Another Walk on the Beach
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Join me looking for rocks on a northeastern lower peninsula Lake Huron beach.
Some of the rocks you will see in this video:
Petoskey Stone - Hexagonaria ~360 million year old fossilized coral.
Favosites - another fossilized coral, sometimes called "Charlevoix stone"
Horn coral
Cladapora - another fossilized coral
Puddingstone - a conglomerate rock
Gowganda Tillite - This stuff is over two billion years old.
Gneiss
Granite
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That pun was underappreciated
"I think thats gneiss, but not *gneiss* enough to bring home"
I'm glad someone appreciated my corny pun.
Looked like a piece of leverite to me.
CplSki USMC looked like that to me too.
I got it...and moved on.🙄
Kay Bree ok Mr fun police
If I ever make it up there, my car will be dragging the ground trying to get back home because of all the rocks I'll pick up.
I'm drooling, I wish I could have all the rocks that you threw them back
I can only tumble and cut so many rocks, so I just take what I can use. I did leave some pretty nice ones behind this time.
i myself would have kept a pickup load of the rocks that he threw back.
You took the worst stones the beach had to offer, while leaving a few red and yellow agates or jaspers (?) behind. It was disturbing to say the least;/
@@ralfiasz There are no agates on this beach. There are a few red jaspers, but not many. Don't be disturbed by what I left behind. I like some rocks, you like others. The others are there for those who like them. That's a great reason not to bring everything home. Most people around here would take home the same rocks I did. Petoskey stones and puddingstones are very popular in Michigan.
Oh my God !! You threw away a clear fossil rock . 🤔🤔
The sound of Hurons waves were lovely. The walk on the shore to see the stones priceless.
Thanks for the video.
It was actually sort of loud on the beach. I prefer calm or gently lapping waves. The big waves are sort of exciting though.
On one hand it breaks my heart to see you throw such beautiful stones back. On the other hand it thrills me to think if ever I get to that beach, they will be there for me to find. I enjoy your videos.
There are plenty of rocks on the beach. Every time it's windy they get all rearranged, so it's never the same twice.
Not if I get there first!😁 I almost found a way to reach through my tablet and grab that awesome Gowganda tillite!!
The stones are different everywhere. I feel you. I see stone artifacts in every clip.
Man if shipping wasn’t so high, I’d say go back and pick up every rock you did and ship them my way!! Cool rocks!
thought the same thing.........lol
All those banded stones, the ones that don't tumble well, would look nice on an outdoor window sill or in a rock garden. The bands don't show as well when they're dry but you get to enjoy them whenever it rains. I have a flower pot with a small jade growing in it. I covered any visible soil with smooth, rounded flat.....ish stones and get to see all those pretty bands each time I water it because they show better when they're wet. Maybe you could do something like that for your wife? Oooo, better yet! A rock garden with a water feature!!
I have wanted to make a birdbath or a bird bath with a pump to pump the water out of the birdbath and over the side. I just haven't spent the time to find out how much it would cost to have a big boulder moved to my back yard. It might happen someday.
Michigan Rocks Yes, and then I'll get to live my dream, through your videos, lol. I've always wanted to have a yard with a water feature to display all of the rocks I've collected over the years. I don't have access to all those fantastic 'pebble' beaches like you have, though.....that I'm aware of, anyway! Gonna do some research over the winter months...thank you, Google Earth....to see if I can find some that aren't too far or too difficult to access, like you had suggested!
The waves wash my brain clean. Nice that the brisk weather lets you out between the gales of November remembered. Nice rockin' hat! Some HUGE salmon red potassium feldspar crystals in that granite pegmatite. My heart almost quit beating when you tossed that striped mustard yellow one back, catch and release. I couldn't believe you tossed it! Do you know how to tell if a geologist has walked down the beach ahead of you? The salt is licked off all the rocks. (Not that your water is salty...)
I'm a rock licker too. No need when you pick them out of the lake though. I have no idea what that yellow rock was, but I didn't think I could do much with it. The white part seemed to be softer too because it was worn away more. That's not a good sign that the rock will polish well.
Outstanding as usual! So, you have Petoskey and Pudding stones down there, like we have agates and yooper lites U.P. here! Isn't it glorious to have a whole beach to yourself? God's gift..no question...and when I'd pick agates with waves like this...staggered after. That is Mother Nature's Valium!
That's what makes it fun to visit Lake Superior a couple times a year, different rocks!
Where is the best place for yooper hunting? I would love to take a camping trip and find some.
@@karlsjunior466 Went with some friends decades ago...it took 45 mins to go 14 miles...but you wanna talk awesome? Holy wha man! lol I believe they've fixed that up somewhat...
I love to hear the ocean waves. Rolling into the shore. A beautiful sight. Fantastic finds on the rocks for you. They're going to tumble out beautiful. You have a wonderful weekend.
This is Lake Huron, not the ocean. It may as well be an ocean, because you can't see across it. The big difference is that it's unsalted and shark free.
Love those lake shore walks. There's alot of nice stones there. Can't wait to see how you polish the stones.
There will be polishing and lapidary videos this winter. Stay tuned!
Thanks for sharing this, it inspires me to look harder on my local beaches! Thank you again
Even if you don't find anything, you can't go wrong with a walk on the beach!
You threw away the rock you used for your opening? :-)
Great video and also a bit longer, and I loved it!
Two questions: does anyome know what's the best route/aiport to get to Lake Superior from EU?
Second, do you have an online shop where stones can be bought?
I don't know anything about air travel. Also, this is Lake Huron, not Lake Superior. Lake Superior is about four or five hours from this beach.
I don't sell any rocks online.
To fly to Lake Superior, you can go to Chippewa International Airport in Kinross/Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. That's on the eastern end of Lake Superior. Connections through Detroit Michigan. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_County_International_Airport
Thank you Michigan Rocks... cool videos of rocks and Lake Huron... Love our Great Lakes and Great Rocks! I live on Lake Superior beaches, if you want to find agates, let me know! Tons of unikite and epidote, amethyst, corals, and lots of tourists asking where are the Petosky stones...🤣
You don’t know how much I needed a video like this today. Love the waves gentle or crashing the sound is amazing.
Always a great day Up North.
Glad I could help!
i just love all of the cool rocks myself.
Thank you for moving the butterfly 🦋 Brother. God bless you!
Beautiful! Some rugged water for sure- all of the rocks looked great to me- we dont have flashy colours in my neck of the woods. So, they all look amazing. Thank you for taking us along!!!
Some beaches here are mostly gray limestone. This one has some pretty good stuff.
It's great to see how many people appreciate and love rock's! We are very special to find beauty in rock's.
Thank u for ur video. It was such a beautiful walk with amazing rocks. Thank again 😎😁🤗💙👍
You're welcome, but I think I got the best part of the deal.
Thank you for the beautiful walk! Amazing how I can be so busy and stressed and watching one of your videos is like a soothing balm. :-)
if you will do guided tours, I want to be your first customer 😆👍
Mo too!!
You can't both be my first customers!
@@MichiganRocks says who!! sure we can!
Can't believe you didn't gather up that gowganda tillite. That was a beautiful rock. Would have been a good video to see you polish that like you did that large puddingstone! Can't wait to see the tumbling video on the puddingstones. :)
I picked that up and put it down several times. It was a tough decision.
Location?
Northeastern lower peninsula, on Lake Huron.
AT 6:29 WHEN YOU'RE PICKING UP ANOTHER ROCK THERE WAS A BLUISH/GREENISH ROCK TO YOUR RIGHT I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU KNEW WHAT KIND THAT ROCK WAS. THAT BIG BLUE ROCK SO PRETTY.
I saw it too! beautiful..
Me too...go back there and gittit.
I'm not sure what those rocks are called, but they're just plain with no pattern on them. I don't think it would be very interesting polished or slabbed. I agree that the color is cool though.
Michigan Rocks 👍
You put a few back I would have kept. Lol Looking forward to seeing this new tumble technique you spoke of.
Give me a couple weeks and I'll have a video for you. Right now the tumbler is busy with other things.
nice collection I'm jealous ! looking forward to your next video !! I love learning !! GO BLUE !
We have snow now, so the rock collecting videos are about over for the season. I think I have two more outside videos recorded. Then it's inside videos for a few months.
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Dude!Do you keep any of it??? You are drivin' me bananas! We have a supply of rocks that aren't particularly valuable,but they just look cool.They live around the perimeter of pots and ponds and things.Kind of like a memory of a good time. It makes me feel great when little kids want them!
I kept a few! I'm selective.
Show 👏👍 Incrível muito bom valeu abraço até breve 👍.
Cool rocks on this adventure for sure! So sweet of you to rescue and move the butterfly 🦋❤ Thanks for the great video!✌😎
My daughter used to raise butterflies and watches my videos, so that was for her (and the butterfly too).
I’m doing my kitchen counter top,,cut and polished would look nice
Ооооочень красивые камни!!!
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I love that you helped out a butterfly
This is one of the better stone hunting beachs you've taken us down. How about sharing the location so I can stop by and collect the great stones you discarded. Where I live the stones are slate and shale. Nothing but grey everywhere.
Query. Have you ever found any Chain Coral?
This beach is not near any public beaches. I was invited to use someone's private property for access.
I find a couple pieces of chain coral a summer. Here's a video of treating it in acid that you might like: ruclips.net/video/hjk3_KMLYXs/видео.html
Have you ever used a black light (UV) to find the rocks that glow under that light??
No, but a lot of people keep asking that, so I guess I'll do a Yooperlite hunt next summer.
I need a rock hunting vacation up there. Thanks for sharing your videos. They're fun, relaxing and a great learning experience.
You should try actually being there. The videos can't be as good.
@@MichiganRocks I can only imagine. I wish I had been more into rocks when I lived in WI.
I understand what you mean about the gowganda...every time I take a "great" one home I'm reminded that I already have too many and they're all top tier specimens. But that sucker was insane!
Loved every second of this! Thank you MR!
You're welcome!
Love hearing the waves but brrr. Wish I was walking behind you ...so I can add a few to my collection that you were tossing. Loved this. Thanks.
It was a little chilly but not bad at all. I've been out when there's still ice on the beach. That's cold.
Amazing to this native Californian that’s all FRESH water !!!!
Yep, we have a lot of fresh water here. You can't see to the other side of the lake either, so it looks like the ocean. It's funny that a lot of people (probably not from the U.S. refer to the "sea" in my videos.
Nice pudding stones. Good finds today. 👍
And I do love your videos just discovered them but I try to watch them every day they’re very beautiful awesome work
Thanks, I appreciate your appreciation!
That was a great day out. Picked up some nice looking rocks. Looking forward to seeing them tumbled. Would like to see a video of where you get your materials for tumbling. What you use and why. Your stones turn out great,and I would like to use the same product. Thanks again for taking us along. Davin
I have several tumbling videos and I plan to make a lot more this winter.
What kind of gloves do you have there?? Amazing finds by the way lol which lake were you at?
Neoprene. They're waterproof for the first season or so, then they tend to leak, but they work like a wetsuit and still keep your hands sort of warm.
@@MichiganRocks I'll have to look into that! Thanks
Thanks for getting me the info . I've laid tons of stone and coral in my masonry career . Split 100s of tons and loved it . Your videos are informative . Thanks for that to . Love to know the name of the rocks I'm picking . Question , are pudding stones quortzite ( bad spelling 😚 ) ? Sure look into family. I'll be getting back to you. Maybe send a pic of what I'm doing . That's if I can figure out how to work these darn phones .
The matrix in a pudding stone is quartzite. The red rocks are jasper. There are other various pebbles in there too.
So are the great lakes in Michigan sea water or fresh n why does it have waves?
The Great Lakes are fresh water. Waves are caused by wind.
Ilove the rocks u hunt cant wait till i get to go rockhunting there.
So Sweet Of you to take time and Save the Butterfly 💖Thanks, it says a lot about who you are!
Macaw02 my daughter used to raise monarchs when she was younger. She watches my videos. That was for her.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FREEZING! 🌨🌬❄
It wasn't that cold. It was windy, but not too cold.
I liked the video, but I gave you the like because of the BUTTERFLY!
I live in Arizona and am just getting into rock hounding and tumbling. I know that AZ is one of the best states for some rocks, but man oh man would I love to visit Michigan and go to one of those beaches.
I'm not complaining about where I live, but I'd also love to visit your state for some good rocks. Oregon seems like a good rock state too.
Ele joga descarta as pedras como se fosse nada 😁
Existe uma maneira melhor de deixá-los para trás?
Could you show the tumbled results, i.e..the small pudding stone you picked up?
I will eventually. Right now my tumbler is tied up with another project. The little puddingstones are next in line.
Next time mark a waypoint with your phone , place it in the woods and come back on a calm day with the kayak. Been there done that when I find large puddings. Looking forward to seeing how to tumble puddings in two days.
Actually, it's three days. I thought it was two, but I was wrong. I'll try to make that video soon.
Quantos jasles lindos. Grom Brasil. 💜
My husband and I just love your videos! They are done so well and we always feel as though we're right there with you. Rocks are natures jewels, for sure. After watching many of your videos, you've inspired us to buy a rock tumbler, grit and a few pounds of rough small rocks to tumble. At age 68, I've wanted to buy a tumbler for years so you pushed us over the edge with your educational gems! Thank you so much. You have to be so proud your videos have had so many hits. Not only are you a teacher, who by trade has a great impact on young lives, but you've impacted so many online and continue to do so. Please know you are appreciated and we look forward to more videos. One more thing, I noted a couple comments in other videos about Yooperlites. I've just discovered them online recently and had to buy a couple small ones off eBay. They are a hoot! But are totally unrecognizable unless you flash a UV light on them. Many of the rocks you pass look as though they could be Yooperlites. Maybe take a UV light with you next time you're out toward sundown. Best wishes to you!
Wow, thanks for the nice comments. I consider myself very much an amateur at this. I’m glad you’re so happy with what I’m doing, but I want to keep improving. I plan to do a yooperlite video next summer. Good luck with your tumbler! Remember that it takes a lot of patience to produce good rocks.
😍so many beauties. Love these walks. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Pudding, pudding, pudding...get's me yearning for bread pudding.
Why the gloves? You should inform us. I live in Florida so I can't relate. Lol
Stick your hand in a tub of ice water and then you will know why he is wearing gloves. Wish I was in Florida could use some warm sunshine. 😎
Yep, the water is pretty cold. Those are neoprene gloves that are supposed to be waterproof, but they usually leak after a season or two. They act like a wetsuit at that point and keep your hands somewhat warm even if they're wet.
Another nice walk! It's fun seeing what I can see on your video. Of course, if isn't a Petoskey stone or a pudding stone, I have a tough time identifying it. But watching your videos is helping me find my geological side. lol Go Blue!
I'm not great at identification either. I know a few more than Petoskeys and puddingstones, but not many.
Good grief! I definitely would have paid for this great green pudding stone that you left behind.
15:20 thanks for saving the butterfly.......gorgeous little guy : ) Just realizing I HAVE to be a rock hoarder cause I was yelling for you to take ALL of the ones you saw home.......LOL! Great finds!!!
Do you know how long my arms would be if I hauled all the rocks home?
@@MichiganRocks LOL!
Maybe it's my ignorance, but I thought those big rocks you picked up were awesome.
I don't think ignorance has anything to do with it. If you like them, you like them. You can like any rocks you choose to. I just have to be careful that I don't have piles of rocks at my house that I'll never do anything with.
Have you ever gone after dark to look for Yooperlites?
No, but I will next summer. This video was on Lake Huron, but I go to Lake Superior a couple times a summer. I don't know if there are rocks that glow here or not. I'll definitely check it out sometime.
I need to come to Michigan and follow you and collect your cast offs. I would love to have one of the petosky stones, the jasper, the platopora and the yellow banded one and you threw them all back.
Mama's gone detecting I can’t polish them all, so I just take my favorites.
@@MichiganRocks I know. It is just funny how perspective makes us see things.
Came for the waves stayed for the blues arrows 🤪♥️
Never take all rocks for granite.
The sounds of the waves are so soothing. I am surprised to see what looks like a monarch butterfly??? I have only seen them in person in southern California.
We have lots of monarchs here.
I saw lots of stones that I would have picked up. And at least one marble. 😊
You saw a marble, like a kid's toy? Or the rock marble? We don't have any marble locally.
Wow top👍🙏
Thanks for your walk on the beach! Doug Minn.
Thanks for coming along!
Nice finds bud 👍got my subscription🍻
Temulent 406 thanks!
I live in northern Michigan and I love watching your videos! I find amazing rocks down on the beaches of Lake Michigan but nothing compared to the agates and other stones you find.
Austin Wilson I have done very little Lake Michigan rockhounding. I figured the rocks would be about the same as what we have here in Lake Huron. I have never found an agate in Lake Huron, only in Superior.
And on another note. I'd like to see your camera set up. Looks like your using a gible ? And what camera ? You can PM me the info.
I'm using a GoPro Hero 7 Black with the GoPro handle. I have a Saramonic SR-XM1 3.5mm TRS Omnidirectional Microphone that I lost on the beach that day. I'm not sure how it fell out, but I bought a new one already. I also have one of those fuzzy things on the mic to cut the wind. I couldn't believe how well it worked that day. It was pretty windy. The camera isn't water proof when using the mic because I have to take the door off the side to use it. I also have a ULANZI V2 Multifunctional Vlogging Case to hold the microphone adapter. That darn adapter costs more than all the other stuff combined.
I don't have a gimbal, but I'm seriously thinking about getting one. I spend a ton of time in Final Cut Pro straightening videos. When I film so much over water, it really shows if I'm holding the camera crooked. I'm almost always holding it crooked too.
Thanks for the info. Nice job on the editing.
Bummer on the Mic😕
It would be cool if you showed them after you tumbled them at the end of the video.
I am going to start showing more tumbled rock videos. Many of my rocks take months to tumble because I'm a perfectionist about tumbling, so it's not practical to put that at the end of my videos. Just last night I posted a video about some rocks I picked up in Harrisville a couple months ago and just finished tumbling. So there's one where you can see the collection and the tumbling, but in two separate videos.
You could really use a polarizing filter for your GoPro. It would really help your viewers to see that Canadian Shield rubble on the beach.
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that. Is there one in particular that you recommend?
@@MichiganRocks www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F113L5S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AIISXKO1TNWC4&psc=1 I hope the link doesn't get deleted by YT, but this filter will knock that glare from the water way down. There's some great rockhounding in Michigan and Lake Superior used to be a favorite. I live in Wyoming now, but I still rockhound... and prospect for gold.
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I really like collecting any kind of gemstone
"A lot of you said you like the gentle lapping of the waves ... I don't think you're going to get that today." LOL I'm glad I wasn't taking a sip of my hot tea when you said that.
Good finds ... I kind of liked the ones you left behind. The concave shell looking one especially. Guess you wouldn't get anything doing an acid bath on that one? I'm still learning.
Thank you for the walk.
I'm not sure which rock you mean. The only ones I've tried in acid are the chain corals. I should try some other corals next summer.
I just found your channel. I love it!! One of my favorite things to do, is walk along the shore of the UP and look at rocks. ❤️
I hope I can get up there soon.
Michigan Rocks me too!! ❤️I could really use a nice long walk on the beach. I haven't been up there in Two years.
I would also like to go to the West side of MI. I like the greenstone.
I never collect gowganda tillites but that one would have had me tempted. I'll be waiting with bated breath for the puddingstone tumbling video!
I should be doing that video fairly soon. A friend of mine tumbled some in three days. I tried it and it worked for me too. The rocks turn out pretty close to exactly the same shape, but very shiny. Here's a video of how the rocks come out the way I usually do them that takes much longer: studio.ruclips.net/user/videoLqkzUt7SRn8/edit
15:34 I LOVE BUTTERFLIES!!🦋 Thank you for saving her!!!! 🙏🏼🧡
How do you know it's a "her"? That's a serious question. Were you just calling it a her, or do you know the difference?
I associate butterflies with my sister who passed away because her name means Butterfly 🦋 so when I see a butterfly I think of her and refer to the butterfly as a her lol also it’s a female butterfly because she doesn’t have a black spot of her lower wings which are only found on males 🙂 lol
Alyssa Torres ok, two good reasons to refer to it as a girl. Thanks for the education!
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I'm so sorry about your sister. Very sweet to associate beautiful butterflies with her 💞🦋🌹
You got me thinking about all the beautiful butterflies of the Midwest.
I especially remember the swallowtail's. In lovely southern California 👎 you hardly see any butterflies anymore. It's good to stop and appreciate nature's beauties!
What rocks are you mainly looking for?
Most of what I find are Petoskey stones and puddingstones. I'll pick up anything that's pretty through.
Which Great lake are you on? Michigan? I ❤️ rocks too.
Lake Huron.
9:38 That's the one I would keep!! Nooo, did you reject it?
I did leave it behind. The white areas were worn more than the yellow if I remember correctly. I wasn't convinced that the yellow went all the way through either. Many times the rocks have a weathering rind on the outside and looks different on the inside.
That being said, I regret leaving this one behind. It's a very unique color for this area. Also, my wife just bought a metal daisy shaped wall hanging for our house. I like the metal part well enough, but the centers of the flowers are gaudy plastic diamonds about an inch in diameter. My goal is to find a yellow rock to slab and make into round cabs to replace the plastic diamonds. This would have been perfect if the color actually went all the way through the rock.
@@MichiganRocks hard to see on the video.
The stones shop is open.
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MONARCH 🦋 GOT THROWN OFF
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Love your videos and I love rock hounding. Question: do u ever find arrow heads in Michigan?
I have never found any, but my older sisters used to find them at Hubbard Lake where I grew up. My teenage neighbor wants to go looking for them in the spring. If we find any, there will be a video.
You should bring your surfboard from the looks of those waves!
Not quite with those waves. I hear they surf on Lake Superior. My son goes to college at Northern Michigan University. He showed me pictures of guys with their beards completely iced over surfing this time of year. He is home for deer season. We were cold sitting out in the woods, but he said that there was a surfing event of some sort in Marquette. They have 6 or 8 inches of snow on the ground.
WHAT'S THE BIGGEST PETOSKEY STONE YOU EVER FOUND?
Well over 100 lbs. Did you see the Rockport Quarry video with Paleo Joe? There are some huge ones in there. There's one that's about 2.5 feet across at the Besser Museum here in Alpena.
This is low key chill
It was low key chill. Today it would have been very chilly.
Ya ví que no estoy loquito. Al contrario w descubierto la belleza de las piedras. Y esas del mar ya tienen el trabajo de media pulida buen día
I swam in Lake Huron years ago, and I’m still shivering! Nice video.
If you think Lake Huron is cold, take a dip in Lake Superior sometime. I've been in Lake Huron when the water is comfortable, but never in Lake Superior where it wasn't freezing.
Beautiful banded chert. Nice find!
Did you see the video of the one I tumbled last week? That one was even better.
@@MichiganRocks I'll have to look it up.
What a wonderful place to be able to explore.
Yep, I'm lucky to live in Michigan.
That sweet little butterfly 🦋🦋 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 rescue was touching.
Just starting out with some ideas. Would like to know how to tumble quicker .
Tumbling takes patience and a whole lot of time to do it right. I almost always start my rocks out in a rotary tumbler. After the first stage, you can really speed things up with a vibratory tumbler. The rocks usually turn out better too.
I admire your restraint and discrimination when picking. My problem is always taking too many. Oooh Loook! There's another pretty one! Enjoying your videos. Looking forward to more.
I used to do that too. Then I realized that I didn’t want to accumulate rocks faster than I could do something with them.
They will polish up nice if you stabilise the softer layers, I have done it on many but not for tumbling,
Thin superglue is all it needs , I use a little plastic tub lined with cling film so I can lift out any unused and squeeze it back into the bottle, polishes up lovely.
I bet you know that already.
I've heard of doing that for cabbing, but I have never tried it. It sounds like a hassle, so I'd rather just tumble rocks that tumble well naturally. Thanks for the tip though!
I collect waves...but they disappear the minute I take them home.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: I admire how you only harvest rocks you're going to have a purposefor...leaving stones for those who forage after you. You and I have that in common. When I rockhunt...I meditate at the site first...give prayers thanking God for the day, my life, and my safety. Then I meditate on the wondrous magnificence of our Earth and thank her for the gifts I will receive that day and renew my vow to be a good Earth citizen and have as little impact on the site as possible. I try to make reparations where possible as in picking up trash and filling in holes where appropriate. I hunt thoughtfully. When I'm done...I repeat my meditations and prayers...thanking God for the day, my safety, and my life. Then pay respect to the Earth for allowing me to walk amongst beauty and for gifts received. This may all sound silly...but added depth to my experience. It was like a balm to my soul and eased the bruises inflicted by a toxic society . It healed my body as I exercised and breathed fresh air. I enjoy reminiscing about it now. Thank you for a opportunity to share about my rockhounding style. I highly recommend simple respect and gratitude to deepen your rock hunting experience.
I do a lot of the same things. I try to pick up some trash to sort of pay for what I'm taking. I often thank God for the beautiful beach or the beautiful day, but I don't do it at particular time, just as I'm amazed by creation during the day.