SW Michigan Hunt for Lightning Stones, Yooperlites, and More!
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- I rarely get to this part of the state so this was an extra fun day for me. I met up with locals Chris and Chuck as well as my friend Jonathan.
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Powerful group of Michigan rockhounders. Michigan proud! Knowledge evident🥰
I’ll second that! Would be great to tag along with that group and soak up their experience. They’ve done a lot of tumbling with those examples we saw. Just eyeballing it and feeling the weight of it they could tell if it would shine up or not.
It's still just a guess in some cases. I'm going through all my tumbles from last summer right now and I did have several duds.
@@MichiganRocks It’s been so hot in the desert I haven’t been able to get out so I spent one of my weekends doing the same. I culled my rough down by about a third. Can’t believe some of the stuff I brought home. Cold water agates is a new term for me. I see a consistency in what they are picking up. What did they say they tumble out like?
@@Gene.Guazzo I don't think we discussed how they tumble.
Nancy and I were on a Lake Superior beach today and were cold even with sweatshirts on.
Another Awesome Video!! Thanks Rob!!! It was Great meeting all your Buddies! Excellent Learning some more about Rocks!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻♀️
Nice scoop! It can also be used to scoop big pots of pasta.
You could scoop a mountain of linguini!
I was just there this past weekend! We found some amazing finds. We found some excellent lightning stones, one lightning stone that had a two inch ammonite fossilized in it, one very tiny pudding stone, and some antique blue and white China chunks. Found some beautiful petosky stones. There was one rock that I’ve never seen before. It is dark black and had nice chunks of a pale sulfur green-yellow. So strange! No clue what it is. Also…we learned a thing or two about appropriate foot ware. Ouch! We wore crocs thinking we could clean them out easily. Wished we had boots instead.
The black and green one might be porphyritic basalt. It sounds like something I find quite often.
It seems you and I have switched places, normally I walk the SW Michigan beaches, but this week I am way up north.
Nice finds, thanks for bringing us along. I’m looking forward to walking the beaches when I get back home.
I live in SW Michigan and just got back from the Keweenaw! We’re all playing musical chairs with our locations in Michigan! 🤣
You have to mix it up once in awhile, don't you? It's fun to see different kinds of rocks in new places.
@@MichiganRocks it really is! That was my first time in the Keweenaw. I can’t wait to go back. We also made a trip to an abandoned quarry and mined for greenstone! It’s amazing the different rocks and minerals you can find sprinkled throughout Michigan.
@@TenSeventeen what’s your favorite SW beach for rock hunting? We were just up from indiana and rock hunting in Glenn because we couldn’t find a rock beach near South Haven. We hope to go again in the fall or spring.
@@brightpurpleviking I’ve spent most of my time walking along warren dunes state park, farther south than south haven. The geology isn’t anything special, but there is a glacial moraine that intersects Lake Michigan just north of the park property, leads to some interesting finds.
The lightning stone polished beautifully!
Yes, they shine up really well.
Cool finds! Nice to see different stones! And yooperlites!
I agree! It was fun to find different stuff for a change.
That lightning stone, looks like a turtle shell.🙂
Not as much as Petoskey stones do. czcams.com/users/shorts2MVTZq0DQew
Hello Rob,
It's great to see you made it to my area in Michigan! I know the areas well that you were looking for your rocks!
I enjoyed your area of the state. I don't make it down that way very often.
Love that scoop, lightweight and expandable! The transformation on the polished petoskey stone incredible! I like how it was from a different angle than the stones you usually show but both are beautiful in their own way❤
Yes, the side view, as I call it, is not what is usually emphasized.
Lots of cool finds. I have had to turn my attention to starting up and running my cat rescue. But I will get back out there one of these days and go rockhounding again. I do miss it so.
Bless you so needed! My daughter saved 6 littles in the rain, no one wants to adopt, we have to put them out! All male. Docs wont fix for lower price.
@@juneyshu6197maybe your local animal shelter....I sure hope they can help you.... I have heard of some shelters actually doing it for free so anyway I hope you have a place like that unless you for at least getting them out of that really bad storm❤
Fossililous, lightning stones stripey rocks, petoskey....love our beautiful lake Michigan. Too many choices!
The stones you polished look amazing. I still need to find myself a lightning stone.
Thumbs up for Chuck Parks. The scoops are also good golf ball retrievers in ponds.
Other people’s golf balls, of course.
@@MichiganRocks 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That was a Good One Rob!!!! 👋🏼👋🏼
@@MichiganRocks 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That was a Good One Rob!!!! 👋🏼👋🏼
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Wow that first lightning stone shined up beautifully 🤩
This was fun. Never thought about rock hunting at night. Thanks for taking us along
Hunting for Yooperlites has become pretty popular.
I and my wife were just in south haven on monday! We found a couple lightning stones but nothing like the amount you showed! I had no idea yupper lights were this far south either!!
Now you know!
Another great day at the beach!
Sublime exploration. Thank you
What a cool day! I imagine that was a really good time. The Lightning Stone you polished at the beginning, looking at the stone with it's cake looking texture as it meets the wheel messes with the brain.... not the reaction your mind gets you ready to see and hear! lol Great video, thank you for sharing!
That's funny, because with the rock in hand, it reacts pretty much exactly as expected.
just seeing it, my mind expected to see it just rip the brown right off! lol But, it sure made for a beautiful stone afterwards fer sure!
Happy hounding, one and all ❤🎉
Some awesome looking rocks
I realy love the sound of the waves on the beach, i wish i could be there! I was wondering if this scoopy tool existed, well yes! Great find! Greetings from Quebec, Canada!
Kingsley North also sells an aluminum scoop. I have seen all kinds of homemade scoops on the beach too.
I love yooperlites!
That Fossil Hash was AMAZING! (6:01)
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: That was fun! You're still the "shine" king... look at those mirror finishes!
Epic hunt day!
Thank you 🙂
Hey that’s where my wife and I go. We are not to far. Never tried the yooper light hunt there. We will now. Thanks.
Good luck!
Sweet thumbnail photo! You've gotten good at beech-rock-photo composition. The colorful glass adds some pop.
I actually made three thumbnails that are all being tested right now using CZcams's new testing feature. They're all virtually tied right now.
Great video! Everytime I have looked in that area I always find interesting rocks.
I was pleased to find some things different than what I normally find.
Very nice, I’ve heard that there was Yooperlites down that way.
Me too, but this was the first I have actually seen them for myself.
WOW!..cool video Rob!...you had my immediate attention when the unakite came on the screen. Thats a good one! One of my most favorite spots up near and around this area I can find specimens equal to that one. Fun to polish! Sorry but I had to fast forward through the spider scene, you had my skin crawling something fierce. Thanks buddy...lol. Great yooperlite and that uranium glass are pretty neat!. Thanks for sharing all this
It's funny what one person is creeped out by but the next thinks it's cool. I don't like spiders crawling on me because I know they bite, but otherwise it wouldn't bother me. Same with snakes. I love how they move. I did a video in a cave this winter and I was really surprised how many people couldn't watch it because they were claustrophobic. I found the cave really, really relaxing because of how quiet it was.
@@MichiganRocks I like caves too!..mammoth caves and the Luray caverns were really neat. I'd love to explore some old caves out west some day.
@@manisteerocks7092 I have been to both of those. Of course, I only saw a tiny bit of Mammoth.
I really love uv rocks and minerals. Septarian and yoopers are among my favorites. Nice video Rob.
Thanks!
I am still so jealous!! I need to come North! I love uranium glass too.
밤에 발견할 수 있는 돌이라니.. 예쁘고 신기하네요! ❤❤
Great stones. I like the rock scoop, although I'd prefer it in metal because I'm constantly using mine to pry rocks with, I'd be afraid of breaking that one.
Great rock hunting and fun guests too!
Mine is a metal spoon on a piece of PVC, but that's not good for prying either.
@@MichiganRocks I went through a couple spoons. Bent them back and forth too many times and snapped them. I found a heavy duty one, it's on a piece of cedar now and I can pry stuff now without it bending. Still rocks fall off of it, I like his scoop design and can see why it would be better than most. Oh and I do like that it folds, mine doesn't so every so often it ends up sitting propped up next to my garage and I forget it. I might have to get one just to leave it in the car for days when I'm scatterbrained.
I’m in South Haven area and I had no idea we had Yooperlites! Time to buy a black light flashlight!!
This was my first time hunting Yooperlites in Lake Michigan.
I have sooo many lightning stones from South Haven beaches. They look so cool after polishing.
They sure do!
Hi Rob 👋😃👍 Rob I love ROCK'S 🪨❤️👍😃
Hi Sharon.
Very nice!
There are some unusual Geological anomalies in that area
Can you tumble lightning stones?
I haven't tried. They are pretty soft, so it might be challenging.
the polished lightening stone was gorgeous! the stripey guy was really interesting. the night hunt was so cool. the stones with orange peeking out could’ve been dragon eggs!
They always look like glowing hot embers to me.
@@MichiganRocks yes i can see that
I grew up in South Haven so these videos are great
I have a couple others from the area coming up.
Dude! I’m in south haven right now! I just got a bunch of lightning stones!
Those are fun, aren't they? At least they're fun for me because we don't have them on the beaches I normally go to.
polishing one of the finds mid video is a nice idea.
Thanks. With softer rocks like lightning stone, I can do that. I can do it with harder rocks too, but I'd rather tumble those.
9:30 Wilson!
Ha ha!
Great video 😊😊😊😊
Thanks!
Cool.
I want more info on the DIY UV light. that thing is cool looking.
I can't help you with that, but maybe Chris can. @adventurecooper
I think another episode of the Box Of Rocks series would be cool video!
I'm working on it. I just got my rocks from last summer finished. Yesterday I started the long process of trying to match up the finished rocks with their before pictures. It's a long and difficult process. Hopefully I can get a Rocks in a Box video out soon.
The rocks here are very interesting. 16:50
I’m in the Saint Joseph area and this is one of my favorite beaches to go to! 🤗
It was a fun spot. Lots of great stuff there.
Nice!!!
I would love to find a lightning stone!
That whole area has them. They're pretty common there.
Many Yoopers here in SE MA. I send all my first timer rock tumblers to you! Thanks Rob Great info and entertainment!
I think someone else told me the same thing. Apparently they're not just from Michigan.
@@MichiganRocks It may have been me/ I have a beauty that I am working on from Wells Beach Maine. Thanks for the show!
@@Mudguaard Could be. There was a video.
@@MichiganRocks Wells Beach, Maine has some giants. I have polished a 45 pound and a 90 pound gray matrix and a 30 pound black matrix.
@@MichiganRocks I have my page where I show similar "stuff" But for me it's all for fun, plus I am 74 this year and rock collecting and polishing keeps me going. Thanks for responding, men and women like you make up the bulk of humanity! Always a pleasure. Larry is my name. Elmer was my Bite Me Bait Co screen name.
I heard wholly rock. First thing that came to mind was a great gift for say a minister or pastor. LOL
Holey, not holy.
OMG ~ I'm close enough to actually go there & hunt for those Yooperlites.. I even have a UV flashlight.. I am so Jealous.. Thanks for sharing this video with us.. My laptop is as close as I will get..
Wait, if you're close enough to go there, then why are you satisfied with just watching on your laptop?
Very nice
I was rock hounding in the same area between South Haven and Saugatuck. I was there July 1st, 3rd, 5th. I Hit Pier Cove, Pilgrim Haven, Deer Lick Creek, Van Buren State Park, and the surrounding areas. Maybe we were at the same beaches! Anyway, I found a variety of amazing rocks and fossils! Another thing you can find on SW Michigan beaches is lake coal. Yes real coal. Since it is so light weight, it doesn't dwell in, at, or near the water. It is found away from the water floating on the sand. It stands out from wood charcoal, as it has a shiny luster, and is heavier. Anyway, glad you came to the area, and happy hunting
I find coal up here on Lake Huron too. I'm pretty sure it is from ships or one of the industries that burns or burned coal in the past. I find it quite often at Rockport, which is an old quarry.
So much fun again, even enjoyed the spiders 🕷️! Would love to get one of those cabbing machines like you have. How long did it take to polish up the two you showed here?
If I hadn't been filming, maybe 20 minutes each.
@@MichiganRocks Not bad at all for such a nice polish, good job!👍
Yooperlites - I learn something new every time I watch your videos! Those are just amazing! What makes the orange light up? Also, the purple & blue colors when that Feldspar was lit up was really gorgeous!!! The glow of the white stone - what is it?
Great video!
Yooperlites are a rock called syenite and the glowing part is sodalite. I'm not sure what those other two rocks were.
Well now I’m going to have to get me a UV light & check out my sodalite. I’ve got quite a bit of that!
@@leeannmettlach2412 I have other sodalite that doesn't fluoresce like this.
@@MichiganRocks Mine are just your std variety, I guess I’ll hold off on the UV light. Thanks for telling me that. I wonder what the difference is? Something with the combination of the Yooperlite?
@@leeannmettlach2412 Most cheap lights are not 365 nm. The good lights also have a filter to filter out the non-UV light.
This was cool. Can you mention which beach near South Haven? Thank you.
Chris wanted to keep that information off the Internet. I think most of the beaches in that area have at least some. Jonathan and I found a few at Van Buren State Park earlier that day.
Could be a new direction for the channel, filming other Rock Hounds and their finds, along the coastlines of Michigan.
I have covered a good portion of the shorelines of Michigan, but I don't always have a local rockhound to go with me. Maybe I should make more of an effort to do that.
You missed my favorite SW Michigan lightning stone beach. Literally hundreds of them!
There were probably hundreds of them at this beach. Jonathan and I stayed at Van Buren State Park and looked there too. We found a few, but not many. I don't know if that's because they are too picked over there or if that's a little too far south.
My stomping grounds!
Can you guys keep those !?
Yes.
Geode may fluoresce
I forgot to check that.
Not really related to the video, but my National Geographic rock tumbler broke recently and I’m looking for a better brand of rock tumbler. (Long lasting) (inexpensive)
Can't find the geo scoop on line. Do you have the link to where to buy one. Very informative video.
I put the link in the description, but here it is again. geofindsllc.com/shop/
@MichiganRocks Greatly appreciated. I apologize for not seeing the link in your post. Have a great day. Thank you.
@@imawehole No problem.
What lights do you use for finding yooper lights? I have a few bit none that provide the glow that yours does. Any info would be amazing. Please and thankyou
I don't know what all of Chris's lights are, but mine is a Convoy S2 365nm light. This is what I have: kingsleynorth.com/convoy-s2-uv-led-flashlight.html?queryID=4d322635e6ff95e490b6f3f429ca80be&objectID=11500&indexName=kingsleynorthenglish_products?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link)
kingsleynorth.com?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link)
@@MichiganRocks hey thankyou very much. I'm definitely going to get one for my rock hounding for sure. It's such a great time. 💯🧭😁🙌🏻 I enjoy each of your videos
Love your vidoes and the friends you make. Is there a website to purchase a scoop like the one shown.
There's a link in the description, but I don't think he sells them directly.
@@MichiganRocks Oh my gosh I missed it. Thank you
@@janef9266I had the same question. Thanks for asking it for me. 😊 That's such a cool scoop stick!!
Could you list the grit sizes on your cabbing machine? Having trouble with some scratches on mine, wondering if I'm missing a grit.
The grits are: 80, 220, 280, 600, 1200, and 3000.
@@MichiganRocks Thanks so much.
Have you found any LSAs on Lake MI? I found my first agate at Benton Harbor before I knew what they were. Still have it!
Yes, I found one a Point Betsy Lighthouse.
Have you ever tried to make your own sea glass ? I find it kinda cool,say maybe to make a small mural or like a stain glass window. Let me know just curious.
Yep. Here's the video: czcams.com/video/yAt1Y5cGfWI/video.html
Is this Van Buren State Park?
No, but it's in that general area.
@@MichiganRocks I'm actually going there in 2 days. Would love to hit this beach. Haven't had much luck with rocks this year. Went to Rocky Gap which is usually plentiful with rocks. Nothing but sand.
@@ladyofjazz448 I also made a video at Rocky Gap. You're right about the sand but we found a couple rocks.
Stones with the geode pockets: are those “safe” to tumble? Meaning will all the crystals fall out? Something about them makes them seem fragile.
For reference, I found a piece of banded chert, and it has these black crystals in a pocket and … ledge thingy and I want to smooth it out.
I had no idea yoopers were down there by the way.
I'm not sure about tumbling the geodes. They seemed really soft when cutting them.
@@MichiganRocks Well, thanks for NOTHING! Just kidding. Sorry about that; couldn’t help it. Your videos are awesome.
@@tajtzu3185 Ha! I only know what I know.
So is the cold water agate what you’ve been calling the mystery rock?
No, not at all. The rock I call mystery rock is found on Lake Superior. It contains chalcedony, but I'm not sure it's 100% chalcedony. There are usually about four different colors in it, and they're mostly dark colors. They're also not fossils.
How much are those scoops?
I'm not sure. Chuck is working tonight to get some put on his site. There's a link to his site in the description.
In this video are you in lake Mich.
Yes.
4:27 i didnt know mark cuban was a rockhound. he's aged
Well now you know what your ‘Magates’ (maybe agate) are!
Some of them, at least.
Do you sell your turtles and other shapes online?
No, I sell them in a local shop. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
Is that saw water or oil cooled?
The trim saw in this video is water cooled.
@@MichiganRocks oh awesome! Can you cut small copper ore on that too or do you need oil cooled for that? Love the videos
@@bigcmcg3946 I have cut rocks with copper specks with no problem. I have found that diamond blades don't cut through pure copper very well though. It just sort of smears it instead of cutting it. I jammed my oil cooled slab saw on a piece rock with a fair amount of copper in it too.
@@MichiganRocks what would you recommend for the more dense copper? I’ve got several pieces that are very dense. Not sure if you have an email I could send pics of what I’m referring to. Definitely appreciate your time.
Did I see that scoop in hot pink? Where do I get?
There's a link in the description, although there is nothing in the online store. I just talked to Chuck and he's working tonight to get some onto the site. They come in quite a few colors.
@@MichiganRocks thanks, Buddy