Top 5 Questions and Answers: What is it? How was it formed? Answer: It's a Petoskey stone, which is a fossilized coral. It's also Michigan's state stone. I think it looks like a turtle! (Not really a question, I know.) Answer: The pattern on it really does look similar to a turtle shell, which is why I make these little guys: czcams.com/users/shorts2MVTZq0DQew Why didn't you tumble it? Answer: Because Petoskey stones are really soft compared to a lot of other rocks. That makes them difficult, but not impossible to tumble. They almost alway look better done the way I did the one in this video. Why didn't you skip the first wheel or two? The rock got a lot smaller. Answer: It had three holes about 1/8 inch deep and also a concave part that the wheels couldn't get into. I decided to remove those by grinding them out. In other areas, I didn't grind too much off. What's that grinding machine you're using? Where can I get one? Answer: It's called a cab machine. Mine is from Kingsley North. You can find a link to it in the description of this video.
@@user-fw2kl7it6z where in the world is it almost 1am right now? Lol it's about 11am for me. (mid North West USA) It's fascinating to me how many of us are experiencing such different parts of our days at the same time... At different times. 😋 When you're a kid, even if you are told of time zones, you still default to imagining everyone is experiencing what you are. Anywho, hope you get the best sleep! And have an amazing day when you wake up 😊 And For the sake of keeping with the trend. I'm 33 years old, happily watching a video about rocks, at 11am. And nothin is wrong with this ol gals noggin. Lol
same thing with hazy headlights. the process looks like hell at first but as you move through the sandings you'll see that they clear up like new and you can see the light again.
This presentation made me cry. My late father was born in Detroit. He and his buddies swam the lakes so many times. He started me on rock collecting when I was very young. We never were able to hunt in Michigan, but we gathered plenty in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He would have loved this. You truly brought out the beauty of your patawsky stone. Just a masterpiece! Can you imagine a heart shaped one? Loving your talent in Oklahoma, Barb. Thanks for reminding me of my dad and our love of rocks and minerals and each other.
Those are some nice memories of your dad. As for the heart shaped Petoskey stone, I don't have to imagine it, I've made them. czcams.com/video/Phvz5Rbe4ys/video.html
@@releasingendorphins232 Yes, I sell them at a local shop. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
I am now 85 and I always have been a rockhound. I love rocks. My husband was a construction guy and wherever we go. I’d find rocks and bring them back home. That rock is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Then you have to search about Islam and if it's the truth so after death you can live a much better life for entity and to be close to the one who created you, I recommend you to watch dr.zakir naik, Uthman Farooq, the Muslim lantern May Allah guide you your Lord and my Lord and the one who every thing is going to return to him.
Hey, my grandma gave me one of these when I was a kid!! I totally forgot what it was called and I never really thought much about it, but I've kept it my entire life. Im 43 now and I still have it! I kept it through childhood, going away to college, moving around and traveling the country, getting married and moving houses several times. I'm happy to finally know what it is and now I understand why she thought it was so cool! ❤
@@MichiganRocks What happened to them to take on this unique pattern? Is it from many stones fused together over the years? Regardless, very nice looking stone.
@danyf3116. I wanted to know too, so I googled it. Looks like they are pieces of coral reef carried and shaped by glaciers, hundreds of millions of years ago. There is a whole wiki page on them if you want to check it out! So cool!
It genuinely brings me joy to see your videos get a bunch of views Rob. You put so much time & effort into everything, & your passion is contagious. Love to see it brother!
Sometimes when ur life is on the rocks all it takes is one person to pick you up and polish you up.. at first it will look worse , but keep working it will get better...and after a while you will be a gem!! Remember that when someone is down,pick them up and show them how beautiful they can be!!
What a beautiful analogy! I think most people can identify with that thought. Thank you for reminding us to reach out to others and help their beauty shine through.
I drove through Petoskey and even stayed at a motel there. A month later I was reading a book about fossils and found out about Petoskey stones, but haven't been back since.
Lovely! These are fossil corals - an extinct group called Rugosa. The striations around each corallite are the septa (walls) - one of the characteristic features to distinguish it against the other extinct group - the tabulates (Tabulata).
@@BriansAquariums you’re quite right. Sun corals belong to the only extant (living) group of corals - Scleractinia. Rugose corals can be said to be distant/extinct counterparts of some of the modern day groups.
When I was a kid we went to Petoskey while on vacation in upper Michigan. There was a stone breakwater somewhere and the petoskey stones were everywhere. I love them.
350 million year old coral reef it's absolutely incredible and the mind can hardly imagine how long 350 million years truly is. This was around before the dinosaurs. Incredible!
Imagine dinosaurs are described in the book of job chapter 40 and their tracks are found alongside humans in Glen Rose, TX. Then fleshy tissue found in Tyrannosaurus Rex just a few years ago. Amazing after being taught these went extinct millions of years ago.
@randallrichnow6648 the footsteps alongside dinosaur tracks was man made. The Book of Job has many different translations, but there were never dinosaurs among the humans
I'm in my 60s. We used to go camping on the UP in MI. One of my favorite memories is going to Petoskey to look for petoskey stones. I wanted to be a geologist at the time. I had a huge collection of agates and a few other stones and fossils. This find reminded me of a wonderful time.
Lots of people who have moved away from the state love my beach rock hunts. I get a lot of comments like yours. I love that I can bring back memories for people like that.
I grew up in Lansing. Well, halfway; I was 12 when we moved to the South. Every year, my mother’s side of the family had an annual family reunion camp trip. She and her siblings took turns choosing the place in Michigan we’d go. I fondly remember one year in particular, being in a canoe with my aunts and stopping to look for petosky stones. I found a couple, but have no idea what happened to them, and I was so bummed as a kid. This was a nice reminder of simpler times.
This feels like a humbler version of How It’s Made. I love how simply genuine this feels just seeing someone enjoying something rather than hating on something online.
Love Petoskey stones. Such fond memories of crawling on my knees for hours searching for them. We now have Petoskey knobs we made for some of our drawer pulls. ❤️ Thanks for sharing. It's a beauty
I have never heard of these before. They are absolutely beautiful. I bought my son a rock tumbler for Christmas when he was young, and he used that thing for so long. He loved it, and he is still fascinated by rocks. O think he would love one of these!
I was born in and lived in Michigan for 99% of my life (just moved away last year). Growing up, my sister had softball tournaments in Petoskey and every time, we’d go searching for petoskey stones after she was done with her games. I’ve always found the stones very cool to look at, and idk if other Michiganders feel this way, but it’s neat to have this kind of stone that’s unique to our state :)
We used to visit and walk the northern shores of Michigan along Lake Michigan and find these on each trip. I grew up in Holland and we didn't did them along the southern shores. I still have a few of them with me where I live in South Carolina.
I live in lower mid Michigan and have dug about three or four feet in my back yard and found fossilized coral.(not the stone). The whole area from Saginaw down to Flint and east was an ancient lake and there's coral e everywhere
I never saw anyone do this before. I'm 57 years old. I'm from CT, but lived in Michigan for a year. I loved it so much, but my teen daughter hated it, so we came back to CT. I never saw this stone before. I also never knew how stones were made to shine or even scouted. I pick up stones all the time. I got so excited watching this. Thank you so much for sharing. I know you are probably thinking I must have a very boring life if this excites me, but really, you never know what interests you if you don't know anything about the process! God bless you and thanks again!!!🙏😊🌞
Why would I think that? I spend most of my time making videos about rock hunting and polishing. I find this to be really exciting and relaxing at the same time. It's a great hobby. If you're interested in getting into it more, I have lots of videos to help you along the way. My shorts are more for entertainment, but some of my long form videos are more educational.
Hard to find nice Petoskey Stones like that today on public beaches of the Great Lakes. But visited a cousin recently on Torch Lake where you could still pick them up by the bucketful.
Petoskey stones are so cool! You see people standing along the shore in the water looking for these things. I've got one! Didn't think about polishing it. Thanks!
An hour into your channel and I’m realizing that I love what you do more than I would have ever known had I never seen your videos. What craftsmanship and also, therapeutic.
I live in Michigan and my boys found a stone look like very similar to this one .. we keep it in our indoor plants container.. it’s so beautiful so we kept it .
If it looks similar but not exactly the same, it could be the coral fossil favosites, aka Charlevoix stone. Here's a video showing the difference: czcams.com/users/shortsAakCrC0kwM8
My grandparents lived in Cedar, MI when I was growing up. I’d spend most of my free time up there with them. I can’t tell you how many times we went to Lake Michigan and found petosky rocks. Thanks for bringing back those memories!
Sometimes I get a little FOMO and lament that I've never really fostered a hobby, but then i am reminded how amazing it is we have the technology to experience virtually such an unending variety of interesting things out in the world.
I'm soon to be 62 and just got fascinated looking at a beautifully polished🪨rock!🤣Yeah, old age is definitely going to be really fascinating‼️🤣Thank for the lesson‼️❤️
The one who looks after this factory (of the universe) does so very well. Its Owner is such that He sweeps and cleans and orders this vast factory and extensive palace as though they were small rooms.
As a native Michigander, Petosky stones have always been a great find for me when id go up north, or, to the UP(upper peninsula). A resident of the upper peninsula is known as a "youper"! I have numerous relatives still living there. Doug👍🐻🦅🇺🇸🎉😁
@@MichiganRocks the UP is an awesome place, where you can escape the craziness of city life, and, feel as though you're in a whole different state. Best place I know is the UP! UP rocks! Doug🎉🦅🤓😎😇
This polishing made me think, that we polish ourselves in many different ways (wheels) so at the end, each one of us have the chance to shine only if we keep polshing ourselves with the correct decisions 😉 By the way you're work is amazing, this is the most beautiful stone I've ever seen.
My classmates and I were given these as gifts by the city of Alpena when we went up there for an Archeological field school. Still have it on my shelf! Cool fossil and great video!
Petoskey Stones are really soft compared to many other rocks. That makes them difficult, but not impossible to tumble. They almost always look better done the way I did it in this video.
Petoskey Stones are simply fossilized coral from when the land mass of Michigan was still an ocean. As land moved and separated the coral obviously died. Out of climate. Ice ages. But that’s the jist. Fossilized coral. Don’t put them in tumblers though as they will just disintegrate. Do it like seen here.
There was an old abandoned gravel pit west of Higgins lake. Park rangers took us there first. Then we went a few years after. Lots of Petoskey stones. I wish I could remember where that pit was. I was just a little kid then.
I’ve grown up in Michigan my whole live and combing the beach for this stones is still a great way to spend the day with family and friends. 😊 Just wish people didn’t hunt for them only to sell them. 😢
@@brendaharris1228the daily limit is 25 lbs, unless you're at the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Inside the national park, you cannot take them unless you have explicit permission to do so.
l was born in Michigan and lived there my whole life except for the last 12 years I miss Michigan all the beautiful lakes and streams add hunting for Petoskey stones in beautiful Petoskey and the surrounding areas . ❤
I hand polish all of mine, from 100 grit, all the way up to 12,000 grit using micro-mesh, and sometimes finish with diamond polish. It takes a little longer, but no machine polished stone can compete with the depth of shine and mirror finish, period.
I have hand polished a few, but for me, the machine polished ones turn out shinier. I only went through about 800 grit and then finished with aluminum oxide polish on denim. They turn out nice that way, but not as nice as the one in this video. Where do you get your 12,000 grit sand paper? Or is that a polish you use on some sort of cloth? What kind of diamond polish do you use? Where do you get it? I'm seriously interested.
@@MichiganRocks Google Micromesh sheets and pads. They go up to 12,000 grit. My diamond polish that I sometimes finish with is 60,000 grit. Spend a few weeks hand polishing and you will see nothing even comes close. Perfection takes time.
I wear a Petoskey stone everyday on a necklace. I absolutely love them. Michigan is my home state. I live in another state now but the stone I wear reminds me and makes me happy 😊
Top 5 Questions and Answers:
What is it? How was it formed?
Answer: It's a Petoskey stone, which is a fossilized coral. It's also Michigan's state stone.
I think it looks like a turtle! (Not really a question, I know.)
Answer: The pattern on it really does look similar to a turtle shell, which is why I make these little guys: czcams.com/users/shorts2MVTZq0DQew
Why didn't you tumble it?
Answer: Because Petoskey stones are really soft compared to a lot of other rocks. That makes them difficult, but not impossible to tumble. They almost alway look better done the way I did the one in this video.
Why didn't you skip the first wheel or two? The rock got a lot smaller.
Answer: It had three holes about 1/8 inch deep and also a concave part that the wheels couldn't get into. I decided to remove those by grinding them out. In other areas, I didn't grind too much off.
What's that grinding machine you're using? Where can I get one?
Answer: It's called a cab machine. Mine is from Kingsley North. You can find a link to it in the description of this video.
Thank you so much!
Lake Huron has some nice rocks(stone) without grinding or tumbling.
Thanks so much for the info! I was wondering several of these questions!
Question you appear to have missed, where are your gloves while using this machine? You'll regret it eventually that you didn't protect yourself
So helpful that you include this, thanks!
Here I am 44 years old, amazed and learning about rocks on youtube at 11:30 pm, hope this is not a bad sign.
If you have a look around you might even have a lapidary club nearby, I used to polish stones when I was a kid. It's a pretty fun hobby.
You are ok 👌 could be worse 😅God bless you ✝️🙏👆😇🙌✝️🙏✝️🙏✝️🙏✝️🙏✝️🙌🙌🙌
Me too, only I am pushing 80 and the time is 43 min past midnight.
I’m 47 and disabled wishing I could be doing what this man is doing. So, no. You’re good. We get it where we get it.
@@user-fw2kl7it6z where in the world is it almost 1am right now? Lol it's about 11am for me. (mid North West USA) It's fascinating to me how many of us are experiencing such different parts of our days at the same time... At different times. 😋
When you're a kid, even if you are told of time zones, you still default to imagining everyone is experiencing what you are.
Anywho, hope you get the best sleep! And have an amazing day when you wake up 😊
And For the sake of keeping with the trend. I'm 33 years old, happily watching a video about rocks, at 11am. And nothin is wrong with this ol gals noggin. Lol
“After the first wheel…if anything it looks worse. But, it will get better.” Needed a reminder like this. Thank you.
Ha ha!
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same thing with hazy headlights. the process looks like hell at first but as you move through the sandings you'll see that they clear up like new and you can see the light again.
Same with my life. Hanging in there! 💪
live life emotionally!!!! let it guide you.
Michigan native here. It warms my heart to see so many people fascinated by these stones.
It's hard not to love a good Petoskey stone.
This presentation made me cry. My late father was born in Detroit. He and his buddies swam the lakes so many times. He started me on rock collecting when I was very young. We never were able to hunt in Michigan, but we gathered plenty in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He would have loved this. You truly brought out the beauty of your patawsky stone. Just a masterpiece! Can you imagine a heart shaped one? Loving your talent in Oklahoma, Barb. Thanks for reminding me of my dad and our love of rocks and minerals and each other.
Those are some nice memories of your dad. As for the heart shaped Petoskey stone, I don't have to imagine it, I've made them. czcams.com/video/Phvz5Rbe4ys/video.html
@@MichiganRocks Do you sale you hearts?
@@releasingendorphins232 Yes, I sell them at a local shop. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
Hello from Oklahoma native!
What part?@@anitablades6033
A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
I understood that reference.
Listen. Hear me and obey.
Meridia's champion
Ha
I can never escape this comment 😂
I love that even when we grow up, collecting rocks never becomes old.
Right! It's tough to outgrow rocks.
How much do you sell them for?
В душе каждого взрослого живёт ребенок😊
@@LaoSoftware I don't usually sell them.
Aw. I really would love to own one
Never did I think I would be watching a vid about polishing rocks but this was fascinating ❤
Surprise! Rocks are pretty interesting.
48 years old and I learned something new today.
I am now 85 and I always have been a rockhound. I love rocks. My husband was a construction guy and wherever we go. I’d find rocks and bring them back home. That rock is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have a problem with always looking down. I have to remind myself to look up once in awhile.
@@MichiganRocks how much are these stones?
Props for using the internet at your age! Glad you learned and can witness others' videos
@@gtarules1She must have Great Grandkids by now that keep her up to date on tech stuff.
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Then you have to search about Islam and if it's the truth so after death you can live a much better life for entity and to be close to the one who created you, I recommend you to watch dr.zakir naik, Uthman Farooq, the Muslim lantern
May Allah guide you your Lord and my Lord and the one who every thing is going to return to him.
I would stare at this rock for days and never get bored.
It's amazing
It's mesmerizing!!!
Oh that is a BEAUTIFUL petoskey ❤ I haven't found a good one like THAT in a long while
Hey, my grandma gave me one of these when I was a kid!! I totally forgot what it was called and I never really thought much about it, but I've kept it my entire life. Im 43 now and I still have it! I kept it through childhood, going away to college, moving around and traveling the country, getting married and moving houses several times.
I'm happy to finally know what it is and now I understand why she thought it was so cool! ❤
That's awesome. Grandma knows her rocks!
I love collecting rocks! I’m 65 yrs old! I’m like a kid when I see a pretty stone!
it's MINERALS MARIE!
Re: gladtidings4all: Ditto!!❤
Never heard of these stones and was amazed by the end product, it's gorgeous.
The Petoskey stone is our state stone.
Oh neat!
It is fossilized coral. That's why it has such a unique design.
@@MichiganRocks What happened to them to take on this unique pattern? Is it from many stones fused together over the years? Regardless, very nice looking stone.
@danyf3116. I wanted to know too, so I googled it. Looks like they are pieces of coral reef carried and shaped by glaciers, hundreds of millions of years ago. There is a whole wiki page on them if you want to check it out! So cool!
It genuinely brings me joy to see your videos get a bunch of views Rob. You put so much time & effort into everything, & your passion is contagious. Love to see it brother!
Thanks. It brought me some joy too!
Wow, that's really beautiful ❤️
Sometimes when ur life is on the rocks all it takes is one person to pick you up and polish you up.. at first it will look worse , but keep working it will get better...and after a while you will be a gem!! Remember that when someone is down,pick them up and show them how beautiful they can be!!
You sound like a chill realist!! I have had personal experiences where I was the beat up stone. Stay chill ❤❤😊
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Thanks for that ❤
What a beautiful analogy! I think most people can identify with that thought. Thank you for reminding us to reach out to others and help their beauty shine through.
i love it!! good one
I’m 72 and never ever seen anything like this 💗💗💗💗 it’s beautiful 💗💗💗💗
I drove through Petoskey and even stayed at a motel there. A month later I was reading a book about fossils and found out about Petoskey stones, but haven't been back since.
@@gaoxiaen1 once you've been to Petoskey Michigan, a return trip is usually planned on there!😁 Doug
Wyd u up?
I grew up in Michigan searching for Petoskey stones and I haven't seen one in the wild for years. So glad to see you share this!
There are still plenty out there if you get away from the crowds.
It just goes to show how much work nature had to do to get it to look like that naturally!
Es muy bella en la naturaleza
Lovely! These are fossil corals - an extinct group called Rugosa. The striations around each corallite are the septa (walls) - one of the characteristic features to distinguish it against the other extinct group - the tabulates (Tabulata).
Thank you
Thanks!
Kinds almost look like dendrophyllia or sun coral ancient ancestors.
@@BriansAquariums you’re quite right. Sun corals belong to the only extant (living) group of corals - Scleractinia. Rugose corals can be said to be distant/extinct counterparts of some of the modern day groups.
You sure did take a lot off of that
I've met 2 rock people in my life. They were both very interesting people with very calm, soothing demeanors.
I don't think I'd describe myself as calm or soothing.
@@MichiganRockscalm down bro
@@MichiganRocks living in the UP is a relaxed pace of life compared to living in the city. Doug
When I was a kid we went to Petoskey while on vacation in upper Michigan. There was a stone breakwater somewhere and the petoskey stones were everywhere. I love them.
If you are on the right beach, you'll find lots of them.
That is gorgeous! I don't think I've ever seen a rock like that! So beautiful!
*reaches into the water*
"A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON"
Lol this was my comment too but I scrolled to see if anyone else said it. Thank you for not disappointing me :)
Was looking for this
My exact mind.... I think everyone who plays Skyrim at least once knows What's up
Except the voice sounds warbled and deformed bc somebody chucked the beacon into the ocean
lol i just thought the same xD
350 million year old coral reef it's absolutely incredible and the mind can hardly imagine how long 350 million years truly is. This was around before the dinosaurs. Incredible!
I just know it's a long time. Trying to understand that long is difficult or maybe impossible.
Think about 350 trillion years
Imagine dinosaurs are described in the book of job chapter 40 and their tracks are found alongside humans in Glen Rose, TX. Then fleshy tissue found in Tyrannosaurus Rex just a few years ago. Amazing after being taught these went extinct millions of years ago.
@randallrichnow6648 the footsteps alongside dinosaur tracks was man made. The Book of Job has many different translations, but there were never dinosaurs among the humans
@@dude12311 Behemoth and Leviathan. Everything, even people were bigger back then
I've been around a while but never seen a rock like this. Beautiful. 😮
Beautiful! So satisfying seeing the transformation.
I'm in my 60s. We used to go camping on the UP in MI. One of my favorite memories is going to Petoskey to look for petoskey stones. I wanted to be a geologist at the time. I had a huge collection of agates and a few other stones and fossils. This find reminded me of a wonderful time.
Lots of people who have moved away from the state love my beach rock hunts. I get a lot of comments like yours. I love that I can bring back memories for people like that.
im 103 this is dope
Nothing like a yooper getaway, eh?
I grew up in Lansing. Well, halfway; I was 12 when we moved to the South. Every year, my mother’s side of the family had an annual family reunion camp trip. She and her siblings took turns choosing the place in Michigan we’d go.
I fondly remember one year in particular, being in a canoe with my aunts and stopping to look for petosky stones. I found a couple, but have no idea what happened to them, and I was so bummed as a kid. This was a nice reminder of simpler times.
@@ahe79 Canoe trips are usually a fun time, especially with family.
This feels like a humbler version of How It’s Made. I love how simply genuine this feels just seeing someone enjoying something rather than hating on something online.
Yet there are enough people who hate this. Some people seem to get upset about just about anything.
Hell yeah! Petoskey stone are beautiful. Lived in Michigan all my life. Love finding those rocks!
where can you find them? do you have to go to the great lakes im assuming?
Love Petoskey stones. Such fond memories of crawling on my knees for hours searching for them. We now have Petoskey knobs we made for some of our drawer pulls. ❤️ Thanks for sharing. It's a beauty
I made drawer pulls for my niece, but she wanted granite.
That was a great idea for pull handles on your cabinets. I bet it looks awesome.
That sounds fantabulous!
Beautiful, coral fossil! Who knew?😮
I have never heard of these before. They are absolutely beautiful. I bought my son a rock tumbler for Christmas when he was young, and he used that thing for so long. He loved it, and he is still fascinated by rocks. O think he would love one of these!
That's how I got into this hobby. We bought a tumbler for him when he was about 11 or 12. He lost interest after a few years, but I did not.
@@MichiganRocksit’s like getting them animals then they go off to college & the animals stay😂
@@MichiganRocksIt's like buying a PlayStation 4 and it belongs to Momma now.
may he rest in peace
As a kid I collected rocks and as an adult rediscovered the joy and beauty of rocks.
I think that happens fairly often.
I'm a 60 year old man and have never seen anything like that and it turned out gorgeous when you got done.
Hexagonaria pernicata,ou hexagonaria pernicatum,,,c'est du corail fossilisé,y'en a beaucoup en France
Welcome to one of the special joys of Michigan life ED! Doug😁
I was born in and lived in Michigan for 99% of my life (just moved away last year). Growing up, my sister had softball tournaments in Petoskey and every time, we’d go searching for petoskey stones after she was done with her games. I’ve always found the stones very cool to look at, and idk if other Michiganders feel this way, but it’s neat to have this kind of stone that’s unique to our state :)
I sure feel that way and I know a lot of other Michiganders do too.
Really neat.
We used to visit and walk the northern shores of Michigan along Lake Michigan and find these on each trip. I grew up in Holland and we didn't did them along the southern shores. I still have a few of them with me where I live in South Carolina.
Petoskey stones and green stones - Michigan magic!
I live in lower mid Michigan and have dug about three or four feet in my back yard and found fossilized coral.(not the stone). The whole area from Saginaw down to Flint and east was an ancient lake and there's coral e everywhere
That's so beautiful! It's good to see you back!
Back? Where have I been?
A finely fashioned work of art surely necessitates an artist.
My mom's favorite. Thank you for bringing her back to me if only for a moment.
That's a nice way to remember her.
Just moved to Michigan a couple years ago. Looking forward to the day I can take my kids to find our very own petoskey stones!
Good luck! You'll have a good time on the beach whether you find any or not.
You can find them allover.. I wish you lots of luck and welcome to michigan, neighbor ❤
Northern Michigan is where you found these stones. The river up here has thousands .
@@MichiganRocks wow that’s awesome it’s really pretty
@@MichiganRocksjust wanted to directly tell you this was amazing.
I love how you showed talent/knowledge without even showing your face 😇
The rock is better looking than my face.
😂 I feel you there. Still, keep posting the quality, big dog.
I live in Petoskey, MI and have found many of these over the course of my life. They look amazing after a polish or tumble!
My childhood was spent in Michigan. Petoskey stones are treasures.
They sure are fun to find and shine up.
So what are they made of, is it coral?
@@thebee8415 It's a fossilized coral. The rock is limestone.
@@MichiganRocks Thanks so much for that info.
@@MichiganRockscould you explain the process and all different (sanding/polishing) wheels used 🙏👌👍😊
I never saw anyone do this before. I'm 57 years old. I'm from CT, but lived in Michigan for a year. I loved it so much, but my teen daughter hated it, so we came back to CT. I never saw this stone before. I also never knew how stones were made to shine or even scouted. I pick up stones all the time. I got so excited watching this. Thank you so much for sharing. I know you are probably thinking I must have a very boring life if this excites me, but really, you never know what interests you if you don't know anything about the process! God bless you and thanks again!!!🙏😊🌞
Why would I think that? I spend most of my time making videos about rock hunting and polishing. I find this to be really exciting and relaxing at the same time. It's a great hobby. If you're interested in getting into it more, I have lots of videos to help you along the way. My shorts are more for entertainment, but some of my long form videos are more educational.
Where’d you move to in Michigan?
I live in CT also an I hate it... But I would never move to Michigan.
Hard to find nice Petoskey Stones like that today on public beaches of the Great Lakes. But visited a cousin recently on Torch Lake where you could still pick them up by the bucketful.
@@klompsauceLivonia
Petoskey stones are so cool! You see people standing along the shore in the water looking for these things. I've got one! Didn't think about polishing it. Thanks!
It's simply amazing. You have a fantastic eye for finding the best of the best rocks.
When I started out, I brought them all home. It doesn't take long to develop an eye when you waste a lot of time polishing bad ones.
@@MichiganRocks Kinda learn as you go 😃
@@MichiganRockshow much would you sell this for?
@@PennYankeeWoodworks I'll probably give this to my daughter. I don't sell many rocks.
Practice make perfect and experience is the best teacher
An hour into your channel and I’m realizing that I love what you do more than I would have ever known had I never seen your videos. What craftsmanship and also, therapeutic.
There's a reason this is a popular hobby. It gets you outside and then there's stuff to do when you get home too. It's all pretty relaxing.
I love Michigan rocks. Our porch railing is lined with rocks from the beach near my Grandpa’s house that the family has collected over the years.
Sounds like a nice railing!
That was super relaxing and the narrating made it even better.
How beautiful! Mother nature is so amazing!❤
Father GOD is even better 😊
I am 200 years old watching this video. Amazing to see where we have come.
2000 years old here, I am still impressed by the existence of wheels
😂😂 these comments
I am a sperm
So funny because others say there ages.
@@iateabowlofnailsforbreakfa5056 funny funny
I feel this is the channel Hank would watch
I live in Michigan and my boys found a stone look like very similar to this one .. we keep it in our indoor plants container.. it’s so beautiful so we kept it .
If it looks similar but not exactly the same, it could be the coral fossil favosites, aka Charlevoix stone. Here's a video showing the difference: czcams.com/users/shortsAakCrC0kwM8
My grandparents lived in Cedar, MI when I was growing up. I’d spend most of my free time up there with them. I can’t tell you how many times we went to Lake Michigan and found petosky rocks. Thanks for bringing back those memories!
Great memories!
WOW . I couldn’t believe the final result. Incredibly amazingly beautiful
I love Petosky stones. They remind me of my father. He always had one in his pocket. He love Petoskey stones too.
I have had a lot of similar comments about dads or grandpas.
My child self would love the smoothness of that rock
Sometimes I get a little FOMO and lament that I've never really fostered a hobby, but then i am reminded how amazing it is we have the technology to experience virtually such an unending variety of interesting things out in the world.
It is cool how we can sort of sample a bunch of things through the Internet. I do enjoy actually doing something myself sometimes, though.
It’s never too late to pick up a new hobby either. If you see something that you feel you could truly enjoy and you have the ability, try it out!!
beautifully said 👏👏 absolutely agree!
Well said. We criticise and take many things for granted, but when all is said and done, we are massively privileged to have access to such technology
Man, this was the realist comment I think I've ever read in my life. That was deep my guy. Thank you for that.
I'm soon to be 62 and just got fascinated looking at a beautifully polished🪨rock!🤣Yeah, old age is definitely going to be really fascinating‼️🤣Thank for the lesson‼️❤️
You don't have to be old to love rocks.
@@MichiganRocks rocks rock!
Right behind you Brother. 62 in May. Love Michigan,
I am soon to join the 62 club myself! These rock videos are surprisingly cool.
Just hit the big 6 2 in January. Honestly, aside from all the 🐮💩, it's an amazing time to be alive!
What a beautiful stone 😍
The one who looks after this factory (of the universe) does so very well. Its Owner is such that He sweeps and cleans and orders this vast factory and extensive palace as though they were small rooms.
Trust the process!!! It’s gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing!
As a native Michigander, Petosky stones have always been a great find for me when id go up north, or, to the UP(upper peninsula). A resident of the upper peninsula is known as a "youper"! I have numerous relatives still living there. Doug👍🐻🦅🇺🇸🎉😁
I love the U.P.
@@MichiganRocks the UP is an awesome place, where you can escape the craziness of city life, and, feel as though you're in a whole different state. Best place I know is the UP! UP rocks! Doug🎉🦅🤓😎😇
Awesome! Thank you for seeing my question an helping me out in a solid direction. I appreciate it big time.
You're welcome.
Absolutely beautiful!
I grew up in Michigan. We used to find these along Lake Michigan. What a great rock!
This polishing made me think, that we polish ourselves in many different ways (wheels) so at the end, each one of us have the chance to shine only if we keep polshing ourselves with the correct decisions 😉
By the way you're work is amazing, this is the most beautiful stone I've ever seen.
Your comment should have thousands of upvotes! A nice blend of humility and wisdom.
Brilliant analogy from a true philosopher!
Brava, 1pearl.6!!
So beautiful, another Michigan treasure !!💎🪙
My classmates and I were given these as gifts by the city of Alpena when we went up there for an Archeological field school. Still have it on my shelf! Cool fossil and great video!
That's a great keepsake from Alpena. I live in Alpena. Lots of fossils in this area.
I lived in traverse City Michigan and rock hounding Petoskey stones was on of my favorite things to do.They are some of my most treasureed belongings
It's a fun hobby.
**AMAZING**
I have never seen a stone like that....
I am 65 yrs. old & still learning things !!!
😁
I love how humans find old animals and find new ways to love them ❤
It’s a big thing for a lot of families in Michigan to go to the beaches in petosky and collect these. I have my whole life with my family it’s fun
that is so very awesome! I never knew they were hand polished like that. I thought they were tumbled. Beautiful.
Petoskey Stones are really soft compared to many other rocks. That makes them difficult, but not impossible to tumble. They almost always look better done the way I did it in this video.
@@MichiganRocks interesting. Thank you for replying.
Even after all the wheels and work, nothing tops when he first found it out of the water the natural Beauty before he touched. It was amazing.
You're the kind of dude, who tells his girl she looks better without makeup when you know she doesn't.
@@Gh0st_0723You are the kind of dude, who never had a girl.
@@Gh0st_0723 your the type of dude that will force his girlfriend to wear makeup and make her feel bad about herself.
@@9mm.45she looks better with makeup
@@Robby_Rob no she doesn’t
I've never heard of a potatovsky stone. But they're beautiful.
Petoskey Stones are among my favorite rocks. They're fairly common around here, but I don't get tired of them.
Completely new to me too. Any idea how they're formed?
@@allosaurusfragilis7782 they are coral fossils
@@allosaurusfragilis7782 they are fossilised coral!
Petoskey Stones are simply fossilized coral from when the land mass of Michigan was still an ocean. As land moved and separated the coral obviously died. Out of climate. Ice ages. But that’s the jist. Fossilized coral. Don’t put them in tumblers though as they will just disintegrate. Do it like seen here.
I miss summers in northern michigan hunting for these with my cousins and watching my uncle canoe race.
His shop on Etsy has lots of cool stones, and yes they are real he finds them and brings up the patterns by sanding and polishing them. Pretty 😎
I don't have an Etsy shop.
Flashing back to childhood on Lake Huron. Petoskey stones were little treasures. Beautiful work there.
I hadn't heard of Petoskey stone until I vacationed in Harbor Springs 22 years ago. Your stone is one of the prettiest I've seen. Just beautiful.
Harbor Springs is a really pretty town. I love those giant cottages on the lake there.
Nice! I like the stone -and your grinder setup! So much better than having than having to change out grit wheels.
Thanks for making the world aware of these stones. All I had was one of those rock tumblers from the Early 80s
I wish I had had a rock tumbler in the early 80's. I think I would have liked that.
There was an old abandoned gravel pit west of Higgins lake. Park rangers took us there first.
Then we went a few years after.
Lots of Petoskey stones.
I wish I could remember where that pit was.
I was just a little kid then.
I might have to go on a treasure hunt!
Higgins Lake in Oregon?
@@badmoon7549 I assume he's talking about Higgins Lake in Michigan. It's a pretty big lake that would have Petoskey Stones nearby.
His rock hunting is based in Michigan
Did you know?
My cousin was president of Michiana Rock and Gem club...
Our Petoskey hunts gave him the rock bug.
I’ve grown up in Michigan my whole live and combing the beach for this stones is still a great way to spend the day with family and friends. 😊 Just wish people didn’t hunt for them only to sell them. 😢
I hunt for the enjoyment of it and the rocks. I sell a few more finished things, but not just bulk rocks. I don't like that either.
I didn’t grow up here but I thought you couldn’t take them out of state tho. Something I heard years ago. We love looking too
@@brendaharris1228the daily limit is 25 lbs, unless you're at the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Inside the national park, you cannot take them unless you have explicit permission to do so.
@@whiteeeveeangel thanks for that. Much appreciated
My grandfather used to polish them and I forgot about it. Thanks for the memory reminder!
You're welcome! Sounds like a cool grandpa.
Just got my first rock tumbler.. its just amazing what you can find!!
I. Want. The rock, the wheel, the lake to search in, everything!
Me Too!
Petoskey, Michigan.
... but you're not willing to live in the same state as Ted Nugent and we don't blame you.
But I love your attitude mean awesome and me also
I have lots of fond memories when I lived in Michigan as a child going to Petosky Michigan to hunt petosky stones ❤️
NO I CAN'T! It's soooo beautiful.
I've never seen a petoskey stone. It's beautiful
We visited Petoskey, MI several years ago. Many of the houses use this stone as decorative facade rockwork. Very cool to see a polished piece.
l was born in Michigan and lived there my whole life except for the last 12 years
I miss Michigan all the beautiful lakes and streams add hunting for Petoskey stones in beautiful Petoskey and the surrounding areas . ❤
That’s beautiful, great find!
Yes - I've seen these stones numerous times. This is a great one!
That’s just beautiful! Who would ever think that a rock could be so beautiful? God’s work always shows as beauty! ❤
I didn’t think I could be obsessed with rocks at 30 years old…but this video has me obsessed.
The most common demographic of people who watch my long form videos is older men. This isn't something a lot of people grow out of.
I hand polish all of mine, from 100 grit, all the way up to 12,000 grit using micro-mesh, and sometimes finish with diamond polish. It takes a little longer, but no machine polished stone can compete with the depth of shine and mirror finish, period.
I have hand polished a few, but for me, the machine polished ones turn out shinier. I only went through about 800 grit and then finished with aluminum oxide polish on denim. They turn out nice that way, but not as nice as the one in this video. Where do you get your 12,000 grit sand paper? Or is that a polish you use on some sort of cloth? What kind of diamond polish do you use? Where do you get it? I'm seriously interested.
@@MichiganRocks Google Micromesh sheets and pads. They go up to 12,000 grit. My diamond polish that I sometimes finish with is 60,000 grit. Spend a few weeks hand polishing and you will see nothing even comes close. Perfection takes time.
@@peggyh.8421 Thanks, Peggy. What do you use the diamond polish with? Do you have a buffing wheel or do you just rub it on with a cloth?
Wow! Nature´s beauty is amazing!
I wear a Petoskey stone everyday on a necklace. I absolutely love them. Michigan is my home state. I live in another state now but the stone I wear reminds me and makes me happy 😊
They do make nice jewelry, don't they?
@@MichiganRocks indeed!!