The BEST Botswana Agate Cutting Session!

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  • čas přidán 8. 10. 2023
  • I cut open a bunch of Botswana agate nodules and it ended up being the best cutting session of Botswana gemstones I have ever had! Every single one of these ended up being beautiful! Join along as we cut these open with my 10" Hi Tech Diamond saw!
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  • @AgateDad
    @AgateDad  Před 9 měsíci +19

    If you enjoyed this video, help support it by liking and sharing ❤

    • @tfanning111
      @tfanning111 Před 8 měsíci

      Such a cute lil video 😂.

    • @dawnminard218
      @dawnminard218 Před 5 měsíci

      That last one you just cut kind of looks like a hand in it like giving you a high five just thought I would mention that and that is awesome I love agates I love all the water lines I just love them❤

  • @suzannewang2561
    @suzannewang2561 Před 3 měsíci +3

    You are just delightful to watch! You love your stones, you don’t swear, you don’t include sexual innuendo and get all stupid about a rock that looks suggestive and you are a gentleman! And your enthusiasm is just so fun! I love to watch your videos!

  • @cathyheinonen1356
    @cathyheinonen1356 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I lived in Botswana for almost 9 years. I would love to see them polished. Your videos are awesome. Btw im 73 years old.

  • @denisemusicnut
    @denisemusicnut Před 9 měsíci +11

    Oh yes, definitely do a polishing video please! The one with the “stars” inside the bands is intriguing, and I’m confident it will be beautiful when polished. I can imagine it on a pendant!

  • @apiasko
    @apiasko Před 9 měsíci +7

    The best spent 15 minutes! That one looks like fireworks exploded! Loved it! Yes! I want to see these polished. So beautiful!!

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Před 9 měsíci

      I’m thankful you think so!

  • @meg2831
    @meg2831 Před 8 měsíci +6

    That one with the speckles is so unique and so pretty! I mean they were all winners and really pretty but that one was just so different.

  • @KDbbasm
    @KDbbasm Před 9 měsíci +3

    The white spots immediately struck me as stars being "spoken" into existence.
    Are you kidding?????? Oh yes, gotta see them getting polished, please.

  • @susanbrookman2133
    @susanbrookman2133 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Would love to see the one with the white speckles polished first please.❤

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Před 9 měsíci +1

      I’ll polish all of them at once :) I could do that one first in that video though

  • @bettyswinford5886
    @bettyswinford5886 Před 9 měsíci +7

    These are ALL so beautiful.That one looks like stars ,the most precious looking one.Thank you are sharing these .

  • @tinacornman9434
    @tinacornman9434 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Looking forward to seeing these agates all shiny and ready for a night on the town! Amazing banding on everyone, wow😍😍

  • @JeffWeymier
    @JeffWeymier Před 9 měsíci +5

    Beautiful agates. I love to hear the excitement when you reveal them. The swazi agates you cut for me are in the tumbler and really looking good.

  • @danaberger7809
    @danaberger7809 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Absolutely beautiful agates.. it's always a mystery to me to see what is in the middle. Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @patriciakaufmann2229
    @patriciakaufmann2229 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Thank you for your wonderful show!!! All of your rocks are gorgeous!!!

  • @JenTibbi7023
    @JenTibbi7023 Před 9 měsíci +7

    They're all so pretty 💙 Yes, do a polishing video please! 🙏🤗

  • @laurar6967
    @laurar6967 Před 8 měsíci +1

    holy crab cakes. I see rocks like that at the river all the time. I can't believe those are agates. My gosh they're stunning! ❤

  • @Seahorse1414
    @Seahorse1414 Před 8 měsíci +2

    The one at 6.50 looks like Dandelion clocks !

  • @marthadolezal3335
    @marthadolezal3335 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Botswana (pronounced boatswanna) is the country. Batswana (pronounced bahtwanna) is the people. My niece has lived there for 6 years.I am going to have to tell her she should look for agates.

  • @JnVrockhounding
    @JnVrockhounding Před 9 měsíci +3

    What a great group of Botswana agates! The second to last one was so interesting. I have cut some awesome ones too and already had more ordered. Hopefully I’m as lucky as you were with these.

  • @shellyfoster1995
    @shellyfoster1995 Před 4 měsíci

    Those Botswana agates are out of this world. Love it.

  • @robertmandigo7942
    @robertmandigo7942 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Yes I want to see them polished, they are going to be awesome. I think the last one looks like a big old seal sitting up on a beach with a light behind him. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.

  • @Seahorse1414
    @Seahorse1414 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Agates are indeed ......the best !

  • @autumn_r_t
    @autumn_r_t Před 8 měsíci +1

    The one near the end with the little firework cluster inside! Oooh so cool

  • @francoiselandriault8164
    @francoiselandriault8164 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Those agates are phenominal. I would love to see them polished.

  • @patrickpuzzo416
    @patrickpuzzo416 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Botswana agates got it going on! They are stunning! Totally cool!

  • @vickieowens1499
    @vickieowens1499 Před 8 měsíci +2

    That's what I was gonna say looks like a flame,that's my favorite,it was unusual❤️😔🙏

  • @nopelindoputraperkasa5869
    @nopelindoputraperkasa5869 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Beautiful stone...Thank you for sharing this video Very useful and useful Excellent God bless 🇮🇩💎⚒️⛏️👍👍👍

  • @nildamarquez9946
    @nildamarquez9946 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The first one you showed looks like butterflies wings. Please, do the polishing , we will enjoy your great work. Blessings 🙏❤️👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

  • @kellyhollingsworth6100
    @kellyhollingsworth6100 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Mah Na Mah Na. Phenomenal who does not like rocks, the opposite is awesome. I love how they always look like goofy cartoon character eyes. Happy hounding.

  • @user-jx9qv5in9l
    @user-jx9qv5in9l Před 3 měsíci

    I always like the two sides together of an agate that you cut, because they seem to just go together perfectly!

  • @lynnrandal317
    @lynnrandal317 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Yay more beautiful Botswana agates😮

  • @RockMyWorldKindaGirl
    @RockMyWorldKindaGirl Před 9 měsíci +2

    Timestamp 10:28 looks like the Milky 🌌 😳 way 😳 beautiful shelf specimen indeed 😀 keep rockin' it Agate Dad. Much love from Michigan 💦💙

  • @user-mf6ir7sq2z
    @user-mf6ir7sq2z Před měsícem

    2nd to the last geo agate you did. The left side had 2 different set of colors on each side. That was crazy! I told Jesus that he does awesome work.

  • @pamelanay2195
    @pamelanay2195 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The one with the tiny stars is my favorite

  • @kastah
    @kastah Před 9 měsíci +2

    I have bought some beutiful Botswana agatsSo many beutiful Agats, I love them even that I am a Jasper-lover

  • @mariemoss2475
    @mariemoss2475 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Stuff like this, always put a smile on my face 😊😊😊😊

  • @TheWinnieWonka
    @TheWinnieWonka Před 9 měsíci +1

    Stardust in an agate, how gorgeous!

  • @hisprincesswarrior6246
    @hisprincesswarrior6246 Před 2 měsíci

    Wow! I get such great joy out of viewing all these cuttings. Just fabulous and exciting bc each one is beautifully different. I want them all, lol. 🦁🐑🕊️😎

  • @cherieblizzard9585
    @cherieblizzard9585 Před měsícem

    Those teardrops with crystals inside the bands.

  • @JodeeDeemHall
    @JodeeDeemHall Před 9 měsíci +2

    You got the Milky Way in that agate

  • @MarleneJungmann-to8ub
    @MarleneJungmann-to8ub Před 8 měsíci +2

    They were all so beautiful! Thanks for sharing and I would love to see what you do next with them.

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The agate with the eye is my favorite so far.

  • @hadasasmith543
    @hadasasmith543 Před 8 měsíci

    The funniest part is waiting for you to open them up and hearing your laugh!!! Lol little kid in a candy store!! Great video!!

  • @amyharmon4755
    @amyharmon4755 Před 19 dny

    Love watching you! I feel like I'm right there with you. Love the one that looks like a heart when both halves are side by side.

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The 3rd of the last 4 looks like a galaxy!

  • @E.o.t.4637
    @E.o.t.4637 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Of course we want to see that video Taylor! Did you bump your head? 😂 They were all amazingly beautiful!! I like the quartz it gives it character and depth. It's like looking at ice!

  • @paulabrandt3922
    @paulabrandt3922 Před 9 měsíci +2

    U stole my words - all phenomenal! "Gimmee" is intriguing!

  • @theresaherrrera8224
    @theresaherrrera8224 Před 8 měsíci

    So sorry mijo....I have been busy with my grdaughters ....My golfer's 🏌‍♀️🏌‍♀️💜....I'm trying to catch up with rock collector's and Gems 💎....Even my favorite hunting video and bushcrafting....😂 3more weeks of golf left....😅❤❤
    I'm so glad I got to see this video too 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @reneeslovely
    @reneeslovely Před 4 měsíci

    the one with the spots looks like light reflecting on water on a beach~ so pretty~ they all were good. woe

  • @michellefromnebraska2804
    @michellefromnebraska2804 Před 8 měsíci

    The second from the last agate that got cut was my favorite. Phenomenal!!! Thanks for sharing!

  • @joannapavel3124
    @joannapavel3124 Před 8 měsíci

    Wow, i love the banding and the white quartz center. Team Agate, Crazy Lace is my all time favorite.

  • @ruthjorgensen3163
    @ruthjorgensen3163 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great cuts on the Botswana agates. Makes me want to cut open some of mine in the shop. Botswana is a great agate to work. The patterns created by the banding can be mesmerizing. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @dreampainter2011
    @dreampainter2011 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Beautiful agates today and yes please do a polishing video!!

  • @juliaferraro2599
    @juliaferraro2599 Před 6 měsíci

    When you said there was probably nothing going on... I said (out loud...to myself) "It will probably be his favourite" LOL first words out of your mouth " This is probably my favourite" Too funny...Love your channel

  • @lisamills-wv6nc
    @lisamills-wv6nc Před 9 měsíci +1

    They are all so GORGEOUS! No duds in that batch! Yay! 😊

  • @danacataldi5119
    @danacataldi5119 Před 9 měsíci +1

    the last one was a shocker! Very nice

  • @clannishkobra8965
    @clannishkobra8965 Před 9 měsíci +2

    A few of them that you cut for me in the past had that translucent layer on the outside and they had shallow fractures running through them and that outer layer isn't bonded to the rest of the nodule and tends to break off at least for me they did when tumbling.

  • @clannishkobra8965
    @clannishkobra8965 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Can't get enough of the Botswana agates bought another 10 pounds of it on a recent trip lol

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Před 9 měsíci +1

      Lucky!

    • @clannishkobra8965
      @clannishkobra8965 Před 9 měsíci

      @@AgateDad went to Keystone South Dakota and visited the Rock Shed........on multiple occasions lol 🤣 it's like rock lover heaven there.

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Those are some really beautiful potatoes. I'm shopping at the wrong supermarket!

  • @kathyyosten1497
    @kathyyosten1497 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Those would make beautiful dangle earrings

  • @jonathonlafave3698
    @jonathonlafave3698 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Agates are the best. I have a treasure state Agate that I carry around with me lol. Until I tumble it. Soon, I'm going to order something from your shop. It has to be something you cut.

  • @jonathonlafave3698
    @jonathonlafave3698 Před 9 měsíci +2

    8:47 reminds me of Peacock feathers. 😎😍

  • @user-ub3mu8ih4d
    @user-ub3mu8ih4d Před 8 měsíci +1

    That one looks like it's got stardust in it

  • @dalekline3612
    @dalekline3612 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Wow, some beautiful agates there! I am anxious to see these polished.

  • @janvafa9959
    @janvafa9959 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Oh yes please! Also did you notice that the last one also had the scattered dots in it? Not as many as the first … but they were there!

  • @rcsendandblast1579
    @rcsendandblast1579 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Could you please show a video of these sliced up in a few flat pieces to see through the pieces. That would be real cool 👊😎

  • @antoniabonatti7961
    @antoniabonatti7961 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Beautiful agates. Today you outdid yourself

  • @lorigesch1295
    @lorigesch1295 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Maybe it’s the season, but I’m seeing great pumpkin (Jack-o-lantern) eyes in most of these.

  • @keithcunningham7925
    @keithcunningham7925 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love Botswana agates and yes we would love to see them polished

  • @zszokaworley1273
    @zszokaworley1273 Před 6 měsíci

    They look like stars in the 2nd to the last one and they all are beautiful

  • @joeljeffery8704
    @joeljeffery8704 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Beautiful, just beautiful!

  • @summerrainsong7506
    @summerrainsong7506 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Tammy Gregory, Danni Bailey, Teresa Bailey, Tiffany McCormick, Mariah lashay McCormick, Nathan Gillian, Abigail stricklin, you guy's have to see this!

  • @Justfollowthecrumbs
    @Justfollowthecrumbs Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love jasper but those little cuties are incredibly detailed, you could just dive into them.

  • @janvafa9959
    @janvafa9959 Před 9 měsíci +1

    These always remind me of butterfly wings!

  • @TeenieBee72
    @TeenieBee72 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Gotta see these polished! Some absolute beauts there.

  • @lizzymoore54
    @lizzymoore54 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Soooo, 3 D….beautiful agates! 😊

  • @raystevens687
    @raystevens687 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I liked the 2nd to the last and your last 1 was cool to

  • @oculusangelicus8978
    @oculusangelicus8978 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Each one of those rocks took like perhaps a thousand years to form

  • @chrissiejundt9867
    @chrissiejundt9867 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Marvelous can't wait to see them Polished

  • @donnaboyle669
    @donnaboyle669 Před 9 měsíci +1

    All are gorgeous, my favorite is the one with the crystal in the middle, and the second one is with the white spots, it reminds of an X-ray of a child’s head, the dark area is the nasal cavity. Anyway I enjoyed the video.

  • @andreagibson7099
    @andreagibson7099 Před 9 měsíci +1

    THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL

  • @camilovergara6653
    @camilovergara6653 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Great video!! Yes please we need to see this through!! Great work

  • @elainelear4982
    @elainelear4982 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Wow. Wow. Wow. Gorgeous stones.

  • @parsith7620
    @parsith7620 Před 4 měsíci

    I love the quartz.. it looks like frost.....

  • @soul_adventurist
    @soul_adventurist Před 9 měsíci +2

    My first thought about the one with the white spots inside was Genesis. The circles representing God’s voice and the white spots representing the stars being formed. Very cool rock!

    • @steveegbert7429
      @steveegbert7429 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The heavens declare the glory of God! And so do the agates. It always amazes me that there is such wonder in the rocks and we humans are the only creature that appreciate their beauty.

  • @peggyallen6084
    @peggyallen6084 Před 6 měsíci

    Can hardly wait to see the polished ingots!

  • @davidgarcia8537
    @davidgarcia8537 Před 3 měsíci

    love the yin -tang piece

  • @shannonhopf5307
    @shannonhopf5307 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Love Botswana, good cuts

  • @scoobiedew82
    @scoobiedew82 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Love it! I really enjoy the mystery of it.

  • @janetbonifas6013
    @janetbonifas6013 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I'll watch the video , can't wait

  • @peggyjohnson3358
    @peggyjohnson3358 Před měsícem

    Yes do a polishing video please!

  • @KELLYCHILDERS-wh1lu
    @KELLYCHILDERS-wh1lu Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome. I would love to see video when you polish botswana agates thank you

  • @JodeeDeemHall
    @JodeeDeemHall Před 9 měsíci +2

    They are all awesome

  • @debidevaney8398
    @debidevaney8398 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Good morning Taylor🎉

  • @irenegruis6282
    @irenegruis6282 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Oh great another place to shop for rocks . Thanks a lot . I’m going broke here

    • @AgateDad
      @AgateDad  Před 9 měsíci

      😂

    • @irenegruis6282
      @irenegruis6282 Před 9 měsíci

      @@AgateDad you laugh but when the money runs out I’m coming to live with you

  • @nhrockaholic6038
    @nhrockaholic6038 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Amazing!!

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Yes, yes polish them!

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 Před 9 měsíci +1

    My favorite is the galaxy agate!

  • @larohs2793
    @larohs2793 Před 2 měsíci

    I love the quartz. ❤

  • @joang.cavanna2046
    @joang.cavanna2046 Před 8 měsíci

    I'd love to see that video!

  • @katerynalima9111
    @katerynalima9111 Před 8 měsíci

    My new favorite channel forever ❤