TOO MANY GARNETS to carry !
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Fall 2022 Rockhounding adventure at River Valley Garnet Mine, where you can collect more huge garnet then you can carry. Please note that permission to the site is now required.
email: meminerrocks@gmail.com
I love those garnets. I have a bunch at home just like them that I got from the Little One Garnet Mine down in North Carolina including a 20 kilo slab of schist with huge garnets. running through it.
The big one must have been a monster to carry
@@meMiner little red wagon won the day.
Literally every cell in my body is yearning to be anywhere I could just be pulling plum-sized garnets out of the schist. ❤
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: me too!
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I love your videos. I thought I would thank some of my favourite RUclipsrs. I'm an armchair rockhound. I can't actually go myself because a stroke has left me partially disabled and affected my balance, but I do enjoy it vicariously through you and others. From a fellow Canadian.
Thanks for the nice comment
How did those garnet crystals form and then become part of the giant rocks?
Massive pressure and heat deep within the earth. Metamorphic rock just above the melt zone.
Amazing garnets! I wish I had something like that near me! Shelby is a sweetheart by way! Love them puppies!
Fantastic adventure Shelby sure happy oh ya such a kid yet she is awesome wow what a score and huge I’m hanging by the edge to see what you are going to do with them. Can’t wait till this snow is gone and I can get out big hugs for daisy and Shelby
Wow! Nice haul sir, those must be real heavy ❤
Wow 😮 I can only dream of a spot like that! What a haul
In the center of some of those Garnets, apparently due to the way the crystal structure breaks apart, there is likely some flawless material under all that cracked material
Thank you for sharing sir! Much appreciated. That looked like such a fun day out plying through mica and am jealous of your dedicated "helper"! haha And mica schist with garnet sounds like an excellent specimen to add to the collection. The ones at 7:58 and 12:17 would definitely be great to add to any collection, especially once the facets are polished. Anyway, thanks again for the post. Hope you have a nice weekend!
Shelby loves her Papa...
And pizza😂
Impresionante el tamaño de esos granates. Excelente trabajo amigo.
Saludos desde Argentina.
Those are the biggest ones I’ve ever seen!
Love your channel!!!
Glad to see you recovered from the tree incident!!
I was absolutely blown away by your finds!!! Can’t wait to see you clean/slab them etc
I love it!
We have been to Field and to River Valley Bluegrass Festival many times, but never knew there was a garnet mine. How cool!
One day maybe I’ll get there!
You sure have some beauties gathered up there. Pretty! 😃
I would bet that they’ll polish up beautifully! 😍. Some of them are like small boulders! Wow! 😳
Shelby sure loves being with her Daddy. Good doggy. All tuckered out. LOL!
wow those are some cool rocks I hope you polish them up
For sure I will play with them individually. They will take more time to clean/polish than dig. ;-)
Hope you show us cleaning them up, etc.
Beautiful day in the field, and always enjoy seeing Shelby!
@@davestelling Shelby had a great time there. I will clean a few soon
im so jealous ! I wana dig garnets all day ! super fun !!
This might be my all-time fav of your videos. ❤ Now I gotta see how long it would take to get there from Ohio!
It's not an awful drive from there. Lots of other spots to check out if you come this way.
Absolutely beautiful finds. Thanks for sharing the hunt. Good luck, happy hunting and take care. ✌️
Wow! Garnet heaven right there. I love your helper. She's so cute. Thanks for sharing MeMiner! ❤💎
Hope you are doing well. 😊
Hasn't changed a lot over the years. We stopped there to grab a few samples in 1968, while still students at HSM.
Send an invite next time! I'm down the valley and across the pond!
Deal!
What kind of garnets are they? Grossulars? Are any of the garnets facet grade?
Almandine. A few are gem quality
Amazing! Thanks for sharing! Stay connected!
Northern Ontario and no flying insects yet, forget about the garnets...what a dream! 😂 Thx for another cool show!
There will be lots of bugs starting about mid-May. ;-)
you should be able to dry tumble garnets with steel pellets to remove the mica, steel in harder than mica but softer than garnet, or is steel to soft, what kind of mica is it?
I would of totally traded a pizza for a stick! Great fun I'd love to hunt for those kind of garnets I want the 17:56 one haha. This year I come for silver too 😁
Pizza, sticks, garnet and silver are patiently waiting for your arrival. ;-)
Amazing finds Greig. Never knew there was garnets in our area. Great video & nice to see you guys as well as Shelby. Take care & best regards always !
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey man I just went on my first rock hounding trip after stumbling on your videos. Thanks so much for the inspiration. We went up to Bancroft and I found tons of appetite and some other stuff I don’t know how to name. Very excited with my bucket of rocks. Thanks again
That is awesome!
Awesome video my favorite rock hound Shelby has a lot of fun 👍👍🙏
Very cool, thanks for sharing! No surprises on the rule changes wow pizza is the field! All the best!
I am glad they didn't just close it down because people were abusing the privilege. Garbage, fires, etc. It is a very special place to spend a few hours.
I wonder if Shelby brought Jeff 2 sticks, if he would of made the trade for a slice of pizza?
@@jameswelch1054 lol
Man I would love to find one that big I'm making a family ring and found garnet that size for me would be awesome
There are lots left at this site to collect. ;-)
Those garnets are absolutely amazing! I’ve always wondered if Canada had rockhound era! I enjoyed your video immensely! Well done sir!
I love garnets, I would no doubt hurt myself digging up there as I wouldn't be able to stop. Beautiful finds
Have to stop when it is getting dark outside, especially if you don't have lights. ;-)
Some excellent finds!
As stunning as they are in their natural form I would love to see once faceted or cabbed. Is that something you could do for a future video?
That would make a nice video, however I am still waiting to see @meMiner make his video, for cabbing his labradorite, hahaha.
its a real shame you now need permission to collect their now. if it was like the smart mine where you pay a certain fee it would be nicer
Some people ruined it for everyone else.
Dear meMiner,
May I send you pictures of minerals we found close to Wakefield, QC.
Now we steal property of the Quebec governement along highway 5.
😁
I think we collected uraninite.... and we have nothing here to help with indentification.
I will take pictures tonight.
Thanks
sure meminerrocks@gmail.com
@@meMiner Ah merci merci, j'attendais cette main tendue, cette voix fraternelle. 😁
I am sending you an email.... from drstefool
@@stefool I received the email. I am not sure but know who else to ask. Will reply soon
@@meMiner Thank you. 🙂
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Garnets, nice! Thanks for posting & let that puppy have FUN. P.S.: That'd be Shelby. P.P.S.: Are you secretly teaching Shelby how to locate garnets? ha ha
Shelby thinks her job is to pick up everything. I have to tell her to stop grabbing rocks. I don't want her to break her teeth. ;-)
@@meMiner , Yeah, that'd be painful. I think I read dogs may be colorblind. I read their sense of smell is 10 thousand times more acute than a human. They taught dogs to "smell" cancer in Japan. Thanks for ❤️ me. v
Your helper threatens to steal the show. What a collection of pretty stones. Good to see you
I was up in River Valley last year, did not know there was garnets nearby. Awesome.
There is a massive area with garnet. Super fun
Nice. Love Garnets
Pizza and Garnets sounds like a great time !!!!!
Always
You need saddle bags or a cart for the dog.
Very true. LOL
Ok meMiner, now we want meMaker, new channel? Lets see what you do with those babies. Rhodolites? I have a few of those and some Tsavorites. Love the dog,
love your adventures/videos! thank you
Dont Know What That Tree Did But It's The last Time It Will LOL.😎👍✌.
What I wouldn’t give for an experience like this!!
Can’t wait to see the garnets cleaned up!
a bit sad of all the garnet dammaged , you know me , i couldnt leave if theyr were still some specimen
Waw you live in a beautyful. Place nice green . Nice to go and find youre one. Garnith
Hahahah!! i need an axe or chainsaw like that!! Funny dog!
I so wish I could be up there rockhounding too, but like some others, health issues keep me from actually doing it. I grew up in Northern New York, and loved finding small garnets when visiting family in the Adirondacks. Good memories!
OMG, I need you to read books on tape for me to go to sleep to at night. You have the most melodic, calming voice. I love your dog, too. Hell, I just loved the whole video! 😂❤
Do you find any geodes up there?
Put you to sleep. LOL. There are no geode spots near me
Oh boy I love Garnet's being they are my birth stone,yep I'm a stubborn Capricorn just ask my wife of 26 years could tell you a story or 2 lol,fun video Greig as always be safe out there
Those are gigantic compared to what I find
Where abouts can i purchase a rock hammer like yours ? Aside from the internet . And what size is that one .
I have 2 already but they were given to me as gifts and are now sentimental hahah . I dont want to lose them , already lost one crossing a river w a kayak last summer . Wasnt impressed .
Been looking to buy a new set . Your the dude to ask
Oh yeah ! And awesome video 👍😁
Most of the rock shops have them for sale and usually one or two sellers at rock shows. I don't know the best place price-wise. I haven't bought one in a long time. I normally find one every few years that somebody left behind at a site.
@@meMiner alright thank you .
Hopefully the sudbury area will have them .
It's too bad that there are so many of these giant Garnets and yet so very few that have even partially facet-worthy material in them. Canada would be a major supplier of facet rough garnet IF these were eye-clean.
They make excellent specimens for any collector though.
freeze the schist for easier extraction is what ive been told
I’m enviously watching Garnets of focal point sizes. I love Faceting garnets.💎⛏
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Holy Smokes! Never seen anything like this in real life.
WOW Id love to be there finding these beauties
Do you have any plans to video how to clean them? I've always wondered how to check their gem quality.
Not for Ontario. My claims are in BC
Did your dog find all of those garnets?
Amazing. Love to get some of those.
Wow all of a sudden you started pulling out garnets the size of cannon balls. So awesome. Thanks for sharing..
hey Greg... you generally tumble rough stone like this. why don't you try to tumble some of your rough garnets?
I tried in the past. The rough ones turn to clay. It is a good way to find gemmy pieces.
Living in southern AB, with heritage in Ont. I long to have such rich adventures as you share!!!
Do you ever take folks mining with you? Id love to experience this!
Some of my best friends were people that I met up with
Wonder how they look if you cut one in half?
Wonderful day in the woods and them thar hills 🙌😃
Have a happy peaceful Easter to you and your family 🙏🏻
You go to the coolest spots!!
I really enjoy your videos, I'd enjoy a video of what you do with the garnets you collected.
I gave them away
Good stuff . Would they shine up in the tumbler ?
I tried it once and felt afterwards that it was a shame to round these stones. The good ones or portions that are gemmy shine up in a tumbler and the bad ones turn to clay.
Just throwing gold away 😮
could you send one nice red one to my Father in Matheson?PM if possible i can Etransfer you.
I don't have a store. I collect for fun.
Holy cow good spot! My biggest garnet is smaller than the smallest one I seen on your vid, lol All the best!
Garnet yang luar biasa.
nice garnets. Alaska garnets are dull and red not glassy i hope to find some like that some day. cool stuff
So you just soak them in water to loosen them up? What do you do with it after that? Do you tumble it?
I tried tumbling garnets from this site before and it didn't work out all that well. Got a few gemmy pieces out of the tumbler, but mostly it turned them into clay/mud
Isnt there a green variation of garnet?
Wow some real beautiful stuff
The luck, i wish i can be here too
I was hoping you'd toss them in a rock tumbler for a few days or so.
I have done that before.
Excellent instruction and just plain fun digging in the dirt finding jewels. Thanks
They look like candies!!
Very Very Nice. Would there be any facet grade material at this mine?
Some. The majority no
can you sell some on your web page i would buy a little one say spending $25to $40 on one or two
I collect for fun and don't have a store
Doggie is a big help! He's there for moral support🥰🥰🥰
Garnets are quite hard, eh?
Wow. Awesome finds. I so want to find garnets in the rough!😊
Boulders! 👍
olivine, garnet? maybe diamond could be around
Perhaps. There was a large diamond found north of there that nobody knows where it come from
There are different colors of garnets. Do you ever find other colors?
not at this site
My partner wants to know if they come larger than 2 inches.
They have been known to be up to 7" from this site. I haven't seen one that large
If I were you I would rather prefer bringing back more specimens on matrix over few big ones. Also are these garnets gemmologically valuable? I mean do they have uncracked, clear parts that could be cut into gems?
PS: If you want to remove mika schist the simple wire brush monted into drill should get the job done. As you probably know mika is very soft.
Good advice. Some of the garnets from this site are gem quality or have parts that can be considered that. It notice that some of the smaller ones are pretty good.
Are you selling any of those? I'd like to buy one if you are.
I collect for fun and don't have a store
Cantik cantik 😍
My favorite type of Greg video. Digging in the dirt for treasure