Me too, every once in awhile I'll head out to a place called the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals between Hillsboro, and Forest Grove Oregon and just spend hour upon hour just looking at specimens. Missing that right now but until told otherwise...still can head out to the desert by myself or in a river by myself and enjoy the thrill of hunting down beautiful chunks of mother earth to appreciate! Thanks for the view and comment Lisa, much appreciated, stay well and sane!
Desert jasper and creek jasper...I want to see them side by side. Please and thank you. Seeing that creek was soothing my soul . It's like the creek rewards us for appreciating it.
Hey Ruby, hope you are well. Thanks for the view and comment! Definitely was very soothing to the soul to be out there just wandering and looking, the gentle sound of the water rushing over rocks, the birds chirping....the sound of large caliber weapons being fired repeatedly non-stop for six hours-Doh!!!...and then the sun came out and brightened everything, the day, my spirits etc! Am sure you are already aware but just in case... jasper found in the rivers/creeks is the same as jasper found in the desert, just tumbled to some extent by rolling down the river, colors of jasper just vary by location and the deposit. I've taken a couple short clips that will put together to show the difference. Will hopefully get that edited and posted sometime this next week! Thanks again for the view, have a super rest of your weekend!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn Yeah, I don't understand the thrill of shooting all day long. Took my 8 year old daughter out to Fossil recently but they were having some kind of shooting event above the baseball field. Ruined our day. How do you explain to an eight year old shooting guns for hours on end isn't going to hurt you? I remember a teacher saying in my high school class....50 some years ago, that it is a sign of being sexually frustrated. That's always stuck with me. Very enjoyable video. Makes me want to paddle and explore the river soon.
@@alanwhite933 Thanks for the view and comment, much appreciated. TBH, I just don't get it myself, I support the right to bear arms and fully understand the importance of maintaining ones proficiency and ensuring the function and accuracy of the weapon for when it's needed. Just the wanton nature to that behavior that day that's disturbing. IMO it shows a lack of maturity, self control and overall judgement. "Along with great power, comes great responsibility" Anyway, On another note, am really happy to hear that you share your passion for the hobby with your children and hopeful that it develops into something wonderful they can enjoy for their whole lives. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Thanks AA, very much appreciate the view and comment. Was great to get out with nice weather and focus on something positive! Hope you are well and having a nice weekend so far!
If it gets me more beautiful specimens, sure! hahaha strange what isolation does to one but funny too! Thanks as always TF for the view and comment. Very much appreciated sir. Hope you are well and having a nice day! Talk again soon~
It's my personal favorite and one of only two major waterways that I really enjoy going back to again and again~ Thanks for watching and commenting! Have a super day~
Dude been camping at Stubb Stewart's and walked Clear Creek to the Nehalem. Been picked over pretty hard but found a few keepers. Below Elsie is really good for arrow heads. Never been to the John Day area but will try this Summer. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for watching and the nice comment. Yeah, love the Nehalem river for the variety and the hobby sure has picked up since 2020 IMO. I highly recommend the areas on the John Day from Fossil down through Clarno for agate and jaspers. Plus it's a really nice area during the summer to just float on the river~ Have a great summer!
Good video! Husband and I can't go out and wander far soooooo Thank you for taking us with you! I like your staff, currently working on one for my SO, it is from Scrub Oak very dense, carved on it a bit getting ready to finish sanding then stain n seal it up. Adding some stones we've found to make it shine.....
Thanks SareJen for the view and comment. That is very cool and am happy that there's something I can do to help folks while hunkered down.😎 I still have my walking staff from the desert videos made of Ash that's finished and love it but forgot it that day and across the road from the river found a cedar piece and this thicker piece of ash that I just roughly stripped that day with my everyday carry bushcraft knife! 🤦♂️😁 Anyway, hope you are staying healthy and sane, hope you have a great day!
Yayyyyyy for Shaughn! Yay for the good guys! Shaughn what a life we get to live right? I smiled from go to woah. What a beautiful creek full of all the agatey goodness! Chunky bits too! Just loved this trip with you mate. I don’t get much time to watch many hounding videos lately but this made my day. Thank you kind sir!
Haha, am thankful to know it made you smile brother. Am pretty geeky when it comes to rocks and just thoroughly enjoy my time out hunting, hope that shows in the videos. Guess it's time I got off my butt and posted some more adventures myself!🤦♂️ 🤔 Thanks for the view and comment my friend, have an awesome rest of your weekend!
Great video, not too long at all. I love walking miles up a river finding treasures!! Looks like there is a lot of nice Jasper in the Nehalem. Nice carnelians too. This is great :)
Did you notice that agate at 12:00 was the exact shape of the state of Oregon! pause the video at 12:00 and you will see what i mean. Thats toally awesome
@@mitchgillilan Holy toledo Mitch, thanks very much for the view, great comments and superb catch on the video, no I hadn't noticed at all but now that you've pointed it out, it's obvious!!! Yeah, summer walks up the river are really very relaxing and fun! Winter is great too but around here, the flow rate and temperature of the water make it a little more...exciting~ haha Thanks again for the nice comments. Much appreciated, hope you have a great week ahead!
Hunting streams is SO HARD! I still haven't figured out how to find an agate underwater, unless it's super clear. :D I saw the video you did with Currently Rockhounding - pretty sweet. :)
Hi Kate, thank you much for the view and nice comment, I agree...definitely need to get the right angle, sunlight, turbidity and such but oh what fun to find beautiful specimens just waiting for us to love em up real good! 👍 And it still makes my heart race to find a really wonderful piece to expose the heart of. Sure do love our shared hobby. Thanks again and hope you have a terrific rest of the week!
That's a good-sized cab for sure. I really like the agate included jaspers myself. Have found some vibrant jasper colors around the Diamond Mill OHV area that feeds into the Wilson river. Above the Jones Creek campground areas before you get to Tillamook.
Yay for Shaughn! Haha😄 Oh my goodness you had me laughing. You are hilarious. 😆 This was greatly needed as I'm stuck hounding my backyard at the moment lol. So glad you can still get out. Thanks for sharing all your humor and wonderful chunks of magical jasper. Agate me some of that😆....ok, I'm a dork🤦 lol. I can't wait to see where you explore and the treasures you find next! Keep rockin and take care out there😎🐾
Hi Marlaina, hope you and yours are healthy and staying sane...thank you very much for the view and comment!👍 Yeah, i'm silly and nerdy but love pretty rocks and finding them is just so exhilarating and fun! 😜 Hope things change for everyone very soon and we begin to settle down into some new normal. Am really looking forward to getting out again more soon and hopefully the weather will cooperate too! Stay safe, healthy and as best as possible sane through the crazy time! Take care and have a great rest of your day!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn watching videos like these and playing around with my rocks is all I got to keep the sanity...i hope things change soon too. There's so many lonely jaspers out there haha! But seriously, when you said "It's a beautiful rock...I'm very happy to stand on it and not fall through the earth" I was laughing so hard! 🤣 You're awesome🐺🐾
@@MarlainaAtkins hahaha glad you liked it, my sense of humor is slightly askew so most folks just think im weird.😜Cause I am!!! Anyway, just trying to stay humble and appreciative of our world!👍 Nothing our planet has to offer should be depreciated, they all have some kind of value even if it's really hard to see. Well, the good news is...that at least the rockhounding community on here is doing it's best to give those lonely little/big Jaspers a loving home, one chunk at a time! Take care Marlaina, talk again soon~
Some how this video slipped past me. You had some great finds out there. Have you thought about making a rock scoop to keep your hands out of the water?
I've looked at scoops but haven't found one that fits my desired set of functions so as you mentioned, should spend some time working on one that helps me get those special pieces even when it's cold or my back is hurting! Thanks for the view and comment Jared, very much appreciated sir, hope you have a great week ahead!
Hey 406, thanks for the comment and great idea for a youtube video when I can get some free time. (still working for now) Also, please note...I'm not very comfortable on camera so mostly just showing the process of defining the specimen to use, measuring repeatedly and cutting flat sides, cabbing the edges and polishing the whole thing up! haha...will even use some of the yellow jasper from this video for the project.
Hi Shaughn, now THAT was fun! What a beautiful day! Looks like you hit a few spots that day. I believe we may have met at the Lilly pad thunder egg site in Washington a couple years back. I rockhound the streams of S.W. Wash but have yet to check out Oregon’s Nehalem. Looked like you were upstream a ways. May I be so bold as to ask what bridge you started at?
That bridge is where Timber Road crosses the river near Clear Creek. Upstream from the bridge where the river zig zags is an old flood area where the material was pushed into piles and now the river meanders through those piles. Lotsa interesting material that comes outta that river IMO. And definitely the best ORANGE carnelians in my collecton~ Hope that helps!
Thanks for the view and comment GO, absolutely agree that many folks have lost their ability to see whats right in front of us, the original go to for most serious work was stone and helped keep us alive through less modern times. Truly hope you and yours are well and staying sane.
Thx Wil, appreciate the view and comment. Yeah that's the Nehalem river in Oregon around Vernonia and passes through some really interesting geology with lots of unique variety. One of my favorite spots to spend a lazy day wandering around searching for a little chunk of something beautiful to appreciate~
I had to start rewatching your videos because I haven't seen a new one in a long time LOL. Are we going to see anymore videos from you? You are missed and I hope you are doing well.
Hi Lisa, Thank you very much for the comment and of course views.👍 Yes, I apologize for the delay in posting more but have two videos partially completed from last year that I'll finish up and get posted in the next couple weeks.✔ Was a tough year last year and guess I was a little depressed with everything going on. Also, am just not very good at video editing and get a few negative comments but still have hundreds of hours of rockhunts, cutting and polishing videos still to go through and edit. It seems daunting sometimes and wish I knew a faster better way to get it made and posted. 🤷♂️ Promise that I'll do better this year and hopefully get better with the content creation in the process. Take care and have a great weekend!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn the year of 2020 kind of dumped on us all. I bet if you reached out to a TH-camr friend they may be able to point you in the right direction for video editing software or whatever it is. Unfortunately I know nothing about that kind of thing. I wouldn't let negative Nancy's bother you there's always people like that on all the channels. I thought your content was great. Don't worry about making them too fancy or with music or whatever I enjoy just hearing what you have to say even if you're doing a voice over. When you get there I will be ready to watch whatever you put forth. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
@@Lisa.Sparkman ok I know its probably not very good but threw together some clips working around my shop because you asked for it and it's posted! haha Thanks again Lisa, got a bunch of trips planned for this summer so should be excellent and hope to share as much of it as I am able. Thanks again for watching and commenting, hope you have a great week ahead!
Stash the goods, when you can't cary anymore hide them away and return when you can, just don't keep going because we all know you end up choosing one over the other. For you there is always another day.
Hi Symon, not sure how I missed this brilliant comment but am glad to have found it now! Really hope you are well over across the pond, staying safe and sane~ I ended up taking home the big green chunk (2kg) of tumbled aventurine cause it'll look nice cut n polished maybe engraved with some words of wisdom? 🤷♂️ haha After I'm gone they can mount it into my gravestone, still looking for the right size carnelian for that! haha 🤦♂️ Take care my friend~
Oh yeah! Nice, I super love that river for the material that comes out. One of my two favorite rivers for goodies in Oregon. The other being the John Day~ Thanks for the view and comment. Have a great rest of your week!
@@pnwagate Thanks for the comment jg&m, much appreciated. From my experiences floating from Fossil down the river and hiking up a few canyons I've found a ton to explore and is just a super relaxing way to spend a couple days IMO. I personally believe that it is worth a trip over if you can shake free~
Hi Dianna, thanks for the view and comment. Am out of the Portland area but hunt all over Oregon and Washington currently depending upon what type of material we are trying to find.🤷♂️ Sometimes the drives for me are 7-8 hours but have found it worth it to get that special specimen.🎁 I personally find the act of hunting rocks very cathartic and relaxing so try to get out whenever I have the opportunity. Hope you and yours have awesome travels in the future. From Spokane I think it's 3-4 hour drive down to Saddle mountain for petrified wood! Thanks again and have a nice week!
Hi Wil, thank you...I sent my address to the email address youtube had on file for you but it must be wrong. my address is 5727 SE 70th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97206. Thanks again sir! Hope you are well and having a nice day so far~
That river produces some really interesting and varied material IMO and is my favorite river to rock-hound in the state followed closely by the John Day river. A lot of orange carnelian, some chalcedony and some agates, a lot of chert, quartz crystals, jaspers, some petrified wood and fossil concretions can all be found at spots along that river.
Just started watching, but wanted to say thanks for posting! 👍
Hey mate thats exactly what me benny and the rockie do its great fun and relaxing have fun keep safe
I don't care how long they are. I could look at rocks all day!
Me too, every once in awhile I'll head out to a place called the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals between Hillsboro, and Forest Grove Oregon and just spend hour upon hour just looking at specimens. Missing that right now but until told otherwise...still can head out to the desert by myself or in a river by myself and enjoy the thrill of hunting down beautiful chunks of mother earth to appreciate! Thanks for the view and comment Lisa, much appreciated, stay well and sane!
Desert jasper and creek jasper...I want to see them side by side.
Please and thank you.
Seeing that creek was soothing my soul .
It's like the creek rewards us for appreciating it.
Hey Ruby, hope you are well. Thanks for the view and comment! Definitely was very soothing to the soul to be out there just wandering and looking, the gentle sound of the water rushing over rocks, the birds chirping....the sound of large caliber weapons being fired repeatedly non-stop for six hours-Doh!!!...and then the sun came out and brightened everything, the day, my spirits etc! Am sure you are already aware but just in case... jasper found in the rivers/creeks is the same as jasper found in the desert, just tumbled to some extent by rolling down the river, colors of jasper just vary by location and the deposit. I've taken a couple short clips that will put together to show the difference. Will hopefully get that edited and posted sometime this next week! Thanks again for the view, have a super rest of your weekend!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn Yeah, I don't understand the thrill of shooting all day long. Took my 8 year old daughter out to Fossil recently but they were having some kind of shooting event above the baseball field. Ruined our day. How do you explain to an eight year old shooting guns for hours on end isn't going to hurt you? I remember a teacher saying in my high school class....50 some years ago, that it is a sign of being sexually frustrated. That's always stuck with me. Very enjoyable video. Makes me want to paddle and explore the river soon.
@@alanwhite933 Thanks for the view and comment, much appreciated. TBH, I just don't get it myself, I support the right to bear arms and fully understand the importance of maintaining ones proficiency and ensuring the function and accuracy of the weapon for when it's needed. Just the wanton nature to that behavior that day that's disturbing. IMO it shows a lack of maturity, self control and overall judgement. "Along with great power, comes great responsibility" Anyway, On another note, am really happy to hear that you share your passion for the hobby with your children and hopeful that it develops into something wonderful they can enjoy for their whole lives. Have a great rest of your weekend!
Found your channel from The Rocky Road. Got my sub. Cool video man
Some beautiful finds on a beautiful day! Thanks for bringing us all along!
Thanks AA, very much appreciate the view and comment. Was great to get out with nice weather and focus on something positive! Hope you are well and having a nice weekend so far!
You gotta sing Duran Duran more! That piece was sweet!
If it gets me more beautiful specimens, sure! hahaha strange what isolation does to one but funny too! Thanks as always TF for the view and comment. Very much appreciated sir. Hope you are well and having a nice day! Talk again soon~
Looks I need to take a trip to that river! Killer finds
It's my personal favorite and one of only two major waterways that I really enjoy going back to again and again~ Thanks for watching and commenting! Have a super day~
Dude been camping at Stubb Stewart's and walked Clear Creek to the Nehalem.
Been picked over pretty hard but found a few keepers. Below Elsie is really good for arrow heads. Never been to the John Day area but will try this Summer.
Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for watching and the nice comment. Yeah, love the Nehalem river for the variety and the hobby sure has picked up since 2020 IMO. I highly recommend the areas on the John Day from Fossil down through Clarno for agate and jaspers. Plus it's a really nice area during the summer to just float on the river~ Have a great summer!
That's my idea of a good time!
Good video! Husband and I can't go out and wander far soooooo Thank you for taking us with you! I like your staff, currently working on one for my SO, it is from Scrub Oak very dense, carved on it a bit getting ready to finish sanding then stain n seal it up. Adding some stones we've found to make it shine.....
Thanks SareJen for the view and comment. That is very cool and am happy that there's something I can do to help folks while hunkered down.😎 I still have my walking staff from the desert videos made of Ash that's finished and love it but forgot it that day and across the road from the river found a cedar piece and this thicker piece of ash that I just roughly stripped that day with my everyday carry bushcraft knife! 🤦♂️😁 Anyway, hope you are staying healthy and sane, hope you have a great day!
Yayyyyyy for Shaughn! Yay for the good guys! Shaughn what a life we get to live right? I smiled from go to woah. What a beautiful creek full of all the agatey goodness! Chunky bits too! Just loved this trip with you mate. I don’t get much time to watch many hounding videos lately but this made my day. Thank you kind sir!
Haha, am thankful to know it made you smile brother. Am pretty geeky when it comes to rocks and just thoroughly enjoy my time out hunting, hope that shows in the videos. Guess it's time I got off my butt and posted some more adventures myself!🤦♂️ 🤔 Thanks for the view and comment my friend, have an awesome rest of your weekend!
Great video, not too long at all. I love walking miles up a river finding treasures!! Looks like there is a lot of nice Jasper in the Nehalem. Nice carnelians too. This is great :)
Did you notice that agate at 12:00 was the exact shape of the state of Oregon! pause the video at 12:00 and you will see what i mean. Thats toally awesome
@@mitchgillilan Holy toledo Mitch, thanks very much for the view, great comments and superb catch on the video, no I hadn't noticed at all but now that you've pointed it out, it's obvious!!! Yeah, summer walks up the river are really very relaxing and fun! Winter is great too but around here, the flow rate and temperature of the water make it a little more...exciting~ haha Thanks again for the nice comments. Much appreciated, hope you have a great week ahead!
Hunting streams is SO HARD! I still haven't figured out how to find an agate underwater, unless it's super clear. :D I saw the video you did with Currently Rockhounding - pretty sweet. :)
Hi Kate, thank you much for the view and nice comment, I agree...definitely need to get the right angle, sunlight, turbidity and such but oh what fun to find beautiful specimens just waiting for us to love em up real good! 👍 And it still makes my heart race to find a really wonderful piece to expose the heart of. Sure do love our shared hobby. Thanks again and hope you have a terrific rest of the week!
I found a nice yellow Jaspagate on the Wilson River while Steelhead fishing one year. It was big enough to get a nice 30X40 cab out of it.
That's a good-sized cab for sure. I really like the agate included jaspers myself. Have found some vibrant jasper colors around the Diamond Mill OHV area that feeds into the Wilson river. Above the Jones Creek campground areas before you get to Tillamook.
Nice place! Nice Jasper and Agates..! Nice day!
Thank you for the view and comment JRH, much appreciated! Hope you have a great weekend~
Yay for Shaughn! Haha😄 Oh my goodness you had me laughing. You are hilarious. 😆 This was greatly needed as I'm stuck hounding my backyard at the moment lol. So glad you can still get out. Thanks for sharing all your humor and wonderful chunks of magical jasper. Agate me some of that😆....ok, I'm a dork🤦 lol. I can't wait to see where you explore and the treasures you find next! Keep rockin and take care out there😎🐾
Hi Marlaina, hope you and yours are healthy and staying sane...thank you very much for the view and comment!👍 Yeah, i'm silly and nerdy but love pretty rocks and finding them is just so exhilarating and fun! 😜 Hope things change for everyone very soon and we begin to settle down into some new normal. Am really looking forward to getting out again more soon and hopefully the weather will cooperate too! Stay safe, healthy and as best as possible sane through the crazy time! Take care and have a great rest of your day!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn watching videos like these and playing around with my rocks is all I got to keep the sanity...i hope things change soon too. There's so many lonely jaspers out there haha! But seriously, when you said "It's a beautiful rock...I'm very happy to stand on it and not fall through the earth" I was laughing so hard! 🤣 You're awesome🐺🐾
@@MarlainaAtkins hahaha glad you liked it, my sense of humor is slightly askew so most folks just think im weird.😜Cause I am!!! Anyway, just trying to stay humble and appreciative of our world!👍 Nothing our planet has to offer should be depreciated, they all have some kind of value even if it's really hard to see. Well, the good news is...that at least the rockhounding community on here is doing it's best to give those lonely little/big Jaspers a loving home, one chunk at a time! Take care Marlaina, talk again soon~
Waow waow nice
Love all of this💖
love that jasper
hey still love that creek , never got your address so i can send the rocks you won
Some how this video slipped past me. You had some great finds out there. Have you thought about making a rock scoop to keep your hands out of the water?
I've looked at scoops but haven't found one that fits my desired set of functions so as you mentioned, should spend some time working on one that helps me get those special pieces even when it's cold or my back is hurting! Thanks for the view and comment Jared, very much appreciated sir, hope you have a great week ahead!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn Dude have you seen my scoop video? I would happily design one for you that would meet your needs and mail it to you.
Do you make dice with rocks?if so that would be a cool video to see you make some👍
Hey 406, thanks for the comment and great idea for a youtube video when I can get some free time. (still working for now) Also, please note...I'm not very comfortable on camera so mostly just showing the process of defining the specimen to use, measuring repeatedly and cutting flat sides, cabbing the edges and polishing the whole thing up! haha...will even use some of the yellow jasper from this video for the project.
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Hi Shaughn, now THAT was fun! What a beautiful day! Looks like you hit a few spots that day. I believe we may have met at the Lilly pad thunder egg site in Washington a couple years back. I rockhound the streams of S.W. Wash but have yet to check out Oregon’s Nehalem. Looked like you were upstream a ways. May I be so bold as to ask what bridge you started at?
That bridge is where Timber Road crosses the river near Clear Creek. Upstream from the bridge where the river zig zags is an old flood area where the material was pushed into piles and now the river meanders through those piles. Lotsa interesting material that comes outta that river IMO. And definitely the best ORANGE carnelians in my collecton~ Hope that helps!
Its funny how many over look rocks.. they truly are a multi purpose tool..🇺🇸🤠
Thanks for the view and comment GO, absolutely agree that many folks have lost their ability to see whats right in front of us, the original go to for most serious work was stone and helped keep us alive through less modern times. Truly hope you and yours are well and staying sane.
@@BackcountrywithShaughn fully agree.. doing well here hope you all doing the same..👊
@@GUNSLINGEROUTDOORS really
wow sweet creek lots good stuff there , i subd you
Thx Wil, appreciate the view and comment. Yeah that's the Nehalem river in Oregon around Vernonia and passes through some really interesting geology with lots of unique variety. One of my favorite spots to spend a lazy day wandering around searching for a little chunk of something beautiful to appreciate~
I had to start rewatching your videos because I haven't seen a new one in a long time LOL. Are we going to see anymore videos from you? You are missed and I hope you are doing well.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you very much for the comment and of course views.👍 Yes, I apologize for the delay in posting more but have two videos partially completed from last year that I'll finish up and get posted in the next couple weeks.✔ Was a tough year last year and guess I was a little depressed with everything going on. Also, am just not very good at video editing and get a few negative comments but still have hundreds of hours of rockhunts, cutting and polishing videos still to go through and edit. It seems daunting sometimes and wish I knew a faster better way to get it made and posted. 🤷♂️ Promise that I'll do better this year and hopefully get better with the content creation in the process. Take care and have a great weekend!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn the year of 2020 kind of dumped on us all. I bet if you reached out to a TH-camr friend they may be able to point you in the right direction for video editing software or whatever it is. Unfortunately I know nothing about that kind of thing. I wouldn't let negative Nancy's bother you there's always people like that on all the channels. I thought your content was great. Don't worry about making them too fancy or with music or whatever I enjoy just hearing what you have to say even if you're doing a voice over. When you get there I will be ready to watch whatever you put forth. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
@@Lisa.Sparkman ok I know its probably not very good but threw together some clips working around my shop because you asked for it and it's posted! haha Thanks again Lisa, got a bunch of trips planned for this summer so should be excellent and hope to share as much of it as I am able. Thanks again for watching and commenting, hope you have a great week ahead!
Stash the goods, when you can't cary anymore hide them away and return when you can, just don't keep going because we all know you end up choosing one over the other.
For you there is always another day.
That's great advice. I always start heading back when the backpack is full 😊
Hi Symon, not sure how I missed this brilliant comment but am glad to have found it now! Really hope you are well over across the pond, staying safe and sane~ I ended up taking home the big green chunk (2kg) of tumbled aventurine cause it'll look nice cut n polished maybe engraved with some words of wisdom? 🤷♂️ haha After I'm gone they can mount it into my gravestone, still looking for the right size carnelian for that! haha 🤦♂️ Take care my friend~
I've been to that spot lol 😆
Oh yeah! Nice, I super love that river for the material that comes out. One of my two favorite rivers for goodies in Oregon. The other being the John Day~ Thanks for the view and comment. Have a great rest of your week!
@@BackcountrywithShaughn ive heard so many good things about the john day , if i can ever pry my self from this one its definitely one ill check out
@@pnwagate Thanks for the comment jg&m, much appreciated. From my experiences floating from Fossil down the river and hiking up a few canyons I've found a ton to explore and is just a super relaxing way to spend a couple days IMO. I personally believe that it is worth a trip over if you can shake free~
Where’s about are you located in the pnw? We’re Spokane and trying to configure how far out we need to be prepared to go.
Hi Dianna, thanks for the view and comment. Am out of the Portland area but hunt all over Oregon and Washington currently depending upon what type of material we are trying to find.🤷♂️ Sometimes the drives for me are 7-8 hours but have found it worth it to get that special specimen.🎁 I personally find the act of hunting rocks very cathartic and relaxing so try to get out whenever I have the opportunity. Hope you and yours have awesome travels in the future. From Spokane I think it's 3-4 hour drive down to Saddle mountain for petrified wood! Thanks again and have a nice week!
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Hello and thanks for stopping by to say Hi.
hi still got you box of rocks you won , send me your address and i will get it out to you
Hi Wil, thank you...I sent my address to the email address youtube had on file for you but it must be wrong. my address is 5727 SE 70th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97206.
Thanks again sir! Hope you are well and having a nice day so far~
@@BackcountrywithShaughn no telling what happened , i will get your box out tomorrow
5:55 nice chunk there, looks like you scored alot of good material
That river produces some really interesting and varied material IMO and is my favorite river to rock-hound in the state followed closely by the John Day river. A lot of orange carnelian, some chalcedony and some agates, a lot of chert, quartz crystals, jaspers, some petrified wood and fossil concretions can all be found at spots along that river.
@@BackcountrywithShaughnsounds awesome