I'm in ohio. One day at Grady hospital in delaware, I was waiting outside for my friend who had been cut and needed stitches. Right by the entrance door was a little rock bed, like the one you see in this video. Immediately I spotted it. A rock about the size of my hand was just barely visible because of all the other rocks piled on top, I pulled it out, and it was literally full of gold. It was mixed with all different things which included pyrite. But being a sort of prospectors for a large part of my life, I could tell the difference. I went home and broke up the rock started panning it out, watched the pyrite float out, and was left with, nearly 1 gram of gold. For some 1 gram may not be a big deal, but for an ohioan, it's a really nice find.

@RockhoundingLife

7 күн бұрын

Thats cool!

@leeannmettlach2412

3 күн бұрын

Wonderful find! Good for you!

Wife and I went to an Avett Brothers concert a few weeks ago. We got some unreal picture jasper from the landscaping. If I had to guess, they still have roughly 2.6 billion stones left and I haven't heard that the soil has eroded away yet. There was literally 1000's of people and arena employees everywhere and not a single person even looked our way wondering why we were making a small pile of rocks off to the side 🤣

@sandimccarthy2067

13 күн бұрын

Cuz they don't care....its a NON issue 😊. You collect away ❤

@leeannmettlach2412

3 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

My wife also brought home 3 large chunks of rainbow feldspar , white, green, purple, and shades of each swirled throughout. It's beautiful. I slabbed it but thats as far as I'm going until I sharpen my polishing skills.

@leeannmettlach2412

3 күн бұрын

Wow! I bet it is gorgeous!

I'll never eat at Dairy Queen without thinking about rocks again. Cool find and great job turning it into a gem.

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@randomgrinn

14 күн бұрын

Powdered "ice cream" is not ice cream. I'd rather have the rocks.

@sandimccarthy2067

13 күн бұрын

​@@randomgrinnThis isn't about ice cream though

And so great you are taking your boy to see some rocks. It's not a subject usually covered in the in the curriculum. A+

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I rockhunt everywhere I go! I used to keep a few rocks in my car to exchange with... people are more likely to let you take a rock if they know you're not leaving their property naked! Lol. 😅

@stephen6640

16 күн бұрын

Every video it's the same thing from you.

@nicolenewsome4863

14 күн бұрын

​@@stephen6640I think it's a good thing it's keeps the rock hating Karen's at bay.

@sandimccarthy2067

13 күн бұрын

​@@stephen6640And..... ?

@msmarigold4647

11 күн бұрын

Beautiful job!

@ladygeek6926

10 күн бұрын

of course I took "leaving their property naked" to a different level... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I also look at rocks everywhere I go. 🤓

I am a geologist and rockhound, and I really wish there were spectacular rocks like that in our landscaping.

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

Most of our local landscaping rock is screened off from till. Lots of variety.

@ajdevilish

12 күн бұрын

Come to upstate NY, it's everywhere.

@joshbrowne1768

10 күн бұрын

Oh man, I'm in Minnesota, and gorgeous agates are everywhere! All the "river rock" landscaping rocks have them. Also some really cool jasper. It's almost a problem for me because I just can't help but get distracted everywhere I go!

Very beautiful, thank you for showing from raw rock to polished pendant 🙏🏻

@RockhoundingLife

15 күн бұрын

My pleasure 😊

That turned out gorgeous! And that incredible shine on feldspar is insane! Feldspar usually won't take that nice of a shine but it looked incredible! It just goes to show, that you can always find what you want at DQ! Lol! I even like their table tops! So cool! Thanks Jason, for showing what you can really do with feldspar! And I love the epidote stripe in the middle❣️

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

An oval is a favorite shape. This video is a dream come true for me. Looking for rocks in parking lots is a great pastime. Making jewelry is also a creative hobby. Enjoyable video. Great young man!😊

@RockhoundingLife

16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I also have found some beautiful stones in landscaping rock used in parking lots. I am in SE PA - if you ever want more pink feldspar let me know 👍 It's very common here. Love seeing it cabbed. I have wanted to see it as a cab for a long time - so thank you! I only have a tumbler. I have gotten some good tumbles, but as you noted it is soft.

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Yes i am very happy with how good the polish turned out.

Are you able to go anywhere without looking for rocks? 😂😂 So much fun! Have a great week ❤

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Nope! Always looking down!

@rooster57

18 күн бұрын

Go somewhere WITHOUT LOIKING FOR ROCKS, are you kidding or just plain crazy??? Let there be no doubt I can find gem stones or plain every day rocks that have stunning hidden beauty. It has taken me 18 serious months to learn about what I can and cannot do with a given rock and a rock saw. Every rock hints at it's hidden inner beauty Please know what you are picking up, before you pick it up, spiders snakes and wildlife are dangerous this time of year. J.

@NickAcker2019

18 күн бұрын

It was more of a rhetorical question and friendly banter. As per snakes and spiders, definitely not an issue where RHLIFE and I live.

@sandmaker

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for asking for permission. I have done it too and found some cool rocks. Those were cool rocks. Thanks for sharing! Always looking for rocks.😊 Great polish!

@pollyrobinson3877

18 күн бұрын

I’m the same. Always have eyes on the ground!

I didn’t even realize there was a 50,000 grit lol. In automotive a 2000 grit sandpaper gives you a glass like finish. So I guess it’s like comparing apples to oranges. Keep up the good work and cheers from hubtown!

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

I can get a pretty nice polish on a 3000 grit wheel. Theres just an extra pop when you get into the higher grits.

DQ was probably like “Are you seriously asking if you can take two rocks?” 😂 Companies have yearly budgets for everything including landscaping. It’s not that expensive to buy a load and have it delivered. To placate everyone making a big issue of it (I’m thinking they’re not gen X’ers cuz we know life’s too short to make issues out of little things) you might drive around with a box of rocks. Then when you see one you like in a parking lot (or wherever) you can switch it out. Course then you might be accused of favoritism 🤭

@nicolenewsome4863

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying this because I'm tired of all the Karen's on here.

@khills

8 күн бұрын

I think it’s funny folks think minimum wage employees at a DQ have any SAY over landscaping, let alone care who takes what. Especially since it’s almost certainly a leased property the company doesn’t own, and pays someone else to maintain the landscaping as part of the general property rental.

I hope you showed Dairy Queen this pretty pendant that you made from that ‘plain’ rock. Who knows maybe you’ll get a commission to create a pendant for them

@alanatolstad4824

15 күн бұрын

I also am hoping he took that gem back to show it off!

Beautiful! Hope your son is feeling better soon!

I enjoy the small fractures, evidence that it's the real thing in my books.

Absolutely turned out beautiful

I’m always curious about the fine grit after my son told me that the grit of notebook paper is likely around 8,000. When you get to the higher level of grit, you could just rub some paper on it. 😂

that turned out great

Turned out beautifully!

Beautiful work! Man what a shine!

@RockhoundingLife

16 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

Spectacular!

Great result with that cab. Hope you took it back to show the people who gave you permission to take those rocks. Also wondering how the other rock ends up?

All rocks and gravel comes from somewhere. Usually quarries are made on special places. I have found gold in the walls and buildings at Lassen County College and 4 different kinds of petrified wood in the decorative walls outside of the cafeteria. I pointed them out and was surprised no one had noticed them before. I pointed out the rocks with gold in them too and they were gone the next day. Someone came back and chopped them out of the walls. Crazy.

@nicolenewsome4863

14 күн бұрын

You shouldn't have told anyone.

I think if you go to a landscape place that sells rocks, they would probably sell you a 5 gallon bucket for $10 or so. You could hand select every rock. Your kid would love it, it would probably be an hour's worth of fun for him and you can teach him about each rock he picks up. Then you would have a lot of rocks to cut and make content from. Plus, if you are selling these cabs, you would by far make back your money.

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

Great idea!

@msmarigold4647

11 күн бұрын

I was thinking about that while I was taking some rocks outside of the Mexican Restaurant I was walking into to eat. Nature's art 🎨

@msmarigold4647

11 күн бұрын

I'm cracking up that there are grown people on here making fun of someone for having a hobby 😂

You managed to get a great polish on that cab! Nicely done.

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Fun video!

Awesome. I'm just getting into this stuff. Having a bit of a difficult time lol.

The stone you worked on with the green in the middle is gorgeous. I absolutely love it. I wire wrap, I wish I could or knew how to do that….I kept seeing myself getting cut though! Ouch!

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

These lapidary saws wont cut skin. Here is a vid explaining why. kzread.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=LK7-hRt8ATPOzrIW

Schönes Video. Man lernt die Steine mit anderen Augen zu sehen 👀

😮 quedó muy hermosa

"Creative Geology" a delicious set of traits + Passions. Excellent experience The saw sorta scares me, I know you've counseled your son about that. Icecream and Exploration! Now that is Swaaaaeet! Looking forward to seeing more ... Beth Tennessee, USA

@RockhoundingLife

Күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

In the 21st century, people are so desperate to find a reason to be stressed, that they freak out if you steal a rock from a pile of rocks. Seriously. How do I get off this planet?

@sandimccarthy2067

13 күн бұрын

Don't take any earth rocks with you!!! Lmfao

@vinbun1phonezprankz131

13 күн бұрын

Bruh stole a rock to Shame straight to the Gulag

@msmarigold4647

11 күн бұрын

It doesn't stress you out 😂 It's calming! Why are you so angry about it ?

@sonnystephens3753

10 күн бұрын

I feel get genuinely disgusted at the idea of people shaming him for taking one or two rock from a business rock bed like this. They must be Boss level Karens. Makes me wanna go swipe Dairy Queen rocks WITHOUT permission.

@vinbun1phonezprankz131

9 күн бұрын

@@sonnystephens3753 but that’s illegal it’s their property NOT yours

Awesome cab! Most of the places around here have some type of sandstone or a plain gray rock around them! Thanks for sharing!

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I'd be interested to know wh😮at the other smaller rock looked like after you cut or tumbled it. It would be cool to see any banding it might have. Your macro really showed off the beauty of the epidote and feldspar. The finished cab looks great! ❤

This is beautiful!

Cool, our dairy queen and everyone else in northwest, Ohio has plain dull grey and tan rocks.Almost no color to be found anywhere.Worked in an old factory recently found lots of need rocks in their grass covered landscape rocks so it can be done.

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

Yes, just depends on what rocks are abundant in the area.

Stunning piece.❤

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

Many thanks!

Despite the fractures it is gorgeous

I was wondering maybe if you might want to bring a small slab to the Dairy Queen manager. So they can maybe have a piece of that

That's really cool looking. I have found so many cool rocks in my yard, thanks to the gophers 😊

Gorgeous.

So very beautiful ❤🎉

@RockhoundingLife

7 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I too cut things from rockpiles. Being in Ohio my farm has tons of glacial boulders and have sawn many up on my 18" saw just to see what's inside. You might try running your stone out past 100,000 grit , I like sub micron alumina on a suede leather with surfactant detergent to keep particles suspended for polishing softer stones. Bryan G.G.

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

I love looking through glacial till. Lots of gems in there. Ibe never polished a rock to that fine of a grit before. Highest i go is 50k

Hi, i am from Pakistan i like beautiful rocks but i dont know much about the expencive rock and negats so i liked your vidio and kindly make a vidio about the expencive rocks or negats, that how i can find it and what is necesary to know it, thanks (A,wahab)

Does that mean I have to ask before I take rocks from the beach...please really. People just love to moan about nothing . Loved the finished product ❤❤❤

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

No you don't. This vid was more for the haters and to prove that they will still find things to complain about......which ended up being true!

I’ve found some cool fossil corals that way

Very pretty. I have some pieces in my collection that look alot like that some with a very vivid green but no flat lap unfortunately

A very nice job !

The big one looks like Unikite.

I do the same thing everywhere I go I am looking lol

That turned waaaaaay better than I expected it to. What brand of glue do you use?

@RockhoundingLife

14 күн бұрын

Astrotech CA

Amazing job

Omg 😮. I think that's Great.

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

Beautiful shine,turned out gorgeous…I’d love to see that Cabachon set in a sterling Silver finding,maybe with flexible bail?🇨🇦

@C.O.G.

6 күн бұрын

@jeanwillis7774, that would be beautiful, if the cab were a semiprecious stone like carnelian or citrine quartz. A stainless steel setting would be better suited to this cab. It is a beautiful piece though.

Wow that turned out really beautiful! Epidote and Unakite are among my favorites. I found a stone at the bus stop last week that I think is fossiliferous limestone. It's beat up but very cool 😀

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

You should cut it!

@jonnsgirl

17 күн бұрын

@@RockhoundingLife I don't have a saw yet but I'll send it to you if you want to cut it! I'll send you a pic.

Would make beautiful buttons. I love buttons

Honestly you should turn these all into D&D dice

Interesting great hobby

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

It sure is!

You would lose your shit in MN crystals, obsidian, agates, geodes. It's crazy.

I found a rock that was red and looked like a miniature Easter Island Head...

Quite interesting, but I'm worried about your hands so near that saw.

@RockhoundingLife

Күн бұрын

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It turned out great! Great video! Eta - I’m interested in the microscope and wondered which one to go with? They also have all three which I was thinking about getting. What is your recommendation? 😊

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

@RamblingsfromCanada

13 күн бұрын

I had edited my reply before I saw yours so you might not have seen it. 😊 Was looking at the Apexel microscopes and wondered which one to go with? Or should I go with all three? Thanks!

@RockhoundingLife

13 күн бұрын

@@RamblingsfromCanada I would get the 200x Lens. It's the one I showed in the video. You can use your phones regular zoom with it. Use the link in the video description with the code ROCKHOUN at checkout for %15 off.

@RamblingsfromCanada

13 күн бұрын

@@RockhoundingLifethank you very much I will do that 😊👍

Good afternoon from the south shore, yes, Nova Scotia. I've emailed you pictures before of a very strange rock I keep finding down here, on our beaches, but you didn't know what it was. I've researched and I can't figure out what it is either. It's black with light colored stripes with little sea shells in it here and there, i'm thinking sedimentary. I'd love to send you some through the mail, you can cut it on your saw, polish it & maybe in time be able to identify it. Do you have a p.o. box where people can send you stones?

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

Email me again at the emaip.address in the description and we will figure it out

@teebee9735

18 күн бұрын

Can't wait to see! Where I used to live out in West Texas - the Permian Basin - we used to find boulders about the size of beach or soccer balls, or even larger, of solid sea shells. The shells were about the size of a thumbnail, give or take. I wish I still had one.

What did you used to adhere the dowel to the rock?

@RockhoundingLife

12 күн бұрын

Lapidary CA.

Where did you get the bezel from?

@RockhoundingLife

8 күн бұрын

Etsy

What dop sticks/wax is that? (It’s typically green, what you’re using isn’t.). I ask cuz I’m having a hard time with the green stuff.

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

I dont use wax. I use a lapidary CA. When im ready to remove it i use a debonder and its off in a couple of minutes. No troubles.

@henriettavanderfloof8104

11 күн бұрын

@@RockhoundingLife what’s it called? CA? What does ca stand for?

How to lose parts of your fingers pushing a rock thru a table saw, when you could use a pusher tool instead.

@Debbie4729

15 күн бұрын

Rock saws are different than table saws-you don't slice a finger if you touch it.

@RockhoundingLife

15 күн бұрын

I wont lose a finger. Here is why: kzread.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=LK7-hRt8ATPOzrIW

That 'no guard' on the saw does my head in 😕

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

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What happened with the 2nd rock?

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

It isngoing intonthe tumbler when on the next batch.

anyone know how long it takes to make one of those pendants from scratch?

@danhughes6373

18 күн бұрын

It only took 11 minutes 55 seconds today! LOL

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

The whole process took about an hour.

@LordWaffle

18 күн бұрын

@@RockhoundingLife ok, Thankyou I'm looking to get into all this myself but I've no idea on what equipment is needed so I'm asking questions alot of them 🙂👍

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

You can reach out to me at rockhoundinglife@gmail.com and i can help you get started.

Did people really give you a hard time for taking a piece of gravel out of a garden. God a hate people.

serpentine?

@RockhoundingLife

11 күн бұрын

Unakite I think

Here's some rock etiquette--which I just made up: replace the rock you took with another interesting rock.

@Jack-ez3cn

18 күн бұрын

He did that in a previous video. People in the comments were still mad about it.

@RockhoundingLife

18 күн бұрын

We do that when we cant speak with the staff.

@taliahd8847

18 күн бұрын

Really silly that people got mad about that. Is the thought that "if everyone does it"...? But clearly not everyone is doing it. The internet... 🙄

@nicolenewsome4863

14 күн бұрын

Shut up Karen!

pee soaked rocks 😂

I could do without the music though.

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

Turn the volume down?

@mattgohlke8216

14 күн бұрын

Just pick cooler music. This is like the soundtrack to the lead up time in skin flicks. 🤣 just kidding, sorry but I had to. Also, not kidding.

@mattgohlke8216

14 күн бұрын

I really didn't notice it until it was pointed out so it cant be that bad, I definitely notice it in other videos ( not yours). I was more into how youre doing this because I would like to learn and get into it myself. I think this is amazing and its not a small skill, very admirable.

this is saphire? You blind? Or we all fools?

You sound so bitter about having to ask. Ultimately someone paid to place those rocks there. They are property of someone, and just like you shouldn't take someone's lawn chair or or grass: you shouldn't take rocks without at least an equivalent exchange.

@RockhoundingLife

17 күн бұрын

I offered. They said no need. People like you will always find something to complain about. You should flip the script in your life and make an effort to be positive instead of so being so negative all the time.

@seananderson5850

17 күн бұрын

What complaint? Don't steal the rocks the dairy queen bought for landscaping. They weren't free.

@seananderson5850

17 күн бұрын

@@RockhoundingLife What complaint. DQ paid to buy those rocks. They paid to ship them to location. They paid to distribute them around the property. I'm glad they gave you rock(s), but you're not entitled to their rocks; that's stealing, and I'm glad social media is able to stop (future) theft of other people's landscaping and impart a good lesson to your son.

@Harpin519

16 күн бұрын

Thanks for your input Karen 🤦🏻‍♂️

@mattgohlke8216

15 күн бұрын

That is the most frivolous thing a person could worry about 🤣. I will forever help myself to a couple of landscape rocks with less than zero guilt, to match the level of give a shit the owners have

Would make beautiful buttons. I love buttons