I've been a rockhound my whole life and always loved doing what you are doing here. Since I am no longer physically able I want to thank you for taking me along...makes me feel like I am right there looking at the beautiful stones and darting the waves too!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you can't get out anymore. I'm glad to be able to let you come along with me through video. Thanks for the comment.

@cherylberry1613

4 жыл бұрын

Here here to that! I can even imagine my cheeks stinging from the wind.

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't start rock hounding until after I had a heart attack. I couldn't walk in our city because people are to ignorant and stressful. Once I past the stress test and was allowed to drive again I started going to beaches at dawn for sunrises and quiet walks. Then I saw the rocks and started picking them up and bringing them home. My wife was so concerned that my office would fall through to the basement. I go out all year long even when it's -20C... if I can stay out of the wind.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@cherylberry1613 it wasn’t really very cold. It was thirty degrees and I dressed for colder.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@BackYardGardeningTip I store my rocks in the basement for ballast. My house will never tip over!

I become addictive to your videos. So beautiful, the rocks and the the Great Lake..... what a wonderful place!

@MichiganRocks

2 жыл бұрын

I'm really grateful to live here.

I know this sounds bizarrely simple...but I love the "tink-a-link-a-link" sound of your little claw tool snatching up one of the rocks.

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

One of the most common comments I get is about the sound of the wave. People love that sound. In my "Rocks in a Box" videos, a few people have said they like the sound of the rocks clinking together. You're the first to enjoy the sound of my scooper though.

That quartz did look like an ice ball out there. " I filled my water with boot." Had me rolling. More awesome finds. Was fun to watch. Great video

@MichiganRocks

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes my mouth doesn't work as planned.

The sounds of the lake, water and rolling stones. You had a haul this time. I had to throw a blanket on because i knew that water was cold. Thanks for sharing

This gives me another reason to visit MI. Have family in the Sault, and Oakland County. I'd spend hours on my belly as a little girl in the summer playing with rocks when everyone else were swimming! Thank you for sharing.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I spent my childhood with a sunburn on my back because I was always looking for crayfish under the rocks in the lake. I grew up on an inland lake, so I spent most of my summer in the water.

@patricianelson8

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks I lived a block from Middle Straits Lake. I'd visit my grandparents in the Sault, then we'd take a trip to Tahquamenon Falls. Great times! Yes, those sunburns hurt, but well worth it!

I am a watercolor artist who specializes in painting very detailed rocks. Your video makes me want to travel to Lake Huron and just stay there for a week and take pictures and paint these beautiful rocks and stones. Your video is very meditative to me too. Thank you!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

茶姐 Tea would you like me to take some rock pictures and send them to you?

@tea98988

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan, oh that would be so awesome! Thank you! You can check out my work from FB Search for Teresa Hsu Watercolors. I don’t want to post my email address here. How may I get in touch with you?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@tea98988 I'll contact you through Facebook.

Really enjoyed today’s walk on the beach finding beautiful petoskey and pudding stones!! I saw a yellow stone and some green stones I would have picked up. Didn’t know the east side of our state had these types of stones. A new adventure for this summer!! Love, love, rocks!!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Lake Michigan gets all the credit for Petoskey stones, but we have plenty here in Lake Huron. There are lots of other rocks to look at, but the green ones usually don't get looked at by me. Up in Lake Superior, there is unakite and epidote that are much nicer shades of green in my opinion. They polish up well too.

The stones you passed up seemed pretty amazing to me. The sand stone was very cool. The petoskey stone at 1:47 was in an interesting pattern. It had design quality. I wish I were with you getting even your rejects.😏 It seems you come across so many fantastic small rocks that aren't right for polishing, but if I were there I'd have a bag to take them home and use them in a flowerbed. Any little kids in the family would love to be allowed to pick some out when they came to visit. (So would I if I were ever to become a visitor. I really love rocks yet and I'm in my 60s.) Thank you for your fun videos. The rocks are so intriguing and the beach, waves and views are very relaxing and awe inspiring.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

The back of that rock was great, but the front wasn't great. I agree it was a good rock but I find so many that I'm able to be pretty selective. I don't want to hoard them, just take home a few that I can do something with. Petoskey Stones don't look like much when they're dry. The pattern pretty much disappears unless they have been polished.

Ah loved this so much! Mesmerizing. The sounds, the colours, the waves....all the beautiful stones. Thanks for taking us along :) Happy new year to you!! Cheers :)

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

If you liked the video, you should try being there. It's even better.

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I love walking our stony beaches here in New Brunswick Canada picking up rocks and pick rocks all year long. I will go out at -20C if I can stay out of the wind. I'm like a 66 year old kid.

@SouthernOntarioSasquatch

4 жыл бұрын

@@BackYardGardeningTip love hearing this! I do the same along Lake Ontario. I was just out today for a bit....definitely one of my happy places :)

@SouthernOntarioSasquatch

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks I bet it is! Where along Lake Huron was this filmed? I understand if you want to keep the location private. No worries :) I am dreaming of taking a road trip to Michigan at some point to rock hound. "_

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

@@SouthernOntarioSasquatch Yeah I am in a whole different state of mind out there.

Like how the waves were rushing up and over the rocks. So beautiful ! Many awesome rocks found, glad you were able to get out again and give us another video this winter :)

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

This might be the last one (but that's what I thought last time).

Pudns n Pets! I am living vicariously via your videos. Our hearts are in the same place. That beach. That sky. Those waves. And ROCKS!!! Thanks

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

A little later in the winter, I might be living vicariously through my videos too!

What a way to start the New Year! I think that's the most stones I've seen you keep from one walk. Fantastic finds. Thanks for pointing out the sound of the rolling rocks when the waves come in and out .... that was special. Happy New Year to you and yours.

Still loven your walks picking up anything interesting, plus a lot of beautiful rocks

@MichiganRocks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Deidre. I'm glad you're enjoying them.

I’m also a lifelong Michigander who rock hounds, beach-combs, and hunts fossils. I’ve also converted my Scottish husband and our two sons. Our summer vacations almost always involve some rock hounding on Lake Superior and Lake Huron. We go to Whitefish Point and the surrounding area every year and we also go to Harrisville every summer as well. So I’m watching you and dreaming of summer 2020 while secretly wishing I lived close enough to wander the beach this time of year, quietly, like you! Every time the waves go back out they take my heart. I do love our lakes!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Do you ever go to Scotland? There are some small, but incredibly beautiful agates on the beaches there. I have no idea what beaches, but they're worth looking for. Sounds like we hunt the same beaches. You should add the Keweenaw peninsula to your list of destinations. There are some beautiful places and great rocks there too.

@HappiestGirl69

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks I lived on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the 90’s! I’m constantly trying to get my hubby to take me back up there. It’s been about 19 years, I think. And yes, we go to Scotland to visit family there. I haven’t found agates there, but we’ve fossil hunted in Spittle, England and brought back a bunch of fossils of trees. I’ve been watching mudlarking videos which makes me want to beach-comb the next time we’re there. Small world! We also like to go to Leelenau to hunt fossils. I share your love of the pudding stones! And my sons with their amazing young eyes are pros at finding agates on Superior. I’m ready for summer again!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@HappiestGirl69 Boy, you really get around. I was going to give you a link to some Scottish agates, but they were on Photobucket, and they deleted all the photos that were posted on their free service. They're as good as or better than Lake Superior agates.

@HappiestGirl69

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks thanks for the tip! I don’t even think my hubby realized that, and he has a geology degree from Edinburgh. Hunting agates in Scotland is now on my bucket list! 😊

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@HappiestGirl69 The guys who used to post pictures on the Rock Tumbling Hobby website would cut them in half and tumble them in a vibratory tumbler. I think cutting them really helped show the bands.

Thank you . For taking me on your outing. To find your beautiful rocks. You and family have a wonderful evening.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sound of the waves... putting me to sleep. Beautiful..thank you

Thanks for taking us on your journey, beautiful rocks, views, and sounds.

Awesome video crazy weather ...Thank's

This was a very prolific trip to the shore. You hadn't had so many keepers in awhile. Thank you for taking us along.

9mins in, the sound of the waves mixing the rocks up noise is very neat, love it.

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, those rocks really move around a lot in the waves.

@jerryklutts8615

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks When hiking sometimes along rivers i can hear the big boulders rolling around. Really shows the power of water and not to be messed with in the wrong way.

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerryklutts8615 The ice really moves stuff around too.

9:33 what a painting.☺️ Thank you for this video.

The beard suits you 👌🏼 I could fall asleep to the sound of the waves! Another great video! 👍🏼

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

My wife would disagree about the beard. She keeps calling me Uncle Jesse.

@ryantimmer901

4 жыл бұрын

Have mercy

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks HaHa

Such interesting rocks, I think I have found a couple of similar ones here in New Zealand. I won't try spell it but I wouldn't know it without watching this Chanel. My son thought he found a pudding stone, it's a piece of pavement but it has little pieces of agate through it. So much fun and lovely listening to the ocean on the rocks, thank you. #thefinders 😁👍🏼

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to visit New Zealand some day. You have a beautiful country. Do you realize that I'm not on an ocean beach? This is Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It's a very large freshwater lake.

@trippingonrocks1165

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I did sorry I got mixed up calling it a beach. I'm about to go to the east coast here and the sounds are the same, your videos always makes me think of there. When I first started watching your Chanel I wondered if it was a lake or not. I did question it again when you were at the frozen bay then mentioned going to the open water. Don't mind me lol

Love your show! Thank you for sharing your expertise! Blessed New Year to you!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Happy New Year! A great way to end a decade ..doing something you love. Thanks for taking me along. If I can master the tech one day I'll take you for a stroll in the fossiliferous fields of the Wiltshire Somerset borders. Good luck for the roaring 20's

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Chittenden sounds fun!

Looks as you had a lot of fun and found lots of keepers!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It's always fun to get out on the beach, even if there aren't any keepers.

Thank you for sharing - I watch your videos to help relax, and I can’t wait to get to up to your neck of the woods Kayaks and all ;). Thanks again!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great place to kayak!

@TG-ip2kb

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks - awesome! I’ll just tag along behind and pickup some of the stones you’re dropping 😂 Thanks again - looking forward to your next video 👍😊

Love your videos! We had so much fun hunting for Petoskey stones a few months ago.

Thank you for the great video! As I watch it the sound of the waves is lulling me to sleep 🥱

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to put you to sleep!

Amazing rock hunt!!! You make me jealous!!! Happy New Year!!!

Im loven all these beautiful rocks

Thanks for taking us with you once again! Love the sound of those waves!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to get jealous of the waves. They seem to get all the attention!

@Abpgsetiloincawdyubkolmbrs

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the rocks are pretty great too...

@Abpgsetiloincawdyubkolmbrs

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, though, when you took us on the hike on the icy snow between the two sink holes! You need your own St Bernard with first aid kit and emergency flares! Lassy, go get help! Michigan Rocks has fallen down the well! I was thinking, well if we’re seeing this, he must have made it out OK. Take care!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@Abpgsetiloincawdyubkolmbrs yep, I doubt my wife will post the video where I fall off a cliff. You can watch with confidence that I made it home alive.

If you visit the city of Petoskey, good luck finding any stones named after that city. You've found a treasure trove of those crazy fossils. I know people who have looked for hours trying to find one Petoskey. If they find a crappy holy one they get excited. The beach you're on would send them into a frizzy. You had a great scenic hunt, but I could feel an inconvenient chill watch your adventure. Someday I would like to see you find a large nugget of GOLD. You deserve it for entertaining so many people. Have a great and surprisingly wonderful new year.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I have hunted behind the D&W Fresh Market a couple of times in the very early spring. I've found several nice ones there. But the beach I hunt on is way better. After driving to the west side of the state a couple of times to hunt Petoskeys, I decided to stay on Lake Huron. It wasn't that cold out that day. I stayed pretty warm, even when the waves went over my boots a few times. I have found flour gold in the gold sands on the shores of Lake Superior. I have thought about making a video of using a Miller table to look for specks of gold, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't pick them up on camera.

@FjHenderson

4 жыл бұрын

I used to find them on my little piece of property east of Manistee out in the woods. Usually in the spring after the winter freeze . The ground frost would bring them up and if it's wet or after a rain was a bonus because you can see the pattern better.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@FjHenderson yep, it’s hard to see them dry. That’s why I hunt the water.

Wow! I love all kinds of gems and stones- my dream is to have lots of Alexandrite gems someday because I love the way they change colors! Those Petoskey stones are pretty!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I had to look up Alexandrite. Looks a little expensive to me, but it sure is pretty.

Those are some really nice stones, thanks for sharing your rock hunting adventures 👍🏼

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tagging along!

That was fun just watching you trying to avoid the water. It looks like a bunch of rocks to look at on that beach. Great show !!!!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'm used to hunting in waders, so I'm not very good at avoiding waves. I'm glad you were amused!

so beautiful. Enjoyed the ride

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

I am new to your channel and I just have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your videos. I look forward to seeing more.🙂

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! There will be a new one every Friday evening.

@jeannieengland8882

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks Awesome! Thank You!

Last summer I took my wife rock hunting north of crystal falls. She fell in love with the beauty in the rocks. We came home with a 5 gal bucket full. Last October for her birthday I bought a reel good rock tumberler. I'm still waiting for her to pick out the rocks she wants done.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not very familiar with that part of the state. If you go back, swing by Kingsley North in Norway. I have never been there, but I'd love to go through their tumbling rough and pick out some good stuff.

Hilarious! Time for something warm to drink. That was very fun. Thanks for sharing your walk and exploration. Stay warm & dry!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice Video! Good rockhound walking

I lived in Oscoda for years. I never had time to gather gems. Wish I had. I keep seeing green and bluish stones. Wish I was there to gather them! Thanks for taking me along.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Oscoda probably has some good rocks too. The greenish and bluish stones aren't very bright colors, at least not to my eyes. A lot of people comment on them though, so they must look better to other people. The other reason I don't pick them up is that they are usually all the same color, with no pattern. I like patterns in my rocks. It makes them more interesting. Kind of cool that different people like different things so we're not all fighting over the same rocks.

Oh my god this is my soul and woooow Soooo fun!!!!!👍🏼🔆🔆🔆

Nice haul! I bet finding all those keepers makes braving the elements worth it!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't all that uncomfortable that day. Other than the water in my boots it was really nice. Even the boot water warned up pretty quickly.

Beautiful!

I've been enjoying your videos for a few days now. Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to film / edit / post. Although I'm not as mobile as I used to be, I've been looking a little closer at what I'm walking past. I'm also about 50 hours into my first tumble in 20+ years. Keep up the good work!

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, I'm glad you're enjoying them. I've been having fun making them. Good luck with that tumble!

Woot, another vid. Great Channel.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this awesome rock hunt with us; seemed like you had a blast out there! Was a real pick-me-up during these dreary, cold MI winters ☀️ Didn’t realize the Lk Huron shores were full of so many gorgeous colors, as well as an abundance of Petoskey’s.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I was having a blast, but it was a fairly cold day. You should watch some of my summer videos to feel even better.

@lexi7824

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks Oh trust me, I often do!!!

@lexi7824

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks Your vids of Au Train & Grand Marais are a couple of my favs- have great memories of rock hunting there myself ☀️

love seeing fresh rocks

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It's a thrill whenever I find a really good one. It just never gets old.

This what DVD are for...educational and bloody interesting....Excellent, let's have lots more

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. There may not be lots more this year, but there will be at least one more because I went to the beach today.

Rocks are beautiful wet. Like seeing the fossils.

Comes from a previous video to see the mudstone at 4:23. Stays to watch the video already seen all over again!😄

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

That's ok, I don't mind.

I can hardly wait to find my own petoskey and pudding stones!

@MichiganRocks

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Nice to see you can get out this time of the year 😀

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that I can see rocks this time of year. I expected them to be snowed in.

The ones you throw back would make many young kids very happy! I run a store on the shores of Lake Michigan where we have a ton of people that come in looking for Petoskey stones, especially children. They dont care if they are perfect, any and all of the ones you throw back would make their day! I need to hunt where you go, we never find that many here especially the perfect ones.

Thanks for sharing!

Nice day for a walk on the beach.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

sunqwest1 sure was!

Love this channel

@MichiganRocks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for a great video :)

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching me have fun!

Love this thank you

Another great video...the beaches remind me of back home in Maine, just trade out the fresh for salt water. I could just sit there & smoke a pipe too

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I'll stick to breathing in the fresh air. I always pictured Maine beaches as having much larger rocks.

@Charlie-lh4xb

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks fresh air is preferable also😁. You wouldn't be wrong with the assumption of rock size on beaches up there. Look up Jasper Beach, Maine & check out the photos (figure you'd like that place)...the beach is loaded with it & I remember going there as a child searching for rocks. Still hv some polished ones from those days.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@Charlie-lh4xb I'm planning to retire in a year and Maine is on my list of place I want to go. I think it will be fun to take a trip just as school is going back in session (I"m a teacher).

@Charlie-lh4xb

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks I was just watching the video on making pendants for ur wife, before I head to work...👌. If u do go up there skip the Portland area (very! touristy) & head straight for Bar Harbour. More authentic "downeast" vibe & Schoodic point is a must, even though they don't allow u to take rocks there 🙄 a couple in the pocket is ok. That's all

Thanks for sharing.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

I love rocks. So interesting

I'm so glad I found your channel! I live on Lake Huron too. Harrisville. Not sure if you've heard of it, but I found probably 15 pudding stones this weekend😍 I found your channel searching for a tutorial on how to polish them. I walked the beach and collected rocks and beach glass every day this weekend.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I was there yesterday. I grew up at Hubbard Lake. I graduated from Alcona High. What I'm saying is I've been to Harrisville a couple of times. Yesterday my neighbor and I found some puddingstones and Petoskey Stones. I'll have a video coming out one of these days. If you want more tumbling videos, I'm working on a couple now. It will be a couple months before they're done, but I'll be doing at least one with only a rotary tumbler. I have one up now on tumbling crazy lace agate, but it uses both a rotary and a vibratory tumbler. Most beginners only have a rotary.

@heathera.1920

4 жыл бұрын

What a small world!!! The Harrisville State Park was so amazing for rock collecting this weekend! My son has a rotary tumbler, (Just a NatGeo one from Amazon, he's only 10) but I was hoping to find a way to polish them with a sander or sandpaper, which honestly I didn't even know what possible until I saw someone talk about it in a Facebook group. I've been collecting rocks for years but haven't ever really done anything with them. I'm going to watch your newest video and see if I recognize you 😂 That's the thing about Alcona, pretty much everyone knows each other somehow or another. 😊

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@heathera.1920 I live in Alpena now, so I don't get to Harrisville very often. I have a video on how to polish Petoskey Stones with sandpaper. I also have a video on using a rock tumbler to tumble crazy lace agate. There are more tumbling tutorial videos in the works, but it will be a couple months before they're done. Tumbling takes a lot of time. I have not heard good things about the National Geographic tumbler. I belong to an online lapidary forum where some people have come complaining that they couldn't get a shine with that tumbler. If I remember correctly, one of the problems was the grit or maybe the polish that came with the tumbler. therockshed.com has good polish (and other tumbling grits).

Amo a la Petoskey!!, Espero tener una algún día! Gracias por el vídeo y cariños desde Argentina💙

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Desearía que fuera más barato enviar rocas internacionalmente. Te enviaría uno.

@spaceoddity8292

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks gracias!! Es muy caro, verdad !! Y aquí la Aduana retiene los envíos internacionales😩. Por el momento disfruto mucho tus caminatas y los tesoros que encuentras !, Cariños

very good

Blue sky, ahhh itchin to hit the beach🙂

I go out year around and not always by one of the big lakes. My foster father was a geologist. Just found my first petosky stone Friday on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.

@MichiganRocks

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have many Petoskey Stones on that side of the lake?

I have got to plan a trip this summer to come and look for Petosky stones.

👍👍👍😊 Beautiful!

Haha! “Filled my water with boot” 😁 Man some of those pudding stones look good enough to eat 😉 Happy new year mate. Thanks for sharing all the rock goodness!!!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to talk when your face is cold and you just filled your water with boot.

@Rookie_Rockounding

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks Oh man I mix my words up even when I’m warm and dry 🤣 I love that you put it in there 👍

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rookie_Rockounding me too, that was just a convenient excuse.

@Rookie_Rockounding

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks hahaha! 👌

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

Howdy Rookie. It was funny. I read all the comments down to your comment. When I read your comment I heard your voice in my head because I watch your videos. HaHa

Interesting rock.We don't see and hear about pudding rock here in Japan.Great video.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

This type of puddingstone is only found in and around Michigan. They're very popular here.

@japanrockhunt8277

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks Wow, that's precious. Thanks for the reply.

PARABENS!!! PEDRAS LINDAS!

Love the amount of jasper in that first pudding stone, almost looked like they were placed. Love petoskey stone's always. Like your petoskey retriever but I think I've said that before. Do you find much "sea" lake glass?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I find very little beach glass. I don't really care about finding it, but I pick it up for my sister. No beach glass on this trip.

"Filled my water with boot." That was too funny.,😆

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Pearly Everlasting filled it right up to the top!

My knees are shot. Where did you get that great stone picker upper? Funny, what petoskys you dump I'd jump at, since there are none here, even in our 350-400 mya pennsylvania later up north. Beautiful.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I made it. I cut the handle off a slotted spoon and glued it into the end of a piece of PVC pipe. Kingsley North sells one that looks nice, but I've been too cheap to buy one. It comes in a couple different sizes and models. kingsleynorth.com/treasure-scoop-42-inch.html

Last few times I visited Crawford County, I've been finding reddish orange petoskeys. They've all been microcrystaline and one is about the size of 2 golf balls put together. I also found the blackest petoskey I've ever found there too.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they’re iron stained or something.

Beautiful location. No sign of plastic on the beach, which makes a change.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I did pick up a piece of plastic and a few other pieces of trash, but the beach is pretty clean.

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I see its Lake Huron I was wondering where you started is there a better part to go?

Man, you are killing me. I would LOVE to have any of the fossils you left. I saw several rocks too but it those fossils. In central Iowa we find limestone, limestone and more limestone. Occasionally some sand stone, quartz, granite and iron pyrite. Nothing as beautiful as you have there.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Mama's gone detecting no fossils in your limestone? Rockport quarry here is full of fossils, and so are many other places. They’re much better fossils than on the beach because they’re not all worn down by the waves.

@mamasgonecreating1967

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks I have found some but they are usually small and things like little clam shells. I have also found some in some shale and some sand stone but again nothing really nice.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@mamasgonecreating1967 We have a lot of brachiopods (like clam shells) here too. But more than that we have coral. Lots of different kinds and some of it is huge.

Do tell how are the rock find around the middle of August...?? We adventure Mich. Then each year and was wondering if they would be picked over?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

This beach is all surrounded by private property, so it's pretty good all summer. It's always best after a storm though. The best public beaches I've been to are in Harrisville and at the Sturgeon Point lighthouse. They're not as good as this beach, and the rocks tend to be smaller, but I found several Petoskey stones and puddingstones last weekend. Those beaches would definitely be more picked over in the summer.

Can you find some of these stones around Port Huron or do you have to go more north?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I have never hunted in that area, but I've been told that puddingstones and Petoskey Stones can be found even south of Michigan. So I would expect that you should be able to find both in Port Huron. Don't give up if you don't find them on the first beach. There are beaches here that are great (like this one) and beaches that don't have any good rocks.

I play with a sling down on rock banks like this because of the endless ammo. It's good exorcise and stress relief. I like shooting rocks with a little hole in them because them whistle all the way to the target. They mimic the old roman sling shot found with holes in them and are probably how the Romans first got onto the idea.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Can you skip them with a sling?

I’ve enjoyed your videos and finds this year, looking forward to what you find in 2020! Happy New Year!

Was that a stone blade at 107 on the left of your hand? I saw it and back it up to look again.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean, but I think it was just a long, skinny rock. A blade would be destroyed by the waves.

I love the ocean, I l have been collecting seashells since I was a child. I also love coral and pretty stones. I live in Chicago but have never seen or heard of a Petoski (forgive my spelling)stone before stumbling apron your channel. I want one of those really bad. I love the coral patterns in them 🙂

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be shocked if you could find Petoskey stones in your area. I don’t know if the glaciers carried them that far, but I know the can be found in southern Michigan. They’re common in the northern part of Lake Michigan. Get out to a beach a and look for some!

@BackYardGardeningTip

4 жыл бұрын

Here in New Brunswick Canada we are not allowed to remove shells from the beaches. I disagree with it and I do bring home the odd shell. Governments have to much control anyways.

@RehanaF13

4 жыл бұрын

Michigan Rocks Who knows. I’ll keep a close eye out for them, thanks!

The decade doesn't end until the last day of 2020. I do love the nice fossils, etc.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Someone else pointed this out and I did a little research. Apparently that's up to debate to some extent, but I still learned something. Thanks for the education.

Your editing skills are approaching pro level!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Really? I'm just faking it. I spend most of my time leveling horizons so the water doesn't spill off the edge of the screen.

@thesteveprichard

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks That's a very good skill to learn, and you've mastered that.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesteveprichard I wish I could master holding the camera level so I wouldn't have to spend so much time editing.

@thesteveprichard

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks You need a camera person.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesteveprichard When are you available?

What spots around Alpena/Roger's City would you recommend for beach hunting?

@MichiganRocks

Жыл бұрын

There's a roadside park about 10 miles south of Rogers City that's not bad. 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, just north of Rogers City is pretty good. Hoeft State park has a lot of really small rocks. The southern part is better. Thomson Harbor State Park is so-so. RockPort is pretty awesome. The quarry has literally tons of fossils, there are sink holes behind the quarry and there are gastropods on the beach to the north. Negwegon is decent to the north.

oops got a bootfull of nice cold water ! ugh ! lots of pretty pretties ..and am I the only one who saw a stone that looked like a foot ? thanks for the last hunt of the decade Teach ! GO BLUE !

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't see the foot stone, but I'm sure it was awesome. Go blue!

The white quartz❤️

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

That stuff always catches my eye.

Where are you finding all these rocks. I live in south west michigan and have a hard time finding any

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

Northeastern lower peninsula in Lake Huron.

My gosh, those waves just never stop! Those rocks beautiful... do you polish them or leave them as is? Thank you for the video!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I polish them. If you look around my channel a bit, you'll find videos of polished Petoskey and Puddingstones, and how to do it yourself if you want to. Petoskey Stones look way better polished. If you've never seen one, please look at my video.

Another great walk on the beach! I think you might need higher boots!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I have waders, I just didn't think it was worth wearing them with the big waves.

I loved that first puddingstone you threw back because it didn't have enough red in it. is the red sometimes buried inside?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

It's possible the there's more jasper inside, but in my experience, it's not likely. Puddingstones are sedimentary rocks. In large boulders, it's not uncommon to have layers with lots of color and other layers with just plain matrix rock. The layers can be up to almost a foot wide. Did you see that last puddingstone? It was half good and half bad. I'd bet that the bad side didn't have any jasper all the way through. That's why I don't bother keeping the ones that don't show much color.

@KatyDidRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks Interesting! The reason I asked is because I thought I saw a flash of pink on the "bad" side of that first one, and it made me wonder if there actually was color inside. I think it's crazy that the Petoskey stones can vary so much - perfect on one side, garbage on the other!

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@KatyDidRocks I could definitely be wrong about some of the puddingstones. I just didn't want to spend the time cutting something that isn't likely to be good inside.

@KatyDidRocks

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks Oh, yeah, true story! I ask only because I know very little about the rocks in that area - and as I have learned, rock hunting is better if you are prepared. Who knows, I may end up in Michigan someday. :D

does glass tumble smooth on lake huron ?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I don't find much beach glass, but I think it looks pretty much like any other beach glass. The sharp edges get rounded off, and it all gets frosted.

@tracymorrison6273

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks thank you; i love rocks and plan to travel to Alberta to find some fossils this summer

Is it possible to find petrified coral (aka Petoskey stone) that originally attached to pudding stone as the host rock? Would make for an interesting specimen.

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

1fellowmellow no, puddingstone hitched a ride on a glacier in Canada and got dropped off here. Petoskey stone comes from our limestone bedrock. The limestone would have been formed before the puddingstones arrived. Michigan was also much farther south when the coral was growing. Michigan was at one time south of the equator, according to my science teacher wife.

@1fellowmellow

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganRocks fascinating, thank you for your response.

What do you do with the stones you collect?

@MichiganRocks

4 жыл бұрын

I either polish them whole or make something out of them. Browsing the titles and thumbnails of my other videos should give you a pretty good idea.