How to Find Flint and Chert In Creeks and Rivers.

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  • Finding chert & identifying flint rock cobbles for flint knapping primitive stone survival tools.upstate New York, we show how I find chert and how to identify chert.
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    How I Find Chert / Flint Cobble - Flint Knapping Primitive Survival Skills - Rock Hounding Road Trip Camping Adventure TravelVlog ~~~~
    Fun fun fun! Traveling around upstate New York finding, identifying, and quarrying chert for crafting primitive stone tools! On day 2 of our road trip, we traverse many creeks and rivers looking for flint / chert cobbles. We find Onondaga chert, esopus chert, and some type of blue-grey chert... and limestone! Jay talks about how he finds chert and how to identify flint and chert.
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  • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
    @Wildernessquestoutdoors  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tools are in the product list!

    • @very5ick112
      @very5ick112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there is no flint in usa period

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Period usa in flint no is there

    • @very5ick112
      @very5ick112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors no flint in usa

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it flint or chert? Questions answered
      th-cam.com/users/shortsjzKpOCiBx0s?feature=share

    • @very5ick112
      @very5ick112 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors hornstone

  • @casonmurphree1080
    @casonmurphree1080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    people give this guy more love !!!

  • @DiegotheBasementGuy
    @DiegotheBasementGuy ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I could not imagine this being easy with cold hands.

  • @aaronengland8289
    @aaronengland8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love how half the time you don't even know what kind of rock you're working on. It may not sound like it but that's actually a compliment lol.
    You clearly learned to identify rocks the same way I did and I can appreciate that because it erks the hell out of me when people tell me the type of rock and where it came just by looking at the color and I'm just like...
    (smacks rock with another rock)
    "Hmm, sounds right"
    (Smacks rock again)
    "Breaks the right way, too. Okay, so this what I call hard-breaky-break-sharp-edge-cut-cut-rock."

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I did get to identify the majority of these after the fact

    • @aaronengland8289
      @aaronengland8289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw that. Started sounding pretty technical toward the end there lol. I'm so bad at it that I don't even try anymore. Despite our family being some of the more traditional folk in our area nobody ever passed on knapping or the knowledge of what rocks too look for. Worse yet, our area doesn't even really have a lot of rocks in general unless you count the non knappable ones. And most of those aren't good quality. It's mostly swamp out here. I got more practice making things from bone, hardwoods, shells, and occasionally teeth than anything else lol.

  • @Ggxhx-t3c
    @Ggxhx-t3c 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful and amazing chert stones

  • @jlastre
    @jlastre 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That smile @ 4:33 is from _Wallace and Gromit._ Thanks.😊

  • @ssource4852
    @ssource4852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    11:08 I've spotted some red twig dogwood at the water edge right there. red twig dogwood is very flexible and you could use it as a bushcraft fishing rod handle.

  • @tracymathews6383
    @tracymathews6383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was very helpful. Now we know we can find flint in the summer and winter.

  • @christopherlocke9616
    @christopherlocke9616 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love videos like this!!

  • @pepejuan2924
    @pepejuan2924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lot of good info thanks for posting 👍

  • @mcdanielguinnthenorthernwa9110
    @mcdanielguinnthenorthernwa9110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've just got a steel striker just need to hunt for some flint now thanks for the info bro

  • @xXHighRyzeXx
    @xXHighRyzeXx ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man! I'm trying to educate myself on survival so I can get into it and this will be greatly helpful in starting my journey!

  • @BUZZKILLJRJR
    @BUZZKILLJRJR ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im a really good arrowhead finder rock hound so to speak but wasn't sure what filnt looks like unprocessed apparently there is a ton around hear some really good some really bad but more the i thought but suspected and this just proved me right. Thank you for the quick run down many of the flints here are creamier colors and yellows and whites summer even almost read like brick a lot of the crappier flints around here are the darker ones like you were showing the lighter colors here seem to be better smoother quality that's always use the word kind of creamy looking I found a chunk the size of bigger then my head, that looks like native Americans that used to live around the family homestead property were chipping flints from it for years! It had tons of chips taken from it.

  • @genegorringe7395
    @genegorringe7395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely loved the video you do good at narrating keep up the good work be safe watch your six God bless Gene Gorringe Mi 💙 ✌️ 🇺🇲 🇬🇧

  • @byrongreen2167
    @byrongreen2167 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I’ve got a big piece of rock just like that one you found there-even has the same grain and crystals in it….🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔👍👍👍👍

  • @TBOR101
    @TBOR101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always Interesting... Always Informative... 👍

  • @bellmelvin9
    @bellmelvin9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video

  • @jefferyhall1556
    @jefferyhall1556 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi my name is Jeff and I have been watching your videos .on the episode how to find flint and chert in creeks and rivers.I noticed when you reached down and pointed to a stone ,at time mark 542,I believe you missed a large hand axe

  • @historylooker7
    @historylooker7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video 👍

  • @Filmar152
    @Filmar152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video!

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Sub and check out my others!

    • @Filmar152
      @Filmar152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors I'm subbed and they are amazing, great job!

  • @ianimations1656
    @ianimations1656 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a bunch of really clean chert rocks in my yard that the person living here before me was using to decorate their garden. They were all round and ranged from the size of a golf ball to a bowling ball. The flint inside was the color of red clay and it was so pure it looked glazed. They all had what I think was a limestone shell on the outside. I've been trying to find out where I can find more of those for years now and I still haven't found anymore. If any of y'all have any idea let me know, it'd be a big help.

  • @dennispedicone5125
    @dennispedicone5125 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, I'm learning a lot watching your videos but still can't find anything for fire starting.

  • @steveo9141
    @steveo9141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I found an outcropping along a bicycle trail that had rock that was the consistancy of flint but was white. What did I find? It knapped well. I endured sweltering heat and sun to make my very first flakes. I felt as if I was still in Boy Scouts 50 years ago.

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you find out what it was?

    • @steveo9141
      @steveo9141 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not yet. I'll have to start looking at the online references.

  • @geoffreybudge3027
    @geoffreybudge3027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If your standing on the rock , chert is easy to find . It’s knowing where the vain protrudes or lays on or in the ground .

  • @benitob2037
    @benitob2037 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you get the piece of charcoal that thin for fires?

  • @ltn4434
    @ltn4434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really want to get into arrow head or spear head making. So I’m heading down to the ozarks in Missouri. What kind of flint would I find there and and specifics I should look for in that area as a beginner like when I break it open with a stone what am I looking for ?

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Take a look through my other videos, I do flint identification, in Missouri if I remember correctly your flint is white.
      I will look into it more and get back to you, I. The mean time check out my other videos, they will help

  • @senkuu_ishigamii
    @senkuu_ishigamii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You know where I can find it in Virginia/Maryland?
    I live near the Burkittsville Area. Like a few miles south in NoVA

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I found some random jasper right in a field in burkittsville!
      Maryland all along the Chesapeake

    • @senkuu_ishigamii
      @senkuu_ishigamii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors
      Ok I’m going there again this summer I’ll let you know if I can find some!

  • @justinhall2117
    @justinhall2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can just imagine how many times your fingers hated you for missing the rock lol

  • @Reneemfenn
    @Reneemfenn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤ chert

  • @kylek9378
    @kylek9378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's your elevation there? I'm at 6000' I'm wondering how high flint is in the mountains

  • @travhammer
    @travhammer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm in South Carolina, central. Wouldn't be any use to search here, right?

  • @artamandi
    @artamandi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you know what "gloves" are?

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What are those? I have no idea. Why don’t you educate me random internet person?

  • @Robert-Herman
    @Robert-Herman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live east of the Hudson. My research tells me that there is no flint/chert on my side of the river. Am I right?

  • @galor8765
    @galor8765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello im new here any chances you can find flint areas on the map? I live in Slovakia Košice and i cant find any whatsoever

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried to access some records for slovakia and was not able to. I tried some various things but it just wont let me look.

  • @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk
    @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you find flint in most rivers in New Hampshire?

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quartzite, rhyolite, and possibly red flint up in New Hampshire.

    • @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk
      @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors how about the White Mountains, New Hampshire?

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s a high quality white quartzite in the white mountains. Knaps like flint

    • @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk
      @qwertyhjbvcdfyhjk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors cool! I can’t wait to try this!

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let me know how it goes and keep me up to date

  • @tomzigoris3835
    @tomzigoris3835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Michigan were can I find flint or chert

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chert nodules are abundant in the Bayport limestone quarries in Arenac and Huron counties. Chert and flint are in the Niagaran dolomite in the Northern Peninsula, exposed in Scott's Quarry near Trout Lake, and the old quarries at Manistique.

    • @tomzigoris3835
      @tomzigoris3835 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wildernessquestoutdoors thank you so much i will plan a trip

  • @phrotojoe
    @phrotojoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Middleburg area ??

  • @ronaldhuffstatler6062
    @ronaldhuffstatler6062 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man that’s leaverwright flint

  • @andyshriner5443
    @andyshriner5443 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What if I want to find Flert? Sorry I'll see myself out. After the video, of course.

  • @cheeseboi8891
    @cheeseboi8891 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    first day in vintage story be like:

  • @tomzigoris3835
    @tomzigoris3835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I asked around they say Michigan is not a good state for it

    • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
      @Wildernessquestoutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chert nodules are abundant in the Bayport limestone quarries in Arenac and Huron counties. Chert and flint are in the Niagaran dolomite in the Northern Peninsula, exposed in Scott's Quarry near Trout Lake, and the old quarries at Manistique.

  • @shadygremlin9702
    @shadygremlin9702 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why do you not use a rock hammer? Liked & Sub'd

  • @vikkijov
    @vikkijov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It looks so cold. lol you're nuts

  • @Wildernessquestoutdoors
    @Wildernessquestoutdoors  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out the Patreon perks! Some include free flint! Www.Patreon.com/visionquestoutdoors

  • @nicodianime
    @nicodianime 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My headphones volume was at max, jumped out my damn skin that intro was so loud. ☠️

  • @troybradley8647
    @troybradley8647 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Need water

  • @PraviLukijanJC
    @PraviLukijanJC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I take showers in 0⁰C water

  • @johnny6148
    @johnny6148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thats chert

  • @brendanmaillett8610
    @brendanmaillett8610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's chert bro! We don't have flint.

  • @richardcull4126
    @richardcull4126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol true stoner

  • @lostpony4885
    @lostpony4885 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Washing hands in liquid nitrogen...

  • @aslanbosnakoglu8240
    @aslanbosnakoglu8240 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ice age is a myth. never was such a thing. if anything we are in an ice age right now. greenland was named greenland by vikings because it was green.

    • @vicbertfartingclack4559
      @vicbertfartingclack4559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell that to all the moraines, drumlins, till deposits, erratics, and eskers where I live; not to mention isostatic rebounding of the ground that is still happening. Greenland got its name from Erik the Red around 983 AD. It was snow covered but he wanted to entice settlers by fraudulently calling it green. More than 2 million years ago it was green … then the glaciers formed.