I've not seen that much NHL action in any Maple Leaf game I've ever watched , and that's the first winking chipmunk I've seen. Great video Greig and sweet results.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

The chippie was too much fun. Every time I was working, he would pop up and "chip" at me. As soon as I put the camera on him, her would vanish. So I put out some sunflower seeds on a rock and left two cameras there. I was laughed during editing when I saw him wink.

I love the last one you cut the most. The contrast between silver and stone is beautiful. You do some awesome work.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Nature's work. I love it. ;-)

I love your videos. You are a trip. Love the humor. The Squirrel, hockey cards. Reminds me of a joke. (What do we want! We want a cure for ADHD! When do we want it? Squirrel...

@anotherluckydad

5 жыл бұрын

funny shit.

@brunocassivi2227

4 жыл бұрын

100%

Very nice slabs! Fun watching hockey Players too.

Those are all very pretty! Nice how that dancing hockey players made them polish up so nicely. I was surprised how much the nickeline polished up to an awesome looking slice! See you have people interested in buying your Ontario rocks 😊 I'm not the only one!!

I absolutely love your humor! I've meant to comment on your other videos as well but I've been binge watching so haven't had the time, lol. Thanks so much for all the helpful & useful information!

Drop dead gorgeous. Love the "clink" they made at the end when you dropped one on the other.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I wondered if I could cut a round and make a coin? The clink would mean more...

The hockey cards. 😂😂😂😂. I love your videos. Greetings from Costa Rica.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Costa Rica - one place on my bucket list to visit. The hockey cards were suggested by someone who saw an earlier video and I thought "heck, yeah"!

Hahaha! The hockey cards! 😂👌 Oh the quality of the rocks also!!! Could look at em all day.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I always wonder how much rock to put into my video, or how much of the polish/cutting process to include. I can also look at rocks all day, but notice in the metrics that many people just skip to the end. In the end, I just make videos that I would watch and people either like it too or stop watching.

@Rookie_Rockounding

6 жыл бұрын

meMiner Ah yeah it’s hard knowing what people want to watch especially when filming something you love personally. That’s a great tip man. Thank you!!!

Har !! I loved watching your dueling hockey players as the rough polish went through it's phase of beautifying the stone. The contrasting silver and host matrix is just awesome !! What a wonder to go from something that looks like a leaverite to a polished finished specimen !!!! Thank you for the video presenting the transformation from just a rock to an absolute beauty laced with lightning !!

@meMiner

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

combining chipmunk, chewing gum, hockey cards, rocksaws, silicon carbide and silver is only a meMiner ability! i will forever make this association it seems...the hockey players were behaving more like figure-skaters though!

Very nice!!

Oh wow!! Are the beautiful, so thick!! LOVE the chippies!!!! Lol! They like you! Good picture of them, so cute! Laughed with your cheeks like the Chippie!! Your so funny and cute! (Oh with that slice I have was broken, after I polish, can I glue the broken ones???) You so goofy, lol! Live it!! That chippie winked !!! Oh my god , so Cute!!!!! Your rocks are so big, you did good findings!!!!Thank you for polishing all of my rocks!! Lol! Lol! MeLike!!! The nickaline (?) Is really pretty, like the goldlish like color!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I have never tried gluing silver slices back together. I suspect you will not be happy with the result. You will always know it was glued.

@cathyd5277

6 жыл бұрын

meMiner ok, I won't do it, the big one that was broken during mailing are very small, but I will polish it anyways, it will be ok for a little necklace, pretty actually! Thankyou!

It’s 12:30am, wife is asleep in bed next to me and I can’t sleep, so watching yur videos. Then I see hockey cards skating around... I lost it and burst out laughing. Thank you that was hilarious !!! She on the other hand was not so thankful.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

When I started to read your comment, I was thinking you would say my video put you right to sleep. LOL I hope you wife forgives you. Last time I was on a plane (red-eye - overnight), some people wearing headphones were watching a comedy. They all broke out laughing at the same time and plenty of people were sleeping.

Loved it! Pretty stuff there!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Surprising how nice some lumpy grey rocks can become. ;-)

Went to a gem and mineral show this weekend. Came across a guy selling silver ore. Of course you were the first thing I thought of when I saw it. I think you should take a slice off for me! :) Hahaha, Barenaked Stones. That guy loves his rocks as much as you do.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Did the seller have nice samples? I bet after watching my videos that you didn't get sucked into a bad slice. For sure, Barenaked Stones has a passion for rock.

Very nice, they polished up well. Can't wait to get back to the silver grounds in the fall, as for now I will enjoy the searing summer heat!

That was amazing! Every step fascinating! Great little chipmunk to "chew the fat" with! Thanks for sharing!

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks much!

That was an awesome intro--You made Elmo and myself laugh.... I bought a small table top cutting wheel...works great for smaller rocks- but when you want to cut the big boys...you have some stones when it comes too cutting them....Dig,Dig,Dig

I just recently subscribed to you but I've been watching you for awhile and hadn't realized I had not subscribed and I think that's an awesome thing you did giving that guy a help with those nice slices for a project for his wife. that's what life's all about what you did right there.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

Cool!i love your passion about your rocks..high5!!and a very cool thought sending out those rocks to barenakedstones..the dude has a very similar passion to yours about his treasures.cheers

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

He is a good guy. I love the agate that he finds and how he talks about the contents of each rock. I hope he likes his silver.

@thanos208atta4

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, he will..if he's seen the video, he can' t wait to receive..

Nice! Buncha great rocks there!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks much!

Oh my. Beautiful silver ore slices. Very creative processing, to polish one side, then slice to have a "raw" side for contrast. Your creativity is admirable.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice comment. I love to share my little projects and appreciate the feedback

those came out great. nice work! an your such a nice man sending off some of your stones for love!!! three thumbs up!!!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

The only thing better than giving a rockhound a rock, is give him one that he can make something for his wife. :-)

@McChrister

6 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet. Your wife must really love you!! LoL😃Great, educational and funny video....👍🏼

Lovely rock slices. Very funny addition of Mad Max and the hockey players! :)

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

It was a fun video to create. Thanks for the nice comment

Pretty crazy with saw. The stones with the silver just beautiful. Never seen it before , thanks for the journey. Have great day. K.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

I love slicing rocks to see what is inside. Many times, the outside looks like a boring stone and hidden inside is something special. Thanks for the nice comment

Glad to hear there coming to Cal., maybe I'll see em SOMETIME sense they come to the coast now and then, beautiful, thanks again

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

They will be better traveled then me this summer. LOL

Great video👍 Thanks for the mention☺ Beautiful material, It arrived today. We shipped your package today as well📦 Hope you enjoy it😊 Happy adventures🌄

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

It is a thrill to be able to share. Even better when you can see the process for your pieces. I wonder what hockey players skated on your samples. LOL

@BarenakedStones

6 жыл бұрын

meMiner: No hockey players😄 But some were in videos All the collection sites are also. I made sure the collection sites were labled👍

I love these amazing minerals!

I just love them stones😊

I like shiny!! Nice work! :)

Yes, I like! The last cut rock has beautiful markings. All I could see was Oriental art of cascading wisteria... Tanks for the eye candy!

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

I like that: Oriental Art. I see it in the rock too. ;-)

I admit, I loved your squirrel parody. You are too much!!😀😀😀

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It was a fun video to make

Nice you sure do have some pretty shiny rocks mister ;)

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

What's weird is I just now got this notification for this video. Really cool explaination . My grandfather was a gemoligst and an avid rock and mineral hound lol if he was still alive he would of been your greatest fan. ⚒⛏💰

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

And I am sure that I would have liked him.

Your so funny. I adore you!!

I didn't know that I needed one of these machines, but the thought of tacking a bunch of Pokémon cards/faces of various people to specimens and just letting them go at it is making my face hurt from holding back crazy laughing. The possibilities are endless!

@meMiner

Жыл бұрын

That was a fun video to make

@MellowMaromi

Жыл бұрын

@@meMiner Absolutely seemed like it! I clicked for the polished product and stayed for the laughs.

Personal favorite to find here in Minnesota is red stromatolite jasper, but that would change tomorrow if I found anything close to what you slabbed and finished. I am gobsmacked. Also love how visually similar stromatolite and your silver can appear. Very Nicely Done!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Good luck on the stromatolite. It would make my day to find some...

Muffin, where are your safety glasses?

HAHAHA you and that chipmunk...stars on rocks

Awesome slabs you made his day dude yahoooooooo

Love ur videos. U crack me up.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I try to have fun. Thanks for joining me.

I loved the hockey game!

The hockey game was constant checking 😂👍✌🏻

Wow those came out amazing! So you got your flat vibe lap, nice! I've wanted one of these for awhile now, I might have to break down and buy one after seeing yours. haha. You're finding some incredible material, great suff!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to find one used. I think I will get quite a bit of use out of it. What I really need now is a larger saw.

@RoughMarket

6 жыл бұрын

For sure lucky, looks like new. I've wanted one of these for awhile now. I guess a bigger saw is probably a good idea to, haha. I have a 10" diamond blade but no saw big enough to put it on, ah well.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

There is a joke there somewhere. 10" blade and unable to use it.

@RoughMarket

6 жыл бұрын

I think you're right haha.

This is your funniest one yet. My wife asked ‘what’s so funny’ and I say ‘this guy is polishing rocks’. She doesn’t get it.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I get the same response at my home.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I get the same response at my home.

Great hockey players playing and polishing at the same time!!!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

Ok. The hockey cards were funny!

Gosh I worry about you without a mask on. That dust can't be good for you. Love the slices, they are beautiful.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Loved the humour to your video, the chippies are a friendly bunch, known as **des Petits Swiss** in French. Tools used would be a diamond blade uh?, caution has to be advised as it can be harmful to lungs if you inhale the dust when trying to saw rocks, but the water compensates for your cut as we see on your saw. Very interesting and informative. I will try Baking Soda to polish my rocks, with water or simply a tooth brush making it into a paste.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

I know them as "un tamia" in French. I like your's better.

really interesting you made it look easy i think the first one you pointed too was the best going to give this ago but in London we don't have interesting rocks just one question what is the base made from on that polisher thanks for sharing

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I believe the metal base is aluminum. The pad I used was just some felt bought at a sewing store (I am lost in that kind of store, just like my wife is lost in a fishing/hunting store). It was surprising how easy the machine is to use. Many things learned rock tumbling apply to the process here. Especially to clean the rocks and tool between grits.

Those turned out nice ,wish you were having a giveaway contest .do you work your shavings ?

Hi some of the rock kinda looks like slices of meteor thanks for the awesome video cheers

For sure I like the black-banded one with half pink half silver, just cuz I like things different.

Ahhh bro. You are awesome. Ontario? BC over here.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I love BC. I would live there in a heartbeat. Maybe someday.

very good

Hello, new subscriber here, I enjoy your videos, wish I was near all the rocks but I might go into shock. Lol. I have been notices that as you hold up your rocks I see faces and images in some of them. One looks like George Washington.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing. I have to smile at your comment. I keep hoping for a crystal that looks like Trump.

@lorithomas4674

5 жыл бұрын

meMiner Lol funny you picked trump, as actually found a rock that looked like Trump on one side and the flip side looked like Hillary and I found it before they were nominated to run so I predicted that they would be the nominees.

Funny intro lol

that was the best intro

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I had fun with it. Thanks!

Thanks for responding do quickly to my last question yesterday and i have another. What is that vibration table? I have bigger rocks also and what type/brand grit do you use and gave you tried various types?

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

The table is a vibratory flat lap. I really like it, but if you were to only have one machine, I would suggest getting a regular flat lap (wheel spins) instead, unless all you are doing is polishing slabs. Mine is from Covington Engineering but there is also a good one from Lortone that I am aware. I didn't shop around and got mine used when it came up for sale on Kijiji. I don't use a particular brand of grit. I do make sure that I buy from a trusted source, so I get what I pay for. Last time, I found someone who bought in bulk from a good store and split it up into bags. He made a few dollars for his effort.

Safety Glasses!!!!!!

What is the black band in that one rock?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

That is just rock (vs metal).

Cheeky squirrels!

Merciii

With the vibratory lap - do you have to clean the different grit out when you change to a finer grit or do you change the machine?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Wash out the machine well. You can buy additional plates and I can see this would save effort and grit. Only issue I can see, is you still need to make sure there are not little rocks that broke off and will damage the next round of slabs. ie. it is not just grit to worry about.

I have a question, I got my hands on a nice size piece of mica loaded with garnet so I watched a couple of your other videos to get the mica off. (Great videos by the way) My question is how do I polish them up?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I have learned since that it is best to soak the rock in water for a few days which will penetrate the mica and make it easier to remove. Sounds like you got yours off already, so keep it in mind for next time. To polish the garnet, you have to decide if you are trying to keep the crystal shape or not. If you just want a clear shiny rock (assuming it is not weathered beyond salvaging), maybe for cabbing later, the best bet is a rotary rock tumbler with grit. If you want to keep the crystal's shape then it gets more difficult. I have seen others use sandpaper by hand or a flat lap. I did not like the result in the one's that I saw, as it removed some of the crystal and I could tell it had been shaped. I think to start that I would try a vibratory tumbler with corn cob or walnut shell to see if that would shine my crystal without harming it. Let me know what you decide and how it works out.

Old video yes but laughed hard and loud at the card's 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@meMiner

3 жыл бұрын

It is fun being silly.

@MrsOx-jz9fg

3 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner never change

Very cool, do u sell ur rocks?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interest. If there is something that you want, email me at tess99991rocks@gmail.com. I will try to help you out. I don't normally sell rocks, but would be dumb not to consider it. I do this for fun.

I love your work. How do you find a covington flat lap in Australia.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I have trouble finding them in Canada. I was lucky to stumble across someone selling his that he imported from the USA

@pennymcculloch2859

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply. I will keep looking.

haha! The hockey cards are very funny. Do you have a shop for these rocks, or are they for a personal collection?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

For now, I just collect for myself. I should try selling some, to help with gas and other expenses.

Quick question? I've sliced some of my rocks and the cut face has some very bright silver but some of of the metal is duller but will polish up to a bright shine, is the duller metal a mixed metal or just cobalt?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

When the slice is bright shiny on the fresh surface, that is usually "pure" silver. A dull grey probably has cobalt and/or arsenic in it. Usually you can tell by looking at the outside of the rock at the oxidation. It still might have silver, but to me falls into the "mixed metal" category.

very nice me like

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Safety glasses!!!!

They came in the night, in the dark.Thousands of them. Eyes glowing like crystal and deadly. They call themselves the Destroyers we call them chick monks. It's hard to believe that some of those rocks come from the ground, beautiful design's in them.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Nature is pretty amazing. ;-)

They polished up well, I did mine like that but got fed up with changing the grit so I changed my method slightly, did all my cuts first, hot glued weights on the slices, rubber o-rings or anything I could get my hands on to stop them bumping and causing damage then put them in a queue for each stage, the time consuming bit and noise I hated so the polisher only went on when I left the garage, polishing both sides seems like a never ending task, but it gets the job done, I've been using cerium oxide to finish, never tried rouge, is there a big price difference? You will soon have your own selling page at this rate, What! No Daisy!

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

The proper thing to use is cerium oxide. I have not bought any yet. So this was a case of using what I had on hand. The red rouge is a polish for silver. I don't know the cost of the red rouge. This bucket came with a used rock tumbler. What I didn't like about polishing slices (metal ones don't really need extra weight, so I can probably avoid that step), is they wiggle their way under the bumper and then hang up. As such, I have to pay attention while they are running or they burn out in one spot when that happens and the others pile up. Today was 40C. Felt like hot. Daisy was either down at the lake or inside in the air-co. The temperature was the reason that I didn't go rockhounding. I am sure some people will call me a wimp, but that is too hot for me to be active.

@symonsheppard5519

6 жыл бұрын

meMiner No , I will go with the it's too hot, I'm sitting indoors in the cool as it's way hot in the garage, I understand about the slices sliding under the bumper that's why I put bumpers on the thin ones , made from petrol hose, hose pipe, inner tubes or anything that will self hold , some people use plywood rings. Most of my stuff is profiled , shaped etc so I don't use the vibro but I have a huge pile of stuff I don't know what to do with , that may well get sliced. Daisy's better off inside keeping cool. I remembered my mother telling me they cleaned her jewellery with what she described as jewellers rouge, I normally use cerium oxide so I was just comparing really.

@meteoriter1647

6 жыл бұрын

Smart move; however I was silver-struck enough to go rockhounding in Cobalt on Canada Day, it was excruciatingly hot but I did it, how? I will never know, didn't get a sunstroke thankfully, it was 32 degrees C in the shade!

You and the squirrel look alike!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Poor squirrel/chipmunk

Do you have a website that you sell some of your finds on? Garnets?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

No. I collect mostly for myself.

The rocks are precious. But Eyesight is more precious. Wear your glasses!

I look your channel with pleasure, I am signed,from Ukraine, in our region many granit quarries maybe it is there possible to find precious metals, will explain to me пожалуста what sense you inlay in the scission of stones to pieces, whether it is possible thereon to begin to work or it for you is as a hobby

Cool I noticed the chipmunk didn’t take the clear stone

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Chippie probably has a big collection of rocks by now.

HaHaaaaa!!

cool

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruno

I like

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Jason

The hockey cards had me cracking up lol. Do you change the blade in your saw for different kinds of rocks or is one good for all?

@meMiner

3 жыл бұрын

I keep the same blade and clean it once in a while by cutting into an old brick. Finally, when the diamonds are completely gone, then it gets replaced.

@lauren8692

3 жыл бұрын

meMiner cool thanks! I’m making a wish list of rock tools lol

Where did you get that polisher!!!! I need one!!!!

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

They are made in the USA. i bought mine used from a local ad that I stumbled across

The Discovery Channel should check out your videos and give you your own show.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I would be open to that.

I need a vibratory lap machine too.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Too bad you are so far away.

Would be neat to do the whole process but then etch away the host material.

What size is the blade on your saw.

@meMiner

5 жыл бұрын

MIne is a 7" blade. I would recommend larger if you can.

Hi.Greg.Can you send me a few more small samples of small rocks running high in silver content..I want to try and melt the silver from the host rock with out using acid.I do not want to destroy the polished pieces you sent me a few years back.Luck Mcbain.

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

I would be happy to do it. I also have the panned finds from my saw. They would be perfect to melt.

@johnstonadj

6 жыл бұрын

meMiner

I got a question. I found a pure red rock and it is beautiful. It is so beautiful I am afraid to do anything to it, but yeah know curiosity is just killing me. What do I do? What do you think it might be? Hum why are you not using a mask and eye protection? Yeah taking care of ones wives also means taking care of yourselves. My husband did not use eye protection and while cutting he got both of his eyes cut like glass. That made me so mad. Hospital , eye shades, patched on one eye for two weeks, two different eye doctors. Men arg

@McChrister

6 жыл бұрын

OMG, that sounds horrible! I hope your husband is doing well. Lesson learned!! 😨

@joannedeherrera340

6 жыл бұрын

McChrister You know recently he went to the eye doctor and they found a vessel that is bleeding behind his right side near the cornea. The doctor asked him if he ever had his eyes cut by welding. So years later after the event we now need to take him back to the eye doctor. Thank you for asking. Right now it is ok, but the doctor wants to see him every three months.

👍

Hi.Andrew your comment was empty.Came up blank,Luck Mcbain.

Hi I watch your videos a lot I live in Ontario I'm a rockhound newly rockhound.I found a lot of minerals that look like diamond but are probably courts but I recently found lots of rocks big large rocks one that has gold and pyrite the other ones have green mineral purple mineral and large stones and medium-sized stones edgit and rounded.can you please help me identify what the minerals are inside of these they're so nice and somehow to Pink to them and some have Aqua light light aqua blue. And also some are yellow and clear White.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

There are diamonds in Ontario, but very rare. Quartz is very common. The best test is a hardness test.

@the1trish1

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner they're harder than glass how else can I judge the hardness.also I don't know if it's seeing Stone but I have big large rocks with green and purple Stones small and large and the mass Rock itself is greenish purple how do I identify it

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

@@the1trish1 Glass is 5 on Moh's hardness scale. Quartz is 7 and diamond is 10. ie. quartz will scratch glass. Here is a a simple explanation of the process: www.rocksandminerals.com/hardness/mohs.htm The other way to test a diamond is using an electronic tester. I got one from Amazon and use it on rings that I find with my metal detector.

Respirator!

Also interested if you have extra rocks you want to sell

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interest. If there is something that you want, email me at tess99991rocks@gmail.com. I will try to help you out. I don't normally sell rocks, but would be dumb not to consider it. I do this for fun.

So so pretty..just loving the vibratory method. and what did you make for your wife?

@meMiner

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing yet. I am hoping to get access to a kiln and will make her a silver something. But she really likes gold, so that might be another project.

Yeah I am cutting agot .

Make one piramid

😂😂😂