loved this video, I think this is the perfect balance between keeping the agates intact as much as possible and revealing some of the banding without cutting them and structurally changing them forever
Wow, what a cool idea Taylor, never thought to grind off the husk. Love the shapes, banding, patterns, eyes and colors. Cool video man! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to try this myself, just need to find some LS agates first!
Loved this video! I'm new to rock hounding and learning how to properly identify rocks as I find them. Watching you videos has given me so great tips! Thank you!
At 13:40 put your flashlight on those little specks. Usually they are Hematite/Salmon flakes, but I have a few from 2 creeks close to each other, and those specks after VERY close examination are Copper.
I like the next to the last one. They are so shiny! I have used a tumbler or 3 since I became interested about 4 years ago.Stopped for a couple years and am now back at it. I am using some different approaches, trying to use the same consistency in each barrel. Staying away from ordinary granite.
That last one blew my mind just kept getting better and better I love that you didn’t cut them and kept them their natural shape love what your doing man never stop
Thank you for posting. I have a little flat lap and lots of geodes and agets but no saw your video has helped me heaps now i have another way I can explore some stones that I was not sure if to tummble or slab. Great way to hone in on lapadairy skills too. Thanks heaps 🤗
Glad to see you use the flat lap. It has been a while and I thought you found something better to us, like you cab machine. I bought a flat lap and then you stopped using it on your videos. Thank you for bringing another idea for use of the flat lap! Lin H.
They are all amazing! !! But your favorite is my 2nd fav. My 1st fav is the blue one😆 I don't see that many blue Lake Superior Agates and the eyes that just appeared as you polished??? And I loved the deep look into the stone! Just beautiful 💜 gotta love Mother Nature✌💜
The Monochromatics polish well, but don't reveal details like other agates do. In fact I'm fairly partial to them; painted and jelly. I like how the Jellys look like they have puddles in them; like a drop of water was frozen in time. The Blue is my favorite. I mean that agate is Pacific Blue. I wonder if it's going to turn "milky"? The specks on the mountain agate might be Native Copper. Put your flashlight on it at different angles. Really cool. I haven't been watching Agate vids lately because of Cabin Fever. I'm so ready for the thaw. I believe our Snowpack is going to make for a great start this year. Good job.
I do this too , you cut and shape enough agate the experience will guide you. I love the channel, I’m gravel bar hoppers older brother. Joey nice talking here. Another 👍🏼
Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 Agate Dad I like them all but like you said the last stone was the best for sure some of the patterns reminded me of the planet Juniper. So thanks again for all the great work and keep on rocking for sure.
The dark one and your favorite are really nice. Interesting how some start out as potatoes and turn incredible where others still end up as potatoes after all the work.
Ohhh THANK you for this!! I don’t know how many times I will show people an agate nodule and they are 100% convinced that I don’t have an agate. Could you perhaps someday do a video that is just about nodules? What they are and why they most certainly ARE agates
Although I truly love that blue one but I have to agree with you on the magnificent detailing that came out on your favorite... Such an awesome reward to your hobby...a wonderful talent my friend...😊
Oh wow, I’m hooked!!! I need a machine like this!! First time I’m watching a video like this. I recently got some Rose quartz, Smokey, some kind of pinky/stone in Ghana west Africa, when walking around!! I absolutely love crystals!! Great video
What a great video and such a unique way to polish your agates! I always enjoy a good cutting and polishing video but I’m really glad you didn’t cut those nodules. You made them look absolutely amazing! Nice job!! 👍
Sweet video! Me and my partner are going to be coming up around Duluth and two harbors the weekend of March 12th, it would be great to get some insight on spots to look for cool rocks like agates and possibly thompsonite!
Dude I just love how around you got them. 😅❤️🌍 So cool. I'm trying to get this quartz that's all like purple and almost see-through I'm trying to get it completely round it's almost. Love it lol
Fun demonstration! The last was my favorite also. It seems as though the little surface holes/tubes you sanded over, weren’t filled in all the way. So where you sanded down to where the tubes’ insides were level with the surface, bands appeared around the tubes. So were the bands formed inside the tube shaped voids?
As I'm watching you work...I'm looking through my beach found rock display and realizing...I do find agates in Massachusetts...I have some right here on my table. 🤦♀️
Wow, thanks for sharing! This is what i call eye-candy! My fave is the last one of course, but the color of that deep blue one is spectacular! I would love to show you a picture of my eye agate. I wish i could post it on here. It was such a serendipitous find too and it is has a life-size eye on it. It is so cool; I call it my alien eyeball lol! I only have a rotary tool to polish, but I wish I had a lapidary set like yours, that thing is so awesome! Hopefully someday! What method are you going to use to finish polishing the rest of the stones?
Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed the video don't forget to hit that like button 👍 I appreciate all of your support ❤
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The second one looks like an alien planet.
loved this video, I think this is the perfect balance between keeping the agates intact as much as possible and revealing some of the banding without cutting them and structurally changing them forever
Yesss!!
I'm new to lapidary so this is good to know. Thank you.
Thanks for demonstrating your husk-grinding approach. Beautiful effects! I liked the dark blue the best.
My oh my, I have a bucket full of nodules that I'm going to be grinding after seeing that last on!
Nice finds.
I just wanna grind all the rocks to look inside.
Wow what a wonderful process from start to finish those agate nodules all took a nice polish and I have to say that last one was a stunner!
It's fun to become in aw of what you see in a rock! Love the mountain ... thank you
Those agates are so cool! Thanks for bringing us along to show from beginning to the end, with the grinding and polishing!
The last one for sure gets my vote.
Hi friend Beautiful agates 👍👍👍👌👌nice process
Wow, what a cool idea Taylor, never thought to grind off the husk. Love the shapes, banding, patterns, eyes and colors. Cool video man! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to try this myself, just need to find some LS agates first!
Yeah I thought it would be fun and different than cutting them!
@@AgateDad Yes, definitely was.
Loved this video! I'm new to rock hounding and learning how to properly identify rocks as I find them. Watching you videos has given me so great tips! Thank you!
So glad to be able to help!
Great video! My fav was the “mountain”. It was like looking at a painting.
That last one was just amazing and my favorite.
At 13:40 put your flashlight on those little specks. Usually they are Hematite/Salmon flakes, but I have a few from 2 creeks close to each other, and those specks after VERY close examination are Copper.
Oh wow 🤩 gorgeous agates!
I like the next to the last one. They are so shiny! I have used a tumbler or 3 since I became interested about 4 years ago.Stopped for a couple years and am now back at it. I am using some different approaches, trying to use the same consistency in each barrel. Staying away from ordinary granite.
This is a fun one. More of this kind, please. Like to see what is hiding underneath all that
They all are cool. That last one is fantastic. And I like the one with the mountain in it. Great job Taylor!
That one is soo cool!
They're beautiful. Especially the last one
The last one is my favorite. They all have their own beauty like the eyes. Keep up the great videos.
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Wow! That last one! Amazing!
Hmmm 🤔...
We always just ground the banded side and sold them for jewelry because they turned out amazing 🤩.
That last one blew my mind just kept getting better and better I love that you didn’t cut them and kept them their natural shape love what your doing man never stop
Love that blue one with all the eyes. Such a unique color!
Right?!
Always fun to find hidden treasures under the surface. Thanks for sharing!
I love this video because it is amazing the way grinding exposes beautiful details & the stones look so shiney.
your fav was pretty amazing, but the Blue... totally my fav!!
It's hard to pick just one favorite because they are all beautiful
Amazing results that last Agate, Spectacular🤩. Enjoyed your video!
Thank you for posting. I have a little flat lap and lots of geodes and agets but no saw your video has helped me heaps now i have another way I can explore some stones that I was not sure if to tummble or slab. Great way to hone in on lapadairy skills too. Thanks heaps 🤗
Glad to see you use the flat lap. It has been a while and I thought you found something better to us, like you cab machine. I bought a flat lap and then you stopped using it on your videos. Thank you for bringing another idea for use of the flat lap!
Lin H.
The second one you showed after the final polish, looks like the night sky on a clear night. Absolutely beautiful!
Memorizing taking down layer by layer so awesome.
It’s so fun!
Your show made me re-evsluaye all 25 years of rocks. Thankyou
I love them all Taylor, they r so so pretty xx gr8 vid xx
The last one looked the best.
This was a really cool idea!! Now we have one more option on cutting and polishing …just to make it that much harder lmao!!
Wow! Wow! Wow!
They are all amazing! !! But your favorite is my 2nd fav. My 1st fav is the blue one😆 I don't see that many blue Lake Superior Agates and the eyes that just appeared as you polished??? And I loved the deep look into the stone! Just beautiful 💜 gotta love Mother Nature✌💜
The Monochromatics polish well, but don't reveal details like other agates do. In fact I'm fairly partial to them; painted and jelly. I like how the Jellys look like they have puddles in them; like a drop of water was frozen in time. The Blue is my favorite. I mean that agate is Pacific Blue. I wonder if it's going to turn "milky"? The specks on the mountain agate might be Native Copper. Put your flashlight on it at different angles. Really cool. I haven't been watching Agate vids lately because of Cabin Fever. I'm so ready for the thaw. I believe our Snowpack is going to make for a great start this year. Good job.
Fun stuff. Kind of like opening a present.
Oh yeah!
That last one had some great detail, very nice!
Those agates turned out great!
Wow! Beautiful 🤩 the last one you showed is my favorite 🤩
I do this too , you cut and shape enough agate the experience will guide you. I love the channel, I’m gravel bar hoppers older brother. Joey nice talking here. Another 👍🏼
Right on🙌
The last one was amazing of course, but I also liked the blue one. They are all pretty!
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I liked the blue one , and the last one :)
That was crazy. Never would have guessed they could be transformed into such beautiful pieces by taking off some of that outer layer!
Nice idea and awesome job on them! My favorite was the same one as yours! Stunning! 😊
Awesome, I have always been curious about polishing the crust off 😊
I agree with you, liked the last one you showed best.
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My fav. was the last one, Wow! Beautiful and so cool 😊❤️
Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 Agate Dad I like them all but like you said the last stone was the best for sure some of the patterns reminded me of the planet Juniper. So thanks again for all the great work and keep on rocking for sure.
Oh definitely
The dark one and your favorite are really nice. Interesting how some start out as potatoes and turn incredible where others still end up as potatoes after all the work.
Ohhh THANK you for this!! I don’t know how many times I will show people an agate nodule and they are 100% convinced that I don’t have an agate. Could you perhaps someday do a video that is just about nodules? What they are and why they most certainly ARE agates
Beautiful!!!🎉
Love the lace.
Oh and the last one was my favorite too.
I love them all! And I'm always so inspired watching what you do with them ❤️
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They all turned out sooooo Great! The last one is definitely my favorite but the Blue was a total surprise too🍀💙🍀💙🍀💙
Blue was a huge surprise!!!
Love the last one
The eyes were making me think of some kind of jelly fish - the red/browns are like caramel - these are gorgeous!
Nice work. I liked the wrap around polish red one with fine banding.
Such nice bands on that one!
Although I truly love that blue one but I have to agree with you on the magnificent detailing that came out on your favorite...
Such an awesome reward to your hobby...a wonderful talent my friend...😊
Totally cool! Filled with surprises
So fun ginding those husks off!
I liked the blue one and the last one too
That last one 💪
Oh wow, I’m hooked!!! I need a machine like this!! First time I’m watching a video like this. I recently got some Rose quartz, Smokey, some kind of pinky/stone in Ghana west Africa, when walking around!! I absolutely love crystals!! Great video
I liked the second the best because it you could see so far into it.
The last one was my favorite too.
Thank you, I felt that 😄
Beautiful 🤩
Nice video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Great video,, I think I liked the last two the best but they all were great!!
I love your vids!!! Thank you for these beautiful earth treasures ❤❤❤
Мне очень нравится смотреть на то , что у вас получается. Красота!🌸
Last one beautiful
Weiner when it comes to getting to the inside. Do more and you'll see more beauty. Congrats on the crazy lace.
This video is so cool!
What a great video and such a unique way to polish your agates! I always enjoy a good cutting and polishing video but I’m really glad you didn’t cut those nodules. You made them look absolutely amazing! Nice job!! 👍
The blue one is very cool.
Like your passion!
Sweet video! Me and my partner are going to be coming up around Duluth and two harbors the weekend of March 12th, it would be great to get some insight on spots to look for cool rocks like agates and possibly thompsonite!
That was a fun video. When you started I was like slice them all. I’m glad I was wrong, that last one is a stunner. Right on 😎😎😎
I was going to cut them but decided to do this instead, also very glad I did!
Dude I just love how around you got them. 😅❤️🌍 So cool. I'm trying to get this quartz that's all like purple and almost see-through I'm trying to get it completely round it's almost. Love it lol
Holy crap man!! That was fun..
Some very pretty stuff 😃
🤘🤘glad you enjoyed!
I love these.! 👍👍
You’re one of the two people I’ve seen use the purple 220 pad. Do you recommend it? I may be putting an order through soon.. alright back to watching!
I definitely do 🤘
Have that extra inbetween stage is a huge difference :)
I’d polish the flat bottoms a bit just to see what’s there….but it might be a pain…I’m just curious. Fun to watch you work…thanks.
Fun demonstration! The last was my favorite also. It seems as though the little surface holes/tubes you sanded over, weren’t filled in all the way. So where you sanded down to where the tubes’ insides were level with the surface, bands appeared around the tubes. So were the bands formed inside the tube shaped voids?
I think you should grind all of the last on because it looks like it will turn out to be amazing. Great video
I like that back window 🥰
Well Merry Christmas!! That's all I can think of, opening presents!
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@@AgateDad 😀
I have to agree with you about the last one it's a beauty. Have you made any pendants of these?
I havent
As I'm watching you work...I'm looking through my beach found rock display and realizing...I do find agates in Massachusetts...I have some right here on my table. 🤦♀️
Nice Job!
Thanks!
Eyes....I love em.
I have one the size of a golf ball that is covered in eyes........probably 500 plus.
Amazing!
If only you could get a thin slice 3d computer model of the interior banding of agates🤩...without cutting them open of course. Kinda like a preview
Tengo muchas piedras de esas pero falta ese aparato para pulir que maravillosas quedan
I just found a 7 pound nodule yesterday… what would be the best way to go about polishing? Better to go by hand or machine?
Wow, thanks for sharing! This is what i call eye-candy! My fave is the last one of course, but the color of that deep blue one is spectacular! I would love to show you a picture of my eye agate. I wish i could post it on here. It was such a serendipitous find too and it is has a life-size eye on it. It is so cool; I call it my alien eyeball lol!
I only have a rotary tool to polish, but I wish I had a lapidary set like yours, that thing is so awesome! Hopefully someday!
What method are you going to use to finish polishing the rest of the stones?