My Last Rock Hunt of the Decade
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Come along on a Lake Huron beach rock hunt. You'll see lots of Petoskey stones and puddingstones as well as other rocks and fossils.
The two main rocks I collect in this video are Petoskey stones and puddingstones. Both rocks are found mainly in Michigan, although a few may be found in some of the surrounding states.
The Petoskey stone (Hexagonaria percarinata) is an approximately 360 million old fossilized coral. It is the state stone of Michigan. Petoskey stones are calcite which is very soft, approximately 3 on the Mohs scale. Since they are so soft, they can be polished by hand. See this video for polishing instructions: • How to Hand Polish a P...
Puddingstones are a conglomerate stones comprised of red jasper and chert in a quartzite matrix. They are found in larger numbers on Drummond Island and St. Joseph Island in Canada but also across much of the lower peninsula of Michigan. They were called puddingstones by British settlers who thought they looked like a boiled suet pudding with berries. Puddingstone playlist: • Best of the Puddingsto...
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I am a watercolor artist who specializes in painting very detailed rocks. Your video makes me want to travel to Lake Huron and just stay there for a week and take pictures and paint these beautiful rocks and stones. Your video is very meditative to me too. Thank you!
茶姐 Tea would you like me to take some rock pictures and send them to you?
Michigan, oh that would be so awesome! Thank you! You can check out my work from FB Search for Teresa Hsu Watercolors. I don’t want to post my email address here. How may I get in touch with you?
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I've been a rockhound my whole life and always loved doing what you are doing here. Since I am no longer physically able I want to thank you for taking me along...makes me feel like I am right there looking at the beautiful stones and darting the waves too!
I'm sorry you can't get out anymore. I'm glad to be able to let you come along with me through video. Thanks for the comment.
Here here to that! I can even imagine my cheeks stinging from the wind.
I didn't start rock hounding until after I had a heart attack. I couldn't walk in our city because people are to ignorant and stressful. Once I past the stress test and was allowed to drive again I started going to beaches at dawn for sunrises and quiet walks.
Then I saw the rocks and started picking them up and bringing them home. My wife was so concerned that my office would fall through to the basement. I go out all year long even when it's -20C... if I can stay out of the wind.
@@cherylberry1613 it wasn’t really very cold. It was thirty degrees and I dressed for colder.
@@BackYardGardeningTip I store my rocks in the basement for ballast. My house will never tip over!
9:33 what a painting.☺️ Thank you for this video.
Comes from a previous video to see the mudstone at 4:23. Stays to watch the video already seen all over again!😄
That's ok, I don't mind.
This what DVD are for...educational and bloody interesting....Excellent, let's have lots more
Glad you liked it. There may not be lots more this year, but there will be at least one more because I went to the beach today.
Rock picking can be so distracting. I try not to get distracted on my walks. But I am a photographer too so I am always looking for photos. The combination of the two and I get distracted.
Here on the Bay of Fundy with the highest tides in the world it's easy to get blocked by tides leaving your stranded for hours.
The crinoid is a cross section of a straight shelled cephalopod shell showing the inner siphuncle.
Ok, it's time to admit that I don't know that much about fossils. I don't know what you just said. I looked up cephalopod, which I had heard of, but wasn't sure what it was. Now I know that's the octopus/squid class. I don't know what a siphuncle is. I thought what I was seeing was a crinoid calyx with the stem in the middle. So how do you know it's a cephalopod? I need an education here. Whatever it is, I've never found one like it before.
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Great rockhounding video! What town is this area? Looks great for fishing too.
Northeastern lower peninsula.
My mom would hate this video. Tried to get rid of some of the less visible petoskeys as well as some other random rocks in my collection to make room for more and she insisted on sorting through all of them to save all the petoskey stones lol
I used to be like that. I've learned to be more selective. I can only polish so many.
Trying to find a great tumbler but all the comments on Amazon are confusing. What’s the most reliable tumbler ?
I sure wouldn't go by Amazon comments. I really like Lortone Tumblers. I have a 33B and a QT66, which is the same as a QT12, two six pound barrels or one twelve pound barrel. The QT66/QT12 will process more rocks and do them a little bit quicker if you want to spend the extra money. I finish all of my rocks in a Lot-O vibratory tumbler, which uses less grit and takes a week for the last three stages instead of a month or so. I'd suggest buying from The Rock Shed since they have the best prices I've seen. therockshed.com
Michigan Rocks Thanks so much . I really appreciate your help and your videos have inspired me to get back into tumblers !
@@donknowles6205 Great! I think you'll enjoy it.
You could show us the fossils or name the rocks
I am not a geologist and can't name every rock. I do what I can when I know the names. I made this video a long time ago and I don't remember everything I said, but here are a couple other videos that you might like.
This was one that I did for my daughter's class where I showed some local fossils: ruclips.net/video/pV6sAr4H0-Y/видео.html
This is a more recent video where I had a couple of geologist with me who talked a lot about the geology of rocks that we picked up: ruclips.net/video/F_t4LC13utM/видео.html
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Ah loved this so much! Mesmerizing. The sounds, the colours, the waves....all the beautiful stones. Thanks for taking us along :) Happy new year to you!! Cheers :)
If you liked the video, you should try being there. It's even better.
Yeah I love walking our stony beaches here in New Brunswick Canada picking up rocks and pick rocks all year long. I will go out at -20C if I can stay out of the wind. I'm like a 66 year old kid.
@@BackYardGardeningTip love hearing this! I do the same along Lake Ontario. I was just out today for a bit....definitely one of my happy places :)
@@MichiganRocks I bet it is! Where along Lake Huron was this filmed? I understand if you want to keep the location private. No worries :) I am dreaming of taking a road trip to Michigan at some point to rock hound. "_
@@SouthernOntarioSasquatch Yeah I am in a whole different state of mind out there.
The stones you passed up seemed pretty amazing to me.
The sand stone was very cool. The petoskey stone at 1:47 was in an interesting pattern. It had design quality.
I wish I were with you getting even your rejects.😏
It seems you come across so many fantastic small rocks that aren't right for polishing, but if I were there I'd have a bag to take them home and use them in a flowerbed.
Any little kids in the family would love to be allowed to pick some out when they came to visit. (So would I if I were ever to become a visitor. I really love rocks yet and I'm in my 60s.)
Thank you for your fun videos. The rocks are so intriguing and the beach, waves and views are very relaxing and awe inspiring.
The back of that rock was great, but the front wasn't great. I agree it was a good rock but I find so many that I'm able to be pretty selective. I don't want to hoard them, just take home a few that I can do something with. Petoskey Stones don't look like much when they're dry. The pattern pretty much disappears unless they have been polished.
The sounds of the lake, water and rolling stones. You had a haul this time.
I had to throw a blanket on because i knew that water was cold. Thanks for sharing
You're leaving the large puddingstone for someone else??? Instead, I'll send you $30 to box it up and send to ME! Come on man, I want a puddingstone bad!
Sorry about that. The waves have probably claimed it by now.
HaHa. I see him picking rocks I'd love to have but I do the same thing. If I already have too many of that kind I will toss it further up the bank for someone else to claim. I through them up the bank because I live where we have really high tides so I toss them up where the tide won't reclaim them.
@@BackYardGardeningTip Well you're a good man then! I'm in Florida so the likelihood of me finding that puddingstone MR tossed back are one in a trillion...so yes, I guess you could say I have a chance of finding it...LOL.
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Like how the waves were rushing up and over the rocks. So beautiful ! Many awesome rocks found, glad you were able to get out again and give us another video this winter :)
This might be the last one (but that's what I thought last time).
The beard suits you 👌🏼 I could fall asleep to the sound of the waves! Another great video! 👍🏼
My wife would disagree about the beard. She keeps calling me Uncle Jesse.
Have mercy
@@MichiganRocks HaHa
I become addictive to your videos. So beautiful, the rocks and the the Great Lake..... what a wonderful place!
I'm really grateful to live here.
Such interesting rocks, I think I have found a couple of similar ones here in New Zealand. I won't try spell it but I wouldn't know it without watching this Chanel. My son thought he found a pudding stone, it's a piece of pavement but it has little pieces of agate through it. So much fun and lovely listening to the ocean on the rocks, thank you. #thefinders 😁👍🏼
I'd love to visit New Zealand some day. You have a beautiful country.
Do you realize that I'm not on an ocean beach? This is Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It's a very large freshwater lake.
Yes I did sorry I got mixed up calling it a beach. I'm about to go to the east coast here and the sounds are the same, your videos always makes me think of there. When I first started watching your Chanel I wondered if it was a lake or not. I did question it again when you were at the frozen bay then mentioned going to the open water. Don't mind me lol
What a way to start the New Year! I think that's the most stones I've seen you keep from one walk. Fantastic finds.
Thanks for pointing out the sound of the rolling rocks when the waves come in and out .... that was special.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
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That quartz did look like an ice ball out there. " I filled my water with boot." Had me rolling. More awesome finds. Was fun to watch. Great video
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This gives me another reason to visit MI. Have family in the Sault, and Oakland County. I'd spend hours on my belly as a little girl in the summer playing with rocks when everyone else were swimming! Thank you for sharing.
I spent my childhood with a sunburn on my back because I was always looking for crayfish under the rocks in the lake. I grew up on an inland lake, so I spent most of my summer in the water.
@@MichiganRocks I lived a block from Middle Straits Lake. I'd visit my grandparents in the Sault, then we'd take a trip to Tahquamenon Falls. Great times! Yes, those sunburns hurt, but well worth it!
My knees are shot. Where did you get that great stone picker upper?
Funny, what petoskys you dump I'd jump at, since there are none here, even in our 350-400 mya pennsylvania later up north. Beautiful.
I made it. I cut the handle off a slotted spoon and glued it into the end of a piece of PVC pipe. Kingsley North sells one that looks nice, but I've been too cheap to buy one. It comes in a couple different sizes and models. kingsleynorth.com/treasure-scoop-42-inch.html
Love the amount of jasper in that first pudding stone, almost looked like they were placed. Love petoskey stone's always. Like your petoskey retriever but I think I've said that before.
Do you find much "sea" lake glass?
I find very little beach glass. I don't really care about finding it, but I pick it up for my sister. No beach glass on this trip.
I know this sounds bizarrely simple...but I love the "tink-a-link-a-link" sound of your little claw tool snatching up one of the rocks.
One of the most common comments I get is about the sound of the wave. People love that sound. In my "Rocks in a Box" videos, a few people have said they like the sound of the rocks clinking together. You're the first to enjoy the sound of my scooper though.
Awesome video crazy weather ...Thank's
Looks as you had a lot of fun and found lots of keepers!
It's always fun to get out on the beach, even if there aren't any keepers.
Really enjoyed today’s walk on the beach finding beautiful petoskey and pudding stones!! I saw a yellow stone and some green stones I would have picked up. Didn’t know the east side of our state had these types of stones. A new adventure for this summer!! Love, love, rocks!!
Lake Michigan gets all the credit for Petoskey stones, but we have plenty here in Lake Huron. There are lots of other rocks to look at, but the green ones usually don't get looked at by me. Up in Lake Superior, there is unakite and epidote that are much nicer shades of green in my opinion. They polish up well too.
Love your show! Thank you for sharing your expertise! Blessed New Year to you!
Thanks!
If you visit the city of Petoskey, good luck finding any stones named after that city. You've found a treasure trove of those crazy fossils. I know people who have looked for hours trying to find one Petoskey. If they find a crappy holy one they get excited. The beach you're on would send them into a frizzy.
You had a great scenic hunt, but I could feel an inconvenient chill watch your adventure. Someday I would like to see you find a large nugget of GOLD. You deserve it for entertaining so many people.
Have a great and surprisingly wonderful new year.
I have hunted behind the D&W Fresh Market a couple of times in the very early spring. I've found several nice ones there. But the beach I hunt on is way better. After driving to the west side of the state a couple of times to hunt Petoskeys, I decided to stay on Lake Huron.
It wasn't that cold out that day. I stayed pretty warm, even when the waves went over my boots a few times.
I have found flour gold in the gold sands on the shores of Lake Superior. I have thought about making a video of using a Miller table to look for specks of gold, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't pick them up on camera.
I used to find them on my little piece of property east of Manistee out in the woods. Usually in the spring after the winter freeze . The ground frost would bring them up and if it's wet or after a rain was a bonus because you can see the pattern better.
@@FjHenderson yep, it’s hard to see them dry. That’s why I hunt the water.
So jealous of your rock hunting this time of the year. Once again another nice video. We just had a discussion about puddingstones, are they only found around Michigan? I have a few but definitely would have hauled all that you found home with me. The quartz you found was very pretty too. Thank you for interesting video.
There are various rocks in different parts of the world called puddingstones. The ones I find are sometimes called "Michigan puddingstones", but they're actually from Canada. Glaciers brought them here and I hear they can be found in nearby states. I met someone this summer who finds them in Indiana.
Do you ever find Leelaneau blue stones, I have never found any of these but have bought a few pieces of jewelry at craft shows up north. This...lol past summer I bought a necklace with a stone called pioneer blue. Are you familiar with either of these?
@@pattytryc417 I've never heard of Pioneer Blue, but I have heard of Leeland Blue. I wouldn't find that here in Lake Huron because Leeland is across the state on Lake Michigan. I find some slag in the Rockport quarry, but it's very ugly stuff.
I am new to your channel and I just have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your videos. I look forward to seeing more.🙂
Thanks! There will be a new one every Friday evening.
@@MichiganRocks Awesome! Thank You!
I love going but hate hauling my bucket back to the car lol I try to be selective but always end up with too many
The trick is to walk away from the car without looking for rocks and fill the bucket on the way back. I never have figured out how to accomplish that first part though.
My gosh, those waves just never stop! Those rocks beautiful... do you polish them or leave them as is? Thank you for the video!
I polish them. If you look around my channel a bit, you'll find videos of polished Petoskey and Puddingstones, and how to do it yourself if you want to. Petoskey Stones look way better polished. If you've never seen one, please look at my video.
Blue sky, ahhh itchin to hit the beach🙂
Amazing rock hunt!!! You make me jealous!!! Happy New Year!!!
Haha! “Filled my water with boot” 😁
Man some of those pudding stones look good enough to eat 😉
Happy new year mate. Thanks for sharing all the rock goodness!!!
It's hard to talk when your face is cold and you just filled your water with boot.
Michigan Rocks
Oh man I mix my words up even when I’m warm and dry 🤣 I love that you put it in there 👍
@@Rookie_Rockounding me too, that was just a convenient excuse.
Michigan Rocks hahaha! 👌
Howdy Rookie. It was funny. I read all the comments down to your comment. When I read your comment I heard your voice in my head because I watch your videos. HaHa
Beautiful location. No sign of plastic on the beach, which makes a change.
I did pick up a piece of plastic and a few other pieces of trash, but the beach is pretty clean.
Im loven all these beautiful rocks
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Should’ve been wearing your waders but they might have been to warm. But the cold wet feet 🦶 just about kill me when I am out. Snowing here in central Mn. Ice storm in our area over New Years so many of my family played low key.
I got my feet wet, but I was never cold. There wasn't much point in waders with the big waves. Boots are easier to move around in.
What are the green stones? Thank you
I'm not sure which rocks you're talking about. I don't usually find a lot of green rocks in this area. Can you give me a time in the video when you saw one?
@@MichiganRocks Thanks for reply. 0:36 and 16:59. Maybe they're just boring slate. Lol. Btw, Happy New Year.
@@audschaeffer3135 I’m not sure what those are. They’re not very green. In Liske Superior, there is epidote, which is very green and polishes well. I find some here, but it’s pretty uncommon.
Where are you on lake Huron, I am from Ohio and would love to come up and rock hunt next summer
Northeastern lower Peninsula.
@onthegas7 Rockport State Park has a lot of fossils. There is a beach, a quarry, and sinkholes behind the quarry. I’m sure there are other public beaches with good rocks, I’m just not sure which ones.
Very cool. Best video ever. Did you switch cameras, or lenses?
Like the sun? You gotta love our closest star; its what made it warm enough for you to go rock hunting.
No snow or ice here in West Texas, he, he!
Amazing to know that I live in a desert that used to be under the biggest ocean.
Also weird that I live in a cold climate that used to be a tropical sea. Isn't geology cool?
I didn't switch cameras. I used a GoPro 7 Black for this video and most of my others. I like it.
@@MichiganRocks Alright, thanks for the info. I went with mirrorless Sony, being a newbie.
@@thesteveprichard I'm a newbie too. I'm sure your Sony is better. I just wanted something durable and waterproof.
@@MichiganRocks You are a prodigy, when it comes to camera work. No doubt.
At 11:52 you explained the grey rock with the circle on it in scientific terms. Could you please share what it is in layman's terms? It is quite interesting.
I'm pretty sure that was a crinoid calyx. A crinoid is a fossil marine animal. There are a lot of crinoid stem pieces in this area, but I rarely find the head or calyx. I have never found one on this beach. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid
I would guess a small fossil. There's tons of them here in western Texas, called the Permian Basin.
does glass tumble smooth on lake huron ?
I don't find much beach glass, but I think it looks pretty much like any other beach glass. The sharp edges get rounded off, and it all gets frosted.
@@MichiganRocks thank you; i love rocks and plan to travel to Alberta to find some fossils this summer
"Filled my Water with Boot". Ahhh...The frosty diction of we "Up-Nort".
......But often, I don't know what I'm talking Aboot.
Harder to talk when your face is frozen.
Happy New Year! A great way to end a decade ..doing something you love. Thanks for taking me along. If I can master the tech one day I'll take you for a stroll in the fossiliferous fields of the Wiltshire Somerset borders.
Good luck for the roaring 20's
Dave Chittenden sounds fun!
Wow! I love all kinds of gems and stones- my dream is to have lots of Alexandrite gems someday because I love the way they change colors! Those Petoskey stones are pretty!
I had to look up Alexandrite. Looks a little expensive to me, but it sure is pretty.
Sound of the waves... putting me to sleep. Beautiful..thank you
Another great video...the beaches remind me of back home in Maine, just trade out the fresh for salt water. I could just sit there & smoke a pipe too
I'll stick to breathing in the fresh air. I always pictured Maine beaches as having much larger rocks.
@@MichiganRocks fresh air is preferable also😁. You wouldn't be wrong with the assumption of rock size on beaches up there. Look up Jasper Beach, Maine & check out the photos (figure you'd like that place)...the beach is loaded with it & I remember going there as a child searching for rocks. Still hv some polished ones from those days.
@@Charlie-lh4xb I'm planning to retire in a year and Maine is on my list of place I want to go. I think it will be fun to take a trip just as school is going back in session (I"m a teacher).
@@MichiganRocks I was just watching the video on making pendants for ur wife, before I head to work...👌. If u do go up there skip the Portland area (very! touristy) & head straight for Bar Harbour. More authentic "downeast" vibe & Schoodic point is a must, even though they don't allow u to take rocks there 🙄 a couple in the pocket is ok. That's all
Larges milky I've ever seen. Could have sliced it into coasters.
Thank you . For taking me on your outing. To find your beautiful rocks. You and family have a wonderful evening.
Thank you!
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Их можно найти и в дорожном гравии.
That was fun just watching you trying to avoid the water. It looks like a bunch of rocks to look at on that beach. Great show !!!!
I'm used to hunting in waders, so I'm not very good at avoiding waves. I'm glad you were amused!
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I love the ocean, I l have been collecting seashells since I was a child. I also love coral and pretty stones. I live in Chicago but have never seen or heard of a Petoski (forgive my spelling)stone before stumbling apron your channel. I want one of those really bad. I love the coral patterns in them 🙂
I wouldn’t be shocked if you could find Petoskey stones in your area. I don’t know if the glaciers carried them that far, but I know the can be found in southern Michigan. They’re common in the northern part of Lake Michigan. Get out to a beach a and look for some!
Here in New Brunswick Canada we are not allowed to remove shells from the beaches. I disagree with it and I do bring home the odd shell. Governments have to much control anyways.
Michigan Rocks Who knows. I’ll keep a close eye out for them, thanks!
Woot, another vid. Great Channel.
Thanks!
OMG .. In Indonesia the stone is called a lotus stone .. If you have made a ring the price can be very expensive .. Especially the black one and the pattern is neat
Which stone is called lotus stone? I picked up a lot of rocks.
The one you name it petasky stone
@@bdprasongko Petoskey Stone is the state stone of Michigan. It's pretty common. Lots of it gets made into jewelry and other things. It sells well, but isn't very expensive because it's so common.
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@@bdprasongko I've seen that Indonesian coral before. It does look a lot like Petoskey Stone. Nice stuff.
Rocks are beautiful wet. Like seeing the fossils.
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Hello . well I'm rock hunting with you and of course I'm looking at everything... Wish I was actually there. Anyways at 15:54 on this video as soon as you lift your hand pause the video. On the left is a blue small stone. I'm going insane... What is that rock.. Lol. I would have grabbed it just cuz.. But if you know I would love to know too. Great videos.
It’s hard to know exactly what rock you’re talking about. There’s a small gowganda tillite there. It has pinkish spots on a gray rock, but it might look blue on your screen.
I definitely am going rock hunting this next summer !
I just don’t understand how you can throw away a Petoskey stone ? I never find them and you “catch and release” every other stone !!! So lucky 🍀
I’m dying to find a pudding stone 😵
By the way, Happy New Year 🎈
When the beach is full of them, it's not hard to pick out the good ones. I'd fill my bucket in no time if I didn't release a few.
Super video - especially for this time of the year. You ever see rocks on your videos that you missed when hunting?
Not really, but I clearly saw the Petoskey stone that I lost in the waves. Made me feel a little silly for not seeing it while I was on the beach.
@@MichiganRocks No specific rock. Just catch myself saying - wish he would have picked that one up. :-)
What are the dark green stones out there? They are gorgeous! Maybe green jasper? Serpentine? Its Beautiful tho, I assume you have some already. I live southwest and we rarely get snow here, the last time was 2016. The southern New Mexico was completely frozen! No one was ready for it and thousands of pipes froze, even the electric company was having a hard time keeping up with the amount of electricity that was being drained! It was terrible! No one was ready for it. We have not had it happened since. Not even a little bit.
Crystal and Robert Dominguez a lot of people comment on the green stones. To me, in person, they don’t look all that green. I’m not sure what they are and I never bring them home. In Lake Superior, there are a lot of green rocks that I like a lot. Most of them are epidote or unakite, which is a rock that contains epidote and feldspar. I find the occasional unakite here but it’s not as common.
Last few times I visited Crawford County, I've been finding reddish orange petoskeys. They've all been microcrystaline and one is about the size of 2 golf balls put together. I also found the blackest petoskey I've ever found there too.
I wonder if they’re iron stained or something.
Thank you for the great video! As I watch it the sound of the waves is lulling me to sleep 🥱
Glad to put you to sleep!
Last summer I took my wife rock hunting north of crystal falls. She fell in love with the beauty in the rocks. We came home with a 5 gal bucket full. Last October for her birthday I bought a reel good rock tumberler. I'm still waiting for her to pick out the rocks she wants done.
I'm not very familiar with that part of the state. If you go back, swing by Kingsley North in Norway. I have never been there, but I'd love to go through their tumbling rough and pick out some good stuff.
Need to make myself a replica of your cool slotted spoon pick up! On all the videos I’ve watched, I keep looking to see if someone asked you how you made it. I’m guessing it’s an old broom handle that you cut a slot into, jammed the bent spoon in and anchored it with a screw??
You have most of that right. The handle is a piece of PVC pipe. I had to remove the plastic part of the handle and grind down the remaining metal part to fit into the pipe. I used silicone or Shoe Goo to fill in around the handle and put a couple bolts through. It wasn’t difficult, it’s a figure it out as you go along project.
I know you don't want to give away your favorite hunting grounds, but I would love to know the area where you hunt. I am from Kansas and newly retired. I love rock hunting. I am going to make a special trip up that way, because I haven't been in the area for a long time and because I want to find new rocks! Please tell me where to go.
I'm sorry, I can't tell you where this particular beach is. This beach is in several of my videos. It's one that is surrounded by private property that I'm lucky to have permission to cross to get to the beach. I don't want to tell the whole Internet where it is and encourage trespassing.
I have a lot of rock hunting videos where I say exactly where the beach is. It's usually right in the title. When I travel for rocks, it's usually to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I really like the beaches up there. Plus, there are about 200 waterfalls and other beautiful scenery. I'd suggest checking out the Keweenaw Peninsula for some really nice scenery. There's good rock picking too.
Do tell how are the rock find around the middle of August...?? We adventure Mich. Then each year and was wondering if they would be picked over?
This beach is all surrounded by private property, so it's pretty good all summer. It's always best after a storm though. The best public beaches I've been to are in Harrisville and at the Sturgeon Point lighthouse. They're not as good as this beach, and the rocks tend to be smaller, but I found several Petoskey stones and puddingstones last weekend. Those beaches would definitely be more picked over in the summer.
That's a BIG LAKE right?
Fresh water?
AMERICA 🇺🇸HAS NO WATER SHORTAGE
LIKE WE HAVE OIL TOO!
Yes, it's Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. About 20% of the world's fresh water is in the Great Lakes. I'm very happy to live near the Great Lakes.
I go out year around and not always by one of the big lakes. My foster father was a geologist. Just found my first petosky stone Friday on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
Do you have many Petoskey Stones on that side of the lake?
Noob question here....
What makes a pudding stone a pudding stone??? And why aren't other conglomerate stones considered to be pudding stones too???
Actually a lot of other conglomerates are called "puddingstones". In Michigan, it's just the ones with the light colored quartzite matrix that are considered puddingstones. There's a rock with a dark matrix called gowganda tillite that is a conglomerate that is not a puddingstone. There are other conglomerates too, but once you've seen a few puddingstones, you'll know the difference.
Oh my god this is my soul and woooow Soooo fun!!!!!👍🏼🔆🔆🔆
I play with a sling down on rock banks like this because of the endless ammo. It's good exorcise and stress relief. I like shooting rocks with a little hole in them because them whistle all the way to the target. They mimic the old roman sling shot found with holes in them and are probably how the Romans first got onto the idea.
Can you skip them with a sling?
I see its Lake Huron I was wondering where you started is there a better part to go?
What spots around Alpena/Roger's City would you recommend for beach hunting?
There's a roadside park about 10 miles south of Rogers City that's not bad. 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, just north of Rogers City is pretty good. Hoeft State park has a lot of really small rocks. The southern part is better. Thomson Harbor State Park is so-so. RockPort is pretty awesome. The quarry has literally tons of fossils, there are sink holes behind the quarry and there are gastropods on the beach to the north. Negwegon is decent to the north.
oops got a bootfull of nice cold water ! ugh ! lots of pretty pretties ..and am I the only one who saw a stone that looked like a foot ? thanks for the last hunt of the decade Teach ! GO BLUE !
I didn't see the foot stone, but I'm sure it was awesome. Go blue!
There is nothing that calls the human soul like the waves of a Great Lake or the ocean
very good
"Filled my water with boot." That was too funny.,😆
Pearly Everlasting filled it right up to the top!
The white quartz❤️
That stuff always catches my eye.
Thanks for taking us on your journey, beautiful rocks, views, and sounds.
I have stage 4 emphazima and ill probably die outside with rocks in my pockets. Lol
I can't think of a much better way to go.
PARABENS!!! PEDRAS LINDAS!
We have a year before the decade ends. The Millenium did not start until 2001.
Well shoot. It sure felt like it ended. Now I just spent a few minutes reading this: www.timeanddate.com/calendar/decade.html
Still loven your walks picking up anything interesting, plus a lot of beautiful rocks
Thanks, Deidre. I'm glad you're enjoying them.
Thanks but I’m so jealous
You’re welcome, and I’m sorry.
Michigan Rocks I’m sorry for being jealous! Thanks for all the great videos!!!
The ones you throw back would make many young kids very happy! I run a store on the shores of Lake Michigan where we have a ton of people that come in looking for Petoskey stones, especially children. They dont care if they are perfect, any and all of the ones you throw back would make their day! I need to hunt where you go, we never find that many here especially the perfect ones.
t h is is like an endless candy store for rock collecting.
I didn’t even lick a rock the whole time!
That's what I love about where I live. We have the highest tides in the world and they constantly change the beaches. One day I can go to a beach and it's all sand and zero rocks. I can go back two days later and all that sand is gone and there will be new rocks to scan. It's an endless candy story as you said but I have to admit... I haven't drooled over a rock yet. HaHa... stumbled yes but never drooled.
@@MichiganRocks @james mann LOL!
AMEN....Thank you for taking those of us who can't do it anymore...on your rock picks! LOVE it.....Are you doing the Keweenaw this year?? LOVE your vids...
I sure hope to get up that way. I’d didn’t go last summer.
@@MichiganRocks Yer due~
Interesting rock.We don't see and hear about pudding rock here in Japan.Great video.
This type of puddingstone is only found in and around Michigan. They're very popular here.
@@MichiganRocks Wow, that's precious. Thanks for the reply.
I enjoy that you leave some of them behind seems a trend with new you tubers to take them all home, lead by example
I can only use so many. I figure if I'm not using them, I should leave them for someone who can.
Nice Video! Good rockhound walking
love seeing fresh rocks
It's a thrill whenever I find a really good one. It just never gets old.