Finding Fire Agate at Saddle Mountain AZ
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2023
- The premiere Of Season 2! We are back! We head down to Saddle Mountain with our Friend Phil from Dirty Dog Prospecting for our 4th attempt at finding fire agate! we know its up in the mountain somewhere, we just have to get there and find it. People have told us, it's not in the mountain, but we think it is. Come along and see if we find fire in the mountain!
Music provided by Epidemic Sound
A Hectic World- Raymond Grouse
Under Her Eyes- Arthur Benson
Excuse the Dog- Stationary Sign
Hearts Fall Out- Headlund
Whispers of Yesteryears- Headlund
Beautiful finds out at Saddle Mountain guys👍
Thank you Lisa!🙌🏼
Another little side note. I got yelled at on Reddit for talking about the fire agate without color and people started getting all mad and telling me it can’t be called fire agate if it has no fire lol. The internet is funny and full of sticklers… 🤷♂️ I am far too easy going and love every one of these pieces you found (color or not) they are all amazing fire agates!! 😂. LXR sent me some without fire in them that still have some fun colors in the chalcedony, it’s sure a fun type of agate and as I said in the other comment I really wish I could have joined y’all on this one! Maybe in the future once we move back west! 🤘🔥😁
I joined Reddit and got kicked off the first day because I broke the rules, I don’t even know what rule I broke. It wasn’t even bad. So they can go pound sand.🤣 Yes I love all the ones too, even with out fire. We have tons. I’ll email you, and send you some. I saw you were just moving into a new place! How’s it going?
Wow what an amazing adventure! I so wish I could join on this one!!! 🤘 great finds and great times. 🔥🔥
Next time you’re in AZ let me know! We will go find more!
What an awesome time you had, and you were right about where you thought they were. Beautiful finds and I love the whisps in the nodules . I call fist dibs if you decide to sell any, especially the dragon scales, lol. Thanks for another wonderful adventure! ❤️
Thanks Vanessa! My little dragon scale fits on your pinky, so tiny but beautiful! E mail me and let me know what you are interested in.😄
Wow, those are beautiful! I'd love to go there, beautiful rockhounding spot!
Thank you! Really nice to go in the winter too!
Looks so fun. Nice video
Thank you! It is always a good day if when we are rockhounding!😄
😁🔥💎😂 You make me smile! Thanks for sharing your RoCkIN JoY with us!! 🎉🎉🎉😂
Thank you Kat!🙏🏼
Always love your adventures! I’d love to find some fire agate someday. I’ve never even seen it in person. 🔥 Keep the great videos coming and Happy New Year 🎆🎊
Thank you Brian! Trying to get a new video out, but life keeps getting in the way! And a possible computer malfunction losing all my work and having to start over. Happy New year!🙌🏼
Hot dang, there's fire in them there hills! The little wispies in the chalcedony remind me of what you would find in an Oco geode. Fun adventure guys!
Thank you Brian!🙌🏼
I've had better luck walking the flats and either surface collecting or raking the surface a bit. We always win because we cut and polish the chalcedony. You got some beautiful stones. I cringe everytime i see someone looking licking rocks. See ya 😊
I think walking the washes is the best way to go. And yes… no more licking rocks!😂 We have been still telling Phil not to.🤣
Wow guys, these are fantastic! I even love the few solid white pieces at the beginning of the drool fest! Those wispy plumes inside remind me of angel feathers and that awesome druzy, 🤤. Hitchhiking to the moon is terrific too! My favorite are @14:04, @15:33, @15:51, your in the works practice piece and your dragon scale. Julie and Phil freaked me out, especially Julie! Holy moly, I thought you were going over the edge.😳😱 I have a fear of heights so that view was scary enough right before I thought you were a goner!😅 Whew! Looks like you all had fun and worked hard the rest of the time. Thanks for sharing Julie and Brian!🙌🥰✌️🤠🤘😇❤️
Thank you Kyla! When we cut that one open! I thought Hitch hiking to the moon! It was so crazy! I love the feather/winged wisps too. It’s just beautiful! And yeah, the almost falling a few times… especially when you know I can’t feel my feet!🤣 Yikes! I don’t have a fear of heights but I should since my balance is bad.🤣
Beautiful. I was walking along a river bank and fell about 8 feet, ripped my jeans and had to pick gravel out of my behind for days. Kinda wrecked the trip. So tie a rope around yer waist next time you go to Saddle Mtn. It would really ruin your trip if you fell. Happy hunting though.
Nice finds!
Thank you Rita!
I love Saddle Mountains, you don't ever go home empty handed! I will admit - many times when someone is showing me their awesome find, my eyes quickly see theirs but then uncontrollably look past it and search the ground for my next one to pick up.... as they're twirling their precious find in front of me..... blocking my view of the ground!!! 😁😉
Very true! 🤣 I do the same thing, it’s like I want to find one like that… or better.🤣🤣🤣
Wow some of these are high grade .these look Fabuloso
Thank you Daniel!🙌🏼
You found some... yea!!!!
Yes we did!🙏🏼💖
Oh Yeah 🤘🔥
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That was a rough looking hike , but worth it , nice find lots of beauties and finally got the fire , thanks for taking us along
Thank you Wil. Had to put the camera away for the climb up, but it was worth it!
@@AZRockhoundExpeditions what side of the mountain did you go?
That was on the west side, northern end.
@AZRockhoundExpeditions sweet thanks! How about how high did you go up? I went out this weekend but didn't see anything growing. Usually when I go I stick to the base of the mountain
We were up onto the base of the basalt cliffs. Way up. 😁
Ooo I was just there. Ended up flying to Phoenix and my friend loaned me her car for the day. That looks amazing!
Did you find anything good?
@@AZRockhoundExpeditions yes actually found a bunch of pretty rocks, lots of color, a few fire-y sparkles, but nothing as fiery as you guys got!
@@danfilbin7365 If it hadn’t been for Phil, we would have never known what fire actually looked like under the white chalcedony.🤣 We are getting the eye though.
@@AZRockhoundExpeditions some of the white pieces I got had an iridescent sheen on them, and I wondered if that was the layer that gave off fire before all the other layers got worn off. I also got a couple pieces with what looked like bubbly hematite 😮
i have found tons of Fire Agate out at Saddle Mountain most was pretty small but i have found a few the size of my hand. If you dig you find much larger ones but remember to fill in your holes!
Never tried digging in the flats, may have to try that next time. And yes, we always fill in our holes!👍🏼🙌🏼
Looks like some nice sagenite at 16:21.
I think so! That was my favorite piece!
I found some half way up around I think the north side of the mountain. Very cool. Not sure what everyone is talking about. Did you find any on your way up?
Thank you Dustin, yes, we were finding it all the way up. We were on the north west side.
It's funny that people say it's not in the mountain! Where do they think it's coming from?! it's obvious its erosion! Can you even imagine what is still hiding in those rocks! Bubbly goodness.
It's an art to be able to polish them to get the fire out properly without destroying the layer that contains the fire. You guys nailed this! Wow!! Definitely on my bucket list next time I'm in Buckeye, it's not far from there. How far did you hike from your car? Looks like quite aways. Thanks, always enjoy watching.
It’s weird, it’s like they didn’t want us going up to the mountain and finding the secret.🤣 I’m really scared of polishing fire. I’m hoping I can do it. It takes a lot of time that I don’t have.🤣 We probably walked about a mile and a half up from our vehicles. The worst part was the UP!🤣
@@AZRockhoundExpeditions Yea, that's the part I hate too! I hope to get some of those, definitely on my bucket list
4th time is a charm! Awesome pieces! How do you go about cleaning them up so good?
Soaking them for days then blasting them with a textile water gun!
As a couple of wise young boys once said, “Uh huh huh huh. Cool! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!”
Oh Troy, they were wise weren’t they? I mean they were yelling for TP before it became a hot commodity in the early2020’s.🤣
Wow beautiful reveals, how did you get them so clean?!
We use a Textile water gun, you can get them on Amazon for about $65. They are a lifesaver when cleaning rocks!
Pack in water
Pack out Rock
So true!
Nice intro! Been enjoying your channel. Had a quick question: What is your time framer on responding to emails sent your way? Sent you an email a couple weeks ago and have not heard back as of yet. Hope to hear from you soon! Keep up the good work and we have been enjoying the channel!
Hi Steve! We've had some issues with emails getting through to us. Not sure what the glitch is, but we haven't seen one from you. Send us another one at azrockhoundexpeditions@gmail.com and we will get back to you within a couple days! Thank you for watching our channel and supporting us! -Brian
And Julie just found it. It wasn't in the inbox on my tablet, but she has it on hers and is responding.
In the yard, I'm finding a lot of chalcedony "bubbles", once in a while, some will have fire.
I HAVE noticed, I gather more rocks when I'm not wearing my "reading glasses." 🤔
Note to self… must take off the reading glasses to find fire.🤣
Completely new to subject of rockhounding, what do you do with your finds?
Hi! Welcome to our channel! We do a lot of cutting, some polishing when we have more time. We have live sales which we will have one on December 1st at 6pm MST here on the channel. We also do give always. We will have door prizes and play games to win. We also have a shopify store that we desperately need to update. Most of what we sell, we get from our agate claims, or other claims we were invited to. Other rocks we usually put in the give always as well as our own.
Pops left us a lot from Saddle. If anyone wants some.
Did he find some good stuff at Saddle?
Is it just anywhere on or near saddle mountain or is there a better side for looking? Taking my girlfriend there for her birthday and wanna make sure we are in the right place, since we’re driving out from SLC, UT. Thanks!
We have found it on all sides, but the south side seems to have more with potential for fire.
@AZRockhoundExpeditions Hey guys! You were recommended to me by another rock hound! Im just getting into your channel! I would love to pay you guys to take me on my first hunt to find fire! Im a very successful Fairburn agate hunter here in SD so hit me up if you ever wonder this way!
How about a trade.😃 We are planning our 2nd “Rock and Road Trip” for 2024 and Fairburn is on the list!🙌🏼😄 I have my pinpoints, but we don’t ever know if they pan out. Do you have plans to be in AZ this year? You can email us at azrockhoundexpeditions@gmail.com and we can chat!
I found some down the way at that rest stop I’m a trucker. Me and my dogs walk the wash area found so geodes too🫡
Geodes?! Very cool! That whole area is littered with material, awesome that you found it even up near the truck stop. 😃