life I will visit the US, it's been on my list for ages now, but I never seem to get around to it. So many great places and things to visit.
You are right, digging under the bank of dirt like that is kinda dumb. It could cave in on you or destablize the tree and cause it to topple over on you or someone else. Then someone will be digging your body out. You wa smart young man and should educate your viewers. A lot of people never think of these problems. Happy Trials 👍😎👍
I try to always leave these sites a little better than I found them. Making tunnels in loose rock is pretty stupid.
I also chose to leave that undercut just like it was. I feel like there have to be other beds in the area but who needs to look for them when there's so much right there.
I need to look for them! All of the dirt bike trails out there makes for some easy exploring.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding at first I thought those were animal trails until I actually looked at them. Yeah... there's a bunch.
I really wish people wouldn’t dig underneath trees like that. Those tall trees are going to topple over and cause even more mass wasting. Rockhounds need to backfill their holes! It’s not that hard. Had people done that the trees would probably still be alive.
Those tiny eggs would make really cool necklace pendants. I would just cut them in half and polish the cut side then either wire wrap or drill into the top.
I agree that people shouldn't dig under the trees.
Can you explain to me the point of back filling a hole at a frequently visited site where in theory I would back fill it and later that afternoon let say someone scoops it out to get to fresh material and then back fills it and the next day the same thing happens over and over.
I have a very strange question to ask…
I am a newbie at rock tumbling. I have followed the directions of filling my Tumblr 3/4 full of rocks, 2T of #1 grit, 1/4 cup of ceramic tubes and filled to just the top of the rocks. I let it run for 7 days. Then I emptied out the contents of the barrel, washed the rocks off thoroughly and put the rocks back into a very clean barrel. Filled it with the rocks to 3/4 full, added 2 tablespoons of #2 grit and ceramic tubes. It only got to the fifth day, and I noticed that the bottom of the barrel was beginning to bulge. So I decided to open the barrel to try and figure out what was causing that. I got the outer stainless steel lid off and I’m in the middle of attempting to take off the inner lid it exploded. It had the most hideous smell of sewer. Once again, I cleaned up the rocks,and barrel very well. The smell was absolutely horrific and it lingered. I’ve never seen or heard anybody on video mention anything about the barrel bulging, the lid exploding off or the horrific sewer smell. Can anybody give me insight as to what in the world went wrong?
I'm not really that into rock tumbling but the issue you had with the barrel is due to the off gassing of material you were tumbling, I have heard of people adding a some baking soda to the tumbler to help with it but I have never tried it.
I enjoy the little.
I’m not very knowledgeable on this but I wanna go gem hunting one day..
I have noticed that in Washington people tend to tunnel for whatever reason. Have you guys been to the Hauser beds in southern California?
Some select people do that for some reason when hole drifting and notching a hill side is far better.
I have not been to the Hauser Beds but I know of them and I would love to go there.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding they have a crazy variety there, a lot more duds (quartz bombs) than other places but i have pulled out a few really interesting geodes, the thundereggs are more hit and miss with colors and such but you can find waterline and tilted waterline. The average size is about the size of a golf ball but i have seen football size as well.
Lol my stairs are still there!
The stairs are nice going up that hill.
Ooo pretty colours !!!!
I dint understand the concept of a “core”!!!
Please explain ( to me it looked like it had chambers,
is that right???) could it be the scaffolding of the thunderegg w/out all the pretty stuff ???
I have really good how to cut thundereggs video that explains the core.
Looks dangerous for you to knock it down. What if you move the one section that’s holding the trees up?
Could you take a marker so we can see exactly ish how to cut the rock 🤘
What exactly do you mean?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding mark the thunder eggs with a marker on the cut line.
Now I think this is what sets me apart from you, id just see dirt here.
Gotta investigate everything! :)
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I suppose. Training and experience.
Question for you. Lilypad is on the 1916 road correct?
The GPS is on my website.
Do u know anything about Zincite?? My handyman brought this rock to me and gave it to me, it’s beautiful so I got an app and everytime it says it’s Zincite plus he told me he had some lady test it w a hand held tester and she said it was zinc.. one side of it, I guess it’s like a shell and the crystals are under that shell, but where it’s broken apart it’s just jewels and SO shiny.. can a person polish off the rough side?? It’s kinda black looks alot like lava rock.. He was told it came out of a volcano from whoever gave it to him..
Hey Jared I’ve always wondered what you do for a living?
I do this! Full time now!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding that is so awesome man. You’re doing a great job.
I would back fill from the pile.
I guess sometimes I think that's not really worth it and just seems like pointless work, I back fill, the next person scoops it out and so on.
Fill it in, maybe!
Hmm. Those are awfully small. I'm not sure I would go to all that work for such small results. I'm also curious if you are going to try sanding them on your high speed sander. I've done some pretty small pieces on mine, but some of those? Maybe attach a dop stick with plaster of Paris or some other water soluble adhesive to give you something to hold onto. Good luck with those.
I think they are quite fantastic when polished. I mostly just do them on my Hi-Tech Flat Lap.
No, I wouldn't dig under a tree, especially a dead one. It looks like someone tried putting up caution tape, but apparently that didn't work either. If you knock it down, someone will just dig under it again.
I am in England can you please explain what thunder eggs are.thank 6ou .
I have a whole video on the subject on my channel
Thank you I'll see if I can find it
Don't know why but I have no sound.
I think that's a problem on your end.
Paint it with orange paint?
Paint the tree?
Don't try to fix overhangs when your are by yourself.
I fix them all the time, just not with dead trees above them.
👁👁 🐾🐾 👋
I sent u some pics on your email