First Lake Superior Rock Hunt of the Season
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2024
- The first rock hunt of the season is always exciting. We found some interesting rocks as usual, and even a few agates.
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Thank you so much for starting your first hunt with a stripy rock, we’ve waited all winter for that 😂😂😂😂
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: That beach is beautiful rocks as far as the eye can see!
The sound of rolling rocks and waves just never gets old. The beauty of the rocks never gets old either.
The waves steal the show in my beach videos.
A nice slow walk for us to Armchair hunt.
Find anything good?
Man, you sure make me miss the Great Lakes! I grew up 15 miles from the eastern tip of Lake Ontario, and I sure miss it here in Omaha. 😕. It is so wonderful to hear the waves and see the waves. I'm about ready to get my husband to take me for a weekend trip to somewhere that has agates!!! Thank you so much for sharing all that you do. 😉💕💕
I miss the water when I leave the state.
Welcome Eric. Always nice to have company. You guys found some great rocks. Thanks for taking us along.
This video has got me SO excited to go agate hunting SOON! I can't wait! 😊
Yes, a beach agate hunt! I've been waiting to see one again.💕😃
You're very fortunate to have such a great selection of rocks to gather. There's not much on the shores of Lake Ontario on the Canadian side
So I have ALWAYS loved rocks and recently my dearest friend, who also shared my seemingly mundane hobby of collecting neat rocks, passed away. I think part of my grieving process has been getting back into my love for rocks, and that lead me to your channel. Just wanted to show you some love and thank you for all the information and tips you’ve shared (I just started tumbling again, which I did in my youth); your vids have brought me a lot of smiles and comfort while I deal with everything, as well as some great education and knowledge! Looking forwards to seeing more, and if I’m ever in your area I’d love to go on a joint rock hunt! Stay blessed and rock on!
I'm always surprised by the different ways my videos have helped people. I never expected to help anyone with the grieving process. I was just sharing my love of rocks. I'm glad I could help you out and I'm sorry you lost your friend.
That's it, I'm driving 8 hrs just to retrieve that awesome stripy rock!
That banded Agate made the whole trip even better
cant wait to hit the shore of the big lake this season! this vid made the itch even worse. CHEERS!!!
That lil banded Agate at the end.. WOW!!! Total score!
EDIT: Oh man, when you moved that one rock at 15:10, I think there was an Agate under it that you missed :) watch slowly and boom, there it is :O
I always worry that I'll miss an obvious one that someone will see in the video.
Wish Ohios lake Erie had agats.
Love the red striped rock
Ooooh that rock at 14:15 is beautiful! Have missed the stripey rocks. And the spiffy ones! Thank you for the soothing waves on this hunt. Yes, Eric, nice hat! Go Blue!
That was my favorite of the day, even though it was pretty tiny.
Good to see you prowling the shores of the great lakes again
Oh the once you leave behind kill me, Rob!! I would be in heaven with somewhere near me to pick up rocks like those!!! 😍
I'm still finishing up the last few tumbles from last summer. My goal was to bring home only agates. I did end up bringing three small rocks for the tumbler.
It's so beautiful with those waves crashing & the sound of the rocks - I turn to your videos when I need peace. Plus all of those beautiful rocks!! I think I'd take a bucket and a shovel and fill it up!!! ❤❤
I am really loving how close to the ground you’re filming, I can see them so much better! 👏👏👏
It's hard to go slow enough for the camera. Everything looks so much faster on film.
@@MichiganRocks I’ve also found that to be true while filming rock tumbling TikTok’s.
Heck yeah! Lets goooooo 😊
I was living vicariously through you guys! My sister & I go up in 2 weeks and I can't wait! Would love to find your stone stash. That stripey one is awesome! Someone else will surely get it before then. That 1st agate, the red one... Boy, what a beaut!!!
I don't know. This time of year they can last a couple of weeks. Send me a picture if you find it. I love seeing those.
Thanks for the beach walk and rock hunt on best lake ever! Love the sounds of superior waves!
👁👁 Happy to drop by…
No place like home
SE Michigan ❤️ 17:35
I can't wait till I have the time to get back up to Lake Superior. It is my favorite of all the lakes, I do believe.
Mine too.
Those perfectly smooth, pitch black ones are so cool.
Ooo you could Make a meditation video with the sound of the waves and rocks rolling . I could relax to that. It's so peaceful and beautiful. Looks cold too! Not sure When you made this video but maine got blasted with a good snow storm . Maybe Michigan got lucky this time. Surely enjoying your wonderful videos and learning about names of rocks . Thank you!
This was filmed on April first, and I'm not even kidding. I did a video with no talking once due to comments like yours. It wasn't very popular, but you might like it. czcams.com/video/OS4Or9KZFg0/video.html
One day, I’ll be able to see the beauty that you see!!❤️🩷💚💙♥️💛
Bet that was fun!!
Sure was. Long day though. I left here at 6:00 and didn't get home until a little after 11:00.
I’m so jealous.
Rob, thanks for a look at Superior showing some of it's power. I love the sound of water moving rocks too. Gorgeous lake!
That's only a small part of the potential power. I'd love to see a truly massive storm some day, but only from a safe distance. Have you seen this? czcams.com/video/JaIuK5mzImI/video.html
@@MichiganRocks No, I hadn't. What a day that was. You hear about those storms, but I've never seen one on video before. Thanks for sending me the link.
@@notinmanitou I thought you might like it. If you've ever been to the Black Rocks in Marquette, then that video is even more impressive.
Awesome video! Love watching rock hunting videos!!! Now I'm gonna go tomorrow!
Good luck!
🙋♀️❤️. Nice to meet Eric! Good to be back on the beach!
How do you know a rock is an agate? All I could think when you kept showing those screenshots of all the rocks was what a great jigsaw puzzle.
Agates are translucent and have very tight bands.
I would be taking at least 50lbs of rock home lol
Oh YEAH! My motto seems to be, "No rock left behind". My husband doesn't get it.
I'm so happy to see you out on the beach hunting rocks! Cool new friend to hunt with!
What a nice selection on the beach. It looks like Eric brought the super scooper? Thanks Rob.
I think he copied both my gloves and my scooper. His scooper was actually better than mine though. He managed to get a cap on both the top and bottom of his and used a little thicker PVC.
Yay agates! I'm a bit jealous but I will be up there in Sept. Hopefully there will be some left for us to find!
There are always a few.
Some great rocks today
good find agate❤
What a great first Lake Superior rock hunt! Thank you for bringing us along, Rob.
Always neat seeing all the rocks at Blind Sucker. Might try to get back there this summer.
3:22 yes, those look like garnets in maybe a schist.
I think I learned that from you. I thought the rest of the rock was gneiss but I don't know if garnets can form in gneiss.
I could use all the boring ones you walk right past. 😂
Looks like a fun time! 👍
So happy to see you back today!!!
I had hoped to see a "Maker's Ghallenge" with the Lake Superior Stones.. Can't believe it's time for the 5th challenge.. I love the Stripey one at the 12:35 mark..
I don't think it's time for the 5th one yet, is it? I just got done with the last one.
What a great adventure on the beach, you guys had. Lots of cool finds and the stone stash is back! Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to get back up there.
Better hurry, there have been a few people expressing interest in the stone stash.
You guys throw back stuff I'd cherish!
I know. I get that comment a lot. I try really hard not to be a rock hoarder.
@@MichiganRocks Hey - more for me! Bless my soul. 8 D
Love the green 0nes myself! One of those colors that my eyes focus on. I usually go out with the plans to walk past the greens ones, but the addiction to that color almost always wins the brain thought process!
I do things like that. I have trouble controlling myself too.
Got to love Lake Superior typically what I see.😊
Beautiful!!!
You two had a lovely trip at the lakesides and Eric did find some nice rocks. (me too had also picked many of those he did😉😉, you are so picky😉😉) thank`s for the tour.
I freely admit that I am picky. I'm still finishing tumbling the last few from last summer, though.
A couple of brave souls!! It seemed a bit "brisk" on the beach. Liked the little agates! Thanks Rob.
My hands were cold pretty much the whole day. I have wimpy hands.
Nice get to go out again. Eric found some neat stones and you got the agates!
He found a better agate on the next beach though. You'll get to see that next week.
Love watching I live in NC but my inlaws are in Petoskey. Love it up north!
I hope you get to visit them each summer.
Pretty rocks.
Nice hunt!
Nice video. I’m looking forward to going to the Keweenaw in May. I’ve been traveling to Ahmeek for 60 years.
I love it up there.
Oh man it would be so fun to go rock hunting with you guys! You should start an annual rock hunt club, I would definitely attend!!
Having a bunch of people on the beach at one time wouldn't be much fun.
Loved the agates❣️😍
Brrr. All the rocks look great. If I were there, I’d have 15 lb.s in 15 steps! LOL
Thanks….nice friend.
How nice to c the beatch and hear the waves❤nice finds(and im so jellous of the one who will findthat girgeous stripey one... 😶) 👍👋🇫🇮
Love the agates I got from you! Happy hunting!!
You got agates from me?
Rock are so clean...
Wife's and my annual trip to Grand Marias. Severe thunderstorm ended at 2am, we were at that same exact beach, rocks were piled up from storm surge. We bagged 4 yoopers in less than 5 minutes, and maxed out our weight in a whole lot of pretty stones. Jaspers are our favorite. No one was on the beach and we stayed there until the sun rose. All alone with my favorite person.
Sounds like quite a night!
@@MichiganRocks This will be our 5th year in a row. We stay at the Agate Cross B&B.
Oh my goodness! This was such a treat to watch in anticipation for my first visit to Northern Michigan! You and your wonderful wife have inspired me to do some rock hunting and I talked my two sisters and one brother-in-law into doing it with me. We’ve got our gear and are headed your way later this month. Any first timer tips for a Californian from the San Francisco Bay Area? Do you have a rock shop we could visit while in your neck of the woods? I work for a couple hospitals out here and am looking forward to my spring break. I fell in love with Petoskey stones I purchased in rough form online and have hand polished-originally for some rock turtles I was doing.
I'd need to know more about your general plans. This video was on Lake Superior. It would be about a four hour drive to get to a spot where you could pick up Petoskey stones. A lot of people who watch my videos don't understand how far apart some of my rock hunts are. Send me an email and I'll try to help you out. abramr@mac.com
I was so excited when I saw the notification for this video! Love all your videos but the Michigan beach hunts are my favorites! I may be a bit biased, I am from Michigan after all. 😂 GO BLUE!! 💙💛
Go blue!
That Gneiss with garnets in it, i found one similar but a lot smaller. It's in the tumbler right now hopefully gives a decent result !
That could turn out really nice.
3:25 those are garnets for sure I find lots of them on south side of Lake Ontario!
Thanks, Chase!
Very enjoyable walk on the beach. Rob, I'm interested in seeing your Georgia Lace tumbling results. I had an issue in stage 3 where the softer material separated from the pretty lace part. I'm going to try again & see what happens.
I have mine in the coarse grinding stage right now. The soft stuff is wearing away and the hard parts are left behind, but have lots of voids where the soft material was. I'll make a video of the end results. I'm not sure how well it's going to turn out.
@@MichiganRocks I'm getting same results. Thanks, I look forward to yours.
Rob, you are like the Easter bunny of hidden rocks. That was a good rock hunting video.
Thanks. Maybe I should start carrying a basket rather than a bucket.
Be still my heart, the pebbles!
The 2024 rock hunting season is on and it can only get better !
Woo-hoo!
Did you say which beach access area you parked at? I think I recognize it, but not 100% sure.
Blind Sucker River.
I love this video! How do you ever choose which ones to bring home? I would want so many!
The more I go, the more picky I get. I look for unusual ones or rocks that I have polished in the past that do really well in the tumbler. If rocks have not done well in the past, I know to leave them behind.
Very nice.. I'd love to come up..
I'm in Indiana
The light blue was maybe blue lace agate.
beautiful finds, real nice day.thanks💁♀️
I think blue lace agate comes from Africa. No blue lace here.
@@MichiganRocks I can only claim ignorance of the fact. I have reference books and a more than 40 years of stones collection. bluelace is a favorite.
I wonder what it was..
Be safe and well🏞️
I am enlightened ✨
thank you.
Piękne te fale ich szum i kolorowe minerały, dziękuję za relację ❤
Nie ma za co.
Nice of you to throw a green rock in the video for the little brother
Every once in awhile, I like to do something for the less fortunate.
I cry every time you throw a unakite away 😢 lots of cool rocks
I only brought about three or four little rocks home for the tumbler that day, and I think two were unakite.
Me and my Girlfriend are planning a trip up to Michigan this summer. Gonna try our luck at finding some Yooperlites and some Petoskey stones
Good luck!
@MichiganRocks It's our first time giving it a go. I was doing some reading and read that if we look around the Grand Marais area, there is a good chance of finding some. Any recommendations?
The striped rocks that you don’t pick up if you cut it would the strip go all the way through?
Yes, generally they do.
The Ohio State agate you found is awesome. Go Bucks 🤣
Ugh.
8:34 Goodness that rock is pretty.
👁👁 Happy to drop by…
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SE Michigan 17:35
Hint to ruby baring rocks is mica. So the one you picked up that you stated had garnets is a dead give away for rubies.
Thanks, I didn’t know that.
Also you can go out at night with uv and find them. They glow ruby red.
I’m going up late next month for the first time, much lower than when were you are… have no idea what I’m looking for so I imagine my bag will be full of surprises or just rocks lol!!!
Good luck!
@@MichiganRocks thank you!!! I’ll be in the Pier Cove area so hopefully I’ll find something cool. I’ll post pics of my treasures and hopefully they won’t just be “rocks” lol!!! I did order the book you recommended so maybe that will help keep us on track!!
5:46 The water: "Rob needs to wet his rock"😅
I'm heading that way in the middle of May and was wondering if there is somewhere reasonable to park just south of where the river drains into the lake.
There's a place that's called Perry's Landing, although it's not marked that way. It's very close to the Lake Superior State Forest Campground. There's also a big parking lot at Vermillion Point. The spot I parked isn't too bad either. If you have a car with reasonable clearance (not a Corvette) you should be fine going down the road. It's not marked, but just look for the road that's closest to the mouth of the river. It has a pretty wide entrance, but is basically a two-track.
Thank you very much. How far in advance will I have to give you notice? It will be my Grandkids Christmas gifts. I luv your Chanel
I'm not sure what you're referring to. I talk to a lot of people and can't remember what we talked about.
Any arrowheads found on the Great Lakes shores? Thanks!
There are arrowheads found in Michigan, but I haven't found any. I think the beaches would beat them up and round them off, so it's probably not the best place to look.
@MichiganRocks agreed, I’ve found one in the many years of looking thanks for getting back to me 👍🏻
Not sure if you’ll see this on this older video, but what beaches do you recommend for Lake Superior for rock hunting? I’m planning a trip soon and want to visit!
In the eastern U.P. anything between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point is usually good. In the Keweenaw, I like Gratiot Park, Calumet Waterworks Park, Mclain State Park, and Great Sand Bay.
I love that color.unikite 😂.. small or big i will carry it.
I am interested in making some rock eggs that are uniform in size. Wondering if you have any advice (or maybe a video) on how to do it.. It is so hard to get quality non massed produced eggs. Enjoyed the video.
I have never made an egg. Sphere machines are something you could find information on with a Google search, but eggs are more difficult to make. I have never made either.
HI Rob. can you recommend a Dremel bit that is good for hanging pendant etc? I got some junk from Amazon and they skip all over and then the coating wears off fast. love your channel, you got me into the hobby! cheers.
I don't use a Dremel much at all. I use one in the drill press attachment for drilling 1 mm holes. I have another that I use for buffing Petoskey stones with Zam and for roughing up polished surfaces that I intend to glue together. That's about it. I really wouldn't have enough experience with anything else to know what to recommend.
Thanks.
Can the rocks found easily on all most Michigan beaches? What beach did you go to
This was at the Mouth of the Blind Sucker River on Lake Superior. Any beach between Grand Marais, MI and Whitefish Point will have similar rocks.
@@MichiganRocks thank you ❤️
Does the Huron coast in Michigan have good rock beaches like Superior or not so much?
It has different rocks. No agates, but plenty of fossils, puddingstones, and other fun stuff. Here's a video of rocks found and identified on Lake Huron.
39 Lake Huron Rocks Identified: czcams.com/video/F_t4LC13utM/video.html
@@MichiganRocks Awesome, thanks! I found a tiny (1") charlevoix on the Ohio shore of Lake Erie last month but thought it was petoskey because until I watched this video I didn't know the difference. I'm excited now that I know what it is.
@@OhioEddieBlack Glad to help!
The unakite didn’t mind being put back. He wanted to stay at the beach.
I already did,you passed up 3 🤣🤣🤣
Doh! I hate when that happens.
University of Michigan is “go BLUE “ - Michigan State is “Go GREEN “!!😂
yuperlites would be cool
I have done a few videos on those.
Hunting Yooperlites: czcams.com/video/7xzNiQmKpEw/video.html
Tumbling Yooperlite: czcams.com/video/5wiAY3vVFws/video.html
Slabbing Yooperlites: czcams.com/video/xJUMoIpOhoo/video.html
Making Yooperlite Fridge Magnets: czcams.com/video/ejpOt6Ru2jk/video.html
Second Yooperlite Hunting Video: czcams.com/video/mX1SEbnRw58/video.html
How were the roads? I'm going through major withdrawals.
The roads there were fine. The road to Vermillion Point where we went later that day were not fine at all. I was a bit concerned in four wheel drive in my Jeep. I wished I had a snorkel for it, but managed to get through. You can see that next week.
So many you guys pick up and toss back down and I'm like " nooooo pick that back up" ha
Superior is 8.hours away almost :(
You can't take them all home. I try not to take more rocks than I can tumble or make something out of.
Hey Rob, we're traveling and in Missouri, and I've found some stone that may be banded chert. How would one know for sure?
They have a rock there called Mozarkite that is a type of chert. I know there's a lot of other chert found there too. Chert had conchoidal fractures and that's one way to help identify it. Have you ever seen a really thick piece of glass that is chipped? It chips in a roundish shape, that can look sort of like a seashell. That's conchoidal fracturing.
That sounds like what we have, lots of it, actually. I'm looking forward to tumbling them.
Btw, we're going to be in Northern Michigan later this year, either Alpena or Gaylord area. Then the U.P., looking forward to finding some agates along Lake Superior. If you have any places to suggest we go let me know.
@@robertrayle2399 Rockport Quarry near Alpena is great for fossils. The quarry is good, so is the beach, which is different in each direction. Then there are sinkholes behind the quarry. You could spend a whole day there.
For agates, any beach between Grand Marias, MI and Whitefish point is good.