Hey y’all… I just wanted to pop up and thank everyone for their encouragement and support! I have been truly blessed with so many amazing people that found their way to our pit and into my life. Rock hounds really are the most kind and interesting people that I’ve ever met. It really is a happy place… just to dig around in the dirt. Meeting everyone is my favorite part of the pit. And thanks to everyone’s wayward adventures collecting rocks… I am beginning to have quite a collection of my own for not picking the first one! And I have no clue what most of them are… but when I walk by… I think of the person who gifted it and I smile… cause that makes me happy! Feel free to contact me anytime. And I always look forward to seeing ya! Or contact me if you want sample boxes of our agate. If you’re not getting it from me… you’ll getting picked overs! I pick up these pretty rocks straight out of the ground. Saving them from being loaded on the trucks … but heck…!ive been known to get out of the truck at the job and pick them up! I’ve got great tumblers and the best slab or display pieces! Thanks again everyone… and thanks Rob for such a fun experience!
Hey Pamela! I was wondering if you'd say something. I'm glad you did. That was such a fun day, thanks to you and your family. Thanks again! I just started working on a pendant for you today. I'm making it out of our Michigan puddingstone. I think you'll like it.
Your family has provided my new tiny home space with function and fun in nearby Alabama. I am a rock lover and I was so delighted to find druzy and agate in my pad and driveway. Your family has been a delight to work with as well.
I was wanting to come visit. Do you have a website? I belong to the Alabama Gem and mineral lapidary club. Seems I'm on my own rockhounding though 😂 That's fine... live in Alabama and seen the RUclips video... Looking for to looking for the stalagmite and tite.. I haven't finished the video so excuse me if the answers to my questions are in the video...
Dang! What a cool place. This might very well be my favorite rock video yet. Knowing that you are only 7 hours away from my house gives me hope that I might one day be able to make the trip. The rocks that you found are some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen.
I got into rock tumbling recently because of you and agateAriel...I JUST ordered 10lb of these Georgia lace from Amazon!!!! Thanks for showing where they are from so we'll timed 😂👍🏻
Loving this rock tour! Your passion not only educates but also reminds us of the natural treasures that lie beneath our feet, especially in a place as rich in history and geology as Patty Quarry. Thank you for sharing your journey and igniting curiosity about the natural world.
One of my favorite spots. Unfortunately it’s a three hour drive from Franklin. I like the brecciated examples! Our gem club calls the material, blue crazy laced agate. Each of those bumps, will reveal bullseyes. I haven’t tumbled any, and am looking forward to seeing how yours will turn out! The gongs are new! Hogg Mine is the first fee mine I went to. Nice camping at R. Schaefer Heard!
I'm looking forward do tumbling these. I have a lot of cutters too, but I haven't seen any cut except for the one Ann sliced up. We went to Hogg Mine later that week.
That's amazing! Such a rich history and knowledge and sharing their mine. I was in Georgia early last spring up in a campground on a gorgeous plateau overlooking an amazing canyon! Beautiful hiking areas but didn't collect any rocks being in a national park but I can say one thing we sure ate a lot of delicious southern fried chicken and collard greens. We might have to go back to Georgia for rockhounding ! Thank you
Gosh, this was a really fun video! You're getting to enjoy some great southern hospitality and friendship. I really enjoyed hearing how the rocks formed and I can hardly believe they use the quarry rocks to make gravel! It's very nice that they allow rockhounding on Sundays. That little gully looked like a great spot. Is that where the rocks came from that you polished? They came out really nice. Thanks Rob, and everybody else who appeared in the video. 😊
I don't think the ones I polished came from that little wash out, but I'm not 100% sure. I've heard of southern hospitality, but I really learned what that meant that day. Everyone was so nice, especially Pamela. I just couldn't believe that she brought food for everyone.
I have been watching your videos for a while now, and I was looking up Patty Quarry (I live very close, I have some fossils from my parents old house that’s close too!) I saw Michigan Rocks and was like How did I miss this?!
I love your Chanel . I grew up Leland Michigan . Welcome to the south ! Those people in your video are the last of the authentic southerners . Maybe I’ll see in Leland this summer? I’m looking for a blue gemstone native to that area.
I have been in Leland hunting Leland Blue slag a few times. They're fun to find, but I haven't found many. I went with another guy who found several big ones the same day I only found little stuff. I'll have to try again someday.
It's the sort of place you could stop in to for just a couple hours pretty easily. You can drive right to the rocks so there's no long hike or anything.
Thanks for your reply 👍🏼. I’ve been watching your videos for a while. Your content is really comprehensive and appreciated. I honestly thought I had subscribed to your RUclips but had not. I did join last night. I’ve always been interested in rocks but haven’t known much about tumbling or lapidary in general. Learning different terminology, types of rocks and the correct type to tumble I think will be much easier once do more rock hounding and research the individual rocks. I finally purchased the Chicago Freight double(shame on me😬) because it was on sale. I have done the online mods to make it usable as possible. I also ordered tumbling media from the Rock Shed per your suggestion. I’ve poured it all in coffee cans and marked well. I haven’t tumbled any rocks yet because it got cold. We are in the Flint/Grand Blanc area and the snow we had has just melted this week. We spend most of our time here right now but I am from NW Florida,so the next time we drive I would like to stop in Summerville GA to hound the Paddy Quarry. I joined their FB last night too. Any suggestions on where to hunt in my area would be appreciated. Enjoy your travels!
@@bjdj9398 I mainly hunt the upper half of the lower Peninsula and the U.P. I could suggest places in that area, but I don't have lots of experience in the southern part of the state. I hunted a couple places near Port Huron, but they're pretty over hunted. I have a Harbor Freight tumbler running in the basement right now. I didn't want one, but people keep asking me to do a review. So I finally caved and bought one when it was on sale. So far it's running fine.
Beautiful finds, & fun video. The last rock you polished really surprised me, bc I thought some of the layers would be too soft & would crumble/ waste away. Some of the samples early in the video reminded me of Crazy Lace. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
Wow that was really great! Cool rocks and really nice people. They all have a love for the rocks from that quarry 😊 the polished pieces came out super nice Rob!
@MichiganRocks that's good. I think they will probably tumble well just based on how they look. I'm still confused if they're a true agate or not. I think they probably are. Sounds like they might be like banded chert.... it's all confusing isn't it? 🤔
Today I received 10 pounds of the Georgia Lace from Summerville. They are beautiful & I can't wait to tumble them. Hope they tipped you with some great rocks for your video reach.
Nice to learn we get the same material here in Calder Tasmania, we call it Calder lace Agate, but our stuff doesnt tumble well, it undercuts, cabs beautiful though. Thanks for sharing.
Wow what an amazing place never heard of raspberry druzy 😊 20 minutes is too short to take in all the beauty 😂 Thank you for showing and sharing!! Unbelievable they make this into driveway material 😮
It's really hard to know how long to make videos. Some people don't have the patience to even watch 20 minutes. Other people could watch an hour. I try to pick out the best stuff and let the video be as long as it needs to be.
I have a nugget... gold color, two eyes, buckteeth, appears plastic 😂😂😂my nephew works at McDonald's and brought me old toys from last year....saw one sell for 100$😮
Would you say there was a lot of "agaty" type rocks there? Dave's explanation of it's formation was interesting. Are there any formations of this rock in the north. I heard him mention "seismic activity" Don't know if we've had enough of that.... Great video Rob!
I don't know any more about the formation of the geology than what you heard in the video. There was a lot of agatey material there. The biggest problem finding it is that a lot of it is covered in mud. Once you get past the top rocks, it's much more difficult to find, but there's a lot of area to hunt, so there's plenty on top.
I have some of this I got from another Rockhound a few years ago. This is very similar to the southeast Missouri druse. I don’t think they formed in caves exactly but maybe the Georgia stuff is different. We get the stalactite formations also but it’s quartz and stalactites in caves are calcite. Maybe it was something cave related but not caves like we think of them. I’m thinking deep hot water WAY underground that then got uplifted. Not a cave you could ever go into but like a cave I guess. I know in Missouri it was hydrothermal activity in a shallow sea. I assumed Georgia was similar but I don’t know so… I’ll quit writing this novel 😂 Hope you’re doing well Rob I enjoyed this video.
I was picturing smaller voids in the rock, rather than full sized caves. None of the stalagmite/stalactite formations were very big. I think the fact that they are covered in druse in some cases indicates that they were under water after forming. I should do an acid test to see if there's any calcite in them.
You could see that in the two pieces I polished and the belt buckle Pamela showed us. I'm not sure if it polishes as well in a tumbler since I haven't tried that yet.
Although it appears to be a first generation Genie that you used in the video, did you find it to be very smooth and quiet? I used your machine at Jason's house in South Dakota, and it is a solid cabbing machine that certainly gets the job done. But the direct drive motor on the Genie sure is nice, even if it doesn't come cheap. My experience is with a second generation Genie which has a different motor, but the one you used sounds about the same.
It was smooth, maybe a little smoother than mine, but I wouldn't say there was a huge difference. I don't think the sound was much different either. It's definitely a nice machine, but I don't think it's so nice that it's worth the extra cost.
Rob, could you please do a video on the amount of water you use in each stage. You seem to use different amounts, maybe its tied to hardness of rocks, etc. But would be much appreciated.
In a rotary tumbler, I always fill it up just a little below the top of the rocks. I'd say somewhere between half an inch and an inch. In the Lot-O, I don't have any standing water, I just want the rocks to be wet. I fill the Lot-O barrel with rocks and water and then dump out all the water. I try to be pretty consistent about that, so I'm surprised that it looks different in different videos of mine.
@@MichiganRocks Hey thanks for the reply and info. Just doing my second week of stage 1 on my new lortone double barrel. thought I had similar hardness but ground some down to chips. anyways working on it!
I have some done with stage one that needs to go into my Lot-O. I'm not too optimistic about it either. Lots of soft areas that have eroded out. I'll probably make a video of the finished tumbles when I get them done.
@@MichiganRocks thanks for the information. That's really cool... Hopefully it's not overrun by now. It's been so hot down here I believe I'll wait until it gets under 90* before I go... it's a short trip from my house. I'm excited now...they seemed like really nice people.
I have 25 pounds of this rock I bought on Ebay. I have high hopes it'll turn out nice. What kind of saw were you'all using to slab those pieces? Thanks for everything! You "ROCK"
I don't know what brand Ann's saw is, but any lapidary saw or even a tile saw would work. I'll be slabbing the rest of mine on a Lortone ST-10 and a Lortone LS-10.
It's free. This is in the description, but I copied it here for you: If you want to visit Patty Quarry, please click this link to the Minerals and Rocks of Georgia Facebook Page for information and a waiver to bring with you. You may have to join the group in order to see the "files" tab at the top. I couldn't seem to link directly to the files page. facebook.com/groups/1110542789591059/
That material is fantastic ! Was all of that broken up by blasting or other mechanical means or was it done by Mother Nature. It will be interesting to see what some of that looks like tumbled. I think us folks in the Great Lakes area are spoiled by having our rocks precleaned and rough tumbled for us. Great video Rob !
We do not blast. We dig in out with track hoes and then feed it through the crusher for the big boulders and then it is separated in 3 different sizes with screening plants. Chert has been sourced from here for hundred years. Shortly after the first settlers established Summerville… the chert from around there became its biggest commodity. A railroad was built to carry 100’s of train cars of chert to help build the streets of Savannah… as well as Atlanta, Chattanooga and Rome.
Hey Rob do they allow kids? I really want to bring my family here. We all love rock hounding! We've had great results using my daughter's NG tumbler using your recommend methods. Thanks in advance!!
There was a family there with two young kids. There's a link a Facebook page with the waiver and some general rules. I don't remember anything about not bringing kids, but I'd check to be sure.
Certainly interesting. Love Dave's choice of footwear, Pamela's knife, the bucket cart at 6:36, and of course the rocks. Is that stuff sharp, everyone is wearing gloves? BTW the link for the quarry isn't working.
Hey y’all… I just wanted to pop up and thank everyone for their encouragement and support! I have been truly blessed with so many amazing people that found their way to our pit and into my life. Rock hounds really are the most kind and interesting people that I’ve ever met. It really is a happy place… just to dig around in the dirt. Meeting everyone is my favorite part of the pit. And thanks to everyone’s wayward adventures collecting rocks… I am beginning to have quite a collection of my own for not picking the first one! And I have no clue what most of them are… but when I walk by… I think of the person who gifted it and I smile… cause that makes me happy!
Feel free to contact me anytime. And I always look forward to seeing ya!
Or contact me if you want sample boxes of our agate. If you’re not getting it from me… you’ll getting picked overs! I pick up these pretty rocks straight out of the ground. Saving them from being loaded on the trucks … but heck…!ive been known to get out of the truck at the job and pick them up! I’ve got great tumblers and the best slab or display pieces! Thanks again everyone… and thanks Rob for such a fun experience!
Hey Pamela! I was wondering if you'd say something. I'm glad you did. That was such a fun day, thanks to you and your family. Thanks again!
I just started working on a pendant for you today. I'm making it out of our Michigan puddingstone. I think you'll like it.
Your family has provided my new tiny home space with function and fun in nearby Alabama. I am a rock lover and I was so delighted to find druzy and agate in my pad and driveway. Your family has been a delight to work with as well.
I was wanting to come visit. Do you have a website? I belong to the Alabama Gem and mineral lapidary club.
Seems I'm on my own rockhounding though 😂
That's fine... live in Alabama and seen the RUclips video... Looking for to looking for the stalagmite and tite.. I haven't finished the video so excuse me if the answers to my questions are in the video...
How can I contact you?
@@AlabamaUSA1234 how does one contact you?
I like his theory of gravity and unmovable objects.
Dave cracks me up. I really enjoyed his company for a couple days.
It is so generous that the Patty family opens the quarry to rock hounds. Those turned out amazing. Thanks for sharing, Rob.
I know. You don't see that sort of generosity much.
Wow! I live 2 hrs south of Summerville and had no idea this mine existed. Thanks for the tour!
Might be time for a road trip!
What a wonderful family to share their rocks and information gathered.
Yep, super generous.
Wow, Rob! I've never seen this material before! What a great video. I can't wait to see what's next, Rockin Rob!
Dang! What a cool place. This might very well be my favorite rock video yet. Knowing that you are only 7 hours away from my house gives me hope that I might one day be able to make the trip. The rocks that you found are some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen.
It was a really, fun, friendly crowd there too.
❤🙋♀️. Fascinating! Great people, great rocks, and the coolest gongs!
This great! Southern hospitality at its finest.
Sure was. I felt very welcomed by the locals.
So many intriguing patterns! Looks like a great time with some good folks.
Everyone there was really nice. It was like a big party.
I got into rock tumbling recently because of you and agateAriel...I JUST ordered 10lb of these Georgia lace from Amazon!!!! Thanks for showing where they are from so we'll timed 😂👍🏻
Those are my two favorite rock RUclipsrs. They've definitely inspired me to delve deeper into the hobby
I haven't tumbled any yet. Hopefully they tumble well. Good luck with yours.
Love these rocks! Beautiful!!
What a special place to rockhound. Good people, beautiful rocks and entertainment.
You always. Suprise me with when, where your next posts comes from! Thanks ! Love it!
Real beauties.
Wow. Very nice and what a cool location. Great agates and lovely banding.
Yep, it's really pretty stuff. From what I understood Dave say, I think this is not actually agate, but chert.
Wow those are so awesome looking. Just love how different they are. Thanks for sharing.
Such an awesome experience and finds, so cool
This was surprising. Have vacationed many years in the area in the fall months and never heard of these diamonds! Thanks for the educating! ❤😊❤
You're welcome!
Oh my! The rocks are so pretty. The patterns are a wow!!
Remarkable occurrence of stellar tumbling material, what fun!
Just to go where it is so easy to find keepers laying everywhere, thanks for sharing.
So fun! Rock collecting folks are the best!
Thanks for sharing friend
Nice rocks. You meet the nicest people, too. Thanks.
Rock hunters tend to be pretty friendly. I like that.
Been a while but great to see you ventures across the country with the Folks...😊...
You know!!!
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Where have you been? Nice to have you back.
Wow , amazing stones , love them
The way you polished the curve in the rock was awesome! It's beautiful!
I just went with the flow of the rock.
Loving this rock tour! Your passion not only educates but also reminds us of the natural treasures that lie beneath our feet, especially in a place as rich in history and geology as Patty Quarry. Thank you for sharing your journey and igniting curiosity about the natural world.
I'm glad you're enjoying my trip too. It's nice to be able to share my experiences with everyone.
What amazing rock history.
You met some fun people. That looked like so much fun. Thank you for sharing
I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to dig with.
Awesome finds. I can't wait to see more of your finds polished or tumbled.
It's will be awhile, but I hope to show you.
The polished rocks are wonderful!
Looks like a fun place to visit. Beautiful rocks.
It was a great place to visit!
Very interesting material!
What fun! And the material is awesome!
I’m going on a few days and sooo excited!!! ❤
Good luck! I had a ball that day.
My son has tumbled ones. He can see mountain landscapes on these rocks.
I'm working on tumbling mine. They're getting close.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Very interesting! You found so much cool material!
Yes I did. Fun day!
The first rock you showed would look absolutely gorgeous tumbled & polished
It will get a turn in the tumbler someday.
@@MichiganRocks looking forward to seeing how that & everything else looks like
Wow! Beautiful agates! So different from Michigan and other places.
That's part of what's fun about rock hunting. Different locations can have very different rocks.
What a great adventure, Buddy.
Super cool material and collection site! Nice folks too👍👍
Really nice people!
You were in my state and now know more about that quarry than I do lol. I'm gonna have to check it out!
I'd highly recommend going for a Sunday rock hunt there.
@@MichiganRocks I'm already looking into it! So exciting and the rocks you found and polished were beautiful ❤️
What a nice place and ppl❤. Really awesome finds and nice little education too👍💕👋🇫🇮
The people were at least as nice as the rocks.
@@MichiganRocks yes i get the feeling that they were really warm hearted ppl💕
That’s some awesome stuff. Gonna have to go check that place out. Thanks Rob!
Glad to see you down in my neck of the woods.
I'm glad to have been there. What a fun place.
@@MichiganRocks was that the only place you visited. There is a cool mine in West Georgia with rose quartz.
Yep it’s amazing I love going there
This place is very nice to go to i wouid recommend
Truckloads of fun.
I've been to the area and have some of those awesome agates. We were scheduled to visit the quarry, but had an emergency back home. I plan to go back.
That's a shame. Hopefully you can get back. It's a great place.
Interesting to seer other types of rocks
Great video, thank you
You're welcome!
One of my favorite spots. Unfortunately it’s a three hour drive from Franklin. I like the brecciated examples! Our gem club calls the material, blue crazy laced agate. Each of those bumps, will reveal bullseyes. I haven’t tumbled any, and am looking forward to seeing how yours will turn out!
The gongs are new! Hogg Mine is the first fee mine I went to. Nice camping at R. Schaefer Heard!
I'm looking forward do tumbling these. I have a lot of cutters too, but I haven't seen any cut except for the one Ann sliced up. We went to Hogg Mine later that week.
That's amazing! Such a rich history and knowledge and sharing their mine. I was in Georgia early last spring up in a campground on a gorgeous plateau overlooking an amazing canyon! Beautiful hiking areas but didn't collect any rocks being in a national park but I can say one thing we sure ate a lot of delicious southern fried chicken and collard greens.
We might have to go back to Georgia for rockhounding ! Thank you
I had a really nice time while I was down there. Great people and great rocks.
Interesting rocks. TFS ❤️🎸🏏
Very cool, that would be a very fun place to visit.
It was a fun place. I wouldn't expect food and music every time, though.
@@MichiganRocks I'd be very happy just to have access to all those rocks!! That one you worked on the cab machine turned out fantastic.
Gosh, this was a really fun video! You're getting to enjoy some great southern hospitality and friendship. I really enjoyed hearing how the rocks formed and I can hardly believe they use the quarry rocks to make gravel! It's very nice that they allow rockhounding on Sundays. That little gully looked like a great spot. Is that where the rocks came from that you polished? They came out really nice. Thanks Rob, and everybody else who appeared in the video. 😊
I don't think the ones I polished came from that little wash out, but I'm not 100% sure.
I've heard of southern hospitality, but I really learned what that meant that day. Everyone was so nice, especially Pamela. I just couldn't believe that she brought food for everyone.
The gongs are fabulous!
That was so fun and unexpected.
I have been watching your videos for a while now, and I was looking up Patty Quarry (I live very close, I have some fossils from my parents old house that’s close too!) I saw Michigan Rocks and was like How did I miss this?!
Better late than never!
Huge agates everywhere but no lapping of the waves of the great lakes
Nope, no waves here, but the people and rocks were awesome.
Final comment, I promise. I can't believe it's free! What kind, rock-loving people.
I know. I got the impression it's been open to the public on Sundays for years. It's refreshing to find people who are so generous.
I love your Chanel . I grew up Leland Michigan . Welcome to the south ! Those people in your video are the last of the authentic southerners . Maybe I’ll see in Leland this summer? I’m looking for a blue gemstone native to that area.
I have been in Leland hunting Leland Blue slag a few times. They're fun to find, but I haven't found many. I went with another guy who found several big ones the same day I only found little stuff. I'll have to try again someday.
Can't wait to see the results of the tumbling.
What a really neat place, and a fun video. I received my order today; Maybe I can visit Summerville GA later in the year.
So different from what we have in the Michigan Wisconsin area. So cool Rob!!
Yeah, they're completely different.
@@MichiganRocks I will take a ride down there soon.
Wow! Great find! I would like to go there on my way south. thanks for sharing
It's the sort of place you could stop in to for just a couple hours pretty easily. You can drive right to the rocks so there's no long hike or anything.
Thanks for your reply 👍🏼. I’ve been watching your videos for a while. Your content is really comprehensive and appreciated. I honestly thought I had subscribed to your RUclips but had not. I did join last night. I’ve always been interested in rocks but haven’t known much about tumbling or lapidary in general. Learning different terminology, types of rocks and the correct type to tumble I think will be much easier once do more rock hounding and research the individual rocks. I finally purchased the Chicago Freight double(shame on me😬) because it was on sale. I have done the online mods to make it usable as possible. I also ordered tumbling media from the Rock Shed per your suggestion. I’ve poured it all in coffee cans and marked well. I haven’t tumbled any rocks yet because it got cold. We are in the Flint/Grand Blanc area and the snow we had has just melted this week. We spend most of our time here right now but I am from NW Florida,so the next time we drive I would like to stop in Summerville GA to hound the Paddy Quarry. I joined their FB last night too. Any suggestions on where to hunt in my area would be appreciated. Enjoy your travels!
@@bjdj9398 I mainly hunt the upper half of the lower Peninsula and the U.P. I could suggest places in that area, but I don't have lots of experience in the southern part of the state. I hunted a couple places near Port Huron, but they're pretty over hunted.
I have a Harbor Freight tumbler running in the basement right now. I didn't want one, but people keep asking me to do a review. So I finally caved and bought one when it was on sale. So far it's running fine.
Oohhh pretty rocks. I don't lick rocks! Patty quarry is nice. I love the gongs. 😊
I lick the clean ones off the beach all the time, but I hadn't licked dirty rocks until later in that trip. I like the beach ones better.
Beautiful finds, & fun video. The last rock you polished really surprised me, bc I thought some of the layers would be too soft & would crumble/ waste away. Some of the samples early in the video reminded me of Crazy Lace. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
It's sometimes called Georgia Lace agate.
her apron is so cute
Can't wait to see these cut and tumbled!!
Wow that was really great! Cool rocks and really nice people. They all have a love for the rocks from that quarry 😊 the polished pieces came out super nice Rob!
I hope they tumble as well as the polished on the cab machine. I have enough for a tumbler load or several if I break up some of the larger pieces.
@MichiganRocks that's good. I think they will probably tumble well just based on how they look. I'm still confused if they're a true agate or not. I think they probably are. Sounds like they might be like banded chert.... it's all confusing isn't it? 🤔
@@mitchgillilan It is!
Today I received 10 pounds of the Georgia Lace from Summerville. They are beautiful & I can't wait to tumble them. Hope they tipped you with some great rocks for your video reach.
I went home with plenty of nice rocks.
Nice to learn we get the same material here in Calder Tasmania, we call it Calder lace Agate, but our stuff doesnt tumble well, it undercuts, cabs beautiful though. Thanks for sharing.
I'm not sure if this tumbles well or not. I'll find out though.
Wow what an amazing place never heard of raspberry druzy 😊 20 minutes is too short to take in all the beauty 😂 Thank you for showing and sharing!! Unbelievable they make this into driveway material 😮
It's really hard to know how long to make videos. Some people don't have the patience to even watch 20 minutes. Other people could watch an hour. I try to pick out the best stuff and let the video be as long as it needs to be.
Liked the history, loved your hosts. The rocks were not my favorite. Thank for the adventure.
What didn't you like about the rocks? I thought they were really cool.
I have a nugget... gold color, two eyes, buckteeth, appears plastic 😂😂😂my nephew works at McDonald's and brought me old toys from last year....saw one sell for 100$😮
Interesting video.
Very cool! Would love to see how these materials tumble!
I'll be tumbling them one of these days. The tumblers are all full at the moment.
Peças incríveis
There are quarries near where I live in DeKalb county that use chert like this for driveway gravel.
I think that's what they do with it too. Very pretty gravel!
👁👁 happy to drop by…✋
17:49
I'm not sure what the timestamp is for.
I left too soon and missed the gong show! Lol
You were there that day? Sure was a fun day.
I was! David dragged me over to you to show you my Raspberry sparkly rock. I’m the one that was playing down below lol. Good to meet You and yours!
@@CelesteCheek Oh, I remember now. Thanks for the refresher!
Would you say there was a lot of "agaty" type rocks there? Dave's explanation of it's formation was interesting. Are there any formations of this rock in the north. I heard him mention "seismic activity" Don't know if we've had enough of that.... Great video Rob!
I don't know any more about the formation of the geology than what you heard in the video. There was a lot of agatey material there. The biggest problem finding it is that a lot of it is covered in mud. Once you get past the top rocks, it's much more difficult to find, but there's a lot of area to hunt, so there's plenty on top.
Wow, I always wondered why cars were parked there when I drove by. Never knew that was a quarry.
Now you know!
I have some of this I got from another Rockhound a few years ago. This is very similar to the southeast Missouri druse. I don’t think they formed in caves exactly but maybe the Georgia stuff is different. We get the stalactite formations also but it’s quartz and stalactites in caves are calcite. Maybe it was something cave related but not caves like we think of them. I’m thinking deep hot water WAY underground that then got uplifted. Not a cave you could ever go into but like a cave I guess. I know in Missouri it was hydrothermal activity in a shallow sea. I assumed Georgia was similar but I don’t know so… I’ll quit writing this novel 😂 Hope you’re doing well Rob I enjoyed this video.
I was picturing smaller voids in the rock, rather than full sized caves. None of the stalagmite/stalactite formations were very big. I think the fact that they are covered in druse in some cases indicates that they were under water after forming. I should do an acid test to see if there's any calcite in them.
I would be interested in seeing how well this material polishes.
You could see that in the two pieces I polished and the belt buckle Pamela showed us. I'm not sure if it polishes as well in a tumbler since I haven't tried that yet.
Although it appears to be a first generation Genie that you used in the video, did you find it to be very smooth and quiet? I used your machine at Jason's house in South Dakota, and it is a solid cabbing machine that certainly gets the job done. But the direct drive motor on the Genie sure is nice, even if it doesn't come cheap. My experience is with a second generation Genie which has a different motor, but the one you used sounds about the same.
It was smooth, maybe a little smoother than mine, but I wouldn't say there was a huge difference. I don't think the sound was much different either. It's definitely a nice machine, but I don't think it's so nice that it's worth the extra cost.
Rob, could you please do a video on the amount of water you use in each stage. You seem to use different amounts, maybe its tied to hardness of rocks, etc. But would be much appreciated.
In a rotary tumbler, I always fill it up just a little below the top of the rocks. I'd say somewhere between half an inch and an inch. In the Lot-O, I don't have any standing water, I just want the rocks to be wet. I fill the Lot-O barrel with rocks and water and then dump out all the water. I try to be pretty consistent about that, so I'm surprised that it looks different in different videos of mine.
@@MichiganRocks Hey thanks for the reply and info. Just doing my second week of stage 1 on my new lortone double barrel. thought I had similar hardness but ground some down to chips. anyways working on it!
I have been tumbling this for about 4 weeks now in stage 1.
It’s not looking very pretty.
Any suggestions? Maybe this isn’t for tumbling?
I have some done with stage one that needs to go into my Lot-O. I'm not too optimistic about it either. Lots of soft areas that have eroded out. I'll probably make a video of the finished tumbles when I get them done.
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I loved watching this one!! Thanks so much for sharing! Where is your rock shop located in Michigan? Id love to visit it. 😊😊😊
I don't have a rock shop. I just play with rocks in my basement.
Great to see it's only 5mo ago... we're planning on going Monday... Do they have a fee?
Nope. You just have to fill out a form that you can pick up at the office.
@@MichiganRocks thanks for the information. That's really cool... Hopefully it's not overrun by now. It's been so hot down here I believe I'll wait until it gets under 90* before I go... it's a short trip from my house. I'm excited now...they seemed like really nice people.
@@AlabamaUSA1234 Very nice people.
I have 25 pounds of this rock I bought on Ebay. I have high hopes it'll turn out nice.
What kind of saw were you'all using to slab those pieces?
Thanks for everything! You "ROCK"
I don't know what brand Ann's saw is, but any lapidary saw or even a tile saw would work. I'll be slabbing the rest of mine on a Lortone ST-10 and a Lortone LS-10.
Very good video.
How much does it cost? I dont live that far away. How cool
It's free. This is in the description, but I copied it here for you:
If you want to visit Patty Quarry, please click this link to the Minerals and Rocks of Georgia Facebook Page for information and a waiver to bring with you. You may have to join the group in order to see the "files" tab at the top. I couldn't seem to link directly to the files page. facebook.com/groups/1110542789591059/
I would have a hard time leaving here.
Yeah, it was a fun day. We had a bit of a drive home, so we didn't stay until dark.
That material is fantastic ! Was all of that broken up by blasting or other mechanical means or was it done by Mother Nature. It will be interesting to see what some of that looks like tumbled. I think us folks in the Great Lakes area are spoiled by having our rocks precleaned and rough tumbled for us. Great video Rob !
I think those are naturally broken. They do crush it for gravel, but I don't think they're blasting any of it to excavate it in the first place.
We do not blast. We dig in out with track hoes and then feed it through the crusher for the big boulders and then it is separated in 3 different sizes with screening plants. Chert has been sourced from here for hundred years. Shortly after the first settlers established Summerville… the chert from around there became its biggest commodity. A railroad was built to carry 100’s of train cars of chert to help build the streets of Savannah… as well as Atlanta, Chattanooga and Rome.
@@pampatty3673 So very interesting !
Thank you !
@@pampatty3673 Thanks Pamela!
Hey Rob do they allow kids? I really want to bring my family here. We all love rock hounding! We've had great results using my daughter's NG tumbler using your recommend methods. Thanks in advance!!
There was a family there with two young kids. There's a link a Facebook page with the waiver and some general rules. I don't remember anything about not bringing kids, but I'd check to be sure.
Yes.. hope to have an Easter Agate Hunt this Spring. And this summer… Dinosaur Bone Hunts… with prizes!
I'd love to be able to find some agate to make a nice cameo with.
If you're close to Hogg Mine, then this might not be too far away either. It's free to go on Sundays.
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, I saw that one too. Not sure I'd recognize the good stones though. It would be fun to try.
This is maybe your strangest adventure so far.
Strange but awesome. What a fun day that was.
Did they let you bang the gong? LOL!@@MichiganRocks
@@darkwood777 I wish!
Certainly interesting. Love Dave's choice of footwear, Pamela's knife, the bucket cart at 6:36, and of course the rocks. Is that stuff sharp, everyone is wearing gloves? BTW the link for the quarry isn't working.
Thanks for the heads up on the link. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I just made a shortened link that might work better.
@@MichiganRocks working now. Waiver is located under the 'Featured' tab.
@@powerlinekid4296 Thanks for verifying that.