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Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Beautiful scenery in this video. It looks very serene there. You definitely look in your element. Sawing rocks... some of my favorite activities. 😊

This is my favorite type of your videos: fussing through landscape, (my dad on walks, "stop fussing around in the weeds"); poking around in rocks, I like to see you finding them, (dad: "stop playing in the rocks--put those back"); washing them off to see what they look like, (dad: " does your mother know you're using her dish towels?"), then cutting them open to see inside. (dad general, repeated comment: "don't touch that.") Only thing missing is to show one or two polished to see them from beginning to end.

The fact that you can spot those amongst all the gunky mossy rocks just shows how much of a boss you are.

@Zubeneshemali

Ай бұрын

"Nodule"?? Full of quartz?? Sure looks like that's ALL it is as quartz!!

I would have never guessed that those ordinary looking rocks would look so amazing inside!

The white stuff is most likely a salt that precipitated out but didn’t mix into the silica. Or it is a silicate salt that just didn’t form the same as the rest of the agate. I would be super curious on its identity (a calcium salt maybe?) but unless you have access to a chem lab you probably won’t ever know for sure.

@michaelelliott635

9 ай бұрын

I've come across similar white substance inside geodes.

Pocket! I hope you brought a backpack. Those were some great finds.

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Always!

I think that was a grouse. Be mindful of the deer because they can become aggressive. Always great to explore a new stream for agates and other rocks. Thanks for sharing ❤

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I’d be down to a deer tussle

@MelodyLeanneRyan-mz3pj

9 ай бұрын

During rut, that’s in springtime

Man you have such good rock eyes! Even when you say there is something there I don't see it till you pick it up lol

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder all the agates I miss completely 😂

@maybeebuzzy2265

8 ай бұрын

🤣"rock eyes" I love it!

Very beautiful rocks you found. They look so stunning on the inside. Liked. Thanks for sharing the great video. From Jordan

Omgosh! They were hidden treasures. Thank you.

The bird looked like a partridge to me. Nice finds. Can't all be winners though. Love the last one you cut.

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Stunning agates, and a fun trip. I really liked seeing the birds.

That last one you cut is really cool! Good call on which way to cut it! 😊

Great video thanks. Good mix of finding and cutting. Wildlife is fun to see too.

That last cut was AWESOME! Plumes and bands all together in that itty bitty beauty! ❤

It's like opening a present! So fun!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

It really is!

I like it that he finds rocks and saws them open! It’s a good tutorial for me!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

😊

found my first agates thanks to your vids!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Awesome!!!

Magnífico !!!!❤ Cada peça traz uma surpresa diferente !!!

awesome finds 👏

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

thank you!

Loved them all 💜😍

All the pieces are so pretty

That’s so cool man, love the gems you found. Thanks for the cool vid

Awesome nature/hunt video

Beautiful samples. Interesting video👍👍👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝

Love looking for cool rocks! ❤❤❤

When I thought I couldn't love you more, you bang on about one of my favourite things, barefoot shoes. Hell yeah man! They have completely changed my life, and in combination with toe socks we've got a winner 🥳

So far, the red agate is my favorite.

I'm going to check out Lems. I love barefoot shoes. I discovered Altras a few months ago when a subscriber on "Old Guy Adventures" recommended them. It was my first pair of new shoes that actually fit my goofy feet after years of trying to find something that I could wear. Oh, by the way, nice rocks! Thanks for cutting some for us to enjoy!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

They are great, my feet don’t hurt anymore at the end of a long work day/hike.

bin begeistert, umso mehr ich hier nur zufällig gelandet bin!! es ist spannend zu sehen, was die steinen an schönheit in sich verbergen! aber auch danken möchte ich mich, für die wunderschöne naturbilder in deinem video! ich freu mich auf die andere videos...und was noch mehr kommt! grüsse aus Tirol - Austria

Belíssimas ...PARABENS TAYLOR

Try and see if that soft white stuff inside the stones glows under UV light. I love your videos!

The last one is so beautiful❤❤wow

Never know what is hiding in the grass. How come you didn't lick the giant porphyritic rock, I think that would add a little flavor to the video. The white material might be calcite UV it. Looks like it was a great day to be out. Happy hounding.

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Hahah I was so thirsty I didn’t have any saliva to lick it

Curiosity is fun at times. Nice video man 👍

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Ooooh! Please send me some of those tiny ones! I usually cut tiny opal a Dremel. I have a flat lap, but I'm not proficient just yet. That, and I enjoy my Dremel. I don't have a saw and... I live in Florida. There are no rocks here. Everything is some form of Calcium, except agatized coral and some chert. But I'd have to drive pretty far to get near a place to hunt. And I don't know where to hunt! I'd like to just expose and polish some pretty stuff that I'v never played with before.

I would concur😂it's purple-ish. I'm really curious about that white substance since it was in two agates.🤔

Could you please explain how agates are formed? Rocks have always fascinated me and I love watching you cut these gorgeous stones! 🥰

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Google: “how are agates formed?”

@BeccaBeeMe

9 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad 🤣😂 Ya don't say?? 🤣😂

@debidevaney8398

8 ай бұрын

"Just a rock"!? Never thought of hear you say that😂😂😂😂😂

Woe...its nice for earing

You should bring a small sprayer or even a spray bottle out with you when you rock hunt. I take mine with me every time now! Make all the difference in the world!

Man.. I'm late to the party, any snacks left? I'm hungry for agates! So much fun to be had.

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

😂🙌

I like the one with the geodes internal. ❤️🏏🎸

Awesome video!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Thanks bud!!

The deer snort wheezing at you on their turf lol.

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

For sure lol

@Mike-br8vb

9 ай бұрын

That last cut was really cool! Is the white stuff common opal?

I have always wondered what common, nondescript rocks from different regions look like on the inside.

The last one looks like a galaxy

If you find out what the white stuff is, do a video. We dug Keokuk geodes on vacation, and a lot of the smaller ones, have that same white stuff. We haven’t cut the big ones yet!!! Can’t wait to find some Lake Superiors when I visit. My brother and sister in law, just moved to Duluth. I got them into rockhounding a year ago. Great videos!!

The white stuff IS strange! It seemed to expand once air got to it. Trapped gas? Fun video. Thanks.

8000 views of this video when I tuned in and that means we are the first 8000 who have seen inside this rock after millions of years (however old it is)! 😎👍

Very,very good❤

My name is Billie and I have an Agate Dad channel addiction! Lol

@AgateDad

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Did you find out what the white stuff

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I did not, no idea what it is

Nope, the last one is my favorite!

Top ten ❤

Lemon color at next is so pretty

Because I rarely find agates, (unlike my lucky, knowledgeable oldest) I prefer hunting for good jasper finds!

I think I just found a new hobby.

@AgateDad

6 ай бұрын

Welcome :) it’s an amazing hobby and community

Great shoes for hiking. Makes my tootsies happy. I like to wear my old keenes. The tread doesn't let me slip and fall (especially when slime coated rocks are the placed between me and gorgeous rocks).

Wow agate

I stumbled across a video on KZread about a deer huffing turning out to be a Sasquatch, now I am always wondering if it's really a deer.

I can just imagine how much is missed in the water, covered with sediment and moss.

Have you found out what that soft white stuff inside is?

Hi! What type of saw blade do you use in your 10” saw? Thanks for the cutting video!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I use the 10” hi tech diamond thin sintered blade linktr.ee/AgateDad

Heading up to Grand Maria's in 2 weeks. My guy is looking for places to find any mineral metals like copper, hematite or pyrite etc. Any suggestions? We plan on leaving some easter eggs such as cold water agate and quartz stromataporiod and crystallized favosite fossils at every beach we stop at from our local finds here in Door County 😂. Maybe you will find one!

What do you clean your finds with prior to cutting?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Nothing really, soap and water if they’re really dirty.

Is this rock hunting in igneous rock origin area?

did you ever figure out what the white stuff was inside the agates? super weird and cool....

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I did not

Did you ever fine out what that white pasty stuff was?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I didn’t ☺️

I'm weird I love your "duds" they are very interesting

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

You’re not weird 😂

@mysticdolphin69

9 ай бұрын

Good because I live in upstate NY and I've only found nice agates in my driveway gravel.

Is the white stuff clay?

what was the white stuff?

First!!! 🙋🏽‍♀️❤

They're all so interesting and pretty 🧡🤍💙 It would be good to take a sample of that white stuff for analysis by a geologist 🤔

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Right?

👍

sooooooooo prettyyy😃

Could the white stuff be calcite?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I don’t think so

That white stuff is weird, I wonder what it is.

@Miniscapes515

9 ай бұрын

Calcium carbonate

@cesrelawrence-towner9453

9 ай бұрын

​@@Miniscapes515that was my thought as well

@meg2831

9 ай бұрын

@@Miniscapes515 oh neat, thanks 😊

@jmicaha2655

9 ай бұрын

@@Miniscapes515I was gonna say looks calcium like

13:34 what is the “little saw” called?

Спасибо, Тейлор.Очень хорошее видео. Что такое - Джаспер ? Удачи в дальнейшем!

@AgateDad

6 ай бұрын

Jasper is a mineral ☺️

@viktorshevtsov3749

6 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad Спасибо, я такой не встречал.И у нас, в России, такого нет. К какой категории он относится: агат , яшма или брекчия ? Если не трудно ответь .С уважением - ценитель Вашего творчества.

very pretty

Not everyone is fibber ! 😢

iran agate best agate in world.

I’m a Merrill shoe fan! They are unbelievable! They buy them for the state police here in Kentucky.,. Looked like a grouse

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Merril is good too, not sure if they are barefoot styled shoes though.

@FieldsOfGold149

9 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad no I don’t think so but I’ve worn these three years now bought two pair haven’t touched the second pair and been going in the water rockhounding for over one year they are a top hiking shoe love em. They buy them for state troopers here in Kentucky. I can’t believe the glue or materials would hold up they get a lot of abuse… you are correct a different type of shoe. Thanks

Hi

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Yo

The white stuff is fine traces of calcium carbonate

That last one… it looked to be a fossil or bone of some sort. I know what is seen in a Video VS in person can be very different. From what I see it could be…

Did you find out what that white stuff is?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I did not

No se ven bien, por la letra que las cubre

@AgateDad

7 ай бұрын

Lol

Where is your spray bottle?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

I don’t carry one

What is the little saw called .

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

5” trim saw from hi tech diamond linktr.ee/AgateDad

Can you just grab random rocks without knowing what you grab and then seeing what you get❤

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

You can

@Max-nf2jo

9 ай бұрын

@@AgateDad as in a video idea

local news" stone cutter dies from rare prehistoric virus"

@AgateDad

6 ай бұрын

fake news

Worms lmao jk

Hey agate dad, I saw that sometimes you cut open other peoples rocks for them! How can I contact you about that? I have a few LSAs that I’d like to have cut open!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Email me at agatedad@gmail. com and send pictures of the agates :)

Hello Agate Dad i have a question, do you know of a place i can rockhound near Kingman? Hope u have an amazing time rockhounding and Amazing video!

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Where’s kingman?

@lynnrandal317

9 ай бұрын

It is in Mohave County, Arizona

Its a Grosse

Aren’t you and others afraid you’ll cut your fingers on the saw?

@AgateDad

9 ай бұрын

Never

Your nothing was pretty. How much for that small nothing?