Cutting Lake Superior Agates and Host Rock | Lapidary

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024

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  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  4 года назад +13

    Thanks for watching everyone! Please consider subscribing to help support our channel 👍❤
    Check out last weeks video - epic gravel road agates: ruclips.net/video/wzKTNKkR2is/видео.html

  • @DrJ4712
    @DrJ4712 8 месяцев назад +1

    Taylor, I can appreciate that even if they are sort of duds, you can still find the beauty in them! Your pure joy is palpable!😊❤

  • @lizlaine9319
    @lizlaine9319 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the beautiful agates, Tom really enjoyed the reveals.❤

  • @Ohiogrown11
    @Ohiogrown11 3 года назад +5

    I love the fact that you can appreciate and see the absolute beauty in your finds. It's kinda sad to see some of the folks that have been doing this for years lose their enthusiasm.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  3 года назад +1

      Yeah that’s sad but everyone is different, I just love how each one is 100% unique so it’s like a refresh button every time lol

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 года назад +1

    All BEAUTIFUL!!! Love your slide show at the end!!! Thanks!!!

  • @scottdault9438
    @scottdault9438 3 года назад +1

    Taylor i feel your excitement, after cutting rocks, the wonderful colors and designs are absolutely Godley ! Thank you ! Got Rock's

  • @virginiarocks
    @virginiarocks 4 года назад +2

    You cracked me up with the trimming the grass in the pot with scissors 🤣

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Glad someone enjoyed it ☺

  • @aliencat11
    @aliencat11 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful! The host rocks had some beautiful colors that set off the agate within. Thanks!

  • @FlourgoldWizards
    @FlourgoldWizards 4 года назад +1

    Looks good!!! Some of those slabs resemble meteor cuts!!✅👍🏻

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 года назад +1

    I loved the third cut on the first cut very pretty, too!!!

  • @CC-xk6cp
    @CC-xk6cp 4 года назад +1

    Hi again TAYLOR
    Treasures inside! You just never know what you'll find. Much like a Christmas present and you can hardly wait to open it! Your close up pics are terrific! Thx for sharing and enjoying all of the steps to the great reveals...

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      It is like Christmas! So fun seeint the internal beauty!!

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. Nothing better than rockin. Stay safe and healthy 😷⚒

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Thanks and you too!

  • @kimbain4368
    @kimbain4368 4 года назад +2

    This is a textbook case of "you can't judge a book by its cover". Kind of ordinary on their outsides hiding wondrous beauty within. Really nice! Thanks for sharing. (Nice music, too. Very relaxing.)

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      EXACTLY!! So happy you enjoyed it!

  • @rockinwitht9948
    @rockinwitht9948 4 года назад +1

    Those are all gorgeous!! None of them were disappointing!!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      So glad they weren't!

  • @DownriverRocks
    @DownriverRocks 2 года назад

    10:02 this rock, rocks them all. That cream color.❤️❤️

  • @johna2932
    @johna2932 4 года назад +1

    It’s like treasure bonus. I love this.

  • @kelleydavis1228
    @kelleydavis1228 7 месяцев назад

    It's crazy what's hiding inside some of those stones. Love watching for the surprises

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel9828 4 года назад +1

    I have saw envy. Beautiful cuts. Thanks.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      They turned out nice! Thanks 😊

  • @MarlainaAtkins
    @MarlainaAtkins 4 года назад +2

    Wow wow wow Taylor... almost better than finding the agates by themselves is finding them still in their host Rock. Those are amazing!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      They ended up being very cool! Gotta find more :)

  • @stacyjv_4982
    @stacyjv_4982 3 года назад +1

    So much beauty inside those beautiful rocks!

  • @TheOldladyB
    @TheOldladyB 4 года назад +1

    They are all just beautiful inside. Thanks for sharing.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Happy to share!

  • @KatyDidRocks
    @KatyDidRocks 4 года назад +4

    The sliced host rock is just as pretty!

  • @davepruitt2739
    @davepruitt2739 2 года назад +1

    Enjoy your cutting videos. Very inspiring

  • @pennyhoward3438
    @pennyhoward3438 4 года назад +1

    Excellent! Enjoyed the surprise

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Gkad you enjoyed ☺

  • @paulcarder8032
    @paulcarder8032 4 года назад +1

    Nothing like a saw to reveal a rock's inner beauty. Good job Taylor! Keep the cutting videos coming!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Thank you Paul!

  • @sylviemichaud825
    @sylviemichaud825 3 года назад +1

    We just came back from Grand Marais MI and collected bunch of rocks. We don't know yet what we've got, hopefully will cut them this week. I really enjoy watching your videos and I learn a lot from you, like, even if it's ugly out there, if it looks interesting it's worth taking it with you and see what you've got inside ! Love it. Thank you again so much for your videos.

  • @cowboygeologist7772
    @cowboygeologist7772 4 года назад +1

    Wow man, great finds! Thanks for posting.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching 👍

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 2 года назад +1

    You must get alot of pretty things to sit on your desk!! Lol

  • @questingforquartz3407
    @questingforquartz3407 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the cutting video. Always love the reveals! Beautiful!

  • @arielkrebbs9941
    @arielkrebbs9941 2 года назад

    I'm so addicted to these cutting videos

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  2 года назад +1

      You’re going to love Fridays video 🤘🤘

  • @alexanderwales7870
    @alexanderwales7870 4 года назад +1

    I watched this with my 4-year-old son, and he was 1) super frightened that you were going to slip and cut through your fingers and 2) really eager for me to try my hand at cutting some agates. When I told him that I didn't have a rock cutting saw, he said that since you live in Duluth, and we live in Duluth, we could just go to your house and use yours. (Probably the best time we've had watching a RUclips video together.)

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Hahaha I love kids, that's what I look forward to with my boys! It would be fun to do a "meet up" and cut peoples rocks for them lol not a bad idea

  • @harleyv1969
    @harleyv1969 2 года назад +1

    Very beautiful specimens 👌❤️

  • @japhyryder66
    @japhyryder66 4 года назад +2

    I love seeing what’s inside! Thanks Taylor! 😊

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      So happy you did 😊

  • @seajayballard2113
    @seajayballard2113 4 года назад +1

    Hey, yet another very cool video!! This is exactly why we mentioned your channel on our latest video, Rockhounding the Greenwater! I absolutely love your channel!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Oh gosh thank you!!!!

  • @outdooradventureswithfayde6832
    @outdooradventureswithfayde6832 4 года назад +2

    I wasn't sure that cutting them open was gonna be as awesome as they were! Besides the amazing bands and quartzy goodness, all the other colors and patterns inside the rocks are so cool! Very interesting video! Loved it bud! I'm gonna use your video to help me cut open some of my rocks in the future. Thanks for sharing.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      I'm glad they turned out lol I was hoping it work out! Glad I could help!

  • @katherinedoughty839
    @katherinedoughty839 4 года назад +2

    A really nice collection. Even the ones without banding still look cool👍

  • @jennybetzful
    @jennybetzful 4 года назад +2

    They are beautiful! Best part was the seagull, though!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Hahaha glad someone enjoyed it!

  • @GermanGemcutter
    @GermanGemcutter 4 года назад +4

    These Agate- and Quartzpockets and Veins creates super beautiful patterns in the host rock👌😁👍

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      They're so awesome!

  • @patriciawilliams4314
    @patriciawilliams4314 4 года назад +1

    They rock 👍 Love it

  • @luckyotter623
    @luckyotter623 2 года назад

    I just discovered your channel. I love rocks and it's so suspenseful watching you cut them so we can see the beautiful patterns inside. I also find watching this channel very relaxing.

  • @joanramonborra7380
    @joanramonborra7380 4 года назад +1

    Absolutly beautifull Rocks...

  • @jeffbaran8036
    @jeffbaran8036 3 года назад +1

    I totally enjoy your show. Many thanks

  • @MihaiStanciu2701
    @MihaiStanciu2701 2 года назад

    Amazing what it can be inside of a rock ! Niiice!

  • @virginiarocks
    @virginiarocks 4 года назад +1

    Enjoyed this. Rock on!

  • @MsSandraCGL
    @MsSandraCGL 4 года назад +1

    I love these, so much!!!

  • @dianerhymes1875
    @dianerhymes1875 3 года назад

    I absolutely loved this video! It took me back to my childhood when my Grandpa would give my cousin and I a hammer and let us go break open rocks out of his driveway. The only rules we had were to put the hammer up when we were finished and to throw all the rock pieces back on the driveway. Just to let you know how hard that was for me, we were in central Arkansas!

  • @PastLifePickins
    @PastLifePickins 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful for sure!

  • @janethuffman5280
    @janethuffman5280 4 года назад +1

    Just gorgeous!

  • @Rookie_Rockounding
    @Rookie_Rockounding 4 года назад +1

    Yes yes, man I was gonna time stamp the ones I loved, but they just got better haha! I really like what you did with the one at around 13:00 nicely done dude.
    All of em, just pieces of art from nature dude. You done good brother, made me wanna do some cutting ✨👊🐺

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I just need to set up my polishing system and I'll be able to complete them 👍

  •  4 года назад +2

    Love stones😃💜

  • @jcoutdoorfever
    @jcoutdoorfever 4 года назад +1

    I love seeing what’s in side the rocks. When I pick rock piles. I find lots of big rocks that are broken in half. Great video!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Thanks, it is really fun!

  • @jbsimpson8
    @jbsimpson8 4 года назад +2

    I love the reveals; they're like a gift! You don't know what you have until you open (cut) it. Thanks Taylor! Fantastic video! 🤗😍

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Exactly! Thanks so much 😊

  • @BrendaVickers-d3s
    @BrendaVickers-d3s 2 месяца назад

    Eye see the growth in your format , actually your whole life is GROWING,GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR 'Z,. YOUNG MAN.!!!!!!!

  • @sueiverson258
    @sueiverson258 4 года назад +1

    Stunning!!!

  • @margiebrown7436
    @margiebrown7436 4 года назад +1

    Those were amazing! Looking forward to more videos.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Thanks Margie!

  • @justme55124
    @justme55124 4 года назад +1

    it was so much fun watching you cut these! You have made me excited to get back up North and try to find some of these myself!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I'm so happy you enjoyed it!! Good luck when you do!

  • @tammyhavens8504
    @tammyhavens8504 4 года назад +1

    Love seeing the inside and the beauty the comes out! Thank you for sharing!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Happy to share! Thanks for watching!

  • @susiesmith6174
    @susiesmith6174 3 года назад +1

    Hi, I'm soooo glad I found your channel!!! I love watching you find and cut the rocks. Best part is finding the surprise inside!!! You're inspiring me to try cutting some of my rocks!!! Take care!!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  3 года назад

      So happy to be of service!!!

  • @tv-up6wz
    @tv-up6wz 3 года назад +1

    Hello, I'm Kimpd from Korea.
    It's really nice to see you inside when you cut the stone.
    It's fantastic.
    It's beautiful.
    I'm gonna have to challenge myself with my stone.
    Good luck

  • @thirstfast1025
    @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful material man! Makes me appreciate the complexity of the basalt too, with those red-weathered phenocrysts... Great pictures as always dude! Loved it!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      You gotta tell me more about phenocrysts!

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateDad They are the visible components of a porphyry. Usually silicates like feldspar or olivine.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Shweeeeet! Why can't you move down here and we go rockhounding all the time?!

  • @icatz
    @icatz 4 года назад +1

    Very cool. Thanks for doing this.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching 👍

  • @jeandan5631
    @jeandan5631 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for taking the time to show us your cutting videos, I love them. I get inspired every time I watch. 😃

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Oh thank you, im glad to share the experience, its so fun!

  • @rawdawgpendants5490
    @rawdawgpendants5490 4 года назад +1

    Very nice stones. Great video

  • @jeffreyford9227
    @jeffreyford9227 4 года назад +1

    Awesome rocks!

  • @RockhoundingLife
    @RockhoundingLife 4 года назад +1

    Those are nice dude!! I love the ones where the host rock wraps around the mineralized pocket. Your basalt has so much going on in it. Love the cutting videos! Please keep doing them....and often!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      I'm trying my man! I love seeing whats inside it, such a treat when its got amazing character!

  • @lakesuperiorlycan1676
    @lakesuperiorlycan1676 4 года назад +1

    oh and damn nice cuts I had no idea there are rocks with agates in the middle I probably passed over a bunch of them. A mini light sabre to bring in nature to cut rocks on site would be sweet eh.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Oh thats the dream!!!!

  • @allysonhean4204
    @allysonhean4204 4 года назад +2

    Hey rockfather, nice cutting eh! Cant wait to see the polishing. Have you seen my set up? Inspired abit by rookie, but when funds are short.... luv your work. Say hi to the family 💓😁

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I have seen it, looks AWESOME!!

  • @trippingonrocks1165
    @trippingonrocks1165 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, thanks 👍🏼

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching! Appreciate it 🙏

  • @RockHoundingAdventures
    @RockHoundingAdventures 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video man, all so beautiful. I’m going to start cutting some of my fluorites I recently found. Thanks for the video man

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Can't wait to see!

  • @terriradke4190
    @terriradke4190 4 года назад +2

    What do you look for when collecting your rocks? Do you look for the white on plain rocks for quartz? Trying to learn this stuff, watching a lot of your videos, and reading books. Awesome collection!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +3

      I'm usually looking for things that stick out from the common rocks. Like agates, fossils, amethyst, etc.. it takes some time but its fun!

  • @UnityByNature
    @UnityByNature 4 года назад +1

    Nice It’s like Christmas every time you cut a rock open. I love it! you never know what you’re going to get... wait isn’t that like Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates 🍫 LOL nice job agate dad!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Haha exactly! Well said!!

  • @kenhughes2809
    @kenhughes2809 4 года назад +1

    I love everyone of them

  • @kimberlydlapp3441
    @kimberlydlapp3441 4 года назад +1

    Those would make such a pretty map

  • @donnalantz7981
    @donnalantz7981 4 года назад +1

    So beautiful

  • @JohnAmes
    @JohnAmes 4 года назад +1

    Great video my friend 👍

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Thanks friend!

  •  4 года назад +1

    Oi Agat Dad
    Muito bom seu conteudo e as pedras.
    Beautful video my friend. Wow...From Brasil

  • @alec4611
    @alec4611 4 года назад +1

    Wow!! Two of the stones u cut had Skip-a-atom qartz 😳 quite rare

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Absolutely 😁

  • @theresaherrrera8224
    @theresaherrrera8224 2 года назад

    I loved them all....

  • @Outdoors4adventure
    @Outdoors4adventure 4 года назад +1

    Thats really cool.🙂👍☕

  • @themidwesternrockhound388
    @themidwesternrockhound388 4 года назад +1

    Really cool bands. Maybe cut a little more of the matrix off so you can have more agate than matrix. You could cut it to make a stand type thing.

  • @TheEagleviewer
    @TheEagleviewer 4 года назад +1

    Almost forgot the tri-cut oops squeal was hilarious! Your so human and I love it!lol and woke up my husband... lol

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Hahah! My squeal woke him or you did?!

    • @TheEagleviewer
      @TheEagleviewer 4 года назад +1

      I woke him...ummm I think..

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Haha too funny!

  • @myrthagunter4141
    @myrthagunter4141 4 года назад +1

    I like cutting rocks , did some last year . Notice you used a brick to clean your saw blade. Sometimes I'll run across an old brick in the creeks, and pick them up just for that purpose. TY..

  • @susanbrookman2133
    @susanbrookman2133 4 года назад +1

    That was amazing. Brought some home myself. And another ubsion begins. Lol

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Thanks!! I cant wait to go get more 👍🤘🤿🥶

  • @LauraNielson-b3g
    @LauraNielson-b3g 8 месяцев назад

    Was this one of your first videos? I like how you share what we see on the inside now! I think your videos are fun to watch and I think you've come a long way!

  • @daydbaysinger4572
    @daydbaysinger4572 4 года назад +1

    i can wait for tommarow

  • @EdTheMole
    @EdTheMole 4 года назад +1

    What kind of polishing system are you looking for? For larger pieces I would suggest a vibrating table.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I have a few ideas in my head that I'm going to keep secret for now, but thats a good suggestion, ill look into it!

  • @lorettehendrickson3835
    @lorettehendrickson3835 4 года назад +1

    I would love to watch your polishing techniques for flat cuts

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I'll be sure to show it when I get a system set up 👍

  • @maiguapa8
    @maiguapa8 4 года назад +1

    Nice 💕👍🏼

  • @betojdesigns
    @betojdesigns 4 года назад +5

    Are these from your new secret source? They are so pretty and interesting. At 8:40, and the next, just WoW! Are those chives, or a Chia pet?

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Yesss! They're pretty awesome 👌

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Its just grass btw

  • @deblutkevich7620
    @deblutkevich7620 4 года назад +1

    Some of those look a lot like Skip an Atoms!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      My thoughts too 😊

  • @Pamelaandjoulepii
    @Pamelaandjoulepii 2 года назад +1

    I cut the most ordinary rock … and surprise beautiful inside! Nice and quarts I’m thinking 🤔

  • @sunqwest1
    @sunqwest1 4 года назад +1

    very cool

  • @90volts
    @90volts 4 года назад +1

    I just got a tile saw myself and grabbed a bunch of rocks over the weekend. So interesting seeing what is inside. wish i knew more about how they formed. But i love seeing what you find inside. So what do you plan to do with those pieces now that you have cut them? Display? Pile in a box? Make something out of them?

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      I think it would be fun to polish them Nd then display them somehow

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 2 года назад

    The third one looks like a Valentine's Heart after you cut it.

  • @renniehorneman1429
    @renniehorneman1429 Год назад +1

    👍

  • @tylercannon6906
    @tylercannon6906 4 года назад +1

    Heck yea man great video! Love it! And hey, that package is on its way! Should arrive by Monday I will check the tracking info when my wife gets home. Forgot the receipt in her car.. 🤦🏼‍♂️ but it weighed in at 32 pounds! Hope you enjoy the stuff man!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      Holy cow 🐄!!! Thanks so much bud!

    • @tylercannon6906
      @tylercannon6906 4 года назад +1

      Agate Dad of course man! I hope you enjoy. There’s a letter in there too that explains some stuff for ya! It’s in a weird spot so don’t miss it lol. (Totally packed it up, looked over and saw the letter sitting there and was like crap.. hahaha.) you should do an unboxing video 😉

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      I'll make sure to look for it! I'm planning on doing an unboxing vid from the other things ive received this year during the winter months, hope that's okay?!?

    • @tylercannon6906
      @tylercannon6906 4 года назад +1

      Agate Dad oh man don’t wait that long! Haha whenever you want to open it man. I don’t want you to have to wait that long! Lol

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +2

      I could open it and still show it then. That's what I'll be doing with others

  • @selenehenry3040
    @selenehenry3040 Год назад

    Ahh. Gota love the corny Dad jokes. 😂❤

  • @stevenprout9005
    @stevenprout9005 4 года назад +1

    Where did you get your saw. Sorry if I missed the video where you said that already.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Its all good! Someone gifted me that but you can find it on my amazon storefront- www.amazon.com/shop/agatedad

  • @justingager654
    @justingager654 4 года назад +1

    I just got my saw yesterday unfortunately it's raining for a week here so can't cut. Just my luck lol. I've got some nice nodules and some of what I think is agate in basalt man I can't wait for sunshine

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Throw a rain coat on and do it! Lol you're going to get wet anyway!

    • @justingager654
      @justingager654 4 года назад +1

      Lol. That's true. Finally got to cut some yesterday man I'm hooked. I opened up some very beautiful rocks yesterday some with no bands outside but ended up with some crazy bands inside. It was a definite learning experience

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      It is for sure and its absolutely addicting!

  • @dancrites453
    @dancrites453 4 года назад +1

    Very nice! What kind of tile saw/blade combination are you using? What do you have planned for a polishing setup? Thanks.

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      My plans for my polishing set up are still up on the air but I have a few ideas rolling around in my head!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      The blade is a 7" king diamond btw

    • @dancrites453
      @dancrites453 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateDad Awesome. Thanks. How about the saw itself?

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  4 года назад +1

      Skil saw I believe, its on my amazon storefront 👍

    • @dancrites453
      @dancrites453 4 года назад +1

      @@AgateDad It was there. Thanks.