Rockhounding in January!? Finding agates, jasper, petrified wood and more in Buffalo Gap!
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- Опубликовано: 2 фев 2024
- Me and my friend Nick took advantage of a beautiful, late January day to do some rockhounding in Western South Dakota’s Buffalo Gap National Grassland!
Looking for legendary Fairburn Agates, as well as a handful of other types of agates, jasper, petrified wood, and one of my personal favorites… prairie agates!
It was an awesome day spent on the rocks in some goregeous weather for anytime of year, let alone winter! When we get back to the shop we review our finds and select a few pieces to cut on our lapidary saw! I hope you enjoy the video!
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The first rock you cut has an ocean in it. How cool!
Really enjoyed the journey! The landscapes are beautiful and it was fascinating to see the petrified wood
Thanks 🙏! I’ll be visiting a spot specifically for some petrified wood when I get another nice day in the future.
Great finds. Nice to see them cut ! The last piece of banded chert is amazing looking. Thanks for taking us along and for sharing👍
Thanks! How could I not with that weather in January? 😂 glad you enjoyed, there is definitely some very cool chert out there.
Digging with some snow here and there is an added layer of difficulty for sure since you know that ground is frozen. That place is amazing! Barely into the start and I can’t resist making this comment before it’s over haha. 🤘
Thanks for watching my friend, I’m not actually sure if our ground has frozen this winter. We got cold and went to mud season lol
Great location. I visited SD 40 years ago, and we stopped at Wall and the Badlands. I would love to go back and rockhound one day. Thanks for taking us along. Really nice finds. Enjoyed seeing them cut open, too.
If you ever make it back down this way, let me know!
Enjoyed watching your adventure and the collection of 'goodies' you (and the stranger) found. And who can resist a nice cutting and slabbing of said rocks.... Not me , that is for sure!
Thanks John! Any day spent outside is a good one much less if it happens to be with rocks 🪨!
I just found your channel 😊. And ohhhh my goodness!!
Absolutely gorgeous finds!! And I haven’t even watched it all the way through,lol 😂
I’m only 3:15 into the video.
A lot of oooh’s and awes! And did he just lick the rocks!?! 😂🤣😂🤣
And some more squealing over the rocks. And then you cut some…😳🥺😢🥺🥰🥰🥹 absolutely stunning!! I love your video and I’m looking forward to seeing more. 😊
May you and your family have a blessed day ✌️🫶😃
Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks for the video views, I been missing the area since heading south for winter. One of my best tips on finding the fairburns is to get out there right after rains or on these nice days right after heavy snow melt. That’s what moves the rocks around the most and exposes new ones coming out of “the band” as we call it. Gotta be quick, as there are many of the top hunters just waiting for the rain drops to stop, or the snow to melt. Some of us can’t even wait that long. Even then, they can be anywhere at anytime, even next to fresh footprints. 💪🕵🏻♂️ Best luck!
Thanks dude, for sure I love getting out after snow melt and right after big thunderstorms in the spring! Haven’t had amazing luck but I’ve found a few and I’m still new. People don’t realize the effort that needs to be put in to find some of these things. ‘Time in the boots’ like you said in your video.
I love watching your videos makes me miss LA so much. #churchschicken
I guessing you mean Louisiana if you’re missing Chruch’s haha. I try to sneak a visit in everytime I’m down in Texas.
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