Glass Buttes 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video we explore more of this unique and vast rockhounder's paradise in the high desert of central of Oregon.
Music: Background Inspiring Folk
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#TheFinders #Rockhounding
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Emory is a great guy and will treat people good.... Nice video, nice finds ..
We always do great at Glass Buttes...
Since it was our first time to the buttes, we would have been relatively lost without Emory. 👍🏼
OMG I love how you have your dogs do the loose dirt digging. That’s actually really smart.
Thanks Rachael! They just love to dig and are good at it, much more and better than me. 😉
Just went up there the other day. The side road was hell in a Geo metro.
I’ll bet! My wife was freaked out on some of those “roads” in our old F150!
6:30 and 11:00...WOW! Amazing obsidian!
Any videos of the tumbled and polished results?
I would hesitate to let my dog dig in a field of broken glass.
That is the largest piece of Obsidian I have ever seen! Nice Find.
Ell Jay really liked the large chip near the end, so pretty.
Another wonderful time together. Bless you guys!
One of the claim owners there told me that he helped someone pull a piece from that same area that was over 300 lbs. Mine was 46lbs! 🤣😉
Another fun romp through such beautiful country and material. Looks like you guys got some good stuff, more importantly had a good time! Cheers and be blessed!
Yes, it amazes me that such a place exists! We hope to go back next year and take some grandkids with us! Rusty can show them where to dig. 😉
Greetings from Georgia! This video makes me nostalgic. Glass Buttes and Hampton Buttes were the first couple days of my family’s 16 day PNW vacation in October. We brought home some beautiful obsidian. It’s amazing how plentiful it is there. We didn’t have as much luck finding green petrified wood at Hampton Butte (small pieces only).
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks Judy! Y’all came a long ways! I hope your weather was as good as ours. I had heard that Hampton Butte was slim pickins, so we tried a place called Delintment Lake, about 30 miles (as a bird flies) and lots of rough roads from there. There was supposed to be amonite fossils there… if there are, we didn’t find any except one 1/4” partial. That’s rock hounding! Glass Buttes is an exceptional place! Blessings to you all, and if your name means that you are a foster parent, then may the Lord grant you an extra measure of peace and joy!
Good times, thanks for sharing; looking for insights on where you might look to identify a rock. Found this nifty rock that has a rainbow sheen to it, took to it a local rock shop, but they couldn't identify it. Up here in Alaska, looking forward to making another road trip down to you neck of the woods. Blessings on your weekend Krawdad
Thanks so much Bill! I got to rest and play with rocks today, definitely a blessing!
Your rock sounds quite interesting. isgs.illinois.edu (search “identify minerals”) has a lot of info on what you need to ID your rock.
@@krawdadandrusty Thanks Krawday will do
Thanks again. I liked this one too. Another thumbs up and I subscribed . Hope it helps you out somehow. god bless you. Mac
Weren't you worried about Rusty cutting his paw on a sharp shard?
We thought we might need to keep the dogs in the truck, but didn’t find shards out where we were hunting. We did see a lot of broken pieces around the fire pit near our campsite, probably from arrowhead knapping. We were careful not to let Rusty go there.
I have never been to glass butt buy have wanted to go for 6+ years. How do you go about finding where there are claims so you don't jump one?
A claim, Emory Coons, stopped by our campsite not long after we got there and gave us a map that showed the claims and had accurate information on where best to find the various types of obsidian. He also gave us other helpful information. We saw Emory every day we were there giving out his map and help. I think it is his personal mission to drive around and give out map and information. It protects the claims, and is also very helpful to visitors. We ended up giving our map to a couple we met there that had no other information, so we don’t have one any more. My suggestion would be to contact Emory if you can. Last I knew he and his Father owned Coons Lapidary in Burns.
Love your videos thank you for sharing..where did you get your map of the area from?
Thanks for your kind comments! The map we had came from a claim owner there named Emory Coons. He came by while we were setting up camp and gave us his map and lots of helpful information. We saw him everyday we were there. I think he sort of patrols the area so people know where to go and where not to go. Last I knew, Emory and his Dad had an obsidian business located in Burns. If they are still mining there, you won’t need to find him, he will find you.
@@krawdadandrustygreat information we are planning on spending time there in a few weeks. Currently mapping out our area for our spring Rockhounding trip. We will keep our eye out for Emory!
Beautiful obsidian!!! Wish I had rusty to help me dig. Lol !! Thanks for sharing. I would really like a copy of the map you had . Me and the wife are thinking about taking a trip out that way next summer. Where did you get your copy ? Thanks!
Keep rockin!!👍😎
I got that map from the friendly claim owner I mentioned, Emory Coons, but I gave it to a couple we met there that had no other information. We camped there 5 days, using it as a base camp, and saw Emory every day. I think it is his personal mission to drive around and give everyone there his up-to-date map and information. It protects the claims, and is also very helpful to visitors. He might send you a map. I found his business by searching Coons Lapidary.
Yes Paul, soon, thanks for asking. I have a pot of some Gold Sheen, Aurora Borealis, and Midnight pieces that are in final polish (cerium oxide) this week (week 7 in the process). The regular tumbling polish didn't give satisfactory results so I hope the cerium will be better, then I 'll do a video with the results, which look quite promising!
Be careful letting your dog dig where sharp obsidians sits in wait...please!
Oh yeah. We were actually more concerned about the fractured obsidian on the surface, but found hardly any except at our campsite where people have been knapping for years, so we didn’t let them lose there.
Fun fact. obsidian is not a mineral and therefore you cannot strike a claim for obsidian. All the claims in that area are invalid and should be removed from claim record. These claims were obtained with a lie. They all claimed they're looking for a mineral other than what they are really there fore which is the obsidian. Most specifically the rainbow and fire obsidian.
That is very interesting! So, if I’m thinking right, the claim owners have the same guantity limit as everyone else on the obsidian, they just have the claims for exclusive access to the good stuff. 🤔
Still thinking about this… I need to do some research on all this, but my understanding (and personal practice) is that what is collected on public BLM lands is limited to personal use and cannot be sold for profit. If this is the case, then the obsidian that the claim owners collect cannot be legally sold, unless, perhaps, they have some sort of commercial permit. I know that until it was ended because of abuse 2 years ago, commercial permits were issued for the Davis Creek, CA sites, which allowed for greater limits and for-prophet sale of obsidian. But the area that could be staked out with these permits was quite small. I think I smell something fishy…!