McLain was My Dads (RIP) Favorite State Park, all we did was Camp around at different parks growing up. Up until 2 days before he passed he was tellin my younger 2 about how much fun he had there LOL
That's a nice memory of your dad. Honestly, I didn't even look at the camping area, I spent all my time on the beach. I think Clovis said that the campground had been moved because the high water washed out the old one. I might have that slightly wrong, but it was something like that.
@@MichiganRocks Sorry if my AHDH didnt fill in the Gaps. In the 80s/90s Dad used to show us "Where" more Camping Spots Used to be, and how the Part Erodes away. Over the Years we watched more Camp Sites Disappear, as they just washed away into the lake lol
I really loved this video, for many reasons. The Works of Art Sally creates with those rocks made me feel good and smile. I know she’s going to get some inquiries from this video. I love how you and Sam have bonded over your shared hobby he’s really a good kid and headed for great things. Also, I think Clovis is one of the coolest names. I’ve heard in a long time. ! I haven’t lived in the Midwest since 1971 and I forget it can still be cold up there in May …. It’s 98° here in Arkansas. 🥵 P S you’re really getting good at editing your videos Rob - bravo 👏
Your sister's Creations are a very cool idea, and the imagination it takes to see the stones in a way to breathe a snapshot into them is amazing! Great video, thanks for sharing her talent, very interesting!
Last weekend, I got to go to Detour for some rock hunting. Friends cabin off 134 facing Lake Huron. It was beautiful and I found so many pretties. And I went into the Quarry up there. Amazing finds. Tell Nancy hello. Nice finds. ❤ we hunted in the rain for two days.
5:05 gorgeous! 6:55 very pretty. looks like a baked sweet potato with a buttery, creamed kale topping. 8:00 very interesting Clovis! a beauty! 10:10 i LOVE seeing bedrock in the water. i imagine an ancient road to a magical forest Sally your pebble/glass art is lovely! Rob i guess it’s pretty clear by now that agates: ehh. can’t get excited. but everything else is either fun, interesting or gorgeous. thanks for entertaining us with great examples of the otherwise neglected beauties.
I guess we don't agree on agates, but I'm glad we both love the other stuff. There is certainly a lot more than just agates to appreciate on the beaches.
Sally, you really have created some beautiful pebble art. Love the Christian formations & Rosary beads. Another good video, Rob. Good to see everyone. Missed Nancy. Hope she is well. God bless.
Nancy is fine. She had toe surgery this spring, so she's been staying off the rocks while it heals up. We have a trip planned in a little over a week though.
The rock art photos in this video are very inspirational and creative. Thank you so much Sally and Michigan Rocks. The green piece of glass that Sally said would be a leaf was a great peak into the artists thoughts. So many little things in your videos get replayed in the minds of hounds everywhere. Thank you from Columbia County Oregon.
I think about how rocks will tumble or what I can make by cutting and polishing them. Sally, on the other hand is looking at what they look like naturally, right off the beach. We're both thinking about the future, but in very different ways.
Does anyone else watch his videos and constantly shout “ooh! ooh! There’s one! That one that one!” Then “DOHHHH!” when he doesn’t pick up the one you were looking at? 😂🤪
I can tell you for a fact that they do. I get that comment all the time. I don't mean to frustrate you, but I just can't pick up every rock. I've thought about doing a livestream from a beach, but many beaches I go to don't have cell service and I don't think I'd get very far with everyone wanting me to pick up different rocks. I need to put more thought into where I could do that and how I could possibly keep up with all the comments.
@@MichiganRocks You don’t frustrate me, really-you walking past a rock i want to pick up just makes me want to get out and hunt for rocks myself. So, you’re actually an inspiration. 😄
I love Sally’s work! Amazing how simple small stones can be arranged to create human moods. That’s quite a gift she has. I’m retired and an artist/crafter. I’ve been collecting and cutting rocks for making garden mosaics on slate. Sally, that sandstone you liked, Rob could slice it up and tumble them a little. 😉 Unless you prefer the all natural, which would be understandable.
@@MichiganRocks hey, I was at sturgeon pt last evening and someone made a strikingly beautiful display of rock art. It's so impressive I'm going back to photograph it today. I'm not telling you what to do but.....I know how close you are!
@@sallythompson5071 I'd think about going, but I have a graduation party to go to today. I also just got back from a week out of town and I'm behind on video editing among other things. I have work to do! Thanks for the tip though.
“Urbanite”…classic, I hope you won’t mind if I use that😂. I love that your friends and family participate in your hobby! I know everyone is entitled to their interests but, I’ll never quite understand when people have no interest in spending some time just looking for pretty rocks. It’s one of those easy, simple pleasures in life and very therapeutic. Sally’s pebble are is also very cool, she’s got a good eye, might just have to pick one up!!!
The use of the cutting board and scrabble tiles is great creativity. I had a half loaf of bread shaped puddingstone and I cut a slice off, put them both on a cutting board with a knife and stick of butter and the photo had multiple folks asking what bakery it came from.
Awesome artwork 👏 My wife went arrowhead hunting with me and we came across an old house site, she spent the time picking up old broken glass and plate pieces and put them in a old ball canning jar.
I would love to walk the shores and look for cool rocks. I’d be like Sally, too, though. Not just looking for agates, but looking for rock for art pieces. I love her pictures she’s made!
Sally is a bit older than I am. I have five older sisters and a younger sister. I don't remember my three oldest sisters living at home. Sally is the youngest of my three oldest sisters.
McLain State Park is one of my favorite rockhounding beaches. Went with my brother and his family a few years ago on to hunt yooperlights. We all had a blast.
I found an Amethyst agate about 4 inches long many years ago. This was near the time they would be closing McLain for the winter. It was near dark and storming when we pulled into the park for our last camping session of the year. We had to put a tarp up to stop the strong winds in order to get the tent up. But the next morning, after coffee of course, I strayed to water's edge and was kind of shocked to see this just waiting for me to pick up! One never knows what the waves will wash in.
Wow, loved your sisters glass and pebble-work, I make pictures from pebbles too, most persons and dogs, but I got some ideas from hers artwork. I shall for sure go and look at her website. Lovely tour, thank you all.
Sam the Tumbling King! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And I laughed at “Urbanite” - at one of my favorite rockhounding spots I find what I call “Brickia”: chunks of water-worn red brick hiding amongst my favorite conglomerates 😂 (btw if you’ve never tried tumbling a conglomerate before, give it a shot! I’ve gotten some beautiful results with them, just don’t put them in with fancy rocks in case a pebble breaks free along the way; usually I cut/grind them on the saw into tumbler sized chunks and they stay together pretty well!)
@@MichiganRocks I’m not certain what type of conglomerates I find here, they *look* like red brick with a lot of microcrystalline quartz pebbles embedded in them, but that red matrix seems to be some kind of chert/jasper so they tumble SUPER well as long as the inclusions stay put! I’m going to post some on RTH once I finish a few pieces I’m working on with it; one of these days I gotta poke a local geologist or the geology subreddit to find out exactly what it is!
There is a lot more beach there than when I was there last! That’s a chili stone, not a pudding stone There are yupperlites there too. Not as vibrant as you find on the east side of the UP. Cool rock art! Wow, I would have past that agate up, because I wouldn’t have thought that was one. Hi ho silver! That art is very cool! Nice video!
Just got home from my first trip to Michigan. We went all around eastern part of the upper peninsula. It was so beautiful and we found so many cool rocks! Our favorite spot was Perry's Landing near Deer Park. Love your channel.
I love that part of the state for rock hunting, but if you're looking for scenery, the Keweenaw Peninsula is much more beautiful. Perry's Landing and that whole area is great for rocks.
6:10 and the bedrock at 10:10: not Jacobsville, but Freda Sandstone. Quite common along the NW side of the Keweenaw south of Gratiot River. Incredible find of silver by Clovis!
You think that was silver? I wasn't sure how to check. Sure was shiny. Thanks for the correction on the sandstone type. Can you tell by appearance or just by location?
@@MichiganRocks Would have to see in person, but can't think of anything else that would be "that" metallic and silvery from there that wasn't silver. Sandstone formation is just by location; Jacobsville is only on the SE side, whereas Freda/Nonesuch are on the NW side. In thin section, they are very easy to tell apart.
Sam and I usually go to the eastern U.P. This year, we decided to go up to the Keweenaw and stay with Sally and Clovis because he's going to school at Michigan Tech in the fall.
Fun little day out, I haven’t seen you find a nice petoskey stone in a while, I assume you have to go to certain areas to find them? Thanks for sharing, lovely stone art too
@@MichiganRocks My daughter found a Petoskey stone without the hex coralyte walls on Mackinac Island. It wasn't the greatest looking one but it was a Petoskey. I was shocked. I have never found one there before.
I made friends with a WHITE HAIRED GRANDMA down the street from my house. She had a beautiful ROCK GARDEN. I was only 7-8 yrs. My parents moved and we had no family 3000 miles away for my father's new job. I missed my GRANDMA. I visited her as much as I could until she was gone. I never got to say good'bye. My WHITE HAIRED LADY was a ROCK MOZAIC 😇 and taught me about rock names. She also used glass. Some were very large, her living room walls were full of them. I CAN STILL FEEL I AM THERE WITH HER AS IF IN PRESENT TIME. ❤ this group rock beach hunt.😊
Those stones you throw back would make a pretty rock garden in the area you cut down those trees, could add a pretty bird bath with the stones around it. You find some beautiful rocks and you would only need to take home a few each time you go hunting to have quite a collection around a birdbath.
@@MichiganRocks my family is joking about that 🪨 farmers takes away as much stones as they can …and I bring them back home…. I’m doing that since I was able to walk with something in the hand… stones are magnets for me …
McLain is our preferred campground on the Keweenaw! mostly because it was our first experience with Lake Superior rocks! was the beach in better shape since 2023? so much sand and shoreline was lost south of the campground in the winter of 2022 and 2023.
The rocks that catch my eye are always different from the ones that catch your eye. Every time you stop and reach for one I think "ooo, that's a neat one" but I'm hardly ever looking at the one you pick up. 😃 I guess someone has to pick up the ugly ones but I'm not saying if it's you or me 🤣
I frustrate a lot of people that way. Everyone has different tastes, so it's impossible to know what someone else is going to like. It makes no sense for me to try to vary it by grabbing rocks that I don't find interesting. At least if I pick up something I like, there's a decent chance that someone else will like it too. I'll keep trying!
A friend of mine found 85 Indian copper artifacts across the road from McClain Park using a metal detector there was a war there between the Indians and the Army over the rights to the entrance way to the 14:26 Portage
I doubt it, but you have more experience doing it, and I have no valid explanation for what I’m saying; just a question/observation. To that end, are you saying the dark outer ‘shell’ (don’t know the appropriate word, just using my best analogy) of it goes from one side to the other if you cut in half? With the rock in your hand at 1:31 I’d call BS
@@given0fox968 I left that one on the beach, so I can't cut it to verify one way or the other. I just know from experience in cutting a lot of rocks that they usually look the same on the inside as the outside. There is something called a weathering rind on rocks though, where the outside can be a slightly different color due to oxidation, fading, iron staining, etc. It's not usually too dramatic, but it's noticeable.
@@MichiganRocks based on the surrounding rocks, and the one I mentioned in your hand, I saw a similar ‘hue’ in what I feared was some sort of ‘staining’ in that rock and the surrounding. If (which sounds like I’m not) something was staining them, we’d both be concerned. Appreciate the responses, and you sharing your adventures & finds.
Probably not. It's not a bad idea, I just probably won't get around to doing it. I do like how the pointy end of the spoon can get under rocks well. A deeper spoon might make that harder.
@@MichiganRocksWe see a lot of tourists on our Keweenaw beaches with cat turd scoops on a pole, but regardless, McClains is a waste of time for agates. A few miles up the beach at Calumet Water Works Township park is where the grapefruit sized agates are. You're far more likely to find agates under water with a viewing bucket too. Better luck next time.
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Here's a link to Sally's pebble art: bit.ly/SallysSuperiorArt
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@@CindyHolmes-p6o Thanks! Sally will be thrilled!
That pebble art is NEATO!
There's something so peaceful about just walking around water and picking up rocks.
There sure is.
Therapy.
Love Sallys pebble pictures. They are very beautiful. Sally is very talented.
McLain was My Dads (RIP) Favorite State Park, all we did was Camp around at different parks growing up.
Up until 2 days before he passed he was tellin my younger 2 about how much fun he had there LOL
It was my favorite state park also.
That's a nice memory of your dad. Honestly, I didn't even look at the camping area, I spent all my time on the beach. I think Clovis said that the campground had been moved because the high water washed out the old one. I might have that slightly wrong, but it was something like that.
@@MichiganRocks Sorry if my AHDH didnt fill in the Gaps.
In the 80s/90s Dad used to show us "Where" more Camping Spots Used to be, and how the Part Erodes away.
Over the Years we watched more Camp Sites Disappear, as they just washed away into the lake lol
The rock art is amazing, Sally. It is always fun spending a day at the beach with family and friends.
I really loved this video, for many reasons. The Works of Art Sally creates with those rocks made me feel good and smile. I know she’s going to get some inquiries from this video. I love how you and Sam have bonded over your shared hobby he’s really a good kid and headed for great things. Also, I think Clovis is one of the coolest names. I’ve heard in a long time. !
I haven’t lived in the Midwest since 1971 and I forget it can still be cold up there in May …. It’s 98° here in Arkansas. 🥵
P S you’re really getting good at editing your videos Rob - bravo 👏
I hope I can help her sell a few. Clovis has a grandson named Clovis also.
"Urbanite" I love it! And Sally's pebble art is wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely day at the beach.
Your sister's Creations are a very cool idea, and the imagination it takes to see the stones in a way to breathe a snapshot into them is amazing! Great video, thanks for sharing her talent, very interesting!
A wall built of that sandstone would look nice. I like that Ochre color
Last weekend, I got to go to Detour for some rock hunting. Friends cabin off 134 facing Lake Huron. It was beautiful and I found so many pretties. And I went into the Quarry up there. Amazing finds. Tell Nancy hello. Nice finds. ❤ we hunted in the rain for two days.
Puddingstones up there?
@@MichiganRocks yes. Actually, a lot of jasper. Alot of chert. And fossils, limestone. Puddinstones seemed to be on a darker side but still white.
@@DownriverRocks I'm heading up that way soon. Hopefully I'll find something fun too.
@@MichiganRocks so cool. Good rock hunting to you. ❤️
5:05 gorgeous!
6:55 very pretty. looks like a baked sweet potato with a buttery, creamed kale topping.
8:00 very interesting Clovis! a beauty!
10:10 i LOVE seeing bedrock in the water. i imagine an ancient road to a magical forest
Sally your pebble/glass art is lovely!
Rob i guess it’s pretty clear by now that agates: ehh. can’t get excited. but everything else is either fun, interesting or gorgeous. thanks for entertaining us with great examples of the otherwise neglected beauties.
I guess we don't agree on agates, but I'm glad we both love the other stuff. There is certainly a lot more than just agates to appreciate on the beaches.
Sally, I really loved the sheep!
That was one of my favorites too!
Those rock pictures are precious, thanks for showing them. Flowers and eagles were my favorite
Sally, you really have created some beautiful pebble art. Love the Christian formations & Rosary beads. Another good video, Rob. Good to see everyone. Missed Nancy. Hope she is well. God bless.
Nancy is fine. She had toe surgery this spring, so she's been staying off the rocks while it heals up. We have a trip planned in a little over a week though.
Hi guys,hope you all find great stones and glass.Love her Art.I like earings out of glass.
2:35 Her pebble art looks cool.😊❤
TY for the link to Sally's pebble art. I've always wanted to do that type of thing and am now inspired even more!
Go for it!
The rock art photos in this video are very inspirational and creative. Thank you so much Sally and Michigan Rocks. The green piece of glass that Sally said would be a leaf was a great peak into the artists thoughts. So many little things in your videos get replayed in the minds of hounds everywhere. Thank you from Columbia County Oregon.
I think about how rocks will tumble or what I can make by cutting and polishing them. Sally, on the other hand is looking at what they look like naturally, right off the beach. We're both thinking about the future, but in very different ways.
The pebble art is beautiful and so original and creative.
Does anyone else watch his videos and constantly shout “ooh! ooh! There’s one! That one that one!” Then “DOHHHH!” when he doesn’t pick up the one you were looking at? 😂🤪
I can tell you for a fact that they do. I get that comment all the time. I don't mean to frustrate you, but I just can't pick up every rock. I've thought about doing a livestream from a beach, but many beaches I go to don't have cell service and I don't think I'd get very far with everyone wanting me to pick up different rocks. I need to put more thought into where I could do that and how I could possibly keep up with all the comments.
I do as well. I get the feeling he cackles maniacally at our comments like these.
@@MichiganRocks You don’t frustrate me, really-you walking past a rock i want to pick up just makes me want to get out and hunt for rocks myself. So, you’re actually an inspiration. 😄
I love Sally’s work! Amazing how simple small stones can be arranged to create human moods. That’s quite a gift she has. I’m retired and an artist/crafter. I’ve been collecting and cutting rocks for making garden mosaics on slate. Sally, that sandstone you liked, Rob could slice it up and tumble them a little. 😉 Unless you prefer the all natural, which would be understandable.
I agree. I don't have the imagination to do what Sally does.
Sally’s rock art is so cute… 🩷
Sally’s art is so very pretty. ❤
I really love Sally's art! I'm an artist too!
Maybe all Sally's are. So far, we've got two out of two.
@@MichiganRocks hey, I was at sturgeon pt last evening and someone made a strikingly beautiful display of rock art. It's so impressive I'm going back to photograph it today. I'm not telling you what to do but.....I know how close you are!
@@sallythompson5071 I'd think about going, but I have a graduation party to go to today. I also just got back from a week out of town and I'm behind on video editing among other things. I have work to do! Thanks for the tip though.
Sally, I think your pictures are REALLY cool!
Awesome artwork!
What a nice day in a beach ❤allways so great to come along, hear the waves and c all the beautiful rocks❤
Ur sisters art is so beautiful😍👋🇫🇮
Love your sister's tiny artworks!
Your sis is very talented!
Yes she is. I tried that once and all I could make were very simple flowers with no stem or leaves. I gave up pretty quickly.
“Urbanite”…classic, I hope you won’t mind if I use that😂. I love that your friends and family participate in your hobby! I know everyone is entitled to their interests but, I’ll never quite understand when people have no interest in spending some time just looking for pretty rocks. It’s one of those easy, simple pleasures in life and very therapeutic. Sally’s pebble are is also very cool, she’s got a good eye, might just have to pick one up!!!
Urbanite is not my invention, I think the term is in the public domain, so go ahead and use it!
The use of the cutting board and scrabble tiles is great creativity. I had a half loaf of bread shaped puddingstone and I cut a slice off, put them both on a cutting board with a knife and stick of butter and the photo had multiple folks asking what bakery it came from.
That's a really great idea!
I enjoy seeing Sally's artwork. Thanks for sharing. Take care.
I love your charming and creative sister.
I love her too.
Awesome artwork 👏 My wife went arrowhead hunting with me and we came across an old house site, she spent the time picking up old broken glass and plate pieces and put them in a old ball canning jar.
I love Sally’s art! It’s so cool to see 2 siblings that use the same medium for different purposes.
Make that three, my sister June also makes pebble art.
So many cool colors and patterns on that trip!
Love the pebble art!
We'll be at that beach in August. Sally is very talented! Thanks for sharing her beautiful artwork.
Sally, those pics are so adorable ❤❤❤!! Love them!!
Sally's pictures are great! What a fun time for all of you. Thanks for taking us along.
Your sister is truly talented!!
Thanks for a great walk down the beach!
Sally has some wonderful art there!
Pebble art was beautiful
I would love to walk the shores and look for cool rocks. I’d be like Sally, too, though. Not just looking for agates, but looking for rock for art pieces. I love her pictures she’s made!
What a great day! Love your sisters work. ❤
Thanks for taking us along, Rob! You and sister are so cute together! Would love to see a photo of both of you when you were kids. ♥️
Sally is a bit older than I am. I have five older sisters and a younger sister. I don't remember my three oldest sisters living at home. Sally is the youngest of my three oldest sisters.
@@MichiganRocks Oh wow! That’s quite the spread of siblings! I’d still love to see a picture of you when you were a kid. ♥️
McLain State Park is one of my favorite rockhounding beaches. Went with my brother and his family a few years ago on to hunt yooperlights. We all had a blast.
Sally has found them there too.
I found an Amethyst agate about 4 inches long many years ago. This was near the time they would be closing McLain for the winter.
It was near dark and storming when we pulled into the park for our last camping session of the year. We had to put a tarp up to stop the strong winds in order to get the tent up.
But the next morning, after coffee of course, I strayed to water's edge and was kind of shocked to see this just waiting for me to pick up! One never knows what the waves will wash in.
Rock hunting is always a little more exciting after a big storm.
I really like that kind of art, I hope you do well with it.
Sally’s pebble art is beautiful! Very creative!
I loved the swirly unikite. Your sister’s art is delightful! Thank you.
Man i love mclains, especially when the water is crystal clear
I'm loving the pebble art!
Wow, loved your sisters glass and pebble-work, I make pictures from pebbles too, most persons and dogs, but I got some ideas from hers artwork. I shall for sure go and look at her website. Lovely tour, thank you all.
Love your sisters pebble art, just beautiful.
Such a nice calm day too.
I'm glad it wasn't windy, because it was pretty chilly out that day.
@@MichiganRocks I bet the water was chilly.
No beautiful hot summer day then
@@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 This was mid May and the water was extremely cold.
We spent 2 weeks at that campground year before last. Loved it. Would go back.
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: Beautiful environment. Thanks for taking us along!!
Sam the Tumbling King! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And I laughed at “Urbanite” - at one of my favorite rockhounding spots I find what I call “Brickia”: chunks of water-worn red brick hiding amongst my favorite conglomerates 😂 (btw if you’ve never tried tumbling a conglomerate before, give it a shot! I’ve gotten some beautiful results with them, just don’t put them in with fancy rocks in case a pebble breaks free along the way; usually I cut/grind them on the saw into tumbler sized chunks and they stay together pretty well!)
I tumble a lot of puddingstones, which are conglomerates. They tumble ok, but the matrix never comes out great. They're still great though.
@@MichiganRocks I’m not certain what type of conglomerates I find here, they *look* like red brick with a lot of microcrystalline quartz pebbles embedded in them, but that red matrix seems to be some kind of chert/jasper so they tumble SUPER well as long as the inclusions stay put! I’m going to post some on RTH once I finish a few pieces I’m working on with it; one of these days I gotta poke a local geologist or the geology subreddit to find out exactly what it is!
Hola!!! Me encanto la idea de los cuadros ,todos muy bien armados , saludos a mis cuñados 😂 es broma ,saludos a todos ❤❤❤
10:54 The universe works in magical ways. 🥰🌌
Sally's work is wonderful!
Yep, I have a talented sister. Actually, two of my sisters are talented in this way.
LOVE the rock art and y’all rock hounding together, put me in a good mood! Wish I could come along 🪨
You can come along virtually, whenever you'd like. I do these videos all the time.
Pretty art! Nice ways to display! Lovely finds and a relaxing video. Loved the fossil!
بانوی هنرمند.......👌👌👏👏 چه تابلوهای بینظیری با سنگهای کوچک درست کردن😍 واقعاً همه ی خانواده شما خوش ذوق و خلاق هستند❤❤
Looks like fun to me!
Hey where’s Nancy been? Miss her to:)
There is a lot more beach there than when I was there last!
That’s a chili stone, not a pudding stone
There are yupperlites there too. Not as vibrant as you find on the east side of the UP.
Cool rock art!
Wow, I would have past that agate up, because I wouldn’t have thought that was one.
Hi ho silver!
That art is very cool!
Nice video!
Chili stone, I'll have to remember that one!
What makes it a "chilli" stone? I've never heard that term before.
@@priscillaross-fox9407 I don’t know, the furthest thing from pudding that I could think of.
@@priscillaross-fox9407 I think it just looked like chili.
Just got home from my first trip to Michigan. We went all around eastern part of the upper peninsula. It was so beautiful and we found so many cool rocks! Our favorite spot was Perry's Landing near Deer Park. Love your channel.
I love that part of the state for rock hunting, but if you're looking for scenery, the Keweenaw Peninsula is much more beautiful. Perry's Landing and that whole area is great for rocks.
6:10 and the bedrock at 10:10: not Jacobsville, but Freda Sandstone. Quite common along the NW side of the Keweenaw south of Gratiot River.
Incredible find of silver by Clovis!
You think that was silver? I wasn't sure how to check. Sure was shiny.
Thanks for the correction on the sandstone type. Can you tell by appearance or just by location?
@@MichiganRocks Would have to see in person, but can't think of anything else that would be "that" metallic and silvery from there that wasn't silver. Sandstone formation is just by location; Jacobsville is only on the SE side, whereas Freda/Nonesuch are on the NW side. In thin section, they are very easy to tell apart.
@@captpaul8827 Thanks, Paul. I'll tell Clovis what you said.
Hi Rob ,love that you take Sam with you sometimes .I love hunting rocks too ,but have a dicky ankle so come home exausted but happy
Sam and I usually go to the eastern U.P. This year, we decided to go up to the Keweenaw and stay with Sally and Clovis because he's going to school at Michigan Tech in the fall.
Fun little day out, I haven’t seen you find a nice petoskey stone in a while, I assume you have to go to certain areas to find them? Thanks for sharing, lovely stone art too
Yes, basically south of Rogers City or Harbor Springs, but not every beach has them.
@@MichiganRocks My daughter found a Petoskey stone without the hex coralyte walls on Mackinac Island. It wasn't the greatest looking one but it was a Petoskey. I was shocked. I have never found one there before.
@@jimknarr I'm surprised too. I thought that was way too far north.
I made friends with a WHITE HAIRED GRANDMA down the street from my house.
She had a beautiful ROCK GARDEN.
I was only 7-8 yrs. My parents moved and we had no family 3000 miles away for my father's new job.
I missed my GRANDMA.
I visited her as much as I could until she was gone.
I never got to say good'bye.
My WHITE HAIRED LADY was a ROCK MOZAIC 😇 and taught me about rock names.
She also used glass.
Some were very large, her living room walls were full of them.
I CAN STILL FEEL I AM THERE WITH HER AS IF IN PRESENT TIME.
❤ this group rock beach hunt.😊
It's interesting what memories can be triggered through videos like this. The equivalent of cookies or bread baking in the oven!
She sounds like a great adopted grandma. She must have made quite an impression on you for you to remember her from your childhood.
@@lindaleehulsey3167 🥲💕
@@MichiganRocks 😃😍🥰SALLY'S PICTURES.
🤗🤑 VERY MEANINGFUL TITLES
Sort of a ZEN VIBE💫✌️
Very cool video Rob and your sister is so creative with the stones. Does she sell these I like the chopping board I love coffee 😊.
Yes, bit.ly/SallysSuperiorArt
Those stones you throw back would make a pretty rock garden in the area you cut down those trees, could add a pretty bird bath with the stones around it. You find some beautiful rocks and you would only need to take home a few each time you go hunting to have quite a collection around a birdbath.
That probably would look nice, but I have opted for putting plants around the boulders I put back there.
Love the pebble art
Really cool
Nice!!!
Nice agate Sam. Rob, I would have kept that butroidal to cut!
That pice of Unakite (?) - well the green & red was beautiful!
I L❤VE Sally"s rock artwork. Saw it in another video of the seaglass fair held somewhere in America (not sure of the place)
7:29 😮 Rainbow moonstone. ❤
That's prehnite or maybe patricianite.
@@MichiganRocks I looked it up and those weren't options. Ty. I'll go check them out. ✌️😊
Love the pictures! Very nice 😊😊😊
!! I'm going to be there in a few weeks, glad to know I'll have a shot at finding a pudding stone!
You won't find a puddingstone up there, but you might find that conglomerate I left behind.
Noooo!
You’re such a good Brother…. She says that’s Beautiful and you sarcastically (like a Brother) say yes that’s beautiful 😂😂😂💜💜💜💜
Me sarcastic? Never!
@@MichiganRocks 🥰😂😂😂
"Urbanite" Gonna steal that one. ;)
excellent rock art
오.. 샐리 작가님 pebble art 멋있어요! ❤❤
네, 그녀는 재능이 있어요. 나는 큰 언니가 자랑스럽다.
Your wife show you rock be positive Mr King geology guy
I feel a little less silly now …I’m not alone coming back home with stones in my pockets…..🤣😘
What's silly about that?
@@MichiganRocks my family is joking about that 🪨 farmers takes away as much stones as they can …and I bring them back home…. I’m doing that since I was able to walk with something in the hand… stones are magnets for me …
McLain is our preferred campground on the Keweenaw! mostly because it was our first experience with Lake Superior rocks! was the beach in better shape since 2023? so much sand and shoreline was lost south of the campground in the winter of 2022 and 2023.
I have only been here once before and we didn't walk very far, so I can't really compare.
I love pebble art! Does she sell her pictures, I would love one with a camper and a red fire pit!
Yes, there is a link to her site in the description. bit.ly/SallysSuperiorArt
I do not know what it is, but your videos are addictive. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 It looks like most of your family are hunters as well.
I haven't quite figured out what makes people like them so much either. I'm sure glad you do though.
The rocks that catch my eye are always different from the ones that catch your eye. Every time you stop and reach for one I think "ooo, that's a neat one" but I'm hardly ever looking at the one you pick up. 😃 I guess someone has to pick up the ugly ones but I'm not saying if it's you or me 🤣
I frustrate a lot of people that way. Everyone has different tastes, so it's impossible to know what someone else is going to like. It makes no sense for me to try to vary it by grabbing rocks that I don't find interesting. At least if I pick up something I like, there's a decent chance that someone else will like it too. I'll keep trying!
I would've kept that nice size galaxy stone with the bug chunk of waxy epidote on one end😢
I left it there for you!
A friend of mine found 85 Indian copper artifacts across the road from McClain Park using a metal detector there was a war there between the Indians and the Army over the rights to the entrance way to the 14:26 Portage
That's really cool. I had no idea we were on a battle ground.
So many rocks, like 1:31 look like they are covered in a ‘purple coralline’ type of coating. Any ideas?
They're not covered by anything. That color goes all the way though.
I doubt it, but you have more experience doing it, and I have no valid explanation for what I’m saying; just a question/observation.
To that end, are you saying the dark outer ‘shell’ (don’t know the appropriate word, just using my best analogy) of it goes from one side to the other if you cut in half? With the rock in your hand at 1:31 I’d call BS
@@given0fox968 I left that one on the beach, so I can't cut it to verify one way or the other. I just know from experience in cutting a lot of rocks that they usually look the same on the inside as the outside.
There is something called a weathering rind on rocks though, where the outside can be a slightly different color due to oxidation, fading, iron staining, etc. It's not usually too dramatic, but it's noticeable.
@@MichiganRocks based on the surrounding rocks, and the one I mentioned in your hand, I saw a similar ‘hue’ in what I feared was some sort of ‘staining’ in that rock and the surrounding. If (which sounds like I’m not) something was staining them, we’d both be concerned. Appreciate the responses, and you sharing your adventures & finds.
I would love to come from Tennessee to rock hunt. But my fuel mileage would be a 1/8 of the mileage on the way back 😆
Ha ha! Yep, that's a problem.
دقیقه 5:05 👌👌سنگ زیبا و خوشرنگ❤❤
My 3 daughters all paint pictures on flat rocks.
Ya'll rock hunt like my dad used to fish: - Throw everything back! 8 D
What glue does Sally use for pebble art?
I just asked her. Gorilla super glue.
Thanks for taking us with you.. Are you going to maki a deeper scoop so the rocks don't slide off??
Probably not. It's not a bad idea, I just probably won't get around to doing it. I do like how the pointy end of the spoon can get under rocks well. A deeper spoon might make that harder.
@@MichiganRocksWe see a lot of tourists on our Keweenaw beaches with cat turd scoops on a pole, but regardless, McClains is a waste of time for agates. A few miles up the beach at Calumet Water Works Township park is where the grapefruit sized agates are. You're far more likely to find agates under water with a viewing bucket too.
Better luck next time.
@@mrfirestop415 I went to Calumet on this trip too. No grapefruit sized agates this time though.