I Picked Up Two Things I Wasn't Expecting at Point Iroquois Lighthouse
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- This is the farthest east in the U.P. that I have hunted rocks. Nancy and I spent several hours on the beach seeing what's available here. I found one type of rock that I wasn't expecting. I also picked up something else I didn't expect.
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It’s lovely to see you and Nancy share an interest in rock hunting and spend quality time together ! 💖🙏🏻
She doesn't like rock hunting nearly as much as I do, but enjoys going out occasionally. It's fun when she comes along.
@@MichiganRocks as long as she occasionally joins you in what you love to do is wonderful ! Unfortunately my husband doesn’t have any hobbies that I can show interest in the only thing we do together is going to a cafe to have coffee 😀
Wading around in the water, finding treasures.. I can't think of many other places I'd rather be right now. Thanks for taking us along with you .. : )
Thanks for coming along!
well said...ibid
Love your channel. The sound of the water and the beautiful rocks are just wonderful. Interesting and I’m learning so much. Thank you!
Thanks. Actually, I guess we should both thank God. I really didn't have anything to do with the rocks or the waves, I just held the camera!
Hello, I am French, it's a pleasure to witness your explorations. We don't have such lakes here, at least I don't have such natural rock sources at hand, and no one in my contacts is interested in this, rock hunting, tumbling and polishing. Generally speaking, it's not very popular in France, so I buy my equipment and rough stones in your country. So thank you for sharing all this through your channel, it's useful information and a virtual counterpart to what we don't have at home.
P.S. I'm often scared by the number of rocks that you drop back on water. In fact, I wouldn't be able to carry all the rocks that I would like to keep if I were at your side! :D
Your English is excellent, better than a lot of Americans write. That's a shame that rock hunting and polishing isn't more popular there. That makes it a lot more expensive for you.
I get plenty of reactions to the rocks I leave behind. I'm trying not to bring home more rocks than I can use. I don't really collect rocks just for the sake of collecting them. I like to do something with them when I get home.
Nancy, you have such a good eye for unique stones. Always fun to watch you and Rob looking. Not just for juggling, You get a thumbs up too!
She's not bad to have along.
Thank you. Someone has to go and keep Rob out of trouble.
@@nancyabram229 I agree with the comment. You have a great eye for nice rocks.
I really enjoy watching your videos, it's an education. I've seem to forgotten some about rocks and minerals, gets frustrating when I used to know off hand. Glad to keep learning and recalling about these marvels of nature. My favorites are FS Sodalites, I'd walk over diamonds and gold passing them all up for that orange glow!!
I'm not sure what the FS in "FS sodalite is.
@@MichiganRocks without sounding like a know it all, because I'm far from that, it's Florescent Sodalite. I guess just Sodalite is blue in normal light reminding me of Lapis Lazuli, which has Scapolite in it that glows yellow. Lapis may also have FS in it as well. What's your opinion on Feldspar? My Fiance loves those as they glow blue, purple and Salmon to peach.
Well, I've been following your videos and it's been an education! I've alot to learn about Lake Michigan Rock's and minerals! I was reading in a book of similar title, a paperback, that there's even diamonds to be found along the shoreline although hard to recognize. Also collecting Omar Stones, I love Basalt.
Thanks for the amazing amount you put into your videos!
@@attilathorbjornsson1519 Ok, I hadn't heard the FS abbreviation for that. I have some self collected feldspar, but haven't tried a UV light on it. I have used it on boxes of rocks that probably had some feldspar in it, but I never saw it glow. I'll have to check again.
@@MichiganRocks I guess they make that distinction, sir because Sodalite is blue (people find it hard to differentiate between it and Lapis Lazuli) in color normal light and non-flourescent, whereas Florescent Sodalite isn't Blue and is flourescent. My fiance loves Feldspar and we're making a Feldspar garden outside with blue's, Pink's, peach and purples. Looks beautiful in winter as the colors are enhanced by the contrast of the snow. She's also got a couple of spheres made from Feldspar and the base is a slab. All 3 are from different specimens.
Hey, have a great day, we really enjoy your videos and I can't wait for some melting to occur so we can get out there hunting again! I don't care if it's -30, I'd be out hunting FS Sodalite but you can't do anything with the beach under 10 inches snow and ice.
I know you tumble, do you also cut slabs?
@@attilathorbjornsson1519 I do cut slabs. Tonight's video shows some. I also make jewelry and other things.
Grande variedades de pedras lindas! Obrigada por tirar o lixo, a natureza agradece!
True, not many agates at Pt. Iroquois. Ones you do find are nickel size. Did you get the itch from there? Heres a hint on swimmer itch & poison ivy. Pick up a cheap can on Carb cleaner. Spray direct on legs, arms. Spray cotton ball dabbing spots for sensitive areas. Let dry. Repeat and dry, then shower. May not stop all, but kills many little itch bugs and oils from ivy.
I definitely got swimmer's itch at Point Iroquois. I was already itching while I was still in the water. It was really bad when I got out a couple hours later. It seems like it's too late to kill them once they're already burrowed in and itching. Is carborator cleaner safe to put on your skin?
Yes carb cleaner is very safe, many mechanics use it daily. I used it daily while vacation on inland lake with daughter and grandchildren. We only had a few spots while everyone else was going crazy. Remember spray on cotton ball for wiping sensitive areas, keep away from face. On a different level, went to Crisp Point yesterday, wow the beaches have turned sand, had to walk miles to find stones. Nothing's more boring than a sandy beach.
@@juliesnider7556 Ok, I'll keep carb cleaner in mind. Thanks.
We went to Vermillion Point the day after making this video. Sand there too. We probably walked half way to Crisp Point. We found a few things, but there weren't many rocks to look at. No agates.
Crazy year for superior beaches. Must have something to do with lake levels being so high last two years, now back to normal levels. I keep usual first aid kit, plus can of carb cleaner, jug of water and bar of soap in truck. The moment I feel those evil skin twinges on legs....I've done many a spraying and scrubbing in parking lots. No sense being miserable for days or weeks.
A beautiful day to be on the water. We get caught up in looking strictly for the semi precious minerals and look past the vast array of incredible color combinations in other types of beautiful rocks. Thank you for a nice walk on the beach.
You’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Yup, Nancy, it looks like he goes too fast, but he had his eyes calibrated for what wants to find. Nancy you are very knowledgeable about the rocks. Are you a geologist. Sorry about the microscopic infestation. I hope it went away fast. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Nancy majored in biology, but ended up teaching eighth grade earth science for about ten years, so she learned a lot of geology.
My legs itched bad for about four days.
@@MichiganRocks I'm glad they got better. Goooo science!
Much enjoyed this video. Such a variety of rocks. It’s fun to pick up and look at rocks just because they are interesting. Nice bit of information between the two of you discussing the rocks. Sorry about the ouchy. Best wishes to both of you.
Swimmer's itch is not fun at all. I'm better now, so everything is ok. I'm glad you liked the video.
You guys picked a perfect day for rock hunting. The water was so calm it was like glass, at least at the beginning. . Easier to see the rocks. Lots of striped rocks. I love those. The parasite bites on the legs looked uncomfortable. I have never heard of that before. That can top looked old. It had the old style pull tab top.
I have had swimmers itch several times, mostly when I was young. I have never had it this bad though, it was incredibly itchy. I read that it's all over the world. Birds and snails are both hosts at different points in the life cycle of the parasite.
@@MichiganRocks Good to know as I had never heard of it. Maybe we don’t have it in California. The ocean water is too cold to go in here anyway. It sounds itchy like poison oak or ivy. I never used to get it. Now all I have to do is look at the plant and I get it.
@@sparband I read that it's all over the world. I think it's more common in warm water though. The water was very warm that day.
Nancy, I think Rob goes straight from zero to collecting mode. The rest of us are still in the slow sightseeing mode! I enjoyed learning about the gas bubbles leaving those interesting holes in the basalt rock. I’ve been watching a lot of the Icelandic volcano and one of the presenters was talking about the small spurts of lava on the surface of a lava stream. He called it escaping gas. Now I wonder if your rock is the result of a similar gas spurt we are seeing currently in Iceland. Neat stuff. Thanks to both of you. PS: I hope Rob gets over his little infestation soon. Ick!
This video was filmed over a week ago. My legs itched like crazy for about four days. They're better now.
Part of the reason I walk fast is to get as far from the lighthouse or where ever the access point is as quickly as possible. I also just prefer covering a lot of ground, but I do slow down some over the better rocks.
That crayfish was cute, it looked like a baby lobster 🦞. Thank you for the public service announcement about swimmers itch, i had no idea that was even a thing, and I go swimming in oceans and occasionally rivers regularly. Did you find any other cool creatures, or just the crayfish? Hi Nancy, it looks like you had lots of fun you both found some really neat stones. 😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I have caught larger crayfish and cooked them up just like lobster. They're tasty, but it's a lot of work for a little bit of meat.
I read that swimmer's itch is all over the world, including in salt water. I have had it several times when I was younger, but never this bad.
@@MichiganRocks I am thankful that I've never caught it. What parasite causes the itch? What's the largest crayfish you've ever caught? Stay safe and try to stay free of swimmers itch. 😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇🥰😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@Indyanas_ocean_view I think there are different species, but the larval form that gets you is called "cercaria".
A big crayfish is about four inches long, not counting the claws.
@@MichiganRocks Thanks for the information. Cool , i wasn't sure how big they got.😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for another amizing video.take care always and Godbless both...🙏
Glad you liked it, Brenda.
I think I like rockhounding Michigan style WAY better than anything I'VE done. You ride kayaks, walk on the lake shore, and visit lighthouses. When I go rockhounding, I get covered in mud, hurt my back, cut my hands, and/or run from snakes all day!
Michigan rock hunting is a walk on the beach compared to what you just described.
@7:20 That was a nice rose quartz, very clear and colorful. @16:35 Yes, I'd say that was find of the day. I was going to comment on how clear and beautiful the water in Lake Superior is ...but then, that PSA! Ouch! Hope you recovered quickly and hope that Nancy didn't suffer the same affliction since she was in the shallows. I really liked Nancy's t-shirt -- made me laugh!!
The shallow water is what you have to be careful of. Nancy got a few spots on her feet a week and a half later, but not very itchy. I don’t even know if you can get it that much later, but she thinks she did.
Oh my stars and garters!! You and your wife are such a hoot! Great job juggling the rocks! Perfect finds….jealous of the top flight and beer can top!! Thanks for sharing….🙄🤣
You are jealous of the trash? I gave the golf balls to my son to use, but the can top seemed like it should just be recycled.
Nancy smiling in your thumbnail and the caption. Nancy’s the best find by far. I giggled. ❤️❤️
I got my first rock tumbler. Expect to hear from me a lot, rob. ❤️😬
Outside of obsidian and black onyx. Is all basalt black or a darker color?
Swimmers itch looks unbareable
Waaaaaaa she can juggle?
Basalt is a rock that I have trouble identifying. I used to think that I knew what it was, but then I was informed that I was wrong. Not all black rocks on the beach are basalt, if that's what you're asking.
Thank you for the videos.
You're welcome!
Thank you always enjoy your adventures,rock hounding is a learning process always 😊
Beautiful location. The rocks you showed, even the background rocks, are keepers for someone. Nice video, thanks.
Most of them are still there for someone to find some day. I have a giant rock collection that I keep stored on beaches all over Michigan.
What a superb day to rockhound. No wind and that water is as smooth as glass and crystal clear. I thought mosquito were bad. You got slaughtered Robert.
I could, but I'm sure glad I didn't with the swimmer's itch in the water. I only got it up to my knees and I almost went insane from the itching.
@@MichiganRocks i never heard of them. I changed my reply. I am to fast to comment. Light weight hip waders?
@@robbybobby6483 That would work, but I really like actually being in the water.
@@MichiganRocks i wonder if petroleum jelly rubbed on you exposed skin would stop them?
@@robbybobby6483 Maybe, but that sounds like a mess.
With ALl the hat CLEAR FRESH WATER there us plenty to DRINK.......
Plus lots if pretty colored rocks smooth too
Was just there beginning of July. I have family in the Soo. My great nephew and I found lots of cool rocks. Took some for tumbling.
We took home a few for the tumbler too. Nice beach, I had never been there before.
My grandparents lived on Glen Lake, well known for “the itch”. If you mistakenly came out of the lake going through the shallow water closest to the beach instead of climbing out on the dock, you were exposed to those pesky parasites. But grandma had an antidote. If you immediately washed with Fels Naptha soap. Worked every time! To this day, 65 yrs later, I still keep that soap handy!
And Nancy is right….you walk too fast!🤣 As always, loved the trip! Thx
I guess Fels Naptha is good for all things itchy. We used it for poison ivy. I have some in the bathroom too. For swimmer's itch, we always just dried off really hard as soon as we got out of the water. I grew up on Hubbard Lake that didn't always have it, but sometimes did.
@@MichiganRocks didn’t know that it’s good for poison Ivy, makes sense. This cabin is surrounded with the bugger! Thx!
@@lynettepavelich7540 I watched a good video where the guy showed that the most important thing was washing with a cloth, not with just your hands. It's the friction from the cloth that does the most good. He said that the type of soap doesn't matter as much as using a cloth. ruclips.net/video/4oyoDRHpQK0/видео.html
@@MichiganRocks wow! That’s good to know, thanks so much!
Wow the water is soooo calm, easier to find treasures, great video.😊
It was a calm day. Too bad I wasn't calmer after getting swimmer's itch. I just about went crazy when we got in the car after that.
I wish that I had the restraint that you have for leaving rocks behind.I would of had a full backpack by the the half way point of your video.
That comes with practice and too many rocks at home.
I have to agree with you J.Cruz!!!! I probably would have brought two backpacks!!! Great Video Rob !!!!! (I understand why you leave so many neat rock’s behind, but I know I could not have restraint myself from leaving those rocks behind!). 😊
Looks like you two had a good day. Not too bad for a couple of grandparents😁
We weren't grandparents quite yet, but really, really close.
@@MichiganRocks we have 9 grandchildren and it never fails to bring joy.
Neat spot loads of good rocks & nice weather...
Yep, everything was good except the swimmer's itch. That wasn't good at all.
Just about my favorite Lighthouse at least on that part of the coast. The beach is very nice there, very peaceful. I want to drop everything and go there right now. You have such a great life being able to walk so many beaches.
Yes, I'm very fortunate. Beaches everywhere around here.
Thank you for the PSA, we’ll be up that way rock hunting in the coming weeks 🤓
We were planning to hunt nearby the next day, but decided to drive an hour away.
Nancy is getting as good as you with the rock drops! Gosh, THREE golf balls? Is there a driving range around? Sad. These rocks seemed to be a bit bigger in size, but still very pretty. Just wondered if you drive up and back from home or do you camp somewhere. I've heard campgrounds are packed. We're heading to Onaway St. Park this week. Maybe we'll see you at Rockport! P.S. Nancy is a keeper; love her comments.
I think people might hit golf balls from their lawns into the lake. I used to find them all the time in Hubbard Lake where I grew up.
We stayed at the casino in the Soo. They offered us a free night, which never happens for us, so we took them up on it. We're small time gamblers. We limit ourselves to $30 each, so we never go home too sad. We both lost slowly that night, so we were able to play for awhile. It really helped distract me from the swimmer's itch which was pretty bad.
Beautfil vídeo my dear friend.
I love this lighthouse and beach. Almost all the Jacobsville I have comes from Iroquois.
Have you found agates here? I know someone who has found them in the area, but I'm not sure how common they are compared to farther west.
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HI NANCY!! Awesome day on the Big Lake!
It was a really nice day. Couldn't get any calmer.
@@MichiganRocks that is so wonderful!
Nancy's juggling act is AWESOME
Nancy is pretty talented.
Down here in South Carolina at Lake Murray, you can find chunks of white quartz with silver to blue-green mica!!!
That sounds really cool.
Wow, swimmer's itch in water that cold, didn't think it would be an issue. Thanks for sharing the info
The water was very warm. It was shallow and calm, which is probably part of the problem. It hasn't been a really hot summer at all.
Rob's videos are already fantastic, but I'll say again, Rob+Nancy is next level. ... Any chance 11:25 is pet wood?? Probably not, but I'm learning here. 🙂
No, there's no pet wood around here.
I like having Nancy along too. She knows stuff and has good taste in rocks.
Very cool video. Some of the neatest looking rocks I've seen. Loved the humor too.
Thanks, Diann.
Living in the soo this is by far one of my favorite places to poke around and rock hunt due to how close it is to home. FYI up the road there's a picnic area called "Big Pine" that usually has some neat stuff, if nothing else it makes for a great place to have a small campfire and watch the stars during the summer.
Thanks, I'll check that out if I'm in the area again. Do you find agates very often in this area? I have been told they can be found, but I suspect that west of Whitefish Point there are more.
@@MichiganRocks I personally have not found any agates at Point Iroquois or Big Pine but know that some of my geologist friends here have. Your best bet for agates in my limited experience is most definitely westward. That being said, I have found a number of fluorescent syenite (yooperlite) at both locations. Maybe when the border restrictions ease you could take a trip through Canada and hunt for some of the parent rock where all of these wonderful fluorescent syenites come from, I believe if memory serves there's an outcropping near Wawa or Thunder Bay.
@@muffintyrant That would be fun. I have been thinking about looking for the source of puddingstones which is supposed to be near Bruce Mines, I think.
@@MichiganRocks That could be, I'm not quite sure myself unfortunately. One of my all time favorite rocks in my collection came from that area and is what looks like a puddingstone but with black groundmass and pink granite dropstones, it's one of my favorites because it's actually not a puddingstone at all but instead a gowanda conglomerate part of the huronian supergroup formed ~2.5 billion years ago and is some of the earliest evidence we have of floating icebergs in the area. I love showing it to friends and family then explaining that the rock in their hands was being formed during or slightly (geologic time scale "slightly") before the atmosphere had measurable oxygen in it.
@@muffintyrant We have a lot of gowganda tillite around here. I don't like it as much as puddingstone because it doesn't polish up as nicely. Some pieces have a great variety of different colors of pebbles in them.
Beautiful video thanks!
Yaaaay you picked up a pink one!😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I picked up about five of them. Those were some of the most pink rocks I have found.
@@MichiganRocks I love the pink rocks too
@@MichiganRocks Doin the happy dance, Snoopy style 👍😁😁😁
Wow, did you get tore up out there? Looks like chiggers. Nancy is nice at the juggling. You two make a good team and are both nice at juggling. My take home bag there would way 500 lbs just taking the stuff you put down. Another awesome spot with awesome finds. Was fun to watch. Great video
500 lbs. sounds good until you pick up the bag.
Im a real mule and a strong one. Could do a couple hundred easy with back packs. About to post my coral and other beach finds collection. Been wanting to do it for a while. Have came off the beach with well over 150 pounds before. Wore me out, but wasnt going to leave it. Big drift wood and rock coral too. Plus it was like 8 degrees and the wind was blowing a 30 miles an hour. My kind of weather.
@@storytimewithunclebill1998 I stand corrected. I prefer much lighter loads!
So 😎 went to ok MI today found several treasures !! Waves 3-5 feet
We had waves 3-4 feet the next day. Video next Friday. I'm glad you found some goodies.
Nice day minus the rash / bite thing. That looked rough.
That sucked. I thought I was going go insane from the itching for awhile. Glad I didn't go in over my knees.
Thanks for reminding me to bring my Muck boots up when I travel north later this summer!
I just ordered a pair of dive boots made for scuba diving. I like wearing my Muck Boot shoes, but when it's rough, I get sand and small pebbles in them and it hurts the whole time I'm on the beach. I'm hoping these new shoes keep the pebbles out.
I like the nice piece of nice! At 4:46 wouldn't that look interesting sitting on a table. At 9:32 I would buy that rock how cool.
So many lovely rocks.
Pity about the itchy legs. I was thinking the water looked a bit green.
Loved the footage of the little crayfish.
Really great to see Nancy along on the hunt, to share some of her knowledge.
I went out today for a hunt, the beach was a bit wild.
I made a little video of my finds 😊😊
I'll go check out your video.
I don't think you can see swimmer's itch in the water. The water looked completely clear there, not green at all. It was warm, calm, and shallow though, which I think are bad signs.
@@MichiganRocks hope you like my video 😂 they are only little.
@@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 I did!
Did you guys get a rash on your hands, too? Or, is it just caused by sustained time in the water, and not intermittent contact?
Sorry, this was in my spam folder for some reason and I just found it. We did not get swimmer's itch on our hands. It was just on my legs since they were in for so long. Nancy was mostly on the beach so she hardly got any at all, even on her legs.
We were there last week and my girls kept those golf balls...lol no joke!! So many leaches to the right around the bend!
I didn't see any leaches, just crayfish. I hope you didn't get swimmer's itch. That was terrible.
Me: ooh thats nice...keep it!
Plops it back in the water
Me: mini stroke
Lots of those mini strokes happening during my videos. I just hope they all stay mini.
Ouch! The swimmers itch is serious~ Thanks for sharing the video as usual.
I got over it eventually. Wasn't much fun for about four days.
And as usual my reaction is 'Wait, wait, wait' don't throw that back! :-)
I'll take it home!
Joe
This time you had to yell at two of us.
We were there just last weekend. What a cool place.
Did you stay safely out of the water?
Hi hillo idol, God bless you all. Hunting plenty's of rocks . Watching from pinas setio palanog Garita San Enrique Iloilo.
Do you happen to know any boondocking areas near rockport that are secluded? On the lake side preferably with rock ?
Not really. I don't know what the laws about boondocking are, so that makes it hard for me to help you. The Rockport parking lot usually has cars in it.
Nice day out, love that rock your wife found towards the end, love to see that one tumbled.
You'll probably see it tumbled some day.
Love the videos,,, but I’m always wishing you’d keep some of the ones you toss back.
If I don't have a use for it, I leave it for someone else. I took the two puddingstones back to the lighthouse and left them right in front for someone to find. I have enough rocks at home to keep me plenty busy.
Nancy, he misses great rocks. Every time he finds a rock I wait for the ker plunk…. And back it goes
Hey, Nancy is just as guilty as I am of throwing them back!
@@MichiganRocks yes she is a plunker too! I guess you guys really were meant for each other lol
Awesome hunt, sorry about your itchy situation
I lived through it.
Wow - that water is super clear. Don’t see that clarity in Lake Erie unfortunately. Good looking rocks and your wife is too cute - love how she plunks down a rock that holds little interest after picking it up. A lot of rocks in our lake are boring - except when you see an old brick wash up and it’s round and smooth and small. You guys found a lot of cool rocks. Thanks for taking us on a nice rock hunt. 😊👍. Go Bucks!! (Why isn’t there a buckeye nut emoji!!!).
I always wonder who came up with a nut as a mascot. It's not all that intimidating.
We went to Cedar Point this week, so I saw Lake Erie, but I didn't pick up any rocks. I was up 300 feet in a ride called "WindSeeker" and had a good view of the beach. I could see that there were no rocks out in the water right there, nothing but sand.
I have been to Lake Erie in Monroe, MI. I found some cool brachiopods in really good shape. Keep looking!!
Love Nancy's shirt!! Really a clever saying!!
That is a very popular shirt around here.
I have one almost exactly like the one at 19:00. Have been wondering what it was.
LOTS of stripey rocks.
I'm not sure, but I'd like some big yard rocks like that.
@@MichiganRocks found one yesterday 2x3' but the lines are not as sharp and it is being used to prevent cars from going into the river.
Don't know how far you would go to get one. I can check at a friend's ORV park or the land fill where I work recycling.
@@kaybree6738 I probably have enough rocks in my yard and I have no way to haul a rock that big. I'll just enjoy them on the beach I guess.
Liked your swimmer's itch announcement. You are a funny guy! As far as rocks go, that was the first time I had ever seen a brecciated sandstone. Also like the black and white skunk rock at 9:30. I always like to keep rare finds like that. Nancy surprised me with her juggling. Who taught who? Are you able to juggle and ride your unicycle at the same time? Nice place to find lots of round white rocks with numerous dimples. Someone must have been teed off to lose those precious white gems. Canada opens up Aug. 9.
Nancy knew how to juggle from a college friend before I met her. She can do what you saw in this video. I was a little more obsessed with it. I also learned in college and was very active in the U of M juggling club. I can juggle while riding a unicycle. Those two skills are very easy to combine. They both take practice on their own, but then it's easy to do them together. ruclips.net/video/78k7ZL05Fao/видео.html
You found some really good ones!!
Yep, Lake Superior always has some nice stuff to offer.
That big one may have been puddin stone, but it seemed to have more purple in it than what I see.
So many cool rocks to see. I always thought the swimmers itch was a spring thing. Didn't know you could get it whenever. Wow. That really sucks that you got it, must have been miserable. I've never had it before. Just lucky I guess. Thanks for sharing.
It's most common in warm weather. I think it can happen any time. I had it several times as a kid. I read that it is worse every time you get it.
Wow. You need to be more careful then. Let's just hope you never get it again.
At 7:35, those shapes look like something called a ptygmatic fold; they are typically found in gneiss.
I suppose those could be puddingstones since the Lorraine Formation does extend quite a ways west, so it's possible a wayward glacier could have picked some up and carried them to that part of Lake Superior.
Sometimes I wonder if you just make words up to mess with me. I'm sure you don't, but you could easily get me to believe anything.
I was surprised to find puddingstones there, but the source is just a bit northeast from there, right? It was fun to find them in a third lake. I never think of them as a Lake Superior rock.
AT 6:01, that conglomerate looks like jasper. I would have kept it. Rocks like that cut open may have other things on the inside. It kind of looks like a jasp/agate to me not sure. I cant tell if it had quartz in it but if it did, it could have been a weird agate. 12:21 (was a pudding stone) Also, pudding stone comes in many colors, i have one that is in a fully black matrix, you can clearly see the red jasper and whitish quartz in it like the regular pudding stones! I also have some pudding stones that have a light pink matrix, and ones with a dark purple matrix with very little to no jasper in them at all just flecks of small jasper. The regular ones have a white/grayish matrix. cool vid.
I have found yellowish puddingstones, pink puddingstones, and white puddingstones. I think the first one I found in this video was just dirty or algae covered. The black one you have is probably gowganda tillite, not puddingstone.
That one Nancy had with rings sort of pyramid like was COOL 😎 earthy tones......no keep it!
BIG Heart Black Rock looked like fossils in it, 🤔heavy....no keep it!
Keepers lots of keepers but😤 NO AGATES....lots of water to DRINK except for swimmers itch, 😰YIKES!
I was hoping for an agate, but I was plenty happy with what we found. I could have done without the swimmer's itch though.
Your title really caught my eye, I live in Iroquois, SD. Sure are a lot of beautiful rocks there.
I read that the Iroquois picked a fight with the Ojibwa here and got their butts kicked. I'm sure that's not the official history, but that's how I remember it.
@@MichiganRocks In 1662 a large Iroquois war party entered Lake Superior . The Iroquois dominated many tribes and were enemies of the tribes of the upper Great Lakes . The outnumbered Ojibwa discovered the war party and launched a surprise attack that , according to tradition , killed all the invaders but 2 . The survivors were sent back to warn others to never come back to the land of the Ojibwa . The war party was said to have been several hundred , but it was likely closer to 100. The Ojibwa name for Iroquois Point is "place of the Iroquois bones ."
@@kurtguelde9081 Thanks for the more detailed history lesson, Kurt. Don't mess with the Ojibwa.
thank you
You're welcome.
Super e incrível pedras e vídeo meu amigo. Aqui é Alê Garimpo do Brasil.
Hi Alé!
Got to like the top flights, all of mine seem to like the water also lol
I gave the golf balls to my son. He golfs, I don't .
“I like that one, it looks cool”….. SPLASH
I have a giant rock collection that I keep stored on beaches all over the state.
Really enjoy your videos. I'm new to youtube and have made a video about my over 50 years of collecting stone tools.
Thanks! Somehow RUclips thought your message was spam and I just found it.
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A family that 💦bloop💦s together, stays together. 🙏
I think you cleaned that beach out of pink rocks, Rob! Fun video!
Ha ha! That’s funny!
SARNA lotion is good if those bites itch. That round white rock was really cool. It must have been bouncing in the gases to get that many dimples on it. We are moving from lower Arkansas to upper Arkansas. The Ozarks! MORE ROCKS! Great vid. I'm extremely jealous and envious of ya'lls mad juggling skilllz. I understand the concept, I just can't do it. The "Skunk" rock was my favorite. Good Vid!
I'm not super coordinated. I was never good at sports, except individual things like water skiing and snow skiing. Even though I'm not very coordinated, I learned to juggle five balls. If you really want to learn to juggle it's completely possible. Many people try to learn a pattern called the "shower", which is basically a circular pattern. That's pretty hard. A much easier pattern is the "cascade", which is what Nancy was doing in this video.
Thanks for the tip on the SARNA lotion. It has finally stopped itching, but it was really bad for a few days.
Oh noooooo.... that (swimmers itch) looked painful!!!
Not painful, but extremely itchy. Not fun.
Catch and release rockhounding 😆 although learning a lot.
There were a few keepers too.
Hey! I lived only about a quarter mile to the East of the lighthouse. Left in 1986 after graduating high school there in Brimley, left for the Navy. My sister and her family were just there a few days ago.
Hey, that's cool. Nice area. We stayed in the Soo that night.
Not gonna lie that record scratch legitimately made me jump but then just laugh because I didn't realize the source at first. That reaction definitely looks like it would be a pain to deal with though.
I was miserable for a few days. I got some hydrocortisone lotion to put on it that helped some but distracting myself was the best thing. Sorry to startle you with sound effects. I rarely use sound effects, so I guess you wouldn't expect it.
This brought back a lot of childhood memories ❤️
Lots of people who grew up in Michigan and moved away say the same thing. Hopefully your memories were of walking Great Lakes beaches, not of swimmer's itch.
@@MichiganRocks no never heard of it. Mom used to bathe me in the lake in the evenings. Pure, clean water, bottom was all fossils, I still have a few.
Grand Lake near Alpena, mom was from Hancock so around all the lakes all summers.
My grandfather died in 1937 as a fireman in a train wreck from Quincy Hill Mine. Mention that cause last time I was up there I saw a photo on the wall of a curio shop. Figured older ppl still remember, hoping. TY
Presque Isle Lighthouse was asking far as I was allowed to go.
@@arizonaraven419 I live in Alpena. Up until a couple years ago, my in laws had a cottage on Grand Lake. We had a lot of fun waterskiing there. I grew up on Hubbard Lake.
@@MichiganRocks really cool. Our cottage was on Star Route off (prob old) US 23. Right across from N end of Grand Lake. All fossils when we were there. I grew up in Clarkston but spent most summers up north.
I remember an ice cream shop in Rogers City you could pick out what you wanted on anything. That was way cool back then.
The golf balls were a real hoot. One of the places that I mushroom hunt at always produces about a dozen golf balls.
I used to find them in the inland lake I grew up on all the time. I think people hit them into the lake from their lawns. I told Nancy that if I found five, I'd juggle them. I only got to three.
We were there about a half an hour ago at night looking for Yooperlites. Kept finding rocks that glowed bright red under the black light. They're not Yooperlites, what are they? Very curious, much appreciated.
I'm not sure what you were finding. I haven't seen anything glow red.
@@MichiganRocks They're everywhere, every five to eight feet. Used a black light called the beast to view them. Thanks for replying.
Oh No say it isn't so , Nancy is throwing stones back in.
It's contagious.
@@MichiganRocks I didn't want to say that you are a bad influence. ;)
Oh no the swimmers itch! Maybe it should be the rockhounder's itch. I have had it all over me when I was a kid in Iowa. Doesn't go away fast enough. Nancy's juggling is as good as yours. Nice to see she has a good eye for rocks too. Was that smoke in the air? My mom says it's in Iowa now. It's terrible here.
I don't think there was any smoke, just a hazy summer day.
I do have to say that Nancy's juggling is not as good as mine. I was obsessed with it in college. I had a website with juggling tutorial videos before RUclips existed. It was actually pretty popular. The English version is gone because I got tired of paying for it. But a guy in Hungary translated everything into Hungarian and still hosts that version of the site. If you want to see some really old videos of me doing lots of tricks, check it out. This is the English version of the Hungarian version, if that makes any sense. zsonglor.csokavar.hu/en/
@@MichiganRocks thanks Rob. I will definitely check it out. Have one of your turtles now. It has a pudding stone shell. Now I have to get one with the petoskey shell. You really do nice work! And I want to get some crosses too. Glad the store sells them.
@@MichiganRocks just watched you do all the juggling videos. Never realized there's many ways to do that. 5 ball Cascade wow! Catch with your neck. Burke's barrage. So many cool juggling tricks. You have great eye coordination! Or awareness of the balls rings and even clubs. Really enjoyed watching them!
@@wyomingadventures It was really just a whole lot of practice.
@@wyomingadventuresThanks, I'm glad you like the turtle.
Arent pudding stones originally from the Sudbury area in Canada? The furthest south I've found them was in south west Oakland County, Michigan. The agatey rock Nancy found looked like a natural Easter egg, very pretty.
I heard they're from the Bruce Mines area, but that's sort of in the same general location. I talked to a guy from northern Indiana who said he finds a lot down there.
"crawdad" :-) Y'all find more unakite than I have/ do here in the Unaka Mountains. She's got talent. Golf course near-by?
My wife and I were with my Father-n-Law and his wife visiting the locks there in the UP. I picked a small stone and threw it over into Canada. My Father-n-Law asked "Why did you throw that rock over there?" I replied "Now I've thrown a rock into Canada." He asked "What is they don't want it over there>" I replied "Well...I guess they can pick it up and throw it back." :-)
We stayed in the Soo that night, but I didn't throw any rocks into Canada. I was too busy trying to make the itching stop.
Crayfish, crawdad, we used to just call them "crabs" when I was a kid, although they aren't really.
I'm guessing someone in the area is hitting golf balls from their lawn into the lake. We used to find them all the time in the inland lake I grew up on.
Loved the public service announcement...Lolol. You're a riot
I wish I didn't need to make it. I was about crazy right after leaving the water. That's the worst I've ever had it.
@@MichiganRocks from what I've read on that swimmer's itch the infestation at least here usually lasts for about 6 weeks and goes down again.
@@Lisa.Sparkman That's not good.
You must be the wave-whisperer....every time I get out hunting, there are too many ripples to effectively search the water!
I watch the weather pretty carefully, but that day was just pure luck.
Hi Rob. You were just a few miles from my house. I’ve not found an agate at Point Iroquois. My friend found a nice one there a few years ago.
Would you say that the better agate hunting starts west of Whitefish Point? That's the impression I get, but I haven't hunted the area east of there except for this one time. I did enjoy the day there, except for the awful swimmer's itch.
@@MichiganRocks I absolutely agree that the real agate hunting is better west of Whitefish Point. People have found them from the tip of Bay Mills Point to Point Iroquois and a few places in between, but nothing like W.P., Vermilion, Crisp Point, Little Lake Harbor, Two Hearted, Coast Guard, Muskullonge, Blind Sucker, School Forest Road, and Grand Marais. Check out Mark Bowen’s Channel. He’s a fellow agate hunter and musician. He and his cousin Noah have found some dandies.
@@flyersfan4558 That’s what I thought, but it’s nice to have it verified by a local. Thanks!
@@MichiganRocks Good morning Rob. You’re very welcome! 👍🏻👍🏻
From you experience, could you assist me as to how I may visually see the difference between granite and gneiss?
Gneiss has sort of layers. There will be light and darker bands. Granite is more uniform without the bands.
@@MichiganRocks, Thank you. This answer confirms what I have suspected by watching your videos.
@@MichiganRocks Good job! ;-)
Those white spherical ones interesting. You have too be careful. The Titlist Personalized are sought after but the Spalding are not very well liked. You actually had several rock I would have liked. I guess I have to go up to Brimley walk the beach!
I’ll have to tumble the little pits out of the white ones.
The video quality is just wonderful. IPhone? Thanks for sharing your adventures and travels!
I use a GoPro. It's not great for close ups and has a super wide lens, but I like it for most shots.
The black rock with wide white band looked like a bandage wrap. 🤣
I guess it did sort of look like that.
Nice spot. Did you happen to visit the old cemetery on the overlook near there? Great view of the lake and freighters. Hope those spots healed up quickly!
I was really itchy for about four days. It's gone now.
I did not visit the cemetery. We drove up and went right to the beach. We didn't even go in the lighthouse, more time for rocks that way.
Nice day on the beach with a lot of interesting rocks . I really like the unikite, especially after seeing the things you make with it. Thanks for the PSA, yikes!
Unakite is a great rock. I just don't get tired of it.
@@MichiganRocks I laughed at one video where you said you weren't taking one home because "I have enough unakite"; I don't think it is possible to have too much!
@@kayroebuck780 I try to limit myself. I have a small one in the tumbler right now that is looking amazing.