Civilizing an Agate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Taming the wild agate. These things must be done at times.
Sometimes I find an agate that is too fractured to be knapped into primitive tools. If they are pretty enough, I polish them.
...not primitive but, oh well...
I can tell so much effort went into the visual story telling; All the editing and setting up all the shots. Multiple shots making it look like he just casually walked into the house out of the woods with his dogs, while being cameraman at the same time. Thank you for the effort.
Just today my father gifted me a polished agate, he has no idea where he got it, it's been sitting in a box for years. It's 3" x 2" and 3/4" thick. I turn it to the side and can see 5 layers. It's a fractured beauty! I went searching for anything like it and found this video. It was cool to see from the find to the polish!
Thank you. That sounds like a beautiful agate and a very nice gift!
I just keep coming back to this video. Absolutely awesome.
The biggest Agate I've seen anyone pick up!!...very cool to see it go from rough state to polished gem!!
Beautiful!!
Seriously I could watch you all day it's so relaxing.
Could not have said it better, "oh WOW! its just beautiful" love it! ty for sharing
Wow! What a beautiful chunk of agate! From dull and boring to shiny and expensive! Great work!
Nice agate , as soon as I move I am setting up my lapidary equipment. Thanks for your video I enjoyed it.
ýour sucha lucky person to live in a place where the gems are native... im happy if i just find a peace of flint every now-and-then... keep up the good work my friend
Nothing better finding the rough,than doing the magic with it.........A passion of mine too.....As said,great video!
Cool agate and cool and simple set up...cudos and fun presentation
Gorgeous stone, love that you left the natural textures on it.
Great vid! Finished product looks awesome!! Thanks for sharing :-)
Love the video and attention to details of the equipment. keep them coming.
I like how you looked at the agate and left the "character" in it. I've been picking for 40-plus years and as I've gotten older, I tend to look at agates in a different way. Some are obviously gem quality, but I've been drawn more to agates that have a lot going on within them (I hope you know what I mean). Leaving a big part of it in the raw, natural state is a great touch. Beautiful stone by the way. One of the most relaxing hobbies there is and addicting. The concentration level necessary to seriously be looking for agates removes all the cares of the world and it's great "therapy". I primarily pick in the Porcupine Mountain area of Lake Superior in the UP, MI. I good find never gets old. Thanks for the video.
What a great video!
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I had no idea it took so much work to do that. Amazing!
Thats awesome,Go find more Wild Agates and make them civil for us to gaze at.Sure is eye candy.
Great educational video. I'm glad that you mentioned recognizing how "fractured" the rock was. It's important to know what you can and cannot do with an individual stone, or you can easily end up with something not even close to what you intended. Very important when you are making jewelry or any other type of shape. Thank you.
Cool video; loved the style and approch. Wow,it was almost spiritual. I love agate and grew up in a family of "rockhounds." We had equipment similar to yours .... so your video brought back many happy memories. I could feel the gritty water splatering on my face, smell dust, feel the sanding paper and polish. Wow, mixing polishing compound....wow.... I want the compound to get under my fingernails. Thanks for sharing your shop and passion in this fantastic video.
Gorgeous rock! I have tons of agate that are small. Nothing like that beauty.
Beautiful Agate, I forgot about this video, thanks for sharing. I expect a lot of people would like to see the saws and polishers set up again. :-) Cheers, Kevin.
Gorgeous piece of rock.
Very cool Dan!
Fascinating. And so beautiful to see you work. I'm lucky to ljve in an agate filled area. So neat to see you work so carefully.
ive never seen the process. that was too cool. thanks caveman dan.
Awesome Thank you. I'm totally going to make a setup like that !
I loved the way you edited the film to tell the story. Pretty cool.
Your vidz are very informative and helped me alot.
Wow you did an amazing job. Well done.
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This is a wonderful agate very good job!
It turned out quite lovely.
cool stone,cool event line and and the hyper finish with the plate brush in the kitchen sink....! love it..
amazing, great video. I'm buying some agate and it's interesting to see the process. Thanks
Very nice piece of agate you found, and a great video
Dude that turned out beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic Dan, ...cool workshop ; ) and wow what an amazing job on this stone! All the best my friend, Sepp
Way to tame that agate Dan! This video really appealed to rock hound in me. Anytime I'm outdoors hiking or exploring I always have one eye on the ground looking for rocks...glad to know I'm not the only one, great video on a great find
Gotrocksinhid you are an artist I'm morrocain we have some agate here but is not beautiful like this I like the colors of this agate
Cinematography is legit
That was awesome..beautiful agate!
Thank you. You are very generous to share your skill. That rock find was amazing and watching the process and transformation was so cool. Im so inspired. Maybe you could come to Wyoming and help me set up my lapidary shop and talk me thru a few pieces, ha ha. Thanks again.
i guess you cant judge a book by its cover! once you polished it up it looked beatiful! good job!
Wow that's beautiful! Great video.
nice set-up, nice rock, who needs diamonds when you can fine beauty like that in our own rivers
great job Dan
Que linda, amo ágata tenho muitas delas. Parabéns !!
Beautifully done. Thank you
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed
Very interesting! always wanted to see this
As an agate collector in Alaska ( record nineteen in a day) I think it’s awesome you found such a big agate! Shame it wasn’t river polished.
Thanks Ken. I am happy to share. I am glad you enjoyed the memories
Cool! Sounds like he's starting off right!
Not all your videos have to be primitive. I enjoyed this one very much! Man, if I had a shop there's no telling how much real work I could avoid.
Nice agate!!! To bad about the fractures - nice job on the polish!!!
What a pleasing video, but that is what I have come to expect from you, Rocks. Your patience, your use of simple tools and your appreciation of the gifts of nature are inspiring.
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Fellow Oregon Rock Hound! There sure is a lot of good places to find and collect around these parts!
btw...you have some awesome video and video editing techniques. you film like a professional film maker
thank you
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from rock to gemstone. Fun stuff!
Gran trabajo!
this is the best lapidary video on youtube
Aw, shucks...
Thank you
awesome... that's a beautiful gem.
Artistry information. I liked it.
WoW man awesome
that is really wonderful transformation mate, great job, and appreciate your video...take care..
Wow, you have to be patient to get it as pretty and polished as you'd like. :)
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Another amazing video DAN!! I felt like i was in DOCTOR JEKYLS mad scientists workshop!! When you turned on the buzzing lights and electric motors!! All you need is some test tubes,glass viles,beakers and HES ALIVE!!! LOL!! Your lab fits your personality! LOL!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! THANKS!!
They are fairly common around here :)
Wow budd awesome! I have some pretty good ones that need some lovin. Well done =perfect
I am very blessed! We live in a pretty cool area
AWESOME! GREAT VID...GREAT STONE!
Nice job that looks really good
Excellent Video! Love this channel!
Ugly duckling to beautiful Swan! that is awesome!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Great work 👍👏
Beautiful stone! Too bad it couldn't be turned into an arrowhead! Keep up the great work!
thanks
Every step of the process too!
Nice work 👍
Good job....
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That was awesome to watch. Liked (loved) and subscribed.
thank you Sepp.
thats right. no more hiding for him!
Great content and excellent videography - merci!
Thank you!
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That is a nice looking find.
Thanks
Hey Dan. Stone grinding is one of my favorite hobbies. I love it. In one of my video, I present this hobby. Do you use after the coarse diamond grinding wheel normal silicium carbide abrasive belts? Greets from Switzerland
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A total credit to you!! What an amazing rock!!! JUST WOW!!! New subscriber here. :)
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wow. looks amazing. nice work
Thats because you WERE in a mad scientists workshop! Thanks
At about 7:30 minuets I here the sounds of " clunk" and a voice say " What ! "
I know exactly what happended....
And I hate when it happens... Lol
Something got away on a polisher......😂😂😂
Man just gorgeous!
Looks awesome
Very good
Nice. From found to finished.
thanks. Glad you enjoy
Un vídeo con una gran cantidad de detalles que lo hace único.
bravo bravo bravo made great
I'll take it! Lol
Loved every minute of it.