Jaws Jr takes us along the Columbia River to the Columbia Basin Agate Beds. This is an easy rock hounding spot that the whole family can enjoy. Rockhounding
The holes are not from digging. They are from water cannons used to clear away the wall for the construction of the road. They sprayed away the Cliffside from a boat on the river.
@@1JawsJr And the road was built to provide Security for the Manhattan Project. That secret project was in the process of building the Plutonium Reactors to produce the nuclear material for the first bomb at the Trinity Site in New Mexico and the bomb dropped on Nagasaki in World War 2.
Cool video. I lived in Wenatchee wa. For about four years when I was a kid. One summer when I was 11 we went up a ways north to a smaller river in the cascades that feeds in to the Columbia and went gem hunting and and panned for gold, it was a pay to dig mine but I can't not remember the name unfortunately. But by the end of the day I panned 3.5 grams of gold 2.0 grams of silver, and sifted out using a shaker box 5 really nice garnets I'm not sure of the weight but they were nice. But what made the day was I actually found a small diamond in one of the pans of gold. Talk about a fun summer 😃 thanks for the video. And getting skunked is just one of those thing that happens to the best of us at some point.
this is an EXCELLENT video. i like the way you explain it all and show inside the rock for us to see what it looks like. i`ll give it thumbs up and subscribe. thanks for the video and i`ll be waiting for the next videos
How did I miss this video.... Nice finds Scott... I have a friend that hounds that area a lot, haven't heard from him in over a year, but he and a few other pull some gorgeous agates from that gravel basin..
I was talking to you while watching this. Lol saying "Wait, turn around go back you just walked right passed 3 beauties" etc. But i'm sure things look a bit different when you're there instead of on the phone screen. Thanks for sharing.
Those holes were not dug-they were made by water cannons from a boat/barge when they were blowing away the cliffs to make the road-also your best bet to not get skunked is to walk the waters edge because wave action will wash out the agates. You must realize the river rises and falls several feet every 24 hours due to water let out by the dams for electric power. This area is hunted extensively ever since I - Mark Berreth started the Facebook group Columbia river agates many years ago- many of the agates in my you tube videos ( do a search for Washington agates) my handle is marrohead- were found right here. We use to climb every inch of the hills and cliffs and found an incredible amount of museum grade stones- watch for rattlesnakes- it is very hard now to find much good stuff there but every know and then you will- most museum stones now come off private farm land and as they develop housing projects in west Richland
I had to look it up. I was pretty sure this are is the last free flowing area of the Columbia River. The Hanford Reach is a free-flowing section of the Columbia River, around 51 miles long, in eastern Washington state. It is named after a large northward bend in the river's otherwise southbound course. Hanford Reach is the only section of the Columbia in the United States that is not tidal nor part of a reservoir, excluding a short reach between the Canada-United States border and the upper end of Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. The next hydroelectric dam down river is Mc Nary Dam at Umatilla OR and Plymouth WA and forms Lake Wallula which stretches above the confluence of the Snake River. What causes the river levels here to increase and decrease is the water discharges of Priest Rapids Dam which is used for Flood Control, Irrigation, and power generation as well as water flow heading down river to Mc Nary, John Day, The Dalles and Bonneville Dams. Free Flowing is stated because there is not a dam down river to prevent the natural flow of the water such as it is in Lake Wallula.
It is free flowing but it also fluctuates 3_5 feet a day- just spend vfc a few hundred days a year fishing from crack of dawn till dinner time as I use to and you will see
People didn’t dig those holes. That was apart of the demolition to make the roadway. And that’s the whole point of finding a CBA, they’re hard to find and no one wants to let go of any they have found for that reason plus they’re pretty and quite a variety of different looks from agate to agate there!
If you bring a spray bottle filled with water and spray the gravel -- or go rockhounding when the ground is wet from rain -- you will have much better luck finding pretty rocks. Dry, dust-covered rocks often do not look like much and you could walk right past a beauty and not know it.
Thanks for the video! How hard was the matrix? Hard to dig into the hillside? Seems like rockhounds would be burying that road if it was easy digging, lol.
There is a facebook group specifically for this that has all the information you need as well as some local resources.. Cannot remember the name, but if you start searching, you will find it.
The holes are not from digging. They are from water cannons used to clear away the wall for the construction of the road. They sprayed away the Cliffside from a boat on the river.
Thanks!! It seemed odd to me on how these hole in the cliffs were all there...
@@1JawsJr And the road was built to provide Security for the Manhattan Project. That secret project was in the process of building the Plutonium Reactors to produce the nuclear material for the first bomb at the Trinity Site in New Mexico and the bomb dropped on Nagasaki in World War 2.
Wow what a rock heaven you gave there. I was blowen away when you panned up to show them all on display in the bank like that. Nice finds too 👍🏼🇳🇿
Really enjoyed the video and interesting area....
This is a fun area and I will be going back.
Cool video. I lived in Wenatchee wa. For about four years when I was a kid. One summer when I was 11 we went up a ways north to a smaller river in the cascades that feeds in to the Columbia and went gem hunting and and panned for gold, it was a pay to dig mine but I can't not remember the name unfortunately. But by the end of the day I panned 3.5 grams of gold 2.0 grams of silver, and sifted out using a shaker box 5 really nice garnets I'm not sure of the weight but they were nice. But what made the day was I actually found a small diamond in one of the pans of gold. Talk about a fun summer 😃 thanks for the video. And getting skunked is just one of those thing that happens to the best of us at some point.
this is an EXCELLENT video. i like the way you explain it all and show inside the rock for us to see what it looks like.
i`ll give it thumbs up and subscribe. thanks for the video and i`ll be waiting for the next videos
I spent years on that wall until I couldn’t find anymore agates. Like 20 years
And did you even do anything with all of the rocks you horded?
Thanks for the look into CBA
How did I miss this video.... Nice finds Scott... I have a friend that hounds that area a lot, haven't heard from him in over a year, but he and a few other pull some gorgeous agates from that gravel basin..
you gots skunksss. Imagine a Pay Loader and a Dump Truck?
I'm getting a fishing chubby! My two favorite outdoor activities sitting next to each other!
I was talking to you while watching this. Lol saying "Wait, turn around go back you just walked right passed 3 beauties" etc. But i'm sure things look a bit different when you're there instead of on the phone screen. Thanks for sharing.
The quartzite that we have here in the Columbia is from 3 sources, one I remember is washdown from Canada.
Those holes were not dug-they were made by water cannons from a boat/barge when they were blowing away the cliffs to make the road-also your best bet to not get skunked is to walk the waters edge because wave action will wash out the agates. You must realize the river rises and falls several feet every 24 hours due to water let out by the dams for electric power. This area is hunted extensively ever since I - Mark Berreth started the Facebook group Columbia river agates many years ago- many of the agates in my you tube videos ( do a search for Washington agates) my handle is marrohead- were found right here. We use to climb every inch of the hills and cliffs and found an incredible amount of museum grade stones- watch for rattlesnakes- it is very hard now to find much good stuff there but every know and then you will- most museum stones now come off private farm land and as they develop housing projects in west Richland
I had to look it up. I was pretty sure this are is the last free flowing area of the Columbia River. The Hanford Reach is a free-flowing section of the Columbia River, around 51 miles long, in eastern Washington state. It is named after a large northward bend in the river's otherwise southbound course. Hanford Reach is the only section of the Columbia in the United States that is not tidal nor part of a reservoir, excluding a short reach between the Canada-United States border and the upper end of Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. The next hydroelectric dam down river is Mc Nary Dam at Umatilla OR and Plymouth WA and forms Lake Wallula which stretches above the confluence of the Snake River. What causes the river levels here to increase and decrease is the water discharges of Priest Rapids Dam which is used for Flood Control, Irrigation, and power generation as well as water flow heading down river to Mc Nary, John Day, The Dalles and Bonneville Dams. Free Flowing is stated because there is not a dam down river to prevent the natural flow of the water such as it is in Lake Wallula.
It is free flowing but it also fluctuates 3_5 feet a day- just spend vfc a few hundred days a year fishing from crack of dawn till dinner time as I use to and you will see
People didn’t dig those holes. That was apart of the demolition to make the roadway. And that’s the whole point of finding a CBA, they’re hard to find and no one wants to let go of any they have found for that reason plus they’re pretty and quite a variety of different looks from agate to agate there!
If you bring a spray bottle filled with water and spray the gravel -- or go rockhounding when the ground is wet from rain -- you will have much better luck finding pretty rocks. Dry, dust-covered rocks often do not look like much and you could walk right past a beauty and not know it.
Was there once before when it was raining, did a bit better, but it was well worth the experience to go.
What is the purple rock you found first?
Something like a Jasper in think, it was just cool looking so I kept it.
Thanks for the video! How hard was the matrix? Hard to dig into the hillside? Seems like rockhounds would be burying that road if it was easy digging, lol.
If you find a skeleton of a human, do not let the police notify the Corps of Engineers or they will dump RipRap on the spot.
I live in the Tri-cities area and I don’t know how u get to where u are in this video
There is a facebook group specifically for this that has all the information you need as well as some local resources.. Cannot remember the name, but if you start searching, you will find it.
So are ya saying one should bring a tall ladder to lean up against the wall and chip away from above?
Now that's an idea I haven't seen happen yet!
its not so much in finding, for me its more about the search! one sees more that way, memorys dont weigh that much in the bucket or pack
Where is the rock in the thumbnail
I think you are a Rockhound because you lost your marbles. LOL!
Radioactive rocks 🪨
They probably are!!! At least they do not glow too much at night.
Isn’t that a LaHar?
Ancient river bed.
do you have the coordinates for that place? or how do you get there,what roads? i live in moses lake.
Do a search on Facebook, there is a group specifically for this area. Very helpful people there.
Not really free flowing. It’s more Iike flowing when the dam operators open the gates
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