Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: The Colorado River was one of my old haunts. Thank you for taking me back there. I can see all those beautiful colors and clear water now...I remember how my hands and feet would throb from the cold mountain run-off. Oh to be able to do that again! But you've given me the next best thing ...to relive via this video. Ps I subscribed today & and loved your maker's challenge entry!!!
Those are some awesome rocks you found. The moon stone and the black agate are my favorites with the jaspers, feldspars and the Stramatolites a very close second. Does the quartz with the orange (jasper)polish up nice? Great video keep up the great work.
Glad you enjoyed it. The black agate and moonstone are my favorite. The moon stone is just mesmerizing. I found a big chunk or black chalcedony a few days ago much larger then this one. It will be same river but 50 miles upstream. That video should be out next week.
Really cool river finds!! Love the colorful Jaspers and agates, the black agate was really nice too. That big one with the bands was totally awesome too. Did you ever figure out what it was? Keep up the great work!
@@mitchgillilan ok awesome, that was super cool to find. I’m wanting to go back out and see if I can find more. Next Monday will be a video 50 miles upriver. Found some good stuff. Thank you for supporting my channel 🤙🤘
@@RockHoundingAdventures very cool! Cant wait for the next one. I recently got back from arizona rock hounding trip, I found fire agates, geodes, seam agates, jasper, and some fossil coral. The agate I found in arizona looks just like the pieces you were finding in this video! I even found a piece of unakite, thanks to your help. I didnt know what it was until now.
@@mitchgillilan Nice that’s awesome. I love AZ, glad you found some awesome finds. I want to come back there and find some seam agates and Fire Agate. I used to go to Sedona all the time when I lived in Prescott. Found Howlite, and Dino poop lol out there. I now a good place near Payson to find some quartz points. If you ever need help identifying anything shoot me a text (970)999-6058, email or shoot me a message on Instagram.
@@RockHoundingAdventures that's awesome! I actually stayed in sedona on part of this trip. I found some nice agate near cottonwood and jerome too. I also went to payson and found 4 geodes and some zebra agate 😃 So many great places in the southwest to find amazing rocks and fossils. I've never found dinosaur poop yet, hopefully someday haha. Could I get your email? I have a couple stones from Arizona I need help with i.d.
Awesome finds!! I really like the black agate, I've never really found one myself but I read about a spot for them nearby so maybe i'll find some next summer. I'm kinda curious what type of camera you use in the vids, it seems to focus pretty nicely?
Thanks man, yeah I’m going to cut into the black agate and make some slabs, just found a much bigger black chalcedony a few days ago. Will see that in next weeks video. I’d definitely say you have to do that next summer. Its nothing special, I just use a iPhone 8 for videoing and do all my editing as well. It focuses well 90% of the time lol
Enjoyed your video of the river hunt near Clifton, I have family in Grand Junction- When I was out visiting I was out rock hounding, and my eyes were drawn to picking up lime green rocks, with some banding, would you have a idea as to what they are, they take a nice polish? thanks for sharing video?
Oh cool, yeah lots of beautiful stuff there.if it’s lime green then I bet it’s Epidote. If you want to send me pictures my email is rock_hounding_adventures@yahoo.com that way I can better help you.
You're finds were stunning and so were the ones you left behind. I think I would need two buckets to hunt there! I think maybe a good investment would be some waterproof boots. Look up Coco chameleon no
If I could I would take back al of those rock lol. For Christmas I got some water shoes and river waders so I’m set when summer hits 😁. Thanks for watching
@@Lisa.Sparkman lol 😂 I didn’t see that so no worries. I do that a lot as well. If I’m typing something and someone starts talking to me at same time I start typing what I hear.🤦♂️🤣
Hey man love the videos bro I know some spots out grand junction if you ever want to go kinda interesting with these rock mounds formations that have this brown crystals ,pretty neat looking stuff .not sure what it is have some samples of it wish I could post pictures of it to show you .
@@aaamodeltrainsandplanes3774 you can always send pictures to me on Facebook messenger under my page or email which is listed on the channel description. The brown crystals you mentioned could they be batite
@@RockHoundingAdventures I’m glad all the opals are just sitting in the ground, aren’t you? I’m sure you’ve collected something you’re not supposed to. Come on. Regulation in that kind of way is ridiculous. Truly is anything being done with the site?
@@lindboknifeandtool if everyone took a piece from National parks and conservation site there wouldn’t be much left for future generations to enjoy. There are areas around the conservation sites that are owned by the state and Rockhounding is legal. I always do my best to obey the rules so I am not the one that ruins it for others. Do your research and you should be fine. Collect in prohibited areas and you have the chance of being busted. And yes, BLM does survey the area. I know people that have served jail time, big fines, ect for collecting illegally. Have I collected something illegally before by accident…? Yes I have and I was ticketed for it several years ago in central Texas.
Nope not in these parts. I have heard you can find some in the Colorado river between Grand Junction and the Utah border by boat 🛶 but haven’t had the time. Be careful about removing native artifacts in Utah.. very strict. Make sure you know the laws around that.
What part do you live in? If your in the US then go over to this video ruclips.net/video/N0_0mE9wznw/видео.html and tell me what your favorite find is. Make sure the key word “favorite” is in the comment. This upcoming Wednesday I’m doing a giveaway.. either a box of rocks or a rock pick. An I’m thinking for getting a few boxes together with random rocks I’ve collected from this river and ship them out to people if they want to pay shipping of $10.
@@RockHoundingAdventures I live in Hawaii. The Big Island, the youngest Island. I can't walk as well as I use to, but I have this beach I routinlly walk on. It mostly has round lava rocks n blue stones. But occasionally something different washes up. I once found this small white flattish rock with a brownish center. I put it in my rock tumbler. Idk what it is, but it has a crystaline like texture. Something different from the usual grey rocks we have here.
@@ericanderson7724 that’s awesome, definitely a good spot. If you have IG or Facebook send me a message of the photo of that agate your talking about.. I’d love to see it. Found another good spot way up river before entering Rifle, CO. Check out that video. ruclips.net/video/2_ufXKd6vjQ/видео.html Found some cool agate there went back today and found more.
@@lisahumphreys6612 you are correct. At the time of this video I didn’t know about stromatolite. Now I find this stuff all the time in a few different spots. Thanks for watching
A few years ago I found some nice examples of Stromatolite in Troy’ Montana on the Kootenay River. It took me about a year to identify what it was. Keep up the great work with your videos. 👍🏼
@@lisahumphreys6612 oh that’s cool. I found some Jasper stromatolites in Utah once. Are you located in Grand Junction area? If so you can hike around the Hunter Canyon Formations and always find stromatolites or travertine stromatolites in the creek beds.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: The Colorado River was one of my old haunts. Thank you for taking me back there. I can see all those beautiful colors and clear water now...I remember how my hands and feet would throb from the cold mountain run-off. Oh to be able to do that again! But you've given me the next best thing ...to relive via this video. Ps I subscribed today & and loved your maker's challenge entry!!!
Nice pink feldspar and pink feetspar as well🤭 I luv those conglomerate puddingstone lookalikes. And the nicely river worn unakite
Very fun, thanks for bringing me long. Great video. Great share. 😊
@@wherewendytravels thanks for watching
I really like the close-ups at the End of the Video, all the aesthetic Details become visible 👁 very well done 👍Super Video
Thanks glad you enjoyed it bud
Great day on the river. Nothing better for the soul! Great patterns in that last rock.
Completely agree. Best place to re center yourself.
Hi. Good rocks and beautiful river.
I like the agates and jasper... All
11:21 wow black agate wow
Agreed that one was cool.
I didn't like all of them. But those two I had never seen
Looks like fun!
Just checking out more videos,..this looks like a good place!
Definitely
Go to that flat place full of rocks during some light rain. The rocks will show their colors due to being wet.
Those are some awesome rocks you found. The moon stone and the black agate are my favorites with the jaspers, feldspars and the Stramatolites a very close second. Does the quartz with the orange (jasper)polish up nice? Great video keep up the great work.
Glad you enjoyed it. The black agate and moonstone are my favorite. The moon stone is just mesmerizing. I found a big chunk or black chalcedony a few days ago much larger then this one. It will be same river but 50 miles upstream. That video should be out next week.
Really cool river finds!! Love the colorful Jaspers and agates, the black agate was really nice too. That big one with the bands was totally awesome too. Did you ever figure out what it was? Keep up the great work!
ok, nevermind on that i.d. I saw at the end you figured out it was rhyolite! And a beautiful piece too! That one has a lot of character, I love it :)
@@mitchgillilan ok awesome, that was super cool to find. I’m wanting to go back out and see if I can find more. Next Monday will be a video 50 miles upriver. Found some good stuff. Thank you for supporting my channel 🤙🤘
@@RockHoundingAdventures very cool! Cant wait for the next one. I recently got back from arizona rock hounding trip, I found fire agates, geodes, seam agates, jasper, and some fossil coral. The agate I found in arizona looks just like the pieces you were finding in this video! I even found a piece of unakite, thanks to your help. I didnt know what it was until now.
@@mitchgillilan Nice that’s awesome. I love AZ, glad you found some awesome finds. I want to come back there and find some seam agates and Fire Agate. I used to go to Sedona all the time when I lived in Prescott. Found Howlite, and Dino poop lol out there. I now a good place near Payson to find some quartz points. If you ever need help identifying anything shoot me a text (970)999-6058, email or shoot me a message on Instagram.
@@RockHoundingAdventures that's awesome! I actually stayed in sedona on part of this trip. I found some nice agate near cottonwood and jerome too. I also went to payson and found 4 geodes and some zebra agate 😃
So many great places in the southwest to find amazing rocks and fossils. I've never found dinosaur poop yet, hopefully someday haha.
Could I get your email? I have a couple stones from Arizona I need help with i.d.
Oh man is it beautiful there!!! Great video!!
Guau amigo encontraste una gran diversidad de rocas. Saludos. Be fine.
Yes, there was a wide variety. Thanks for watching friend. 🤘🤙
Awesome finds!! I really like the black agate, I've never really found one myself but I read about a spot for them nearby so maybe i'll find some next summer. I'm kinda curious what type of camera you use in the vids, it seems to focus pretty nicely?
Thanks man, yeah I’m going to cut into the black agate and make some slabs, just found a much bigger black chalcedony a few days ago. Will see that in next weeks video. I’d definitely say you have to do that next summer.
Its nothing special, I just use a iPhone 8 for videoing and do all my editing as well. It focuses well 90% of the time lol
Enjoyed your video of the river hunt near Clifton, I have family in Grand Junction- When I was out visiting I was out rock hounding, and my eyes were drawn to picking up lime green rocks, with some banding, would you have a idea as to what they are, they take a nice polish? thanks for sharing video?
Oh cool, yeah lots of beautiful stuff there.if it’s lime green then I bet it’s Epidote. If you want to send me pictures my email is rock_hounding_adventures@yahoo.com that way I can better help you.
You're finds were stunning and so were the ones you left behind. I think I would need two buckets to hunt there! I think maybe a good investment would be some waterproof boots. Look up Coco chameleon no
If I could I would take back al of those rock lol. For Christmas I got some water shoes and river waders so I’m set when summer hits 😁. Thanks for watching
Just so you know that last sentence on my comment was my granddaughter talking to me about looking up a silly cartoon and I didn't catch it
@@Lisa.Sparkman lol 😂 I didn’t see that so no worries. I do that a lot as well. If I’m typing something and someone starts talking to me at same time I start typing what I hear.🤦♂️🤣
Hey man love the videos bro I know some spots out grand junction if you ever want to go kinda interesting with these rock mounds formations that have this brown crystals ,pretty neat looking stuff .not sure what it is have some samples of it wish I could post pictures of it to show you .
Have you tried opal hill in fruita?
@@lindboknifeandtool Opal Hill is protected
@@aaamodeltrainsandplanes3774 you can always send pictures to me on Facebook messenger under my page or email which is listed on the channel description.
The brown crystals you mentioned could they be batite
@@RockHoundingAdventures I’m glad all the opals are just sitting in the ground, aren’t you?
I’m sure you’ve collected something you’re not supposed to. Come on. Regulation in that kind of way is ridiculous.
Truly is anything being done with the site?
@@lindboknifeandtool if everyone took a piece from National parks and conservation site there wouldn’t be much left for future generations to enjoy.
There are areas around the conservation sites that are owned by the state and Rockhounding is legal.
I always do my best to obey the rules so I am not the one that ruins it for others. Do your research and you should be fine. Collect in prohibited areas and you have the chance of being busted. And yes, BLM does survey the area. I know people that have served jail time, big fines, ect for collecting illegally.
Have I collected something illegally before by accident…? Yes I have and I was ticketed for it several years ago in central Texas.
I shared some videos in some groups
Thank you I appreciate your support🤙
Do you ever find arrow heads in the river?
Nope not in these parts. I have heard you can find some in the Colorado river between Grand Junction and the Utah border by boat 🛶 but haven’t had the time. Be careful about removing native artifacts in Utah.. very strict. Make sure you know the laws around that.
I wish I had nice rock where I live. We only have lava rock and blue stone. If I want pretty rocks for my tumbler I have to get them off eBay.
What part do you live in? If your in the US then go over to this video
ruclips.net/video/N0_0mE9wznw/видео.html
and tell me what your favorite find is. Make sure the key word “favorite” is in the comment. This upcoming Wednesday I’m doing a giveaway.. either a box of rocks or a rock pick.
An I’m thinking for getting a few boxes together with random rocks I’ve collected from this river and ship them out to people if they want to pay shipping of $10.
@@RockHoundingAdventures I live in Hawaii. The Big Island, the youngest Island. I can't walk as well as I use to, but I have this beach I routinlly walk on. It mostly has round lava rocks n blue stones. But occasionally something different washes up. I once found this small white flattish rock with a brownish center. I put it in my rock tumbler. Idk what it is, but it has a crystaline like texture. Something different from the usual grey rocks we have here.
Have you been to Rattlesnake Canyon yet?
Not yet, I was actually looking at that area on google earth a few days ago. Is it any good?
Yes. I cannot remember the regulations on garnet panning. I would suggest you start there, had a lot of fun there before the regulations changed
Also, a lot of history there
@@laceymiller5057 cool, I will have to check it out soon. Saw on AllTrails app it’s about a 13 mile hike. Is that the best way to get to it?
You can drive to the river
I wanna go with you sometime pls
Sounds good bro, maybe this summer?
rock at 11:20 is insane
Yeah that was a cool find that day. I hope to find more in the future.
I already got most the good stuff
Nice, what all have you found there?
Lots of different jaspers petrified wood and one of the coolest agate I have found yet.
That’s one of my favorite spots to go without leaving town
@@ericanderson7724 that’s awesome, definitely a good spot. If you have IG or Facebook send me a message of the photo of that agate your talking about.. I’d love to see it.
Found another good spot way up river before entering Rifle, CO. Check out that video. ruclips.net/video/2_ufXKd6vjQ/видео.html
Found some cool agate there went back today and found more.
@@ericanderson7724 found my coolest agate I’ve ever found as well in this last video.
At 13:18 it sure looks like stromatolite.
@@lisahumphreys6612 you are correct. At the time of this video I didn’t know about stromatolite. Now I find this stuff all the time in a few different spots. Thanks for watching
I jumped the gun a bit, I just got to the end of the video where you identified it. 😂
@@lisahumphreys6612 oh lol I can’t remember
A few years ago I found some nice examples of Stromatolite in Troy’ Montana on the Kootenay River.
It took me about a year to identify what it was.
Keep up the great work with your videos. 👍🏼
@@lisahumphreys6612 oh that’s cool. I found some Jasper stromatolites in Utah once. Are you located in Grand Junction area? If so you can hike around the Hunter Canyon Formations and always find stromatolites or travertine stromatolites in the creek beds.