I've been a rockhound my whole life and always loved doing what you are doing here. Since I am no longer physically able I want to thank you for taking me along...makes me feel like I am right there looking at the beautiful stones and darting the waves too!
I didn't start rock hounding until after I had a heart attack. I couldn't walk in our city because people are to ignorant and stressful. Once I past the stress test and was allowed to drive again I started going to beaches at dawn for sunrises and quiet walks. Then I saw the rocks and started picking them up and bringing them home. My wife was so concerned that my office would fall through to the basement. I go out all year long even when it's -20C... if I can stay out of the wind.
One of the most common comments I get is about the sound of the wave. People love that sound. In my "Rocks in a Box" videos, a few people have said they like the sound of the rocks clinking together. You're the first to enjoy the sound of my scooper though.
This gives me another reason to visit MI. Have family in the Sault, and Oakland County. I'd spend hours on my belly as a little girl in the summer playing with rocks when everyone else were swimming! Thank you for sharing.
I spent my childhood with a sunburn on my back because I was always looking for crayfish under the rocks in the lake. I grew up on an inland lake, so I spent most of my summer in the water.
@@MichiganRocks I lived a block from Middle Straits Lake. I'd visit my grandparents in the Sault, then we'd take a trip to Tahquamenon Falls. Great times! Yes, those sunburns hurt, but well worth it!
The sounds of the lake, water and rolling stones. You had a haul this time. I had to throw a blanket on because i knew that water was cold. Thanks for sharing
Ah loved this so much! Mesmerizing. The sounds, the colours, the waves....all the beautiful stones. Thanks for taking us along :) Happy new year to you!! Cheers :)
Yeah I love walking our stony beaches here in New Brunswick Canada picking up rocks and pick rocks all year long. I will go out at -20C if I can stay out of the wind. I'm like a 66 year old kid.
@@MichiganRocks I bet it is! Where along Lake Huron was this filmed? I understand if you want to keep the location private. No worries :) I am dreaming of taking a road trip to Michigan at some point to rock hound. "_
Really enjoyed today’s walk on the beach finding beautiful petoskey and pudding stones!! I saw a yellow stone and some green stones I would have picked up. Didn’t know the east side of our state had these types of stones. A new adventure for this summer!! Love, love, rocks!!
Lake Michigan gets all the credit for Petoskey stones, but we have plenty here in Lake Huron. There are lots of other rocks to look at, but the green ones usually don't get looked at by me. Up in Lake Superior, there is unakite and epidote that are much nicer shades of green in my opinion. They polish up well too.
Like how the waves were rushing up and over the rocks. So beautiful ! Many awesome rocks found, glad you were able to get out again and give us another video this winter :)
I am a watercolor artist who specializes in painting very detailed rocks. Your video makes me want to travel to Lake Huron and just stay there for a week and take pictures and paint these beautiful rocks and stones. Your video is very meditative to me too. Thank you!
Michigan, oh that would be so awesome! Thank you! You can check out my work from FB Search for Teresa Hsu Watercolors. I don’t want to post my email address here. How may I get in touch with you?
The stones you passed up seemed pretty amazing to me. The sand stone was very cool. The petoskey stone at 1:47 was in an interesting pattern. It had design quality. I wish I were with you getting even your rejects.😏 It seems you come across so many fantastic small rocks that aren't right for polishing, but if I were there I'd have a bag to take them home and use them in a flowerbed. Any little kids in the family would love to be allowed to pick some out when they came to visit. (So would I if I were ever to become a visitor. I really love rocks yet and I'm in my 60s.) Thank you for your fun videos. The rocks are so intriguing and the beach, waves and views are very relaxing and awe inspiring.
The back of that rock was great, but the front wasn't great. I agree it was a good rock but I find so many that I'm able to be pretty selective. I don't want to hoard them, just take home a few that I can do something with. Petoskey Stones don't look like much when they're dry. The pattern pretty much disappears unless they have been polished.
What a way to start the New Year! I think that's the most stones I've seen you keep from one walk. Fantastic finds. Thanks for pointing out the sound of the rolling rocks when the waves come in and out .... that was special. Happy New Year to you and yours.
Seriously, though, when you took us on the hike on the icy snow between the two sink holes! You need your own St Bernard with first aid kit and emergency flares! Lassy, go get help! Michigan Rocks has fallen down the well! I was thinking, well if we’re seeing this, he must have made it out OK. Take care!
@@Abpgsetiloincawdyubkolmbrs yep, I doubt my wife will post the video where I fall off a cliff. You can watch with confidence that I made it home alive.
Happy New Year! A great way to end a decade ..doing something you love. Thanks for taking me along. If I can master the tech one day I'll take you for a stroll in the fossiliferous fields of the Wiltshire Somerset borders. Good luck for the roaring 20's
If you visit the city of Petoskey, good luck finding any stones named after that city. You've found a treasure trove of those crazy fossils. I know people who have looked for hours trying to find one Petoskey. If they find a crappy holy one they get excited. The beach you're on would send them into a frizzy. You had a great scenic hunt, but I could feel an inconvenient chill watch your adventure. Someday I would like to see you find a large nugget of GOLD. You deserve it for entertaining so many people. Have a great and surprisingly wonderful new year.
I have hunted behind the D&W Fresh Market a couple of times in the very early spring. I've found several nice ones there. But the beach I hunt on is way better. After driving to the west side of the state a couple of times to hunt Petoskeys, I decided to stay on Lake Huron. It wasn't that cold out that day. I stayed pretty warm, even when the waves went over my boots a few times. I have found flour gold in the gold sands on the shores of Lake Superior. I have thought about making a video of using a Miller table to look for specks of gold, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't pick them up on camera.
I used to find them on my little piece of property east of Manistee out in the woods. Usually in the spring after the winter freeze . The ground frost would bring them up and if it's wet or after a rain was a bonus because you can see the pattern better.
Such interesting rocks, I think I have found a couple of similar ones here in New Zealand. I won't try spell it but I wouldn't know it without watching this Chanel. My son thought he found a pudding stone, it's a piece of pavement but it has little pieces of agate through it. So much fun and lovely listening to the ocean on the rocks, thank you. #thefinders 😁👍🏼
I'd love to visit New Zealand some day. You have a beautiful country. Do you realize that I'm not on an ocean beach? This is Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It's a very large freshwater lake.
Yes I did sorry I got mixed up calling it a beach. I'm about to go to the east coast here and the sounds are the same, your videos always makes me think of there. When I first started watching your Chanel I wondered if it was a lake or not. I did question it again when you were at the frozen bay then mentioned going to the open water. Don't mind me lol
My knees are shot. Where did you get that great stone picker upper? Funny, what petoskys you dump I'd jump at, since there are none here, even in our 350-400 mya pennsylvania later up north. Beautiful.
I made it. I cut the handle off a slotted spoon and glued it into the end of a piece of PVC pipe. Kingsley North sells one that looks nice, but I've been too cheap to buy one. It comes in a couple different sizes and models. kingsleynorth.com/treasure-scoop-42-inch.html
@@MichiganRocks When hiking sometimes along rivers i can hear the big boulders rolling around. Really shows the power of water and not to be messed with in the wrong way.
OMG .. In Indonesia the stone is called a lotus stone .. If you have made a ring the price can be very expensive .. Especially the black one and the pattern is neat
@@bdprasongko Petoskey Stone is the state stone of Michigan. It's pretty common. Lots of it gets made into jewelry and other things. It sells well, but isn't very expensive because it's so common.
@@MichiganRocks fresh air is preferable also😁. You wouldn't be wrong with the assumption of rock size on beaches up there. Look up Jasper Beach, Maine & check out the photos (figure you'd like that place)...the beach is loaded with it & I remember going there as a child searching for rocks. Still hv some polished ones from those days.
@@Charlie-lh4xb I'm planning to retire in a year and Maine is on my list of place I want to go. I think it will be fun to take a trip just as school is going back in session (I"m a teacher).
@@MichiganRocks I was just watching the video on making pendants for ur wife, before I head to work...👌. If u do go up there skip the Portland area (very! touristy) & head straight for Bar Harbour. More authentic "downeast" vibe & Schoodic point is a must, even though they don't allow u to take rocks there 🙄 a couple in the pocket is ok. That's all
I'm so glad I found your channel! I live on Lake Huron too. Harrisville. Not sure if you've heard of it, but I found probably 15 pudding stones this weekend😍 I found your channel searching for a tutorial on how to polish them. I walked the beach and collected rocks and beach glass every day this weekend.
I was there yesterday. I grew up at Hubbard Lake. I graduated from Alcona High. What I'm saying is I've been to Harrisville a couple of times. Yesterday my neighbor and I found some puddingstones and Petoskey Stones. I'll have a video coming out one of these days. If you want more tumbling videos, I'm working on a couple now. It will be a couple months before they're done, but I'll be doing at least one with only a rotary tumbler. I have one up now on tumbling crazy lace agate, but it uses both a rotary and a vibratory tumbler. Most beginners only have a rotary.
What a small world!!! The Harrisville State Park was so amazing for rock collecting this weekend! My son has a rotary tumbler, (Just a NatGeo one from Amazon, he's only 10) but I was hoping to find a way to polish them with a sander or sandpaper, which honestly I didn't even know what possible until I saw someone talk about it in a Facebook group. I've been collecting rocks for years but haven't ever really done anything with them. I'm going to watch your newest video and see if I recognize you 😂 That's the thing about Alcona, pretty much everyone knows each other somehow or another. 😊
@@heathera.1920 I live in Alpena now, so I don't get to Harrisville very often. I have a video on how to polish Petoskey Stones with sandpaper. I also have a video on using a rock tumbler to tumble crazy lace agate. There are more tumbling tutorial videos in the works, but it will be a couple months before they're done. Tumbling takes a lot of time. I have not heard good things about the National Geographic tumbler. I belong to an online lapidary forum where some people have come complaining that they couldn't get a shine with that tumbler. If I remember correctly, one of the problems was the grit or maybe the polish that came with the tumbler. therockshed.com has good polish (and other tumbling grits).
I am new to your channel and I just have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your videos. I look forward to seeing more.🙂
Wow! I love all kinds of gems and stones- my dream is to have lots of Alexandrite gems someday because I love the way they change colors! Those Petoskey stones are pretty!
The ones you throw back would make many young kids very happy! I run a store on the shores of Lake Michigan where we have a ton of people that come in looking for Petoskey stones, especially children. They dont care if they are perfect, any and all of the ones you throw back would make their day! I need to hunt where you go, we never find that many here especially the perfect ones.
I lived in Oscoda for years. I never had time to gather gems. Wish I had. I keep seeing green and bluish stones. Wish I was there to gather them! Thanks for taking me along.
Oscoda probably has some good rocks too. The greenish and bluish stones aren't very bright colors, at least not to my eyes. A lot of people comment on them though, so they must look better to other people. The other reason I don't pick them up is that they are usually all the same color, with no pattern. I like patterns in my rocks. It makes them more interesting. Kind of cool that different people like different things so we're not all fighting over the same rocks.
Last summer I took my wife rock hunting north of crystal falls. She fell in love with the beauty in the rocks. We came home with a 5 gal bucket full. Last October for her birthday I bought a reel good rock tumberler. I'm still waiting for her to pick out the rocks she wants done.
I'm not very familiar with that part of the state. If you go back, swing by Kingsley North in Norway. I have never been there, but I'd love to go through their tumbling rough and pick out some good stuff.
I've been enjoying your videos for a few days now. Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to film / edit / post. Although I'm not as mobile as I used to be, I've been looking a little closer at what I'm walking past. I'm also about 50 hours into my first tumble in 20+ years. Keep up the good work!
I go out year around and not always by one of the big lakes. My foster father was a geologist. Just found my first petosky stone Friday on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
Last few times I visited Crawford County, I've been finding reddish orange petoskeys. They've all been microcrystaline and one is about the size of 2 golf balls put together. I also found the blackest petoskey I've ever found there too.
Michigan Rocks - awesome! I’ll just tag along behind and pickup some of the stones you’re dropping 😂 Thanks again - looking forward to your next video 👍😊
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This what DVD are for...educational and bloody interesting....Excellent, let's have lots more
Thanks. Someone else pointed this out and I did a little research. Apparently that's up to debate to some extent, but I still learned something. Thanks for the education.
Look's like a awesome beach. Do you ever go out at dusk on the beach and look for sodalite rocks that glow with a uv light? It looks like that beach would be a good one to look for them.
Love the amount of jasper in that first pudding stone, almost looked like they were placed. Love petoskey stone's always. Like your petoskey retriever but I think I've said that before. Do you find much "sea" lake glass?
At 11:52 you explained the grey rock with the circle on it in scientific terms. Could you please share what it is in layman's terms? It is quite interesting.
I'm pretty sure that was a crinoid calyx. A crinoid is a fossil marine animal. There are a lot of crinoid stem pieces in this area, but I rarely find the head or calyx. I have never found one on this beach. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid
The trick is to walk away from the car without looking for rocks and fill the bucket on the way back. I never have figured out how to accomplish that first part though.
So jealous of your rock hunting this time of the year. Once again another nice video. We just had a discussion about puddingstones, are they only found around Michigan? I have a few but definitely would have hauled all that you found home with me. The quartz you found was very pretty too. Thank you for interesting video.
There are various rocks in different parts of the world called puddingstones. The ones I find are sometimes called "Michigan puddingstones", but they're actually from Canada. Glaciers brought them here and I hear they can be found in nearby states. I met someone this summer who finds them in Indiana.
Do you ever find Leelaneau blue stones, I have never found any of these but have bought a few pieces of jewelry at craft shows up north. This...lol past summer I bought a necklace with a stone called pioneer blue. Are you familiar with either of these?
@@pattytryc417 I've never heard of Pioneer Blue, but I have heard of Leeland Blue. I wouldn't find that here in Lake Huron because Leeland is across the state on Lake Michigan. I find some slag in the Rockport quarry, but it's very ugly stuff.
I polish them. If you look around my channel a bit, you'll find videos of polished Petoskey and Puddingstones, and how to do it yourself if you want to. Petoskey Stones look way better polished. If you've never seen one, please look at my video.
Very cool. Best video ever. Did you switch cameras, or lenses? Like the sun? You gotta love our closest star; its what made it warm enough for you to go rock hunting. No snow or ice here in West Texas, he, he! Amazing to know that I live in a desert that used to be under the biggest ocean.
Also weird that I live in a cold climate that used to be a tropical sea. Isn't geology cool? I didn't switch cameras. I used a GoPro 7 Black for this video and most of my others. I like it.
the rocks you are calling "pudding stones", remind me of the core samples they dug up at the Chicxulub crater. It has the impact mess of stones look. There are craters north of there.
th-cam.com/video/_2iCNqe9_cY/w-d-xo.html@@MichiganRocks . some pics at about 25:49 in vid. I saw the expidition video also but unable to look it up right now
Should’ve been wearing your waders but they might have been to warm. But the cold wet feet 🦶 just about kill me when I am out. Snowing here in central Mn. Ice storm in our area over New Years so many of my family played low key.
Rock picking can be so distracting. I try not to get distracted on my walks. But I am a photographer too so I am always looking for photos. The combination of the two and I get distracted. Here on the Bay of Fundy with the highest tides in the world it's easy to get blocked by tides leaving your stranded for hours.
I play with a sling down on rock banks like this because of the endless ammo. It's good exorcise and stress relief. I like shooting rocks with a little hole in them because them whistle all the way to the target. They mimic the old roman sling shot found with holes in them and are probably how the Romans first got onto the idea.
Man, you are killing me. I would LOVE to have any of the fossils you left. I saw several rocks too but it those fossils. In central Iowa we find limestone, limestone and more limestone. Occasionally some sand stone, quartz, granite and iron pyrite. Nothing as beautiful as you have there.
Mama's gone detecting no fossils in your limestone? Rockport quarry here is full of fossils, and so are many other places. They’re much better fossils than on the beach because they’re not all worn down by the waves.
@@MichiganRocks I have found some but they are usually small and things like little clam shells. I have also found some in some shale and some sand stone but again nothing really nice.
@@mamasgonecreating1967 We have a lot of brachiopods (like clam shells) here too. But more than that we have coral. Lots of different kinds and some of it is huge.
What are the dark green stones out there? They are gorgeous! Maybe green jasper? Serpentine? Its Beautiful tho, I assume you have some already. I live southwest and we rarely get snow here, the last time was 2016. The southern New Mexico was completely frozen! No one was ready for it and thousands of pipes froze, even the electric company was having a hard time keeping up with the amount of electricity that was being drained! It was terrible! No one was ready for it. We have not had it happened since. Not even a little bit.
Crystal and Robert Dominguez a lot of people comment on the green stones. To me, in person, they don’t look all that green. I’m not sure what they are and I never bring them home. In Lake Superior, there are a lot of green rocks that I like a lot. Most of them are epidote or unakite, which is a rock that contains epidote and feldspar. I find the occasional unakite here but it’s not as common.
I'm not sure which rocks you're talking about. I don't usually find a lot of green rocks in this area. Can you give me a time in the video when you saw one?
@@audschaeffer3135 I’m not sure what those are. They’re not very green. In Liske Superior, there is epidote, which is very green and polishes well. I find some here, but it’s pretty uncommon.
Thank you for sharing this awesome rock hunt with us; seemed like you had a blast out there! Was a real pick-me-up during these dreary, cold MI winters ☀️ Didn’t realize the Lk Huron shores were full of so many gorgeous colors, as well as an abundance of Petoskey’s.
I love the ocean, I l have been collecting seashells since I was a child. I also love coral and pretty stones. I live in Chicago but have never seen or heard of a Petoski (forgive my spelling)stone before stumbling apron your channel. I want one of those really bad. I love the coral patterns in them 🙂
I wouldn’t be shocked if you could find Petoskey stones in your area. I don’t know if the glaciers carried them that far, but I know the can be found in southern Michigan. They’re common in the northern part of Lake Michigan. Get out to a beach a and look for some!
Here in New Brunswick Canada we are not allowed to remove shells from the beaches. I disagree with it and I do bring home the odd shell. Governments have to much control anyways.
@onthegas7 Rockport State Park has a lot of fossils. There is a beach, a quarry, and sinkholes behind the quarry. I’m sure there are other public beaches with good rocks, I’m just not sure which ones.
We brought back almost 500 pounds of pudding stone back from Ontario a couple years ago. The fishing resort we stayed at has outcrops and of it. Up in Algoma country. It would make beautiful slabs if ya had a large enough saw to slab the absolute yard boulders we have. Lol
Are there any laws about bringing rocks from Ontario into the US? I was thinking about going there sometime to go rock hunting, but I didn't know what I could legally bring home. There are all those questions at the border.
@@MichiganRocks to be honest I’m not sure. We brought them back in our boat and weren’t asked about it so we didn’t say anything. 🤷♂️. My niece can’t refuse to find and keep any rock. Lol. I’ve rubbed off on her a bit.
Well I wouldn't bring it up either if I wasn't asked. I'll have to do a little research if I get serious about making a trip to Canada. I think it would be fun to do a video on the source of puddingstones, among other things.
@@MichiganRocks It’s awesome rockhounding up there too. Lots of old mines and lots of public/crown property to explore. where we were at is about 1.5 hours north of Sault Ste. Marie off of highway 129. Been going up there for 40+ years and had never searched for the large outcrops of puddingstone. Had collected plenty just from roadway beds but this time we found a very large outcrop with boulders off the beaten path. Picked only what had been weathered and broke off.
This beach is all surrounded by private property, so it's pretty good all summer. It's always best after a storm though. The best public beaches I've been to are in Harrisville and at the Sturgeon Point lighthouse. They're not as good as this beach, and the rocks tend to be smaller, but I found several Petoskey stones and puddingstones last weekend. Those beaches would definitely be more picked over in the summer.
Need to make myself a replica of your cool slotted spoon pick up! On all the videos I’ve watched, I keep looking to see if someone asked you how you made it. I’m guessing it’s an old broom handle that you cut a slot into, jammed the bent spoon in and anchored it with a screw??
You have most of that right. The handle is a piece of PVC pipe. I had to remove the plastic part of the handle and grind down the remaining metal part to fit into the pipe. I used silicone or Shoe Goo to fill in around the handle and put a couple bolts through. It wasn’t difficult, it’s a figure it out as you go along project.
You're leaving the large puddingstone for someone else??? Instead, I'll send you $30 to box it up and send to ME! Come on man, I want a puddingstone bad!
HaHa. I see him picking rocks I'd love to have but I do the same thing. If I already have too many of that kind I will toss it further up the bank for someone else to claim. I through them up the bank because I live where we have really high tides so I toss them up where the tide won't reclaim them.
@@BackYardGardeningTip Well you're a good man then! I'm in Florida so the likelihood of me finding that puddingstone MR tossed back are one in a trillion...so yes, I guess you could say I have a chance of finding it...LOL.
There's a roadside park about 10 miles south of Rogers City that's not bad. 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, just north of Rogers City is pretty good. Hoeft State park has a lot of really small rocks. The southern part is better. Thomson Harbor State Park is so-so. RockPort is pretty awesome. The quarry has literally tons of fossils, there are sink holes behind the quarry and there are gastropods on the beach to the north. Negwegon is decent to the north.
Ok, it's time to admit that I don't know that much about fossils. I don't know what you just said. I looked up cephalopod, which I had heard of, but wasn't sure what it was. Now I know that's the octopus/squid class. I don't know what a siphuncle is. I thought what I was seeing was a crinoid calyx with the stem in the middle. So how do you know it's a cephalopod? I need an education here. Whatever it is, I've never found one like it before.
AMEN....Thank you for taking those of us who can't do it anymore...on your rock picks! LOVE it.....Are you doing the Keweenaw this year?? LOVE your vids...
I only learned of Petoskey stones last year and now I want to plan a vacation to Michigan to hunt for them!! ♥️ What time of year and locations do you recommend?
Summer is the best weather. Spring or fall is best for rock picking. Spring is good because most people don't pick much in the winter and the ice moves the rocks around. Fall is good because there are bigger storms so the waves move the rocks around. As for a location, that's a tough question. The beach in this video is surrounded by private property, so you have to know someone to gain access. I have hunted Harrisville State Park a couple times this winter and had some success. I have no idea how good it is in the summer when people are camping there. Rockport is great for fossils. There are Petoskey stones there, but they're pretty low quality. I have some videos of the quarry, beach, and sinkholes there. It's a fun place. I'm not very familiar with Lake Michigan beaches, but there are plenty of Petoskey stones found on the west side of the state.
Michigan Rocks Thank you so much for all the tips! I may try to make it up there in the spring or fall to avoid any crowds or hot weather. I’m only coming up from Ohio, so I’m used to hunting in spring/fall temps. I can’t wait to get up there!
I have never hunted in that area, but I've been told that puddingstones and Petoskey Stones can be found even south of Michigan. So I would expect that you should be able to find both in Port Huron. Don't give up if you don't find them on the first beach. There are beaches here that are great (like this one) and beaches that don't have any good rocks.
It's possible the there's more jasper inside, but in my experience, it's not likely. Puddingstones are sedimentary rocks. In large boulders, it's not uncommon to have layers with lots of color and other layers with just plain matrix rock. The layers can be up to almost a foot wide. Did you see that last puddingstone? It was half good and half bad. I'd bet that the bad side didn't have any jasper all the way through. That's why I don't bother keeping the ones that don't show much color.
@@MichiganRocks Interesting! The reason I asked is because I thought I saw a flash of pink on the "bad" side of that first one, and it made me wonder if there actually was color inside. I think it's crazy that the Petoskey stones can vary so much - perfect on one side, garbage on the other!
@@KatyDidRocks I could definitely be wrong about some of the puddingstones. I just didn't want to spend the time cutting something that isn't likely to be good inside.
@@MichiganRocks Oh, yeah, true story! I ask only because I know very little about the rocks in that area - and as I have learned, rock hunting is better if you are prepared. Who knows, I may end up in Michigan someday. :D
Hello . well I'm rock hunting with you and of course I'm looking at everything... Wish I was actually there. Anyways at 15:54 on this video as soon as you lift your hand pause the video. On the left is a blue small stone. I'm going insane... What is that rock.. Lol. I would have grabbed it just cuz.. But if you know I would love to know too. Great videos.
It’s hard to know exactly what rock you’re talking about. There’s a small gowganda tillite there. It has pinkish spots on a gray rock, but it might look blue on your screen.
I become addictive to your videos. So beautiful, the rocks and the the Great Lake..... what a wonderful place!
I'm really grateful to live here.
I've been a rockhound my whole life and always loved doing what you are doing here. Since I am no longer physically able I want to thank you for taking me along...makes me feel like I am right there looking at the beautiful stones and darting the waves too!
I'm sorry you can't get out anymore. I'm glad to be able to let you come along with me through video. Thanks for the comment.
Here here to that! I can even imagine my cheeks stinging from the wind.
I didn't start rock hounding until after I had a heart attack. I couldn't walk in our city because people are to ignorant and stressful. Once I past the stress test and was allowed to drive again I started going to beaches at dawn for sunrises and quiet walks.
Then I saw the rocks and started picking them up and bringing them home. My wife was so concerned that my office would fall through to the basement. I go out all year long even when it's -20C... if I can stay out of the wind.
@@cherylberry1613 it wasn’t really very cold. It was thirty degrees and I dressed for colder.
@@BackYardGardeningTip I store my rocks in the basement for ballast. My house will never tip over!
I know this sounds bizarrely simple...but I love the "tink-a-link-a-link" sound of your little claw tool snatching up one of the rocks.
One of the most common comments I get is about the sound of the wave. People love that sound. In my "Rocks in a Box" videos, a few people have said they like the sound of the rocks clinking together. You're the first to enjoy the sound of my scooper though.
This gives me another reason to visit MI. Have family in the Sault, and Oakland County. I'd spend hours on my belly as a little girl in the summer playing with rocks when everyone else were swimming! Thank you for sharing.
I spent my childhood with a sunburn on my back because I was always looking for crayfish under the rocks in the lake. I grew up on an inland lake, so I spent most of my summer in the water.
@@MichiganRocks I lived a block from Middle Straits Lake. I'd visit my grandparents in the Sault, then we'd take a trip to Tahquamenon Falls. Great times! Yes, those sunburns hurt, but well worth it!
The sounds of the lake, water and rolling stones. You had a haul this time.
I had to throw a blanket on because i knew that water was cold. Thanks for sharing
Ah loved this so much! Mesmerizing. The sounds, the colours, the waves....all the beautiful stones. Thanks for taking us along :) Happy new year to you!! Cheers :)
If you liked the video, you should try being there. It's even better.
Yeah I love walking our stony beaches here in New Brunswick Canada picking up rocks and pick rocks all year long. I will go out at -20C if I can stay out of the wind. I'm like a 66 year old kid.
@@BackYardGardeningTip love hearing this! I do the same along Lake Ontario. I was just out today for a bit....definitely one of my happy places :)
@@MichiganRocks I bet it is! Where along Lake Huron was this filmed? I understand if you want to keep the location private. No worries :) I am dreaming of taking a road trip to Michigan at some point to rock hound. "_
@@SouthernOntarioSasquatch Yeah I am in a whole different state of mind out there.
Really enjoyed today’s walk on the beach finding beautiful petoskey and pudding stones!! I saw a yellow stone and some green stones I would have picked up. Didn’t know the east side of our state had these types of stones. A new adventure for this summer!! Love, love, rocks!!
Lake Michigan gets all the credit for Petoskey stones, but we have plenty here in Lake Huron. There are lots of other rocks to look at, but the green ones usually don't get looked at by me. Up in Lake Superior, there is unakite and epidote that are much nicer shades of green in my opinion. They polish up well too.
Like how the waves were rushing up and over the rocks. So beautiful ! Many awesome rocks found, glad you were able to get out again and give us another video this winter :)
This might be the last one (but that's what I thought last time).
I am a watercolor artist who specializes in painting very detailed rocks. Your video makes me want to travel to Lake Huron and just stay there for a week and take pictures and paint these beautiful rocks and stones. Your video is very meditative to me too. Thank you!
茶姐 Tea would you like me to take some rock pictures and send them to you?
Michigan, oh that would be so awesome! Thank you! You can check out my work from FB Search for Teresa Hsu Watercolors. I don’t want to post my email address here. How may I get in touch with you?
@@tea98988 I'll contact you through Facebook.
The stones you passed up seemed pretty amazing to me.
The sand stone was very cool. The petoskey stone at 1:47 was in an interesting pattern. It had design quality.
I wish I were with you getting even your rejects.😏
It seems you come across so many fantastic small rocks that aren't right for polishing, but if I were there I'd have a bag to take them home and use them in a flowerbed.
Any little kids in the family would love to be allowed to pick some out when they came to visit. (So would I if I were ever to become a visitor. I really love rocks yet and I'm in my 60s.)
Thank you for your fun videos. The rocks are so intriguing and the beach, waves and views are very relaxing and awe inspiring.
The back of that rock was great, but the front wasn't great. I agree it was a good rock but I find so many that I'm able to be pretty selective. I don't want to hoard them, just take home a few that I can do something with. Petoskey Stones don't look like much when they're dry. The pattern pretty much disappears unless they have been polished.
Pudns n Pets! I am living vicariously via your videos. Our hearts are in the same place. That beach. That sky. Those waves. And ROCKS!!! Thanks
A little later in the winter, I might be living vicariously through my videos too!
Thank you . For taking me on your outing. To find your beautiful rocks. You and family have a wonderful evening.
Thank you!
That quartz did look like an ice ball out there. " I filled my water with boot." Had me rolling. More awesome finds. Was fun to watch. Great video
Sometimes my mouth doesn't work as planned.
What a way to start the New Year! I think that's the most stones I've seen you keep from one walk. Fantastic finds.
Thanks for pointing out the sound of the rolling rocks when the waves come in and out .... that was special.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Sound of the waves... putting me to sleep. Beautiful..thank you
Thanks for taking us on your journey, beautiful rocks, views, and sounds.
Thanks for taking us with you once again! Love the sound of those waves!
I'm starting to get jealous of the waves. They seem to get all the attention!
Well, the rocks are pretty great too...
Seriously, though, when you took us on the hike on the icy snow between the two sink holes! You need your own St Bernard with first aid kit and emergency flares! Lassy, go get help! Michigan Rocks has fallen down the well! I was thinking, well if we’re seeing this, he must have made it out OK. Take care!
@@Abpgsetiloincawdyubkolmbrs yep, I doubt my wife will post the video where I fall off a cliff. You can watch with confidence that I made it home alive.
Im loven all these beautiful rocks
Happy New Year! A great way to end a decade ..doing something you love. Thanks for taking me along. If I can master the tech one day I'll take you for a stroll in the fossiliferous fields of the Wiltshire Somerset borders.
Good luck for the roaring 20's
Dave Chittenden sounds fun!
If you visit the city of Petoskey, good luck finding any stones named after that city. You've found a treasure trove of those crazy fossils. I know people who have looked for hours trying to find one Petoskey. If they find a crappy holy one they get excited. The beach you're on would send them into a frizzy.
You had a great scenic hunt, but I could feel an inconvenient chill watch your adventure. Someday I would like to see you find a large nugget of GOLD. You deserve it for entertaining so many people.
Have a great and surprisingly wonderful new year.
I have hunted behind the D&W Fresh Market a couple of times in the very early spring. I've found several nice ones there. But the beach I hunt on is way better. After driving to the west side of the state a couple of times to hunt Petoskeys, I decided to stay on Lake Huron.
It wasn't that cold out that day. I stayed pretty warm, even when the waves went over my boots a few times.
I have found flour gold in the gold sands on the shores of Lake Superior. I have thought about making a video of using a Miller table to look for specks of gold, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't pick them up on camera.
I used to find them on my little piece of property east of Manistee out in the woods. Usually in the spring after the winter freeze . The ground frost would bring them up and if it's wet or after a rain was a bonus because you can see the pattern better.
@@FjHenderson yep, it’s hard to see them dry. That’s why I hunt the water.
This was a very prolific trip to the shore. You hadn't had so many keepers in awhile. Thank you for taking us along.
Looks as you had a lot of fun and found lots of keepers!
It's always fun to get out on the beach, even if there aren't any keepers.
Awesome video crazy weather ...Thank's
Such interesting rocks, I think I have found a couple of similar ones here in New Zealand. I won't try spell it but I wouldn't know it without watching this Chanel. My son thought he found a pudding stone, it's a piece of pavement but it has little pieces of agate through it. So much fun and lovely listening to the ocean on the rocks, thank you. #thefinders 😁👍🏼
I'd love to visit New Zealand some day. You have a beautiful country.
Do you realize that I'm not on an ocean beach? This is Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes. It's a very large freshwater lake.
Yes I did sorry I got mixed up calling it a beach. I'm about to go to the east coast here and the sounds are the same, your videos always makes me think of there. When I first started watching your Chanel I wondered if it was a lake or not. I did question it again when you were at the frozen bay then mentioned going to the open water. Don't mind me lol
My knees are shot. Where did you get that great stone picker upper?
Funny, what petoskys you dump I'd jump at, since there are none here, even in our 350-400 mya pennsylvania later up north. Beautiful.
I made it. I cut the handle off a slotted spoon and glued it into the end of a piece of PVC pipe. Kingsley North sells one that looks nice, but I've been too cheap to buy one. It comes in a couple different sizes and models. kingsleynorth.com/treasure-scoop-42-inch.html
That was fun just watching you trying to avoid the water. It looks like a bunch of rocks to look at on that beach. Great show !!!!
I'm used to hunting in waders, so I'm not very good at avoiding waves. I'm glad you were amused!
9:33 what a painting.☺️ Thank you for this video.
9mins in, the sound of the waves mixing the rocks up noise is very neat, love it.
Yes, those rocks really move around a lot in the waves.
@@MichiganRocks When hiking sometimes along rivers i can hear the big boulders rolling around. Really shows the power of water and not to be messed with in the wrong way.
@@jerryklutts8615 The ice really moves stuff around too.
Love your show! Thank you for sharing your expertise! Blessed New Year to you!
Thanks!
OMG .. In Indonesia the stone is called a lotus stone .. If you have made a ring the price can be very expensive .. Especially the black one and the pattern is neat
Which stone is called lotus stone? I picked up a lot of rocks.
The one you name it petasky stone
@@bdprasongko Petoskey Stone is the state stone of Michigan. It's pretty common. Lots of it gets made into jewelry and other things. It sells well, but isn't very expensive because it's so common.
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@@bdprasongko I've seen that Indonesian coral before. It does look a lot like Petoskey Stone. Nice stuff.
Another great video...the beaches remind me of back home in Maine, just trade out the fresh for salt water. I could just sit there & smoke a pipe too
I'll stick to breathing in the fresh air. I always pictured Maine beaches as having much larger rocks.
@@MichiganRocks fresh air is preferable also😁. You wouldn't be wrong with the assumption of rock size on beaches up there. Look up Jasper Beach, Maine & check out the photos (figure you'd like that place)...the beach is loaded with it & I remember going there as a child searching for rocks. Still hv some polished ones from those days.
@@Charlie-lh4xb I'm planning to retire in a year and Maine is on my list of place I want to go. I think it will be fun to take a trip just as school is going back in session (I"m a teacher).
@@MichiganRocks I was just watching the video on making pendants for ur wife, before I head to work...👌. If u do go up there skip the Portland area (very! touristy) & head straight for Bar Harbour. More authentic "downeast" vibe & Schoodic point is a must, even though they don't allow u to take rocks there 🙄 a couple in the pocket is ok. That's all
Still loven your walks picking up anything interesting, plus a lot of beautiful rocks
Thanks, Deidre. I'm glad you're enjoying them.
Amazing rock hunt!!! You make me jealous!!! Happy New Year!!!
The beard suits you 👌🏼 I could fall asleep to the sound of the waves! Another great video! 👍🏼
My wife would disagree about the beard. She keeps calling me Uncle Jesse.
Have mercy
@@MichiganRocks HaHa
I'm so glad I found your channel! I live on Lake Huron too. Harrisville. Not sure if you've heard of it, but I found probably 15 pudding stones this weekend😍 I found your channel searching for a tutorial on how to polish them. I walked the beach and collected rocks and beach glass every day this weekend.
I was there yesterday. I grew up at Hubbard Lake. I graduated from Alcona High. What I'm saying is I've been to Harrisville a couple of times.
Yesterday my neighbor and I found some puddingstones and Petoskey Stones. I'll have a video coming out one of these days.
If you want more tumbling videos, I'm working on a couple now. It will be a couple months before they're done, but I'll be doing at least one with only a rotary tumbler. I have one up now on tumbling crazy lace agate, but it uses both a rotary and a vibratory tumbler. Most beginners only have a rotary.
What a small world!!! The Harrisville State Park was so amazing for rock collecting this weekend!
My son has a rotary tumbler, (Just a NatGeo one from Amazon, he's only 10) but I was hoping to find a way to polish them with a sander or sandpaper, which honestly I didn't even know what possible until I saw someone talk about it in a Facebook group.
I've been collecting rocks for years but haven't ever really done anything with them.
I'm going to watch your newest video and see if I recognize you 😂 That's the thing about Alcona, pretty much everyone knows each other somehow or another. 😊
@@heathera.1920 I live in Alpena now, so I don't get to Harrisville very often.
I have a video on how to polish Petoskey Stones with sandpaper. I also have a video on using a rock tumbler to tumble crazy lace agate. There are more tumbling tutorial videos in the works, but it will be a couple months before they're done. Tumbling takes a lot of time.
I have not heard good things about the National Geographic tumbler. I belong to an online lapidary forum where some people have come complaining that they couldn't get a shine with that tumbler. If I remember correctly, one of the problems was the grit or maybe the polish that came with the tumbler. therockshed.com has good polish (and other tumbling grits).
I am new to your channel and I just have to say that I really enjoy watching your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your videos. I look forward to seeing more.🙂
Thanks! There will be a new one every Friday evening.
@@MichiganRocks Awesome! Thank You!
Wow! I love all kinds of gems and stones- my dream is to have lots of Alexandrite gems someday because I love the way they change colors! Those Petoskey stones are pretty!
I had to look up Alexandrite. Looks a little expensive to me, but it sure is pretty.
The ones you throw back would make many young kids very happy! I run a store on the shores of Lake Michigan where we have a ton of people that come in looking for Petoskey stones, especially children. They dont care if they are perfect, any and all of the ones you throw back would make their day! I need to hunt where you go, we never find that many here especially the perfect ones.
I lived in Oscoda for years. I never had time to gather gems. Wish I had. I keep seeing green and bluish stones. Wish I was there to gather them! Thanks for taking me along.
Oscoda probably has some good rocks too. The greenish and bluish stones aren't very bright colors, at least not to my eyes. A lot of people comment on them though, so they must look better to other people. The other reason I don't pick them up is that they are usually all the same color, with no pattern. I like patterns in my rocks. It makes them more interesting. Kind of cool that different people like different things so we're not all fighting over the same rocks.
Thank you for the great video! As I watch it the sound of the waves is lulling me to sleep 🥱
Glad to put you to sleep!
Last summer I took my wife rock hunting north of crystal falls. She fell in love with the beauty in the rocks. We came home with a 5 gal bucket full. Last October for her birthday I bought a reel good rock tumberler. I'm still waiting for her to pick out the rocks she wants done.
I'm not very familiar with that part of the state. If you go back, swing by Kingsley North in Norway. I have never been there, but I'd love to go through their tumbling rough and pick out some good stuff.
Love your videos! We had so much fun hunting for Petoskey stones a few months ago.
I've been enjoying your videos for a few days now. Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to film / edit / post. Although I'm not as mobile as I used to be, I've been looking a little closer at what I'm walking past.
I'm also about 50 hours into my first tumble in 20+ years. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Mark, I'm glad you're enjoying them. I've been having fun making them. Good luck with that tumble!
I go out year around and not always by one of the big lakes. My foster father was a geologist. Just found my first petosky stone Friday on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
Do you have many Petoskey Stones on that side of the lake?
love seeing fresh rocks
It's a thrill whenever I find a really good one. It just never gets old.
Hilarious! Time for something warm to drink. That was very fun. Thanks for sharing your walk and exploration. Stay warm & dry!
Thanks!
Woot, another vid. Great Channel.
Thanks!
Rocks are beautiful wet. Like seeing the fossils.
Beautiful location. No sign of plastic on the beach, which makes a change.
I did pick up a piece of plastic and a few other pieces of trash, but the beach is pretty clean.
Last few times I visited Crawford County, I've been finding reddish orange petoskeys. They've all been microcrystaline and one is about the size of 2 golf balls put together. I also found the blackest petoskey I've ever found there too.
I wonder if they’re iron stained or something.
Your editing skills are approaching pro level!
Really? I'm just faking it. I spend most of my time leveling horizons so the water doesn't spill off the edge of the screen.
@@MichiganRocks That's a very good skill to learn, and you've mastered that.
@@thesteveprichard I wish I could master holding the camera level so I wouldn't have to spend so much time editing.
@@MichiganRocks You need a camera person.
@@thesteveprichard When are you available?
Thank you for sharing - I watch your videos to help relax, and I can’t wait to get to up to your neck of the woods Kayaks and all ;). Thanks again!
It's a great place to kayak!
Michigan Rocks - awesome! I’ll just tag along behind and pickup some of the stones you’re dropping 😂 Thanks again - looking forward to your next video 👍😊
This what DVD are for...educational and bloody interesting....Excellent, let's have lots more
Glad you liked it. There may not be lots more this year, but there will be at least one more because I went to the beach today.
The decade doesn't end until the last day of 2020. I do love the nice fossils, etc.
Thanks. Someone else pointed this out and I did a little research. Apparently that's up to debate to some extent, but I still learned something. Thanks for the education.
Nice haul! I bet finding all those keepers makes braving the elements worth it!
It wasn't all that uncomfortable that day. Other than the water in my boots it was really nice. Even the boot water warned up pretty quickly.
does glass tumble smooth on lake huron ?
I don't find much beach glass, but I think it looks pretty much like any other beach glass. The sharp edges get rounded off, and it all gets frosted.
@@MichiganRocks thank you; i love rocks and plan to travel to Alberta to find some fossils this summer
Look's like a awesome beach. Do you ever go out at dusk on the beach and look for sodalite rocks that glow with a uv light? It looks like that beach would be a good one to look for them.
No, I haven’t. I plan to buy a U.V. light to look on Lake Superior next summer, and I’ll definitely try it on this beach too.
Love the amount of jasper in that first pudding stone, almost looked like they were placed. Love petoskey stone's always. Like your petoskey retriever but I think I've said that before.
Do you find much "sea" lake glass?
I find very little beach glass. I don't really care about finding it, but I pick it up for my sister. No beach glass on this trip.
I have got to plan a trip this summer to come and look for Petosky stones.
Blue sky, ahhh itchin to hit the beach🙂
At 11:52 you explained the grey rock with the circle on it in scientific terms. Could you please share what it is in layman's terms? It is quite interesting.
I'm pretty sure that was a crinoid calyx. A crinoid is a fossil marine animal. There are a lot of crinoid stem pieces in this area, but I rarely find the head or calyx. I have never found one on this beach. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid
I would guess a small fossil. There's tons of them here in western Texas, called the Permian Basin.
I love going but hate hauling my bucket back to the car lol I try to be selective but always end up with too many
The trick is to walk away from the car without looking for rocks and fill the bucket on the way back. I never have figured out how to accomplish that first part though.
So jealous of your rock hunting this time of the year. Once again another nice video. We just had a discussion about puddingstones, are they only found around Michigan? I have a few but definitely would have hauled all that you found home with me. The quartz you found was very pretty too. Thank you for interesting video.
There are various rocks in different parts of the world called puddingstones. The ones I find are sometimes called "Michigan puddingstones", but they're actually from Canada. Glaciers brought them here and I hear they can be found in nearby states. I met someone this summer who finds them in Indiana.
Do you ever find Leelaneau blue stones, I have never found any of these but have bought a few pieces of jewelry at craft shows up north. This...lol past summer I bought a necklace with a stone called pioneer blue. Are you familiar with either of these?
@@pattytryc417 I've never heard of Pioneer Blue, but I have heard of Leeland Blue. I wouldn't find that here in Lake Huron because Leeland is across the state on Lake Michigan. I find some slag in the Rockport quarry, but it's very ugly stuff.
I can hardly wait to find my own petoskey and pudding stones!
Good luck!
Nice to see you can get out this time of the year 😀
I'm surprised that I can see rocks this time of year. I expected them to be snowed in.
My gosh, those waves just never stop! Those rocks beautiful... do you polish them or leave them as is? Thank you for the video!
I polish them. If you look around my channel a bit, you'll find videos of polished Petoskey and Puddingstones, and how to do it yourself if you want to. Petoskey Stones look way better polished. If you've never seen one, please look at my video.
Very cool. Best video ever. Did you switch cameras, or lenses?
Like the sun? You gotta love our closest star; its what made it warm enough for you to go rock hunting.
No snow or ice here in West Texas, he, he!
Amazing to know that I live in a desert that used to be under the biggest ocean.
Also weird that I live in a cold climate that used to be a tropical sea. Isn't geology cool?
I didn't switch cameras. I used a GoPro 7 Black for this video and most of my others. I like it.
@@MichiganRocks Alright, thanks for the info. I went with mirrorless Sony, being a newbie.
@@thesteveprichard I'm a newbie too. I'm sure your Sony is better. I just wanted something durable and waterproof.
@@MichiganRocks You are a prodigy, when it comes to camera work. No doubt.
so beautiful. Enjoyed the ride
Glad you enjoyed it.
Those are some really nice stones, thanks for sharing your rock hunting adventures 👍🏼
Thanks for tagging along!
the rocks you are calling "pudding stones", remind me of the core samples they dug up at the Chicxulub crater. It has the impact mess of stones look. There are craters north of there.
That's cool. Do you have pictures of the core samples. I just did a quick Google search and didn't see anything that looked like puddingstone.
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@@MichiganRocks . note that I see the rocks in the Great lakes as the same as the core samples, just exposed and being tossed about for eons.
@@MichiganRocks maybe the State rock, coral fossils where under the ice like they are in Antarctica and then buried and fossilized after impact, hmm
@@obronkonobe8704 Ok, I see what you mean. Not exactly the same, just made up of different stuff.
Should’ve been wearing your waders but they might have been to warm. But the cold wet feet 🦶 just about kill me when I am out. Snowing here in central Mn. Ice storm in our area over New Years so many of my family played low key.
I got my feet wet, but I was never cold. There wasn't much point in waders with the big waves. Boots are easier to move around in.
Rock picking can be so distracting. I try not to get distracted on my walks. But I am a photographer too so I am always looking for photos. The combination of the two and I get distracted.
Here on the Bay of Fundy with the highest tides in the world it's easy to get blocked by tides leaving your stranded for hours.
I play with a sling down on rock banks like this because of the endless ammo. It's good exorcise and stress relief. I like shooting rocks with a little hole in them because them whistle all the way to the target. They mimic the old roman sling shot found with holes in them and are probably how the Romans first got onto the idea.
Can you skip them with a sling?
Interesting rock.We don't see and hear about pudding rock here in Japan.Great video.
This type of puddingstone is only found in and around Michigan. They're very popular here.
@@MichiganRocks Wow, that's precious. Thanks for the reply.
Nice Video! Good rockhound walking
Man, you are killing me. I would LOVE to have any of the fossils you left. I saw several rocks too but it those fossils. In central Iowa we find limestone, limestone and more limestone. Occasionally some sand stone, quartz, granite and iron pyrite. Nothing as beautiful as you have there.
Mama's gone detecting no fossils in your limestone? Rockport quarry here is full of fossils, and so are many other places. They’re much better fossils than on the beach because they’re not all worn down by the waves.
@@MichiganRocks I have found some but they are usually small and things like little clam shells. I have also found some in some shale and some sand stone but again nothing really nice.
@@mamasgonecreating1967 We have a lot of brachiopods (like clam shells) here too. But more than that we have coral. Lots of different kinds and some of it is huge.
Super video - especially for this time of the year. You ever see rocks on your videos that you missed when hunting?
Not really, but I clearly saw the Petoskey stone that I lost in the waves. Made me feel a little silly for not seeing it while I was on the beach.
@@MichiganRocks No specific rock. Just catch myself saying - wish he would have picked that one up. :-)
What are the dark green stones out there? They are gorgeous! Maybe green jasper? Serpentine? Its Beautiful tho, I assume you have some already. I live southwest and we rarely get snow here, the last time was 2016. The southern New Mexico was completely frozen! No one was ready for it and thousands of pipes froze, even the electric company was having a hard time keeping up with the amount of electricity that was being drained! It was terrible! No one was ready for it. We have not had it happened since. Not even a little bit.
Crystal and Robert Dominguez a lot of people comment on the green stones. To me, in person, they don’t look all that green. I’m not sure what they are and I never bring them home. In Lake Superior, there are a lot of green rocks that I like a lot. Most of them are epidote or unakite, which is a rock that contains epidote and feldspar. I find the occasional unakite here but it’s not as common.
What are the green stones? Thank you
I'm not sure which rocks you're talking about. I don't usually find a lot of green rocks in this area. Can you give me a time in the video when you saw one?
@@MichiganRocks Thanks for reply. 0:36 and 16:59. Maybe they're just boring slate. Lol. Btw, Happy New Year.
@@audschaeffer3135 I’m not sure what those are. They’re not very green. In Liske Superior, there is epidote, which is very green and polishes well. I find some here, but it’s pretty uncommon.
Thank you for sharing this awesome rock hunt with us; seemed like you had a blast out there!
Was a real pick-me-up during these dreary, cold MI winters ☀️
Didn’t realize the Lk Huron shores were full of so many gorgeous colors, as well as an abundance of Petoskey’s.
You're welcome. I was having a blast, but it was a fairly cold day. You should watch some of my summer videos to feel even better.
Michigan Rocks Oh trust me, I often do!!!
Michigan Rocks Your vids of Au Train & Grand Marais are a couple of my favs- have great memories of rock hunting there myself ☀️
I love the ocean, I l have been collecting seashells since I was a child. I also love coral and pretty stones. I live in Chicago but have never seen or heard of a Petoski (forgive my spelling)stone before stumbling apron your channel. I want one of those really bad. I love the coral patterns in them 🙂
I wouldn’t be shocked if you could find Petoskey stones in your area. I don’t know if the glaciers carried them that far, but I know the can be found in southern Michigan. They’re common in the northern part of Lake Michigan. Get out to a beach a and look for some!
Here in New Brunswick Canada we are not allowed to remove shells from the beaches. I disagree with it and I do bring home the odd shell. Governments have to much control anyways.
Michigan Rocks Who knows. I’ll keep a close eye out for them, thanks!
Where are you on lake Huron, I am from Ohio and would love to come up and rock hunt next summer
Northeastern lower Peninsula.
@onthegas7 Rockport State Park has a lot of fossils. There is a beach, a quarry, and sinkholes behind the quarry. I’m sure there are other public beaches with good rocks, I’m just not sure which ones.
We brought back almost 500 pounds of pudding stone back from Ontario a couple years ago. The fishing resort we stayed at has outcrops and of it. Up in Algoma country. It would make beautiful slabs if ya had a large enough saw to slab the absolute yard boulders we have. Lol
Are there any laws about bringing rocks from Ontario into the US? I was thinking about going there sometime to go rock hunting, but I didn't know what I could legally bring home. There are all those questions at the border.
@@MichiganRocks to be honest I’m not sure. We brought them back in our boat and weren’t asked about it so we didn’t say anything. 🤷♂️. My niece can’t refuse to find and keep any rock. Lol. I’ve rubbed off on her a bit.
Well I wouldn't bring it up either if I wasn't asked. I'll have to do a little research if I get serious about making a trip to Canada. I think it would be fun to do a video on the source of puddingstones, among other things.
@@MichiganRocks It’s awesome rockhounding up there too. Lots of old mines and lots of public/crown property to explore. where we were at is about 1.5 hours north of Sault Ste. Marie off of highway 129. Been going up there for 40+ years and had never searched for the large outcrops of puddingstone. Had collected plenty just from roadway beds but this time we found a very large outcrop with boulders off the beaten path. Picked only what had been weathered and broke off.
@@williamtyler4428 Definitely on my list of places to check out. Thanks for the additional information.
Comes from a previous video to see the mudstone at 4:23. Stays to watch the video already seen all over again!😄
That's ok, I don't mind.
Do tell how are the rock find around the middle of August...?? We adventure Mich. Then each year and was wondering if they would be picked over?
This beach is all surrounded by private property, so it's pretty good all summer. It's always best after a storm though. The best public beaches I've been to are in Harrisville and at the Sturgeon Point lighthouse. They're not as good as this beach, and the rocks tend to be smaller, but I found several Petoskey stones and puddingstones last weekend. Those beaches would definitely be more picked over in the summer.
I see its Lake Huron I was wondering where you started is there a better part to go?
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Need to make myself a replica of your cool slotted spoon pick up! On all the videos I’ve watched, I keep looking to see if someone asked you how you made it. I’m guessing it’s an old broom handle that you cut a slot into, jammed the bent spoon in and anchored it with a screw??
You have most of that right. The handle is a piece of PVC pipe. I had to remove the plastic part of the handle and grind down the remaining metal part to fit into the pipe. I used silicone or Shoe Goo to fill in around the handle and put a couple bolts through. It wasn’t difficult, it’s a figure it out as you go along project.
You're leaving the large puddingstone for someone else??? Instead, I'll send you $30 to box it up and send to ME! Come on man, I want a puddingstone bad!
Sorry about that. The waves have probably claimed it by now.
HaHa. I see him picking rocks I'd love to have but I do the same thing. If I already have too many of that kind I will toss it further up the bank for someone else to claim. I through them up the bank because I live where we have really high tides so I toss them up where the tide won't reclaim them.
@@BackYardGardeningTip Well you're a good man then! I'm in Florida so the likelihood of me finding that puddingstone MR tossed back are one in a trillion...so yes, I guess you could say I have a chance of finding it...LOL.
Another great walk on the beach! I think you might need higher boots!
I have waders, I just didn't think it was worth wearing them with the big waves.
What spots around Alpena/Roger's City would you recommend for beach hunting?
There's a roadside park about 10 miles south of Rogers City that's not bad. 40 Mile Point Lighthouse, just north of Rogers City is pretty good. Hoeft State park has a lot of really small rocks. The southern part is better. Thomson Harbor State Park is so-so. RockPort is pretty awesome. The quarry has literally tons of fossils, there are sink holes behind the quarry and there are gastropods on the beach to the north. Negwegon is decent to the north.
The crinoid is a cross section of a straight shelled cephalopod shell showing the inner siphuncle.
Ok, it's time to admit that I don't know that much about fossils. I don't know what you just said. I looked up cephalopod, which I had heard of, but wasn't sure what it was. Now I know that's the octopus/squid class. I don't know what a siphuncle is. I thought what I was seeing was a crinoid calyx with the stem in the middle. So how do you know it's a cephalopod? I need an education here. Whatever it is, I've never found one like it before.
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Nice day for a walk on the beach.
sunqwest1 sure was!
AMEN....Thank you for taking those of us who can't do it anymore...on your rock picks! LOVE it.....Are you doing the Keweenaw this year?? LOVE your vids...
I sure hope to get up that way. I’d didn’t go last summer.
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I only learned of Petoskey stones last year and now I want to plan a vacation to Michigan to hunt for them!! ♥️
What time of year and locations do you recommend?
Summer is the best weather. Spring or fall is best for rock picking. Spring is good because most people don't pick much in the winter and the ice moves the rocks around. Fall is good because there are bigger storms so the waves move the rocks around.
As for a location, that's a tough question. The beach in this video is surrounded by private property, so you have to know someone to gain access. I have hunted Harrisville State Park a couple times this winter and had some success. I have no idea how good it is in the summer when people are camping there. Rockport is great for fossils. There are Petoskey stones there, but they're pretty low quality. I have some videos of the quarry, beach, and sinkholes there. It's a fun place.
I'm not very familiar with Lake Michigan beaches, but there are plenty of Petoskey stones found on the west side of the state.
Michigan Rocks Thank you so much for all the tips! I may try to make it up there in the spring or fall to avoid any crowds or hot weather. I’m only coming up from Ohio, so I’m used to hunting in spring/fall temps. I can’t wait to get up there!
@@TinaHyde good luck on your hunt!
"Filled my water with boot." That was too funny.,😆
Pearly Everlasting filled it right up to the top!
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Can you find some of these stones around Port Huron or do you have to go more north?
I have never hunted in that area, but I've been told that puddingstones and Petoskey Stones can be found even south of Michigan. So I would expect that you should be able to find both in Port Huron. Don't give up if you don't find them on the first beach. There are beaches here that are great (like this one) and beaches that don't have any good rocks.
I loved that first puddingstone you threw back because it didn't have enough red in it. is the red sometimes buried inside?
It's possible the there's more jasper inside, but in my experience, it's not likely. Puddingstones are sedimentary rocks. In large boulders, it's not uncommon to have layers with lots of color and other layers with just plain matrix rock. The layers can be up to almost a foot wide. Did you see that last puddingstone? It was half good and half bad. I'd bet that the bad side didn't have any jasper all the way through. That's why I don't bother keeping the ones that don't show much color.
@@MichiganRocks Interesting! The reason I asked is because I thought I saw a flash of pink on the "bad" side of that first one, and it made me wonder if there actually was color inside. I think it's crazy that the Petoskey stones can vary so much - perfect on one side, garbage on the other!
@@KatyDidRocks I could definitely be wrong about some of the puddingstones. I just didn't want to spend the time cutting something that isn't likely to be good inside.
@@MichiganRocks Oh, yeah, true story! I ask only because I know very little about the rocks in that area - and as I have learned, rock hunting is better if you are prepared. Who knows, I may end up in Michigan someday. :D
Hello . well I'm rock hunting with you and of course I'm looking at everything... Wish I was actually there. Anyways at 15:54 on this video as soon as you lift your hand pause the video. On the left is a blue small stone. I'm going insane... What is that rock.. Lol. I would have grabbed it just cuz.. But if you know I would love to know too. Great videos.
It’s hard to know exactly what rock you’re talking about. There’s a small gowganda tillite there. It has pinkish spots on a gray rock, but it might look blue on your screen.