Found a FANTASTIC AGATE While Rockhounding the Yellowstone River - Montana Petrified Wood & Agates

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Kip and I were lucky to get out on the Yellowstone River for a nice afternoon of rockhounding. We found some absolutely fantastic agates along the way as well as some nice petrified wood, jasper, and other cool rocks.
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  • @AgateAngler
    @AgateAngler  4 года назад +6

    Thanks for coming along on this adventure! You guys are awesome! Remember to check out some of the other rockhounding channels in the description of this video, and if you haven't, consider subscribing to my channel if you want to see more rockhounding. I don't want to spoil too much, but I went out yesterday and found some pretty amazing stuff....

    • @Oregonoutdoorcpl
      @Oregonoutdoorcpl 4 года назад +1

      Rockin the Simms! Fellow fisherman as well as rockhound. Come Oregon way we will take you Salmon fishing this fall!

    • @Tammy-5L
      @Tammy-5L 2 месяца назад

      @@AgateAngler I am ready for more

  • @stacyjv_4982
    @stacyjv_4982 4 года назад +3

    I would go to that area just to see all those beautiful rocks! Looks like there’s more than just agates there! Love your videos! Keep em coming!

  • @sharonbendtsen3421
    @sharonbendtsen3421 4 года назад +3

    I very much appreciate watching you rock hound because you seam to really love rocks not just big things you can sell.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      I sure do!!! Thanks again for watching and commenting! It helps the channel out immensely.

  • @M4pockets18Annie
    @M4pockets18Annie 4 года назад +5

    So fun...the best camera work, I don’t want it to end!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thank you for watching and commenting! It helps the channel out a lot! Thanks for watching!

  • @NurseMickiLea
    @NurseMickiLea 4 года назад +1

    Wow that Blue agate is stunning!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Maybe the find of the year.....hard to say since there is so much to go.

  • @tinastoddard5411
    @tinastoddard5411 4 года назад +1

    I'm so jealous. Wow. Amazing finds.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      I'm just glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching!

  • @MarlainaAtkins
    @MarlainaAtkins 4 года назад +4

    Ok...the blues💙 and 13:00 are just stunning...thanks for sharing the awesomeness. And I noticed my channel link in your description...much appreciated my fellow hound. Happy Hunting out there. I hope you get another chance to hunt the river before it's too high!🐾

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      13:00 is one of the nicest big agates I've found yet. Just wait til you see next week's video..... My pleasure, I hope people are checking out your channel from my videos. That would be awesome.

  • @cynergy4
    @cynergy4 4 года назад +2

    I found some rocks that looks just like the one at 4:25, but have no clue as to what it is. I wish that my dog listened to me that well! These stones have me drooling! The beautiful jasper!!!! That blue agate!!!!!!!!! And the sky is spectacular! Thanks for letting us tag along!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +2

      Haha! Montana is called Big Sky Country for a reason. Thanks for watching. This one had some really nice stuff in it, but wait for next week.....

  • @megansmuskiewicz9573
    @megansmuskiewicz9573 4 года назад +1

    I love rock hunting in the rain :)

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      100% agree, as long as there is no lightning.

  • @jaredpeterson380
    @jaredpeterson380 2 года назад

    Most relaxing hobby I've ever had. We live in MN. Lake Superior agate. Beautiful stuff.

  • @KatyDidRocks
    @KatyDidRocks 4 года назад +2

    YEEEEEESSSSS! Congratulations on 1000 subs. 😊😊😊😊😊❤️

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thanks KATE!!!! It's been a long road, but super fun and super worth it. Looking forward to this summer!

  • @katherinedoughty839
    @katherinedoughty839 4 года назад +1

    Wow! Your not wrong amazing place alright. Great finds...My kinda hounding. 👍

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thanks for watching Katherine!

  • @kennethchristie5167
    @kennethchristie5167 4 года назад +1

    Wo hooo

  • @elsamarthafitzneryrra7545
    @elsamarthafitzneryrra7545 4 года назад +1

    Jovenazo. Realmente envidio su actividad rebuscar rocas hermosas.
    El paraíso para mi..Saludos

  • @jaredpeterson380
    @jaredpeterson380 2 года назад +1

    We had a beautiful golden retriever that would rock hound with us. She'd wade into the river, feel around for a rock, She'd then back up to shore rolling the rock till she could get hold of it. She'd bring it to me. So cute. She's like, I know you guys like these for some reason, so here you go.

  • @klairesprengel9335
    @klairesprengel9335 4 года назад +1

    Wow Alex those r some beautiful rocks xx gr8 vid xx

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thanks for watching Klaire! Take care!

  • @jasakirimbarang
    @jasakirimbarang Год назад +1

    Ok makasih banyak bosku

  • @brendamariatuazon7444
    @brendamariatuazon7444 3 года назад

    Wow! A really beautiful rock you find,thanks for sharing a amizing video.Godbless.

  • @sharonbendtsen3421
    @sharonbendtsen3421 4 года назад +1

    Good day picking👍

  • @judyherman5470
    @judyherman5470 4 года назад

    Absolutely stunning finds.

  • @joeturner2335
    @joeturner2335 4 года назад +1

    I just found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing. I lived in Billings in 2015 & 2016. I spent all my free time on the Yellowstone & in the priors rockhounding. Good times.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Right on! So glad you found it so you can relive some of those good times. We are so lucky to have the river and the Pryors so close. It's honestly unfair. Thanks for watching.

  • @judyherman5470
    @judyherman5470 4 года назад

    Absolutely stunning finds!

  • @ellemobilis3015
    @ellemobilis3015 6 месяцев назад

    Love the green pebble ❤

  • @patriciamckean4186
    @patriciamckean4186 2 года назад

    Kip was a good boy, not playing with the carcass. Beautiful finds. The basalt with baby agates is called galaxy stones by some.

  • @GravelBarHopper
    @GravelBarHopper 4 года назад +5

    Man yall have the prettiest petrified wood.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      I totally take it for granted. We have such cool materials here. We might have to do a little rock trade here at some point because I think your agates are amazing!

    • @GravelBarHopper
      @GravelBarHopper 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateAngler sure! I got plenty. I can send you some that the bands will blow your mind!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      @@GravelBarHopper We'll have to set that up here soon.

  • @Tammy-5L
    @Tammy-5L 2 месяца назад

    Love this

  • @trishhummel2170
    @trishhummel2170 Год назад

    Totally enjoyed.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  Год назад

      Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Many more hunts to watch on my channel.

  • @RG-rl6hj
    @RG-rl6hj 4 года назад +1

    It is absolutely incredible that we had the same kinds of finds recently. I have just gotten permission this spring to look in an old gravel pit right off the West Fork of the White River, Southern Indiana!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Interesting! You should put up some photos of your finds for all of us to drool over. I'd love to get into a gravel pit one of these days.

  • @TheJShiggs
    @TheJShiggs 4 года назад +1

    When I was a kid I would collect rocks from the stops we made on vacation out west in Canada. After watching your videos I have a little agate piece in my little collection, never knew what kind of rock it was.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Very cool! Any idea where exactly it's from? Thanks for watching.

    • @TheJShiggs
      @TheJShiggs 4 года назад

      Agate Angler it was back in grade 9, it was on our way out west between Banff and Vancouver. I remember picking rocks out of the Fraser but we also stopped off at a lot of trails on the way and whenever I saw something I thought looked unique I would pick it up. Brought home like 10 kg of rocks...LOL

  • @linaung6590
    @linaung6590 2 года назад

    Awesome finds

  • @EDLaw-wo5it
    @EDLaw-wo5it 4 года назад +1

    You are blessed to have all that beauty so close by. Man what pretty finds. If there is a corpse a dog will find it lol. I loved the vid. Havagudun my friend.

  • @KatyDidRocks
    @KatyDidRocks 4 года назад +1

    Wow, beautiful finds! That last big agate was really something special. :) And OMG, that red and white jasper!!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Yes, it was a very good day. This spot where I am searching (which is top secret BTW....) is really producing a wide range of materials. Or maybe its just that I'm slowing down and looking closer.

  • @themidwesternrockhound388
    @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад +2

    Awesome finds Alex can’t wait to see what you have next

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thanks Skyler! I went out yesterday and got some killer stuff. I post sneak peaks every now and then in the Rockhounding Montana Facebook group.

    • @themidwesternrockhound388
      @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад

      Agate Angler awesome looking forward to your next video

  • @phyllisalippert-kelly524
    @phyllisalippert-kelly524 4 года назад +1

    New watcher from Florida. I really enjoy your adventures. Especially like that you take Kip along. We have agatized coral locally.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Very cool! I wonder what that looks like, I'll have to google it! Thanks for watching!

  • @anneallen2690
    @anneallen2690 4 года назад +5

    Please show these stones when they are out of the tumbler. Thank you.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +3

      I will certainly be doing this. Lots of people asking for the tumbled end products. Take care and thanks for watching Anne.

  • @plantplanetearth509
    @plantplanetearth509 4 года назад +1

    Don't know a thing about rocks but your excitement is addictive. And if I ever go "rock hounding" here in Texas I better bring my water spray bottle! I am more into blue colors. Like that tiny baby blue looking rock at 11:39 to the right of the petrified rock you were looking at. If you had a whole bucket of those baby blue colored rocks, I may be interested.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching the video. I am so glad you enjoyed. It is funny how everyone seems to notice other rocks that don't catch my attention. I'll keep my eyes open for blue rocks for you. It was probably jasper.

    • @plantplanetearth509
      @plantplanetearth509 4 года назад

      Agate Angler
      Awesome!

  • @SouthernOntarioSasquatch
    @SouthernOntarioSasquatch 4 года назад +3

    Thanks for taking us along AA! I sure did enjoy myself. Your finds are gorgeously beautiful!! Those blue agates are like...just wow. And that one large one with all the curvy banding! Ah! Your outings are so fun to watch, and I feel such excitement when you make a great find. The beauty and variety of what you discover in that area just doesn't quit! What a special river and location. I went out rockhounding the other day in the rain and found some beauties myself. I think I need to start a new channel and get on board :) Take care Alex! And thank you for the inspiration! LeeAnn ;)

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Hi LeeAnn, Thanks so much for watching and for your very generous compliments. I am so glad you enjoy the videos. They are a lot of fun for me to make and it is super rewarding to see other people enjoy them such as yourself. What are you finding out on your rockhounding trips? Let me know if you start up a channel as I'd love to see what you are finding.
      Cheers,
      Alex

  • @royolstad8532
    @royolstad8532 3 года назад

    Yer killin me, here

  • @mariaaparecidapimentel1736
    @mariaaparecidapimentel1736 4 года назад +2

    É de ficar pirado com tantas pedras , muito lindo esse lugar.

  • @sharonbendtsen3421
    @sharonbendtsen3421 4 года назад +1

    Watching you and katydid and rookie rockhounding has given me some new insights to the rocks I am seeing. Thanks

  • @donnalantz7981
    @donnalantz7981 3 года назад

    Carcass would maybe be a better word. Corpse sounds like a human body. LOL love your videos. Great rocks you find. Kip is a funny dog. He cracks me up too.

  • @jamesbryant5276
    @jamesbryant5276 4 года назад

    You and the agate father have the same first name, great video and rocks

  • @mikelouis9389
    @mikelouis9389 4 года назад +1

    Your haul today was off the charts! I was reading the comments and I have a suggestion for you, look on Amazon for black lights. I picked up a long and a short wave battery powered LEDs that have given me reliable service for a long time and both were under 50 bucks! Another tip is to get yourself a copy of Roadside Geology of Montana, I just got mine yesterday and your state is crazy interesting! Almost as crazy as Washington/ Oregon is!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      I'm planning an amazon order here in the next week or so. I'm going to get some LED lights for filming inside, a little tripod, as well as a black light. Spoiler alert, but I'll be doing a night hunt later this summer!

    • @mikelouis9389
      @mikelouis9389 4 года назад

      @@AgateAngler Awesome! Make sure you get both long and short wave UV lights. Some material only lights up under the specific frequency. BUT, be careful with both and especially the short wave.....eye injury and, as an ex professional welder I can damn well state with utter certainty, gettingbflashed really sucks! BTDT .....oowwwwwwww

  • @gwynnfarrell1856
    @gwynnfarrell1856 4 года назад +2

    I think my mouth was gaping open for most of your video. My tongue feels a little dry. What incredible finds! I've tumbled something that looks like your porphyry that I've been calling volcanic breccia. It looks more like what you picked up than what I've found on Google for breccia. Some of it has polished really well and some just so so. It will be interesting to see how yours come out. Kip the rockhound! Good boy! Thank you for an exciting trip to the river, Alex!

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад

      That makes sense. Porphyry can look pretty similar to breccia. And usually (in the darker porphyry anyway) the bigger crystals, or "phenocrysts", are feldspar, which does polish up well, and the groundmass is amphiboles and pyroxenes, which may or may not polish. In breccia, usually the cement between the rock bits are a mineral like quartz, calcite, fluorite etc... Minerals that typically are deposited by fluid (aqueous) in veins. And the bits of rock are broken off from already-solid rock. In some breccia you can see how the pieces would fit together if there wasn't cement between them. But not always. Sometimes a breccia represents an area of movement along a fault, which can eventually travel kilometers. Also, sometimes finer material is washed away from in between the larger pieces in breccia, so the pieces don't appear to fit together. Whereas a porphyry is fully igneous, the crystals forming while the magma is still a liquid. Hope this is helpful! Happy hounding!

    • @gwynnfarrell1856
      @gwynnfarrell1856 4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 This is very helpful, thank you! I think I need to start calling my rocks porphyry because the crystals would never fit together. They're small and pretty randomly distributed throughout the surrounding material, which is of many different colors. One of my favorites is a pink and tan combination. None of them has ever polished to a glassy finish but they've taken on a kind of matte finish that shows off the patterns very nicely. I found them in a creek that runs through a very volcanic area in southwest Idaho, along with very dense black basalt, very bubbly brick orange basalt, and some iron stained quartz. I've found a few pieces of jasper there as well. I'm about a 1 year old rockhound so I'm learning tons of stuff as I watch these wonderful videos. Thanks again!

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад

      @@gwynnfarrell1856 My pleasure! Seems like for only one year in you've got a pretty good handle on it! I've had an interest in rocks most of my life, but didn't know what a porphyry was until I worked in the mining industry! Very best of luck to you on your future adventures! If you ever have questions, I'm happy to try my best to answer!

    • @gwynnfarrell1856
      @gwynnfarrell1856 4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 You're very kind!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Gwynn! I am so glad you enjoyed, but sorry that you are now parched! It was a wonderful day. I think I've seen that Breccia stuff out on the gravels before, but I'm really seeing a lot of porphyry after everyone helped me ID it in one of my recent videos. Amazing how learning something so simple can totally open your eyes. Thanks for watching and coming along. I appreciate it for sure!

  • @J_H_Rahbek
    @J_H_Rahbek 4 года назад +1

    Make a video where you showcase your tumbled stuff, it would be awesome!! Nice video

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Its on my to do list for sure. I'd like to wait for my current batch to finish first though. Thanks for watching!

  • @keesunthomas3733
    @keesunthomas3733 4 года назад +1

    Very cool channel man I definitely want to make it over ta the Yellowstone area soon! I love finding agate and jasper but the variety of color y'all have is amazing and the petrified wood makes me a little jealous! Good channel man keep it up

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Yeah! You absolutely should, it is a rockhounding oasis! Thanks for checking out the channel!

  • @TheoKellison
    @TheoKellison 4 года назад +1

    Man oh man! Looks like you found a real honey hole! Those waterlines are fantastic! That agate at 12:50 is going to be stunning! Excited to see how they're going to polish up! Speaking of high water! I have a secret spot I want to show you and katydid so you can take care of your agate fix during runoff! It's a really great spot that doesn't get touched by runoff! It is a bit of a drive though... I'd love to take you guys there though if you would be interested! Keep on angling good sir!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Man you are far too kind for even considering to show us a secret spot, but of course I'd be totally on board for an adventure some time soon. I'm excited to watch your guys' collaboration tonight, hopefully I can tune in for the premier. How long of a drive btw????

    • @TheoKellison
      @TheoKellison 4 года назад

      @@AgateAngler definitely my pleasure! for that spot I was thinking maybe June or July, it's so fantastic going there when the river is at full flood because you actually get to do Yellowstone rockhounding! Also, that gives us plenty of time to coordinate because... It's like a 2 and a half, maybe 3 hour drive... Worth it though! And I'm happy to hear! Hopefully I will "see" you at the premiere! It was a lot of fun!

    • @TheoKellison
      @TheoKellison 4 года назад

      @@AgateAngler also, sorry for not responding sooner, I didn't get notified for some reason

  • @jcoutdoorfever
    @jcoutdoorfever 4 года назад +2

    Great video!! I just subscribed. One closer to 1000 for ya

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      I appreciate that so much! Thanks for watching. From Reddit right?

    • @jcoutdoorfever
      @jcoutdoorfever 4 года назад +1

      Yes from Reddit but I think from Katy did as well. I am in Michigan. I have a small channel please help me out thanks

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      @@jcoutdoorfever I'll put your info in my video description and sub to your channel! Hand in there, it can be a slow build, but its worth it. We have a great community on here. Try using the hashtag #TheFinders in your videos. Lots of people look for rockhounding videos on there.

  • @CityRockhounding
    @CityRockhounding 3 года назад

    Lol, my wife makes fun of my because I'll crawl all over the ground so I can see the rocks better, but hey, it's what I need to do to see it. Thanks for sharing these wonderful pieces. They are breath taking!

  • @panopticseeker2301
    @panopticseeker2301 3 года назад

    Dude , sometimes you drive me nuts... you get stuck on 1 rock I see 5 around it that are stunning. Live your adventures 😁

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 2 года назад +1

    Can you suggest some books to help identify agates ? Just love watching you hunt on the vast area of the Yellowstone river. One day I hope to make it there too.

  • @MarlainaAtkins
    @MarlainaAtkins 4 года назад +1

    5:15 definitely an agate...i could see the lines and layers right away! Nice one. Ok still watching...

  • @paulcarder8032
    @paulcarder8032 4 года назад +1

    Great finds Angler! Don't beauties like that here in Central Illinois. Last year I bought a box of Montana Agates. They sure can fool you sometimes. Take one that looks kind of drab and cut it to find lovely patterns inside. Small tumblers I don't cut. Those big ones the size of a potato do you ever slice them up? Keep me drooling with some more videos!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Paul, I'm just getting started with some cutting recently. I only have a tile saw with about a 1.5 inch cutting length, but it gets the job done for small to medium sized rocks. The Montana agates really are amazing. Such variety, and I totally know what you mean about the patterns inside. Often the have very subtle banding that really pops out when polished.

  • @M4pockets18Annie
    @M4pockets18Annie 4 года назад +1

    Phenomenal ❤️

  • @williamthompson4171
    @williamthompson4171 4 года назад +1

    The rock at 11:40, if it is dark blue, may be sodalite. I can not tell if its black or dark blue. Sodalite will fluoresce a spotty orange color under UV light. Good hunting

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Thanks for the info William! I'll look into it. Good eye!

  • @trippingonrocks1165
    @trippingonrocks1165 4 года назад +1

    Fully immersed, I had a lol at that, wow what an awesome hunt you had. You weren't wrong about the carcass. So many pretty water lines I don't even notice a little wind in The back ground. The blues are stunning. Loved it all, cheers buddy.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      So glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching.

  • @406findings
    @406findings 4 года назад +2

    I cut a rock just like the "basalt baby agate" before it goes all the way through there kinda interesting

  • @RobWenzel84
    @RobWenzel84 4 года назад +2

    I can't get over all that wood I would get a bigger truck to haul all I find lol

  • @edtherockhound9944
    @edtherockhound9944 4 года назад

    Omg dude I thought the pic you posted for the video was an egg lol I’m hungry

  • @littleSallyJo
    @littleSallyJo 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for such wonderful Happy Place Vicarious Rockhunts!! Your camera work, your enthusiasm & your knowledgeable patter are a JOY! A question: how well do the Porphyry rocks polish? These are kind of new to me. I'd love to see how they turn out? Love the Jaspers too!
    With high water in the rivers, will you be cutting & polishing? And can we see that too??? Thanks!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for your wonderful compliments Sally. I'll be honest in that I have not polished one yet, but it might be going in the next tumbler batch, but we'll have to see. With the rivers high I will likely do a little more polishing and cutting, but I do have a couple videos up right now to that same effect, you can check them out on my channel. Thanks for watching.

  • @lr6844
    @lr6844 2 года назад

    I am new to your channel and am enjoying it very much. I am also a new subscriber now. Thank you for identifying your finds; it really helps me to learn the names of the rocks and petrified wood. Question: you say this if for your collection; what do you do with your collection? Do you ever cut and polish for jewelry; some of those pieces are absolutely beautiful.

  • @annejenkins1674
    @annejenkins1674 3 года назад

    I enjoy watching your videos! I was wondering if you would share your location as I would like to visit Montana.
    Cheers!
    Anne from Colorado

  • @megansmuskiewicz9573
    @megansmuskiewicz9573 4 года назад +1

    you seem to have a spirt guide with you yeah? I saw something on your right hand side at about a minute 6...you have good support and happiness around you

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Don't know if I'd call it a spirit guide, but I enjoy looking for rocks. Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers!

  • @Justshannon1987
    @Justshannon1987 4 года назад +1

    Awesome finds, loved it!😍. Have you tumbled porphyritic basalt in the past? Wondering how it works out because I've picked up a few neat ones here and there and am curious to see what they look like polished up or if they even can be.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Shannon, I have not tumbled it before, but I'm curious to see how it will turn out for sure. I'm planning to do a little tumbling video here at some point once I have enough finished rocks to show off.

    • @Justshannon1987
      @Justshannon1987 4 года назад

      @@AgateAngler perfect!

  • @opheliaeaston2828
    @opheliaeaston2828 3 года назад +1

    How do you tell the difference between agates and chalcedony? I've been collecting from the Yellowstone for years, but I always called both types agates.

  • @montanastorm6969
    @montanastorm6969 4 года назад

    Ok, I gotta go! How far is this river from Missoula?

  • @CurrentlyRockhounding
    @CurrentlyRockhounding 4 года назад +1

    Do you have places in mind to go to when the yellowstone river gets too high to hound at?

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      The short answer is yes. We have the Billings South hills where we can find septarians and fossils, the Pryor Mountains for Agate & Jasper, and then we all have our secret little spots along the river where gravels are still exposed even during high water. How are you guys doing over there in WA?

    • @CurrentlyRockhounding
      @CurrentlyRockhounding 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateAngler I'm looking forward to seeing those mountain videos from you! We are doing good, I'm working a lot which is nice but we have less time to rockhound.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      @@CurrentlyRockhounding The Pryor mountain video might end up being a collaboration between myself and a few other Montana rockhounds, but it's still in the works. I'm glad your working since so many are not, but I get that it takes away from rockhounding time.

  • @thirstfast1025
    @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +1

    4:06 My official first "that might be stromatolite" on your channel! LOL! I tend to call too many things stromatolite....

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      What is this Stromatolite you speak of?

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +2

      @@AgateAngler Oooooo, the kind of question that gives me goosebumps (in the excited-to-gush way)! Okay, I'll start with the short answer so you don't have to read a lecture. They're colonies of cyanobacteria (I think that's most of the time, but once in a while they are made of other organisms, but not sure) that grow in shallow coastal waters. Usually marine, but there are freshwater varieties too. They capture small mineral grains suspended in the water and fix them to their colonies, which usually take on the shape of mounds, or mats, or cones, or sometimes branched structures. The cool thing about capturing mineral grains is that gives us a more accurate picture of what was eroding in the area at the time. The more important thing about them is they are stunningly pervasive. They constitute the oldest known direct fossil evidence of life on earth. Yet they still exist today. When water takes on the right qualities, stromatolites grow. Slowly. I think the Shark Bay ones grow 1mm/yr or something minescule like that. The arguably most important feature though, is they were the organisms most responsible for the Great Oxygenation Event that opened the door to the Cambrian explosion! The reason for BIF's is primarily stromatolite work. Our oceans went from a limey green and rusty orange to the crystal blue they are now as the stromatolites deprived the dissolved iron of it's oxygen and precipitated it in vast layers of rich iron ore on the sea beds. Hahaha, sorry, that's as short as I could go! Let me know if you want more info!
      Oh, and the reason I am so fixated on them is the fact that I find the oldest ones in Canada right by my house. 2.8 billion years old. I trained my eye to see them where I get them, and now everything that looks even close I think "STROMATOLITE!" LoL!

    • @MarlainaAtkins
      @MarlainaAtkins 4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 you're so flippin awesome😎🐾

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +1

      @@MarlainaAtkins Haha! Thanks M! You are too!

    • @MarlainaAtkins
      @MarlainaAtkins 4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 I finally cut the rock I think might be stromatolite. I'm going to send you pictures here soon. Tell me what you think😎

  • @NurseMickiLea
    @NurseMickiLea 4 года назад +1

    What is the closest town to where you hunt to give me an idea of location if I can get there next Spring? If you don’t mind sharing😁♥️

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      I hunt within 30 minutes of Billings, MT in all of my videos

  • @NurseMickiLea
    @NurseMickiLea 4 года назад +1

    So what your saying if we want to find cool rocks head for the dead thing! Gotcha🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

  • @N-B-MMA
    @N-B-MMA 4 года назад

    Bummer all i can find in indiana is quarts

  • @kennethchristie5167
    @kennethchristie5167 4 года назад +1

    Would you tumble the big one too?

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      I only have a 3 lb tumbler barrel right now, so probably not, but I'd consider it in the future.

  • @sharonbendtsen3421
    @sharonbendtsen3421 4 года назад +2

    Just a suggestion but I don’t find petrified wood like that here where I hunt so that being said you are coming up on 1000 subs and maybe you could do a petrified wood give away at 1000?

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Sharon, I don't want to give too much away, but there will be a 1000 subscriber giveaway featuring some fine Yellowstone River treasures. Additionally, for people who are interested, I'm going to occasionally ship 2-3 packages of rocks per month on sort of a 1st come 1st serve basis. I know that we have some rocks here that other people would really appreciate, but I don't want to charge for them. Instead, I'll ask folks to cover the cost of shipping, and if they'd like to, they can add on a donation for the channel. I do want to spread the rock love. Thanks for watching.

  • @betojdesigns
    @betojdesigns 4 года назад +2

    Wow, what a great day of beautiful collections. You live in such a beautiful area. Corpse! You never said what is was dude. Some poor animal? I had a dog who would roll in anything dead he saw. It was usually when there was an hour or more drive back to the house. Not an enjoyable ride with him in the car 🚗. Just gross.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      Haha, I think the corpse was a cow, but it really was just skin and bones when we were there. I like to let the suspense build, and make people wonder..... Kip has rolled in that thing at least twice, so we got lucky that he didn't while we were there. Thanks for watching!

  • @thirstfast1025
    @thirstfast1025 4 года назад

    Lots of porphyry there eh? Even some quartz porphyry. I've worked at a mine where the low-grade ore was in a quartz porphyry. Not to say they all are gold-bearing, but it might be worth doin a little crush&pan if you ever come across the outcrop.... Especially if there's any veins!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Now the total n00b inside of me is confused/ What do you mean by "outcrop"? What would that look like exactly? And what do you mean by crush and pan? I have so much to learn.

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateAngler Haha no worries man! No one learns it all overnight! Outcrop just means where the rock "crops out", or is exposed as bedrock. Usually if you see rocks and think "that's too big to be loose", it's probably bedrock, so also "outcrop". You can be fooled by what's called "float" in areas where glaciers have dropped huge masses of rock into sandy soil and they've sunk some. They can be as big as a house. But if you clink em with your hammer near the ground, eventually you can tell the difference in the feel in the hammer and the feel in your feet if it's float or true bedrock. Crush and pan just means to grab a few representative samples (in porphyry it's important to get areas that are both mostly phenocryst and others that are mostly groundmass, and every variety you see for several feet on either side of a vein), crush em up as best you can and use a gold pan to look for any traces of gold. Anything that looks even a bit promising, send half the sample you took (because you divided all the samples you were labelling as you took in half, to crush half and assay half), send it to the lab. Hahaha, the funny thing is, I sit here and I couldn't even ballpark how much an assay costs. I've always just been the guy filling the bags, never the one paying to process them! Or for diamonds, I've only been the guy processing them, never billing! LOL! Too funny!

    • @mikelouis9389
      @mikelouis9389 4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 I think that if he stays in this area outcrops would be a rarity. Now, if he heads west where most all of this material originated he may find an outcrop or ten. Maybe look near some of the lacoliths that Montana is so famous for.

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад

      @@mikelouis9389 :) Awesome! I'm nowhere near Montana, so I definitely appreciate knowledge from someone with first hand goods! Do you know if any of the porphyries are gold-bearing? Are the lacoliths where you get the porphyries? That would make sense. Thanks man!

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      @@thirstfast1025 That's really interesting info. I know that people do prospect on the Yellowstone, but it's not very well known for producing lots of gold. I was planning to try it out at some point. I'll certainly keep my eyes open, but I'd imagine that it all comes from the mountains.....

  • @mikelouis9389
    @mikelouis9389 4 года назад +1

    Dude! Y'all soooooo close to 1k subs! Mega congo rats! Now, back to the video.

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      I know!!! It's crazy. I feel so blessed by all of you guys that take the time to watch

    • @mikelouis9389
      @mikelouis9389 4 года назад

      @@AgateAngler Take the time to watch? Like it's a chore? Dude, it's a pleasure to watch and my eyes are getting trained in knowing what's good and what's leaverite.

  • @shamimahmadkhan8667
    @shamimahmadkhan8667 3 года назад

    Allah O Akbat

  • @themidwesternrockhound388
    @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад +2

    Is any of your petrified wood glow under UV light

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      I don't have a UV light yet...... but I assume a lot of the stuff will. I'll let you know when I get one.

    • @themidwesternrockhound388
      @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад +1

      Agate Angler yeah you should get on quick they are fun to use sometimes I just spend like ten minutes just shining my UV light on my rocks

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад

      @@themidwesternrockhound388 It's on my shopping list. I'll probably have one in the next few weeks.

    • @themidwesternrockhound388
      @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад

      Agate Angler great

  • @manisteerocks7092
    @manisteerocks7092 4 года назад +1

    Your killing me...

    • @AgateAngler
      @AgateAngler  4 года назад +1

      Hopefully in a good way????

  • @patriciaroysdon9540
    @patriciaroysdon9540 4 года назад

    A CORPSE!!!??? EWWWWW.