Lots of Agates found at Vermillion Point
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- Sam and I spend a beautiful day on the beach looking for elusive Lake Superior agates. We found quite a few and some other nice rocks too.
Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video.
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The rock at 57 seconds had a definite heart on it. I don’t think that you noticed it. It looked like it would have been polished off. That was good rock beach.
I think it's Tiger Iron, but it might just be some kind of Quartz or Quartzite.
I did miss it, but I just looked and saw it clear as day.
Christie, I also saw that heart immediately!!!! I just crinched when I heard it drop back into the water!!!! 😀
eagle eye! it does 💜
In my opinion, I think that's banded Chert aka Jasper.
Thank Sam and Rob another great adventure!
Loved the “Rock Scape” at the beginning and ending of the video. Looks like a fun day.
That was Sam's idea for a shot. I think he might have done one of those, actually.
Finally SO GLAD to watch.....my FAV MICHIGANROCKS! 👍
Gorgeous scenery with the drone! The agates were really great too! Those guys were cool! I really like when you and Sam go rockhounding!
It was fun meeting those guys. I'm jealous of their jobs!
Last week I was up in the UP and went to 3 different beaches, mclains state park, misery bay and agate beach. So I have found my first 3 agates by accident at each one. The one I found at mclains is a pinkish one with a little bit of banding in it. I might have found other ones but I'll need to find out first
I was up in that area last week too. I found a couple agates I was really happy with too.
@@MichiganRocks oh cool, I always kept an eye out to see if you were at any of the beaches at the same time I was
@@AgentG54 I'm sneaky, but sometimes I get caught.
Fun! I loved seeing the piping plover monitors. We have areas on the beach where I live that is protected for the piping plovers, too.
Poor little birds are struggling a bit. I hope they're able to come back. When I was a kid, seeing a bald eagle was a real treat. Now I see them about half the times I go to the beach. It's still a treat, but not nearly as uncommon.
Sams first agate of the day was really pretty. And your agate find was awesome. I loved the cute little hatchet driftwood piece! And sam's tube agate. And you magate and then sam has to show you up with his agate and then the nodule! Sam is just cleaning up on the agates today! That was a wild find by your bird friends you met! Crazy!
Sam usually out hunts me. I've learned to live with it.
Oh wow, I want to be a plover monitor! Not only did you find interesting rocks but you found some interesting people too! From the looks of your drone footage you had a lot of gravels to explore. Thanks for taking us along!
I meet lots of nice people on beaches. Seems like everyone is in a good mood there and most are eager to show me what they found.
I recently found your video's. They are very informative and interesting. I am looking forward to making a rock hunting vacation next year in the Upper Peninsula. Thank you again for your hard work.
I think you'll love it up there.
What a great day for finding lots of agates! Nice to see new rockhound friends, too.
added bonus to all those cool rocks & positive vibes of these 2 guys is at 9:26 with those mesmerizing waves 🌊
Those guys were really nice. I wish I had more time to hang out with them that day.
Nice weather now ❣️
Hi Rob & Sam. You both found some cool agates. To tumble or not to tumble, That is the question!
No tumbling my own agate finds for me. They're just too small and hard to find.
Neat!!!! Those two guys do have quite the job!!!! Beautiful Area! Enjoyed watching you guys by the lakeshore! You did find some agates!!!! I hope you and Nancy are having a Nice Weekend!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
I am a little jealous of the job those guys have. Seems like a dream job to me.
@@MichiganRocks Yea, wouldn’t that be neat for a job now at our ages, bring in money and realize you are retired!!! 🤣
Yesss ! My fav place to agate hunt ! Got a beautiful tear drop green and white line agate !
Awesome!
The Black and white agate was amazing!
I have to say Rob I do love your hounding videos. Thank you for taking the time to make these QUALITY videos! Happy hounding!
Thanks, Mike!
I live on the Oregon coast and we are having king tides now, so looking forward to getting out there soon. Staying safe of course. Agates to find! Love your videos of all your wonderful and interesting finds.
Good luck!
I’ve got this beach on my list. Went to Tahquamenon Falls a while back, so close, but the family we travelled with worried about their small children so wouldn’t go just minutes north “just to look for rocks.” So, next time up we will just go as a family, sure to have something to write about! Sure enjoyed the video, appreciate your work.
I drive right by Tahquamenon Falls all the time when I'm in this area, thinking, "There's just a waterfall there, no rocks".
@@MichiganRocks, there’s allot of water falling all through the park. They DO have rocks in the souvenir shop.
@@berjo77 That's cheating, John!
@@MichiganRocks haha, I let the kids (5 & 10) get a geode or a little polished slab, but no, other than those souvenirs we don’t go in for collecting by purchase. No fun.
Speaking of fun, I have a new tank and my old regulator in for checkups, might be looking for rocks completely under water soon.
@@berjo77 That would be a lot of fun!
I saw that heart too! 😍
Rob! I'm finally back home in Michigan 😭 drove all the way across the country from Oregon, stoppin in every state along the boarder of Canada, found a ton ah cool rocks-was thinkin about ya durin my adventure cause of the rock houndin and the fact that your videos are a major part of why I knew I had to move home. Thank you for helpin inspire me, Im happier now than I've ever been, and I've only been back for a week so far! (OMG, yesterday we had a thunderstorm and it poured down rain and I got to dance in it with a new friend, it was magic. My first Michigan rain in 9 years, couldn't have been more perfect 🌟 also the rocks ya found in this were amazing! Especially the red ones- and I loved that you stopped to chat w those two dudes at the end. I watched this vid with my cousin and his girl, we had a great time and have added Vermillion Point to our list of things to do)
I'm glad you're having a good trip, Sophia! Vermillion Point is a great spot. If you stop, tell the two plover monitors that I said hi.
Thank you, I am from Iran. I learned a lot from your videos. Sincerely, Alireza
You're welcome, AliReza. I'm sure your rocks and the environment you hunt them in is very different where you live.
Way cool beach! What beautiful agates! That big one Sam found....holy wha....WOW...those guys live and monitor birds right there....what a job! My baby bro has a B&B on the south shore of the U.P. on Lake Michigan, and there's a piping plover spot going into Nahma too. "Just watch out for the Pine Snakes"....(no thanks.)
They are cute little birds. They remind me of killdeers, but smaller.
I enjoy so much watching ur videos.makes me wish to live somewhere where i could find such beautiful rocks(im from Finland)
No rocks, in Finland, huh? I really don't know much about rock hunting in many parts of the U.S., let alone other countries. There are a lot of people in the U.P. of Finnish descent.
Hey Michigan Rocks! I've been totally LOVING watching your vids! I just let them roll one after the other...great stuff and wonderful comments....
I have a question for you: I don't know if you've ever tumbled ruby zoisite but maybe you know what's going on. I'm having problems getting them to smooth out...I have about ten mid-size RZs that I've tumbled till the rough edges, etc are gone. Then I've let them run in 1000 grit for about a week along with some ceramic pellets. Thing is, the RZs sorta have a sandstone-like grainy feel to them. They don't smooth out--which means, of course, that they won't polish...I see on the Web tons of RZs that have been polished to a mirror finish but have no idea how they got that way! Any thoughts on this from you would be so great! (I'll understand if you've never worked with this material and are clueless..) Thanks so much!
I have seen that stuff, but I have absolutely no experience with it. My guess is that you either have lower quality material or that it was polished on a cabbing machine rather than in a tumbler. I can never get puddingstone to come out of a tumbler without having little pits in the matrix. I can polish it without the pits on a cab machine though. Same thing with Petoksey stone, it's much easier to polish on a cab machine than it is to tumble it.
@@MichiganRocks OK--that's kinda what I thought too--that the shiny ones are cabbed, not tumbled to polish state....and also I might have as you say a poor batch of RZ.....well, am gonna leave them in there another day and then try a polish but without much hope! Thanks again! (And I loved the vid of you and fam going through that cavernous wonderful place with baby on board as well! That was such a nice way to spend the afternoon: letting your vids of rock hunting and family time roll one after the other....great stuff!! And so, so appreciated!)(I hope you know how loved you are!)
Great video as always!
Nice job boys, thanks for sharing
You guys did great! Some really beautiful agates in that area. I don't see you finding that many agates.... ever! The guys at the end were funny 😄
If you spend enough time on any of the beaches in that part of the U.P. from Grand Marais to Whitefish Point, you're bound to find a few agates, although they'll most likely be quite small. It's a thrill to find them no matter what size they are.
@@MichiganRocks yeah, agate hunting is the most addictive form of rock hounding (i know this from personal experience lol). Are these lake superior agates?? They look a lot different and more translucent than l.s.a.'s
@@mitchgillilan Yep, the agates in this video are all Lake Superior agates, plucked right out of Lake Superior itself.
YAY, a stripey rock at 3:35! 😁
Happy to see you and Sam identifying those rocks on your own now...
That's one of the rocks I'm best at identifying!
These hunts just get better and better 👌
What a nice video, both from a weather and setting standpoint, and from a
“Wow, you guys had a great agate day!” Point.
Hey Rob, small favor. If you have a minute and without spilling the beans on your best places, could you give me a suggestion or three of the best beaches to visit in the Alpena to Cheboygan stretch for finding fist sized and larger “pretty” rocks? We have an out of state friend visiting soon who needs some fist sized and larger rocks for her garden.
She and I are both disabled, so someplace a bit accessible would be great.
Not asking much am I? 😁😂🤣
Finding good spots that are easily accessible is challenging sometimes. There's a nice roadside park five or ten miles south of Cheboygan that is pretty good, but there are stairs going down to the beach.
Hoeft State Park has rocks, but most are smaller. Beach access shouldn't be bad there though. If you go, access the beach through the pavilion. Then hunt to the right/south. The rocks are bigger down that way, but probably not as big as you'd like.
Forty Mile Point Lighthouse might be good. There are rocks of all sizes there. I think the beach wasn't much lower than the parking lot. There might be a very small hill, and possibly even a couple steps.
There's a beach right next to the road just north of Rogers City, but that's more sand than rocks and the rocks are small. Seagull Point Park is easy to get to, but the rocks near the parking lot are very small. Way down the beach, they get bigger, but that's quite a hike.
Thompson's Harbor requires about a mile walk to get to the good rocks.
The beach at Rockport is really hard to get down to.
There's no place in Alpena that I can think of that would be easy to access.
@@MichiganRocks thank you SO much! We’ve been to the beach Nof Rogers City given that we live W of town these days, and it’s nice and sandy, but yeah, very few rocks. Afriend told me Thompson Harbor was good, but when iooked at pics online it was not promising.
So we’ll be checking out a few places you’ve mentioned. We’ve been to the one you mentioned with the stairs on the way to Cheboygan, but when we were there, my hubby went down and thought I’d be able to do the stairs with my cane, but once down I need my walker to walk once beach and getting it back up the stairs might not work.
But again, thanks SO much for all the suggestions. Will report back in case there are other disabled locals who might want the info.
The "little hatchet" you two found could be given to your sister to work in with her see glass artwork. Thanks for sharing. Take care!
That's Sam's, so I don't want to suggest that he give it away. Sally probably would be able to use it though.
@@MichiganRocks Sorry. I didn't realize that Sam kept it. I thought he put it back on the beach.
@@ChrisR_4812 I'm pretty sure he brought that home.
You're on a roll with all these agates you are finding.
I am!
Yay!! Let's goooooooo! Roll that beautiful rock footage!!✋🤘
What a pretty place to look for agates! I would like a job like those guys had.
One day your going to post a video, I am going to stop whatever I am doing, load the car and drive. I watched at lunch today and debated taking a half day.... 5h drive... "don't wait up hun".... lol
Awesome hunt. Thanks for sharing! Cheers from the 920.
You'd be much better off planning just a little bit and taking more than a day. I just got back from the Keweenaw Peninsula, so you'll be seeing videos from a little closer to where you are, I think.
🙋♀️🐣🐤🦅 Plover watchers! You do run into very nice, interesting people! With all your good finds this summer, I'm looking forward to seeing what is tumbling! Hi to Sam!
I haven't even started any of my rocks tumbling yet. I try to do before and after pictures, but I have a hard time spending hours in the basement taking pictures when the weather is so nice.
@@MichiganRocks🙋♀️🌞🏝 Can't argue with that!
Hunting for agate on the beach, you find many beautiful and nice stones there. Greetings of friendship 🇮🇩🇺🇲
Thanks, Jhon!
VERMILLION had lots of BLACK SAND from the drone.......GORGEOUS day to be ROCK HUNTING. Meet up educational.
GOLD in them dar hills?? 🤣😅😁🤑🤑🤑
❤💙💜💖 🏆 📹 🥰💫💫💫💫
No shells 🐚,but give me a beautiful agate anytime!
I remember camping at the NPS Sleeping Bear Campground about 25+ years ago and part of the beach was closed off because of the
Piping Plover. After all of these years the number of breeders are at 125? Mother Nature works in mysterious and slow ways.
Hopefully they'll come back more at some point. Tough little guys hanging in there at low numbers for so long.
Greetings M.Rocks, we've been watching for a while and I thought I'd drop you a note to say thanks for your videos.
We live in London in the UK and care for a chronically ill child so trip to somewhere like your beaches is currently only a dream...but your videos really cheer us up and to see and hear the waves as we explore with you really makes us feel like we're there with you.
May God bless you and yours and may you be blessed enough to continue for many years to come. 🙏✝️💖
I just said a prayer for your child. I don't know how much easier it would be for you to make a trip closer to home. A guy from Scotland once sent me some small but beautiful agates that he found on the beach in his area. Here's a video of them after I tumbled them: czcams.com/video/bPnAwM_iA2A/video.html
Thank you for the prayers and the link... Keep up the great vids 🙏✝️💖
Beautiful stuff. Haven't watched in a while and wow your channel has grown. Congratulations. We'll have to stop by more often.
Thanks for checking it out again. It has really grown a lot. I had a video that did really well at the beginning of the year that added a lot of subscribers.
I was at Vermillion three days after you and Sam were there. I found 11 agates. I usually walk the shore line to the right, down to the River mouth, but I went to the left. I was about 3/4 of a mile towards Crisp Point Lighthouse. I found them in the dry rock. Great finds at Vermillion. Check out Mark Bowen’s videos. He has some great finds. We live locally and are fortunate to live so close to Whitefish Point, The North Beach, Vermillion, Crisp Point, The Two Hearted River, Muskallonge State Park, and The Blind Sucker River. Great video!
I hunt all those places. I have hunted both to the left and to the right, and walked almost all the way to Crisp Point once. There were a bunch of logs blocking the beach and I was too lazy to climb over them. Sam has only hunted toward the river mouth and we have always done pretty well so he always wants to go that way.
@@MichiganRocks Hi Rob. My girlfriend likes going towards Crisp Point. She’s found some nice ones in that direction. I never have luck going to the left. I prefer heading down to the River Mouth too. Seemingly, there’s more rock in that direction. We had high winds last Tuesday. I was up at Muskallonge at daylight and within an hour, the waves were crashing and covered all the rocks with sand. I hit four different beaches and they were the same.
@@flyersfan4558 It's amazing how fast a beach can change, isn't it?
@@MichiganRocks The beach can change within a couple of hours right before our very eyes. Here’s a quick story for you: Five years ago, my girlfriend and I were at Vermillion, about a mile down the beach, to the left, and I had waders on. I was in knee-high deep water. I spied a circular hub sticking out the sand. I cleaned the sand away from the hub as best I could, and I felt wooden spokes. It was a huge wagon wheel. It had to be at least ten feet tall. I tried to lift it out of the sand, but it was suctioned in, and it was just too big. I’m assuming it was from the lumber boom days of the U.P.. It was a heck of find. I told Sue, she works at the gas station in Paradise what I had found. She told two of her friends, and they went and dug it out and rolled all the way to the parking area. They used a flat bed to truck it out. If you’ve been to the Devil’s Log Slide and Dune viewing area in Grand Marais, you’ve no doubt seen the enormity of those logging wagons.
Not sure if this was the day we met you at Vermilion Point but it sure was a pleasure.
This was June 23 of this year. Were you the one that Sam and I talked to in the parking lot before we hit the beach?
@@MichiganRocks yes! That was us. 😊
@@chrisyonker1030 It's always fun talking with other rock hunters. I love seeing what other people are finding.
That's a beautiful spot up there. Good Luck to the Plover People. I've enjoyed watching birds since I was a young dude.
They've been keeping an eye on those ever since I started going there.
Great finds guys love the videos ! Most of all being in Michigan love the U.P. 💯 Good luck on your next hunt cant wait to be back up in October ✌
Thanks, Mike.
Great rock hunt!
Nice agates!! You got me all geeked up. I will be staying on lake superior just north of gratiot river next week for 4 days. I hope I have your luck.
There are some great rocks in that area. I was just there last week.
Rob, thank you for answering my question so quickly on how the road was to Vermillion Point. This is very useful information for my future travels to the UP to rock hunt.
Glad to help, Laura.
Wish I had a tumbler !
Great video
Thanks!
Rob, did you ever get a chance to slab or tumble any of the flint you got last year from the road trip to Ohio? I may have missed the video if you already showed the results.
Here are my first tumbling results: czcams.com/video/zkSiy83TfU8/video.html
At the end of the video where we collected it, Jonathan and I showed some slabs. czcams.com/video/tmv9EJg9ziE/video.html
I also made a cab near the end of my review of the Kingsley North Cabber: czcams.com/video/n30aBTu9OkY/video.html
@@MichiganRocks Thanks! I know it was a lot of hard work collecting and tumbling them, but you ended up with beautiful results.
loved the bigger round rocks with unique markings. i would have a rock pile in front of my house filled with those.
I have rocks in my landscape, but mostly boulders and rocks that I have used for a path around one side of my house.
@@MichiganRocks cool! from the shoreline?
@@teeteepalooza No, from farm fields.
Old videos:
Landscape: czcams.com/video/_uQDSeeJVkQ/video.html
Fire Pit: czcams.com/video/sM7kuPljLdE/video.html
I would love to have those two guys job. I'm a bird watcher too. Cool they are keeping an eye on the Plovers. Nice agate beach. I don't know what the rock at 7:00 was but it reminds me of moss agate. I can't wait until September! Already getting my stuff ready for the Great Lakes trip.
Last time I found one of those, several people told me that those black specks were tourmaline. I'm not sure that's true, but that's the best guess I have for you.
Good day I see thanks for sharing
Cool finds!
My husband and I are heading up to the UP for our anniversary in the fall. Are the pathways from the parking areas, to the water pretty natural, or are they paved? I use a wheelchair for long distances so I've been wondering if I could make it to the water to do my own exploring
It's not paved and is pretty sandy in places. Also, the path goes around a gate that wouldn't be wide enough for a wheelchair. Most places in this area have stairs or natural paths between the parking areas and the beach. I can't really think of anyplace that you'd be able to get to the beach for sure, unfortunately.
Love the video as always. Sam has come a long way in being on camera and describing agates and other rocks. Guess you are still glad that when school starts, you don't have to start with it!
I am glad I don't have to go back to school. September is a great month to be outside. I never appreciated September much before I retired.
Fun finds! Well done
I want one of those green rocks!
🤪 about this video beach, 📹🤣 sounds, interaction with various AGATES all the rocks picked up.
❤💙💜💖💗 watching again & again.
DREAMIN of picking up little rocks SOoo
CALMING RELAXING adventure.
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Very beautiful stones, like in rivers in East Germany
I have seen pictures of some beautiful German agates.
You picked the rocks up I lost out there last October. 🤣🤣
Finders keepers, so you can't have them back.
Yayaaahhhh!!
Wow! As always, awesome hounding finds and amazing scenery!!!
So, this just hit me... Michigan Rocks! The state, "Michigan" rocks! I never put the two and two together. I think it would be really cool if you went rock hounding around Michigan but at the same time showing off, i.e., Michigan's historical sites. This may not work, I'm just throwing it out there. I would like to see more about your state and plus you can find rocks just about anywhere. I've tumbled rocks that I found outside Red Lobster, their restaurant. Shhhhh! Don't tell them I took some of their rocks! 🤪
I have gone to a few historical sites. I'm not really into history though, so I'd be afraid that I'd do a horrible job of saying too much about the sites I was visiting. Thanks for the idea though, maybe I'll start to include more spots like that.
so awesome Dave wish I was there~'
Walked from White Fish Point to Vermilion and found that one 😁.
I almost walked all the way from Vermillion to Crisp Point, but stopped a bit short.
Haha. I hope you kept the mini battle axe. I dont have much luck finding agates myself for some reason but my wife has an eye for them. A week ago I was up in the keweenaw and found some nice prehnite on the beach tho.
I was up in the Keweenaw last week and I also came back with some prehnite. It's fun to get to other areas and find new things.
@@MichiganRocks Yes it sure is!
Śliczne Agaty, urocza okolica i ten uspokajający szum morza
You should try a large plexiglass box to look through the water to see the bottom clearly…
I have a bucket that I put a plexiglass bottom in, but I almost never use it. I can't imagine spending the day bent over holding a bucket. I also can't imagine seeing such a narrow view of the lake bottom. If it's too rough, the bucket gets banged around. If it's calm or the waves are small, it's not necessary. The only time it would be really useful is in ripply water or in a river where you can never see clearly in some spots.
OMGOODNESS you should sell guided tours. Those are so pretty
You don't really need a guided tour. Just go to one of those beaches and take a walk.
Looks like there is a lot of quartzite there, hope you had a enjoyable trip. The porphyritic rock does not tumble well I agree, but can look decent if polished by hand with a water polisher 200 and 400 grit diamond then stuck in the vibratory for final two stages. Happy hounding!
That's funny that you have good luck doing just the last couple of stages in a tumbler. Usually the last couple stages are when the rocks go bad in a vibratory tumbler. Rocks like granite look great until 500 or polish and then that's when the undercutting really gets bad.
I think in general polishing on a cab machine is more forgiving than a tumbler though.
The only way I have luck is 40% rocks 60% ceramic.
Granite and Feldspar togeather are the pits. Literally, lol!
@@MichiganRocks I do kot have a cabbing machine yet, still a little to much for my budget.
@@kellyhollingsworth6100 Are you doing those first couple of stages on a flat lap then?
Hi Rob, been watching your videos on my fire stick on you tube.. love them. I started going over to lake Michigan, and up to lake Superior now for 3 years! Now I want to cut some slabs with a friend's big rock saw. The saw in the cabinet with oil! Real big. I noticed to get more slabs you glued a piece of wood to the rocks... What kind of glue did you use? And how did you detach the wood after!
Thanks Liz!!
Most of the time, I have used wood glue. I have used Titebond II and Elmer's Wood Glue. To remove them, I soak them in water for a week or two. For that reason, it's important to not use waterproof glue.
Recently, I switched to using water glass (sodium silicate). It holds as well as glue, but I only have to soak the rocks for a day or two for them to release. I couldn't find any locally, so I ordered a gallon from Amazon.
Thanks Rob
By the way, really loved the time you spent with Wild Kyle. He is a great kid! Reminds me very much of my grandson!!
Take car of you and yours and I'll keep watching!!
@@lizdowns1656 I like hanging out with Kyle. He's so excited about everything.
Rob, your eyes see beautiful rocks or will become beauties. Though you and I go to some of the same beaches, my eyes don't see them among so many. Do you or anyone else have any suggestions?
I guess I just look for rocks that stand out as being different. I also walk a long way and spend a lot of time. I don't remember exactly how long Sam and I were on this particular beach, but somewhere between three and five hours is normal. We also usually walk a couple miles one way. If you cover that much area, you'll find some interesting stuff.
@@MichiganRocksThanks, Rob. I think expanding my search will help as typically my range is about 3/4 mile. Tomorrow I'll do a greater distance at Fort Gratiot. Did you know there is parking and beach access on the east side of the main road?
@@beverlyobrien7954 At Fort Gratiot? Have only been there twice and went in at the main park. I walked to the left/north at Fort Gratiot when I was there and the rocks eventually fizzle out and there's mostly sand. I haven't hunted in the other direction.
So Omars and agates seem to be mainly found only in Lake Superior, mostly? Such colored variety Superior offers other than the rest of the Great Lakes.
Yes, I think that's true. I think I've found a couple Omars in Lake Huron, but not all rocks with holes are Omars, so I'm not 100% sure. People do find a few Lake Superior agates in Lake Michigan, but they're not common at all there. Even on Lake Superior, it takes a lot of hunting to find even small agates. The hunts you see in my videos usually range from about 3-6 hours. It seems a lot better when you distill that down to just 10-20 minutes.
@@MichiganRocks oh wow. I didn't know it took that long. Kinda like a whole day affair then. Plus driving time.
There's another rockhounder/youtuber who recently did a video close to Whitefish Point and the park rangers had come and told them that parts of that beach were closed off due to protecting the habitat of the piping clover. Looks like they take it very seriously there in the UP.
When Sam and I first got on the beach, one of the plover monitors was just coming back from checking on the birds. I know that down the way we walked, the beach is usually roped off in areas. We asked if it was ok if we hunted rocks there and they told us that it was alright up to a certain spot. Afterwords, they said we could have gone farther since we were staying in the water or right at the edge. I'm always careful to not get too close when I'm there.
@@MichiganRocks that's awesome. I'm glad they are taking such good care to save them from extinction. Hope other rockhounders are as cautious as you are.
AaaaHa the yellow rocks!
Never been there, maybe this spring.
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Where is the entrance to Vermillion point. I can't seem to find it on the map
About half way between Paradise and Whitefish Point, take W. Vermillion Road off of N. Whitefish Point Road and just follow it to the end. Actually, I just looked at a map and somewhere along the line, it chances to N. Vermillion Road. Here's the parking lot: czcams.com/video/5eYITol4b2E/video.html
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How do you find agates? What specifically are you looking for? Also how do you find a cold water agate.
That's a good question. I'm not great at finding them, but I'll do my best to explain.
Look for waxy looking rocks. Chert is waxy looking so you can practice looking for that.
Look for conchoidal fracturing. That's how thick glass breaks. Conchoidal fractures look sort of like a seashell, kind of roundish.
Look for bright colors, although they're not all bright.
Look for white next to another color, often red or orange. Many Lake Superior agates have a white, quartz center.
When the sun is lower in the sky, sometimes agates will glow as the sun shines through them. This works best when you walk into the sun. It's a great way to find tiny, orange carnelians.
As for cold water agates, they're just white or light gray and translucent. They often occur along with a fossil. They're found more in Lake Huron or Lake Michigan.
@@MichiganRocks thanks I’ll be making my way up to the UP this fall and hope to find something good!
Rob, I don't get as much time as I would like to watch all of your videosso pardon me for asking
"Who is Sam?" He seems like a great rockhunting pal.
Don't feel bad about that. I would like to watch a lot more videos myself, but my time is used making videos these days. Sam lives across the road from me. We started going on an annual June trip together three years ago. He comes over every weekend to tumble some rocks using my tumblers. He has recently started using my cabbing machine too and has done a great job at both.
Rob, how many miles of unpaved road is there to get to Vermillion Point? Is this one of the destinations I would need a four wheel drive to get to?
I'm not sure how many miles, maybe three to five. I have never used four wheel drive in my Jeep, but the road does get a little sandy closer to the point. There are a few spots where there is deeper, soft sand for maybe thirty feet and then it gets solid again. If you just don't slow down in those areas, you should be fine. I wouldn't take a car that is super low to the ground, but if you have a decent amount of clearance, most cars would do fine.
4:25 you picked up that beautiful piece of petrified wood and casually dropped it back in the water 😩 I respect this was an agate hunt, but still!
I never hunt for just one kind of rock, although on this beach agates are my favorite thing to find. That one at 4:25 was not petrified wood. I have gotten to the point where I don't bring many rocks home with me. There are only so many rocks that I can tumble, so I only take home my very favorites. If I can't do something with it, I leave it for someone else to find who might want it more than I do.
Hey Rob, great video as always! I'm a relatively new rockhound from southern MI and am in the process of planning a trip to the UP to find some rocks. I've never been to the UP before and would love some suggestions/recommendations for places to target. I've been thinking that starting around Munising and Grand Marais might be logical. 12 Mile beach, Blind Sucker River mouth and down to Whitefish Point.
Anywhere between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point is great. Blind Sucker River, Muskellonge Lake State Park, Mouth of the Two Hearted, Crisp Point, and Vermillion Point are some of my favorites.
Do you have any tips on rotary tumbling rainbow fluorite? I know it's a very soft stone and hard to tumble from what I've seen.
I have tumbled fluorite, but I can't remember what method I used. I usually finish my rocks on a vibratory tumbler, so that might be what I did. I wish I had taken notes. Here's the finished batch: czcams.com/video/LvMhz0rX-VQ/video.html
@@MichiganRocks thanks for the advice! Love the videos! Do you have a email address I can email u a pic of a rock I found in the desert of Colorado last year. I have no idea what it is but is very unique!
@@meyerj84 Can you send it to my Instagram account? It's in the description of all my videos.
At 4:30 you show an unusual rock….can you tell us what it is?
The black and brown/orange one? I'd guess some sort of mudstone, but I really don't know for sure what that was.
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Is this a public beach?
Yes. It's owned by a nature conservancy, but they don't mind if you pick up rocks there.
I did a snag pic from your video and scanned it on my rock app. Says it Mookaite
But since Mookite comes from Australia, it can't be that.
Sorry about that..I guess the app is flawed or maybe my pic wasn’t clear enough. Either way I love your videos and am learning a lot! Here’s the app link if you want to check it out. Thanks
apps.apple.com/us/app/rock-identifier-stone-id/id1546796934
How can I buy your stones if you are selling them? Thanks.
I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
Hi I was wondering if anyone knew good spots for rock hunting im currently in South Bruce Peninsula at Oliphant on lake Huron but idk the areas very well
I haven't hunted that part of Lake Huron. I have only hunted the Michigan side, so I can't help you. Hopefully someone else can.
@@MichiganRocks ah that's OK thanks anyway
P.S.Did you ever start the labradorite?
I finished it, but I'm not happy with how it turned out. It's sort of shiny I guess, but I don't think it looks great.
@@MichiganRocks Same experience here. Mine are submerged in water that my cat will stop by and take a drink from....only way I can see the flash is when they are underwater. Guess that rules out ever making jewelry from them--maybe a mermaid would be interested!
@@trishr2946 I can see the flash in some of mine. The flash only shows if you cut the rock at the correct angle. With tumbling, the rocks are usually broken and it's random chance whether they'll show that or not.
@@MichiganRocks I just found a nice little jar and all the labs are going into it--in water, of course--so as you turn the jar the flash flashes at you....only thing I can think to do with them....need a grinder/wheel--etc....but am not gonna make that $$$ investment...
@@trishr2946 I might do a "Rocks in a Box" episode to show my labradorite one of these days. If I do, I'll probably polish one on my cab machine to compare.
Send a request to Michigan Rockhouse with the picture of your rock at the 1:00 minute mark. #pleaseidentify.
Yes, I should do that.
Hush, don’t exploit this place for god sake, go down to Whitefish if you wanna let everybody know where you’re at
Oops, sorry.