Love your videos of the amazing colours of Mother Nature. Keep em coming. Your boys are cuties and enjoy what you do. I’ll visit Nova Scotia next year.
I think that looks like one of the coolest places you could ever go rock hounding. Those agate seams are so neat to see . Beautiful beach and AWESOME seam agates ! Keep rockin!!👍😎
I liked that little chunk at 4:20, looks like it would tumble up amazing. That flame agate is incredible too! Let's not forget that tasty amethyst 🤩 I can't believe how huge those seams are!!!! I don't know if I could leave a place like that. All the gorgeous rocks you find make me wanna move out that way, hahahaha. Cant wait to see some of them polished! Excellent video my friend, rock on 😁🤘
Most beautiful seams on TH-cam! Hope it wasn't all fractured up too bad! I wonder how far that seam goes out under the water?! You might need to get yourself a battery powered roto hammer for this operation!
Thanks bro! These seams from this location aren't typically fractured where they are so close to the original source seam. If they are my buddy came up with a way to dress them up and display them which I'll be doing a video demonstrating here before Xmas hopefully.
What an amazing location, with incredible treasures; truly spectacular. If you know someone that has the equipment, some of those pieces would make gorgeous marbles. I would love to see that, 😃.
@@RockhoundingLife Yes they are! I bought my first few marbles a couple years ago at a local show and would love to have one. That's an item a guy needs to get from someone upgrading (or retiring) 😃
You really make me want to move to Nova Scotia my friend... That place is so plentiful of such a beautiful variety of material... I am just stunned every time. But thankfully I prepared myself with some extras drool rags beforehand because I knew with that thumbnail of yours this was going to be drooltastic😜 Holy smoky amethyst💜 What a score! I can't even. It's awesome you found ones with the points still in great shape! Bea-u-ti-ful✨ This is a great video Jason. You really do a great job with the filming and editing and music etc.... Just wanted to mention that. Keep on rockin on😜
Thanks Marlaina!!! Some of the points were a bit banged up on some but it was from a fresh fall from the cliff so we got it early. Haha!! Drooltastic....I love it!! Thanks for the kind words. I try to make the videos enjoyable as much as I can with our crazy schedule. 4 kids all in activities makes it hard to devote time to TH-cam editing!
Happy Thanksgiving! If looks like you found a lot to be thankful for. A good y ,your son by your side and a wall full of goodies. Thanks for taking us along. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
I watch a lot of rockhounding vids w/ closed captions and it always struggles with "seam agates." Anyway, good job finding all those amazing "sea maggots!"
Another super cool hunt,, really looking forward to seeing your finds polished. Poor Nolan looked worn out in the car 😂 Is the seam of agate in volcanic Rock? Any idea how long ago it formed? Love your videos, always so chilled, love you, love your family , thanks taking us along 👍😁
Nolan was worn out!! We both were. All the seams were in the host North Mountain Basalt which is a volcanic rock that formed as part of the CAMP eruption about 200MYA during the separation of Pangea.
Is Lobsber Hole near Cape Blomidon? Many years ago, 1970's I think, I read a article in the now defunct Lapidary Journal about Nova Scotia agates, amethyst's, etc. The article mentioned that Amethyst might be found in the Cape Blomidom area. I live in Connevticut, southern New England. Many years ago in August of both 1968 & 1973 spent a some vacation time in Nova Sccotia rockhounding along N S's northern shore as the tide had receded. As I recall, I found some interesting stones including a dark forest-green stone with red splotches scattered over its' surface. I cut a few slices, making them into cabachons. The red splotches continued through the stone, so I'm guessing it was Bloodstone. The last return trip to N S was in early September 2001, as part of a Cruise out of Boston, Massachusetts to Quebec, Quebec & return to Boston. On the outgoing part of the cruise was spent in Halifax, Annopolis/Amherst & part of Cape Breton; on the return part of trip, again in another portion of C B I'd never had a chance to explore, the Bras'd Or Lake region. All of N S is beautiful and am glad over the years I was able to spend vacations there. I enjoy your rockhounding expedition videos. Thank you for taking me "along". Look forward to more.
That is so cool! Yes you can find amethyst all over the cape split Blomidon area. You would have had the pick of a lot of great material in the 70's. Nothing was picked over back then and in abundance.
@@RockhoundingLife WOW! Thanks. When I was there in August of 1973 on a 2-week vacation which included Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, southern shore & interior of New Brunswick to Northern Maine, there wasn't much literature on hunting for stones: agates, jaspers, amethysts as I recall. There had been an article in one of the issues of the original publication of the now defunct Lapidary Journal, around 1971/72 on locations of Amethyst in relation to Cape Blomidon, but Not specific. Since I was living in southern New England at the time, my knowledge of that area of N S was next to nothing, although I knew the Tide Tables were extremely important as I had seen the Tide returning to the river in Truro in 1968! Awesome & So fast! That summer vacation was only 7 days long, from CT to NS, CB & the southern shore of NB with return to CT, but it was an eye-opener & I wanted to learn more. In those days, it was Long before the digital-age, the PC & the cell-phone, so all I had were books on these areas from the local town libraries & not many of those. I also had another curiosity to do with the Yarmouth, NS area. Not a direct ancestor, but a son of one of my dad's ancestors left Massachusetts in southern New England with his family to settle in Yarmouth sometime in the earlier 1700's and became a gristmill owner. On our 1st trip to NS, we took the Bluenose Ferry from Bar Harbour, ME to Yarmouth, NS & saw the gristmill grinding wheel that had been saved from the Selead Landers' mill. Even though I don't have a direct line to that branch of the Landers' family, it was still exciting to see it!. After that vacation ended, it was many, many years before I returned (life happens over many years), & I finally I returned briefly, in 2001, by way of a Cruise thru Maine, NS, CB, Quebec, CB, NB & Maine. Doubt I ever get back again, but have All those memories!
I am not sure if I can get direct plane from London and if I could take rocks back, but oh man. Nova Scotia has shot up my bucket list. Amazing agates and amazing nature!
Looking at those seams I couldn't help but think about diamond bladed chainsaws and how that would be the most Canadian rock hounding thing ever to actually bring one. That little agate almost looks like a Botswana agate. The amethyst around 14:15 kind of looks like some of them might be phantoms. Good day for sure.
I have some amethyst exactly like that, that a friend brought me from Thunder Bay Ontario! Wondering if it can be tumbled, because it looks like the crystals would just break apart! I don't want you destroy the pieces.
@@RockhoundingLife thanks! I'll try that in the spring, when I can put the tile saw outside! I have lots to cut! I make rings out of the stones I find, but don't have anything as nice as what you find!
Most of the time it's just dirt and my hose will clean them up. If not then I put them in vinegar. That usually gets rid of the dirt and green sea scum. If there is a lot of iron staining I use Iron Out.
Great videos! I’m down here in Yarmouth but plan to take a trip to the valley or neck to try an hunt down a few chunks suitable for knapping some arrowheads. Is this a location you would consider sharing??
Yes but unfortunately where this was on the beach we can't lay a claim on anything below the high water mark. Now I could lay a claim above the high water mark into the woods and dig. 🤔
Those seems are stunning! Are you allowed to use a hammer and chisel, or do you have to stick to surface finds. The areas you hunt are so incredible. Thank you for sharing.
Generally speaking if the seam is solid and not going to move we don;t touch it. If it is loose or cracked and we can remove it with our hands or with a gentle tap with the hammer then we do it. We aren't going to town hammering away on solid rock. It's too time consuming and hard and you usually just end up damaging the specimen.
Can anyone tell me the winter freezing and thawing cracks and crumbles an exposed agate seam. I live in Missouri and exposed chert will crack when the weather is cold.
Freeze thaw will definitely have an effect on a seam. That's why we came back this year to see if anything else was loosened up from last year. The freeze thaw will also expose new seams after a rock fall along the cliff face.
If you have large pretty purples please dont leave them in direct sun light it will fade them until they eventually yellow orange which how they make fake citrine
Seeing those natural seams was just Amazing! Love all the colours just Wow! and the amethyst was beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Adventure, music, treasure find, family fun, recap on pickings ♥️ it all.
Thank you!
Oh. My. God. I gotta get to Lobster Hole before I lose the ability to walk! Just amazing material!!!
It's an awesome spot but tough to get to and the beach is not easy to navigate especially with a pack full of rocks!!
* That Seam Agate is Fabulous.. It is SO Huge.. Did you hear the "Oooos & Aaahhs" as we gasped when we saw your finds?? Really Nice...
HaHA! They really are breath taking. Thanks so much for watching!!
Dang those amethyst pieces.... Star of the show for sure!
They really were!
Very amazing finding
Thanks you!
This is just unbelievable!!! Im speechless.... Best finds ever!
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Love your videos of the amazing colours of Mother Nature. Keep em coming. Your boys are cuties and enjoy what you do. I’ll visit Nova Scotia next year.
wow that is a crazy mix of rocks , a great score , that amethyst is sweet
Thanks!!
I think that looks like one of the coolest places you could ever go rock hounding. Those agate seams are so neat to see . Beautiful beach and AWESOME seam agates !
Keep rockin!!👍😎
It's one of my favorite places to go if not the favorite. Thanks for watching!!
Those seams are epic!
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I love your rocks thank you for your videos
Thank you for watching them!!
Lots of goodies.
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It may have been a long trudge, but WHAT A HAUL! Thanks for the slide show, some of the details were epic!
Thanks for watching!
Great beautiful material ! Thank you for sharing, NS is on my bucket list!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I liked that little chunk at 4:20, looks like it would tumble up amazing. That flame agate is incredible too! Let's not forget that tasty amethyst 🤩 I can't believe how huge those seams are!!!! I don't know if I could leave a place like that. All the gorgeous rocks you find make me wanna move out that way, hahahaha. Cant wait to see some of them polished! Excellent video my friend, rock on 😁🤘
Yep, Lots of awesome little tumblers form this trip! Thanks for watching!
Awesome finds, the amethyst pieces are killer!
Thanks!!
Very beautiful!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Worth the hike for sure, beautiful 😍
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I'll be waiting patiently for the slabbing and polishing video! I love these beautiful agates!
Coming soon!!
Most beautiful seams on TH-cam! Hope it wasn't all fractured up too bad! I wonder how far that seam goes out under the water?! You might need to get yourself a battery powered roto hammer for this operation!
Thanks bro! These seams from this location aren't typically fractured where they are so close to the original source seam. If they are my buddy came up with a way to dress them up and display them which I'll be doing a video demonstrating here before Xmas hopefully.
@@RockhoundingLife Sweeeet! Looking forward to it!
The lobster hole is where it’s at. Very cool😱
Yep...it's just a terrible hike back out with a pack full of rocks!!!
Had to leave a second comment. So much good stuff wow! Love those points and all! Some great pieces. I definitely want to see some slabs!
Coming soon!
Wow, what a vein there. So amazing to see that in real life, never seen one that long with agate in it. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What an amazing location, with incredible treasures; truly spectacular. If you know someone that has the equipment, some of those pieces would make gorgeous marbles. I would love to see that, 😃.
Thanks Grant! I've always thought about getting a small sphere making machine. They are expensive though!!
@@RockhoundingLife Yes they are! I bought my first few marbles a couple years ago at a local show and would love to have one. That's an item a guy needs to get from someone upgrading (or retiring) 😃
You really make me want to move to Nova Scotia my friend... That place is so plentiful of such a beautiful variety of material... I am just stunned every time. But thankfully I prepared myself with some extras drool rags beforehand because I knew with that thumbnail of yours this was going to be drooltastic😜 Holy smoky amethyst💜 What a score! I can't even. It's awesome you found ones with the points still in great shape! Bea-u-ti-ful✨
This is a great video Jason. You really do a great job with the filming and editing and music etc.... Just wanted to mention that. Keep on rockin on😜
Thanks Marlaina!!! Some of the points were a bit banged up on some but it was from a fresh fall from the cliff so we got it early. Haha!! Drooltastic....I love it!! Thanks for the kind words. I try to make the videos enjoyable as much as I can with our crazy schedule. 4 kids all in activities makes it hard to devote time to TH-cam editing!
After watching the first video you did there, I was hoping you'd go back again and you did! Thanks for the effort. You too, Nolan!👍👍
We go once at the beginning of the season and once at the end. To hard of a spot to get to to go any more than that! Thanks for watching!
Happy Thanksgiving! If looks like you found a lot to be thankful for. A good y ,your son by your side and a wall full of goodies. Thanks for taking us along. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Thank you very much and thanks for watching!!!
Man you have a lot of Stilbite! Loved the video!
Stilbite is pretty abundant on the Bay of Fundy Beaches. It's hard to find a nice piece due to the tides.
That is some neat stuff! I would love to come and collect some of this stuff!
You should!
Nice
Thanks
omg that amethyst, I would seriously faint if I found that lol
Haha....we almost did!
lovely stone, thanks.
Thank you! Cheers!
I watch a lot of rockhounding vids w/ closed captions and it always struggles with "seam agates." Anyway, good job finding all those amazing "sea maggots!"
Haha!! I noticed that too!!
Another super cool hunt,, really looking forward to seeing your finds polished.
Poor Nolan looked worn out in the car 😂
Is the seam of agate in volcanic Rock? Any idea how long ago it formed?
Love your videos, always so chilled, love you, love your family , thanks taking us along 👍😁
Nolan was worn out!! We both were.
All the seams were in the host North Mountain Basalt which is a volcanic rock that formed as part of the CAMP eruption about 200MYA during the separation of Pangea.
Good stuff! Wish I wasn’t so busy with school stuff and such recently, I really want to get out and hunt.
Spring is a better time around here after the thaw but the Lobster Hole never disappoints!
Is Lobsber Hole near Cape Blomidon? Many years ago, 1970's I think, I read a article in the now defunct Lapidary Journal about Nova Scotia agates, amethyst's, etc. The article mentioned that Amethyst might be found in the Cape Blomidom area.
I live in Connevticut, southern New England. Many years ago in August of both 1968 & 1973 spent a some vacation time in Nova Sccotia rockhounding along N S's northern shore as the tide had receded. As I recall, I found some interesting stones including a dark forest-green stone with red splotches scattered over its' surface. I cut a few slices, making them into cabachons. The red splotches continued through the stone, so I'm guessing it was Bloodstone. The last return trip to N S was in early September 2001, as part of a Cruise out of Boston, Massachusetts to Quebec, Quebec & return to Boston. On the outgoing part of the cruise was spent in Halifax, Annopolis/Amherst & part of Cape Breton; on the return part of trip, again in another portion of C B I'd never had a chance to explore, the Bras'd Or Lake region. All of N S is beautiful and am glad over the years I was able to spend vacations there.
I enjoy your rockhounding expedition videos. Thank you for taking me "along". Look forward to more.
That is so cool! Yes you can find amethyst all over the cape split Blomidon area. You would have had the pick of a lot of great material in the 70's. Nothing was picked over back then and in abundance.
@@RockhoundingLife WOW! Thanks.
When I was there in August of 1973 on a 2-week vacation which included Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, southern shore & interior of New Brunswick to Northern Maine, there wasn't much literature on hunting for stones: agates, jaspers, amethysts as I recall. There had been an article in one of the issues of the original publication of the now defunct Lapidary Journal, around 1971/72 on locations of Amethyst in relation to Cape Blomidon, but Not specific. Since I was living in southern New England at the time, my knowledge of that area of N S was next to nothing, although I knew the Tide Tables were extremely important as I had seen the Tide returning to the river in Truro in 1968! Awesome & So fast! That summer vacation was only 7 days long, from CT to NS, CB & the southern shore of NB with return to CT, but it was an eye-opener & I wanted to learn more. In those days, it was Long before the digital-age, the PC & the cell-phone, so all I had were books on these areas from the local town libraries & not many of those.
I also had another curiosity to do with the Yarmouth, NS area. Not a direct ancestor, but a son of one of my dad's ancestors left Massachusetts in southern New England with his family to settle in Yarmouth sometime in the earlier 1700's and became a gristmill owner. On our 1st trip to NS, we took the Bluenose Ferry from Bar Harbour, ME to Yarmouth, NS & saw the gristmill grinding wheel that had been saved from the Selead Landers' mill. Even though I don't have a direct line to that branch of the Landers' family, it was still exciting to see it!.
After that vacation ended, it was many, many years before I returned (life happens over many years), & I finally I returned briefly, in 2001, by way of a Cruise thru Maine, NS, CB, Quebec, CB, NB & Maine. Doubt I ever get back again, but have All those memories!
I am not sure if I can get direct plane from London and if I could take rocks back, but oh man. Nova Scotia has shot up my bucket list. Amazing agates and amazing nature!
You pay overbaggage fees for sure but in all honesty it would probably be worth it!!!
Looking at those seams I couldn't help but think about diamond bladed chainsaws and how that would be the most Canadian rock hounding thing ever to actually bring one. That little agate almost looks like a Botswana agate. The amethyst around 14:15 kind of looks like some of them might be phantoms. Good day for sure.
Haha..yeah for sure! Wish there was a safe way to get them out!!
I have some amethyst exactly like that, that a friend brought me from Thunder Bay Ontario! Wondering if it can be tumbled, because it looks like the crystals would just break apart! I don't want you destroy the pieces.
I wouldn't tumble this material. It would definitely damage the crystals. I will probably cut the edge off and polish it.
@@RockhoundingLife thanks! I'll try that in the spring, when I can put the tile saw outside! I have lots to cut!
I make rings out of the stones I find, but don't have anything as nice as what you find!
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A life time haul of Seam Agates in one day. #EpicHaulInCanada
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Amazing finds!
What do you normally use to clean your rocks ?
Most of the time it's just dirt and my hose will clean them up. If not then I put them in vinegar. That usually gets rid of the dirt and green sea scum. If there is a lot of iron staining I use Iron Out.
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Great videos! I’m down here in Yarmouth but plan to take a trip to the valley or neck to try an hunt down a few chunks suitable for knapping some arrowheads. Is this a location you would consider sharing??
This is from the lobster hole on Cape Split.
In Alaska, I can, and would, lay claim to a seam like that, still tracking upstream. The mountain valleys are very rugged and remote. Trapper scotty
Yes but unfortunately where this was on the beach we can't lay a claim on anything below the high water mark. Now I could lay a claim above the high water mark into the woods and dig. 🤔
Those seems are stunning! Are you allowed to use a hammer and chisel, or do you have to stick to surface finds. The areas you hunt are so incredible. Thank you for sharing.
Generally speaking if the seam is solid and not going to move we don;t touch it. If it is loose or cracked and we can remove it with our hands or with a gentle tap with the hammer then we do it. We aren't going to town hammering away on solid rock. It's too time consuming and hard and you usually just end up damaging the specimen.
@@RockhoundingLife I think that is a good way to go about it.
Approximately how many hours are there between the Bay of Fundy's waters receding from the shore & then the Bay water's returning?
High tide to Low tide is 6 hours
@@RockhoundingLife Thanks.
Can anyone tell me the winter freezing and thawing cracks and crumbles an exposed agate seam. I live in Missouri and exposed chert will crack when the weather is cold.
Freeze thaw will definitely have an effect on a seam. That's why we came back this year to see if anything else was loosened up from last year. The freeze thaw will also expose new seams after a rock fall along the cliff face.
If you have large pretty purples please dont leave them in direct sun light it will fade them until they eventually yellow orange which how they make fake citrine
Thanks for the info. They end up in a container in my garage. Thanks for watching!
Its ok it just annoys me when ppl destroy a beautifull stone lol