Perry's Landing and Two Hearted River Rock Hunting
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2019
- This is the second day of my rock hunting trip to Lake Superior in the eastern U.P.
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I could never get tired of hearing the water splashing and the rocks crunching under your feet. I wish I could see those lakes, they’re gorgeous! Another great video!👌🏼
Alyssa Torres I’m agree with you, for me these sounds reminds me eternal paradise.
That was fun! Thanks for taking us along 😉
No problem, I hardly even noticed you tagging along.
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So loved this video! It brings back many happy memories of my time there with family. Lots of rock hunting, sand castle making and overall beach activities. It was beautiful before the devastating fire that burned so much of the area, not that it isn't still an awesome place now but just so different looking.
It's growing back a bit now. It would have been good without a fire, but it's interesting to look at now. You can see long distances which allows you to see the hills a little better. The beach is still beautiful.
Love the beach! Especially Lake Superior. Up here in the Keweenaw we have great agate hunting, as I am sure you know. Have you hunted the mouth of the Gratiot river yet? From the mouth of the Black River to Five Mile Point is the best area. The Lake is at a record high this year. We had waves crashing into the trees tearing up all kinds of good stuff. New rocks to be found and more black sand than I've ever seen. Your videos are great and I really enjoyed them. I'm going to go back through all of them. Thanks for bringing me along and have a great day. Be safe.
I have been to the mouth of the Gratiot. I usually find at least one little prehnite there. I love the Keweenaw.
I get so happy inside when I walk upon a beach of rocks
I know that feeling well.
I love watching your videos brings back lots of good childhood memories and those agates small but oh so pretty ! thanks !! looking forward to more hunting..
I love Lake Superior. Hope to visit it again. It's so big. And beautiful. Love your videos. By the way you have a great eye for rocks! Some beauties. Nice gold panning. I do a little of it here in the mountains.
The gold is practically microscopic here. I have collected a lot of flakes that amount to almost nothing. My goal when I bought the pan was to find any gold at all. I have definitely done that.
There's gold in that there sand! Not enough to strike it rich though, huh? Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. It's beautiful territory. Thanks for sharing. 😊
There's gold in almost all black sand I have panned on Lake Superior. It's not much, but it's still really fun to find.
Ive camped there almost exactly where he parked for the last 24 years. Ive combed that beach multiple times a year for agates. A little fun fact, there was a nail sticking up on the lake side of the bridge that cut me, giving me 7 stitches that i got at the newberry hospital. And to top it all off, the chitter bumps in the road broke a tie rod on the way to the hospital, as i was bleeding. I love that place.
With such great memories, I can see why you keep going back!
Best area for agates I've found.
I can see why you go there. My kind of place..no one around.😃 Just Beautiful.👍
Cada lugar lindo, praias de águas limpas, tudo diferente, as pedras cada uma mais linda q a outra. Fico encantada em assistir esses vídeos.
Estou feliz que você esteja gostando deles. É um lugar realmente bonito.
Thank you again, that area was one of my favorites
I have always loved and picked up pretty rocks but I know nothing about them. Watching your videos is so much fun. You leave many I would lug home! LOL
My favorite beach here is totally black sand. It’s from all the lava flows years ago. Sometimes the beach looks green from the olivine crystals that formed in the lava.
Have you panned any of that black sand? There's usually some very tiny gold in it.
Cool rocks. I will have to take a visit to the two hearted river, how cool. Sorry about the rain.
The rain didn't hurt anything, the hail just scared me a bit.
Yeah, wouldn't want to get hit with that.
I'm a river man... Shenandoah is 7 miles away in wva... Potomac is 4.... but if i ever see that place with my own eyes this would change I'm sure
Now that I think about it...both Shenandoah and Potomac are in harper's ferry...if i walk a straight line both rivers are about 3 miles... can't drive a straight line though
Nicely done, thanks for sharing ~
z_german you’re welcome!
Bom dia lindo lugar com muito cascalhos perfeito ótimo vídeo superrr Like.
Nice! I’ve added this to my list of places to visit (Someday). Nice beach and cool that you found some gold
The gold is tiny, but still fun to find.
Did you hear about those new rocks that glow when you shine them with uv light? If you haven’t, you could probably walk down the beach in the night shining the light on them as you go.
I bought a cheap U.V. light and then forgot to take it along. It wasn’t really the correct light anyway, but I was going to try it. Yooperlites just look like plain rocks without the light, so I wouldn’t have brought more than one home.
Thanks for the video! I have Rockhounds all over the eastern U.P.. I like to camp not far from Perry’s Landing, but recently they logged out my favorite disperse camping site! 😢 Still, that is a great area to rockhound early and late in the season. It’s gotten a lot busier in the last few years, especially with the Yooperlites craze. I am one of the keepers at Crisp Point Lighthouse, east of the Two-Hearted River. It’s a great place to look for all kinds of rocks! The drive is a bit much some some people. Plan on at least an hour to get there from “anywhere”. A word to those who may travel the UP: Don’t rely on GPS to get around! It does not differentiate roads from ARV/snowmobile trails in many areas. You may find yourself stuck! Having said that, the UP is my favorite place to be! Keep up the good work with your videos!
Good advice! When I make my annual pilgrimage up to hunt agates for a few days, I usually start out at the campground right next to Perry's Landing. Then I head to the mouth of the Two Hearted. After that, it's off to Vermillion Point. I have stopped at the Crisp Point Lighthouse a couple of times, but as you said, everything is such a long drive. It's frustrating that I usually walk almost to the lighthouse from Vermillion Point, but it takes an hour to drive there. I have never figured out why there is no road that runs along the water in that whole area, except near Perry's Landing. I have a map of the area from the office at Muskallonge State Park that shows lots of little trails. Even though I have a Jeep, I'm still not willing to go exploring those trails on my own. As you said, it's hard to tell which trails are large enough for a Jeep and don't have trees down on them or are flooded out. So I end up driving WAAAYYY around to get from place to place. It's still a ball, but I'd rather spend more time on the beach and less in the Jeep.
Beautiful ❤️
Checking our your old stuff!
I don't think it ages too much. Rocks were still rocks even a few years ago.
Wow..it's so pretty.. makes me want to move.. great video..
thank you so much, I really enjoy your videos. I am new at rock tumbling and your no how to help me greatly. I also wouldn't mind visiting the camp you show in video, that would be my ideal vacation, tho I am physically mobile restricted I would like jus being there. I can have my hubby or someone pick rocks for me to see.
Crystal Ridener the campground is about a quarter mile down the road from where I’m standing. It’s a rustic campground with only an outhouse. There is no shower or electricity or running water. The beach is on the other side of some trees, so you do have to go down a short path to see the lake clearly. If you’re in a wheelchair, I’m not sure how easy the little path is. It might be fine, but I really don’t remember.
It IS you, Rob! No wonder you wanted the hat with the neck covering! Glad I found your channel! Great videos! Great Rocks! See you next summer. ... we met at Deer Park, you were headed to Two Heart. Small world.
Hi Betsy! Thanks again for the hat. Did you make something cool with the little tumbled rocks? This video was made the day I met you.
Thank you.
I have added your channel to the approved list for my 7 year old. He loves the videos and is quickly becoming a rock hound. He did ask to see more of the Rubicon your driving though!!! lol great job
I attached my GoPro to my windshield last summer when we drove to Colorado to go four wheeling. I’ve had Jeeps for the last thirty years. This is my first Rubicon though. It’s actually only my third a Jeep; I keep them for a long time. Anyhow, I’ve never really done any serious four wheeling and somehow my wife agreed to go to Colorado. We didn’t drive very challenging trails as far as rock climbing goes, but they were very narrow and if you drove off the road just about anywhere, it was like a thousand feet down. Pretty hairy when we had to pass a Jeep coming in the other direction. I decided not to post the videos here because they didn’t really fit the theme and they were just a webcam with us talking about how not to die.
@@MichiganRocks You should check out the Jeep Jamboree on drummond island. If you like Jeeps- you would love that. I haven't been in 20 years; I am sure they still do it though????
@@williamwillie4008 They still do the Jeep Jamboree. There's also Jeep the Mac every year. I would like to go do Drummond when there aren't a ton of other Jeeps there though. I have a friend with a Willys Jeep who has been there more than once. We've talked about going. Based on your name(s), you probably like Willys Jeeps. 😃
@@MichiganRocks LOL I do like the old Willys Jeeps (although I am a huge Scrambler "CJ-8" fan more) that is just a happy coincidence on the name LOL
Quanta lindeza amo demais essas pedras obra de Deus e seu trabalho valoriza mais a beleza delas parabéns
Camping and storms sometimes happens...especially near Lake Superior.
It's a risk I'm willing to take.
Great video fellow Mi. Gander...Your my new go to relaxation video guy.....Thank's
Several people have told me how relaxing my videos are. Does that translate to boring? Hmmm...
@@MichiganRocks Fare from boring Sir. You have a soothing voice and you give just the right dos of information ...Thank's for the return comment ...
@@SteveandSusiesHomestead thanks. That's good to know. I'm not sure if my students find my voice soothing, although occasionally one falls asleep.
@@MichiganRocks LMAO
Agates form in the rhyolite. Rhyolite is often banded because it flowed as a lava. The color flow bands help identify it. Did you look for raw green copper nuggets? There was plenty of basalt pebbles on that beach. Maybe copper? Too far east for copper? Beautiful. Peaceful, even in the rain. :))
Cactus Wren yeah, too Far East for copper. The copper is in the Keweenaw Peninsula. I have found copper on the beach there.
There used to be a “coast guard road” that ran along the shore from Grand Marais to Whitefish Point. The road can still be found in some areas. The section between Whitefish and Crisp Point lighthouses is now part of the diamond 8 ATV/snowmobile trail. It has been torn up from ATV use and most parts are now impassable. So much of the shoreline along there is unreachable...unless you have the ability to get up and down “cliff” faces!
I have been afraid to explore some trails that I see on a map I have from the Muskallonge Lake campground. The people working there don't seem to know too much about the backroads and I didn't feel encouraged to try them. I have a Jeep, but the area is so remote that I'd hate to get stranded back there. I'm also usually only there for a couple days so I don't want to spend all my time going down dead end trails and having to back track. Sure would be nice to go exploring with a local though.
A question that you don't have to answer but do you ever see fish jump out of the water? A big reason for why i love the river so much
Once in awhile.
rough part of the TRAIL! 🤣🤣🤣
Love the bumper sticker.
I was at the 2 hearted river in 2011. Long ways down from that bridge. We werent at that spot tho.
I was never there before it burned. It must have been much nicer then.
They say it's not a true agate until it's got the spit of four Yoopers on it!! LOL
Miles and Miles of no people. I love that part too! And what do you do with all your agates? I had mine polished and took old jars and put Silicone on them. pushed the rocks into that, let them dry....did the covers of the jars with funky dollar store nail polish and I have used these for gifts...they really turn out phenomenal.
If I pick up a rock from the dry beach, it’s likely to have troll spit on it soon after. I can’t bring myself to tumble my agates, so I just have them in a jar.
@@MichiganRocks Put them ON that jar. A friend did one without polish and used a polyurathane (sp?) on it....freaking amazing.
Was hooked already and then you started to pan the black sands! I have to get up there soon. I'm down in the Grand Rapids area and pan several local areas with some success! Love to rock hunt as well. Thank you for posting.
Have you panned the black sands on the Superior beaches? I almost always find at least a speck of gold. It's sooooo tiny though, that it never adds up to much. what's the gold like down by you?
@@MichiganRocks Primarily flour gold and small specks. Found a small flake on Father's day when I went out. Small garnets as well. Fossils from time to time. Have to find a good creek bend with a gravel bar and larger rocks piling up. Kinda hard to find but I have a few special places I like to go. I will be trying to get to the U.P. in the fall and will bring all my prospecting gear. Would like to get toward the west end of the UP and try some of the streams over on that end.
@@williamjohnson5777 the only gear I have besides my pans is a homemade miller table and a magnet thingy I made to remove the magnetite. I always bring a little sand home with me to play with here. I don't like to take too much time to pan while I'm on the beach because it cuts down on my agate hunting time. I'd love to spend a day with a Gold Cube on one of those beaches though. That would be fun.
@@MichiganRocks Michigan has a chapter of the GPAA and they try to make a yearly outing at Muskallonge State Park. Have not had the chance yet but would like to get up there. Michigan laws, however, suck and you "technically" need a permit to run a sluice on the beach to play in the black sand. Technically can't even pan in most of the places I do. Our State Reps have no clue on how they destroy recreational tourism opportunities like these.
@@williamjohnson5777 Yep, I've looked at some of the laws. I'm not educated enough to agree or disagree with them, but they are pretty strict. I think I was ok panning on the beach, but I don't think the Gold Cube would be allowed without a permit.
I camped there for two weeks a long time ago agate hunting it is beautiful up there
I can only take about three days of living in a tent, then I'm ready for my regular bed.
@@MichiganRocks yeah i definitely wanted my bed but no lie the agates keeped me there. I hiked from Grand Marais to Whitefish point it was one of the best trips I've ever been on . i stayed in the same park where you where in your video it brought me back in time and i thank you for it
@@paulkoester5573 Wow, you hiked that whole way? That would actually be really fun, except for not being able to carry many rocks. It's frustrating how far you have to drive to get from one beach to another in that area. You got to see the most remote beaches by doing it your way and skipping the driving.
hey that w White rock that you did not know what it was is a giant agate with the host rock still on it so it is a agate in basalt realy rare find on a beach
The one in the thumbnail picture? I thought that was an agate, but without much obvious banding.
@@MichiganRocks ya that one in the thumbnail rare find
@@daydbaysinger4572 Lucky me!
My favorite beach in the U.P.!
That whole area has beautiful beaches.
Great work! You need to plan a trip to Minnesota and find yourself an old gravel pit!
Rebecca Goldberg I would love that. From what I hear, they’re almost impossible to get into though.
@@MichiganRocks *Very* difficult! If you get in good with the local rock and gem club, you might find an in road to a paid tour.
Would you consider doing a trip up into Wisconsin to search for carnelian and carnelian agates? I hear they are by the Apostle Islands. I actually found a carnelian in a creek off of the Betsie River while king salmon fishing in the Leelanau Peninsula. It doesn't make any sense to me, how it got down there, but it was beyond a pleasant surprise. I got skunked that year by the salmon. I only hooked into one and 3 cranks into the fight, my reel came out of the seat and my line instantly went slack. Oh well, whether fishing or rockhounding, we can't win them all! 😆
@@truckerenoch8824 Wisconsin is a long way to go for carnelians. They'd be fun to find, but not worth a trip that long. I'd go to Minnesota for a day in a good gravel pit though. I like Lakers more than carnelians.
I just bought ten pounds of carnelians to tumble, but they were cheaper than a long trip.
Awesome video! A million “thank yous” for sharing! We love camping the UP, especially on Lake Superior ❤️. I have several 5 gallon buckets of gorgeous rocks that I’ve collected from Lake Superior, and all the way up through Alaska and several states out west. I desperately need some tumblers, and your setup is AMAZING! What do you recommend for a beginner setup?
I would get a Lortone tumbler, either a 33B or a QT66. The QT66 is more expensive, but it will do more rocks and do them a little faster. If you have enough money, I’d also get a Lot-O vibratory tumbler. That will do all the stages except the first stage really fast and really well. You can do it all in a rotary, but it’s more difficult and takes a lot longer.
Michigan Rocks thank you!😀
Hey I want some of those rocks!
What are those turquoise colored rocks I see sometimes when you are looking?
I can't think of anything that color. Can you give me a time stamp and describe the rock you're looking at?
3:22 There were 4 agates in that frame. (1 milky)
FoxBatinaHat I guess I’ll have to go back.
Hit the like button before you started talking. Wish I could make another trip up this summer.
Hopefully me talking didn’t make you take it back!
No it didn’t but I could watch you walk and look at rocks all day. The water sound is so relaxing and reminds me of my trip in April. To the MN side of Lake Superior.
Minnesota is where the best agates are found. I’d love to get into a gravel pit there.
Yeah I was only on the shores but a lot of different beaches between Duluth and just north of Two Harbors. I was alone and wasn’t to keen on going to far north alone. Plus my husband would worry about me too. I got 2 good agates and then took up micro agates as my new hobby🤣🤣
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Ryolite? It is pretty. Supposed to be good luck with lines around.
Thanks so much! I'm new to the Dremel. Which bit? Tyty 💜
I don’t remember talking about a Dremel in this video. I don’t know what you’re trying to do with one. I think the only things I have done with a Dremel on any videos is drill holes and polish Petoskey stones with Zam. I use cheap 1mm bits to drill small holes and I use a felt wheel for polishing with Zam.
Thanks I meant the wheel. Are there different ones?
@@bbarror The felt wheel I use is 1 inch in diameter. As it wears, it gets smaller. I just added it to my Amazon storefront, which is in the description of this video. But to use it you need the shaft that fits in the Dremel that you attach the wheel to. For that reason, I also had a $15 Dremel accessory pack in my storefront that includes both parts, plus other stuff that you may or may not need. You can also buy the little shaft separately.
Other people buy a much larger wheel and attach it to a drill press. I bought a Harbor Freight one to try that, but the wheel seems to be falling apart faster than I can use it.
@@MichiganRocks ty I will order the pack!
Hi, any luck finding Yooperlites?
Nope, I haven’t looked for them. I bought a cheap flashlight for this trip, but I forgot it at home. Oops.
Michigan Rocks I’m new to your channel and really enjoy the content. I live near Gaylord and want to get up there before snow flies
the rock at 4.32 looks a lot like the ones i just found on my canoe trip, the white quartzy agate with the blood red blotches. Ill be posting my vid shortly was hoping to find out what it is, the red spots in particular.
I'm not going to have time to look at that. I just got back from a four day trip to the Keweenaw Peninsula and my daughter is coming to visit for the next four days. I'm just trying to get caught up on responding to comments now.
@@MichiganRocks hey no rush or worries my freind, whenever you get time and no pressure. I gave you a shout out in one of my vids for teaching me a few things just from wathcing your videos in particular what unakite is. thanks again. youre and intelligent human and i figure you are the one who will know what it is.
@@lakesuperiorlycan1676 Thanks!
Can you have a camp fire on that beach? Lots of good wood to burn.
There are campgrounds near both of these places where you can have a fire. I’m not sure about the beach.
I think I have one of those ryolyte? riolight? Yeah....
Rhyolite.
There is an awful lot of driftwood there on that beach.... Are you allowed to pick up any of the driftwood and take it home... That's something else I like to collect driftwood and make projects out of them.
I think so. I met a guy who was carrying several pieces.
Some places actually ban you from picking up driftwood??? That is so beyond ridiculous.....
You don't need to go rock hunting you can find rocks anywhere
klo dijual berapa harganya
Saya tidak menjualnya.
@@MichiganRocks yooperlite i like