Rimrock Lake Thundereggs
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- If there was ever a location to exercise caution with, I would have to say it's this one. This is not a place for kids and pets, also the risk of falling into the water is very real at this location and that may not be a big problem in July but in the cold weather months it could end up really poorly for you.
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Feeling bummed out today and this video totally cheered me up! Can't wait to see and hear more about what you found.
I hope today is going better for you!
Well, I just came back from that area. The stream was only a couple inches deep under the bridge and I grabbed 3 thundereggs from the bed. Still a little on the sketch side but made for a nice day after a bad day of work! Thanks for posting this video!
I recently saw a video from there as well showing how low the lake was, its kinda wild to see it like that.
Thanks for another place to go and see. I was down on the Salmon and over around Jentura this weekend lots of nice finds.
Good times on the Salmon!!
Another destination on our #BucketListForThunderEggs! I traveled that road once on a Construction Detour. Alongside that southern route around the lake are located some of the largest Ponderosa Pines in the State of Washington. The only other trees as large are located on the southern approach to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Absolutely massive pine trees.
Dang, now I wanna go back and see some of these trees!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Here's a link and photo of those trees in Crater Lake National Park. They are massive pine trees. (Scroll down) home.nps.gov/crla/planyourvisit/index.htm
@@j.ericswede7084 we have some gorgeous forests down here in southern Oregon.
I drive through rimrock on my way to my parents. Nice to know I can do some rockhounding there to take a break from the drive.
Me: Huh, new place for thunder eggs I haven't heard of yet.
Also me: yeah, no, my clumsy ass would fall off that wall in 30 seconds.
Yeah this location is not for the faint of hearts.
Can't wait for Episode 2. Very interested in your analysis of those rocks. And rocks from my own back yard at that!
Finally a spot I’ve been too!, Go back in late august the lake will look completely different, no scuba gear needed. Even the river under the bridge changes a little. And yes under the bridge you will find many thunder-eggs in the river!
I have heard that as the summer draws on they will lower the lake level. I would love to go back late summer.
Beautiful snow cap mountains! Must have been chilly over night.
It was 27 that night.
that was jade !!!! lol ; ) I defiantly need you to come down for a wander with me, I think you'd help allot and also the variety I deal with in some of these spots is crazy. you could go through my back yard pile also , help me with the classification of the weird mixes ,and id love the input. there is a private campground here for you also with a river for the dog.
Hahaha how many buckets of this "Jade" can I bring you? ;) That sure does sound fun, I will need to talk to Sara about making this happen!
Wow! Super exciting!!
That’s awesome thunder eggs are so cool thank you for sharing 😎👍
Hello CR, well, another location on my list. Not super far for me, 2+ hrs. It does look quite nice, but I could definitely do without the hail. I was wavering about the 5+ hr. drive to Omak for Aventurine, but I think it would be worth it. I think I know where to camp over there. Thanks for the awesome sketchy adventure.
Go check it out! I know its not far for you but you could also camp out in the area, its really nice.
Looks so fun! Sometimes the sketchy spots are the best spots!
Agreed!
GAD for the Win!!! 👍✔ It's my 2nd favorite tool next to the classic rockhammer. Super handy in a variety of ways, heck I've cracked open geodes and layed it sideways and mucked out small pockets with the pry bar end of these beauties. And used it at Saddle Mt to punch through the eroded basalt and dig around the pet wood and loosen the overburden, totally aces in my book. 😁Thanks for sharing the content post my friend, hope you and Sara are well this week! That spot definitely looks like a sketchy spot but...I'd for sure be willing to throw on the harness and belay or rappel and drop in a fishing net below to catch the rollers to get myself some good specimen for the collection.🤦♂️😂 We can discuss the logistics later~🤔 haha Thanks again for the post, talk again soon~
I do love this GAD!
If you wanna ever go to this spot and throw some ropes I am 100% down to meet up there.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding sweet, checking my calendar for a weekend. We can set a top rope off the trees i saw in your video and belay for digging.👍 Bring a dip net for the belay person to catch stray rollers!😁
@@BackcountrywithShaughn I am 100% down!!!
Looks like you’d need a safety line to tie off on then start rocking, it looks risky though, are those Thunder Eggs worth the risk? Also...Hi Sarah ✌🏻where’s your awesome find for the day ?
Cooool adventure 😎
Thank you!
Nice
Awesome. So what is difference between Thunder eggs and Geodes? Great video.
Geodes will have a void on the inside and a Thunderegg will be solid.
Is the matrix welded rhyolite and ash?
The matrix is Rhyolite and mixed with Bentonite clay.
Yes Jared, it’s May 🤣
Ha!
What is that saying ? No guts, no glory !
You can reach more thundereggs if you kinda hoist your girlfriend up on your shoulders......
I don't know if that's the safest of plans.
You could drive a stake into the ground and tie a rope around her ankle so that she might not fall completely into the water.....
Big green is epidote! 😁 ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Perhaps I should have taken it and given it a cut!
There are so many thundereggs in that hill side it's crazy but it does look like a nice fishing spot I'd be set for a good time in that location 🍻
There are two words that should always go together. Sketchy and Don't. I guess technically it's 3 words. Love all the great rocks and can't wait for the next one. Only one complaint... jasper is ALWAYS something special (ha, ha). Hi to the family and woof to the pup. Be safe and stay healthy.😷⚒
Hahaha thank you! I do love some Jasper, well so long as its bigger than a golf ball!
that was a little tense, im glad you made it through that one !! so.. really round almost flint nodules ? ....wondering if they formed from a sediment type of chert process...or.....? but in volcanic rock...so much to learn. thank you !!
There's a lot to really take in and understand about this location.
oh man looking forward to part 2!! Thanks for sharing this part too
Tie-a-ton. That’s south fork of Tieton river. Teton is Wyoming
I see chalcedony ...scuba time !!
If there was ever a spot for the rockhound who is also a diver its this spot.
looking good fam. keep up the hunt. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Thank you!
The bridge is over the South Fork of the Tieton River. It's source is Gilbert Peak of the Goat Rocks above Conrad meadows. The goats rocks are the remains of an ancient volcano. The source of the andesite ridge that runs all the way to yakima. When the camera looks east the round hill is Goose Egg Mt. Behind it is Kloochman Rock which is the inner wall of another ancient volcano.
its unreal i was puting my artifacts n rocks away n turned and there were artifacts all over the place n no one ever gets to pointing them out or what they are but they are real and ancient and very well hidden in plain sight.
awesome video with great info i subbed and am looking forward to
broadening my knowledge.great channle
just slow down and look and you will see .
and yes what the heck was that?lol jade ?what else ?
I've actually jumped off this bridge and know where it's at! I am definitely going in a month or two first time I've ever seen that area that dead! 😅
Omg my husband went to dive school to be an underwater welder, there in Seattle! I wonder if we could meet up and have him grab some thunder eggs and we can crack them open!? I bet the bottom is covered in thundereggs!!!
I think this area down there has tons of them.
That big green rock looks like metamorphic basalt, i.e., "greenstone."
Damn you lost 1 huh that's crazy wonder how many times that's happened to everyone the pile in the water must be huge...cool video 👍
I think the pile underwater has got to be pretty dang good.
You just created a new drinking game, take a drink every-time you say “sketchy” 🤣
Ha!
Sarah has a great eye for the beautiful stuff!
That Lake looks like man-made with the formed edges, if so then the rock may have been brought in from other places to reinforce the banks of the lake could explain why there is so much variance in material. Just a thought
I don't think this was a made made formation here where the thundereggs are but along the side of the reservoir some of the rock does look like it was transported in.
We were just there last Monday. Didn’t know they had thunder eggs. We went looking for a specific rock we found last year. It shines up good. I may have to send u a sample, to identify.
I can’t do a scratch test... it’s like nails on a chalkboard for me!!!😣
You can always email me a photo of the rock!
Looks cool I'm not that adventurous. But I have found some stuuf like that at ochoco national forest.I'll bring you some the next time I see you.
Heck yeah! I always like seeing peoples finds.
Wow! Vertigo just watching the whiplash
View of the river
Definitely a safety harness situation
Yeah its a little bit of a rough area.
That was awesome
Looking forward to seeing if those thundereggs were worth collecting! Love those little estwing pry bars, I use mine alot.
I think having them in the collection is worth it, they are not the best thundereggs around but still worth the stop to collect some.
Oh man... driving truck I pass by rimrock lake all the time only never get to stop 😩
Dang, that's a shame, it's neat place for sure.
Man! I am elated to see you visit Rimrock! I've read that there are thundereggs there but I've never been able to figure out where. Turns out they were right above my stinkin head while I was searching the S Tieton last year! Unfortunately during the summer there are lots of people camping in that area around the bridge and ding dongs gathering around to watch people jump off the bridge. It's about an hour drive for me. I def want to visit soon when the river is low and recreators haven't yet swarmed. I want to find some eroded ones, might even hop up there and dig a few. Also, I want to search the rockie slopes, I've looked at them from afar and never thought that a closer look would reveal such neat stuff. Thanks for the video and all the fantastic content!
I think you're the guy I want to chat with about the S Tieton! Did you find much on the river? We didn't have a lot of time to spend on the gravel bars hunting around but we did find some small Jaspers which got me thinking about what might be up stream.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I wish I could provide more info but I was only able to search about where you were at and I didn't find much either. Lots of gravel to look at though! Have you heard things about that river? I'm still waiting for the snow to melt some more so I can go check out some other spots around Rimrock. Sounds like there's some interesting stuff there
@@gunnarnizzler Shoot me an email if you like and we can compare notes!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Sounds good!
Wow, dangerous place to try and get material. It is nit for someone going solo.
I agree but I think it's still a good spot, they all can't be safe.
Cool place,in more ways than one lol. I wonder how cold the water is in summer. I would have to try it. You explore some real nice spots. You and Sarah havagudun my friend.
I think this water is cold year round but on the hottest of summer days I think it would be okay.
Thank you for this video.... very 😎 cool!!
Thank you!
Looks like it was an awesome adventure! I look forward to the next episode to see what is in the thunder eggs. Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge with us. I hope you and yours are happy and healthy! :)
Beautiful half thundereggs, there. Looking forward to seeing some of your finds sliced and polished. Just about screeched when you tossed away the lemonite(?), though, since with fine grain like that it looked like a decorator specimen. X)
Thank you, don't worry in a future episode there will be more pyrite and lemonite!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Hurrah!! That will be great!
Nice Rockhound excursion! Looking forward to the reveal.
Thank you!
So many different minerals in one spot. I just joined.
Thank you! and it's quite the odd spot.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the support.
But "Hey" it's less than half the drive than Lucky Strike Mine. And they're our very own "Warshington Thunder Eggs.
Love this video! You two crack me up, especially at the beginning of this video.😂 So much different material in such an amazing beautiful area. Definitely watching your next video, can't wait to see the inside of it all. Thanks for taking us places we wouldn't normally be able to see!✌😎
Forgot to say, you are braver than I being on that ledge digging out thunder eggs. Definitely sketchy!😳
I'm glad you liked it!
Yeah it would of been a cold swim for sure.
What a gorgeous spot and great video. I enjoyed it being a longer one. And I already know how those thunder eggs turned out since ai watched the video at the rock club.
Awesome a cool place to check out this summer 😊
It sure would be a lot nicer if you wouldn't die from hypothermia if you fall in the water.
Good point
I see thunder egg Island down there. 😁
I know!!!! This area has so much to offer and explore.
I am so happy that you checked this spot out! I am definitely going out there this summer.
I would say this would of been a lot better in the summer.
Those are some huge thunder eggs.
They sure are nice!
The drive was worth it, you will recognize that geology anywhere you see it.
Bubbles?
I'm sorry I don't quite follow you here.
Glad to see you made it out there to check it out! (Also glad to see you made it back in one piece!) Water was definitely lower in November/December which made accessing some of the eggs lower down in the bed slightly (only very slightly) easier. Weather was crazy windy and snowy. Definitely did not bring my dog down there either. Interesting eggs for sure though!
It's a neat area, my thoughts keep going back to how many must have collected in the water under the bridge.
Holy Cow it’s a mother-load of my absolutely favorite rock, the fantastic Thunder-Egg !
It's an amazing area!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding yes...I’m making a short list of places you’ve mentioned on your videos, I’m planning a trip for my oldest daughter & her son, he’s a #Rocker like me, he’s 7 & has taken several rocks for “Show & Tell” at school, the kids all loved that they got to hold the rocks & examine them. So far you’re the only person who I’ve found that has actually shared more than one location & I really appreciate that. I still don’t understand why people don’t share locations, it’s not like there’s a shortage of rocks. ✌🏻
@@lisae2389 I would love to help you with your list of places to go, also you should check out the new website!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding that would be awesome
Awesome finds in a not so friendly, yet beautiful location. Thanks for taking us along.
It's a really pretty place.
Waiting anxiously for part 2. 😄
It will be the Thursday video!
Cannot wait for the next video
Thank you!
Where r u a PhD at
I'm sorry, what are you asking me?