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My father was a rockhound most of his life from a very young age. He passed some of that passion on to 3 of his 8 kids. He made jewelry for friends and family. One of his prized posessions, rock wise, l now have. It is a Native American ax head made of Agatized Petrified Wood. Absolutely beautiful. He always loved Agate for it's varied colors and patterns. One piece of jewelry he made for a childhood friend of ours. That friend picked out the Agate and the cut he wanted, gave it to his mother for Christmas. Every time l saw that woman dressed up, she was wearing that pendant. She loved that stone.
Bewild Erment, loved seeing the word "rockhound." Sounds like my dad. He, too, made jewelry for family and friends. My aunt wore a big ring--a jade cabochon set in yellow gold, that he made for her. After she got it, she wore it the rest of her long life. Lots of stories of rockhounding, all fondly recalled by your post.
I once cut a rock with a machine similar like the one you used, and I found out that it was really fun. Especially when you look at the rock and see how “Beautiful” the rock is when you cut it in half. I’m not an expert on rocks but you never know what you will find in the rocks until you cut into them. I find it’s an Art in doing so. Thank you for your video’s. I’ll continue watching them.
Beautiful. I just started rockhounding this year and trying to learn as much as I can. Especially how to spot the outside skin and know. This helped and gorgeous pieces u opened. Thank you
Some years back I was walking in a park close to my home and saw a large rock of about 15 lbs, and knew it to be an Agate, so I took it home. It sat in our front yard for at least four or five years when an opportunity arose where I could trade some work to a company which cuts granite counter tops and got them to cut it into a large cube which weighs about 11.6 lbs which he polished to a to a smooth shine on all sx sides and it now sits in our curio cabinet in the living room.How did I know it was an agate? Agate has a peculiar aspect, in that when it is hit with a hard object it forms little half moon scars which the gray one he cut second had some of, and as you can see it is a nice agate. Many years ago I was four wheeling north of Mt. Shasta California, where you could pick up fist-sized agates on top the ground like it was an easter-egg hunt. I got there by traveling up Dead Indian Road out of Ashland Oregon and then making a right turn into a forest rangers four wheel drive road and went south for miles toward Shasta.
These ones are about as attractive as roaches compared to specimens from Agate creek, and other locations around Australia. Hope you also have nice ones over there.
Ни за что бы не подумал, что внутри может быть что-то ценное😮 Эти камни выглядят совершенно обыкновенными. Такие тысячами лежат по берегам рек и озёр - да где угодно!
going to have to rethink what an agate looks like. Oregon beach agates are an entirely different animal. But good to see what you find when you cut into what i would have passed up.
at 2:46 minutes on the right surface the right index finger is pointed, if you look closely it looks like a painting of a rabbit's face with one black and one yellow eye
Really exciting to see this video, I just cut two open that had that same waxy like spots and had a similar insides and colors. Really helpful video, because I was scratching my head on those. Thanks Taylor!
Maybe I'm too easily pleased, but an agate is an agate. Plus to my understanding they are a lot rarer in the U.P.. I have several mottled agates, and they have their own character. I really like the roll of the chert banding. Not many agates even do that. Also I thought that the first one might even be Orange Granite, so I probably wouldn't have even picked it up; I've been fooled SO many times by it, but maybe I need to look a little closer in the future. Thank you.
Yea, I'm looking at getting a dremmel tool , mainly for some of my Jaspers, but I do have a couple of agates that if cleaned up a bit would look a lot better; mainly the ones from my L.C. gravel road.
coooool, the left side of the chert looks like a lizard head huntin'(cause that's what lizards do haha), yellow spot is the eye. 🦎 enjoyed the vid Taylor 👊
Thanks for sharing, both were beautiful indifferent ways. Yep I'd make something with them both. For me it's about colors and patterns. If I think it's cool maybe someone else will too.
I was just in the UP in Grand Marais, I had a great rock hounding harvest 😃. Found a couple fossils and some nice sized agates. Some are questionable, I wish I had a saw to take a peek inside.
Holy smokes batman! Haha those are wild! That chert I certainly didn't expect anything like that inside but Wow! So much going on it both. Thank you so much!
@@AgateDad absolutely! That agate was found in the water on the Keweenaw Peninsula, up at copper harbor, Maggie found it just glowing in the sunlight that morning, where most of the stone there is brown / red iron staining so this thing popped out like a neon light in the water!
@@jenniferi7196 Chert is a type of Jasper, so it will always be opaque and light wont shine through it like agate. Chert is typically a greyish blue or a brown sandy color and although they can have some banding and swirls of such but its not the self organized structure that takes place in agate
@Cams Video Collections thank you. So I wonder if a lot of what I'm finding in the water here in FL is chert vs agatized coral 🤔 I wish I could post a picture
Another fine job on your cutting and the other things you. I would to say that 2nd rock looks like you need 12X12 inches so a person could tile there floors. But I don't know if there any thing that big to do that so the next good thing is just polish it and add it to the collection. I'm going now thanks Ray 😊
I live in Kentucky and hunt a lot of geodes, I haven't tried looking for agate, I know LOTS of it is here, most of I find are little chunks if I do find it. Not quite sure what to look for In bigger pieces
We found a bunch of those red ones on a trip to the UP a few months ago. I cut one open and it looks exactly like the one you cut. I wasnt sure if that is agate or not. Cool stuff.
went as I expected...that little limonite "window on the grey rock, looked too much like chert for it to be much of anything else, and the red one was red...but I was surprised it was agate.... but if either was, it had to be that one
I’m in awe of the SIZE of the agates in Michigan and Lake Superior. Makes our pea size Pacific Ocean beach agates look like pinheads Lol….still addicted to the hunt though…we have the clear white agates out here. ❤ Love your vids.
You’re not looking in the right places then. Hint: summer 1956 river phoenix blueberry pie eating contest where the pioneers park. I’ve pulled out ones bigger than a basketball and lots of softball sizes.
With all due respect I'm curious what made you think either were agates? I always thought you'd look for a glassy like window. Was it all the pits? That gray one through me for a loop. Didn't expect that at all. Lil hack if you want to try it. Instead of polishing them to keep that wet look just throw a few coats of polyurethane on them. It's a great hack when you know polishing is going to take away any really nice detail on slabs.
I have a big honkin' rock I found on the lake I grew up on, last time I was back for a visit. (NW WI) Been toting it around for years now. May I send you some pics of it on FB to see what you think?
I’m not quite sure on the differences between the different kinds of microcrystalline quarts? Like flint, chert, agate, and jasper ? Is it just a lapidary term or is something different compositionally?
Thanks for watching and have an amazing day! Don’t forget to subscribe ❤️
سلام من از ایران برنامه شماره دنبال میکنم خوشا زیر نویس فارسی هم ایجاد کنید با تشکر
The 2nd one looks like a fetus of a dinosaur inside an egg
Veliki pozdrav iz jedne daleke male zemlje MONTENEGRO.
Porasla sam uz razne kamenje a nikada nisam se sjetila tako da ih odvojim da vidim kako izgledaju
Predivno 👍👍👍👍👍
دوست عزیز تشکر بابت وقتی که برای انتشار برنامه صرف میکنید خواهشا ترجمه فارسی هم برای برنامه بگذارید تشکر
My father was a rockhound most of his life from a very young age. He passed some of that passion on to 3 of his 8 kids. He made jewelry for friends and family. One of his prized posessions, rock wise, l now have. It is a Native American ax head made of Agatized Petrified Wood. Absolutely beautiful. He always loved Agate for it's varied colors and patterns. One piece of jewelry he made for a childhood friend of ours. That friend picked out the Agate and the cut he wanted, gave it to his mother for Christmas. Every time l saw that woman dressed up, she was wearing that pendant. She loved that stone.
Bewild Erment, loved seeing the word "rockhound." Sounds like my dad. He, too, made jewelry for family and friends. My aunt wore a big ring--a jade cabochon set in yellow gold, that he made for her. After she got it, she wore it the rest of her long life. Lots of stories of rockhounding, all fondly recalled by your post.
I’d like to see that ax head I found one at my grandparents when I was around 6
at the gem club I ussd to hear people say," it's Just chert..." I say cherts can be really beatiful...one of my favorite stones
I once cut a rock with a machine similar like the one you used, and I found out that it was really fun. Especially when you look at the rock and see how “Beautiful” the rock is when you cut it in half. I’m not an expert on rocks but you never know what you will find in the rocks until you cut into them. I find it’s an Art in doing so. Thank you for your video’s. I’ll continue watching them.
Sure looks like fun to me!
What s the best thing u found to date in these rocks ?
Beautiful. I just started rockhounding this year and trying to learn as much as I can. Especially how to spot the outside skin and know. This helped and gorgeous pieces u opened. Thank you
Me too!! Good luck to you..and would I love this same saw, one day - that’s cool it opens so that both sides are smooth and clean -incredible,,!! ;)
Some years back I was walking in a park close to my home and saw a large rock of about 15 lbs, and knew it to be an Agate, so I took it home. It sat in our front yard for at least four or five years when an opportunity arose where I could trade some work to a company which cuts granite counter tops and got them to cut it into a large cube which weighs about 11.6 lbs which he polished to a to a smooth shine on all sx sides and it now sits in our curio cabinet in the living room.How did I know it was an agate? Agate has a peculiar aspect, in that when it is hit with a hard object it forms little half moon scars which the gray one he cut second had some of, and as you can see it is a nice agate.
Many years ago I was four wheeling north of Mt. Shasta California, where you could pick up fist-sized agates on top the ground like it was an easter-egg hunt. I got there by traveling up Dead Indian Road out of Ashland Oregon and then making a right turn into a forest rangers four wheel drive road and went south for miles toward Shasta.
Beautiful stones! That chert has really pretty banding and markings inside. Thanks for sharing Taylor!✌🤠
I agree!
I read recently that “agates are the cockroach of the geology world”
They are incredibly opportunistic and like to sneak in places.
Hahaha that’s hilarious! True I suppose
Lovely looks
These ones are about as attractive as roaches compared to specimens from Agate creek, and other locations around Australia. Hope you also have nice ones over there.
Chalcedony is beautiful
Ни за что бы не подумал, что внутри может быть что-то ценное😮
Эти камни выглядят совершенно обыкновенными. Такие тысячами лежат по берегам рек и озёр - да где угодно!
Fun to watch. And a great reveal! Both rocks look beautiful.
Lustig🤔🤔🙄???
Rock at 2:39 is a scene from a movie: far off source of light--moon?--fireworks or explosions, etc. Gorgeous!
thats my neck of the woods, the UPPER PENINSULA of MICHIGAN has some of the most beautiful rocks around,, in my opinion that is
I’d LOVE to travel and explore there someday!
I loved both rocks! So beautiful inside!
I totally agree!
@@Godwinpounds4333 I'm good. And you?
I love watching your videos and how excited you get.
Thanks :) I’m glad you enjoy!
I'm impressed with how steady you must hold your hands. Doesn't look like you get bad saw marks all over when you cut!
going to have to rethink what an agate looks like. Oregon beach agates are an entirely different animal. But good to see what you find when you cut into what i would have passed up.
I love collecting stones too.. Nice one
I'm a newbie to rock hounding.. thx for the knowledge. Finally I can tell an agate from chert.
happy to help!
Amazing rockhounding agate hunting 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Beautiful Rocks.The surprise is on the inside.
Game changer. Take your lapidary saw to the beach… The possibilities…
I told my family I was bringing my wet saw camping with us the last time we went! Lol
They wouldn't let me :-/ 😅
It's so exciting to see what's inside!!!!
at 2:46 minutes on the right surface the right index finger is pointed, if you look closely it looks like a painting of a rabbit's face with one black and one yellow eye
Thanks for that. Im not a rock hound but i do find it intresting
You called it. You said it could be and my gosh... how lovely. Great agate cutting video. Thanks Agate Dad!❤️
Wow! Both were pretty.
Really exciting to see this video, I just cut two open that had that same waxy like spots and had a similar insides and colors. Really helpful video, because I was scratching my head on those. Thanks Taylor!
The chert looked like “spirits”. Beautiful stones. 👍👍
Beautiful rocks!
Nice 👍. I airways expect that both sides mirror each other, but there are some differences. Still beautiful to me. Blessings 🙏❤️🥰
Maybe I'm too easily pleased, but an agate is an agate. Plus to my understanding they are a lot rarer in the U.P.. I have several mottled agates, and they have their own character. I really like the roll of the chert banding. Not many agates even do that. Also I thought that the first one might even be Orange Granite, so I probably wouldn't have even picked it up; I've been fooled SO many times by it, but maybe I need to look a little closer in the future. Thank you.
Doesn’t hurt to bring a few extra home just for cutting fun
Yea, I'm looking at getting a dremmel tool , mainly for some of my Jaspers, but I do have a couple of agates that if cleaned up a bit would look a lot better; mainly the ones from my L.C. gravel road.
I always think of the cool countertops your agates would make!
Both rocks are beautiful!
I agree
Very cool pattern splash once cut open!
Just gorgeous Thanks for sharing!!!! I Love Trinkit Hunting
coooool, the left side of the chert looks like a lizard head huntin'(cause that's what lizards do haha), yellow spot is the eye. 🦎 enjoyed the vid Taylor 👊
Beautiful stones
Great video thanks for sharing!! Cool looking when you pop them open!
Nice way to start that week Taylor!
🙏🤘🤘
Love to watch your video
Love the wonder of cutting....first to see!!!
Beautiful show
Thanks for sharing, both were beautiful indifferent ways. Yep I'd make something with them both. For me it's about colors and patterns. If I think it's cool maybe someone else will too.
Nice that you view it before you cut the stone
Indescribably Beautiful, Feel Them Through My Computer and Your Laugh. of Joy!!!
Videos like this are so fun... the gray blue was unexpected inside, very pretty. Happy Holidays
Fun cutting a couple maybes and getting a couple beauties!
Wow!! How beautiful!!
You never know the beauty that bursts forth
They are beautiful!
Amazing video my friend, thank you for sharing it with us!!
J'aime les pierres 👍💕
Suhweet video brother! The chert is super gorgeous!
Right?? I have a nice piece of banded chert I need to polish, it’s so pretty
I love this sort of chert! Agatey but not agate by the definition, but just gorgeous.
Very interesting video. I'm now a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching future videos
Thanks for joining!
I was just in the UP in Grand Marais, I had a great rock hounding harvest 😃. Found a couple fossils and some nice sized agates. Some are questionable, I wish I had a saw to take a peek inside.
Beautiful!
Great way to start the morning!
The chert is beautiful. As is the agate.
Thank you! That was cool
Agates get all the glory, but love that chert.
That’s because they’re the best lol that’s only my opinion though 😅 I do love a lot of other minerals though
That first one looked like a moss agate. 🥰
I agree
Thank you for letting me know what's in these rocks
Sweet chert! You just never know what you find cutting a rock in half.
Exactly!
The chert was particularly interesting.
I gotta say watching you cut into the rocks had me on edge. Your fingers are so close to the saw!
هذا المنشار الماسي لايقطع سوى الأجسام الشديدة الصلابة ..لذلك هو آمن على اليدين
So beautiful
Holy smokes batman! Haha those are wild! That chert I certainly didn't expect anything like that inside but Wow! So much going on it both. Thank you so much!
Yeah the chert was beautiful!
@@AgateDad absolutely! That agate was found in the water on the Keweenaw Peninsula, up at copper harbor, Maggie found it just glowing in the sunlight that morning, where most of the stone there is brown / red iron staining so this thing popped out like a neon light in the water!
How can you identify "Chert"
@@jenniferi7196 Chert is a type of Jasper, so it will always be opaque and light wont shine through it like agate. Chert is typically a greyish blue or a brown sandy color and although they can have some banding and swirls of such but its not the self organized structure that takes place in agate
@Cams Video Collections thank you. So I wonder if a lot of what I'm finding in the water here in FL is chert vs agatized coral 🤔 I wish I could post a picture
Да, я тоже был учеником на чукотских агатах.
Красота....
Another fine job on your cutting and the other things you. I would to say that 2nd rock looks like you need 12X12 inches so a person could tile there floors. But I don't know if there any thing that big to do that so the next good thing is just polish it and add it to the collection. I'm going now thanks Ray 😊
The second one has dragon inside with gold eye ❤ amazing👏
I like that people send things to you to cut!
Those were both beautiful
i love rocks as much as you do buddy!i
Awesome 😊💙✌🏻
I have found a black one much like the grey on with the same color brown but streaked out here in the Mohave.
The one piece of Chert looks like a light at the end of a tunnel. 😁
Awesome stuff!! I'm liking that chert😎
Cheers fun! Doesn’t get a fair shake sometimes
Wow! Looks like moss!
On camera the chert has a slight purple tint they are both gorgeous!
I live in Kentucky and hunt a lot of geodes, I haven't tried looking for agate, I know LOTS of it is here, most of I find are little chunks if I do find it. Not quite sure what to look for In bigger pieces
Short it sweet finds!!!
We found a bunch of those red ones on a trip to the UP a few months ago. I cut one open and it looks exactly like the one you cut. I wasnt sure if that is agate or not. Cool stuff.
went as I expected...that little limonite "window on the grey rock, looked too much like chert for it to be much of anything else, and the red one was red...but I was surprised it was agate.... but if either was, it had to be that one
Fiogtg
Cool cuts. Love the colors. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Short and interesting
Thanks
Super cool!
It is always so amazing to find them!
I’m in awe of the SIZE of the agates in Michigan and Lake Superior. Makes our pea size Pacific Ocean beach agates look like pinheads Lol….still addicted to the hunt though…we have the clear white agates out here. ❤ Love your vids.
You’re not looking in the right places then. Hint: summer 1956 river phoenix blueberry pie eating contest where the pioneers park.
I’ve pulled out ones bigger than a basketball and lots of softball sizes.
My family takes camp trips to copper harbour and we have so much fun.
How can i send you a few pictures?
OMG I have a number of Northern California stones I'll send you ...would love to see the inside of a few of mine Q!!!
I love agates. Personally agates are the best
I agree
That gray one looks almost like it has a ghost image of a gold fish in the area where you were pointing out the bands.
With all due respect I'm curious what made you think either were agates? I always thought you'd look for a glassy like window. Was it all the pits?
That gray one through me for a loop. Didn't expect that at all.
Lil hack if you want to try it. Instead of polishing them to keep that wet look just throw a few coats of polyurethane on them. It's a great hack when you know polishing is going to take away any really nice detail on slabs.
Hi, as agates have bands, I would've thought thr gray one which has bands, would've been an agate, no? I'm new so asking to learn :)
It would be kind of a "low grade" agate because it's not as defined
I have a big honkin' rock I found on the lake I grew up on, last time I was back for a visit. (NW WI) Been toting it around for years now. May I send you some pics of it on FB to see what you think?
Yes!
@@AgateDad sent the pics to your messenger....thank you!
That chert is amazing!
Right?!
I love that chert.
I see wolf and eagle in it.
I’m not quite sure on the differences between the different kinds of microcrystalline quarts? Like flint, chert, agate, and jasper ? Is it just a lapidary term or is something different compositionally?
That chert was really good, but the agate is kinda blah. Both are keeper tho.😎
An agates an agate lol but the chert was a beauty for sure, as far as chert goes.
Very nice 👍
Lovely.