I’m really curious about what is the most frightening bit of wildlife that you have come across while rock hounding?

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

I love that, to be honest we know there’s snakes around and kind of do what we can to make sure we don’t cross their path but I’d have to say the wildlife that scares me most is Wild Dogs. There’s been an upturn in their presence this year so it’s a bit concerning. In saying that though, I’m just grateful we don’t have crocs down this way 😅

There’s no feeling like finding a special rock. I’m 73. Can’t get out but looking at your videos is wonderful. I see how happy you are when you hunt for rocks.

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Oh thank you for the message Debra, you don’t know how much that makes me so happy 😊🫶

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

3 ай бұрын

My friend's mother who was in her 90s when I did caregiving for her still insisted we go outside and look for rocks. She couldn't go far but I loved seeing her face light up like a child when she found something she liked. That was special. RIP Marianne. 🙏

I'm just sitting here having my first coffee this morning and I so enjoyed watching you all find such beautiful crystals. Thank you so much for sharing.

@sharonwhitehead517

3 ай бұрын

I didn't catch where you are at. And if anyone can go there.

Jesse it's so good to see your smiling face. Miss you and your videos. Keep rocking. ❤❤❤

Wow, how crazy beautifulfinds and scenery ❤👍👋🇫🇮

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this moments with us.

So good to see you back, Jesse! I have a boat waiting for you next summer. ;)

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Honestly Kate I CANNNNNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, great crew with you today. Crystal jackpot! Great video. Thanks for sharing.

What an adventure with the homies! Good to have you back brother👍 thanks for all your hard work filming and editing for us.

@Scubasteve3012

3 ай бұрын

If you ever make it to Oregon then let me know your coming. We can have some laughs.

Such beautiful crystals! Thanks for sharing, Jesse!

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

No! Thank you for watching 😊✨

What a beautiful spot to share the hidden treasures in.

Mega chunks! Can't believe that natural tumbled one. So cool! We go to a place in New Hampshire very much like this. All day smokey quartz. It's all in decaying uranium matrix. The crystals just fall out. I feel your excitement all the way from here, Good hunting, Lads!

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Aye! Thats so rad to hear!!!! I’m so glad you caught the excitement!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Nice finds by all of you. Love that creek.

Holy mega finds. So much fun!

I absolutely love this video. It looks like you are walking through prehistoric times. All those giant rounded off borders stacked on one another. And wow all the amazing finds you all had. So beautiful. It looks like you all had such a blast out there on that hunt. The places you go hunting in just leave me in awe. Just such phenomenal beauty. If I could ever travel to another country, Australia has ALWAYS been where I would go. And not for the cities, but for the wilderness. It has always fascinated me. As always another awesome video.

A wonderful way to start my morning

Wish I were there hunting with y'all, I love smoky quartz. Love the video, awesome finds

Wonderful crystals being found here Jesse. The crystal palace, for certain. Another fantastic video, mate! ☺️

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Lizzzzzzzy! I can’t send you enough love to your way to say thanks for always being here. I feel a bit more bolstered when you and the other “day ones” say hi 😉🫶

So many beautiful finds!

Dude! What a great bunch of Goodies you guys found on this adventure. I'm soooo jealous. Cheesr!

There beautiful ❤ and the adventure u go on to find ur amazing gems r a show stopper ❤ thank u

That area is beautiful & those gems amazing! You must have a great time finding them. Onya!👍

I absolutely love smoky quartz !! Thank you for sharing this amazing adventure !!

You guys got some beautiful crystals 🥰 It was really great seeing you. ♥️

Yasssss!!! Holy friggin smokes for real! I'm not sure I'd be able to contain myself. What a fun adventure. So many beauties I'm absolutely in awe. So good to see you and the crew out having a blast. Thanks as always for taking us with ya. Seeing you always brightens up my day. Cheers bro! 👊😎

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

YAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS QUEEEEEEN! Haha! Mar I would take you to this place in a heartbeat! It’s beautiful and after being just once I already have a better idea of what to look for. This place was once used for gold. They even found points that were 40cm in length! Tbh we were just cutting our teeth on this style of fossicking but I loved everything about it! Sending so much love Marlaina my rock lovin sister!

Hey rookie.. splendid specimens.. but wow ..that creek was amazing.. just beautiful.. thanks for taking us along ❤️☮️

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Yvonne 🫶❤️🙏

Thanks for taking us along on the adventure Jesse! Great to see you back out having fun. I've been in a bit of a funk about videos lately. Stress of life caught up with me a bit... I'll get back to it soon hopefully. Anyway, stay well and rock on rookie!

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Dude Dustin nothin, at all, is as important as keepin your keel even and your life straight where possible. I’ve learnt that the last two years. I had to tap out for a year or so and I can tell you if there’s ever a forgiving audience that we’re lucky enough to capture, it’s these good rock people. They see you for who you are and watch because you love sharing it. They’re real people and will be waiting to see what’s next for you mate. I hope things are okay brother and if you ever need to chat let me know okay 👊

I just learned that you were back! It is very good to hear and see you again. You definitely have a different energy and spirit all of which in a good way. I appreciate when you say things like the rock determines how it’s cut so not to worry about cutting, it hit home.

@Rookie_Rockounding

Ай бұрын

Oh no way that’s so cool! Yeah I’m back, but still not as much as I’d like to be yet but soon 🤞🤪

Hooley Dooley those are some beautiful quartz pieces

The transparency on those beauties!! Outstanding!

Wow! How rewarding . Beautiful spot. Go back! Thank you.

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Oh I can’t wait savage! I cannot wait!

The scream I scrumped when this popped up on my notifs 🙌🙌

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

This made my night soooooooooooo much! 🤣🫶❤️

What a beautiful place, some gorgeous finds....so so glad you came back to KZread , you were missed ❤❤❤❤❤❤

had some truly awesome fines man sweet

roookie jesse and the hounds happy to see you hounds again beautiful finds.🤍💛🧡💗💚💙💜🤎🖤✌

Incredibly beautiful place, good weather, good friends... Definitely jealous, good stuff.

Fantastic hunt xx i loved them all ha ha xx

I think I said “WOW” and oh em gee about 157 times during this video! 😂😂😂 That is such a magical place! My face hurts from smiling so much. 😊🤓🙏🏻

Marvelous finds.

Nothing beats a great rockhounding video!❤

Woahhhh! Those were some beautiful rocks dude!! I especially loved the one you found with phantoms in it, so amazing 😍

What a happy time this is🥰😊 It's so much fun I can't stop😌 Those stones are very cool Purple is also included A stone that looks good on men Like a gradation, like a smoky religious painting sky Thank you for showing me something good

What a cool creek! That must have been so much fun! Thank you for showing us the great pieces and how they shine in the light.

Gorgeous finds, thank you for sharing 🎊

You find such beautiful stuff! Congrats to you always!!

I don't know, I almost prefer river tumbled! There's such a subtle beauty to it. Thanks for all you do!

Undervalued gems……working smoky can produce some cool stuff….awesome video, thanks J

Nice to see y'all out having a good time again Jesse. Love to see these bits cut or tumbled one day.

You should make one of those beach sand scoops/sifters with a long handle that you can also use as a hiking stick. Saves the back!

Hi Jess, it looks like you & the crew had a very productive trip, some great looking Smokey pieces with some clears and one that looks like it has some phantoms. Sometimes they may not be the best specimens in the world but the buzz of you or anyone in the hunt finding a nice piece is priceless. To be able to capture some of those moments on video is invaluable. Saw the notification late last night but had to wait till this morning to watch another memorable video. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin

Super happy to see a video with you out with your friends and to see you enjoying yourself

Love to see what you can find in Australia, so exciting to come along. Thank you so much. And you found a lot of nice gemsLight and love to you all.

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Kastah, I can’t wait to go back after learning a bit about what to look for and do in that treasure of a creek 🤤

@kastah

3 ай бұрын

@@Rookie_Rockounding Was a lot of smoky quartz there, not what I love to see most, but still, gems. So GOOD luck and we all are waiting for more videos. Inger Marie.

Hello i missed you. Beautiful day with treasure collection 🤓

Man, that looks like absolute bliss!! 😃 Lotsa great tumblers there! Make sure we get to see them once they’re all polished up!

Hiya mate, long time no see, awesome video and beautiful stones. It's awesome to watch a long time wait for a video, I hope your doing well. I hope you have a awesome blessed day mate. Cheers! Cya! 😺🐟 out!

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much mate, thanks for sticking with me from the very beginning days. I promise soon I’ll be able to be more present on here! Big love my dude!

Amazing finds!! I'd be really interested to hear more about the geology of this area, where is all the smokey quartz coming from!? Smokey quartz is a really rare find in my area, and to find it in well formed crystals like this is so cool!! You guys ought to follow the trail of quartz and try to find some in the host rock, i bet there's some massive pockets to be found out there!! Thanks for sharing🙂

Australia is my grail destination for rockhounding. I have to get there some day. I am glad to see you back and posting. Missed your videos.

So glad your back .keep them coming ,love your work

Tumbled poins sooo beautiful 😍 amazing!!!! Great production as well

Hello, Mr. Rookie! Glad to see you again. Some really pretty ones there.

Gorgeous finds!! You must show us your tumble results! 😁 Also, I always love your music selections. They would double perfectly as a yoga playlist. 🧘‍♀️ ✌️

I love your videos so much man keep it going

The phantoms in that chunky one! They were spesh ❤

Looks like paradise!!

@1erinjames

3 ай бұрын

Crystals aren't my thing, but ohhhh how I love rocks and hunting for them! It is quite literally my absolute favorite thing to do!! Something about finding beauty in things everyone just walks over❤

Thank you Jesse for sharing.

I love how much JOY the "little bits" gives you! It would be incedibile if you could take your collection of tiny gem-y pieces and turn it into a mosaic end table. Like somehow place them in between 2 pieces of round glass and then build a little end table to put it on top of, so you can enjoy the beauty of them every day. 😊

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Love this miss tricksee! Thats a gem of an idea!

@misstricksee

3 ай бұрын

@@Rookie_Rockounding if you decide to do it, let me know. I'd be thrilled to see how it turns out. 😊

Smokey heaven 😍 I would want to set up a tent and live there 😂

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Anna seriously! Imagine a few weeks in this place 🤤 we were only there for maybe 4 hrs

What an extraordinarily beautiful place! I would love to visit Australia one day, but it won't happen anytime soon, unfortunately. Rookie, you live in one of the most beautiful places on earth 💞

Smokey quartz is usually a good indicator crystal for amazonite, aquamarine etc, depending on locality. :) Awesome finds anyway!! Love the water tumbled specimens with the phantom points :3

Dying to hit the creek beds now! Thanks for sharing the rock love ❤

Nice finds

Those look awesome and looks like you guys had lots of fun.

I would have been in heaven rockhounding with you all. Wow! Look at all the great finds !!

Amazing stuff. Love to see what you do with them

Sooooo happy to see you back to rock hounding with your friends and bringing new videos out again. Have missed your videos !!!! Hope you’re doing good and taking care of yourself in every way possible.

Those huge boulders were awesome, like a giant's art installation! Beautiful crystals.

It's so amazing there, love your videos. Beautiful stones 😊😊😊

Fantastic finds!

Absolutely Brilliant Video. New Subscriber. ❤Thanks for sharing your experience on this lovely beautiful Quartz filled river hiking trip. All of the rocks you showed us are amazing. ✨👏👏👏 Good Show!! Cheers from Worcester, MA USA

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

Great video, love seeing your videos again. Imagine, if you could find the source and dig the points out of the ground. Beautiful!! Keep having fun out there.

The blue and pink two tone is cordiorite(iolite) check with dichroscope looks like smoky/ agate but it's doubly refractive and changed to that clear with the pink/red on the smoky is a dead giveaway. The blue sometimes looks black. I'd check without a point because cut right they can change 4 colors. It's what I primarily dig up here, found with chalcedony quartz, spinel(black ones are a sign to look for sapphires) iolite, silminite, beryl. I still need to send you some specimines alot of cats eye and unique inclusions up here. Good to see y'all back in the creek.

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Oh man sorry for the late reply brother but heck yes I love the helpful information you always share hammersticks! Thank you for taking the time to help a brother out. I’m gonna check that out because they do have a really cool colour change thing goin on 🙏👊

Hello friends, how long has it been, I really like the videos, don't forget to post them, thank you and welcome again, yes ok. Thank you from your friend from Brazil, we have incredible stones too, and especially the agates are lovely colors.

Good to see you back at it! Really great adventure this one!

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Cheers man! Hope you’re keepin well bud

Well worth waiting for this one What an amazing day speechless

I've never seen a Chevron smokey before! 😮

Rook! You have some of the most amazing rockhounding opportunities down there. Waterline smoky? Hybrid quartz? You are soooo lucky! Hope you are well! Much love from SD!

Hope all is well bud yall got some cool finds

@Rookie_Rockounding

3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate, yeah, all is well, been a busy ol’ couple years but hopefully it’ll start settlin soon and I’ll be back sharin the regular hunts. Can’t help but love these rocks

Awesome Jesse!!

Hi Rookie it’s Rachan. Great to see another awesome video keep it up!😄

Ahhh that looks so fun! What a pretty spot! Great finds! ✨👌

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

Just seen you have a new video made my day.

This place has been on my wish list for years though accessibility in a carolla is unlikely got to enjoy it Vicariously via your video. ❤. I am doing a rockhounding trip soon to nsw will send some photos of what we find.

A big woooow❤❤❤❤❤

Great video keep up the good work

Beautiful , I would love 2 to go there ,rock hunt love it

Beautiful Smokies! I've never found one. What a beautiful area. Getting chilly yet? Take care, mate. ❤️🎸🏏

I did hunt sapphire and smokey quartz in NE Tasmania, but people are ruining that..wrecking banks, digging huge holes. Now I hunt agate ❤️ Love your finds up there!

Dude, beautiful finds, as always! I’d love some tips on where you were in Ewingar. Just some hints or GPS coordinates 😂.

@Rookie_Rockounding

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha! I love this! I reckon if you google search ewingar and fossicking, you’ll be on the spot precisely 😜😜😜

You guys seem like a great group to hang with. Too bad you're all the way down under... upside down no less 🤣😂 Great video!