You'll Never Guess What I Found at Point Betsie Lighthouse
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- Ok, maybe you'd guess eventually, but I was surprised. I sure found some interesting rocks here.
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You drop those nice rocks makes me cry. I miss north shore rock picking so bad
I'm sorry. I know I disappoint people, but I just don't need that many rocks. Better to leave them for someone else than have them collect dust in my basement.
Your opening drone sequence was spectacular! You had me laughing out loud when you were using your rock scoop as a metal detector...but the surprise was that you found something -- one of those. Great walk even though no Frankfurt Green, but that Agate was an eye-popper.
I have a feeling I needed to be right in Frankfort to get the slag. I met a woman on the beach who told me that there were not good rocks in Frankfort and that everyone comes to the lighthouse to rock hunt. Afterwards, I talked to someone else from the area who told me that I got some bad information.
@@MichiganRocks Maybe they're keeping the slag glass location a secret from outsiders. ;-)
I quite enjoyed the drone sequence as well. What a lovely location.
@@salishseaquest7952 Probably. I'll have to try to blend in better next time.
@@virginiarocks I posted a couple more drone shots from that day on Instagram. I had too many shots for one video.
I literally dive through the screen to grab the stones you reject. Wow, there are so many beautiful stones to pick from. You are living the dream, enjoy.🤩
That must get expensive replacing all those screens.
I yell, “NO!!!” when he says, “that’s nice”, then drops the rocks back into the lake!🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
@@littledabwilldoya9717 There's a lot of that yelling during my videos. Funny thing is, I can't hear any of it over the peaceful sound of the waves.
@@MichiganRocks You’re very lucky you CAN’T hear the yelling during your videos!!!😂 At least from me! All together we’d create quite a cacophony, I’m sure!💁🏻♀️🤣
@@MichiganRocks yes, would you please quit doing that!😬
The rock at 3:35 looked just like your glove!
It was hiding!
You're a true Rockhound!!! You leave lots of really cool Treasures behind for many other Rockhounders to find.. You're a great example of how the hunt should be done. Now if i could just find some of those.. 😄
It's funny how many people are upset that I leave so many behind. I never quite understand that.
I *expected* to find agates on my first rock hound, took me 100s of driving miles and hours of searching before I actually did :). I'm more impressed you found rocks that match your gloves!
Someone else pointed out the rock that matched my gloves. I didn't even notice. I guess it was trying to hide.
My same thought 😃
Lovely relaxing, scenic video, with interesting rocks. All the best.
Beautiful finds…listening to the water is so calming. Thanks for sharing your finds. From Texas the Lone Star State 🌟
You're welcome. Thanks for coming along.
Funny how you instantly dropped the green/ white one back into the lake. Go State!
Yucky colors. I'm glad you caught that.
Go Green! 💚😄
@@lynettepavelich7540 Ugh.
@@lynettepavelich7540 go white!!!! 😂
Looked like a beautiful day. Loved the drone shots. When I saw all of the sand I didn’t think that you would have much luck, but you found a few good ones. I really loved the colorful granite. It’s a shame that it doesn’t polish up well.
I know, I wish granite would tumbler better. There were plenty of rocks in the water, I don't think I ever came across a truly sandy spot.
a them there thing! haha!
i thought you didn't still harbor it, but i sensed distain of the green and white as you so quickly jettisoned that one rock! 😆
i want to say thank you for carrying a gopro and all of us along on your adventures. i realized how much you are carrying when i saw your shadow! it looks like a one man band guy's shadow! 😀
I usually have a backpack with some stuff. That's not bad unless the drone is in there, then it gets a little heavy. I carry a bucket, my scoop, and the GoPro. It is a bit much to carry along, but I manage.
Just started watching your videos and SO GLAD to see you hit my favorite rock hunting spot! We make a pilgrimage a few times throughout the year and we're always pleasantly surprised!
This was my first time, but I can see how it might be your favorite. It's a really nice beach.
The lake was so beautiful and I love hearing the waves crash.
Everyone loves those waves.
I love it too! I have family that live in Utah , and they want me to move out there, but I don’t think I’d be able to be that far from our beautiful Great Lakes, and my favorite pastime (addiction?😝).🤷🏻♀️😍
Always man, just always a joy coming out and learning with you Rob. Thank you mate!
Glad to have you along, Jesse.
I really enjoy your videos. I watch on TV so I’m not able to comment. Wife and I are going to be near Point Betsie this fall. She likes Lighthouses and I like rocks. Gorgeous area. Thanks for sharing
We have lots of lighthouses and lots of rocks on the Great Lakes, so you should both be happy.
Thanks Rob for a great walk, you have a way of personalising your videos that makes me feel like I'm on beach as well 👍
I'm not sure how I do that, but I'm glad it's working!
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I think it's because you talk like you're talking to a friend that's there with you, not like you've doing a documentary, it just seems natural.
I'm really enjoying your channel, it's informative, personalised and entertaining , great work mate 👍
i'm from oscoda michigan, and loved rock hunting sturgeon point!! Now I live in battle creek, so go hunting on lake michigan south haven, pilgrams cove areas. So happy I found your youtube after seeing an interview with alpena news
I'm glad you found me too! I have hunted Harrisville State Park and Sturgeon Point. One time I drove from Harrisville to Oscoda stopping at every public beach access I could find, but they were all sandy. Are there any rocks in the Oscoda area?
Awesome finds. Love those agates. I have green and purple slag, no blue though. Yet. Thanks for another great video.
Get over to Leland and find some!
Ya I'm going to try too soon. I'm still laid off work so I have the time to.
LOL every time my subtitle tells me [ applause ] 🤣🤣 guess it’s trying to translate the sound of the waves. Amazing scenery btw, thanks ☀️
That's really funny. Maybe I should add a laugh track to my videos. There should be applause when I find something great and someone should laugh at my corny jokes.
I love the mavic mini shots of that area it is a beautiful location.
What a beautiful location. Great finds too! How far from home were you?
About three hours. I went to Leland in the morning and then drove about an hour to get here, then three hours back home. Earlier this week, I drove about four hours away for a day of filming waterfalls. I'm not sure that this is a cost effective thing to do, but I'm having fun.
@@MichiganRocks might not be ‘cost effective’ in terms of mileage and wear/tear on your vehicle, but definitely worth the mental health! And the walking plus stretching!🤷🏻♀️
14:32 does appear to be branches rubbing, or maybe an inosculation where 2 different trees grew together.
What a beautiful area. I could walk along that beach all day :-)
I know how you feel. Sometimes I do walk beaches all day.
cold water agate, that is a new one to me. very pretty banding
I'm really excited about that one. First one for me.
What a great trip! Grandparents lived on Glen Lake so have many fond memories of that whole area! Back before it was all built up....
It's a shame when these places get overbuilt. Traverse City has become way too big and busy.
@@MichiganRocks ugh, totally agree. Grateful for the quieter east side.
@@lynettepavelich7540 I'm from Missouri, but we were lucky enough to have spent half of a summer in Charlevoix in 1966. WOW! My favorite summer EVER! Perfect weather, too.
@@dougoverhoff7568 Charlevoix is still beautiful. Check out the charlevoixCam on TH-cam!
@@lynettepavelich7540 Thanks, Lynette. That was a summer I'll never forget.
First I heard of the Frankfort green. Glad you keep us up to date!!!! Beautiful drone footage!!!
I think Frankfort must have been jealous of Leland, so they named their own slag.
Omgoodness haaahaaahaaa oooh brother you CACKED me up at 7:30 haahaa "if you like green & white this is (fling-chucked it) a good one" haaahaa my Daddy is rolln in his resting place on that laugh.
Thank you friend
I'm glad you enjoyed that. Now if I could just find a maize and blue rock.
@@MichiganRocks speaking of colors we wanted (wife & I) wanted to explain something we said in recent pass concerning pink pudding stone..., So you I believe corrected me from a rock or puddingstone we thought you were seeking that was pink, however you said it was a petoskey pink stone you were seeking. Anyways have you seen pink puddingstones, or is there supposed to be pink puddingstones.? The reason we ask is after your comment about what we thought was for pink puddingstones..., We found one that certainly is a salmon pink.., it doesn't have many red jasper pieces their smaller but the rings of stones around the rock are varied in colors but the main stone is like we said pink. It is approximately the size of a softball.. question is ..are there pink puddingstones..? Thanks and lastly we believe the stone we found at an oil field gravel pit is going to be gorgeous once it's polished well.., problem for us is we don't have a way to polish it ourselves right now. If you would be up for it we would love to pay you to polish it and return it. We would pay for everything of course. Consider it please.., and in closing we just wanted you to know we were not weirdos lol and that we actually found a (2 now) pink puddingstone.
Sincerely'N'TRUTH
d'Anthony and Tina Looman
I have found pinkish puddingstones, I think. My neighbor Sam, who has been in some of my videos found a red conglomerate rock recently that's in the tumbler now. It's also about softball sized. It's not a puddingstone, but is a conglomerate as a puddingstone is.
I don't tumble many rocks for other people. I do some occasionally, but it's really difficult to keep someone else's rocks separate from my rocks. My next door neighbor just brought me one that I threw in today. I took several pictures of it first and I'm still worried that I'll lose it. I wish there was a better way to keep track of rocks, but since each rock spends as much time as is necessary, instead of all the rocks in a batch getting done at the same time, it's hard to do.
I never thought you two were weirdos, so don't worry about that.
Ha Ha, I told you we had agates in Lake Michigan. Nice find. We drove up to Michigan Wednesday. I wish I knew you were coming over to my neighborhood we could have gotten together for lunch or something. I’m at a little town called Wellston about 20 east of Manistee on M-55. Nice drone shots. What were the things in the water radiating out from the break wall. Did you notice any distinct difference between the Lake Michigan beach rocks and the Lake Huron beach rocks ? And just wondering, did the shards of glass do any damage to your tumbler barrels?
You did tell me, now I found one too. That was a thrill.
I'm not sure what the purpose of that whole structure below the lighthouse was. There were also concrete blocks sticking out of the concrete. I'm not sure what the purpose of those were either.
There's not a big difference between Lake Michigan rocks and Lake Huron rocks as far as I can see.
The glass didn't do any damage to my barrel as far as I could tell.
I find this beach to be heavily picked over when I go but I am happy to see you found some agate! You may have better luck going a little more south to the Arcadia Beach Natural Area. Lots of fun finds there and less of a tourist hot spot.
Thanks for the tip, Dannielle. I'll put that on my list of places to visit.
Haven't had time to check out your videos for a couple of months. Love the arial additions showing the great scenery. Thanks as usual for a great video!
I'm glad you're back, Tony. I expect you to go back and watch everything you missed!
Grew up in Leelanau co, lived 14 years near Frankfort and now live in Antrim co. I spend a lot of time walking the beaches and was so shocked you found that agate!! Find of the year was right!!! How fun!
I was pretty surprised too. I guess if you spend enough time on the beach, you're going to find some rare things occasionally.
“If you like green and white, that’s nice” ..flinging back into the depths like a hot coal - made me laugh out loud! 😂 #bluerules
I think that one probably only made sense to Michiganders. I have never found a maize and blue rock though.
The lighthouse was really pretty. The agate you found was very cool, and as usual, the drone footage was spectacular. Alos, the green rocks you found were beautiful. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome adventure
Yes it was. I went to Leland in the morning and here in the afternoon.
Nice run!! Didn't know about cold water agate. Thanks for the walk!
I'm not 100% sure if that was a cold water agate or a Lake Superior agate, but I like it either way.
I liked the curious rock with the clear part.
I liked that one too. But I loved the banded agate.
I appreciated learning about cold water agates. I had not heard of them before.
That's a first for me and I'm really excited about it.
That one stone was cool. With the lines going different ways. Kind of reminds me the thunder egg. You called it by its right name but escapes at the moment. That jasper was trying to hitch a ride home with you. My mom loves her pudding stone pendant from your friends store. I also found the store were you have your jewelry. That's next. Beautiful agate and I wasn't thinking that's what you found. Great find!
Chuck makes some really nice stuff. I'm not surprised that she's happy.
@@MichiganRocks he sure does! I’m trying to save up for a certain piece that’s a bit above my ‘casual’ range!😉
I was here last year, great time. Wish I knew about rock hunting then! Thanks for your video and time.
Next time you'll know.
So pretty - always used to reckon I'd made it to my favourite part of MI once I saw Frankfort & Sleeping Bear Dunes, not sure I realized there was such an attractive lighthouse there, either, but it's been a long time now, since I was there, although the Lake looks as inviting as ever! Thanks for taking us along.
Have you been to the U.P.? The Keweenaw Peninsula is one of my favorite spots in the state. I love it up there. Of course I love a lot of other places too. I haven't been to the Sleeping Bear Dunes in a long time. I should go back there.
@@MichiganRocks Oh yes - last time I was back we traveled from Twin Cities to Stockholm, down the Mississippi to La Crosse, up to Tomahawk, Herbster, Munising and over to my favourite spot, Gran Marais (always loath to mention it as I don't want it over-run with visitors, same as Mackinaw Island!!) Then we went to Houghton & Hancock, stayed up at Copper Harbor, which is smashing, then across to Bayfield, Cornucopia, Porcupine Mt & back to Mall of America, before heading out to Oregon & CA! I can't believe the road trips I used to do, now I can barely get into the car or walk unaided, bit of a shock to be honest - which is why I enjoy your lake trips so much, I lived in MI for almost 7-years and still think the Great Lakes is hugely underrated, especially in the fall... Enjoy, Cheers, Gina...
Que bonito las casas 🏡🌊muy bien tu? Buenas noches
Congrats on that smoking’ agate! 👏👏👏
Thanks, that made my day.
My guess is rocks and a lighthouse!
Ha ha! You'd be right, but that's not the surprising part.
Just found your videos this morning ,home not feeling well so I've pretty much been watching most of the day. I've only lived in Alpena 4 years and love it here.
Last year I found a very unique large stone in Lake Superior I was wondering if you might be interested in cutting a slice off it for me....but the more I watch it might be too large for your cutter.
I can send you a picture with a measurement if interested.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and beauty of your excursions .
I can fit a rock about four inches in my saw. That's an estimate, I haven't measured.
@@MichiganRocks wish I knew how to send you a picture here.
It's about 4 inches x 4
@@lisaparlberg1581 My number is in the book. Give me a call.
@@MichiganRocks will do thanks
The tree fading away into the water into the sunset was beautiful!
What a lovely location! Really like the cold water agates and other stones you found.
I love that agate. I'm still surprised that I found it.
I just recently found a cold water agate on Lake Michigan too. I never heard the name before and wasn't sure it really was an agate. Thanks for educating me!
Do you plan to tumble yours?
No, I don't tumble my agates. They're usually really small and I think they're really cool just the way they are.
That Agate is awesome, great find
It was my lucky day.
@@MichiganRocks are we going to see it polished or tumbled?
I rather see it in my hand, then pocket!🙋🏻♀️
@@jeffholmes1362 Nope, I'm keeping that one the way it is.
Hello from Canada! Beautiful landscape !!!
You have some pretty nice places up in the Great White North too.
Awesome adventure such a beautiful area sweet finds you just never know what you can find thank you
That's what makes this fun. Some days you're going to hit the jackpot, but you never know when. Unlike the casino, it's still fun and healthy even when you don't find anything spectacular.
You are so right
The rock was simular to your glowes :-) I loved the red ones you throwed away!! lovely beach walk!!
I hadn't noticed how much that one looked like my camp glove until a couple other people pointed it out. That's pretty funny.
Wow....that cool rock @ 3:34 matches your glove!! 😀👌
I'm surprised you could see it. It was hiding.
A very beautiful place too
Clearing the benches off must not be high on the list of things to do to start the season for the grounds crew Lol. The Lighthouse is pretty though. Very scenic! And more awesome rocks. Nice!
Unless you live on the water or visit the same beach often, I think it's hard to understand just how much the beach changes from year to year or even after a good storm. I have gone to beaches that are sandy one time, and the next time I go, they're covered in rocks. Last year, the water was really high and while some people were losing their lawns along a beach I go to, there was one spot where the beach had gotten about fifty feet wider. Water is a powerful force that moves a lot of rock and sand around. With sand, wind is also a huge factor.
I wish I was walking behind you. You pick up really lovely stones and then plop! back in the water it goes 😀 I am going beach combing for sea glass and fossils in Whitehaven England tomorrow but you can bet the sky won’t be as blue as there. But what could be nicer. Love your video’s
We have had a lot of cloudy weather and rain up until this past week. It has finally warmed up some and we have seen more sun.
Great video.
I've actually learnt how to be more selective with stones, and not bring too many home.
Such great rock hunting spots.
I learned that by bringing rocks home that I never did anything with except keep them in a bucket.
You are letting go of some gorgeous rocks! The beautiful granite and the "interesting stone" just a few minutes in.
Yes, I always leave a lot behind. I don't really collect rocks just to collect them (except for agates and maybe a few other exceptions). I bring rocks home to do something with them. I either tumble them or cut them up and make something out of them. Otherwise, they just set in boxes in my basement. I'd rather leave them for someone else.
Nice drone photography of the lighthouse fly by. Something new in your arsenal of movie making?
Noticed one stone you picked up looked very similar to the camouflage design on your glove. Hope you kept that one.
At Christmas Cove I found a Frankfort Green stone. Bit of a disappointment as green stones go.
Here is universal truth, and a trick that works for me. If you're trying to find something, look for something else than you will find what you are really looking for. Sounds crazy? Maybe, but occasionally that loony Zen philosophy works for me.
You're looking more professional all time. Hollywood here you come.
Hey Merlin, I have had the drone since last summer. I'm not sure how you missed the other videos with drone shots, since you watch a lot of my stuff. I have really had fun with it.
I don't think I kept the camouflage rock. You're the second person to point out that it looked like my glove, but I never even noticed. Good observation.
Congratulations! That's a beauty!
Thanks, I was really happy about that find.
Rob, the next time I am at Point Betsie I am going to keep a close eye in the water for Agates! Also when I was there last was month I found a few of the calcified corals. I thought they were cool and picked them up every time I found them, some of them were tinged with yellow.
I didn't notice any yellow. Was it a good yellow, like a daisy, or bad yellow, like snow?
Rob, I looked at the coral and the color was white with muted yellow orange on the top like maybe iron but the color went all the way through to the other side. I also found some chain coral. I
My favorite spot 😍😍 to rock hunt my husband and I go there a lot so many beautiful rocks there glad to see u went there
I can see why so many people love this beach. I sure enjoyed it.
Grest aerial view I always enjoy your video’s
Thanks, Valerie!
Awesome finds love your finds awesome 😊, I think they call that agate fever 😝, thank you for sharing 😊💙
Yep, I get agate fever every summer.
It happens lol 😝
More CWA on Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan. Plus have found more Yooperlites than in the Yoop too.
There are tons of Frankfort Green Stone in Fife Lake Michigan, and alongside the railroad tracks. I thought it was called slag from coal burning because you can find it along the railroad tracks in Fife Lake, and near old factories that used coal to forge metal. The ones in Fife Lake Michigan are beautiful turquoise color. The ones in Traverse City are dark green.
I don't think it would be considered Frankfort Green if it was in Fife Lake. I haven't seen the slag from there, but it sounds really pretty.
7:25 RIP Spartans
you could tumble in the normal way silicated fossils, right?
I figured the Michiganders might catch that.
Yes you could. I have tumbled some Petoskey Stones that were very hard with other hard rocks. The Petoskeys that I find like that in Lake Huron always seem to have little voids in them though. I never bring them home anymore, unless they look very solid. They almost never look like that though. I'm not sure about the Lake Michigan ones though.
@@MichiganRocks I have a couple very good friends at MSU! They're good people it turns out.
@@debivort I have a few relatives who went there. We tolerate each other.
I love the scenery. Do you know of a book with lots of pictures to learn to identify rocks?
Look in my Amazon storefront in the description. There are a few books that I own in there. They are all about Michigan rocks.
Congrats on that gorgeous agate!!
Thanks, M.J!
Thanks for the videos!
You're welcome, Debi
Listening to the sounds of the waves is making me sleepy.
They do sound nice, don't they?
Very relaxing❣️
Loved the water and the stones
Me too!
I second the stromatoporoid identification. Enjoyed the video, as usual. Thanks
Thanks for backing me up, Mark!
Looks like a beautiful day, Rob. A couple observations: now that I've seen the agate at 4:25 a little better than just a photo, I tend to agree that yes, you have a cold water agate! Also, the rock at 14:45 does indeed appear to be a stromatoporoid. They would have been major reef building organisms during the Silurian and Devonian, so not surprising to see them along the shoreline.
Oh, cool. I was sort of hoping it was a old water agate, since I don't have one. What did you think of the other white banded rocks that looked sort of agate-like?
@@MichiganRocks To me, the other ones look like relic bedding in the limestone. The one at 17:15 looks like chalcedony that formed in a void in the carbonate. This is not unusual to have silica filled voids within carbonates. If interested, there was a fascinating discussion on agates being found in the Lower Peninsula on Mindat: www.mindat.org/mesg-340341.html
@@captpaul8827 Thanks, I'm very interested in reading that!
@@captpaul8827 thanks for the reference on CWA’s! I found a BEAUTIFUL agate on Lake Michigan Dec.16, 2020 (yes, December 😁), but sure looked like an LSA- is clear/orange, very translucent, not quite like the chalcedony of CWA’s. I have to post it sometime!😃
@@littledabwilldoya9717 No problem...
I’m from New York! But I visited Michigan last week and this was one of the places I went. A lot of stuff was closed! Found my first petosky here! Thanks for teaching me.
Beaches were closed or businesses? I know they block off a lot of roadside parks in the winter, but there should still be a lot of places to access the beach.
I'm glad you were able to find a Petoskey stone. The first one is extra fun.
@@MichiganRocks was finding a lot of unplowed parking lots, and being unfamiliar where to stop didn’t help. My boyfriends grandparents ran a hotel in Saint Ignace where the super eight is now. They still have grandma’s apartment and in one of her windowsills or jars full of rocks, and I was told to take what I wanted.❤️
@@jillyb388 That's cheating!
Fascinating ☺️
Any idea what the rock at 5:38 is? I found a similar looking rock in in a field north of Lansing, and I was curious as to what it could be!
My best guess is stromatoporoid. That's just a guess though.
Sweet Agate!!!
Learned something new, silicated. I bring home the fossils I find that are sparkly like that. I also bring home quartz. I'll have to go through it all and see if any cold water agates are hiding in with them. I was up at Whitefish Point recently and brought home a rock similar to one you showed. It's brown banded material around a plain grey core. It intrigued me.
I'm not sure if the correct term is silicated or silicified. I'm still learning.
@@MichiganRocks Silicified, although spellchecker wants to call it "sissyfied".... 🙄😝
@@captpaul8827 They seem tougher to me.
Stink stone breaking would be a great video!
But you'd need smell-o-vision to appreciate it.
I was just thinking the same thing, Rob!😉😂
Hey Rob! Love the video! Wanted to see if you could share any idea on a good area to find pudding stones. I'm asking because my husband just left today to go scuba diving at Rockport and will be on lake Huron side coming up through MI. Unfortunately I am still working as a school nurse in south central PA until the end of the month so I couldn't go with him! I asked him to bring me back some stones and sent an empty 5 gallon bucket with him! LOL He would love to find a pudding stone for me! Any suggestions?
Thanks Rob!
I have a few spots that you can probably find one. I have found them at Rockport and there's a big one under water just north of the pier. I don't find lots of them there, and you have to go quite a ways to the North to have much luck. Here are some other spots:
Harrisville State Park - This is a campground, so the beach will be well picked over. The rocks here tend to be smaller although there are some bigger ones too. Great Lakes beaches are state land. That means you can walk as far as you want, even if someone puts up a sign telling you that you're leaving the park or that it's private property. It's ok to walk right in front of someone's house since they don't own the beach. State land goes up to the high water mark. If in doubt, keep your feet wet and you won't be trespassing. I have never been yelled at by a homeowner. th-cam.com/video/5g0tzGhrKaI/w-d-xo.html
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse - This is close to Harrisville and the rocks are pretty similar. If I remember correctly, the rocks were a bit larger here than at Harrisville. th-cam.com/video/roKD6QxpaW4/w-d-xo.html
Negwegon State Park - To the south is nothing but sand. Beautiful, but who wants sand? There’s sand to the north for quite a ways too. Take the path to the north from the parking lot. Walk 1.1 miles to the first camping spot, called Blue Bell. Walk to the water there and hunt to the north. This is a good spot for puddingstones.
Singing Bridge Public Access near Augres - You should watch my video before going here. With the water being high, I had to wade around some break walls in knee deep water. I wouldn't want to do that in rough water. I found several nice puddingstones and a few Petoskey stones too. th-cam.com/video/JF469dElD3E/w-d-xo.html
@@MichiganRocks Thanks so much Rob for getting back to me! Actually have campsite #1 at Negwegon State Park! Randy is going to follow your suggestion and walk north. Rob, I can't tell you enough how much we enjoy your videos and you can really tell how much you enjoy what you are doing! I'm coming up that way at the end of June through the 4th of July, and hope to run into you on the beach! Take care!
@@tinawilliams1060 I think you'll have fun there.
5:36 Honeycomb coral
Wow that’s a interesting rock! “Bloop”
That's kind of my signature move.
Love Point Betsie.
I do too, now that I've been there.
Hey Ron... did you get the chance to tumble your first "cold water agate?" @ 4:22
I'm not 100% sure that's not a Lake Superior agate. Whatever it is, I didn't tumble it. I don't usually tumble agates that I find.
What a wonderful lil adventure....Me: "ohhhhhhhhhhhh take that home"......You: "That's going in the tumbler"....lol...
Hey, for once I didn't disappoint someone with my decision. Usually people yell as they hear the plop of the rock going back in the lake.
@@MichiganRocks oh trust me...I just haven't told you those times! LOL
Love that location
I don't know a whole lot about polishing stones but in your last video making beach glass by tumbling, I'm watching the waves and they make a scrubbing motion, back and forth.
I do know God does a wonderful job of making beautiful things! I've got a few boxes of rocks myself. Some from Arizona and others from the grassland of the Black Hill's. Good old paha sapa.
This was a calm day, the waves get much, much bigger on the Great Lakes. The motion is certainly different than in my tumbler.
@@MichiganRocks It would be interesting to see a rocking type "tumbler". One that simulates wave action.
Tipping back and forth for the grind. 🤷🏼♀️
I like your channel. I walk with my head down looking for treasures and snakes... 😂
@@katechildofgod2596 Please don't wait for me to invent that.
Perfect timing - I needed a relaxing video with lovely stones being hunted! :)
I thought so, that's why I made this video and released it when I did.
@@MichiganRocks :)
I see you had an epic day in a spot my wife and I go to as well!. You had me grinning from ear to ear when you picked up the agate. Between my wife and I,and another local rock hound,we find cold water agates pretty much every time we go out. I won't disclose the locations on here,but I'll share them with you on a side note. Some are as big as baseballs even. It's has almost gotten to the point that we don't even pick them up anymore unless they are of top shelf quality because we have so many, kind of like you and your Petoskey stones. I'm glad you got out to ol' bestie there, that spot has never failed to produce some good finds. Sorry you missed out on the greens, that spot is so over hunted by tourists it's hard to find any green there. Try some other locations that are not main stream in that area and surrounding, you WILL find some, they are there!!..they are just a little more elusive than the blues. Thanks for sharing the video, it looks like it has changed quite a bit since our last stop there about a year ago.
I wasn't at all upset about not finding Frankfort Green, just surprised. I came away thinking that it might not be found on this beach, but rather closer to Frankfort. It's nice to know that it is possible to find it at Point Betsie.
I was not expecting to find that agate. Would you call that one a cold water agate? There seems to be some debate here as to whether it was a cold water or Lake Superior agate that got carried farther than most by a glacier. Do you find them with such good banding as that one I found?
@@MichiganRocks yes,..I just never really heard them called cold waters,rather waterline agate,or just banded agate. You would be really surprised what you find on this side of the state along the beach. Glacier push really hauled some material down. I've even found picasso jasper before. Now, finding a lake superior agate down here is about as likely as finding a Petoskey in grand marais. That being said, more than likely the agate you found is just a good ol'fashioned waterline agate. Some places they are very small and scarce. Others,if you're lucky and know what beach to hunt,..you can find BIG ones,..slabable ones. They make for great cabs!
@@MichiganRocks also,..I do believe,and I may be wrong,but that MSU rock you chucked back, appeared to be some phrenite. It to is found along the shore here. No worries tho, had it been maize and blue I'd have threw it even further..GO STATE!!
@@manisteerocks7092 Huh. I didn't know prehnite could be found there.
@@manisteerocks7092 Waterline or water level agate just means that it has straight bands. That could be a Lake Superior agate or other agate types. The nice one that I found was a fortification agate. Again, that could refer to a number of different kinds of agate. It's about the shape of the bands.
My favorite rock beach! I still have a little bag of iron & garnet sand, mixed in with regular sand. Not sure how to separate it!
I made one of these to separate the magnetite. th-cam.com/video/riQFzOud3XQ/w-d-xo.html
@@MichiganRocks you're so smart! 🐱
I think that was tree or ocean jasper that you threw back. I love that you keep the beach clean and retrieve trash.
Ocean jasper comes from Madagascar, so it wasn't that. I don't know where tree jasper comes from, but it's not Michigan.
@@MichiganRocks thank you. I don’t know that much about where they come from.. but you sure find amazing rocks!! I’ve learned a lot watching your channel 🤍❤️
The cold water agates I have found usually don’t have the swirled bands like your second one also not as translucent. I think that’s a Superior agate in Lake Michigan? Just a thought
It's possible. I have heard that Lakers can be found occasionally in Lake Michigan. Either way, I'm thrilled with that find. It's a rare one either way.
The favosite that you found was silicified. That just means then that quartz replaced the limestone. It got me thinking then, shouldn't that stand to reason if you find a big enough piece that you could make your crosses with it? It is quartz then and no longer limestone. Can you imagine how beautiful those would be?! You should look for another larger piece and give it a try!
I don't have much experience with silicified fossils from Lake Michigan, but I have picked up Petoskey Stones like this from Lake Huron. I have tumbled them and slabbed one. They almost always have a bunch of little voids in them. The one I slabbed has a couple decent spots that I would like to make a pendant from some day. I almost never take them home because they're usually disappointing to tumble. If they weren't so full of holes, they'd be great though. I should try one from Lake Michigan to see if they're like the ones I'm used to.
We've been here when the beach was huge....played a game of whiffle ball. The metal breakers used to be clear up in the sand.
Hope the water level goes down.
The water is down about a foot this year. It was worse last summer. This was my first time here, so I didn't have anything to compare to.
Cold water agate? Guess it's time to Google. It's pretty. The one with the cells looks a little fossily. What a beautiful area. So envious TFS 💖🦅🦅
I'm pretty sure that one with the little cells is a fossil. I'm not sure what kind though. Possible some of that stromatoporoid.
Towards Leland you can for sure find superior agates, though they're few and far between. I've found several but they're pretty small. Glacial movement stirred them around abit.
That's good to know. I'll keep my eyes open for them.
@@MichiganRocks Some more fun info on lower peninsula agates; at the corner of my street is a sand & gravel place that my family is VERY close to. They let me look through their stone piles every time they get a new load in and I sometimes find agates there. For context, I live in the tri-city area and this sand & gravel place sources from West Branch, so superior agates have come a lot further than you'd think!
@@lovely. That is interesting. I sure don't think of that as a place they'd end up.
@@MichiganRocks I have a hunch where these agates might be coming from. I have seen a few candidates over the years, but they are quite rare...
Pacman rock, and glad you kept the red rock
Waka waka.
@@MichiganRocks You made me laugh
That grey agate probably is a Lake Superior agate. I found one on the beach in Rogers City one time.
It could be. I'm not really sure. That's cool that you found one in Rogers City. That would be very surprising.
When I was young my big sister would get a big plastic tub and cut the bottom off and cover in clear plastic like cling film and I could put in the water and I could see the rocks in the water clearer, have you ever tried that so the tide doesn’t stop you seeing stuff :) love your channel!
That's funny that you said that. I have had that same comment a couple times lately. I put a plexiglas bottom in a bucket quite a few years ago for that purpose. I have never even tested it out. It's still in my basement. Here's why I haven't used it: If it's really rough, the waves are just going to knock the bucket around. If it's calm, I don't need it. The best time to use it would be if there's a ripple on the water, but that usually only happens for a short time between calm water and a wind that causes rough water. But maybe the biggest problem is that I don't have enough hands to carry everything. Even if I didn't have a camera, I would have a bucket to carry rocks and a scooper. I like to cover a lot of ground, so it would really slow me down to have to put my rock bucket down on the beach to use my viewing bucket, and then have to constantly be going back to get the rock bucket. Since there seems to be an interest in this contraption, I might have to take mine out and make a quick video about it, explaining how it works and why I don't use it.
@@MichiganRocks now thinking about it I was using it in a stream which is very different, I did think after I wrote the comment that carrying it all would make you look like a pack horse lol. You are brilliant at what you do and must have been many many peoples favourite teacher!!
@@Sophia-uc9qh I could definitely see it being useful in a stream. That moving water is much harder to see through.
@@MichiganRocks maybe slice a pool noodle lengthwise and wrap around the rock bucket so it floats. Short rope to tether it to you?
Please show me what you do with the rocks after you clean them Thanks
I usually post all of my tumbled rocks here eventually.