Rather than cracking or smashing them if you'd cut them in half and then polish the halves you'd find them all to be beautiful, even the solid ones.

@emdee7744

5 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. I cringed at the smashing. Just cut them in half.

@michealwintz852

5 жыл бұрын

I agree too. That solid crystal would be real pretty sliced up. I don't know how they can turn their noses up at pretty shiny rocks. I love shiny things lol. Great video loved it. Ms Michal 💝😊☕

@powerforex1

4 жыл бұрын

so how do you cut and polish them any video on this

@mirozen_

4 жыл бұрын

@@powerforex1 I'd guess a diamond blade would do a fine job. Same kind you'd use to cut granite counters. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong here! 😊 )

@misterpolytech

4 жыл бұрын

Bring a gas powered tile saw to the campsite in the back of yer pickup!

I loved the ballet while gathering geodes. That was fun! Awesome time watching.

So cool, even the "duds" are pretty, I wouldn't throw any back

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, they can be cool 🙌🙏

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty Rockhound here: Geodes... Nature's surprise rapped in a surprise! One of my favorites! What a pleasure to ride along with you my friend!

Shine up the face of the solid one and make a thunder egg! Not a dud just a different piece of nature my friend

@rahmat848

5 жыл бұрын

I heep to diamond,,,, am from indonesia

I live about 2 hours away from the Dugway Geode Beds in Utah and I've found some gorgeous geodes out there. We used to be able to dig for free but now the BLM charges a small fee for a permit. It's also near Topaz Mountain where I've found Amethyst and Topaz! If you ever find yourself near Tooele County, Utah you should take the time to hit the Geode beds and the mountain. Never know what you'll find up here!

You'll find about 10% of the Keokuk geodes have petroleum inside. That's the tar substance you'll see in some of them, usually amounting to a small 90% dried flattened blob, about the volume of a pea. Sometimes in the multi-chambered geodes, one whole chamber might be entirely tar. Also, Keokuk geodes may actually be fossil jellyfish, or some similar extinct soft bodied animal. At least that was the thinking 30-35 years ago when I studied geology at Iowa.

I once found a geode that had a fossilized nautilus that had very fine quartz right in the center. My fav find!

@thegreekglittergoddess328

5 жыл бұрын

Shelby Baker very cool 😃

@20greeneyes20

4 жыл бұрын

That's great, from what state did you find it?

@piddlepuddles5710

4 жыл бұрын

Sure would love to see a photo!

@morganfuhrmeister4874

4 жыл бұрын

omg I want to see!!!!

Man, I love your channel. I could spend all day rockhounding if it wasn't for my back & knees. Thanks for letting me watch your hard work and discoveries.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your support watching 🙌💎💎💎

Looking like the gemstone Jesus!

My great grandparents lived in Hamilton. We used to dig up geodes in the backyard every summer! Great fun.

No duds all keepers! Beautiful!

Im driving out to here tomorrow and I cant wait so i looked it up on youtube and saw YOU WERE THERE!! what a cool surprise i loved seeing what kind of things i might be able to find >:)

My kid loved the Geode and watching you crack them open from the Herkimer Show! Thank you Noodle!

Charles Manson has really mellowed out.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@americanrebel413

5 жыл бұрын

LOL!😯🤔🤐

@webbit1518

4 жыл бұрын

Duuuude i was going to say the same thing and decided not to...then i seen your comment...!!

@candie4971

4 жыл бұрын

I bet everyone was thinking that and didnt say anything lol. Better loking version though.

@alexsurles

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Noodle the guitarist for Ugly Kid Joe back in the day? lol

This has such a PBS feel to me I think that's why I continue to watch. Good shit!!

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support 🙌🙏💎💎💎

@MrAmethystguy

5 жыл бұрын

can't you put public broadcasting shows on TV yourself somehow? You used to be able to in the past. "PBS and The Crystal Collector were made in part by grants from the "Science Foundation, the "Martha and Fred White" Foundation, and by viewers like you"....LOL

@cypressesparza1453

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrAmethystguy I believe so I think you paid like a fee depending on what time slot you wanted

A few years ago as I was walking down a sidewalk in St. Matthews Kentucky , to a bus stop in front of the Verizon store , I found a really cool tiny geode . It’s a three lobed geode that is no bigger around than an American quarter , and shaped like a shamrock . I held it at several angles and found out that it’s a shaker . It’s so small and delicate looking that I don’t think that I’ll ever cut or crack it open . The first thing in this video that made me reminisce about anything was , your Case 1845C skid steer . I used to drive one at Pierce Mill Tree farm in the early nineties to dig and haul trees . I also found a chunk of limestone with a crystal tube in it , along with dozens of arrow heads . I always enjoy watching your videos .

@TheCrystalCollector

4 жыл бұрын

Dude that’s an awesome story! There are some good Geode’s in Kentucky! I think lots of spots that are undiscovered there

@paulniederstadt4891

4 жыл бұрын

The Crystal Collector If you can get to anywhere around Rough River Lake or , I think it’s called , Dean’s Lake you can find tons of them if you dig long enough . The ground is rocky as hell around Rough River . The park is about half an hour to forty-five minutes from Ft. Knox and Radcliffe Ky . There are a bunch of spots just across the river in souther Indiana where a friend of mine goes . His friend has a farm with a shale bed where he finds a bunch of fossilized wood . I can’t wait till we go to the places around state where my rock hound buddy gets his stones .

Love seeing more videos. Gorgeous geodes 💜💙💚❤️

Fascinating video! Love geodes and would love to have the opportunity to hunt for some and open them! 👏💯 great work as always! 👍

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the support 🙌💎

The crystal collector.and Noodle are some cool cat's!😄

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

🤙🧙🏼‍♂️

Guy putting his hand on the rock while it was being smashed, has balllllls.

the snowball is stunning

Gorgeous 1 and gorgeous 2, geodes are gorgeous too

You two are a lot of fun to watch! This looks like a fun place to spend some time. Tfs.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🙏💜💜💜

Love your videos. Cheers from France.

iron out awesome thanks for the tip. i will watch the video you mentioned to get that specific info. i live near a small creek in central indiana. everytime it rains i can walk up and down the 1/4 mile i have access to and get buckets of great softball size geodes. of course also every size down to popcorn i call them. but the good ones i have found are usually baseball to softball size. ive been very lucky in my findings. a couple happy accidental breaks. great vid

Even of the ones you called duds have some beauty. Just the colors in the light one was nice

This is awesome!!!! And you guys are very funny too!

Salutations from Cali. You guys are funny (u crack me up)(lol) I love your * All So Natural Educational Style*. Keep up the fun work. 💎👍💪

Noodle is a fine looking man & very creative!

Noooooddllleee! Got to love that name. Cool video thanks for sharing.

So painful to watch that hammer cracking though!

@Crumbcat4life

2 жыл бұрын

no its not painful at all its fun to see how to geodes cracks so fun to see

I found almost like a orange topaz-looking geode looking nothing like this,but it’s compared to a massive apple and still bigger than that. Nice job finding those too!

Took a trip to Keokuk about 20 years ago a couple of locals told is where to go and we found some beauties. I love the Keokuk geodes. Geode heaven.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!! I’ll be looking into making more videos of other locations in the future there, so many geodes to find for a lifetime!!

Thank you for sharing...Elmo and I really want to go Geode hunting.....thank you for the information...great video...Dig,Dig,Dig

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Hope y’all make it out to dig soon 🙌💎💎💎💎💎

Thank you for teaching us all how to find the good ones and not just showing us you guys doing it!

So beautiful geode. . . 👍👍👍 Whatttttt. . . 😂

Love your videos and the information on minerals and gems!

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏🙌

Your videos are so therapeutic!

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

🙌🙏

A button-down shirt? First time ever I’ve seen that instead of your “digging shirts”! 😄

At 10:33 those crystals would look beautiful cut vertically and put on to an necklace 😍 congrats guys you found some real gems 😁 you are so fun to watch

Nice job guys!

I love noodle..Great video.I just love crystals .

@20greeneyes20

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say take a trip meet noodle and find you geodes hmmm sounds like a plan?

Ever find crystals in tx ....I have a few . Great job man love rockhounding

Yeah Vickers! Great site, great people!! Taking my family up there this fall. Thanks for the video. Happy hunting!!! P.S. the solids are really cool sliced with a rock saw.

I would keep everything even the solid ones. I like the colors

That wrench is wild!

Hi from Russia. I was dreaming about such cracking tools, and now I finally know what it's called and how it's look like . Going to the market)

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome!!!’ Sweeeet!!!!!

Beautiful 😍😍

Hola de lo que hablaron no entendí nada pero las geodas que mostraron son excelentes ya quisiera tener algunas de ellas te felicito amigo un saludo desde Córdoba argentina

Very gorgeous some of the solid ones are polishable on a lapidary machine but nice finds guys I'd luv to mine with you all especially amethyst my sweethearts birthstone is diamond in April but she would pick amethyst over diamonds any day

@annadaugherty9622

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with joshua couldren. The large "duds" could be polished into spheres of various sizes. Gemstone and mineral spheres are quite popular, right now.

Fantastic some real nice specimens and I will spread the word thank u

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

🙌💎🙌💎🙏🙏

Nice video. Keep on doing these. I already learned a lot. Greetings from switzerland

I grew up in Keokuk. Was a wonderful place for rocks

Awesome video!! I love Geodes.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 💎💎💎🙌

You two are so handsome! Where were you when I was young and looking for geodes! :-)

😮❤️ awesome!!!

I ❤️ the cello!

I’v been there! It really is awesome I’m subscribed!

Fantastic .)

AWESOME LOVE IT!

Your Super Mario Brothers music is awesome!

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it’s a remix I purchased from a video maker

You guys rule! Picked up a lot of basic info I'd been missing. Question: does it help to heat the geod up before you crack it and if so what temp? Love the strings. Pleasant surprise at the end.

Awesome dude! I love Geodes. Noodle looks like a nice guy as well....Shame i live so dang far away....

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he is a cool dude

Geodes are my fav 💕

I was a plumber in Tennessee and found some Black Onyx and they varied from golf ball to bowling. ball and one was the sword shaped it just needed to be smoothed but there was so much I. sold about a 2 to 300 lbs. I wish I could get back to where I stacked them I had made a wall along a ridge and then prayed

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Wow thats really cool! Where did you say that wall was at again?! Lol just kidding 😆😅 Sounds like a great spot!!!

If they are solid cut them into 1/4 inch wafers and polish them. They look really cool like that.

absolutely aWeSoMe ❣️

Awesome!!!

I LOVE THIS STUFF !

Mae pura vida desde Costa Rica, excelente material, muy buenas geodas, whaaaaat!

You are the best crystal collector I know great work❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@0piumOverdoser

6 ай бұрын

I found my first crystal ever in another one too

I have a small geode, and a large one that is in half with white crystals, very beautiful.

As a use I love to slice just about any geode pieces .. Especially solids and after polishing them up ..I drill a hole if needed and make wind chimes. They can carry a very nice sound.

Hey I love your videos

Thanks for the video we just got to go there today and had a good time.

@TheCrystalCollector

4 жыл бұрын

Sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!

I live about 1.5 hours from here and I've been wanting to take the kids someplace magical! I'm so glad I found this video, I've been subbed for ages but somehow missed this particular one.

@pattywilliams5124

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Aitken where is this ? I would love to go also

@Jessasaurus

4 жыл бұрын

@@pattywilliams5124 keokuk Iowa, theres a bunch of little places to hunt for them all over. Just Google it, there's tons of information.

@pattywilliams5124

4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Aitken thank you very much 👌🏼💕

The solids would be cool to slice and polish. Use them in belt buckles and pendents.

your a good teacher dude

Great video!!

I love geodes so much!!!!

Can't wait to go crystal collecting for the first time next year

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome🙌🙏💎

hunting for crystals would be the best job ever

beautiful

Amazing

Haha he is using pipe cutters lol pretty cool idea

Nice crystals

I like the duds also. They are still very pretty.

I think the solid ones are super pretty too, but if you're planing to sell them or put something in them they you probably would chuck the solid ones.

I LOVE this channel! Although I’ve tried quite a few times to get responses.. and haven’t yet. Do you ever come to TN ?

Thank you!!!!

to me, the solid ones are still as beautiful as the more holo ones. i wouldn't call them a dud

@user-ns8qs1ky5w

4 жыл бұрын

*hollow

Cool video, thanks for the info

What do you do with a geode? I have a perfectly round and intact one in my garden. The though of cracking it scares me.

Love your shaker dance ! Haha

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

😂

"Here, lemee grab my safety glasses" as he beats on a geode w/ a claw hammer.... "Whaaa?"

@TheCrystalCollector

4 жыл бұрын

😂

That's few hours drive for me! I might make a weekend trip there

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! it’s fun! The camping area is really cool! Nice and shaded too.

@copper_fiber_studio

5 жыл бұрын

The Crystal Collector it looks gorgeous out there! The cost per bucket seems very reasonable too! Thanks for making this video! I was wondering, would you be able to make a video on essentials on camping and tools and tips for digging up crystals?

Hey it was nce meeting you in Herkimer ny last week. Picked up lots of great crystals and fossils.

@TheCrystalCollector

5 жыл бұрын

Great meeting you also!

That’s awesome 😎 cool

very good