The Biggest and Best Puddingstone I've Ever Found
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video, I hunt for puddingstones and Petoskey stones on Lake Huron in the northeastern lower peninsula of Michigan. I'll show you the biggest and best puddingstone I've ever found. I found some really nice Petoskey stones too.
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Brings back memories of being a child and collecting with my Grandpa in the Charlevoix area. He had a small shop called Fred's Rock Shop.... Thanks!
Michigan is so beautiful
I love to go rock hunting with you. Thanks for taking me along.
I was out for eight and a half hours that day. Most people would only like the first hour or two. I wasn't tired of the beach after that long, I was just worried that I was going to miss dinner and make my wife mad. No problem, I made it back on time.
Michigan Rocks glad you didn’t have to stay in the doghouse. 🤣
I love these videos and those landscapes in a way I cannot put in words. The peace, the solitude and the beauty: it must be almost a spiritual experience... Plus I'm a rock/mineral lover so this is the perfect combo. I've never had the chance to visit USA unfortunately, but I wish I could be there, seeing those places, walking those shores and collecting pudding stones and Petoskey stones. Even just for once...
No Name Needed it really is a beautiful place. I’m really thankful that I live here. Where are you from?
@@MichiganRocks North Eastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Well that eliminates the western side of the bridge, but it could be from the eastern side of the Mackinaw Bridge to Alpena. or even as far south as Tawas City. But then of course it would be any wheres north of Detroit if you were starting there.
Any hint as to exactly where your hunting rocks? Do you have a rock shop? if so where?
And to everyone else, we invite you-al to come on up to Michigan, we would love to have you visit.
Well, I'm Italian but I've been living/working in the Netherlands for quite some years by now as I'm a biomedical researcher. Unfortunately, not many sites to collect beautiful rocks and minerals in the Netherlands... So your stunning videos help me to get rid of my "rock hunting" cravings (although just virtually) :)
Been rock hunting all my life definitely would suggest it if you live stones. And all the great lakes have special stones to loom for.
I'm sorry I missed this message. It went into my RUclips spam folder, which doesn't show up on my iPad. I just saw it here on my computer. I don't have a rock shop. This is the only place I haven't given a location for because it's not near any public beaches. I have permission from landowners in the area. I don't want to tell the whole internet where it is and then have people trespassing to get there. Puddingstones should be able to be found in any of the places you mentioned. They're more abundant the closer you get to Drummond Island. There's a northern limit to Petoskey stones though. I'm not sure what it is, but they do not occur as far north as Mackinaw City. I think Harbor Springs is about the northern limit on Lake Michigan. There are some good Facebook groups that occasional give information about good beaches to hunt.
Wow you really need to be careful if your in a boat....would hit that and sink....kayak is the best way to get out and see what's in the water....love it ....such a beautiful state Michigan.
I wouldn't want to water ski too close to shore here!
I just purchased a 'black puddingstone' that is huge. Love our Norther MI beauty and rock hunting! Thank you for sharing!
Your black puddingstone is probably gowganda tillite. There's a lot of that around here. Here's a video showing a big one I found: ruclips.net/video/_zkfsZNLMic/видео.html
Man what a blessing to be "in the middle of nowhere". I couldn't hear plane or even boat activity. The water is so clear. Is it cold? Such a beautiful rock. I enjoyed this; I wish I could get one of those puddingstones.
It's great being so far from civilization. I do see the occasional plane and boat. The water is sort of cold, but not unpleasant.
That giant pudding stone popped out of Big Rock Candy Mountain! 🤯
Is that how that works? Is that near candy land?
The area is beautiful. Those are awesome rocks, thank you for sharing.
Woah momma! She’s a beauty! That thing is huge and real colourful. Thanks for sharing mate! What a beautiful day in stunning nature too 👌
Eight and a half hours of fun on the beach that day. I loved every minute of it!
Igazán szerencsések azok akik ilyen helyet felfedeznek, eljuthatnak ilyen gyönyörű helyekre, Istenem milyen szép tiszta a víz, a köveket szépen látni benne, én igazán kezdő vagyok, rabul ejtenek a szép mintás kavicsok, ásványok, belül érzem hív a lelkem az ilyen helyekre, de nem olyan helyen élek, ha elszabadulnék ilyen helyre, hát nem tudom mikor mennék haza, nem tudnám otthagyni, köszönöm szépen a videót 🙏 💎🥰💖
Örülök, hogy tetszett a videó. A Nagy -tavak vize általában elég tiszta és tiszta. Szerencsés vagyok, hogy ilyen szép helyen élhetek, és minden nap hálát adok Istennek.
Love the scenery, the puddingstone, the sound of the kayak in the water, and the whole video. We are fellow Michigan beach walkers.
Michigan beaches are a fun place to be, aren't they?
I collect rocks with holes in them. Wish you'd thrown it my way... Oregon... You look like you've got a good arm.
No, I don’t think I could get it past Wisconsin.
Beautiful!! Love rocks. Thanks for sharing🤗
That pudding rock is big and beautiful. I wonder how many pounds it was. Had beautiful spots of red all through. Thank you for sharing your venture. Have a great day.
Patricia Hartless I built some rock walls around my yard and moved some pretty big rocks by hand. I have no idea how much that monster weighs, but I know it’s a lot from my past rock moving experience. Rocks are heavy!
he Baalbek rocks only weigh 1500 tons and they were moved without a backhoe
That is a very neat rock!!! Too bad you couldn't take it home with you!! What a fun day you had out there!! Beautiful Country!! Thanks for sharing!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
That is a beautiful area and it was a nice day out. I’d love to have that monster in my yard, but it’s also a fun thing to leave out in the lake for other people to discover.
What a wonderful day for you to disconnect and enjoy your day. Thanks for sharing a one in a million pudding stone.
Days on the beach on on the water are always really relaxing, even if I come home tired.
That big pudding stone is amazing. It really has alot of color. Thank you for sharing with us. I love your videos. I always hit like before watching because I know it's going to great. You really found some nice petoskey stones too. I hope my mom and I can go to Michigan next summer. She loves pudding stones and now I do too!
Do you like puddingstones or Petoskey stones better? I prefer Petoskey stones.
@@MichiganRocks I kind of like the petoskey stones better. Like the patterns on them. I would love to find some. We don't have any around here.
@@wyomingadventures They're easier to work with too.
WOOOOOW!!! I thought getting in the kayak to go rockhounding was the best part until I saw that puddingstone. Thanks for sharing, especially the underwater view. 😁👍🏻🪨⛏️
You're welcome!
I spend far too much time doing what you do. Great fun but I am no geologist so I just find rocks that inspire me.
Primeval seeker that’s pretty much what I do too.
I love Puddingstone!
Me too!
I know you’re thrilled that you found it again. It’s really awesome.
The Petosky stones look like millefiori. Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your search! I would LOVE to live in Michigan. I've never heard of Puddingstones but I know about them now thanks to you.
Thanks for teaching me a new word. I had to look up "millefiori".
@@MichiganRocks Well we both benefitted!
I like the rock at 3:14 with the hole. Beautiful pudding stone.
Oh I think you could have fit that big one in the kayak!🤣🤣🤣❤️ Thanks for cleaning it off and showing it up close, really cool type of stone.
I picked it up, but it wouldn't quite fit in the boat.
What a beautiful pudding stone. Love the petoskeys as well.
Wow, that thing was huge. What an awesome find. The other stones were cool too. Was fun to watch. Great video
The scenic views alone are worth watching this for and then you add in some of the sweetest petosky stone as well as the mother of all pudding stones and yah what a delightful video :)
So you liked it?
So you liked it?
@@MichiganRocks Only way I could have liked it better would to have been right there in the boat :)
Rob you made this lovely lady so happy
That makes me happy too.
Wow! Incredible!
That place where rock is is amzing. Im from mi and you gave me somethung to look forward to with my son this summer. Thank you.
Yep, you have to get out there and explore. There's some really cool stuff out there if you look around.
Had to look up both these stones. Really cool! Thanks for the vid!
Wow! That pudding stone is awesome!!!!
Very nice job showing us that puddingstone. Thanks!
Glad you liked it, Anne. That thing is pretty amazing.
How cool! I actually know a friend who has a puddingstone at the front of their house and it’s about the size of a camping chair!
Those big ones aren't all that rare. They're not just everywhere though, so it's fun to find one.
Really enjoyed this! Your paddling was soothing...and slowed me right down. Thank you. 😊 beautiful pudding stone!
You are not going to believe what i found 3 days ago! A lavender petoskey stone!!!!! I wish I could show it to you! Im making it into a necklace for myself
Hopefully it goes all the way through and is not just some sort of staining on the outside. I'd love to see it.
@@MichiganRocks Im hoping so! Ill let you know when I sand it down
I read on the Michigan Web Page that taking huge Puddingstones from the water is illegal as is busting them up and hauling them away. There is a stiff fine for it if you're caught!
That and it wouldn't fit in my kayak!
Lovely stones! What a pity I am so far from this amazing lake. I dream to find a stone with nature-made hole. Fairy tales say that such stone allows you to see the hidden world ;) As for scientific explanation of the beautiful story it may refer to a fact that eye focuses better when you look thru a small hole. So it really sharpens vision :)
Anyway, I'm obsessed with my dream. One day I get it and would wear on a leather cord :)
Alina Nikolenko yeah, that was a pretty cool rock. Kind of heavy for a necklace. I hope someone who likes holey rocks finds it some day.
@Carl Tilley I think I'll pass. Postage from Spain must be expensive. Thanks for the offer though.
@Carl Tilley Ahh thanks a lot! My rockhounding season is not ended yet but if I don't find anything until the snow, I'll ask you :)
GINOURMOUS PUDDINGSTONE !!
I BET THAT'D MAKE SOME IMPRESSIVE COFFEE TABLETOPS !!
DESKTOPS ??
KITCHEN COUNTERTOPS !!
DRAWER FRONTS !!
I guess I need a bigger boat and a bigger saw.
What a magnificent place! And what an amazing puddingstone! My favorite part of this video though is the sound of the paddles through the water. So relaxing. Thanks for a great day.
I’m glad you could come along. I try not to think about places like that this time of year. It will be a long time before I can get in my kayak again.
@@MichiganRocks Do you recall the approximate temperature that day? It looked perfect. And are your land temperatures moderated by the lake?
Gwynn Farrell no, I don’t remember the temperature, but if I had to guess, I’d say in the seventies. The lake does affect the temperatures near it. It’s much cooler near the lake in the summer, and probably a little warmer this time of year. When you get a mile or two away in the summer, it’s much warmer.
@@MichiganRocks Sounds like very nice summer temperatures. I suppose the lake is freezing up by now.
@@gwynnfarrell1856 It's not frozen yet, but it will.
I’m fascinated with a shoreline that’s rocks and fossils!!
It never gets old either.
I’ve never beachcombed a rocky shore. It’s certainly something to put on my bucket list. I enjoy your videos very much!
Rocky beaches are the best. What good are sandy beaches? I'm not a great castle builder.
LOL. The beach I go to has about a gozillion fossilized shark’s teeth. We come home with a couple hundred every year. Wanna trade? Haha
Beth Downs Nope!
Thanks for sharing , what a treasure!
Wow. That huge pudding Boulder is something else! Gorgeous scenery too. Thanks
You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
VERY cool, thanks for showing us that one. I have a collection of large (NOT as big as this, of course) banded iron (BIF) which we also collected with kayaks. There are rewards for trying to get where no one else goes. This is awesome for me as I am really fond of the Big Ones and the Ones that Get Away.
Yes, that's the key. Go where other people aren't willing to go. The trip is fun too.
First time I had seen a pudding stone was on a teachers desk. As we hunted stones in Port Huron its a stone I fell in love with. And that us the biggest pudding stone I've ever seen!!
Those teachers will teach you something even when you least expect it!
I love the sound of your oars in the water and the wind gently blowing.
I get that comment a lot. I'm planning to make a video with no talking, just paddling and wave sounds.
Love the big pudding stone video.I watch this a few times now.
Thanks, Melissa!
What beautiful landscape, it's a breath of fresh air seeing that I live in the desert. That pudding stone is unbelievable! Thanks for sharing!
When I leave Michigan and head to drier states, I always miss the water.
Love your videos. Thank you! -a new Michigan Rock Hunter!
Nice to seeyou walking your kayak.
Better than leaving it home alone all day.
Love your videos.
You are very inspirational. 👍
You should see how excited it gets when I get out the paddle.
Man that water is clear. I'm so used to the muddy rivers around where I live.
Yep, the water in Michigan is usually pretty clear. I've been to the south and seen the muddy rivers. I'll take our clear water any day.
@@MichiganRocks lol I learned to swim and fish on these old muddy rivers so I guess I cant hate on them too much. Looks almost like your walking around in bottled water lol
lol that is almost too much puddingstone! What an amazing glacial erratic. Makes me homesick
There's no such thing as too much puddingstone!
5:44 Wow! Beautiful stone!
Wow, nice pudding stone! Red, red everywhere!
The redder, the better!
i love how much you love the pudding stones ALOT of my home town of petty harbour newfoundland, canada is made of conglomerate rock as hour bed rock i find alot of semi precious stone in it
I do love puddingstone. I think the only semiprecious stone in it is red jasper. I have heard people say that it can contain gold and diamonds, but I'm not sure that's true. I geologist that I respect said that it's a different conglomerate that can contain those things.
@@MichiganRocks well a conglomerate can contain many different things it is a sedentary rock usually form in river beds i think, so any stones or gold in them should still be there...my gold bearing ones are usually rusted away and my ones with gemstone erode around the gemstone
Thanks for the great video of what many of us can enjoy. What a big pudding stone. I have just recently seen a Puddingstone or a Petoskey stone. Your adventure on a konjac in a beautiful and peaceful area. I was able to see many wonderful sites. God Bless.
Swimming in beautiful Michigan waters where no salt or no sharks .... Thanks for sharing 😃
The Rock with a hole in it was an extremely rare and special Hag or fairy stone. Said to be Very lucky and can be used to see other realities or dimensions. These have powerful ancient properties. Discarding these can invite strange consequences. Luv your vids, keep searching for those hidden treasures.
I throw those rocks with holes back all the time with no consequences whatsoever. I think they're fun to look at on the beach, but I don't have any use for them later, so I don't bring them home. I'm also a Christian and don't believe in magical powers of rocks. Please don't bring that stuff to my channel. Sorry for the rant, but I have pretty strong feelings about that stuff.
WOW that is sooooo cool!!!
Beautiful rocks
Have you ever come to Lake Ontario? It is in my back yard and I'm wondering what kind of rocks we have that are special.
Nope, I’ve never been there. I guess it’s up to you to make those videos.
There's a HUGE pudding stone on M-32 in front of the church in Big Rock west of Atlanta Michigan. The rock is as big as compact car.
It's not quite that big, but it is a really nice rock. Do you think Big Rock was named after _that_ rock? I'm not sure it's quite good enough to worship though.
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing. One of my favorite summer pastimes is to walk along the shores of Lake Michigan looking for specimens.
Doesn't get much better than walking on a beach.
I'm not sure how many people would consider that to be a day well spent but I, for one, am jealous! You certainly live the life I wish I could! There isn't anywhere near where I live that has rocky beaches like those....well, none that I know of, anyway.
I'm not sure how productive I was for the day, but I sure relaxed and enjoyed life. No regrets here.
Michigan Rocks That's for sure. A day spent in nature is a day well lived, IMO. Also, a handful of really pretty rocks is better than a bucket full of mediocre ones.
Cool adventures...beautiful country
I love it here!
I'm going to be obsessed with this channel now. Have to watch all the videos, just great 😂. Honestly that looks so amazing just kayaking in that tranquil water alone. So surreal. I'll have to take a trip up that way this summer for some kayaking and rock hunting. Do you do kayak tours? Alot of ppl, myself included would pay good money for that.
No, I don't guide kayak tours or rock hunts. You really don't need me for either of those things. Just find a public beach access and go for it. The problem with kayaking is that you need pretty calm water to do it. Since I live near Lake Huron, I can just keep an eye on the weather and go when it's calm. That's harder to do if you're planning a vacation around it. If you can make a quick day trip, it's not so bad.
I fully support being obsessed with my channel, by the way.
3:10 rock with a hole...
OMG, as a cavewoman at heart, I would've totally made a necklace out of that with a piece of hemp string!
That would be a heavy necklace!
A place for everything and everything in its place......
Wow thanks for sharing this!!! I love collecting pudding stones. ❤️❤️❤️
This one will be hard to collect.
You can almost imagine the pieces of fruit in the ‘pudding ‘ Have you tried the recipe yet? I have my house for sale at the moment and all my rock tumbling equipment is packed so I have to be content watching all of you collecting samples. (With envy) Best wishes Sue from North Wales 🏴
Sue Sykes no, I haven’t tried the recipe yet. It’s on my list of winter projects. Right now, I’m getting outside as much as possible. I’m looking forward to trying it though.
Definitely, it’s a winter pudding. Enjoy your great outdoors while the weather’s good. Best wishes
I know where there are about a dozen pudding stones that are about 1000lb. Each. My uncle edged his yard with them. There are other smaller ones too. His best friend owned a gravel pit.
That must be a really fun yard!
@@MichiganRocks my uncle died. And then my aunt. My cousins might sell them. My uncle turned down many offers.
Pudding stone? More like pudding boulder! It would look awesome on your front lawn! Mine too! Hahaha
Might be a challenge to get it from where it is to my yard, but I agree!
That was so incredible!
That was a fun day. I did a lot of paddling.
That is an amazing rock. And also great where it is located. Love finding stuff like that
That was a fun find.
So calm, beautiful and peaceful. I love your videos. 💖
Thanks Nathalie!
Simply amazing
No that was the Biggest Bestest Puddingest Puddingstone you ever found! (there fixed it for ya (-:) Thanks for the vid and wow great job on the underwater photography! I appreciate the steady smooth videography throughout as shaking swooping camera work is unwatchable for me. This was lovely!
I’m glad you liked it. Most of my editing time is spent trying to make the horizon lines horizontal. I’m not very good at holding the camera straight at all. I keep working at it, but the crooked horizons make it look like the water is going to pour off one side of the screen. It’s nice to know that my work is appreciated.
@@MichiganRocks Wow I knew something was special about the beauty of your upload. Have you looked into upgrading the equipment? I think pros use fancy things to keep it steady. I know, money tho, etc.Thanks for responding to my comment. Just subscribed. (-:
marynadononeill maybe someday I’ll get a gimbal. They’re pretty expensive, so that will have to wait a bit. They do look interesting. I don’t think they can get wet, so that’s a downside for beach photography. I’m using a GoPro just because I can get it wet, or even go under water with it.
Awesome video and the bird shot was epic!❤️❤️
The swans? I wasn't even close when they got up. When I kayak in the river, I can tell when I'm too close to their nests because they come swimming after me. I don't mess with them, they're big. I'm pretty sure they could tip my boat.
Those are ancient packed pebbles and coral from the inland sea.
Wow that was one beautiful pudding stone . You are a very lucky man to see all these beautiful sights and rocks . Wish I could see these kinds of rocks instead is our shell beaches in Louisiana.
When I’ve been to the ocean,I always spent my time looking for shells. I prefer rocks to shells, but when you live in a place that doesn’t have beautiful shells, then the shells are a fun new thing to look for.
3:13 It’s a Holy Rock! 🙏🏼 lol that’s my dad joke for today 😂 Loving your videos, they’re so interesting and relaxing 😌
"Alyssa" is a strange dad name.
Michigan Rocks lol 😆
I'm sure I've seen some holey stones in a museum somewhere that were attributed to the native people who used them to weigh down fishing nets. I wonder if it is an artefact?
barb mckay could be I suppose. I just assumed it was natural.
We have a puddingstone on our farm that's maybe half that size. Would love to have one as big. 🙂
I have a lot of boulders in my yard, but no puddingstone boulders at all. I'd love to have one the size of yours!
Hi hello I'm new here watching your amazing video thank you for sharing and stay connected to everyone God bls
Why do you keep saying you're new? You have commented on lots of my videos.
Wow ! I wanna be you. Thanks for sharing.
wow, very big !!
Beautiful stone. I bit larger than the ones I just found the other day. LOL. . Can't wait for more of that great Michigan weather to return.
Shlisa Shell do you mean summer? That’s a looooonnggg ways away.
Thankyou for sharing the beautiful stones.
I feel really sorry for you too spend a day in such an environment of calm waters with no one talking and disturbing your zone. I envy you!!!!!thanks for the trip
Laura Borgmann yeah, it was tough, but someone had to do it.
She's a beast alright! Wonder how long that one would take to polish! New goal: Find and polish a puddingstone and a gowganda tillite! Thanks for sharing.
Is that a goal for you or me? I have already polished lots of puddingstones, but I didn't have much luck tumbling gowganda tillite so I don't pick them up anymore. I have a friend who successfully tumbles them, so I might have to try again.
That is one Fantastic pudding stone 🍪🍪🍪.
Best one that I've found in the wild.
What a gorgeous smooth surface!
Thank you for sharing the giant puddingstone! Loved it! Also the Petoskeys too!
I think that rock is amazing. I'm sure other people have seen it, but it's so remote, I still feel like I'm seeing something that most people have not.
I haven't seen it til your video. I never even knew there was such a thing as puddingstones. That is a once in a lifetime find. Meant to ask how deep that water was....
@@SamsonsamSim Not very deep, chest deep maybe?
That's a beautiful stone.
🙃☕❤❤❤❤
Спасибо!
I am just randomly getting caught up on your videos. You are so lucky to live near the big water! I have to check out Alpena one of these days. You are the king of Petoskey stones!
Thanks! I'll have to get myself a crown.
What a gorgeous place to hunt rocks! Whew! Those views are ideal!
I couldn't agree more.
That's not a bad size! We have a giant one at camp on the Northern shore of Lake Huron which is maybe 6 or 7 times this rock. I stumbled upon it by accident when wandering about in the forest.
There's one about twice this size in a yard here in Alpena, but the quality is not nearly as good as this one. How much red is in the one at camp? It sounds amazing.
Man you find the coolest rocks! For how big it is too, it's packed full of so many different peices.
Yes, they're not always so full of jasper. This is a really good one.
Rocks with holes or just one like you threw back are call Hag Stone. If you can look and see then you are going to be lucky and there is a big demand for those on the internet. Sue
Yeah, other people have told me the same thing. Thanks.