Very inspiring. Got me out doing some hunting. And having some success. Is very exhilarating. I'm hooked. Thank you.

Looks like Pilchuck creek. I've seen another 'hounder' looking in Hansen creek. Thanks for sharing.

Roxbury is the jam for garnets all over the ground as big as dimes.

That’s a great day of rockhounding! Some really nice specimens there, I especially like the ones in matrix.

@NWRockExplorer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!! I try my best to keep my finds in matrix whenever i can. It shows where they come from and gives a glimpse of the deposit to the collector.

Your large garnets are as big as small thunder eggs we can dig here Liam! Your videos remind of when I lived closed to the Coast Range Mountains in Oregon. It’s beautiful when it’s not raining! Keep up the great videos. You are doing a very good job with them! I look forward to when this COVID is under control and we can travel again. B.C. is beautiful!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! There is potential for even bigger garnets or even some other minerals if I can find the source. it rains like crazy up here but it really makes you appreciate the days where the sun comes out. Hopefully this whole virus situation will settle out this spring in time for some traveling.

Nice almandine, thanks for sharing your adventures!

Wow, amazing Garnets!

It looks like you may have gone to the top of the same beautiful waterfall again. How terrific... So glad you were rewarded.

You did a good job . And you did not over due it with the music either ! Now clean some of those garnets up and show us your results .

I so wish I had a spot like that in California. Closets garnets 200 miles. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever watched the "Magic Miners" KZread channel? They do a lot of prospecting in California and found some amazing garnets too.

Sweet garnets! One of my favorites to find!

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Garnets are definitely one of my favorite minerals, there's just so many different types out there!!🙂

Very nice hunt! Those were some huge specimens! Thanks!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll definitely be back up there soon looking for where these ones came from.

Your videos are so zen, love the chill music and your enthusiasm. Some of us who can’t make it out there really appreciate this 🌸🌺❤️🍄🥀

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I love sharing what I do and I don't have many people to prospect with so by making videos I can share my adventures with anybody out there. Have a good one, your comment made my day😃

@elleisme8565

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer ❤️❤️❤️

Guys please don't skip ads, it will help a lot for this aspirant to do more. Of all explorer/haunter I've watched he's technically one that I could positively says that he is getting there. Thumbs up for sharing your adventure.

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Every little bit counts and will go towards the channel and new adventures!! Thanks for watching🙂

Those are great garnet finds. I can't wait to find some

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Garnets are always a fun find and they can take on so many shapes and colors. Good luck on your adventures!!

Thank you learning lots! Subscribed!

Thanks for posting another exploration. I love how you film the videos and the music choices. It’s almost like being out there too. So beautiful.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! With each video I'm trying to improve and get better at filming and editing. I hope to show a lot more of my adventures in the future and maybe even include a couple of my other interests!!

Really cool video thanks .

This is the second time Ive watched this video and I enjoyed your pleasuring as much this time as last.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I hope to get back up there soon!! there's always something to find🙂

What a steep climb! Great fun exploring with you. Garnets are large. Can they be polished? To reveal a color/shine? Thanks for taking us along

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I'm sure they can be polished to reveal the deep red color and shine them up a bit, these ones still have mica included in the outside of the garnet as the conditions weren't quite right to form them. Once I find the source hopefully I can find some nicer ones or I'll find enough to give polishing a try.

Awesome finds. Great work beautiful photography and you clearly have good knowledge thanks for sharing.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I'm really trying to learn as much as I can about filming before this coming season. Hopefully this year will hold some awesome finds and adventures.

@MACorrupt

3 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer ☺️🤎

It is so big I didn't know that Garnets get that big. It's like grape..! The place is so nice it is kind of meditation very nice to see in morning with cup of coffee. Thank you!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard of garnets getting up to 5 lbs in some places. You just need the right conditions, the longer the heat stays in the schist while being metamorphosed the bigger the crystals will be.

@japanrockhunt8277

3 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer I will look for the place and try for bigger one than I have. Thanks for advice!

Great video! Very cool garnet specimens!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I hope to get back there soon to find more.

Nice find. Just stay safe 😉

Nice garnets. I have a friend that found a garnet the size of a baseball. I shit you not! My single biggest garnet is 196 carats. My friends garnet has got to be easily 700 or 800 carats easily, as theirs is about 4 or 5 times bigger than my biggest one. I have 11,300 carats in total garnets myself. You look like you're over by walker valley, tbh. I know there's an area over there you can find garnets. Also near Heather lake. All the garnet you're finding is alluvial. Its being eroded out of ancient stream beds probably 15 to 20 feet under over burden.

Great videos, I’ve just started to rock hound

Nice garnets. Congrats on 300+ subscribers. New subscriber here. Good video.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!! There will be many more awesome videos to come this summer, I have lots of new locations to ready to explore and hopefully there will be some great finds.

👍👍👍👍 very nice

As usual a great video! I love the ending

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I cant wait to get back up there to find where they are coming from, there could even be some bigger or better quality ones there too.

I really love your channel. Did you study geology? The information you share is always great..

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! i actually never went to a single geology class though i think it would be a fun experience. everything i've learned came from watching other peoples videos, reading geology reports and joining Facebook groups. I research every rock i find, along the way i find information on other rocks i've found and it keeps on building from there

@mysticalrose1414

3 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorerWow impressive. Keep up the good work.

Those are getting so big. You got some nice soft rock to work there. You must be used to it, but I would avoid that creek for all the devils club there.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Yea the devils club kinda sucks, all of the woods around here are covered in it so I've gotten really good at weaving my way through them haha. Whenever you are searching for garnets it is always best to find the softest flakey schist you can find, usually in these spots you find the most well formed crystals.

A new subscriber from the UK 👍💞

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! Welcome!!😃

Be on the lookout for any chatoyancy in those Garnets. It is common belief that Star Garnets only come from Idaho, but in reality titanium oxide (Rutile) can form anywhere. I have seen Star Garnets come from North Carolina (where I was born and raised). Star Garnets are not limited to Idaho.

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!! I'll definitely be on the lookout for the asterism, would be super cool to find some nice star garnets or sapphires!!

@Nervii_Champion

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer If you look at Caver461's videos of Corundum he is finding a lot of black sapphire and in one video the top and bottom of the crystal is almost gold colored from the amount of Rutile in it. There is definitely Star Sapphire and plenty of it in Canada.

@Nervii_Champion

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer also some of those black Sapphires are actually translucent with no cracks in them, so that would make for a pretty expensive stone if light passes through it and it is over 20 carats

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nervii_Champion A friend of mine even found an awesome deposit of corundum and some of his had some nice rutile inclusions, I love the growth lines that sapphires can have too, just super neat!! That's a once in a lifetime discovery though, I hope someday I'll come across something so amazing!!

@nancymcshane3501

4 ай бұрын

I work at a Star Garnet mine in Franklin, NC. That first biggest garnet, if you look at it, one side is flatter than the other. If you grind the rounded top, that’s where the Star will be.

Niiiiice finds!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I cant wait to get back up there haha.

@thirstfast1025

3 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer Hope you find the source, and maybe some softball sizers! LOL! Best of luck man!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

It'd definitely a possibility, these ones kind of remind me of the ones they find at the little pine garnet mine. some of the garnets there get up to 5 pounds.

Allllllmadine

No sabía que los granates son como cacas de oveja… pensé que eran acristalados y de color granates…! Si los hubieras limpiado y lustrado sería mucho más creíble

Awesome video! Was that an eagle I heard at the end?

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it was!! They're all getting ready for the eulachan run.

Are you on Vancouver Island? Love the videos, I used to harvest garnets as a kid in Ontario.

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not on the island but I hope to explore around there someday. I've heard lots of rhodonite, dallasite, jaspers, and flowerstone is found down there.

Any chance you tell us what state and what town you are in. My wife and I live in Connecticut and we love garnet hunting. We are always looking for new places in Connecticut to find garnets

@NWRockExplorer

Жыл бұрын

I'm in BC Canada, quite a ways away. Thanks for watching!!😁

Care to share a tip on location? ❤ Is this close to mission or hope :) I can smell spring around the corner ! Thanks for sharing ! 👍

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

I am a long ways away from you but there are lots of garnets even nicer than this in your area I'm sure!! I've heard the east harrison fsr has some amazing garnets😁

@elizabethrigby3901

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer yes absolutely! Very nice stuff. Recently went to yale and found a bunch but nothing big or gemy. Thanks for sharing ! You know so much about the different minerals for your age its impressive Such a nice hobby

Can you post a GPS flag to this location? I'll understand if you don't, but it would be fun to visit!

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

I don't generally like to share locations until i have explored them the best I can. Most of the time i like to encourage people to make discoveries and explore their area, there is always something to be found as long as you follow the indicators and have a basic idea of the geology.

Nice garnets, what kind are they ?

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

These ones are likely Almandine garnet🙂

I'll have to do some garnet hunting myself, after lockdown nice1

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Hope you find some nice ones!!

Hello

Are those gem quality

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Most in this location aren't gem quality but they can make nice specimens. i do have a spot a little ways from here for gem quality ones but they are not very good for specimens. maybe i'll make a video collecting up some gem quality pieces at some point.

Is this location in NJ just out of curiosity?

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in BC Canada.

ARE THOSE GEM QUALITY GARNETS?

@NWRockExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, there could be gemmy sections inside them but I'd have to polish one up to find out. Hopefully when I find the source they will be better quality because these ones were exposed to the elements for quite some time.

will you be polishing them and showing us?

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

These ones are a little too nice of specimens for me to want to polish them but I might give it a try if I can find some more😁

What state is this?

@kimberleykimberley2465

Жыл бұрын

He's in Canada

Where is this location?

@NWRockExplorer

9 ай бұрын

BC Canada is the closest I'll say but I try to share the information needed to explore your area to find new spots. So much land out there to explore!! there are honestly cool minerals no matter where you are, just need to find a spot where they are more concentrated. Best of luck out there🙂

@teecee4459

9 ай бұрын

@@NWRockExplorer yeah, I wasn't expecting you to share the exact location, just wondered the general area. Won't be getting to BC anytime soon lol. I love hunting garnets though, the only spot I've found them so far is Utah.

None gem quality, fun find non the less

@NWRockExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!! I'm hoping someday I'll find the source of these, I have a feeling if I can pull them out of host rock they could have a better luster. Even if they aren't gem grade a nice well formed garnet still makes a cool specimen🙂

Hi good evening. I have lots of red garnet if you want I sell it