I don't want to steal your claim, I just want to find the camera and walk around in a bigfoot costume in front of them playing a tuba.

@mary-ruthflores4107

19 күн бұрын

Yes! That would be a Hoot!!

Thankyou for making these videos 😊 mygrandfather once owned your claim (he was the one selling it on the side of the road) he would be absolutly amazed that your making his dream a reality ❤❤

@kellyharper367

13 күн бұрын

Sweet story! Thanks for sharing!

I'm so glad to have purchased a beautiful slab of ocean picture stone from you at a rock and gem show this spring 😮. Everyone who visits just loves looking at it, touching it and holding it up to the light. Nature is a beautiful artist 👍

@Danhurd

26 күн бұрын

Wonderful!

@Patvk8

26 күн бұрын

​@@Danhurdit really is wonderful 👍👀

@lunar-_-moon

24 күн бұрын

I think I know the perfect mother's day present! She'd love one of these.

@merky6004

4 сағат бұрын

Indeed. I too am tempted. Inclined. Makes a good Christmas gift for rock collector sibling. I need find store.

This is dangerously close to " shut up and take my money ! " Lol . Absolutely gorgeous stuff there .

@summerrainsong7506

26 күн бұрын

That's what I was sitting here thinking too!

@franktownsend8477

20 күн бұрын

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I wish I was closer to you so I could attend the show! I’ll have to head to Arizona for the big gem and crystal show this year!

17:08 looks like a stormy ocean scene! As an artist I love it. There is no better artist than mother nature.

You have a good kid, Dan. All around beautiful family you've got. All of the gold and gems in the world couldn't compare to how rich you must feel when you stand on your front porch looking in.

@ARGONUAT

25 күн бұрын

Seconded!

@ericmatthews1588

25 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

Family fun in the nature/ artistic realm of beauty. Fun !! Living off the land .... harvesting beauty and making awesome jewelry for us all to remind us of the heart of nature which we would surely wear in faith and glory and the awe and sunshine of nature in all of it's glory

This whole video BLUE me away!

don't know why but I love that sound of the feather and wedge getting tighter

@amandasutherland626

25 күн бұрын

It’s like a little spring in the brain!

The beard we all knew and loved has returned!

Здрастувуйте Я из Кыргызстан

Nature is amazing who thought that hidden inside rocks was amazing natural art.

Time to buy Evin a dump truck start with a 4x4 six wheeler get him a triaxel dump truck as soon as he gets a Commercial Driver's License keep stocking up on Ocean Picture Stone get back in the truck Even !

I love the last one it looks like a storm out at sea

as much as I like watching the gold panning I LOVE the mineral hunting! Great finds and interesting to see the darker blue now

So much fun watching you guys hunt for the ocean picture stone! It’s like treasure hunting.

That is so beautiful rocks. Great job on the finds

I just stumbled on your channel You are the most positive person I can remember ever seeing and it's a joy to watch your videos

Dan you really hit a jackpot on that claim for sure. And i love seeing you and your family all working as a team. I do the same when i get ro go out tio

That last piece dropped my jaw. Sooooo beautiful. Mother Nature sure is an awesome artist.

Dan, I wish I could be your helper for free just to learn and enjoy being outdoors. Looks so fun!!!

HOOOLY Evan has grown! Man, growing up I heard that a lot from family about myself but experiencing it first hand over a good 5 ish years is something else. Love the ocean picture stones too! Keep it up, Dan :)

What a great day for you and your family at your claim! Beautiful rocks!

Some of those look like scenes from the big sky of the grand canyon, New Mexico, or states like wyoming and montana

that's Alien Invasion Picture Stone! Noice!

@ThatOpalGuy

26 күн бұрын

Ancient game of space invaders

Years ago I had a temporary job driving a belly dump from a quarry. Several times a I came up on quarry workers with a panning operation in between loading trucks...

Your Ocean Picture Stone has me hooked. Fantastic!!!

i know its "Ocean" picture stone, but that big slab at 28:11 looks like a photograph of the grand canyon!!!

@deviousmousey

26 күн бұрын

the walls of the canyon sloping down, the bright blue sky, and giant puffy white clouds

Wow, such gorgeous stone!🤍💙🤎

Grit in the morning, Love it! Dan Hurd, he eats chalcedony for breakfast! Haha!

That new darker blue is great! And a couple of those pieces had tide pools in them.

I'm glad to see that you started being patient with the wedges, you'll get better results in the end. I've heard rocks crack after a couple of minutes on their own.

That's awesome Dan thank you for sharing this six stars

That slab at the end reminded me of looking over the horizon in Moab, Utah. Great finds!

I love the almost musical note the wedges make as they're driven in.

The last few minutes of this video with the rough cloud tops over the cut ocean picture stone are amazing!😳🙂 It’s a work of art in stone, nice one Dan!😉

I sure found some nice pieces didn't I? 😂 Good lookin stuff Dan!

Dan is like the Bob Ross of lapidary. Outstanding

The chisels can be sharpened with a grinder, just keep it cool so it doesn't soften. Also, Be very careful, it looks like you have a stone angel in your garden.

Evan, you've become a grown man now since I last saw you. The last time I saw you was when I subscribed to your YT channel...

28:27 VERY good Plan Dan!!! due diligence!!!

I love the sounds the feather and wedges make

Hey Dan, All I can say is WOW...those oceans scenes are just gorgeous! Amazing stone!

@26:22 that piece is freaking Gorgeous!!

Me too! I would love to see Dan and his family at the Colorado gem & mineral expo/show

Perfect Sunday evening wine down 🤘🏿

I had hoped to buy some of this, maybe someday, what a beautiful stone to be working with.

You give me the word and I’ll fly out asap

Oh my goodness. That is the most amazing material I have ever seen.

with these ocean picture stones you should look into getting into stores around tourist beach destinations

Me too! I would love to see Dan and his family at the Colorado gem & mineral expo/show! Selfies & of course to purchase!!!

Hello from Detroit Michigan USA thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventures through time and geology

That was fantastic, Dan. Can't wait to see more from Evan's seam.

I love the sound the feather and wedge makes!

Luck? That magical, invisible force that picks winners and losers? Sounds like a myth. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" Carl Sagan. The irony is not lost on me. You're an extremely blessed man to share a common interest with your significant other. I had never seen this rock before you showed me, and I am extremely impressed with it.

OMG that last one with the clouds was SUPERB! nice work brother in the north

Beautiful stuff Dan! Have fun this season and thanks taking us along with y'all.

Think that pendant @ 4:59 is the one you showed me in Courtenay. It is even more beautiful when seen in person.

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I have a couple of pieces of jewelry from your ocean picture jasper! They are my favorites! Please keep it coming... because I want more!

Just beautiful. Some of the pieces from Evan’s collection look like closeup images from the space station. 😍

Ocean Picture Stone really is the Perfect name for your stone Dan. Just Amazing!

Beautiful B.C.O.P.S! I love that feather-and-wedge music too! Looked like a great time with the fam as well! Great job Evan! 👍🏻 That big rock that took all of the time to cut, has to the the best slab you have ever shown. Those cumulonimbus clouds are absolutely perfect! An amazingly beautiful stone! WOW!

Hey Dan have you tried using a gas powered masonry demo saw to remove the rock? You could saw along where you want it to break and then use the feather and wedges if the saw doesn’t break it. I think that would be a whole lot easier.

@Danhurd

26 күн бұрын

Cutting solid Chalcedony with that saw would take HUGE amounts of time. Yes it would get bigger pieces, but I would just have to break down those bigger pieces to cut anyhow..... Overall time to extract would go way up.

@sylviaburns2995

26 күн бұрын

Good critical thinking!

A portable diamond saw could help you cut some of the choice stones to break the way you want prior to your feather and wedges

Amazing episode sir! Beautiful stuff!!

I appreciate how people post ideas and evryone respects all the thinking and weigh the pros and cons without being artogant pompous or angry. I worked in a university in pediatric genetics and the phd's were respectful like that. The even listened to the custodian on his ideas. Great minds work together!!!

24.01 That is a Rocky Mountain snowscape right there!! ❤. Greetings from a new subscriber in Victoria 🇨🇦

I would love to go rock digging, but where I live in Texas is all sugar sand! It was beachfront property several millions of years ago. I've had a couple of geology courses many years ago in college, which taught me enough to give me the rock hound bug!

Greetings from the BIG SKY.

Ow wow, I so wished we could get this in the UK. It’s beautiful

Great material Dan.

this is going to be another amazing video

28:16 Definitely my favorite cut of this video.

I need the one with the white clouds edge of the stone. Omg it was amazing

Amazing cut stone Dan. Glad you, Dana and Evan had such a great time.

I would love to come and help and learn sometime I’m planning a trip to Colorado next week

The lightning scenes at 28:00 are incredible

25:15 those dendrites would make perfect trees in a cab!

You guys are so Canadian with how you guys talk, its so funny. I love it

@helgavoorneveld1530

26 күн бұрын

I'm from the Netherlands and to me they just sound American 😁. It all sounds the same to me 😂

@Sticks017

26 күн бұрын

@@helgavoorneveld1530 that's funny but that makes sense. Some of the things they say and the way they say them are very canadian. There said 'aye' a couple times, thats as canadian as it gets

@devinangola3458

26 күн бұрын

Hey I’m in BC Canada and Dan sounds just like everyone else around here eh!😁

@helgavoorneveld1530

26 күн бұрын

@@Sticks017 hahaha I didn't even notice! I've lived in Ireland for the last 22 years and they say aye a lot in different areas of the island and indeed every area has a different sounding aye 🤣🤣

@Sticks017

26 күн бұрын

@@devinangola3458 that sounds about right. Im Minnesotan which I feel like is one step away from talking like a Canadian but i know that Canadian speak very well. I actually work with a French Canadian lady and she doesn't talk like a Canadian at all

Thanks Dan and Family beautiful stuff for sure!

Beautiful

23:02 I see you hammering and it reminds me of my youth, I use to be called lightning with a hammer….aka never hit same place twice..

One of these days I'll get around to purchasing one from your site. So beautiful!

24:29 Imagine dropping some of these big samples in the bucket and thinking, :That's groceries for a month" .. "That's new tires for the SUV" .. "That will fill the beer fridge!" .. "There's all the new rock chisels I'll need for a year or two" .. etc etc :)

Wow, amazing peices!

That last piece was absolutely beautiful love the bc picture stone videos there my favorites thank you dan for showing the world rock hounding can be so much fun

I love these pieces so much, my grandma used to make paintings before she passed and the rocks that you find look so similar, it brings back good memories. Thank you for all the mazing content you put out! It always brightens up my day :)

That ocean picture stone is outstanding. I thought it was a picture. The one with the clouds omg. It’s the first time I’ve seen this type of rocks

Beautiful! So happy for you. Thank you, Sir.

Hello

very nice show...thamk you

Nice day in the mountains

Lovely ocean 💙 meteorites channel Derbyshire England 🇬🇧

They are sooo pretty!

I wonder how well a hand-held, gas powered masonry chop saw with a diamond blade would work to cut out nice, symmetric pieces? I have zero experience doing what Dan is doing, and I don’t know if Canada has some funky laws against it, but if the overburden gets raked away, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work

Should get yourself a hammer attachment for the rotor hammer. Also a tapered but instead of chisels.

@Danhurd

26 күн бұрын

"You Should"? I do.....

@bargreg

26 күн бұрын

You obviously don't watch many of Dan's videos. He has all the tools, and uses what he things is right in the situation.

Always the best Sir... always succses.. God Bless You 🇮🇩⚒️⛏️💎💗👍👍

Good afternoon from Copperhill Tn.

You clearly had an excellent day! Congrats!