I don't mind if there is some undercutting. It is part of each rocks uniqueness & I love that uniqueness. I love that they are each so absolutely unique in their characters. You could go looking for rocks for a lifetime & never find two exactly the same & that is a wonderful thing.
@@sarahstrong7174 Yep, the variety is one of the things I love. I can't seem to get enough of unakite, although I am very, very selective about bringing those home at this point. I love finding cool looking oddballs.
Why can't we know about the super secret beach? Aren't there billions and billions of rocks moving around daily? They won't run out. Everyday new ones come in.
I loved this video. I grew up with the sound of a tumbler in the basement. They were really loud back then. I slept on the second floor and the tumbler was in the basement. These are beautiful and I can see the pink in the patricanite.
I like the before and after slide shows too. It gives me a record of what they looked like before tumbling too. I just wish it didn't take so long to make them.
@@MichiganRocks sorry to say that I took a rock tumbler off of my Christmas list after watching your tumbling videos. I really just want to mess around with a bit of polishing
I was pretty happy with the before and after videos. Those took several hours to do. It's disappointing to me because only about a third of the people who watch the video actually watch the slideshow. But at least those who got that far seemed to enjoy it.
@@jimknarr I know! I'm not sure how to get that across. The second batch is coming out on Monday. I'm not sure when the video will be ready. The next one will just be showing the rocks, so it will be shorter. Maybe I'll hold up the rocks and turn them around and then show the before and after pictures right then, one rock at a time. I'm not sure if that will flow very well, but maybe it's worth a try. What do you think?
It is absolutely amazing how much different these rocks look when you get done with them. It blows my mind every time I see the B4 and after pictures. Well done
Those before and after photos really show the difference. Really cool rock with great colors and patterns. The areas they are found in is nice too. Always fun to watch. Great video
Wow, the rocks from Super Secret Beach were my favorite 🤩 The group from Manitou were pretty cool too. I kept thinking about Dalmatians while watching those. Thanks for all the time invested in the fabulous slide show at the end. It’s always a treat seeing the before and after. 👏❤️
I think the rocks from those two beaches are some of the less common rocks that I find. I'm glad you liked the before and after slideshow, they're time consuming to make, but I enjoy seeing them when they're done too. It also gives me a record of what they looked like before I tumbled them.
I'm always amazed at the difference in color when the oxidized layer is removed. I'm glad you tumbled the granite, I love to polish granite and it doesn't have a under cut mar like when you tumble, atleast not often. I always appreciate the variety of your collection. Thanks for sharing.
I'd love to know how you tumble granite and avoid undercutting. It really is a pretty rock, but just not worth tumbling with the results I get. I have gotten a range of results, but the percentage with undercutting is way to high for me to bother with it.
Beautiful collection of great polished rocks. Really enjoyed the before and after pictures at end, what a great touch showing where you found them, thanks.
Wow, the before and after are amazing! You're good at knowing which ones to pick up and polish. Love the slide shows. Really shiny and beautiful all of them.
So many beautiful rocks. Super secret beach we’re gorgeous. Some looked like chips of wood. The slide show, showed how the rocks went from pretty to gorgeous. I was in awe how the colors came out at the end. 😮
They definitely reduce in size as you grind off the bad spots. I leave my rocks in until every little flaw is gone. Some people don't worry about a few holes or cracks, so their rocks wouldn't get as small. I also leave each rock in for only as long as necessary to get them the way I like them. So some rocks are in for longer and get smaller than other rocks that get shaped up sooner.
Wow simply wow. So beautiful. Loved the slide show. I did not know about rock tumbling.i knew about it when I was living in NJ, now as I moved out of country I am not sure I can buy the equipment where I live. I regret of not knowing this. But any way I am watching in TH-cam and enjoying. Thank you for all your efforts.
Hey James. That stuff is great. I have tumbled enough of it now, that I only felt the need to grab a few pieces this year. Did you see the Rocks in a Box video on banded rhyolite? th-cam.com/video/N9CZOSPTMSQ/w-d-xo.html
It’s amazing how some of the faint color streaks pop out after they’ve been polished. It’s also cool to see the before and after photos. I started tumbling my rocks from last summer about 6 weeks ago and finally got enough to move on to the the second stage. I reviewed your video of tumbling rocks from start to finish in a rotary tumbler using ceramic media, last night.
@@MichiganRocks Yep, I’ve been tumbling them using the”Rob” method, tumbling the heck out of them until they’re perfect. How ever like you said a week or 2 ago and several times before, with some of them you get to the point where further tumbling isn’t going to improve them any and it’s time to stop. When you start getting into pits and they keep getting bigger it’s time to quit. Your beard seemed to follow the same pattern as it did the last time. Ha Ha !!! I’ve got a idea for tumbling Petoskeys all the way through. I’ll let you know how that turns out.
@@MichiganRocks Yes, my daughter has tried that Her results were very similar to yours. It seems to me that the smaller stones seem to come out a little nicer than the larger ones.
@@davidhile5363 Yes, I think that's true. Rounder rocks do better than flatter rocks too. The narrower edges of Petoskeys tend to get bruised up during tumbling.
As Lawrence Welk would say.... "Onerfull -Onerfull show!" I for one do appreciate all the hard work you put into every aspect of your hobbie.... from rock collecting, tumbling, photography, videography etc! Always look forward to your posts.
Very nice. I think it is so cool what nature makes. Its so random. Rocks are so interesting. You can look at hundreds of the same type and never get sick of it because you can find something cool and unique about each one. Thanks for the video!
@@salishseaquest7952 The end result doesn't look like it start out. I spend a fair amount of time looking through the pictures for that one and I couldn't find it. So a color change isn't out of the question.
Oh My Gosh!! The before and after slide show was fantastic! I can see how it could by a huge timely matter!! But it is so well worth it! Thank You very much!! You know what?!?! You do collect a lot of the types of rocks that I pick up!!!🤣 All I want to do is sit down and keep watching more videos, but wrapping Christmas gifts are not getting down! I'll be back for more!!! Rob, I wish you and your wife/children, grandson and all the rest a very Merry Christmas and the best New Year possible!! I love your videos!!! 🤗❤️🙏🏼🎄
What a show! Really loved all of it. But from someone that lives in Oregon, those don't look anything like a thunder egg that we have out here. Ours have a pretty hefty rind on them and look like big round balls of mud till you slice them open and then you get to see the prize or not just depending. We've gotten both the nice ones and muddy ones. Love this whole show once again and thank you.
I agree that the ones in this video don't look like yours much at all. I don't think yours roll around in a lake before you pick them up though. Ours are very small. Sometimes they have agate bands on the inside. I have another video where I show some that I sliced in half and a lot more that I tumbled. You should take a look at it. I think you'll see a little more resemblance to yours in some of them. th-cam.com/video/e--T1yhouOA/w-d-xo.html
Rob the rock you pick up at 20:42 looks to me like one you pick up at 3:31. Great video even ugly rocks need to be picked and tumbled sometimes! Haha!!
The un-tumbled one was green and the tumbled one is very dark, but maybe. It's really hard to tell with some of them. I went through all my before pictures several times trying to match them up.
Thanks again for another great video! I get tons of blue material, which is common in my central Indiana limestone/fossil country. The before and after comparisons are wonderful, as well as educational! Appreciate seeing the results of months worth of effort!
I wasn't tumbling that whole time. These were actually pretty quick. I think the whole batch was done in five weeks from start to finish. What kind of blue material are you finding? Do you mean blue chert?
@@blindsquirrelrocks Have you tumbled it? Is it blue all the way though? I haven't finished the second half of these rocks, so I'm not sure if they stay blue or not.
@@MichiganRocks Not tumbled yet. I believe that most of the blue rock is fossilized coral and other plant life. The limestone in south central Indiana has a lot of this structure, and the blue material is often layered between cherts of various hues. I do have some finds that are bright blue on the skin, but I'm sure that would come off on the first tumbler pass!
So many beautiful rocks and amazing how they differ from one island to another. I was waiting to see the large rock tumbled with the feldspar in it. I got one like that. Thank you for sharing. It's good to see the before and after
Only one of these spots was an island, Manitou. I'm not sure which feldspar rock you mean. Did I show it tumbled in this video? If not, there's another video on the way showing the other half of the rocks I started with in this video.
Wow! You really know what you're looking at when you're picking them up, don't you! The before pictures and the after tumbled pieces are fantastic, sometimes completely different!
They look more like they look wet after polishing them. Since I pick them up wet most of the time, I have a pretty good idea of what they'll look like polished.
I really enjoyed the before and after slideshow. Thank you for taking the time to do that! I got a little excited when you first said, Manitou Island. I heard, Manitoulin Island, which is where my rock picking addiction began, lol. Then, I realised that you said, Manitou and I remembered watching that video not so long ago. I want to add that there were actually a few rocks that I liked better in the rough form but most were stunning after the tumble. Gonna have to get me a tumbler one day....hopefully, not too far into the future!
There has been a lot of confusion over the name "Manitou". Someone accused me of not knowing where I was because there are North and South Manitou islands in Lake Michigan. Manitoulin is in Huron, and my video was in superior. Manitou means "spirit" in Ojibwa.
I did separate mine by lake - location as I collected last summer, then I knew where I found them. That helped when tumbling them together to remember where they came from. Cool rocks and quite enjoyed this video! And the Wait! I see a rock! Shirt 😎
I don't usually separate by beach, only by lake, but this worked out pretty well, so I think I'll keep doing this in the future. I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
The banded rhyolite? That stuff is pretty cool. I didn't pick up that much because I have tumbled quite a bit of it in the past. Loved that stuff though.
Your rocks are amazing! I’m still working on em..I love to go to a beach somewhere in Lake Superior 😂. Beautiful rocks!! You don’t tumble your agates ? That’s cool!! I respect why you don’t give the secret spot away!
The agates I find are so hard to find and so small that I hate to tumble them away to almost nothing. Besides, they look really good even without tumbling them.
Great batch o' rocks, Rob! I like the "end of the collecting year" synopsis of the rocks you've collected from the many places visited throughout the year.
Beauties all, Rob! I'm a sucker for banded rocks, so I loved the chert, rhyolite, jaspilite, etc. That brecciated basalt was interesting, as well as the "diseased" rock. Keep up the good work. Lots of winter evenings still ahead, perfect for your relaxing videos.
There are more videos on the way, but I'm going through old boxes of rocks faster than I'm turning out new rocks, so I'm starting to mix in a few other videos. I just finished up a couple videos that will be alternated with Rocks in a Box videos over the next few weeks.
You have a good memory of where you picked up the rocks. I think my favorites this time were the banded ryolites. They almost look like wood with their color palette.
This video is absolutely amazing!..you did such a great job with this Rob..very impressive!. This collection of rocks has just got me so geeked up for spring!..the rock I was inquiring about was from Rogers City,. not Northport,my mistake. I love it,..well,I love them all!. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to make this video. It is greatly appreciated!..well done sir!
Glad you liked it so much, Wil. How's the ice situation in your neck of the woods. I have been out a couple times this winter, but it's getting colder now. My friend who lives by Thomson's Harbor told me that it's frozen over now, but it was open a couple weeks ago.
@@MichiganRocks shoreline ice is about it,and very little at that,water is just to warm. This would explain why we keep getting lake effect snow almost daily. It's hard to get out rock hunting. Counting the days until spring. Planning a trip to Colorado and parts of Utah this coming June, have a good friend who lives there and we're going to hit some hot spots that have been known to produce some amazing fluorite.
@@manisteerocks7092 That sounds like a fun trip. We went to Colorado a couple summers ago to drive some mountain trails in the Jeep. What a beautiful state. We had snow before Christmas, but it's mostly melted and we've only gotten dustings since.
Thanks for these videos......I live in ohio and I have my second batch of lake superior rocks tumbling now....we took a trip to Grand Marais fall.of 2019..... my lovely wife bought me a pound of Botswana agates for Christmas. I seen them in your videos. I love them. I'm waiting till I'm more seasoned before I try those.
The Botswana agates are probably easier to tumble than the beach rocks. You can always redo them if they don't turn out as nice as you'd like. Beach rocks aren't going to be as hard and there's a lot of variability, so they're a little more hit or miss.
I love green rocks. We have to do mining to the most here in Norway to find crystal-stones. Here is a lot of "crow-silver" we call it, they can have big flakes, but are not used for anything. And I most love your jasper, they have som many different colors. Lovely.
I have not done any mining, just picking up rocks on the surface. I have also not looked for crystals much either. I'd like to try some other forms of rock hunting some day, sounds like fun.
Thanks for sharing, and very nice video. Just recently I started hesitating about which rocks to keep and which ones to tumble. I still say, "put it in there and we'll see what happens", but not as much. After seeing this video I think I'm going to take a chance with many more, "I'm not sure about this one". Thanks, you're awesome.
I have gone through different phases of that. For a long time I would take questionable rocks home with the attitude that I'd just try them out to see what happens. Now I'm much more selective and try to bring home mostly rocks that will have a pretty good chance of success. I think the first phase of more experimentation really helped with the second phase of being more selective.
Thanks for the reply, yep, sometimes you never know how one might turn out. I had a questionable one that turned out to be pretty special, just by chance. Stay well.
Thanks. The slide shows always showed a big drop off in views, so I started doing them at the same time as the video. It takes longer to do that way, but at least people see them then.
Were you expecting the gray/blue rocks to turn brown and tan? fascinating! It seemed like most of those rocks you showed left me so surprised! They just got to be so beautiful and amazing!
I'm not too surprised by how these turn out. The before and after pictures are both dry, but if you get a rock wet, it gives you a pretty good idea how it will look polished.
Wow, so many rocks and so many locations. I am on my 3rd batch. They are not collector rocks but each rock has it's own neat traits. I need to get better lighting because my videos turn out dark. You do a great job on your videos.
Absolutely, I love how different & spectacular an ordinary stone comes out amazing & so uniquely beautiful. I just got into tumbling & wondering what is your final grit to get them so polished at the end?
@@tamaraheadley4806 I use aluminum oxide polish that I buy from The Rock Shed. There's a link in the description to The Rock Shed and it's also listed in my Amazon storefront.
I have several videos showing how I do it. It's not difficult, it just takes time. Here are my methods in order of preference. I do almost everything with the first method, using a rotary tumbler followed by a vibratory tumbler: Rotary tumbler followed by vibratory tumbler: th-cam.com/video/ksrmpPZrAuU/w-d-xo.html Rotary tumbler with ceramics: th-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/w-d-xo.html Rotary tumbler with plastic pellets: th-cam.com/video/EnNvywwztr8/w-d-xo.html
I think the thrill of the hunt and the bright outdoor light both contribute to this. Rocks don’t usually look as good when I get them home as they did on the beach.
Hello. thank you for all the explanatory videos you share. Please, I have two children who are passionate about stones but they don't know which product to use to keep that shine on the stones. thank you for helping us. 🙂
I tumble my rocks to get them shiny. There is no coating on them, they're just smoothed out until they shine. Here's a video that shows how you can tumble them with a rotary tumbler. It might be a good birthday or Christmas present some day. th-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/w-d-xo.html
any idea what the green rocks name is at 15:44. i found one last week and it so far has turned out amazing in the tumbler but i cant find it anywhere. we are calling it a mossy oak rock lol
I bought some prehinite (sp?) beads yesterday, they are green and rather translucent, maybe a lower grade, but I don't really know. I like the pink ones you have the best!
I agree. Many are just breath-taking. Walking a shoreline is my favorite place to be. It relaxes every fiber of my mind ,body and soul. It's my heaven.
Holy cow best slide show yet, and amazing results😍 Have to say my favs were the banded rhyolite and the green/reddish/ clear matrix one that u see often but weren't sure the name of... Also just curious bc I agree agates are amazing just as they r found on the beach but, while I do save some as specimens bc they r naturally so interesting, most I choose to tumble... Have u Ever tumbled yours? If so can u explain your preference at all? Just wondering!
I think Lake Superior agates are usually more valuable when they are natural or just have a face polished, not that any of my tiny agates are valuable. They are just so hard to find that I can't bear to make them smaller. I like them the way they are enough. I did have one of my viewers send me some that I tumbled and sent back. I wasn't sure whether I should tumble them until they were flawless or just put a shine on them and keep their natural, pitted shape, so I did both. I thought it would be good for everyone to see the difference in the two types of polish. He sent them to me to tumble and told me he didn't care how I did it. Here are the videos: th-cam.com/video/Dg_jhcMYieE/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Ur8HQ8BUyzY/w-d-xo.html
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ROCKS de Chanel perfect Trabalho super lindo Great vídeo and Stones
The thunder egg is the state stone of Oregon. It's like a geode, but the inside is filled with chalcedony or agate. The ones in Oregon tend to be much larger, like orange or grapefruit sized. Here's an article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderegg The name seems to have originated with native Americans who thought they were the eggs of thunderbirds.
The agates I find are usually very small and are very difficult to find. For that reason, I like to keep them natural. If I tumbled them, they'd get much smaller. I also think agates look really cool just as they're found. I have tumbled Lake Superior agates, just not my own finds. I also regularly tumble other types of agates.
See part two of this batch of rocks here: th-cam.com/video/LzBV_fUYesc/w-d-xo.html
I don't mind if there is some undercutting. It is part of each rocks uniqueness & I love that uniqueness. I love that they are each so absolutely unique in their characters. You could go looking for rocks for a lifetime & never find two exactly the same & that is a wonderful thing.
@@sarahstrong7174 Yep, the variety is one of the things I love. I can't seem to get enough of unakite, although I am very, very selective about bringing those home at this point. I love finding cool looking oddballs.
You have an excellent eye for the hidden gems in the rough 👍
@@sarahstrong7174 Amazing your thinking about what really rocks are!!!
Why can't we know about the super secret beach? Aren't there billions and billions of rocks moving around daily? They won't run out. Everyday new ones come in.
Awesome slideshow. I can't take it anymore. Packing the family up and moving to Michigan just for rocks!!!
Today or are you waiting until tomorrow? It's snowing now, so the roads might not be great.
I loved this video. I grew up with the sound of a tumbler in the basement. They were really loud back then. I slept on the second floor and the tumbler was in the basement. These are beautiful and I can see the pink in the patricanite.
Tumblers with rubber barrels aren't all that loud, plus I built my tumbler into cabinet and insulated it.
@@MichiganRocks that was smart.
OH MY! The slide show before and after was Incredible! Thank you for sharing .
I like the before and after slide shows too. It gives me a record of what they looked like before tumbling too. I just wish it didn't take so long to make them.
@@MichiganRocks sorry to say that I took a rock tumbler off of my Christmas list after watching your tumbling videos. I really just want to mess around with a bit of polishing
@@nancygaxiola5412 It's a slow process, but one that I really enjoy. I think I like the process more than the end product.
@@MichiganRocks I would love the polishing machine that you have....but then i googled and found the price tags....OUCH!
@@nancygaxiola5412 Yes, they're not cheap.
The time you spend on these videos is so appreciated! The before and afters are fantastic. Thank you!
I was pretty happy with the before and after videos. Those took several hours to do. It's disappointing to me because only about a third of the people who watch the video actually watch the slideshow. But at least those who got that far seemed to enjoy it.
@@MichiganRocks They don't know what they are missing. There is a lot to be learned on those slideshows.
@@jimknarr I know! I'm not sure how to get that across. The second batch is coming out on Monday. I'm not sure when the video will be ready. The next one will just be showing the rocks, so it will be shorter. Maybe I'll hold up the rocks and turn them around and then show the before and after pictures right then, one rock at a time. I'm not sure if that will flow very well, but maybe it's worth a try. What do you think?
@@MichiganRocks I like the way you currently do it.
Your slide show was amazing!! That was a lot of work and sooo appreciated!!
It was a lot of work, but I love how those turn out. It's fun to see the change.
It is absolutely amazing how much different these rocks look when you get done with them. It blows my mind every time I see the B4 and after pictures. Well done
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
Those before and after photos really show the difference. Really cool rock with great colors and patterns. The areas they are found in is nice too. Always fun to watch. Great video
Really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful rocks. Wonderful tumbling job of course. Thank you Rob!
You're welcome, Granny!
Probably my favorite "Rocks in a box". The variety is incredible. The before and after absolutely amazing. Well done! Thank you...
It's the most complete Rocks in a Box video, that's for sure. Usually, I just look at the finished rocks. I spent a lot of time on this one.
@@MichiganRocks That was painfully obvious. You killed it! The bar is now set very high... ;)
Wow, the rocks from Super Secret Beach were my favorite 🤩 The group from Manitou were pretty cool too. I kept thinking about Dalmatians while watching those. Thanks for all the time invested in the fabulous slide show at the end. It’s always a treat seeing the before and after. 👏❤️
I think the rocks from those two beaches are some of the less common rocks that I find. I'm glad you liked the before and after slideshow, they're time consuming to make, but I enjoy seeing them when they're done too. It also gives me a record of what they looked like before I tumbled them.
I'm always amazed at the difference in color when the oxidized layer is removed.
I'm glad you tumbled the granite, I love to polish granite and it doesn't have a under cut mar like when you tumble, atleast not often.
I always appreciate the variety of your collection.
Thanks for sharing.
I'd love to know how you tumble granite and avoid undercutting. It really is a pretty rock, but just not worth tumbling with the results I get. I have gotten a range of results, but the percentage with undercutting is way to high for me to bother with it.
Beautiful collection of great polished rocks. Really enjoyed the before and after pictures at end, what a great touch showing where you found them, thanks.
The pictures of the beaches at the end was a last minute thought. I was kind of proud of myself for thinking of that! I'm glad you liked it too.
Wow, the before and after are amazing! You're good at knowing which ones to pick up and polish. Love the slide shows. Really shiny and beautiful all of them.
I don't always pick up rocks that are going to tumble well, but with more experience I am getting better. Glad you liked the slideshow.
Love the rock @15:39 Looks. Like being in the woods. Very nice rock.Keep the videos comin'. Great work
I love epidote. It always shines up nice too.
Thank you i love to see your before and after tumbled Stones.
So many beautiful rocks. Super secret beach we’re gorgeous. Some looked like chips of wood. The slide show, showed how the rocks went from pretty to gorgeous. I was in awe how the colors came out at the end. 😮
It's much like the difference between wet rocks and dry rocks. Tumbling makes them look wet all the time.
Amazed at how small the piles get after the tumbling. That comment might sound stupid to some people but I’m new to watching these videos
They definitely reduce in size as you grind off the bad spots. I leave my rocks in until every little flaw is gone. Some people don't worry about a few holes or cracks, so their rocks wouldn't get as small. I also leave each rock in for only as long as necessary to get them the way I like them. So some rocks are in for longer and get smaller than other rocks that get shaped up sooner.
I am so glad you show your tumbled rocks. I love to see them all. Thankyou.
There sure are a lot to look at. Looks like you found my Rocks in a Box series.
Wow simply wow. So beautiful. Loved the slide show. I did not know about rock tumbling.i knew about it when I was living in NJ, now as I moved out of country I am not sure I can buy the equipment where I live. I regret of not knowing this. But any way I am watching in TH-cam and enjoying. Thank you for all your efforts.
You're welcome! I have lots of videos like this one, so you should have quite a bit to keep you entertained while you shop for a tumbler.
Loved the slide show. Great job Rob! My favorite was the super secret banded rhyolite.
Hey James. That stuff is great. I have tumbled enough of it now, that I only felt the need to grab a few pieces this year. Did you see the Rocks in a Box video on banded rhyolite? th-cam.com/video/N9CZOSPTMSQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for taking all that time taking before and after shots. Can’t wait for part 2
Part two was out a year ago, so you don't have to wait! th-cam.com/video/LzBV_fUYesc/w-d-xo.html
It’s amazing how some of the faint color streaks pop out after they’ve been polished. It’s also cool to see the before and after photos. I started tumbling my rocks from last summer about 6 weeks ago and finally got enough to move on to the the second stage. I reviewed your video of tumbling rocks from start to finish in a rotary tumbler using ceramic media, last night.
I see you've taken my advice about spending the time on the first stage. It will pay off in the end. How'd my beard look this time around?
@@MichiganRocks Yep, I’ve been tumbling them using the”Rob” method, tumbling the heck out of them until they’re perfect. How ever like you said a week or 2 ago and several times before, with some of them you get to the point where further tumbling isn’t going to improve them any and it’s time to stop. When you start getting into pits and they keep getting bigger it’s time to quit. Your beard seemed to follow the same pattern as it did the last time. Ha Ha !!! I’ve got a idea for tumbling Petoskeys all the way through. I’ll let you know how that turns out.
@@davidhile5363 Great, I'd love to see another Petoskey stone method. You saw my corn cob method, right?
@@MichiganRocks Yes, my daughter has tried that Her results were very similar to yours. It seems to me that the smaller stones seem to come out a little nicer than the larger ones.
@@davidhile5363 Yes, I think that's true. Rounder rocks do better than flatter rocks too. The narrower edges of Petoskeys tend to get bruised up during tumbling.
Really enjoyed this video Rob! Loved the before and after shots at the end.
Thanks Jason. I was happy with the way the slideshow turned out too.
As Lawrence Welk would say.... "Onerfull -Onerfull show!" I for one do appreciate all the hard work you put into every aspect of your hobbie.... from rock collecting, tumbling, photography, videography etc! Always look forward to your posts.
Thanks! Now I feel like my videos are missing bubbles.
@@MichiganRocks LOL
Very nice. I think it is so cool what nature makes. Its so random. Rocks are so interesting. You can look at hundreds of the same type and never get sick of it because you can find something cool and unique about each one. Thanks for the video!
Yep, they're all unique, keeps things interesting.
Lots of gorgeous afters in that slideshow! My favorite was @26:26 -> @26:28 What an eyepopper!
That was one of my favorites too, which is why it ended up as the thumbnail for this video.
@@MichiganRocks Which I didn't realize until I looked after I had commented! *Forehead thump*
@@salishseaquest7952 The end result doesn't look like it start out. I spend a fair amount of time looking through the pictures for that one and I couldn't find it. So a color change isn't out of the question.
Wow, how awesome to see the changes from tumbling, thank you
That's what I like so much about tumbling.
Oh My Gosh!! The before and after slide show was fantastic! I can see how it could by a huge timely matter!! But it is so well worth it! Thank You very much!! You know what?!?! You do collect a lot of the types of rocks that I pick up!!!🤣 All I want to do is sit down and keep watching more videos, but wrapping Christmas gifts are not getting down! I'll be back for more!!! Rob, I wish you and your wife/children, grandson and all the rest a very Merry Christmas and the best New Year possible!! I love your videos!!! 🤗❤️🙏🏼🎄
Thanks, Kim. Merry Christmas to you and your family too!
What a show! Really loved all of it. But from someone that lives in Oregon, those don't look anything like a thunder egg that we have out here. Ours have a pretty hefty rind on them and look like big round balls of mud till you slice them open and then you get to see the prize or not just depending. We've gotten both the nice ones and muddy ones. Love this whole show once again and thank you.
I agree that the ones in this video don't look like yours much at all. I don't think yours roll around in a lake before you pick them up though. Ours are very small. Sometimes they have agate bands on the inside. I have another video where I show some that I sliced in half and a lot more that I tumbled. You should take a look at it. I think you'll see a little more resemblance to yours in some of them. th-cam.com/video/e--T1yhouOA/w-d-xo.html
Rob the rock you pick up at 20:42 looks to me like one you pick up at 3:31. Great video even ugly rocks need to be picked and tumbled sometimes! Haha!!
The un-tumbled one was green and the tumbled one is very dark, but maybe. It's really hard to tell with some of them. I went through all my before pictures several times trying to match them up.
Thanks again for another great video! I get tons of blue material, which is common in my central Indiana limestone/fossil country. The before and after comparisons are wonderful, as well as educational! Appreciate seeing the results of months worth of effort!
I wasn't tumbling that whole time. These were actually pretty quick. I think the whole batch was done in five weeks from start to finish.
What kind of blue material are you finding? Do you mean blue chert?
@@MichiganRocks Looks like compressed organic material, probably vegetation. Shows up in various shades of blue. In other words...chert!
@@blindsquirrelrocks Have you tumbled it? Is it blue all the way though? I haven't finished the second half of these rocks, so I'm not sure if they stay blue or not.
@@MichiganRocks Not tumbled yet. I believe that most of the blue rock is fossilized coral and other plant life. The limestone in south central Indiana has a lot of this structure, and the blue material is often layered between cherts of various hues. I do have some finds that are bright blue on the skin, but I'm sure that would come off on the first tumbler pass!
@@blindsquirrelrocks That's what I expect too.
I will be tumbling my own rocks soon and your slide show reveals the changes in the rocks size and color. The color changes are crazy! Well done.
The color changes are about what you'd see from a dry rock to a wet rock. If a rock is polished well, it should look wet even when it's dry.
So many beautiful rocks and amazing how they differ from one island to another.
I was waiting to see the large rock tumbled with the feldspar in it. I got one like that. Thank you for sharing. It's good to see the before and after
Only one of these spots was an island, Manitou. I'm not sure which feldspar rock you mean. Did I show it tumbled in this video? If not, there's another video on the way showing the other half of the rocks I started with in this video.
Wow! You really know what you're looking at when you're picking them up, don't you! The before pictures and the after tumbled pieces are fantastic, sometimes completely different!
They look more like they look wet after polishing them. Since I pick them up wet most of the time, I have a pretty good idea of what they'll look like polished.
Wow , so cool 😎. The banded ryholite looked kind of like petrified wood. I also liked the green rocks and the thunder eggs. 😍😍😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤❤❤
The rhyolite does look like wood a bit. Nice stuff.
Sure enjoyed the before and after slides. Gives a better idea of what to look for when scouring the beaches on my own.
Those take hours to do, but I'm pretty happy with how they've been turning out too.
I love the before and after slideshow! I’m sure that’s a lot of work, but it’s fascinating! So many beautiful rocks! Thanks!
It is a lot of work, but I was happy with how it turned out, so it was worthwhile. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.
Some of those rocks are stunning, I love the ones with bands in. They are all good to look att, so thanks for all the effort you put in.
I'm glad you enjoyed looking at them.
I really enjoyed the before and after slideshow. Thank you for taking the time to do that! I got a little excited when you first said, Manitou Island. I heard, Manitoulin Island, which is where my rock picking addiction began, lol. Then, I realised that you said, Manitou and I remembered watching that video not so long ago. I want to add that there were actually a few rocks that I liked better in the rough form but most were stunning after the tumble. Gonna have to get me a tumbler one day....hopefully, not too far into the future!
There has been a lot of confusion over the name "Manitou". Someone accused me of not knowing where I was because there are North and South Manitou islands in Lake Michigan. Manitoulin is in Huron, and my video was in superior. Manitou means "spirit" in Ojibwa.
Fabulous, I do admire your patience, they are most definitely worth the wait and the bonus of finding them yourself even better.
These only took about five weeks, they just got pushed to the side for too long.
I did separate mine by lake - location as I collected last summer, then I knew where I found them. That helped when tumbling them together to remember where they came from. Cool rocks and quite enjoyed this video! And the Wait! I see a rock! Shirt 😎
I don't usually separate by beach, only by lake, but this worked out pretty well, so I think I'll keep doing this in the future. I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
@@MichiganRocks I second the separate by beach approach. My favorite Rocks in a Box video by far.
Educational and fun. Great back to nature at the beach shorelines! ❤❤❤
Lots of gorgeous rocks ! I love them all especially the caramel coloured ones wth brown strips 🥰
The banded rhyolite? That stuff is pretty cool. I didn't pick up that much because I have tumbled quite a bit of it in the past. Loved that stuff though.
Thanks for the name Rob 💐 I’m learning so much about rocks and enjoying this new knowledge very much ! 💗🙏🏻
Your rocks are amazing! I’m still working on em..I love to go to a beach somewhere in Lake Superior 😂. Beautiful rocks!! You don’t tumble your agates ? That’s cool!! I respect why you don’t give the secret spot away!
The agates I find are so hard to find and so small that I hate to tumble them away to almost nothing. Besides, they look really good even without tumbling them.
Great batch o' rocks, Rob! I like the "end of the collecting year" synopsis of the rocks you've collected from the many places visited throughout the year.
Showing a shot from each beach was a last minute idea. I was glad I thought of it. Any thoughts on my possible Patricianite?
@@MichiganRocks I would say you're spot on with the Patricianite, but of course, seeing a photo and seeing in person are two different things...
@@captpaul8827 Thanks Paul, I’m glad I’m not way off at least.
Beauties all, Rob! I'm a sucker for banded rocks, so I loved the chert, rhyolite, jaspilite, etc. That brecciated basalt was interesting, as well as the "diseased" rock. Keep up the good work. Lots of winter evenings still ahead, perfect for your relaxing videos.
There are more videos on the way, but I'm going through old boxes of rocks faster than I'm turning out new rocks, so I'm starting to mix in a few other videos. I just finished up a couple videos that will be alternated with Rocks in a Box videos over the next few weeks.
You have a good memory of where you picked up the rocks. I think my favorites this time were the banded ryolites. They almost look like wood with their color palette.
That rhyolite is nice and it shines up well. They're not too colorful, but I don't mind.
I think I can see wood pores in some if them, it's not petrified wood?
@@coffeebeforemascara No, it's not wood.
@@coffeebeforemascara I thought it looked like wood too.
This video is absolutely amazing!..you did such a great job with this Rob..very impressive!. This collection of rocks has just got me so geeked up for spring!..the rock I was inquiring about was from Rogers City,. not Northport,my mistake. I love it,..well,I love them all!. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to make this video. It is greatly appreciated!..well done sir!
Glad you liked it so much, Wil. How's the ice situation in your neck of the woods. I have been out a couple times this winter, but it's getting colder now. My friend who lives by Thomson's Harbor told me that it's frozen over now, but it was open a couple weeks ago.
@@MichiganRocks shoreline ice is about it,and very little at that,water is just to warm. This would explain why we keep getting lake effect snow almost daily. It's hard to get out rock hunting. Counting the days until spring. Planning a trip to Colorado and parts of Utah this coming June, have a good friend who lives there and we're going to hit some hot spots that have been known to produce some amazing fluorite.
@@manisteerocks7092 That sounds like a fun trip. We went to Colorado a couple summers ago to drive some mountain trails in the Jeep. What a beautiful state.
We had snow before Christmas, but it's mostly melted and we've only gotten dustings since.
I love your slide show they are all beautiful even the granite mix
Thanks for these videos......I live in ohio and I have my second batch of lake superior rocks tumbling now....we took a trip to Grand Marais fall.of 2019..... my lovely wife bought me a pound of Botswana agates for Christmas. I seen them in your videos. I love them. I'm waiting till I'm more seasoned before I try those.
The Botswana agates are probably easier to tumble than the beach rocks. You can always redo them if they don't turn out as nice as you'd like. Beach rocks aren't going to be as hard and there's a lot of variability, so they're a little more hit or miss.
I love love love the secret beach rocks!! 🩵🩵
I love these videos where you tumble rocks you have found 😊 👌
You're in luck because I have lots of them. I'll be making more soon too. I'm waiting for the last few stubborn rocks to get done from last summer.
Awesome footage, loved the before and after, thank you.
You're welcome, Kellie. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I love green rocks. We have to do mining to the most here in Norway to find crystal-stones. Here is a lot of "crow-silver" we call it, they can have
big flakes, but are not used for anything. And I most love your jasper, they have som many different colors. Lovely.
I have not done any mining, just picking up rocks on the surface. I have also not looked for crystals much either. I'd like to try some other forms of rock hunting some day, sounds like fun.
Way to show me up on the Jaspilite 👍 great show I always look forward to Tuesday night.
Sorry about that.
Thanks for sharing, and very nice video. Just recently I started hesitating about which rocks to keep and which ones to tumble. I still say, "put it in there and we'll see what happens", but not as much. After seeing this video I think I'm going to take a chance with many more, "I'm not sure about this one". Thanks, you're awesome.
I have gone through different phases of that. For a long time I would take questionable rocks home with the attitude that I'd just try them out to see what happens. Now I'm much more selective and try to bring home mostly rocks that will have a pretty good chance of success. I think the first phase of more experimentation really helped with the second phase of being more selective.
Thanks for the reply, yep, sometimes you never know how one might turn out. I had a questionable one that turned out to be pretty special, just by chance. Stay well.
So love your slide shows and of course Patricianite! 😂
Thanks. The slide shows always showed a big drop off in views, so I started doing them at the same time as the video. It takes longer to do that way, but at least people see them then.
Were you expecting the gray/blue rocks to turn brown and tan? fascinating!
It seemed like most of those rocks you showed left me so surprised! They just got to be so beautiful and amazing!
I'm not too surprised by how these turn out. The before and after pictures are both dry, but if you get a rock wet, it gives you a pretty good idea how it will look polished.
Rewatched this video. Slide show is stellar! Editing superior.
Thanks!
EXCELLENT slide show on this one! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
It was fun to see how they turned out! Thanks for sharing.
It was fun, wasn't it? The hunting is fun and then it's fun all over again when I get them home.
@@MichiganRocks and that slide show....it was magical.
@@aliencat11 I wish it was magical, that would have probably been a quicker way to make it.
WoW, what a beautiful rocks!!!
The greens are some of my favorites actually!! Love em!! Nice collection!🤘🏻👊🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
There were some nice greens in this batch. I really like the one I use for my thumbnail.
@@MichiganRocks yeah me as well! Very mesmerizing piece!🤘🏻👊🏻🤘🏻✌🏻
The before and after pics are awesome!
Thanks. Those take forever to do.
Wow, so many rocks and so many locations. I am on my 3rd batch. They are not collector rocks but each rock has it's own neat traits. I need to get better lighting because my videos turn out dark. You do a great job on your videos.
Thanks. They don't all have to be awesome rocks. Even somewhat common rocks can look awesome.
The rocks look amazing! I love your T-shirt too.
Thanks, Michelle!
Здравствуйте!)
Не устаю любоваться на эту красоту!
Спасибо за видео!
Здоровья вам и вашим близким!)
Я тоже не устаю от красивых скал. Я люблю охоту и люблю освещать их. Спасибо за просмотр!
@@MichiganRocks Вам спасибо 💓
Some beaUtiful rocks today!
Great video, and the cool thing is the rocks are free!😊
Not with gas prices like they are now!
Thanks, Rob; very nice.
Wow, what lovely transformations . Awesome job on the video
That's the fun of this hobby is watching the rocks change from beginning to end. I love that.
Absolutely, I love how different & spectacular an ordinary stone comes out amazing & so uniquely beautiful.
I just got into tumbling & wondering what is your final grit to get them so polished at the end?
@@tamaraheadley4806 I use aluminum oxide polish that I buy from The Rock Shed. There's a link in the description to The Rock Shed and it's also listed in my Amazon storefront.
@@MichiganRocks thank you so much 💖
These are some of my favorite types of videos. Nice tumbling job:)
I'm glad I'm keeping you happy, Ann. I love hearing when people enjoy them.
Great video. The banded iron has some gorgeous dark red color!
I never get tired of banded iron.
@@MichiganRocks some are vivid and some are not though inf im not mistaken.
I wish I could get my rocks to shine like that. I just can't seam to do it. your rocks look wonderful.
I have several videos showing how I do it. It's not difficult, it just takes time. Here are my methods in order of preference. I do almost everything with the first method, using a rotary tumbler followed by a vibratory tumbler:
Rotary tumbler followed by vibratory tumbler: th-cam.com/video/ksrmpPZrAuU/w-d-xo.html
Rotary tumbler with ceramics: th-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/w-d-xo.html
Rotary tumbler with plastic pellets: th-cam.com/video/EnNvywwztr8/w-d-xo.html
The dark striped one in the first batch looked like either picture or picaso jasper. some of the rhyolites you show remind me of jasper.
That one might have looked like Picasso Jasper, but we don't have actual Picasso jasper here.
I love that you admit you didn’t know why you picked a certain rock up. I do that all the time😀
I think the thrill of the hunt and the bright outdoor light both contribute to this. Rocks don’t usually look as good when I get them home as they did on the beach.
Great show. I would definitely have picked all the ones you say you don't know why you picked them. They turned out great!
I really dislike undercutting on rocks like those, so I try to avoid them. I think I'm pickier than most though.
Beautiful rocks. Thanks for sharing
Sure no problem!
I really enjoyed the slide show. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome, glad you liked it.
Hello. thank you for all the explanatory videos you share. Please, I have two children who are passionate about stones but they don't know which product to use to keep that shine on the stones. thank you for helping us. 🙂
I tumble my rocks to get them shiny. There is no coating on them, they're just smoothed out until they shine. Here's a video that shows how you can tumble them with a rotary tumbler. It might be a good birthday or Christmas present some day. th-cam.com/video/dYGFal0e1WY/w-d-xo.html
That reddish Patricianite (sp?)one at around 7:25 min, if you look closely at it it has a lighthouse on it with red and white candy cane striping.
Did you give the wrong time? The rock at 7:25 is not reddish at all.
@@MichiganRocks I caught a glimpse of a lighthouse @17:25
@@dennis1954 Oh, I see it now. It's right in the middle, left of the dark spot.
any idea what the green rocks name is at 15:44. i found one last week and it so far has turned out amazing in the tumbler but i cant find it anywhere. we are calling it a mossy oak rock lol
I think that's epidote with a little quartz. Epidote tumbles great.
@@MichiganRocks ok excellent. i wasnt really sure about them but that pattern is very unique. its been put on the list of pocket fillers now lol
Whats the one at 15:46? I have one of those as a natural cab, nobody could tell me what it was.
I don't know what that one is. I sure like it though.
I bought some prehinite (sp?) beads yesterday, they are green and rather translucent, maybe a lower grade, but I don't really know. I like the pink ones you have the best!
This is awesome I love this mix
Befores and afters! Yay! 😁They probably are a pain in the neck to make, so thank you. 🙇♀️The moon one, at 27:51 😍
They do take a long time, but people seem to really like them, so that's good.
Hola Amigo!!! Excelente y muy profesional video!!! Aprendemos mucho con usted, es un placer.Feliz semana!!! Feliz Weekend!!!
Hola Maria. Me alegra que estés disfrutando de mis videos. Gracias por tus agradables comentarios.
Absolutely beautiful rocks.
I was going to say thanks, but they are God's handiwork. I agree, they are some nice rocks. We have some good stuff here in Michigan.
I agree. Many are just breath-taking. Walking a shoreline is my favorite place to be. It relaxes every fiber of my mind ,body and soul. It's my heaven.
@@donnalantz7981 I'm right there with you!
Very nice 👍 Thanks. Thailand
Holy cow best slide show yet, and amazing results😍
Have to say my favs were the banded rhyolite and the green/reddish/ clear matrix one that u see often but weren't sure the name of...
Also just curious bc I agree agates are amazing just as they r found on the beach but, while I do save some as specimens bc they r naturally so interesting, most I choose to tumble... Have u Ever tumbled yours? If so can u explain your preference at all? Just wondering!
I think Lake Superior agates are usually more valuable when they are natural or just have a face polished, not that any of my tiny agates are valuable. They are just so hard to find that I can't bear to make them smaller. I like them the way they are enough.
I did have one of my viewers send me some that I tumbled and sent back. I wasn't sure whether I should tumble them until they were flawless or just put a shine on them and keep their natural, pitted shape, so I did both. I thought it would be good for everyone to see the difference in the two types of polish. He sent them to me to tumble and told me he didn't care how I did it. Here are the videos:
th-cam.com/video/Dg_jhcMYieE/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/Ur8HQ8BUyzY/w-d-xo.html
ROCKS de Chanel perfect
Trabalho super lindo
Great vídeo and Stones
Thanks Alé!
6:36 - That might be pink Datolite, but probably just Prehnite.
12:21 - I think that is iron and limonite stained quartz.
Thanks Phillip. Someone else suggested limonite in quartz. Iron is a good possibility for the reddish parts.
Really great video and the slideshow was awesome!
Thanks Ginger!
Little pieces of art.
Where does the name thunder egg come from? Is it Indigenous? My favourite rock is at 28:14 of the slideshow. Great video!
The thunder egg is the state stone of Oregon. It's like a geode, but the inside is filled with chalcedony or agate. The ones in Oregon tend to be much larger, like orange or grapefruit sized. Here's an article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderegg
The name seems to have originated with native Americans who thought they were the eggs of thunderbirds.
@@MichiganRocks thanks😁
Just beautiful. Thanks
No problem, Diane!
" there's this one that's got some sort of a disease" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so "eyes" on an agate is ' some sort of disease' in other rocks....gotta ❤️ it! 😂😂😂😂
Something like that.
Simply amazing!
Beautiful job polishing! Question: Why don't you process Agates?
The agates I find are usually very small and are very difficult to find. For that reason, I like to keep them natural. If I tumbled them, they'd get much smaller. I also think agates look really cool just as they're found. I have tumbled Lake Superior agates, just not my own finds. I also regularly tumble other types of agates.