I think that flint is totally underrated. I find stunning pieces all the time and people will say, "it's just flint," but look how beautiful it is when you slab it! Great share! And yes, Rock on!
All beautiful slabs! I actually love the first agate that you sliced with the circles and the quartz crystals, I like the really different ones. Thanks for sharing your amazing cuts with us!✌😎
Yea, Drogon! Beautiful slabs. You have a good eye for picking good ones. Keep the happiness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. Can't wait to see more! 😷⚒
Gorgeous petrified wood. Probably my favorite piece I've ever seen, love the size rocks, colors, so outstanding. Great video, my favorite so far for cutting!
Drogon! Drogon! Drogon! Thanks Kim for getting my weekend off to a rockin start! I was hoping to see that one at 8:45 again. Was not disappointed with it or any of the others. that one gifted from Florida…. o. m. g.! that was nuts! Have a great weekend!
Hi MRM, some nice looking piece# amongst that group, my pick is that piece from Florida, so many different colours with so much going on inside it, that is a stunner for me. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Wow super awesome. I loved the giant chunk u cut first. Was so neat to see the insides with all the colours. That one that didnt look like it had much going on that had the quarts pocket would make neat light defusers or lamp shade plates like a tiffany lamp. And really who am i fooling all of the stones u cut are awesome and pretty and i was so surprised with the flint. I had no idea it could look like a jasper for colours. Thank you Kim for the video enjoyed every moment.
I am so jealous of Drogon! I need one of his siblings in my shop. The nice visual effects add to the enjoyment of the video. Have an awesome weekend Kim!
Salut I would be so afraid to cut those beauties, but you prove to me and Tina again; just how much it truly is worth the process! Cheers and Blessings!
The agate at13:00 and the jasper at 14:30 look like modern art…very expressive. I loved this video….most of us don’t have our own dragons so it is fun to watch the few who have the power😀😀
I was hoping that yo u would cut that large piece of pet wood and was delighted when you showed it. It was prettier than I thought it would be. Thanks for the great videos.
@@grandparocky Hello Dennis, To make the wind chimes, I take 7 slabs of agate and drill a hole at the top of the slab, which could be anywhere on the agate, I lay them out and turn them around until I find what I want .I take a slab of Cedar, a wooden ring or I have even used a larger piece of agate to hang them from. I prefer that they cascade downward so it's more of a waterfall effect.
Thanks i really enjob watching that slabbing and seeing the reveal!i always wanted to slice some rock like that.love those orbicular eyes crazed patterns and fortification lines!peace
Hello Kim, New viewer. Great videos! Just wondering if you have ever cut any of the Montana agates about 2 mm thick to see if they iris? Have you gone down to Tucson for the big rock show in January/February?? Jim in Phoenix.
Welcome to my channel! I have cut a couple that I have found and have seen iris banding...but I haven't done that in quite a while! Now I want to find some more! It's so much fun to look for iris agates when cutting. I have a box of potentials that I have put aside. I have not actually been to any rock show ever in my life!
@@MontanaRockMom I asked about the Iris because in one of your collection videos you found a Montana but left it because it looked like it didn't have anything in it. You were thinking dendrites - not 'Iris'. The empty ones usually have a better chance to Iris without inclusions. I just subscribed. I have some catching up to do on your videos. Time for a binge session. Jim
There really need to be an eyes popping out of my head font for me to properly express how amazing the inside of that petrified wood is, but there's not, so............HOLY SWEET BABY MUPPETS THAT'S AMAZING!! I'm a specimen fan and usually my heart breaks a little when stuff gets sliced up, but not this time, nope, not at all. Everything in this video was great, but that pet wood, wow. Just wow.
Holy sweet baby muppets I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard, never heard that phrase before! Lol. Meant a lot that you liked it, from a specimen man
@@MontanaRockMom Those laundry detergent pod thingies. Have you considered contacting a local Natural History museum about that piece of wood? It's definitely museum grade and I am sure they would love the donation of a slab to display. I don't know about the one in Bozeman, but most places like that usually put a small plaque up saying who found/donated it. Tens of thousands of people would get to see it and you would be immortalized. That piece might even be Smithsonian grade and they're super picky. An old rockhound friend of mine has 2 pieces in there, he's gone now but people will be looking at his finds for years to come.
A cool trick for getting the most out of slabbing your rocks is after your first cut use Elmer's wood glue and glue your rock to a chunk of 2x4. Then when you clamp it in your saw you can slab entire rock. Definitely beautiful slab of wood
@@MontanaRockMom it holds really well. The last bit of rock left on the 2x4 to remove it you can soak it in water for a few weeks or you can dip it in boiling water or use a propane torch to melt the glue. We got the idea from Rob ( Michigan Rocks) we have all our rocks on 2x4's.
As a decorative object that petrified monster opalized agate wood would be pricey in a decor shop. As cutting material for ornamentation it would be difficult as the details are spread apart and too large to fit into a small space say ring sized as a clock face it would be most impressive. That second fortification piece blew me away. The plumes in it were out of this world such interesting patterns and details. Try to isolate some great part for a pendant or bracelet. As cabbing material I would estimate you could get $50+ per slab of it. That concretion as you refered to it as I think it may be a form of fossilized material like a moss. I had seen bog petrified once. It looks very similiar
If you rock is that hot after cutting you're using the wrong oil in your saw. The correct type of oil will not heat up like that and will cause less wear and tear on your blade and motor. Pretty rocks!
Good afternoon! What is the name of the stones in the video at 11 minutes 11 seconds and at 7 minutes 18 seconds? I am from Ukraine (Carpathian Mountains), and we also have such stones.
That concretion is what I believe to be bone. The outer structure looks like it. There are two types of Dino bone as a simplified name for it. One is typical bone it mostly has a lose structure with no real pattern. The other is still bone but specially petrified marrow and you see the structure being all the corpuscles in it. Indicating it is indeed bone. Marrow is worth more but since dino bone is a protected rock now it still has a good value $ several hundred a pound if say red and the marrow variety and pattern.
Now I've named cars and trucks and even bikes but being a man if I start naming my power tools they will have to be cremated with me and thier ashes distributed around my garage .. have you given any thought to the bird bath idea if you build it around a carpet tube you can pull that out after and your agate cylindrical base will be allowed to shine naturally or lit by you just a thought for your leftovers ps I've found it better as put by zztop to let the machine speak a quote from the song manic mechanic I myself have given names to a few tools mostly pos anyways the rock cutter is cool!
Congratulations!!!! Best rockhounding video!!!!! Thanks!!!!! Really!!!
I am a huge fan of this type of video!!
I call it ""UNLOCKING THE GOODNESS!!!""
& That is exactly what you did!
I think that flint is totally underrated. I find stunning pieces all the time and people will say, "it's just flint," but look how beautiful it is when you slab it! Great share! And yes, Rock on!
It's stunning- one of the most colorful I've ever seen for sure!
I live in the Flinthills of KS on an old gravel pit!!! Everyday is a beautiful hunt!
Nice slabs. Thanks of sharing with us. Drogon did a great job with the Monster Rock Slabs.
All beautiful slabs! I actually love the first agate that you sliced with the circles and the quartz crystals, I like the really different ones. Thanks for sharing your amazing cuts with us!✌😎
Oh so beautiful! Even the ones you weren’t so happy with I thought were pretty. Thank you for sharing your hounding & slabbing videos.
Those were some great slabs! Very nice😎
Yea, Drogon! Beautiful slabs. You have a good eye for picking good ones. Keep the happiness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. Can't wait to see more! 😷⚒
Gorgeous petrified wood. Probably my favorite piece I've ever seen, love the size rocks, colors, so outstanding. Great video, my favorite so far for cutting!
Drogon did his work today! Lovely slabs! It's always fun to see what's inside of those beautiful rocks!
Drogon! Drogon! Drogon! Thanks Kim for getting my weekend off to a rockin start! I was hoping to see that one at 8:45 again. Was not disappointed with it or any of the others. that one gifted from Florida…. o. m. g.! that was nuts! Have a great weekend!
Such SURPRISES......ALL TREASURES for me to GAZE at......thank you! MRM
Lovely GREAT variety...
DROGON loves SLABBING.....
MONSTER ROCK Collection
So many beautiful slabs.
I Am ABSOLUTELY SO IN LOVE WITH ALL THE ROCKS I TAKE HOME. I AM JUST LEARNING TO CUT. THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEOS.
Kim 🙌🙌🙌 Great video. My mouth was agape for most of it. The anticipation and results were great 🐲
Thanks Terryl
Hi MRM, some nice looking piece# amongst that group, my pick is that piece from Florida, so many different colours with so much going on inside it, that is a stunner for me. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Thanks Silverback...it's a stunning chunk of agatized coral!
Wow super awesome. I loved the giant chunk u cut first. Was so neat to see the insides with all the colours. That one that didnt look like it had much going on that had the quarts pocket would make neat light defusers or lamp shade plates like a tiffany lamp. And really who am i fooling all of the stones u cut are awesome and pretty and i was so surprised with the flint. I had no idea it could look like a jasper for colours.
Thank you Kim for the video enjoyed every moment.
Watching from Nova Scotia,incredible material love the eyes
The moss was amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cuts! Some of those are outstanding!
Looks much better with the flash light ! 😉👍🏼
The pet wood is breathtaking! Natural stained glass!🤩
I need to find more of it...good thing I remember just about where I found it. However, every piece is so different!
@@MontanaRockMom cool! Can’t wait to see more slabbed up!
Love the Drogon cuts! So exciting to see what’s inside!❤️😊
I am so jealous of Drogon! I need one of his siblings in my shop. The nice visual effects add to the enjoyment of the video. Have an awesome weekend Kim!
🐲🐲🐲 rrraaaarrrrrr. 👅🥰
Salut
I would be so afraid to cut those beauties, but you prove to me and Tina again; just how much it truly is worth the process! Cheers and Blessings!
Oh my! Just one beauty after another! I NEED a saw!
The agate at13:00 and the jasper at 14:30 look like modern art…very expressive. I loved this video….most of us don’t have our own dragons so it is fun to watch the few who have the power😀😀
I have really enjoyed having my large slab saw. It has opened my eyes to this world of rocks on such a deeper level...
So cool! Thanks for sharing!
I was hoping that yo u would cut that large piece of pet wood and was delighted when you showed it. It was prettier than I thought it would be. Thanks for the great videos.
Thanks Rick 😊
Amazing Rock Monster
I just found you on RUclips and love your content. I'd LOVE to see you set up the stones and actually cutting them on that beautiful saw!
I like the thick slabs. You got some great ones! Keep on getting out there. Love you vids, MRM!
Love that Drogon entry. I love dragons!
That wood at 1:04 is stunning!!!!
I love Drogon! That is an amazing saw.
Loved the complete session, definitely look at it few times over 👍👌♥️
Wow, Drogon was hungry! I'm glad he let us see what he was eating because it sure is beautiful! Thank you for feeding him!
😎🐲🐲🐲. He's a very satisfied dragon.
Wonderful inside the stones, love this!
Looks like gold in that one
I think all your slabbing is just fantastic. Would love to see more!
Love the black petrified wood and all the clear cuts with golden brown fissures running through.
Beautiful slabs, The plainer agates at 13:18 would make beautiful windchimes!
would love to more about making windchimes could you enlighten me?
@@grandparocky Hello Dennis, To make the wind chimes, I take 7 slabs of agate and drill a hole at the top of the slab, which could be anywhere on the agate, I lay them out and turn them around until I find what I want .I take a slab of Cedar, a wooden ring or I have even used a larger piece of agate to hang them from. I prefer that they cascade downward so it's more of a waterfall effect.
Beautiful slabs.
Thanks i really enjob watching that slabbing and seeing the reveal!i always wanted to slice some rock like that.love those orbicular eyes crazed patterns and fortification lines!peace
Great episode
Love your vlogs! I just found a great chunk of petrified wood yesterday by the river by my house in western Washington state.
That Petrified Log is the most beautiful slab of Petrified Wood I have ever seen. #OneOfAKind
Me too!!!!
Next time I would love to see some slabs of the great jasper you collect.
You got it!
@@MontanaRockMom Thank you.
looks like butterfly wings
😍
Sometimes you just have to adjust your prospective. And beauty will be yours!
Thanks for sharing these treasures. I really liked slabbed rock #2 (wasn't your fave). The hazy, misty translucence lets my pareidolia run wild.
Hello Kim, New viewer. Great videos! Just wondering if you have ever cut any of the Montana agates about 2 mm thick to see if they iris? Have you gone down to Tucson for the big rock show in January/February?? Jim in Phoenix.
Welcome to my channel! I have cut a couple that I have found and have seen iris banding...but I haven't done that in quite a while! Now I want to find some more! It's so much fun to look for iris agates when cutting. I have a box of potentials that I have put aside. I have not actually been to any rock show ever in my life!
@@MontanaRockMom I asked about the Iris because in one of your collection videos you found a Montana but left it because it looked like it didn't have anything in it. You were thinking dendrites - not 'Iris'. The empty ones usually have a better chance to Iris without inclusions. I just subscribed. I have some catching up to do on your videos. Time for a binge session. Jim
picking the rocks are fun but cutting the stones is like christmas morning. after you polish them what do you do with them.
Christmas is coming and I have a long list! I need to get polishing
Oh just awesome chunk
Beautiful slabs.
How long does it take to cut one average sized piece
About 10 minutes. The very large wood took about 17 minutes! I go and check on the laundry....😁
Thanks! :) Bad, bad saw envy! :(
There really need to be an eyes popping out of my head font for me to properly express how amazing the inside of that petrified wood is, but there's not, so............HOLY SWEET BABY MUPPETS THAT'S AMAZING!! I'm a specimen fan and usually my heart breaks a little when stuff gets sliced up, but not this time, nope, not at all. Everything in this video was great, but that pet wood, wow. Just wow.
Holy sweet baby muppets I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard, never heard that phrase before! Lol. Meant a lot that you liked it, from a specimen man
I just kind of made that one up as I went. Do you want me to mail you a Tide Pod?
@@Ken_G. what's a Tide pod?
@@MontanaRockMom Those laundry detergent pod thingies. Have you considered contacting a local Natural History museum about that piece of wood? It's definitely museum grade and I am sure they would love the donation of a slab to display. I don't know about the one in Bozeman, but most places like that usually put a small plaque up saying who found/donated it. Tens of thousands of people would get to see it and you would be immortalized. That piece might even be Smithsonian grade and they're super picky. An old rockhound friend of mine has 2 pieces in there, he's gone now but people will be looking at his finds for years to come.
That first piece is georgous
I've got to find another one like that!
That pet wood is incredible!
That's it I'm moving to Montana lol. Say hi to chopper for me
Omg that petrified wood is amazingly beautiful I would absolutely love to have something like that I wish I could find stuff like that where I live
A cool trick for getting the most out of slabbing your rocks is after your first cut use Elmer's wood glue and glue your rock to a chunk of 2x4. Then when you clamp it in your saw you can slab entire rock. Definitely beautiful slab of wood
Will the wood glue really hold the rock?
@@MontanaRockMom it holds really well. The last bit of rock left on the 2x4 to remove it you can soak it in water for a few weeks or you can dip it in boiling water or use a propane torch to melt the glue. We got the idea from Rob ( Michigan Rocks) we have all our rocks on 2x4's.
@@slothhunter4615 can't wait to try it
WOW!!!!
vey nice thanks
Love that agate at 6:00
As a decorative object that petrified monster opalized agate wood would be pricey in a decor shop. As cutting material for ornamentation it would be difficult as the details are spread apart and too large to fit into a small space say ring sized as a clock face it would be most impressive. That second fortification piece blew me away. The plumes in it were out of this world such interesting patterns and details. Try to isolate some great part for a pendant or bracelet. As cabbing material I would estimate you could get $50+ per slab of it. That concretion as you refered to it as I think it may be a form of fossilized material like a moss. I had seen bog petrified once. It looks very similiar
Do you ever sell pieces
Are you using water as lubricant with drogan ? - I’m considering a Covington slab saw and assumed they only used oil.
No, mineral oil. I love my covington!
I see a butterfly in the making
I should send you a package 🤔 Man I need a giant saw!!!
Hey Montana Rock Mom! I was wondering, have you ever found any #Meteorites before?! PS I'm super jelly of your beast friend Drogon!
Do you have a store to sell stuff on line?
Nice
That one that didn't have much in it is still pretty.
“Chop the face off” love it!
🐲🐲🐲
Looks like a bear face on the left of that first pet wood slab!
You should sphere the pet wood if you didn’t slab it all up. Just a thought.
Min 04:17 is gorgeous
If you rock is that hot after cutting you're using the wrong oil in your saw. The correct type of oil will not heat up like that and will cause less wear and tear on your blade and motor. Pretty rocks!
You're right. I need to get some more coolant
Good afternoon! What is the name of the stones in the video at 11 minutes 11 seconds and at 7 minutes 18 seconds? I am from Ukraine (Carpathian Mountains), and we also have such stones.
That concretion is what I believe to be bone. The outer structure looks like it. There are two types of Dino bone as a simplified name for it. One is typical bone it mostly has a lose structure with no real pattern. The other is still bone but specially petrified marrow and you see the structure being all the corpuscles in it. Indicating it is indeed bone. Marrow is worth more but since dino bone is a protected rock now it still has a good value $ several hundred a pound if say red and the marrow variety and pattern.
That huge concretion could be bone?
木化玉！漂亮！
♥
Still pretty
Looks like birds
I simply have no words to say how much I like it, it would really come out an extraordinary sphere min 14:15🥰🤩😍🤤🤯💝💖💗🔝♾
It's breathtaking for sure. I'm glad you liked it
Now I've named cars and trucks and even bikes but being a man if I start naming my power tools they will have to be cremated with me and thier ashes distributed around my garage .. have you given any thought to the bird bath idea if you build it around a carpet tube you can pull that out after and your agate cylindrical base will be allowed to shine naturally or lit by you just a thought for your leftovers ps I've found it better as put by zztop to let the machine speak a quote from the song manic mechanic I myself have given names to a few tools mostly pos anyways the rock cutter is cool!
Extraordinary spheres would come out of this material😁🥰🤩😍🤤🤯💝💖💗🔝♾min 01:46