What a gorgeous day out on Lake Superior, I wish I could be up there now to both hunt for rocks and enjoy the Fall colors! Also, good luck Sam while at Michigan Tech! You’re gonna do great!!
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: What a lovely video! Beautiful day, clear, calm water, colorful rocks, and the underwater scenery made this a super enjoyable video! Thanks for showing me the beauty of Michigan!
I really needed this rock hunting trip today! 😊 Thank you so much for it! Best wishes, Sam on your educational experiences! You will knock it out of the park! 👋😁💖💖
What a great calm day for Sams final hunt before School. I really liked the part with the underwater shots, good finds! Some days I spend hours and find only little tiny ones but the Journey and the time spent outside with a loved one is priceless. Have a great year @ school Sam. For those that do not know this lake she's chilly 🙂 Unsalted and Shark free!
You're right. If I was only happy if I found great agates, I wouldn't bother making that drive. Even if I don't find any agates at all, I always find other fun rocks and I just enjoy being outside appreciating God's creation.
Very cool finds Rob and Sam. Sam congrats on going to Tech I’m sure you’ll do great. Hope you have a safe drive up to Tech. Hope you Rob and your family have a bless weekend
Sam is my neighbor. He has lived across the road since he was about one year old. His grandfather was my doctor as a kid. So he's not my son, but he's sort of like a son to me.
My son is up at Tech! Every time I talk to him he sounds so happy to be up there! Makes a mama’s heart happy and sad at the same time cause I miss him so very much!
That offset striping is pretty stellar, definitely look forward to seeing that polished; but just the same as all the ones you pick, nice haul. Thanks you two.
"You can be happy, I'm just saying it doesn't have great bands.... We'll call it agate..." Tough crowd. On a different note, I liked the Darth Vader breathing while snorkeling.
Great looking beach. Some very interesting rocks, especially the one at 13:30; quite odd. Hopefully Sam is finding some spots to pick around, in between classes of course.
No problem if you have a snorkel, but I know what you mean. I was really hoping I'd be breathing too hard and need more air that I could suck in through my snorkel because I had found a really awesome agate. Unfortunately, that never happened.
The rock that Sam cut did revealed some interesting waves of color inside it. Kept thinking he should have taken another slice of it to see how the light shined thru it. Good vid. Thx 4 sharing. God bless.
Love this video! We just returned from our trip to the UP….no agates or yooper lights but we had a great time finding some beautiful rocks for the tumbler! Small world…we pulled your videos up to help us and my sister Judy started laughing…she remembers meeting you at school…. She was a German teacher at Alpena HS. So hello from Judy!
I love that you both pick up the odd ones. I wish Sam good times at college. Time to draft Nancy into coming! She has a good eye. The cut rock was very mysterious. Thanks.
What a different perspective to see the rocks when you were in the water. But I understand what you meant, Rob -- it is almost easier to see them when you are above them, out of the water. Some great finds! Good luck, Sam, in furthering your education! Find some more good hunting spots for you and Rob, so we can all enjoy them.
In deeper water, the snorkeling might have been more effective. It was fun to snorkel for a bit, but we both found ourselves walking in the shallow water while wearing our wetsuits. We decided that was silly after doing it for awhile and went back to just wading.
That's great. They're called Yooperlites. They're commonly found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which we refer to as the U.P. People from the U.P. are called Yoopers. That's where the name comes from.
It would probably take a long time and a lot. But I think it would be cool to see a video of a rock hunt, then doing a tumble of just those rocks you found in the wild, and taking us through the progression of them to the finished product. Love the videos man. Got back into rock hunting and picked up a 33b because of your videos!
Yeah, that video would come out about six months later. One of the first years I started making these videos, I recorded a lot of beach videos and then showed them during the winter. Those did not go over very well. It seems like people want to see the videos in the same season that they were recorded.
Good Lake Superior agates have the bands of a good chert, but also great colors. The problem is that I don't find very many good agates. The ones I do find are usually pretty small.
My daughter and husband live in Chassell. We're heading up there in less than 2 weeks! Enjoy Michigan Tech and Houghton! Maybe we'll see you out on the beaches, Sam!
The first beach hunt I did, I tossed the rocks I didn't want out into the lake. That infuriated a lot of people who thought they were gone forever. I think I'm a little gun shy about throwing rocks out into the lake on camera after that.
I wish i could be there... at least for few days..i am so tired😢. but i live in a faraway kingdom where war still goes.. Kyiv wish you awasome weekend. Hugs. Anna.
Great day and great rocks!! I find banded chert with a chalk white cap/peel on them fairly often, In fact it's one of the things I look for. My wife found one not long ago that was a complete banded chert nodule, the outside of it was 90% covered in that white almost chalky peel. I don't know if they form that way or if the chalky stuff gets on them later, either way, if you see that white chalk stuff pick it up and look closer. I wrote a forum post, with pictures of a bunch of them with that white peel, showing what to look for so that more people can find them, just by looking for that white cap.
Thanks for the tip. I find them like that sometimes, but am probably prone to passing them up. I always assumed that chalky crust was due to weathering. I also assumed that it would tumble off. Have you been able to accurately predict what the inside will look like after you tumble that off or do you end up with a lot of duds?
@@MichiganRocks I haven't tumbled any of them but I thought the same thing, it would most likely come off but who knows, only one way to find out I guess.
Great video as always. We were just visited the Michigan Tech Mineral Museum last month. It has an incredible collection. Good luck in your studies Sam.
You found some real unusual rocks this time out. I enjoy snorkeling. Did you burn your hand? Thanks for cutting that black & red one, Sam. So many you picked up today I wanted you to take home and cut open. You guys rock!
I didn't burn my hand. I don't remember having anything that would have looked like a burn on my hand. This was filmed about six weeks ago. I have had a backlog of videos, but I'm about caught up now. I have one filmed but not edited.
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I was hoping that you'd slice open the one at 4:03. A number of the rocks in the video that you didn't keep, such as the larger one at 10:52, I would have kept for our "rock garden". We have a length of sidewalk with a two-foot gap between it and the house. The previous owners filled it with what looks like small chips of coarse angular basalt gravel, it's quite plain and boring. We have been slowly filling it up with interesting rocks that aren't suitable for tumbling. Most every time I walk down that sidewalk, one of the rocks will catch my eye, a different one each time, and I enjoy it all over again. The downside is packing 10 to 20 pounds of interesting rocks five miles back to the car. Good exercise, I guess. If I lived in Michigan, I'd attempt to fill up a section of the rock garden with Yooperlites.
Sorry about leaving so many behind. I made an effort to keep very few tumbling rocks this summer because I have some rocks I purchased that I want to spend time tumbling this winter. Your sidewalk rocks sound nice, but I wouldn't put Yooperlites there. Those look awesome under U.V. light, but are pretty ugly under normal light.
I went to schooll at MTU. I love the Keweenaw. There are two basic rock types in the Keweenaw. The Keweenaw Bay side is mostly Jacobsville Sandstone. It was used for building but is not interesting for rock collecting. You may find some cool lake rocks at the shore though not as many as elsewhere on Superior. The Lake Superior side is basaltic lava flows with lots of intrusions like copper, jasper, quartz, copper minerals, and even native silver. Many rare and valuable rocks to be found here. You can find agates and such along the lake there as they come in on waves from the western end of the lake.
I have done some hunting in that area and know the basics. You could study rocks in that area for years and years though and not get bored. Sam has been doing some exploring on the weekends. I'm excited to go hunt with him next summer after he explores more.
Been a busy year for me, have not made it out for a hunt up North at all. Super jealous watching all your videos this summer. That super round flat rock was screaming to be skipped. Not sure I could have resisted lol. Thanks for the video.
I got a lot of really nasty comments on the first beach video I ever made because I threw rocks into the lake. People thought they'd be gone forever. I think I have a phobia about throwing rocks out into the lake while on camera now.
Too cool! I was thinking exactly what you ended up saying after the dive, too shallow to really see. I think i just took out a tumbled replica of your round flat rock you held up for a second, my niece ask me to make it shiny for her. Thank you for another awesome video! Safe travels Sam, see ya around Thanksgiving? lol
Sam is young. There are plenty of things to do up there in the winter. Sam is not a snow skier, but maybe he'll take that up while he's there. That's what I'd be doing.
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, I probably would too. I'd also become a hunter of greenstone - found a few little pieces in the brief time I was there. Very different kind of hunt. And always, I'd become a connoisseur of pasties. Some good ones in Houghton.
Nice video guys! Its ironic...we just released two videos where we slipped on our mask and snorkel and go pro! But your right....on calm days like you had....its just easier to see them from walking! Idid find an agate at Grand Marais snorkeling years ago. Regardless our viewers seem to like the footage!!!
Hey Dan! People did seem to like the underwater video, but I wish we had done it on a different beach with deeper water. The problem with deeper water is that sometimes the rocks are more covered by scum and harder to see.
@@MichiganRocks Hi Rob! We first tried the snorkeling at Two Hearted River with my kids one super hot Sunday after church! We had over ten minutes of footage that we set to music! There was much deeper water and scum covered rocks....but beyond that out in the really deep water I discovered a gravel bar which was clean!! No agates though! I just thought it funny that you guys tried it! That agate Sam found in the beginning looked like an awesome agate! P.s. I just watched your video with KatyDid! You found some great ones!
Gorgeous day! Was cool seeing you guys get underwater, what’s the water temp? The red/greenish combo agate you found is really neat, the cross rock reminded me of a hot cross bun. Glad you guys got out, I’m once again jealous. I’m off for the weekend but a storm is rolling in tonight so will be stuck inside. All the best to Sam, hope he has a great time at school!!!
This was recorded in August and the water wasn't that cold. I was glad to have a wet suit because I thought we'd be in longer. It wouldn't have been a miserable swim without it though.
Found a large white agatized piece of petoskey in a farmers field. We have lots of petoskey from the lake shores. I have never seen the like of this particular stone, even has traces of red in it, but is clearly a bright white, very heavy for its size petoskey. About the size of two baseballs put together. No grey whatsoever in it.
I find quite a few silicified Petoskeys like that. They're very hard and can be tumbled with other hard rocks. They usually have a lot of voids in them so I rarely bring them home.
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To me, all those rocks are awesome. Especially under water. Love the Great Lakes.
What a gorgeous day out on Lake Superior, I wish I could be up there now to both hunt for rocks and enjoy the Fall colors!
Also, good luck Sam while at Michigan Tech! You’re gonna do great!!
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: What a lovely video! Beautiful day, clear, calm water, colorful rocks, and the underwater scenery made this a super enjoyable video! Thanks for showing me the beauty of Michigan!
Perfect conditions! 👌 A great final hunt of the season for Sam! Have a great school year!
This is one of my favorite videos. There was a lot of rock plopping. I really like that sound for some reason. 😀
For some reason, that sound bugs a lot of people. Those people want me to bring more home.
@@MichiganRocks Although I can see the "lot of people's point, it doesn't make me like the plops any less.
Loved the underwater part! Great shots.
Thanks!
Loved this entire video Rob. Good Luck on your Journey Sam! Beach combing, scuba, and drone footage; what a treat! Thank you.
It was a really fun day.
I really needed this rock hunting trip today! 😊 Thank you so much for it! Best wishes, Sam on your educational experiences! You will knock it out of the park! 👋😁💖💖
Good Luck, Sam!! Snorkeling for rocks was very cool!! Thx Guys!!
Seems like you guys picked a large variety of rocks this trip. I would love to see more underwater rock hunting!
Hope you enjoy college, Sam! ❤
Sam's been exploring a few beaches in the Keweenaw. I am a little jealous, except for the homework part.
@@MichiganRocks at least you don’t have to grade it🤣
Sweet pink rock.
Thanks for the walk and dip in the favorite lake!
You're welcome!
Have a great year school year Sam!!!
What a great calm day for Sams final hunt before School. I really liked the part with the underwater shots, good finds! Some days I spend hours and find only little tiny ones but the Journey and the time spent outside with a loved one is priceless. Have a great year @ school Sam. For those that do not know this lake she's chilly 🙂 Unsalted and Shark free!
You're right. If I was only happy if I found great agates, I wouldn't bother making that drive. Even if I don't find any agates at all, I always find other fun rocks and I just enjoy being outside appreciating God's creation.
@@MichiganRocks
That's what it's all about.
I love this video! The rocks were so clear when you were snorkeling. It's like I was there! Beautiful finds! 😊
Awesome video! I know Sam is already at school and I hope he's doing well! You guys found some really unique and pretty rocks!
He's doing well. We text each other occasionally.
What a hunt!!! I love the pink quartz!!!
Very cool finds Rob and Sam. Sam congrats on going to Tech I’m sure you’ll do great. Hope you have a safe drive up to Tech. Hope you Rob and your family have a bless weekend
Sam has been at Tech since late August. He seems to be enjoying it up there.
@@MichiganRocks so glad to hear Rob that Sam is enjoying Tech.
Good luck Sam. Great rocks
Oooo! I like the snorkeling part!
I was hoping we'd find more while down there.
What a great day! I really enjoyed the snorkeling. Wishing Sam a great semester!
LOVING the father / son banter :) The big one and I do the same thing
Sam is my neighbor. He has lived across the road since he was about one year old. His grandfather was my doctor as a kid. So he's not my son, but he's sort of like a son to me.
What a Fantastic Video!! Thanks Guys!! Best Wishes Sam for a Great Year at School !!!!! Happy Weekend Guys, and Nancy also!!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻♀️
Excellent video showcasing Lake Superior s gorgeous rocks. I'm always on the lookout for maize and blue rocks too! 😊 Have a great School year Sam!
Great day! Good luck, Sam❤
The water looks perfect for sight hunting!
It was!
Keep the good quality coming! Inspired me to expand my rock collection and buy some cheap tumblers… giving a like to all these
Thanks!
Congratulations Sam, good luck!!
Looks like a great day.
That it was!
Awesome Rockhound Rob and Sam!
The waterlevle agate is a realy beauty remindes me on the brazilien agates.
Beautiful sunday for you guys✌
My son is up at Tech! Every time I talk to him he sounds so happy to be up there! Makes a mama’s heart happy and sad at the same time cause I miss him so very much!
If I knew what I know now, I might have considered going to Tech. It's beautiful up there.
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Best of luck, Sam!
Good luck, Sam!!
I’d want them all! So many stripes and colors. I don’t know how you decide.
I'm sure I make the wrong decision plenty of times.
That offset striping is pretty stellar, definitely look forward to seeing that polished; but just the same as all the ones you pick, nice haul.
Thanks you two.
I can't remember who ended up taking the rock with the fault line home.
I love watching you and Sam hunt. I must admit I am a little Jelly.
Probably more jealous of Sam than me. He usually finds better stuff.
Good afternoon from Greece!!
Hi from Michigan!
"You can be happy, I'm just saying it doesn't have great bands.... We'll call it agate..." Tough crowd. On a different note, I liked the Darth Vader breathing while snorkeling.
I should have had some dramatic music to go along with the heavy breathing.
The sheared stripey rock is cool!
I liked that one too. I can't remember who ended up taking it home.
Awesome finds Michigan Rocks, sorry the snorkeling was a bust though. And good luck at school Sam, find us some good spots and learn lots.
Yeah, it seemed like a good idea, but we both thought we were better off just walking.
Beautiful!!! 🌅🌊🌞
7:56 Wow what a surprisingly clear line between rock galore and the sand apocalypse.
Yes, they don't slowly disappear, it's feast or famine.
Your offset stripey rock must have been part of an ancient fault line. Very cool!
Yes, I think so.
So cool! You guys found some beauties for sure! I snorkeled for agates in a river here in Oregon! It was SO FUN! 🎉
That would be fun.
Always a good day to look for rocks!
This was a particularly good day.
It's tough when the water is really clear, but there is nothing to find. great video!
We found a couple great ones right near the beginning. I really enjoyed that day.
Love this
Great looking beach. Some very interesting rocks, especially the one at 13:30; quite odd.
Hopefully Sam is finding some spots to pick around, in between classes of course.
Was it a rock with a story?
@@MichiganRocks They ALL have a story!
The waves are minimal today. Some nice finds. Thanks
I like big waves a ay or two before the hunt and no waves on the day of the hunt.
Best of luck to Sam. Make good choices!😊
Really missing the big lake, thanks for sharing.
Great video! Good luck Sam!
Love the underwater rockhounding!! I'm afarid I'd forget to come up for air. 😂 ROCK ON!! 😁👍🏻🪨💦
No problem if you have a snorkel, but I know what you mean. I was really hoping I'd be breathing too hard and need more air that I could suck in through my snorkel because I had found a really awesome agate. Unfortunately, that never happened.
I would love to snorkel or scuba dive like that. It was so cool seeing that. Even though you didn’t find much of anything. Still fin to watch.
It was fun, but not the best way to hunt in that particular location.
The rock that Sam cut did revealed some interesting waves of color inside it. Kept thinking he should have taken another slice of it to see how the light shined thru it. Good vid. Thx 4 sharing. God bless.
That might have been interesting.
Love this video! We just returned from our trip to the UP….no agates or yooper lights but we had a great time finding some beautiful rocks for the tumbler! Small world…we pulled your videos up to help us and my sister Judy started laughing…she remembers meeting you at school…. She was a German teacher at Alpena HS. So hello from Judy!
I think I know who you mean. I don't really know her, but I know who she is. Tell her hello from me.
Good luck Sam. 🎉
That underwater footage was cool. Looked like a nice beach to explore on.
Yep, it was a great beach.
I love that you both pick up the odd ones. I wish Sam good times at college.
Time to draft Nancy into coming! She has a good eye.
The cut rock was very mysterious. Thanks.
The odd ones are the most fun.
What a different perspective to see the rocks when you were in the water. But I understand what you meant, Rob -- it is almost easier to see them when you are above them, out of the water. Some great finds! Good luck, Sam, in furthering your education! Find some more good hunting spots for you and Rob, so we can all enjoy them.
In deeper water, the snorkeling might have been more effective. It was fun to snorkel for a bit, but we both found ourselves walking in the shallow water while wearing our wetsuits. We decided that was silly after doing it for awhile and went back to just wading.
What gorgeous water!!! I want to ho hunting with you!!! 😢
So do I !!!!!!!! 👍🙋🏻♀️
Big fan of the C-shaped Omar at 14:45. Cool underwater shots, looks like you scored a perfect day! 👌
That was a great day.
@@MichiganRocks no kidding, happy for you guys 👊
My niece brought me a beautiful upper rock for my birthday. Also a black light to go with it. I cant believe how it shines
That's great. They're called Yooperlites. They're commonly found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which we refer to as the U.P. People from the U.P. are called Yoopers. That's where the name comes from.
Good luck Sam!
It would probably take a long time and a lot. But I think it would be cool to see a video of a rock hunt, then doing a tumble of just those rocks you found in the wild, and taking us through the progression of them to the finished product. Love the videos man. Got back into rock hunting and picked up a 33b because of your videos!
Yeah, that video would come out about six months later. One of the first years I started making these videos, I recorded a lot of beach videos and then showed them during the winter. Those did not go over very well. It seems like people want to see the videos in the same season that they were recorded.
That very large rock with the eyes that you threw back was a doppelganger for a potato! Perfect day for a hunt.
That was a weird one but I didn't know what I'd do with it if I brought it home.
Great hunt, some nice agates found!
The first few minutes on that beach were incredible.
Glad you had a great time sir!
Good luck Sam
i have watched many of your videos and i think the most beautiful rock i have seen was a banded chirt you polished. Man they are sweet
Good Lake Superior agates have the bands of a good chert, but also great colors. The problem is that I don't find very many good agates. The ones I do find are usually pretty small.
we find quite a few in the creeks when we are arrowhead hunting here in Iowa. found one the size of a baseball once
@@Ryderholmes Nice!
My daughter and husband live in Chassell. We're heading up there in less than 2 weeks! Enjoy Michigan Tech and Houghton! Maybe we'll see you out on the beaches, Sam!
Watching you agate hunt from the central coast CA! Love your videos!!
At 14:36, you held up a Pacman rock! 😂
Waka, waka, waka...
How could you not try that perfect skipping stone? Bout broke my heart!😅
The first beach hunt I did, I tossed the rocks I didn't want out into the lake. That infuriated a lot of people who thought they were gone forever. I think I'm a little gun shy about throwing rocks out into the lake on camera after that.
Ohhhhh you dropped it back in! lol (great video)
I do that a lot.
I wish i could be there... at least for few days..i am so tired😢. but i live in a faraway kingdom where war still goes.. Kyiv wish you awasome weekend. Hugs. Anna.
I'm sorry about the war there. I have been praying for your country.
Great day and great rocks!!
I find banded chert with a chalk white cap/peel on them fairly often, In fact it's one of the things I look for.
My wife found one not long ago that was a complete banded chert nodule, the outside of it was 90% covered in that white almost chalky peel. I don't know if they form that way or if the chalky stuff gets on them later, either way, if you see that white chalk stuff pick it up and look closer.
I wrote a forum post, with pictures of a bunch of them with that white peel, showing what to look for so that more people can find them, just by looking for that white cap.
Thanks for the tip. I find them like that sometimes, but am probably prone to passing them up. I always assumed that chalky crust was due to weathering. I also assumed that it would tumble off. Have you been able to accurately predict what the inside will look like after you tumble that off or do you end up with a lot of duds?
@@MichiganRocks I haven't tumbled any of them but I thought the same thing, it would most likely come off but who knows, only one way to find out I guess.
@@smithdog4770 Thanks. Get going on those tumbles so we can all know!
Ooooh crocs to rockhound, why didn't I think of that
The rocks looked do pretty under water while you snorkled.
Oow the pink rock would look awesome in my aquarium haha 🥺🤭
Great video as always.
We were just visited the Michigan Tech Mineral Museum last month. It has an incredible collection. Good luck in your studies Sam.
That place would be fun even if you had no interest in rocks or minerals at all.
You found some real unusual rocks this time out. I enjoy snorkeling. Did you burn your hand? Thanks for cutting that black & red one, Sam. So many you picked up today I wanted you to take home and cut open. You guys rock!
I didn't burn my hand. I don't remember having anything that would have looked like a burn on my hand. This was filmed about six weeks ago. I have had a backlog of videos, but I'm about caught up now. I have one filmed but not edited.
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PLENTY 👀 discover the 🌎 of ROCK TREASURES.
THANK YOU!
I was hoping that you'd slice open the one at 4:03. A number of the rocks in the video that you didn't keep, such as the larger one at 10:52, I would have kept for our "rock garden". We have a length of sidewalk with a two-foot gap between it and the house. The previous owners filled it with what looks like small chips of coarse angular basalt gravel, it's quite plain and boring. We have been slowly filling it up with interesting rocks that aren't suitable for tumbling. Most every time I walk down that sidewalk, one of the rocks will catch my eye, a different one each time, and I enjoy it all over again. The downside is packing 10 to 20 pounds of interesting rocks five miles back to the car. Good exercise, I guess.
If I lived in Michigan, I'd attempt to fill up a section of the rock garden with Yooperlites.
Sorry about leaving so many behind. I made an effort to keep very few tumbling rocks this summer because I have some rocks I purchased that I want to spend time tumbling this winter. Your sidewalk rocks sound nice, but I wouldn't put Yooperlites there. Those look awesome under U.V. light, but are pretty ugly under normal light.
Ayyyy Tech gang!
Great finds! And let Sam know that i know he will do great at school.
Hopefully he reads this himself. I'm not worried about his grades, he's a great student.
I went to schooll at MTU. I love the Keweenaw. There are two basic rock types in the Keweenaw. The Keweenaw Bay side is mostly Jacobsville Sandstone. It was used for building but is not interesting for rock collecting. You may find some cool lake rocks at the shore though not as many as elsewhere on Superior. The Lake Superior side is basaltic lava flows with lots of intrusions like copper, jasper, quartz, copper minerals, and even native silver. Many rare and valuable rocks to be found here. You can find agates and such along the lake there as they come in on waves from the western end of the lake.
I have done some hunting in that area and know the basics. You could study rocks in that area for years and years though and not get bored. Sam has been doing some exploring on the weekends. I'm excited to go hunt with him next summer after he explores more.
Been a busy year for me, have not made it out for a hunt up North at all. Super jealous watching all your videos this summer. That super round flat rock was screaming to be skipped. Not sure I could have resisted lol. Thanks for the video.
I got a lot of really nasty comments on the first beach video I ever made because I threw rocks into the lake. People thought they'd be gone forever. I think I have a phobia about throwing rocks out into the lake while on camera now.
@@MichiganRocks 😂😂
Too cool! I was thinking exactly what you ended up saying after the dive, too shallow to really see. I think i just took out a tumbled replica of your round flat rock you held up for a second, my niece ask me to make it shiny for her. Thank you for another awesome video! Safe travels Sam, see ya around Thanksgiving? lol
I think we'll see him at Christmas at least.
Tell Sam to enjoy college !
He's been there a month and a half and I think he's enjoying it. He's been checking out a few rock hunting locations.
Nice agate Rob!
Thanks, Jane!
Going to Houghton for college, wow. I was just there, cool place, but I can't imagine the winters are much fun.
Sam is young. There are plenty of things to do up there in the winter. Sam is not a snow skier, but maybe he'll take that up while he's there. That's what I'd be doing.
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, I probably would too. I'd also become a hunter of greenstone - found a few little pieces in the brief time I was there. Very different kind of hunt. And always, I'd become a connoisseur of pasties. Some good ones in Houghton.
Nice video guys! Its ironic...we just released two videos where we slipped on our mask and snorkel and go pro! But your right....on calm days like you had....its just easier to see them from walking! Idid find an agate at Grand Marais snorkeling years ago. Regardless our viewers seem to like the footage!!!
Hey Dan! People did seem to like the underwater video, but I wish we had done it on a different beach with deeper water. The problem with deeper water is that sometimes the rocks are more covered by scum and harder to see.
@@MichiganRocks Hi Rob! We first tried the snorkeling at Two Hearted River with my kids one super hot Sunday after church! We had over ten minutes of footage that we set to music! There was much deeper water and scum covered rocks....but beyond that out in the really deep water I discovered a gravel bar which was clean!! No agates though! I just thought it funny that you guys tried it! That agate Sam found in the beginning looked like an awesome agate! P.s. I just watched your video with KatyDid! You found some great ones!
What a lovely spot. I'd have a hard time decided what NOT to keep.
"A cross? Could it be that the Templars continued west to the U.P. after burying their treasure on Oak Island?" 😂😂
That's some funny stuff, Tony! I just read your comment to Nancy and she laughed too. Best comment so far.
😅 It's almost that time of year for our favorite show! @@MichiganRocks
@@tonys.5940 I can't wait!
Gorgeous day! Was cool seeing you guys get underwater, what’s the water temp? The red/greenish combo agate you found is really neat, the cross rock reminded me of a hot cross bun. Glad you guys got out, I’m once again jealous. I’m off for the weekend but a storm is rolling in tonight so will be stuck inside. All the best to Sam, hope he has a great time at school!!!
This was recorded in August and the water wasn't that cold. I was glad to have a wet suit because I thought we'd be in longer. It wouldn't have been a miserable swim without it though.
I hope you boys are wearing your sunscreen out there! Nice rock finds!
I usually do. My mom and my son both have red hair. I burn like a redhead.
Nice agate Sam!
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Sam the green is pretty! Lol
Found a large white agatized piece of petoskey in a farmers field. We have lots of petoskey from the lake shores. I have never seen the like of this particular stone, even has traces of red in it, but is clearly a bright white, very heavy for its size petoskey. About the size of two baseballs put together. No grey whatsoever in it.
I find quite a few silicified Petoskeys like that. They're very hard and can be tumbled with other hard rocks. They usually have a lot of voids in them so I rarely bring them home.