Battered shoreline, piles and piles of freshly deposited stones and hidden Lake Superior agates!
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- Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2023
- Created by InShot:inshotapp.page.link/YTShare. In this video we head west from Whitefish Point lighthouse in search of the allusive banded Lake Superior agate. The winds the day before dramatically changed the shoreline. One fancy cabin high on a hill is now just a few feet from falling into the great lake...one more storm could wipe her away for good. Freighters we're prevalent steaming out of Whitefish Bay heading to ports in the western regions of our great Lake Superior. Other agate hunters we're scarce, yet the agates were not...we found a few nice gems. Oh, many awesome unusual rocks were found as well as some incredible driftwood. It was a day I won't soon forget. And just before I got to the beach I caught a glimpse of a family of swans in the outflow of the mighty Tahquamenon River...where it joins the breathtaking Whitefish Bay. Awesome day for sure!
We’ve sure been enjoying your videos. Love your stories and your faith. Thank you!!
Thank you C! We really appreciate your support of our channel! I have to tell stories...since I can't seem to find many agates lately... lol Thank you
We’re in Northern Illinois just south of Chicago. We come up at least once a year to the UP, and multiple times to Lake Michigan. Your walking along the shores are giving us the look at the rocks we’re craving to see! 😊 Most channels start out this way, but seem to always end up only cutting and polishing. You have an eye for rocks after 40 years of hunting and we sure appreciate your letting us come along!
@@cbleifield you will be pleased to know we don't have a rock saw or tumbler! Lol. We welcome you along anytime! But.....my kids do want a tumbler!😄
@@upperpeninsulabeautiful LOL We have a tumbler. So I’ll have to agree with the kids!! My husband Vinnie can give you pointers if you need any! He’s learned a lot from Rob’s videos. But we just love the videos of the walk out to the beach and the hunts! You’re doing a great job! Thanks for bringing us with!! 🙌🏻
@@cbleifield you are so welcome...thanks again!
THANK YOU for such kind words and mention! I'd absolutely enjoy rock hounding with you here or there. Maybe in 2024? I'm so excited indeed to find letters and numbers next year! Maybe your daughter may like to as well 😊 Thank you again, so truly humbled. Your finds are incredible. The sounds of walking on rocks and the lapping of waves, spectacular my friend. Truly hope you are feeling better. Prayers for the car to come your way as it's meant to be.
I think it would be great fun to go rockhounding! I would like to bring both my kids...they would love it. Thank you for the wonderful comment...very encouraging! Boy, when I got home the cold wiped me out...I was down for the count this morning...but I'm finally feeling better now...the chills and aches and pains are going away. Regardless of feeling shredded on the beach, it was a fun outing. Thank you for coming along!
I love the idea of hunting for rocks with letters and numbers. I’m going to start doing that here in Oregon. I’m due for a trip to the coast.
Thanks for taking us along on your hunts. The Great Lakes, and Lake Superior in particular, are simply majestic.
Good morning Lisa! I hope you enjoy your time on the coast whenever you get there. Best of luck with your a.b.c's of rockhounding... sometimes we need to get back to the basics!😀
Me and my fiancé went up to Misery Bay Beach and Agate Beach about a month ago to go agate hunting.. Sad to say we left with no agates. We did find a lot of really interesting rocks, some of which we still haven't identified! Seeing you throw some of the agates back for others to find is so thoughtful, especially since a lot of these beautiful beaches are so picked through. You're giving me more hope that we may someday soon find our first agate!
Thank you very much for saying so! Identifying the rocks back at home is a super fun aspect of rockhounding! I know it is for me! 😃. Keep up your diligence and it will pay off...maybe even your next trip! Remember...Seek and ye shall find!
Great video. I do the same type of hunting on Oregon ocean beaches. I love spending time just listening to the waves. I see you also have a gem scoop. Saves a lot of bending over for my not-so-young anymore back. Praying that God will provide you with the transportation you need. He always knows best.
I really appreciate your prayers over my vehicle situation...I borrowed my wife's vehicle and discovered many problem areas she hadn't noticed... unfortunately to get them addressed I had to dig in to my vehicle budget. Thankfully though, I found the problems before they got worse...God knew what needed to be done...that said, I will probably now have to wait till tax time to find a vehicle. But I will continue to trust in God! He is faithful! P.s. I too have a lower back problem...the scoop does help!👍😀
Excellent day out there, very peaceful with the waves. Makes me miss rockhounding down state on the Clinton River, where we used to live, in the city. Sweet log, totally an old one! Love the unakite, wish I could find nice ones like that. Man, I need to travel up there. Overall really peaceful video, really fun and enjoyable to hunt with you along the shore. Sooo many rocks to look through too, love it. Green-winged teal is the name of that duck! This world is so special, thanks for sharing a piece of yours! It's crazy how fast the rocks wash in and out along the shore. Pretty agates, nice not seeing too many people out there searching too. Manifest that new ride, I can see you driving it now! Awesome information too, thanks! I've always wanted to search the black sand for flour gold. Wood is the best, I very much enjoy it too! Very relaxing journey, thanks Dan! Nice banded iron! Gorgeous agates, so beautiful, love how they form! Great day!
I wondered why your channel name was City Rockhounding!😀 It was baffling me. But now I know. Thank you for coming along. And thanks for identifying the duck...it was one beautiful duck, especially with the lighting. It was certainly a peaceful day...that is until I got around the point when the wind and waves picked up something fierce! But that last minute agate on the windy side was a beauty! Like you missing your old stomping grounds of the Clinton river...I'm missing my all time favorite beach...Vermilion Point! My heart yearns to be reunited with her someday soon! 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
@@upperpeninsulabeautiful haha yeah, I thought about changing it, but never knew if one day I might move to a city again, lol. A bunch of people told me too that I'm already know as City, I was thinking County Rockhounding or Country Rockhounding, but just added the tree line to my logo instead. I started this channel with my daughter and now my son joined along too, I really find it awesome that you do it with your family too, my wife enjoys it, just not as often as I want too lol.
@@CityRockhounding I had a thought pop into my head while driving home from Gaylord..."skyline rockhounding!". There is both a city skyline and a pastoral and or wooded skyline! But your probably right...if you changed your channel name some of your subscribers might get cantankerous!
Lake Superior is my birth place . Was wondering if you ever come across a true green stone which were few and far between in the !960's.
I have found many over the years but in the Keewenaw and on Isle Royale but couldn't remove those ones. But I have never found one over here in the Eastern region of Superior!
I think that yellow one you found at 1:50 was Jasper. I found one like it and it's in my rock tumbler right now.
I will have to go back and watch the video to see what specimen your referring to! I can't wait to see how your rocks come out! Is that still your first batch with your new tumbler?
Awesome rocks! It's cool that you were a guide in Ketchikan. It's interesting about the salmon runs! Beautiful place 😊 Cool feather! I really like that black sand patterns, I saw that on the shores of Lake Michigan, it was so pretty! I love watching Lake Superior ❤
Thank you for watching and commenting! Have you been to any National parks in Alaska? I loved my time there...even went winter camping in Barrow...the local chief invited me to his home...he said I was a pretty cool white guy to purposely stay in a tent when they as a culture haven't lived out in the elements for decades. The coldest night was 45 below with a 60 below wind chill! Are you a traveling nurse? Is that how you travel so much? Did you make any RUclips videos in the Eastern Upper Peninsula?
@upperpeninsulabeautiful We have only been to Glaicer Bay in Alaska, and we saw that one while one a cruise. I would love to get back there to see more! It's awesome that you got to meet the chief! I don't do too well in the cold, lol. I'm not a traveling nurse. I have a good job year round close to my house. I didn't get too far East on the Pennisula. Tahquamenon Falls was as far as we went. I wish we could have seen more over that way. The week we spent there went by way too fast! I hope we get the chance to return and see more. I absolutely loved it there! The beauty up there is definitely a well-kept secret.
@@nationalparksprincess3216 so stay tooned for a Tahquamenon falls video I filmed this fall...it's had many technical difficulties...but will try to release it tonight. Meeting the chief was an honor. Did your cruise ship stop in Ketchikan?...most do! I worked with cruise ship passengers.
@@upperpeninsulabeautiful it did! We zip lined in the Rainforest! I loved how colorful all the buildings were there.
@@nationalparksprincess3216 I worked for the zip line company part time and it's parent company Taquan air full time. Got to do the zip line for free! What year did you take your cruise there? I worked in Ketchikan from 2008 through 2011.
You were right on with your bird ID! It’s likely that you saw a Blue-Winged Teal. It’s slightly smaller than the typical Mallard and has a vibrant blue and green patch of feathers on its shoulders
It was one of the most beautiful birds I have seen...second only to the indigo bunting I saw a couple years ago. But I. The Teal duck's behalf...I only saw it a few seconds and it was moving!
I know you're probably looking for a truck, but i saw a subaru outback awd on fb marketplace in the soo for 2500 with decent miles but needed a battery. At least it's close by. We have a 2010 and it is a great vehicle, lots of room for kids and can even camp in the back. As always, thanks for the video!
Hi Joolz!😀 We messaged that person three times with no response...it's been for sale for quite a while now. It seems a little suspicious anyway. But actually I'm looking more for a Subaru or small SUV with AWD...I don't really need a truck. But really I'm not picky at this moment. But thank you for thinking of us and sharing that vehicle...that means a lot to our family!
@upperpeninsulabeautiful that's a bummer. I have a Honda Element, 20 years old that I love! Just took it on a 6700 mile road trip in September and camped in it for 3 weeks out west. That and the outback are just cars that last forever. I hope you guys find the perfect deal.
I love the ships too. There’s a free app that tells you what ships are near you. It’s called Marine Traffic and it tells you the ship name and where it’s headed. The Paul R. Tregurtha is my favorite since it’s the longest. I also love the John G. Munson. There’s a RUclips guy called Vibe with Mike who shows the ships up close, coming into Duluth Harbor. Great closeups! We are looking for a 4 wheel drive too. It’s hard to know who to trust when trading in. We have a 2017 Nissan Sentra, but would love a 4 wheel so we can go to these places, like Vermillion. Enjoyed the video!
When my dad was alive he had that ship tracker program...he also lived across from the shipping canal. We kept a log of all the ships. That was one of our favorite activities...20 years ago I could identify just about any ship on the great lakes...but know I can only guess! Thank you so much for watching! I can't wait to get back to Vermilion...I have not found a 2 or 3 ounce gem at whitefish Point these last three trips!☹️
What weather sites do you like to use for checking wind conditions? Is this video from Friday, Nov 10? I am sure I speak for many people here, it is so refreshing to see you leave the agates and omars for someone else to find since you have all you need. All too often, I see a few well-known RUclips rock hounds pick up 10-30 lbs of Michigan rocks and fossils in each of their videos. It is obvious that they are picking up well over the state law of 25 lbs/yr within a couple weeks of videos.
So I check weather channel daily so I can pick the best days possible to make our videos...I like to make my beach days count since I can't get there often. This trip I made yesterday the 14th. The huge wind storm was the 13th... incredible winds. And I never heard of that Michigan law...but very interesting indeed! But I have a ton of experience hunting agates and I'm convinced the numbers are dwindling. Regardless of the state law...for me personally, I'm going to take much fewer...I want our kids and their kids to have some to find. Thank you for supporting my conviction to leave many on the shore...! And thank you for the comments...not everyone says what they think! Our family is trying our best to make a positive channel! We appreciate you!
@@upperpeninsulabeautiful That's interesting. When I view the weather site history for Whitefish Point for yesterday, it said that winds were 20+mph from 11am-9pm that day, but notice that they were coming from the south so maybe that is why the waves didn't look bad. Does that weather info sound roughly correct? I do see the 20-35mph winds from the north on the day before that may have pushed the new batch of rocks onto the shore. Thanks again for all you do! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos.
Just an fyi, check reviews if you are buying from a business. My daughter found one, but when she looked the business up, the reviews were scathing.
I'm sorry, but what are you referring to buying from a business? 😅 Lol!!! But thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment just the same!!!😅
ship with gray strip is edgar b speer
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Thank you so much for help identifying! I haven't studied the ships since my dad past...that was his hobby! I was in the Navy stationed on a frigate but never aboard a laker. But I still love watching them!
My brothers were both in the Navy. One on the aircraft carrier Roosevelt out of Florida, any the other on the USS Leahey out of Virginia Beach, VA. Thank you for your service and God bless you for serving our country.
@@pattyspencerjarvie3426 I was on the FFG Rodney M Davis out of Yokosuka Japan... you're very welcome...I recommend the service of any branch to any young person out of highschool! Great experience!
Why are you throwing your agate finds away? 😢 It's been frustrating watching you leave them behind. There's so many stones for everyone. You keeping 5-10 rocks every trip won't deplete the amount of stones available. 😭 💔
I know it must be difficult to understand...but I have seen a definite decline in agates over the last 10 years. There are more experienced hunters and just plain more hunters in general. I will continue to collect the unusual rocks but I want to leave some agates for others. I'm sure I will take a few more...but I have been super excited to not bring any home these last few trips. I really enjoy giving them away to folks on the beach.
Your spirits of gratefulness and optimism are so refreshing! You are blessed and are a blessing to us!