i know people harvesting burnt standing timber for lumber and firewood. apparently light winds bring down a lot of deadly snags as their roots are burnt or rotten. very dangerous to explore during wind storms
May I just say I appriciate "I hope to earn your subscription today." So many youtubers start their videos with "like, share and subscribe" and as a first time watcher I can't help but think. "This is my first time watching and the beginning of your video. Don't tell me to like something I haven't even seen yet!" You did indeed earn my subscription. I certainly enjoyed watching you prospecting. Agates are such fun rocks. I LOVE how you show the cleaned up and cut rocks at the end. That really makes the video fun, seeing what you really came away with after all that work. :) I had never considered a forest fire being good for prospecting. We actually had some very big fires last year. You inspired me to poke around out there!
Hey Dan… I live in Oregon near the Columbia River. You are so right about the fires. Time will heal. Really enjoying your videos. With all of the world discontent these days you provide a wonderful respite from the worlds misery. Thank you Sir.
I have followed your fossicking exploits for a bit now. This adventure I watched with my son's, 11 & 14.. we were all impressed. they said it was a hero's journey! I agreed. felt your efforts through the rugged terrain and grueling weather. well done. we're very proud of your efforts. documenting history for future generations. thanks for sharing. your editing is excellent (all your vids) we really felt the journey 👍
Dan had his sprayer the whole time and still licked the first rock like a boss lol Thats gotta be some old school badass prospector stuff only the real ones are willing to do!
Australia goes through this every year as well. We are having our first fire warnings of the season. Please show us how the vegetation recovers over next months and years
Natures way of a reboot ! LoL Thanks Dan, for taking us along. Please keep up the great videos. I always enjoy walking the crop fields along the Ohio river after the big floods have receded, I find amazing arrowheads. If you are out late, and as the sun is setting , you can look to the east , and all the flint is shining , it looks like the stars in the night sky. It is incredible to see the craftsmanship of these handmade beauties. I have found arrowheads, celts, bowls, spear points, crafted stand club heads, awls and punches. Makes for a great day in southern Ohio. I think might enjoy it yourself Dan.
I used to work for the U.S. Forest Service from 1987-1988, and the National Park Service from 1989 to 1992, and we had an interagency fire crew. The Forest Service office and the National Park Service office I worked in both were on the same fire crew. I got to do quite a bit of wild-land fire fighting and saw a lot of this kind of territory. The Forest Service district I worked on in South Dakota had a huge fire in 1988 and we went in afterwards and set up a bunch of timber sales to remove the timber that was still harvestable. A lot of it ended up going as economy lumber, because the lumber gets discolored. It takes on a blue tinge when it's heated up at forest fire temperatures. We had to be very wary of damaged trees falling at any time and if the wind came up, we pulled out of the area. I spent a good part of one fall doing nothing but marking trees for sale. The National Park Service tends to let fires burn if the fire is inside it's boundary's but if it threatens surrounding property, they will go after it and put it out. 1988 was the year that Yellowstone National Park burned, and they first just let it burn because it was in the middle of the park. After a couple of weeks it had spread so much they decided to control it. Our fire crew was dispatched to the fire along with a lot of other crews too, but I didn't go on that fire. I was also in the Army National Guard at the time, and had drill the weekend they left. But someone has to stay back and be available on the district for fire suppression if a fire broke out there. Luckily our fire was out by that time and nothing more happened that year. The hills burned out in the video brought back a lot of memories.
Yesterday Oct. 20th 2021 found you in you tube recommendation so glad you tube did this. I really enjoy you....what an incredible personality. Hope you take the following as the blessful compliment that it is....since I lost my soul mate many yrs. ago I have not thought I would ever find anyone who could stir my soul like my beloved Rhon could-did. First video of yours was the one w/your kids n wife at a river prospecting for garnets. Beautiful family....I wish you were single for the way you bring me much enjoyment watching listening & learning from you. I Am in the good way envious of your wife. I wish I was her. Thank you, Dan for sharing your amazing video's w/us & sharing your family w/us as well. If you happen to have a brother who is A LOT like you & is single *grins & winks*. You are a Good Soul & a Beautiful Man, Dan. I hope this Blesses You & Your Loved Ones for it is the intention behind my post. I can't hardly wait to see all the other video's you've made. Appreciate Teaching Us Your Knowledge....!
I love every video that I have ever watched of yours. You’re a such an awesome and personable guy. You’ve actually motivated me to start prospecting. I started off with gold but you got my mind mind racing about so many things other than golden that I’ve started doing heavy research in prospecting sites in my area (Utah), getting all the tools and equipment and hitting the road to the great outdoors. Cheers Dan!
Hi Dan, the agates you found were AMAZING at this spot! I really enjoy watching the videos centered around stones and gem stones actually MORE than the ones where you're prospecting for gold! More stone and gem stone videos please!! :))
Ok, this is my first video of this guy and i love how giddy he gets when he finds something, like: Oeh, another one, hehehe" its just funny, definitely subbing
This seasons mining season should be very interesting after all of the flooding and erosion from last years mass fire season in BC. Hvy Pans Dan, heavy pans !!
It was a crazy summer for sure! Bears are going to be happy for the next few years though, nothing like a forest fire to kick off a few years of outstanding blueberry season.
Wow, actually, the fact that you can find what kind of look like giant bird/dragon/reptile tracks left behind after a big section of forest burns down sounds like the kind of thing that could have inspired old legends of fire-breathing beasts in the first place.
You are one of the best people on the web I live in Arizona and have done a lot of prospecting with a metal detector. I was prospecting the westside of the uperstitions and a camp of a minor. The most interesting thing I found there was a shoe anvil I wish I had kept it but I left it there. My third great-grandfather came from Ireland to America. That's how I knew exactly what it was weather prospecting for gold ore for gold it's so interesting if you're ever planning a trip to Arizona I could help you find some real interesting places
Thanks for another great video Dan! Wife and I were up there a while back for a look around. So quiet and hardly any signs of life, it's like being in another world. Mother Nature will recover, though, as She always does! Always looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
I do a lot of work in the burn zone from the Paradise Campfire. Dan watch not to work on windy days. The trees drop widow makers more on windy or rainy days.
Really love your videos Dan. I'm Irish in London UK and learn sooo much from a mountain man like yourself. Love the family and just can't wait for new stuff all the time. This was especially good as geology really does intrigue me and the forces that made those agastes, crystals etc is just amazing. Gold. Is an element and the same all the time. The hunt is good but I think today's adventure was soooo interesting. All with some safety tips too. 😎👍❤️
You are so lucky to live in the USA with such a rich variety of minerals to prospect, an oregon sunstone video would be awesome Dan let me know if you have done anything about it ❤ from the UK?!
fascinating the pronunciation / accent differences. With my New Zealand ears I hear egg-ate instead of the ag-ate we say down here. Amazing how language evolves and changes.
So love your excitement and the treasures you keep pulling out of those washes, but I was wondering what you do with these agates and how you go about making money from it?
That’s sad Dan it’s looks like that here in California all burnt summer was terrible here couldn’t prospect my claim they closed all the forest through out California. And the really sad thing is it’s going to take a long time to grow back especially the trees I’m liking those agots tho I’m hoping my claim isn’t washed away from mud great video and happy prospecting.
Wow awesomeness, they are stunning. I’ve seen devastation like that in Western Australia, we lost so much plus full townships burnt down and over the other side of Australia, well let’s just say they had it way worse than us. The only difference between your trees and some of ours is ours can look dead and 2 months later they start sprouting new growth. Not all of them though and that’s so very sad. Anyway thank you for sharing those beautiful agates they are truly beautiful. God bless,take care and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🥰🥰👏👏👍👍💖💖
Forest fires are always sad, but it's important to reefer that fire plays a large part in Forest renewal and the Forest will be back healthier than it was before.
Used to be a forest firefighter, can say I know the damage that fires can do, worked all over the west side of the nation here in the US. But those dragon feet you call are called elephants foot, but I always thought they looked more like dinos or dragons myself. Also sad part about loosing forest like that in a burn that just rips through everything it takes many years before it recovers, had fires I know that burnt like that and 20 years later its still not the same, lots of little stuff will pop up but the trees themselves take a long long time to come back. Anyways just happen to find your channel from youtube magically popping this up in my feed, nice content so far and cool methods of seeing how this stuff is really done.
As you said it's starting to rain hard, I looked out my window and it started downpouring then a minute later it turned to 1/4 inch hail and now it's dumping rain again. It's only right above me, the surrounding sky is clear. Quite strange for mid western Ontario.
So glad to see that nature is doing its thing and small green shoots are popping up in places. Do you know if the goverment are planning on planting more trees to stop the erosion. Out of dark clouds come silver linings, I'm so glad you found so many gems, such a beautiful collection. What do you do with the shattered ones? They make great additions to art pieces if you sold them in bags. Just an idea 💡 ☺
just been for a trip out to the Blue John mine here in the UK with the little'un after they got into the idea while watching TH-cam channels such as yours before bedtime! Had a great time and was able to see evidence of some of the things you talk about on here such as amygdale holes where agates may once have been. Was a bit strange to be seeing these as the caves were reputedly formed via water eroding limestone. They definitely looked like ball and socket joints though. I asked the guide about them and he didn't seem to know, however, he did mention that a geologist was conducting studies as to whether there may well have been any volcanic activity previously. Maybe they had a similar thought upon seeing the 'socket' shapes 🤷🏻♂️
That is awesome that you instill a sense of wonder in your child/children ( ya never know) in the natural wonders under our feet or a little trek to see what took millions of years to create, and to have knowledge of what "sockets" could have been formed from what activity... is just awesome! You rock!
when we were hunting up by deka lake I was thinking of stopping at some of these places as the fire came 200 yards of our cabin but didnt unfortunately. My girlfriend and I should check out some spots up by where we were evacuated in the Kamloops area, always loved seeing your videos and was happy to meet you the one day we were out along the creek!
There was a place in the upper peninsula of Michigan, called "Rainbow lodge" at the mouth of the two hearted River, was lost in the major fire that happened. They had priceless agates and Petoskey stones. Some of the biggest they had weighed up to 75-200 lbs. They all turned to dust after the fire.
weird how these fires don't look like any other fire aftermath i've ever seen. Almost like the trees were still good and wet but something was burning them weird.
Awsome i didnt know that thes rocks where straight from fire ??!! Thanks for your video dan there are really constructive. I will watch for some now I have fight fires in kelowna, princeton and keemloops this year i am firefiggter from yukon ! Really sad year fire destroy lots residence and some town, peoples as been found one of the worst year in 50 years if i am not wroung !
Any possibility of a video on lapidary work? My friend and I have been trying to figure out how to go about cutting some stones and such and an educational video on what tools you use for those beautiful cuts would be highly appreciated.
Now I havnt been following you for long, but its like I fell right into all of this, and I LOVE IT! I have no idea what the end resault would look like, but maybe you could add something like that in the next video you make like this. How would these look like in a store for example :)
Wish they could lay out some kinda water pipe system for when fire comes to turn it and it just sprinkles all over with someone could have invent something like that for places like this so it doesn't ruin the beauty of it bless you all stay safe. Some nice funds Dan.... 😇
A good size area around the Miners Flat campground on the similkameen just burned last week. the whole hill side above the river went up. I'm curious what effect this will have on gold panning the river next season, I'm thinking all that extra material getting washed down is gonna be really good.
I absolutely love this channel :D I am collecting gems, metals and rocks. Imma give a list.. I have 3 chunks of granite, a inch long quarts shard, 2 blocks of obsidian from those dig it thingies, amethyst, gold flakes from Alaska, ocean picture stone, two agates (one purple and one orange), I’m not sure what it is but I think it’s something oxidized.. it’s gold colored, rough, heavy but definitely not gold and I also have something that’s light weight black and it looks like obsidian. And not related but I also have three shark teeth.
This is already buried. But, for anyone wanting to go explore these areas please be aware they can have pretty dangerous conditions and they are ecologically sensitive to human activities. You might need the next level of vehicle in terms of off-road capabilities and extra equipment to get clearance in to these areas.
I know hear can change color and texture and hardness of some rocks natives used to fire certain rocks to make them more suitable for knapping id love to get my hands on some knappable cherts or agates and jaspers
I like that you're talking about safety concerns after a fire. Things like winds are not often considered.
i know people harvesting burnt standing timber for lumber and firewood. apparently light winds bring down a lot of deadly snags as their roots are burnt or rotten. very dangerous to explore during wind storms
May I just say I appriciate "I hope to earn your subscription today." So many youtubers start their videos with "like, share and subscribe" and as a first time watcher I can't help but think. "This is my first time watching and the beginning of your video. Don't tell me to like something I haven't even seen yet!" You did indeed earn my subscription. I certainly enjoyed watching you prospecting. Agates are such fun rocks. I LOVE how you show the cleaned up and cut rocks at the end. That really makes the video fun, seeing what you really came away with after all that work. :) I had never considered a forest fire being good for prospecting. We actually had some very big fires last year. You inspired me to poke around out there!
Hey Dan… I live in Oregon near the Columbia River. You are so right about the fires. Time will heal. Really enjoying your videos. With all of the world discontent these days you provide a wonderful respite from the worlds misery. Thank you Sir.
I have followed your fossicking exploits for a bit now.
This adventure I watched with my son's, 11 & 14..
we were all impressed.
they said it was a hero's journey!
I agreed.
felt your efforts through the rugged terrain and grueling weather.
well done.
we're very proud of your efforts.
documenting history for future generations.
thanks for sharing.
your editing is excellent (all your vids)
we really felt the journey 👍
It’s so nice to see a TH-camr not begging for subscriptions, you’ve earned my respect laddy! Liked and subbed, peace 🇬🇧
Dan had his sprayer the whole time and still licked the first rock like a boss lol Thats gotta be some old school badass prospector stuff only the real ones are willing to do!
Australia goes through this every year as well. We are having our first fire warnings of the season.
Please show us how the vegetation recovers over next months and years
You're enthusiasm reminds me of going arrow head hunting with my dad. Every piece of flint was a possible treasure hiding in the mud
Dan's 20 min videos go by in what feels like 2 mins. Great attitude and awesome content is what more youtubers should look at this channel for.
Natures way of a reboot ! LoL
Thanks Dan, for taking us along.
Please keep up the great videos.
I always enjoy walking the crop fields along the Ohio river after the big floods have receded, I find amazing arrowheads. If you are out late, and as the sun is setting , you can look to the east , and all the flint is shining , it looks like the stars in the night sky. It is incredible to see the craftsmanship of these handmade beauties.
I have found arrowheads, celts, bowls, spear points, crafted stand club heads, awls and punches.
Makes for a great day in southern Ohio. I think might enjoy it yourself Dan.
I used to work for the U.S. Forest Service from 1987-1988, and the National Park Service from 1989 to 1992, and we had an interagency fire crew. The Forest Service office and the National Park Service office I worked in both were on the same fire crew. I got to do quite a bit of wild-land fire fighting and saw a lot of this kind of territory. The Forest Service district I worked on in South Dakota had a huge fire in 1988 and we went in afterwards and set up a bunch of timber sales to remove the timber that was still harvestable. A lot of it ended up going as economy lumber, because the lumber gets discolored. It takes on a blue tinge when it's heated up at forest fire temperatures.
We had to be very wary of damaged trees falling at any time and if the wind came up, we pulled out of the area. I spent a good part of one fall doing nothing but marking trees for sale.
The National Park Service tends to let fires burn if the fire is inside it's boundary's but if it threatens surrounding property, they will go after it and put it out. 1988 was the year that Yellowstone National Park burned, and they first just let it burn because it was in the middle of the park. After a couple of weeks it had spread so much they decided to control it. Our fire crew was dispatched to the fire along with a lot of other crews too, but I didn't go on that fire. I was also in the Army National Guard at the time, and had drill the weekend they left. But someone has to stay back and be available on the district for fire suppression if a fire broke out there. Luckily our fire was out by that time and nothing more happened that year.
The hills burned out in the video brought back a lot of memories.
Yesterday Oct. 20th 2021 found you in you tube recommendation so glad you tube did this. I really enjoy you....what an incredible personality. Hope you take the following as the blessful compliment that it is....since I lost my soul mate many yrs. ago I have not thought I would ever find anyone who could stir my soul like my beloved Rhon could-did. First video of yours was the one w/your kids n wife at a river prospecting for garnets. Beautiful family....I wish you were single for the way you bring me much enjoyment watching listening & learning from you. I Am in the good way envious of your wife. I wish I was her. Thank you, Dan for sharing your amazing video's w/us & sharing your family w/us as well. If you happen to have a brother who is A LOT like you & is single *grins & winks*. You are a Good Soul & a Beautiful Man, Dan. I hope this Blesses You & Your Loved Ones for it is the intention behind my post. I can't hardly wait to see all the other video's you've made. Appreciate Teaching Us Your Knowledge....!
Watching from nova scotia, I like the mix of entertainment, knowledge and your quirkyness, nice work! 👌
I love your personality! Michigan mom of 4! Thanks for sharing your fun finds!
Prayers for the rebuild of your lost towns.
Absolutely stunning haul.
Just want to say how much I love your videos please please keep them coming
I love every video that I have ever watched of yours. You’re a such an awesome and personable guy. You’ve actually motivated me to start prospecting. I started off with gold but you got my mind mind racing about so many things other than golden that I’ve started doing heavy research in prospecting sites in my area (Utah), getting all the tools and equipment and hitting the road to the great outdoors. Cheers Dan!
Hi Dan, the agates you found were AMAZING at this spot! I really enjoy watching the videos centered around stones and gem stones actually MORE than the ones where you're prospecting for gold! More stone and gem stone videos please!! :))
Beautiful agates Dan. Mother Nature always recover and in time that area will be beautiful once again.
Very cool that you always look after your personal safety!
Ok, this is my first video of this guy and i love how giddy he gets when he finds something, like: Oeh, another one, hehehe" its just funny, definitely subbing
Always learn something new from your videos, and much appreciated.
Beautiful finds!!!
Absolutely Beautiful!!!
This seasons mining season should be very interesting after all of the flooding and erosion from last years mass fire season in BC.
Hvy Pans Dan, heavy pans !!
It was a crazy summer for sure! Bears are going to be happy for the next few years though, nothing like a forest fire to kick off a few years of outstanding blueberry season.
Rebirth of nature. Beautiful
would be cool to see a video of your home setup for cutting and polishing the rocks you collect
Wonder if the heat from the fire would cause them to break, I kno some rocks will pop when they get tossed ina campfire
Most definitely
Wet rocks can explode like hand grenades when put in a fire
In my youth I was a wild land firefighter for about 6 year I can definitely smell that area..
Wow, actually, the fact that you can find what kind of look like giant bird/dragon/reptile tracks left behind after a big section of forest burns down sounds like the kind of thing that could have inspired old legends of fire-breathing beasts in the first place.
You are one of the best people on the web I live in Arizona and have done a lot of prospecting with a metal detector. I was prospecting the westside of the uperstitions and a camp of a minor. The most interesting thing I found there was a shoe anvil I wish I had kept it but I left it there. My third great-grandfather came from Ireland to America. That's how I knew exactly what it was weather prospecting for gold ore for gold it's so interesting if you're ever planning a trip to Arizona I could help you find some real interesting places
Thanks for another great video Dan! Wife and I were up there a while back for a look around. So quiet and hardly any signs of life, it's like being in another world. Mother Nature will recover, though, as She always does! Always looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
The smoke from those fires reached into Connecticut. And probably the worst I can remember in 50 years of living here.
You’re so amazing with your passion Dan! 😎😎
I do a lot of work in the burn zone from the Paradise Campfire. Dan watch not to work on windy days. The trees drop widow makers more on windy or rainy days.
It is great seeing you out there again Dan. Sure is beautiful country up there.
Prayers for the families effected by the fire.
Your beard has come back in glorious fashion
Really love your videos Dan. I'm Irish in London UK and learn sooo much from a mountain man like yourself. Love the family and just can't wait for new stuff all the time. This was especially good as geology really does intrigue me and the forces that made those agastes, crystals etc is just amazing. Gold. Is an element and the same all the time. The hunt is good but I think today's adventure was soooo interesting. All with some safety tips too. 😎👍❤️
He ain't no mountain man
Very smart. Awesome work sir 👍
Wonderful video! Thank you Dan, for bringing us along on the adventure!
Fire is terrible. Out here in California after a fire we go out and look for new mines that couldn't be seen for years.
Fire is good for the environment. What's bad is man made wildfires.
You are so lucky to live in the USA with such a rich variety of minerals to prospect, an oregon sunstone video would be awesome Dan let me know if you have done anything about it ❤ from the UK?!
fascinating the pronunciation / accent differences. With my New Zealand ears I hear egg-ate instead of the ag-ate we say down here. Amazing how language evolves and changes.
Dan digging like it’s 2021 B.C. Nice video! It’s amazing how much beauty can come out of that devastation.
wow these are so cool! love the idea of checking out wildfire remains in the washes!
Thanks for yet another great video👍🏻
Bittersweet. The devestation of the fires to yield a new rockhounding area to explore.
Thanks for the video 👍
You have indeed found some beautiful gems.
So love your excitement and the treasures you keep pulling out of those washes, but I was wondering what you do with these agates and how you go about making money from it?
@Dan Hurd I would love to go prospecting with you! BC pal over here. This was a great video, & what beautiful Agates that you found !
I always bring a rock pick for those icebergs that only show a little bit but hide a large piece underground
That’s sad Dan it’s looks like that here in California all burnt summer was terrible here couldn’t prospect my claim they closed all the forest through out California. And the really sad thing is it’s going to take a long time to grow back especially the trees I’m liking those agots tho I’m hoping my claim isn’t washed away from mud great video and happy prospecting.
The beard is coming back nicely sir!
I can count on my hand the number of TH-cam channels I actually watch every upload for, and Dan is for DANSURE one of them!
Wow awesomeness, they are stunning. I’ve seen devastation like that in Western Australia, we lost so much plus full townships burnt down and over the other side of Australia, well let’s just say they had it way worse than us. The only difference between your trees and some of ours is ours can look dead and 2 months later they start sprouting new growth. Not all of them though and that’s so very sad. Anyway thank you for sharing those beautiful agates they are truly beautiful. God bless,take care and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🥰🥰👏👏👍👍💖💖
Thanks for showing the rocks and then the hidden gems found inside.
Forest fires are always sad, but it's important to reefer that fire plays a large part in Forest renewal and the Forest will be back healthier than it was before.
Those are some gorgeous specimens!😍
Awesome video Dan.
Dan your the man! You do what i think of doing!
Used to be a forest firefighter, can say I know the damage that fires can do, worked all over the west side of the nation here in the US. But those dragon feet you call are called elephants foot, but I always thought they looked more like dinos or dragons myself. Also sad part about loosing forest like that in a burn that just rips through everything it takes many years before it recovers, had fires I know that burnt like that and 20 years later its still not the same, lots of little stuff will pop up but the trees themselves take a long long time to come back. Anyways just happen to find your channel from youtube magically popping this up in my feed, nice content so far and cool methods of seeing how this stuff is really done.
I love your presentations.
Damn it Dan!! I want to go with you !!!!! My brother, when he was alive, would scope out these places for mushrooms the following year
Morel madness!
Thanks Dan! I live your enthusiasm! You really seem sincere. The cut agate looks like galaxies. Sell them as miniature galaxies!
bro you saying honkin made me so happy i thought i was the only one
Dan..... one advantage of the fire should be " no bugs" next year
As you said it's starting to rain hard, I looked out my window and it started downpouring then a minute later it turned to 1/4 inch hail and now it's dumping rain again. It's only right above me, the surrounding sky is clear. Quite strange for mid western Ontario.
So glad to see that nature is doing its thing and small green shoots are popping up in places. Do you know if the goverment are planning on planting more trees to stop the erosion.
Out of dark clouds come silver linings, I'm so glad you found so many gems, such a beautiful collection. What do you do with the shattered ones? They make great additions to art pieces if you sold them in bags. Just an idea 💡 ☺
THANKS DAN !
I love your videos shame your boys couldn't join you on this adventure they have a keen eye to .
Love watching your channel! I was wondering if you ever come across any arrowheads while you're prospecting?
You've made a career from a hobby you enjoy... I admire and respect that.
just been for a trip out to the Blue John mine here in the UK with the little'un after they got into the idea while watching TH-cam channels such as yours before bedtime!
Had a great time and was able to see evidence of some of the things you talk about on here such as amygdale holes where agates may once have been.
Was a bit strange to be seeing these as the caves were reputedly formed via water eroding limestone.
They definitely looked like ball and socket joints though.
I asked the guide about them and he didn't seem to know, however, he did mention that a geologist was conducting studies as to whether there may well have been any volcanic activity previously.
Maybe they had a similar thought upon seeing the 'socket' shapes 🤷🏻♂️
That is awesome that you instill a sense of wonder in your child/children ( ya never know) in the natural wonders under our feet or a little trek to see what took millions of years to create, and to have knowledge of what "sockets" could have been formed from what activity... is just awesome! You rock!
@@enjoylifenh I try.
Guess that’s what counts.
when we were hunting up by deka lake I was thinking of stopping at some of these places as the fire came 200 yards of our cabin but didnt unfortunately. My girlfriend and I should check out some spots up by where we were evacuated in the Kamloops area, always loved seeing your videos and was happy to meet you the one day we were out along the creek!
There was a place in the upper peninsula of Michigan, called "Rainbow lodge" at the mouth of the two hearted River, was lost in the major fire that happened. They had priceless agates and Petoskey stones. Some of the biggest they had weighed up to 75-200 lbs. They all turned to dust after the fire.
weird how these fires don't look like any other fire aftermath i've ever seen. Almost like the trees were still good and wet but something was burning them weird.
Awsome i didnt know that thes rocks where straight from fire ??!! Thanks for your video dan there are really constructive. I will watch for some now
I have fight fires in kelowna, princeton and keemloops this year i am firefiggter from yukon ! Really sad year fire destroy lots residence and some town, peoples as been found one of the worst year in 50 years if i am not wroung !
Any possibility of a video on lapidary work? My friend and I have been trying to figure out how to go about cutting some stones and such and an educational video on what tools you use for those beautiful cuts would be highly appreciated.
The expression he has when saying "awful awful fire" lol
Now I havnt been following you for long, but its like I fell right into all of this, and I LOVE IT! I have no idea what the end resault would look like, but maybe you could add something like that in the next video you make like this. How would these look like in a store for example :)
The landscape is so shocking after a fire...but nature will come back and it will be beautiful again.
I like your videos Dan living the dream
Wish they could lay out some kinda water pipe system for when fire comes to turn it and it just sprinkles all over with someone could have invent something like that for places like this so it doesn't ruin the beauty of it bless you all stay safe. Some nice funds Dan.... 😇
Living the life, keep up the good work Dan.
thank you for sharing.
A good size area around the Miners Flat campground on the similkameen just burned last week. the whole hill side above the river went up. I'm curious what effect this will have on gold panning the river next season, I'm thinking all that extra material getting washed down is gonna be really good.
Howleyyy mowleyyy Dan. Those agate's have got to be some of the nicer looking specimen's you have gotten on your channel here. They look FANTASTIC.
Stunning agates out of the ashes.
First fire , then rain floods, now snow ... We can't get a break :(
I absolutely love this channel :D I am collecting gems, metals and rocks. Imma give a list.. I have 3 chunks of granite, a inch long quarts shard, 2 blocks of obsidian from those dig it thingies, amethyst, gold flakes from Alaska, ocean picture stone, two agates (one purple and one orange), I’m not sure what it is but I think it’s something oxidized.. it’s gold colored, rough, heavy but definitely not gold and I also have something that’s light weight black and it looks like obsidian. And not related but I also have three shark teeth.
Is this near Lytton? That town was devastated. 😢
Your awesome keep up your great work
Those sure were some purty agates Dan...
Glad you and the family are doing well after all that..
Loved the video mate loved the agates that's wat we seem to get alot off over my way not as pretty
From your tailgate i can tell you own a 2nd Gen dodge. I own one as well
This is already buried. But, for anyone wanting to go explore these areas please be aware they can have pretty dangerous conditions and they are ecologically sensitive to human activities. You might need the next level of vehicle in terms of off-road capabilities and extra equipment to get clearance in to these areas.
Wow that's really neat! What's the scientific name for the tree footprint thing?
I know hear can change color and texture and hardness of some rocks natives used to fire certain rocks to make them more suitable for knapping id love to get my hands on some knappable cherts or agates and jaspers