I'm impressed with your graphics work! Thanks for the warning, so I didn't fall off my chair when I saw them. I'm always looking at rocks with the thought out tumbling them. Those are some beautiful agates, but a lot of them have really deep pits or are just weirdly shaped. They'd be a challenge to tumble, but doing a face polish on a cab machine would probably work well. Do you polish any? That's a really, really nice of banded chert. That will tumble great. Could be a pseudomorph agate you found there. Since I have only found one, I'm sure not enough of an expert to know. Hey, that's Bryan Major in a picture with your mom! Matrix too!
Yeah, those agates are not only a pain to tumble because of the skeletal shape of some of them, but they also tend to fracture quite a bit even when you find some good solid ones. I'm trying a vibratory tumbler right now, but so far the best solution I've found is the cab machine for sure. The chert down there is INSANE, and I'm not a big chert fan. But I'll put some of that Louisiana chert up against any banded chert on this planet for tumbling. I have another video worth of stuff from that same area to edit up. I'll pop some more of the better cherts we've found in there when I post it. I'm glad you were blown away by my awesome computer graphics. LOL! I'm not going to be working for Pixar anytime soon, but sometimes I just feel the need to explain things in a way I can't do with hand gestures. :D And yeah, that's Bryan and Matrix. We've done a couple digs with them over the last 2 years and will probably do some more. Hopefully our paths will cross again this fall for some more digs as he starts heading westward.
Yeah they need some special attention for tumbling. I’ve seen good results with larger pieces cut into even sections. You are correct the odd shapes and pits are problematic
@@denisthemineralist4033 I don't really know Bryan, but we've exchanged a couple of texts and he has expressed interest in hunting with me here. We'll see if it ever happens.
I didn’t read the title and as I’m watching I’m thinking these look like Crowley ridge agates. Low and behold they are!! Louisiana is on my bucket list!! AMAZING AGATES. THE COLORING aNd banding MAKES MY HEART BEAT FASTER!!
I wish you every success with your channel. After watching this video, I subscribed. Your informative approach is well done- not pretentious but relatable. The content producers who've inspired you are enjoyable too, but be yourself. I look forward to viewing all of your uploads.
Thank you so much for the encouragement! It really is a process trying to find one's "style" when making videos (and a lot more planning than I originally imagined). I'm feeling like my style will be to put out slightly less videos than most but with more information rather than just spitting out a vid a day with no substance. We'll see how it goes. I have about 5 more videos worth of footage that I'm editing now so it should keep me busy for a few weeks! I really do appreciate having you as a subscriber!
@@denisthemineralist4033 I'm an elementary school teacher who happens to be an old rockhound and lapidary. ⚒ Rocks and minerals are the best "treasure box" rewards! Keep searching!🌄 Give my best to your mom. 😉
I've lived in Clinton and vicinity all my life & have collected these agates since childhood. I've got some cool ones! Thanks for the info about how they're formed... interesting!
I was born in Baton Rouge myself, but I never knew about them until about 5 years ago, despite being a rockhound my whole life. I was quite surprised when I found out! :D
@@aaronbock9160 Not a bad idea. We hit the badlands of Nebraska and South Dakota (just east of the Wyoming border) year before last on some private land and did find some nice fossils - lots of oreodont and a couple of small dino pieces that I have yet to accurately identify. I really want to head back there and spend some SERIOUS time on a dig. Of course, Mom will be happy with no less than an entire T-Rex, but what can you do?
Thanks! She says HI back! I'm still trying to talk her into more screen time (her hair is always messy from the wind). We'll make her a TH-cam star yet!
Yeah, she really enjoyed it. She did much better on her birthday than I did on mine this year. On my birthday we were looking for Fairburn agates in South Dakota again, and I came up empty-handed for the third trip in a row. I think maybe we'll look for those on my mother's birthday next time to see if it changes our luck. LOL!
Awesome! Hope you score a ton of good ones. Ironically, I've been trying to plan some time to come up to Minnesota and Wisconsin to hunt! :D Thanks for the good word. Glad you like the channel!
I'm so happy I found your channel this morning! Such amazing agates and so informative. I hope you and your Mom had a wonderful birthday! Much love from Windsor, Ontario Canada!😀
Thanks for finding the channel and watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've got a couple more videos that I'm editing right now with even better material, so watch for those soon. One day soon I hope to be hunting in YOUR neck of the woods - you folks have some great minerals up in Ontario!
Mom really does come up with some blue-ribbon pieces. She brings home a ton of duds, but when she hits, she hits big! I will definitely be doing some lapidary work in the future, but it may be just a while yet. Down here near Houston, I got hit with 2 floods in the last couple of years, so until I move to a new house a bunch of my material and equipment is staying safe in storage. After I get moved, I'll be setting up a full workshop, and it will be lapidary time for sure!
Well happy birthday to Mom for sure!!! She found some of the best presents anyone could ask for. Y'all both had some super awesome finds. I love watching the Crystal Collector and Michigan Rocks. A cpl other good channels are Theo Kellison and Katydid. Just found your channel and am now subscribed to you as well. Look forward to your future adventures.
Nice finds , good video , i hunt them on the bogue chitto and amite , did a couple hunts with bj gravel bar hopper , there a lot bigger around the amite , most of my hunts are on the bogue chitto , thanks for sharing
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, along the Amite seems to be where the monsters live (that and a little spot I was granted access to a while back on private property up in Mississippi - I'll have to get those posted online someday soon). I've tried to meet up with BJ a couple times, but our schedules never meshed. Hopefully this next season we'll be able to team up. Maybe all three of us could scour some gravel bars together.
Thanks very much! Yes, she had a blast. She's my permanent rockhounding buddy and my strongest competition. :D You should see the piece she found in the NEXT video that I'm working on!
@@AussieRockhoundingandAdventure We really do have a great time hunting together, but if I had to be honest I don't know if I have much of a choice - she'd hunt me down if I went without her! LOL! :D
I'm from that area, Kentwood Louisiana. I hunt agates and fossils on the Amite river Tangipahoa river Bogue chitto river and also the tickfaw River, and even my own driveway. Nice to see a video from my area
It really is an overlooked area, I think mainly because people think, "swamps and bayous = no rocks, just mud." I used to be one of them! I was born in Baton Rouge myself and though I've been rockhounding 36 years, I had no idea these agates existed until about 6 or 7 years ago. Now I'm wondering what I could have been finding all those years!
I'm actually in Texas myself! We just go back to Louisiana to visit family and hunt rocks every few weekends. Did you see the other vids I posted on this channel of the Texas agates? Everyone is always going on about Montana and Lake Superior, and here we are on the Gulf Coast with some of the coolest agates around! :D
I saw the video you mentioned, with Rob at Michigan Rocks. When you showed that particular agate, I immediately thought about the agate he had found and the pseudomorph agate explanation. Really cool!
I just stumbled onto your channel as I was looking for something new, and had to give you my compliments on your video! Great job! And fantastic finds!
I am new to your channel and absolutely love how you are video recording it! Say Hi to your Mom for me too, really love seeing her enjoying the hunt! She is really good too lol.
Thanks. Yes, Mom is insatiable when it comes to rockhounding and she's pretty darned good at it. Her birthday is coming up in about a week, so we'll be out hunting again for sure. I'll try to get that video up as quickly as I can. I just know she's going to outdo me again with another killer birthday find. And I'm totally ok with that! I will tell her you said hi! She loves these comments. And thanks for being part of the channel!
@@denisthemineralist4033 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I will definitely take a look! Moreover, I uploaded your latest video to the player, I'm reviewing it on the road, in transport
Thanks! It was really fun making it! I just put up another - I'm trying to make them a bit more fun each time. I'm just getting the hang of this TH-cam thing!
Thank you! She is a trip - very competitive, but it keeps me on my toes - she's got a good eye! I'm working on some vids from our trip up to Montana... I can't wait to show off what she found there!
Beautiful finds! ... I especially like the explanation and graphics you provided. happy belated birthday to mom! I can't imagine any better way to spend it than finding epic agates.
They are as beautiful as anything I have seen from the Yellowstone River. I think Tennessee is closer than Montana so might try to get down there. I am a little older than your Mom but I do love my rocks.
Yeah, from Tennessee, it's only a day's drive (maybe 2 depending on which side of the state you start in). And remember you can find these agates up in Mississippi too - we frequently hunt around Hattiesburg, south of Jackson, etc. Glad you're getting out there and hunting! I'm positive the rockhounding is what keeps my mother young. Fresh air, exercise, and a good time never hurt anyone!
As a Louisianan and a Louisiana agate lover… you just got a new follower! I often find agates at the base of old tree’s and the magnolia root’s. My theory to that is the tree’s push them up as the grow. 5:14 oh man I love agates with pocket’s! Happy birthday to your mom and nice huge agate!!!
Awesome! Thanks for the encouraging words! I can see your theory about the tree roots being legit. Those gravels are under the soil literally everywhere over there, so anything that would push material up with it would certainly do the trick. if you like agates with pockets, I should have some winners to share here soon - we're getting ready to do a trip through New Mexico, up to Montana, and over to Lake Superior. If I don't find some good, pocketed agates in all of that, then I'm not trying! The ones in Montana have LOTS of good pockets - crystals, botryoidal chalcedony, you name it.
@@denisthemineralist4033 you’re welcome! I can’t wait for the videos from that trip it’s going to be awesome! That’s almost my dream rock hounding loop! 💯
I am also from Louisiana and since a child I have always looked for rocks that have hole all the way through but Due to a set back in my health I am not able to get out and enjoy nature as much as I like so on my good days I bring it inside. I have 100’s of rocks I have collected from the Bogue Chitta, Pear River and local gravel pits ( with permission) My question is there a louisiana reference book or do you have any other advice to Identifying. My 8 and 6 years old girls love picking. up rocks too. I want to teach them what they are beside just saying that is a beautiful rock?? Any Advice for us girls learning to rock hound while my husband enjoys football we like to go outside and play Thank in advance
I am so happy you posted this! I find these agates in my workplace landscaping (yes true rockhounder) and have tried to figure out what they are and where they might be from since I could tell they were not from Northern Indiana. This video is great, keep it up!!
Happy to help! It would be interesting to see the ones your finding - they might actually be from somewhere closer to you. North of you is another prime agate zone - the Lake Superior Agates, which are found from Canada all the way down through the Great Lakes states to Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois (though not as common in those southern states). Of course they have a totally different origin, and they do look slightly different than the Crowley Ridge agates.
@@denisthemineralist4033 i would be happy to send a few pics your way. I have collected quite a few superior agates and these are definitely different. I really like their coloring!
Thanks for the awesome video. My wife and I hunt agates almost every weekend in the creeks just off the pearl river in south Mississippi. It would be cool to see some of your agates cut and tumbled. Thanks again for the awesome video, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words! I will definitely post some of the results as soon as I am able to my equipment all setup again - I had to put quite a bit in storage after the last two times we got flooded, and I'm waiting until I move to risk setting them up again. Of course that hasn't stopped me from collecting more rocks! LOL! Hopefully we'll see you out there some time!
@@denisthemineralist4033 I hope you guys didn’t have too much damage from the flooding. Anytime you’re in south Mississippi I be glad to take you creek hunting it’s a lot cooler than roads and gravel pits.
@@dmanpro2020 Sounds awesome! I will let you know when we head that way next. I'm going to be headed north soon to hunt in Lake Superior Agates and Montana Agates, so later in the fall we may head that way!
Hi and thank you for the video! I am in Louisiana and am glad to hear of any rockhounding sites here in Louisiana. I live in the prairie area of Louisiana and no rocks here. I subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing! Yeah, I was born in Baton Rouge and even though we left when I was 9 years old, I've been back visiting family monthly for the last 45 years. And the weird part is that I didn't even know Louisiana HAD any cool rocks until just a couple of years ago. Not sure how I missed it all these years, but I found out by accident while talking with some other rockhounds myself. It's all about the networking! I'll be putting up another video of agates from that same area soon so be on the lookout!
Just bought a 5 lb lot of Crowley's ridge agates. Looking to cut some on an upcoming video! Beautiful finds! Btw, I cut a huge CR agate a while back in a video!
No worries. We're back all the time. I tried to reach you, but it was VERY short notice. Next time we're headed to your neck of the woods, I'll try to give you a little more warning! By the way, did you see the other vids I posted with the Texas agates? If you find yourself headed MY way, do drop me a line!
Is there a place to bring the kiddos to hunt for agates and Fossils. Or it is just by the rivers ect. My youngest would love to this most likely I live out side of Baton Rouge
There are two main places we find them in abundance that I think the kids could hunt safely: One is actually the gravel bars on the rivers as there are many that are very flat and safe and located next to places where the rivers and streams are relatively calm. In fact in some places where we've hunted these, we've had to work around all the kids there that were playing in the water. Most of the land along the rivers in Louisiana seems to be occupied with commercial gravel pits, so for the BEST conditions, I'd highly recommend making the quick jaunt up across the Mississippi border to the Homochitto River. From Baton Rouge, you can be there in an hour and half tops. Where Mississippi HWY 33 crosses the river and where US 98 crosses it are two really big gravel bars you can get onto from the road (just observe any posted signs for the property along the river). I find much better stuff at the US 98 crossing. Halfway between those roads is a creek called Brushy Creek that usually has great gravel, and the water is clean, cool, and shallow - people bring their kids there to play in the water all the time. Robertson Rd. runs just south of the Homochitto River at that point and goes over Brushy Creek at the perfect spot right before it joins the river. The only thing to look out for there is the sand right next to the water, as your feet can sink in it a bit. For an adult it's no problem, but for toddlers and small children they may get stuck and lose their shoes! There are other calm creeks all throughout that area so Google Maps can help you find others. Just make sure they are public access and not private (they'll usually be posted if so). The other is gravel roads. Many lonely gravel roads in that part of Louisiana get no traffic at all, or at best one vehicle every 20 minutes or so. You can hear them a mile off, so you have time to move safely off to the side as they pass. We do a lot of our hunting on the sides of the roads, and if an occasional car or truck comes by, they usually stop to talk to us and tell us where we can find even better rocks. I bring friends and family with their kids from time to time to hunt gravels roads and I just keep the youngsters near myself or another adult. I never park on a blind hill or a curve, so that I can always see anything coming from a good distance. The gravel roads up in the Homochitto National Forest in Mississippi also have good material and have very little traffic if any. And I usually see plenty of wildlife, which I know the kids love. Good luck to you on your hunts! I hope you guys find a bunch of stuff!
There are some jaspers scattered in the gravels there, but I haven't found too many that are good enough quality to be keepers. The banded chert, however is crazy! I'm going to show some of it off in my next video from this location.
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Love that job you doing, wonderful.
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me!
Happy I found your channel
Thanks! I'm happy you found it too!
wow saw this and i live only 45 minutes from crowley, la. wish i wasn't handicapped. i would sure go looking for some of these.
I'm impressed with your graphics work! Thanks for the warning, so I didn't fall off my chair when I saw them.
I'm always looking at rocks with the thought out tumbling them. Those are some beautiful agates, but a lot of them have really deep pits or are just weirdly shaped. They'd be a challenge to tumble, but doing a face polish on a cab machine would probably work well. Do you polish any?
That's a really, really nice of banded chert. That will tumble great.
Could be a pseudomorph agate you found there. Since I have only found one, I'm sure not enough of an expert to know.
Hey, that's Bryan Major in a picture with your mom! Matrix too!
Yeah, those agates are not only a pain to tumble because of the skeletal shape of some of them, but they also tend to fracture quite a bit even when you find some good solid ones. I'm trying a vibratory tumbler right now, but so far the best solution I've found is the cab machine for sure.
The chert down there is INSANE, and I'm not a big chert fan. But I'll put some of that Louisiana chert up against any banded chert on this planet for tumbling. I have another video worth of stuff from that same area to edit up. I'll pop some more of the better cherts we've found in there when I post it.
I'm glad you were blown away by my awesome computer graphics. LOL! I'm not going to be working for Pixar anytime soon, but sometimes I just feel the need to explain things in a way I can't do with hand gestures. :D
And yeah, that's Bryan and Matrix. We've done a couple digs with them over the last 2 years and will probably do some more. Hopefully our paths will cross again this fall for some more digs as he starts heading westward.
Yeah they need some special attention for tumbling. I’ve seen good results with larger pieces cut into even sections. You are correct the odd shapes and pits are problematic
@@denisthemineralist4033 I don't really know Bryan, but we've exchanged a couple of texts and he has expressed interest in hunting with me here. We'll see if it ever happens.
I didn’t read the title and as I’m watching I’m thinking these look like Crowley ridge agates. Low and behold they are!! Louisiana is on my bucket list!! AMAZING AGATES. THE COLORING aNd banding MAKES MY HEART BEAT FASTER!!
They really are a thrill to find. They're so unique compared to agates from other places. You have to get over there soon to hunt!
I have 4 of Crowley ridge agates and they are some of my favs!! I can’t wait to go and find these!!!
The good news is that you can usually hunt Louisiana all year long. You should make the trip!
Wow!!!! Great finds!!!!
Thanks! Stay tuned... I have more! As soon as I can get time to finish up the videos, I'll get them online!
Great video. Happy Birthday Mom! What a great place to hunt and the agates were beautiful. Thanks Denis.
I wish you every success with your channel. After watching this video, I subscribed. Your informative approach is well done- not pretentious but relatable. The content producers who've inspired you are enjoyable too, but be yourself. I look forward to viewing all of your uploads.
Thank you so much for the encouragement! It really is a process trying to find one's "style" when making videos (and a lot more planning than I originally imagined). I'm feeling like my style will be to put out slightly less videos than most but with more information rather than just spitting out a vid a day with no substance. We'll see how it goes. I have about 5 more videos worth of footage that I'm editing now so it should keep me busy for a few weeks! I really do appreciate having you as a subscriber!
@@denisthemineralist4033 I'm an elementary school teacher who happens to be an old rockhound and lapidary. ⚒ Rocks and minerals are the best "treasure box" rewards! Keep searching!🌄
Give my best to your mom. 😉
I've lived in Clinton and vicinity all my life & have collected these agates since childhood. I've got some cool ones! Thanks for the info about how they're formed... interesting!
I was born in Baton Rouge myself, but I never knew about them until about 5 years ago, despite being a rockhound my whole life. I was quite surprised when I found out! :D
Those are some beautiful agates.
Thanks a bunch! And thanks for watching the channel. I should have a new video up in just a few hours!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your mom!!!! Glad yall had a nice hunt!!
She says thanks! It was a VERY happy birthday. Now we have to figure out how to top it for her 74th next year!
@@denisthemineralist4033 can always do the badlands of Wyoming for some awesome fossils
@@aaronbock9160 Not a bad idea. We hit the badlands of Nebraska and South Dakota (just east of the Wyoming border) year before last on some private land and did find some nice fossils - lots of oreodont and a couple of small dino pieces that I have yet to accurately identify. I really want to head back there and spend some SERIOUS time on a dig. Of course, Mom will be happy with no less than an entire T-Rex, but what can you do?
@@denisthemineralist4033 it is my dream to go there one day dig and I would like a t-Rex also
Such beautiful finds. Hi to mom too! 😊👍
Thanks! She says HI back! I'm still trying to talk her into more screen time (her hair is always messy from the wind). We'll make her a TH-cam star yet!
Amazing finds!!
That was a fun birthday trip!
Yeah, she really enjoyed it. She did much better on her birthday than I did on mine this year. On my birthday we were looking for Fairburn agates in South Dakota again, and I came up empty-handed for the third trip in a row. I think maybe we'll look for those on my mother's birthday next time to see if it changes our luck. LOL!
@@denisthemineralist4033 that's a plan!
Great job on your channel. Keep doing what your doing because we are coming down from Minnesota to hunt.
Awesome! Hope you score a ton of good ones. Ironically, I've been trying to plan some time to come up to Minnesota and Wisconsin to hunt! :D
Thanks for the good word. Glad you like the channel!
I'm so happy I found your channel this morning! Such amazing agates and so informative. I hope you and your Mom had a wonderful birthday! Much love from Windsor, Ontario Canada!😀
Thanks for finding the channel and watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've got a couple more videos that I'm editing right now with even better material, so watch for those soon.
One day soon I hope to be hunting in YOUR neck of the woods - you folks have some great minerals up in Ontario!
Awesome finds, Crowley Ridge agates are very cool!
Thanks! Yes they are just incredible, especially up close. Nothing like the feeling when you catch that first glimpse of one!
That last one is a nice Score. Congrats👍👍
Thanks! Yeah, I got bested this time by the birthday girl. Next time, agate lady! Next time!
(My mother and I are VERY competitive when we hunt...)
Great finds! She really showed you up🤣 I would love to see some lapidary work on these gorgeous rocks!
Mom really does come up with some blue-ribbon pieces. She brings home a ton of duds, but when she hits, she hits big!
I will definitely be doing some lapidary work in the future, but it may be just a while yet. Down here near Houston, I got hit with 2 floods in the last couple of years, so until I move to a new house a bunch of my material and equipment is staying safe in storage. After I get moved, I'll be setting up a full workshop, and it will be lapidary time for sure!
Well happy birthday to Mom for sure!!! She found some of the best presents anyone could ask for. Y'all both had some super awesome finds. I love watching the Crystal Collector and Michigan Rocks. A cpl other good channels are Theo Kellison and Katydid. Just found your channel and am now subscribed to you as well. Look forward to your future adventures.
Nice finds , good video , i hunt them on the bogue chitto and amite , did a couple hunts with bj gravel bar hopper , there a lot bigger around the amite , most of my hunts are on the bogue chitto , thanks for sharing
Thanks for the kind words!
Yeah, along the Amite seems to be where the monsters live (that and a little spot I was granted access to a while back on private property up in Mississippi - I'll have to get those posted online someday soon). I've tried to meet up with BJ a couple times, but our schedules never meshed. Hopefully this next season we'll be able to team up. Maybe all three of us could scour some gravel bars together.
@@denisthemineralist4033 sounds good im in , just let me know , thanks
So many beautiful pieces those agates are absolutely beautiful glad your mum had a great day for her birthday great video thanks for sharing
Thanks very much! Yes, she had a blast. She's my permanent rockhounding buddy and my strongest competition. :D You should see the piece she found in the NEXT video that I'm working on!
@@denisthemineralist4033 looking forward to it, it's great you take your mum rockhounding
@@AussieRockhoundingandAdventure We really do have a great time hunting together, but if I had to be honest I don't know if I have much of a choice - she'd hunt me down if I went without her! LOL! :D
I'm from that area, Kentwood Louisiana. I hunt agates and fossils on the Amite river Tangipahoa river Bogue chitto river and also the tickfaw River, and even my own driveway. Nice to see a video from my area
It really is an overlooked area, I think mainly because people think, "swamps and bayous = no rocks, just mud." I used to be one of them! I was born in Baton Rouge myself and though I've been rockhounding 36 years, I had no idea these agates existed until about 6 or 7 years ago. Now I'm wondering what I could have been finding all those years!
Omgee! Do you hear me screaming from Texas!!!? Some of the rocks around you were really cool too!
I'm actually in Texas myself! We just go back to Louisiana to visit family and hunt rocks every few weekends. Did you see the other vids I posted on this channel of the Texas agates? Everyone is always going on about Montana and Lake Superior, and here we are on the Gulf Coast with some of the coolest agates around! :D
I saw the video you mentioned, with Rob at Michigan Rocks. When you showed that particular agate, I immediately thought about the agate he had found and the pseudomorph agate explanation. Really cool!
Cool! That's one vote for pseudomorph. So at least I know I'm not crazy! LOL!
Thanks so much for watching the channel!
I just stumbled onto your channel as I was looking for something new, and had to give you my compliments on your video!
Great job! And fantastic finds!
I am new to your channel and absolutely love how you are video recording it! Say Hi to your Mom for me too, really love seeing her enjoying the hunt! She is really good too lol.
Thanks. Yes, Mom is insatiable when it comes to rockhounding and she's pretty darned good at it. Her birthday is coming up in about a week, so we'll be out hunting again for sure. I'll try to get that video up as quickly as I can. I just know she's going to outdo me again with another killer birthday find. And I'm totally ok with that!
I will tell her you said hi! She loves these comments. And thanks for being part of the channel!
Amazing finds! Fun to watch
Thanks! I have more coming soon!
🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I watched all the videos with great pleasure!!! Wonderful finds! Subscribed to your channel!
Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'm working on more right now!
Thanks for subscribing!
@@denisthemineralist4033 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I will definitely take a look! Moreover, I uploaded your latest video to the player, I'm reviewing it on the road, in transport
really fun video.
Thanks! It was really fun making it! I just put up another - I'm trying to make them a bit more fun each time. I'm just getting the hang of this TH-cam thing!
Awesome channel, your mom rocks the rocks! I love it!!
Thank you! She is a trip - very competitive, but it keeps me on my toes - she's got a good eye! I'm working on some vids from our trip up to Montana... I can't wait to show off what she found there!
Beautiful finds! ... I especially like the explanation and graphics you provided. happy belated birthday to mom! I can't imagine any better way to spend it than finding epic agates.
Thank you so much!
They are as beautiful as anything I have seen from the Yellowstone River. I think Tennessee is closer than Montana so might try to get down there. I am a little older than your Mom but I do love my rocks.
Yeah, from Tennessee, it's only a day's drive (maybe 2 depending on which side of the state you start in). And remember you can find these agates up in Mississippi too - we frequently hunt around Hattiesburg, south of Jackson, etc.
Glad you're getting out there and hunting! I'm positive the rockhounding is what keeps my mother young. Fresh air, exercise, and a good time never hurt anyone!
As a Louisianan and a Louisiana agate lover… you just got a new follower! I often find agates at the base of old tree’s and the magnolia root’s. My theory to that is the tree’s push them up as the grow. 5:14 oh man I love agates with pocket’s! Happy birthday to your mom and nice huge agate!!!
Awesome! Thanks for the encouraging words! I can see your theory about the tree roots being legit. Those gravels are under the soil literally everywhere over there, so anything that would push material up with it would certainly do the trick.
if you like agates with pockets, I should have some winners to share here soon - we're getting ready to do a trip through New Mexico, up to Montana, and over to Lake Superior. If I don't find some good, pocketed agates in all of that, then I'm not trying! The ones in Montana have LOTS of good pockets - crystals, botryoidal chalcedony, you name it.
@@denisthemineralist4033 you’re welcome! I can’t wait for the videos from that trip it’s going to be awesome! That’s almost my dream rock hounding loop! 💯
I am also from Louisiana and since a child I have always looked for rocks that have hole all the way through but Due to a set back in my health I am not able to get out and enjoy nature as much as I like so on my good days I bring it inside. I have 100’s of rocks I have collected from the Bogue Chitta, Pear River and local gravel pits ( with permission)
My question is there a louisiana reference book or do you have any other advice to Identifying. My 8 and 6 years old girls love picking. up rocks too. I want to teach them what they are beside just saying that is a beautiful rock?? Any Advice for us girls learning to rock hound while my husband enjoys football we like to go outside and play
Thank in advance
I am so happy you posted this! I find these agates in my workplace landscaping (yes true rockhounder) and have tried to figure out what they are and where they might be from since I could tell they were not from Northern Indiana. This video is great, keep it up!!
Happy to help! It would be interesting to see the ones your finding - they might actually be from somewhere closer to you. North of you is another prime agate zone - the Lake Superior Agates, which are found from Canada all the way down through the Great Lakes states to Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois (though not as common in those southern states). Of course they have a totally different origin, and they do look slightly different than the Crowley Ridge agates.
@@denisthemineralist4033 i would be happy to send a few pics your way. I have collected quite a few superior agates and these are definitely different. I really like their coloring!
@@lydiaharman4557 Definitely shoot me an email with some pics (denisthemineralist@gmail.com). I'm very curious now!
@@denisthemineralist4033 Okay great! I just sent an email your way :)
Thanks for the awesome video. My wife and I hunt agates almost every weekend in the creeks just off the pearl river in south Mississippi. It would be cool to see some of your agates cut and tumbled. Thanks again for the awesome video, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words! I will definitely post some of the results as soon as I am able to my equipment all setup again - I had to put quite a bit in storage after the last two times we got flooded, and I'm waiting until I move to risk setting them up again. Of course that hasn't stopped me from collecting more rocks! LOL! Hopefully we'll see you out there some time!
Hope you guys are high and dry right now. I saw the Pearl River is a little on the floody side these last few days.
The river is coming up and backing up some of the creeks a little but it’s not too bad. Jackson is having some flooding though.
@@denisthemineralist4033 I hope you guys didn’t have too much damage from the flooding. Anytime you’re in south Mississippi I be glad to take you creek hunting it’s a lot cooler than roads and gravel pits.
@@dmanpro2020 Sounds awesome! I will let you know when we head that way next. I'm going to be headed north soon to hunt in Lake Superior Agates and Montana Agates, so later in the fall we may head that way!
Hi and thank you for the video! I am in Louisiana and am glad to hear of any rockhounding sites here in Louisiana. I live in the prairie area of Louisiana and no rocks here. I subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing!
Yeah, I was born in Baton Rouge and even though we left when I was 9 years old, I've been back visiting family monthly for the last 45 years. And the weird part is that I didn't even know Louisiana HAD any cool rocks until just a couple of years ago. Not sure how I missed it all these years, but I found out by accident while talking with some other rockhounds myself. It's all about the networking!
I'll be putting up another video of agates from that same area soon so be on the lookout!
I’m just a little south of this
Just bought a 5 lb lot of Crowley's ridge agates. Looking to cut some on an upcoming video! Beautiful finds! Btw, I cut a huge CR agate a while back in a video!
Excellent video my friend. Sorry I couldn't join ya this time.
No worries. We're back all the time. I tried to reach you, but it was VERY short notice.
Next time we're headed to your neck of the woods, I'll try to give you a little more warning!
By the way, did you see the other vids I posted with the Texas agates? If you find yourself headed MY way, do drop me a line!
LCA is my favorite agate
Is there a place to bring the kiddos to hunt for agates and Fossils. Or it is just by the rivers ect. My youngest would love to this most likely I live out side of Baton Rouge
There are two main places we find them in abundance that I think the kids could hunt safely:
One is actually the gravel bars on the rivers as there are many that are very flat and safe and located next to places where the rivers and streams are relatively calm. In fact in some places where we've hunted these, we've had to work around all the kids there that were playing in the water. Most of the land along the rivers in Louisiana seems to be occupied with commercial gravel pits, so for the BEST conditions, I'd highly recommend making the quick jaunt up across the Mississippi border to the Homochitto River. From Baton Rouge, you can be there in an hour and half tops. Where Mississippi HWY 33 crosses the river and where US 98 crosses it are two really big gravel bars you can get onto from the road (just observe any posted signs for the property along the river). I find much better stuff at the US 98 crossing. Halfway between those roads is a creek called Brushy Creek that usually has great gravel, and the water is clean, cool, and shallow - people bring their kids there to play in the water all the time. Robertson Rd. runs just south of the Homochitto River at that point and goes over Brushy Creek at the perfect spot right before it joins the river. The only thing to look out for there is the sand right next to the water, as your feet can sink in it a bit. For an adult it's no problem, but for toddlers and small children they may get stuck and lose their shoes! There are other calm creeks all throughout that area so Google Maps can help you find others. Just make sure they are public access and not private (they'll usually be posted if so).
The other is gravel roads. Many lonely gravel roads in that part of Louisiana get no traffic at all, or at best one vehicle every 20 minutes or so. You can hear them a mile off, so you have time to move safely off to the side as they pass. We do a lot of our hunting on the sides of the roads, and if an occasional car or truck comes by, they usually stop to talk to us and tell us where we can find even better rocks. I bring friends and family with their kids from time to time to hunt gravels roads and I just keep the youngsters near myself or another adult. I never park on a blind hill or a curve, so that I can always see anything coming from a good distance. The gravel roads up in the Homochitto National Forest in Mississippi also have good material and have very little traffic if any. And I usually see plenty of wildlife, which I know the kids love.
Good luck to you on your hunts! I hope you guys find a bunch of stuff!
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Are those red stones jasper?
There are some jaspers scattered in the gravels there, but I haven't found too many that are good enough quality to be keepers. The banded chert, however is crazy! I'm going to show some of it off in my next video from this location.
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Salam. Terima kasih kerana menonton! (I hope I got that correct!) :)
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300-400 million years old agates? That’s pretty difficult in a world that’s 6-8,000 years old.
What I mean is; I don’t flaunt my beliefs in your face, I get tired of people flaunting theirs in mine.
Evolution and millions of years are based on very weak evidence given the most recent scientific findings. Since neither of us was there, let’s leave religion on the sidelines.