Rockhounding 101: What to Look for on Your Next Adventure!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Ever wonder what to look for when rock hunting? Want to know exactly what it is you just found? Well this is the video for you! I had so much fun showing off all kinds of beautiful Minnesota rocks that you can look for on your next adventure! So get ready to learn what to hunt for so you can fill your rock collection with the coolest finds ever.
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Happy Hounding!
I really love it when you guys do the show and tell to help us rookies how to learn the different rocks
I’m so glad you like it! I want to start incorporating more of that!
Here is what to look for: Anything that looks good to you! If you like a rock, add it to your collection!
You got that right! 😊
@@AgateAriel this is why I have so many hahaha
what edting software do you use
@@LoganGamingEditsandMorefilmora!
If I added every rock i liked to my collection id be crushed flat lol
It's awesome that you get so excited, very entertaining lol
I stumbled upon this channel and it brought me back to when I was growing up there was an elderly couple who lived right across from us. For time they kind of became our adoptive grandparents. The elderly man taught me so much about rocks and their names. Also tumbling, polishing and cutting them open. It was so fascinating. He even took me to rock shows. Like literal rock shows with actual rocks. He'd shop for knew rocks to buy that he can cut open. And I got to pick out a grab bag of rocks! I still search for rocks till this day! Anyways, it's fun to see people actively in this hobby! I'm a new subscriber! 😄
9:11 You should keep it..Raw Amber looks like this, when you find it (ungrinded). If it was very light, than bingo :) If you grind & polish Amber it looks amazing. Fits also to the wood you found.
I live in Cincinnati (almost exclusively limestone and shale) and I’m sooooo jealous of the variety you have (though I imagine you lucky Great Lakes people are jealous of our treasure troves of trilobites)
Yes!! I have always wanted to find a trilobite! So funny, the grass is always greener 😂
Tim... I'm in Indy and jealous of your trilobites. I have not found one yet. I want to go to Nether Farms in Hopewell, OH for flint soon. Haven't been yet.
@@dolphindlite13go! Its so amazing and funnnn!
Ariel, your enthusiasm for rocks is personally validating lol
This is how you become a rock hound ! #1 buy a bag of marbles #2 whenever you pick up a rock put down a marble. #3 When you have lost all your marbles THEN you are a rock hound.
Thank you for your wealth of knowledge, your channel takes away my stress. Your amazing hobbies makes us the luckiest subscribers! Thanks
RIGHT!!!! 💯
Wow thank you so much! That is so kind of you!
I have some friends I've been trying to get into rockhounding, I need to share this video with them. In WA state where I'm based we also get a lot of agate / chalcedony and jasper so this is a great reference video. Thank you for making it, and fantastic finds!
Oh I love it! Yes it is such a fun hobby!
I follow 2 rockhunters (you and agate dad) from minesoda so I can identify some rocks from there, I am no where near the place tho, I live in the Netherlands.
That’s awesome! He has an awesome channel too!
Hello! I think in 8:16 is hematite, 8:37 is diorite, in 6:56 it´s a water agate, 12:00 wonderful!!
Great guesses!
Ariel so fun watching and hearing your excitement and your enthusiasm for the hunt so many great finds so glad you have someone with you to make you safe and to enjoy the hunt with thank you as always for inviting us along
Of course! It’s such a great hobby-and I love making others excited for it!
Jaspers are my favorite type of rocks. I even named my bearded dragon jasper lol.
That is amazing lol
I can't get enough of this channel! I do quartz hounding in Connecticut and want to travel to Lake Superior so bad!
Oh it’s such a beautiful place-I highly recommend it!!
@@davidmsirois Lake Superior along the shore in Northern MN is so beautiful. I love picking rocks up there. I hope you get here someday.
@@RobertRedman007 thanks Robert!
Does anyone know good Book about rocks in bavaria? I googled for them but i didnt fund anything useful :,)
We call Chalcedony rocks “Kidney stones.” My mom from Louisiana started it when I was a rock collector at a young age and now my kids say it 😂
Brown one you had was I believe a fossil the one you called Dino skin.
9:08 that would be funny if that was dinosaur skin... And you just found one of the rarest fossils in the world and you just threw it on the ground... If that isn't a natural occuring rock formation in nature... Then there is not too many things it could be. That looked like scale impressions. Dinosaur skin fossils are like one of the rarest fossils that you can find... Other than finding like fossilized feather impressions from a dinosaur. Skin and feathers obviously don't fossilize well and they are incredibly rare to find.
Ohhh glad I took that one home! lol
Honestly i think it is raw Amber. We have often searched for amber here in Germany. It often looks like this. If the stone is quite light, it also matches and it would fit perfectly with the fossilised wood. If you grind and polish it, you see the real beauty.
Considering you are my neighbor to the north I'd say if you want fossils you should come see me... Nearby is a fossil park where you can come and collect tons of cool fossils.
Oh that is awesome! I have a bucket list of places I want to explore!
this is not an attack. The baby talk to the viewers is not easy to listen to. but you clearly know what you're talking about.
Really enjoy your videos. You have inspired me to start a rock and crystal collection for one of my rock loving grand daughters. I also live in MN. Love Lake Superior.
Is the theme song new!? It's awesome! What a helpful video to get me ready for some upcoming rockhounding opportunities of my own. Thanks Ariel!
Yes it is! Thank you so much!
Love your videos! I have been collecting rock for at least 50 years😊 My grandpa use to take me when I was really young. 50 years later and I am still walking with my head looking down for cool rocks!!
I love that! Rocks are so awesome!
I found a Amethyst at Lampivaara Finland it was fascinating 😮
I forgot to mention how much I love the new theme song 😁.
Yay! I’m so glad you like it!
How do you avoid disturbing spirits though?
Randomly watched one of your videos about freaking rocks. After a few more I find myself looking at the rocks in my driveway a totally way. I must say your personality is off the charts. Don't stop what you're doing and reach for the stars (or the rocks!)
Haha love it! Another rockhound in the making! 🙌
What a cool rock adventure and love the rock identification class. Thanks to you and rachel for the fun.
I’m so glad you liked it!
I’m so happy I found your channel! I live in Alaska and go rock hounding all the time- but I’m such a beginner and learned so much from this video!!
Would like to see what you do with them once cleaned up.
I do need to make another “what do I do with all my rocks” video!
Great video!!! I've enjoyed what I've obtained just skimming through it. I'll actually sit down and pay attention to it later today, once the morning rush is done. Very few vids like this, at least that I've seen, and for newby rock folks like myself it's very helpful information.
Yay! I’m so glad you like it! I hope it helps!
I don’t know how you ended up in my algorithm but I’m so glad you did! I’ve always liked rocks and my son has inherited that from me, so now I want to take him rockhounding and learn more about the rocks in our area! (We’re in NH so I’m hoping to find more than granite 😂)
4:49 isn't that the fossilized impression of some organism (like some type of coral or sea cucumber or something)? That "roundish" group of lines that don't run quite parallel to each other... It might be a natural occuring rock formation in nature... But it looks too "organic" to be a natural formation on the rock... It looks like the partial imprint of some type of organism.
Oh wow! You might be right!!
I have all of them in arrowheads 😅😅
Love your excitement!! I'm the same way when I find cool rocks. 😂
Haha it’s the best!
Thanks Ariel! Loved it! Myvdaughter and i went to a new spot in my area yesterday and found gorgious red jaspers, calcedony and various shades quartz crystals
Oh I love it! All kinds of goodies!
I can't believe how diverse this location is!
Started watching your videos a few weeks ago - fascinating! I have a grandson who is 12 years old he loves rocks. We have an above ground swimming pool with gravel around the deck area when Declan comes over you will find him under the deck looking at rocks. My shop area has become a staging area for his finds; he tells me I must keep all of them. I cut images in coins as a hobby and use a 3# tumbler with stainless steel media and #910 burnishing compound to remove the burrs and soften the edges. I purchased another tumbler (3#) just for his use with a few various grits to encourage him in his love for rocks, but, I would like to purchase some books to help him in collecting. We live in Northern Illinois about 90 miles due north of Chicago what do you suggest? I want to help develop his passion (keeps him from video games) and reduce the stone pit in my shop. Thanks in advance for your help.
I would see if you can find anything from Dan and Bob Lynch! They have great books on all kinds of rocks and minerals
We have printed those books at work. Both are good reads!
They really are! I have learned so much from them!
How about arrowheads 😂😂
where did you get that bag!!
@agate Ariel
Do you know anyone in Kansas that can help me get started? I’ve been looking but haven’t found anyone
I don’t-sorry I couldn’t be more help!
what about sapphires?
Find some effigies 😮😮
You can tell someone is passionate about something when they can better relay information about something than the "pros"
Yay! Another video. Have to watch it later but certainly the anticipation is going to kill me. ❤
Yay! Can’t wait to see what you think! 😊
@@AgateArielawesome sauce on that one❣️ You might be breaking the law having that much fun!
6:25 “Yes, I just woke up! I'm I am the Great Stone Dragon. Good morning! I will go forth and fetch Mulan! Did I mention that I was the Great Stone Dragon?!”
Hahaha it really looked like that didn’t it?! 😆
I like mostly greens but vibrant colors always catch my interest.
I have been getting really into greens lately! There so many varieties of them in Minnesota!
@@AgateAriel in Maine we have a lot of green jasper. Some green Jasper is bright vibrant green.
Eeekkkkk!!!!!! So pretty!!!
Agreed! 😊
I'll be camping on the Potomac River at my family's property over the Fourth so this video came just in time! We have a huge area at this bend in the river we call the Rock Beach that I am hoping to find something cool at. It's not the same area as you but I've definitely seen quartz and granite there. There is also a little shop in town that displays fossils the owner has found. Thanks again for the video!
Oh that’s amazing! I hope you have so much fun! 😊
You know you have made it on RUclips when you have your own theme music. I might head north and go do some fossicking of my own
Haha thank you!! Yes you should!
Can you please another video, like your 101 in finding rocks. It’s so interesting when you explain what they are. Thanks Jane-AU
You guys are dorks! In a good way! Living life and having fun. Great videos. Liked and subscribed. Thank you. 😊😊
We have our very first batch of rocks in the tumbler right now (which we borrowed from someone on BuyNothing, woohoo!). While on vacation up by Two Harbors my three kids and I started picking up a few rocks along a Lake Superior beach and we had NO IDEA what we were looking for exactly but we are super excited to take a “first peek” as week 1 of tumbling comes to a close. Thank you for your informative videos and your excitement is THROUGH THE ROOF, lol! Your voice reminds me of the “unboxing” videos that my 8 year old sometime watches, but natural rocks are way better than plastic crap! 😆
I really like your energy! Almost as excited about rocks as I'm xD
Thank you so much! Rocks rock! 😊
I'm new to tumbling, but I found 2 rocks that I think are smooth brown Jaspers. I'm on stage 1 for tumbling and will be done in a few days. I checked the rocks and the Jasper rocks just look plain brown and they're not transparent at all. Will they change during the polishing stages, or did I just tumble plain old brown rocks?! Thanks.
I have two pieces of milky quartz that weigh about 40 pounds each. Approx. 12 inches in diameter. How does one go about polishing something like that?
Totally subscribed! I love how you name the rocks and tell us what they actually are!!!!!! best channel ever!!
Thanks to a beautiful agate I received, and a video of yours I found, I am now in my first tumble of rocks I bought from the dollar tree! I have another round from rock hounding waiting to go next! Thanks for sharing your passion
I'm a new rockhounder! My stepmom has crystal freak friends, and were going to one of there houses bc they have a river! I'm hoping to find some crystals and/or rock
Edit:. I just can never find any open areas of rocks around my state, but rivers and creek banks work amazing!
I live in southeastern NC, about 30 minutes from the coast. Not much rock hunting joy around here (seashells, yes...rocks not so much). However I do occasionally see interesting rocks at the beach. Any tips on what to look for? I'm new to this and I'm fascinated.
If you like jasper's, ya gotta visit washington. 2nd season hounding, Im hooked. I love my home state. Love the channel. Keep it up.
You should totally upload an asmr of rock hounding videos!! Rock sounds at the beach 🙌🏻
Oh great idea!!!
I love this video 😍 rocks
I've been struggling to start our rockhounding journeys. Are the gravel pits that you go to, active? We have lots around here, but I can't imagine they let people in to rockhound their pits? Do you happen to know if WMAs are covered under the DNR's statement: "Rock collecting is not allowed in the state parks and state scientific and natural areas." A WMA is not an SNA, but unsure if it is considered a state park. We have so many WMAs around here...
Great video, awesome info
Thank you for sharing 🎉
I've been collecting all my life and didn't really know what they were, I just love rocks. Of course, I did go to a mountain once where there were crystals and have buckets of them and get agates from the beach. I see now that I have jasper in my collection and hundreds of others, I'm going to have to learn what they are. I have collected rocks in every state I've lived in, lol except Minnesota. I was there for 4 years. I have rocks from Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Washington and now Oregon. I'm going to go Obsidian and sunstone hunting in the spring.
Where I live is predominantly glacial moraine so it's incredibly difficult for me to ID the rocks and minerals I find, as a newbie rockhound 😅 Videos like this with a ton of examples of angles, colors, shapes and sizes are super helpful!
I can't believe you found all those in one place. I'm so jealous. Was that private property? How were you lucky to find it! I'm in Indiana. WeI have geodes and some fossils but i haven't found a place like yours. I take my 8 yr old daughter rock hunting. She loves it. Her brother, who's 31, is a rockhound too. It was easier to go hunting when i was younger because a lot of the places in southern Indiana are hills and valleys! I think i need to venture up north to flatter areas. 😂
I absolutely love rocks and I'm the only one in my family. I usually look for them in ancient river beds in the Ardèche region of france and the Ardeche river. I find tons of fossils and geodes. But I can't find a good book to guide me, all the ones I found have the rocks once tumbled and I can't find pictures of them in their rough state so I'm never sure. I don't have a tumbler, I try to smooth them with a rotary tool (quite inefficient! haha). Anyway, love your channel!
I love collecting rocks and fossil because its interesting to study how they form.. im benard a pinoy😄
Ever heard of Dallasite? If you check it out and you'd like some, I'd love to trade for some agates 🤷♂️
Nice job. PlS try to collect from Ethiopia. I can supply you
I have a polychrome Jasper from Madagascar with my dog Louie on it! ❤🎉
Can you put obsidian in the tumbler? It’s very glassy & I imagine it would break up?
great informative video, but way to many youtube ads interruptions..
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I like to check different rocks with a magnet sometimes, and I've noticed the iron ore type stones are never magnetic, while rocks that have no (apparent) iron ore are. I'm in Southwest Minnesota, and we have pretty much everything you are showing.
Thanks for educating me on our local rocks.
was listening along while cleaning because well, the algorithm said so. Very cool, very informative and your outro song is super cute! definitely subscribed!
This is very good to watch your video .I really like it!
Thank you so much!
Loved this! I'm surfing videos to try to identify rocks I found tonight. I enjoyed your video so much.
I love your new song. Cool.
Haha thanks! I have may or may not have been jamming out to it all week 😅
Thought I posted already but I think the one you called Dino skin may be an actual fossil.
Miss Agate Ariel! I love this 101! It’s super helpful! Also didn’t realise I haven’t subbed yet so mega apology but just wanted to jump on and say hella yes rockhounds represent! Love your content
5:32 !!!!!! That sense of true joy! hella yes!
Thanks Rookie! Rockhounding is such a fun hobby and I love getting others excited about it! Love your content too! 😊
@@AgateAriel🙏😊
Chert also good for flintnapping! I have chert around here and I'd like to make some arrowheads or stuff if I can find some good pieces some day.
Love your catchy tune 🎉
Thank you!!
i grew up on the shores of lake erie.... but now i live in dallas. and there's hardly anything here OTL
You are th schist!
So fun to watch you guys hunt, good luck!
I grab all the ones that look fleshy. I like the pebbles that look like TEETH
Id love to see a video of how banded agate is formed and a lot of the other types you find
I’ll add it to my list!! Thank you!
I learned a lot in a fun, fast paced way. Also tips to remember different types of rocks helps
Thank you another wonderful video, love the mix of informative and entertaining content! :)
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I love how you quizzed us throughout the video! I’m new to rockhounding and this was so helpful! ❤
Love ur channel!!
Thank you so much!!
I have no idea what we are looking at, but how do you keep your nails so clean and pretty while digging around??
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching!
Love the song! You must play it every time! :)
Haha done! 🙌
how do you decide what to tumble and what to slice up?
I mean, you have some good candidates there for slicing up to see whats inside and then polish
Wow! I stumbled upon your channel today! A whole new world opened up to me!!
Today I learned I pronounce all these rock names wrong.
Fr I've been pronouncing basalt as "bay-salt" 😧
Me too 😂