Mississippi River Rock Hounding
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- In today's video I go to the stained waters of the Mississippi River to do some rock hounding. Lots of cool rocks and minerals can be found along the Mississippi River like obsidian, fossils, and of course agates! The water this year is some of the lowest it's ever been, so I am hoping that it exposed lot of new rock for me to rock hound. Thanks for watching!
Wow, what a fun trip. A big variety of rocks. Your a good speaker and have a clear voice. On top of that your very knowledgeable about the rocks in your area. Keep the videos coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Thank you for the very nice comment!
“Budweiser Agate’” I loved it. Came over from Michigan’s Channel and liked, subscribed, and hit the notification bell. Fun video with great info. Looking forward to your new videos. . . .
Thank you so much!
I grew up in New Orleans La, my mother was born on the Mississippi river on their was to New Orleans. It is so cool to see the river at its beginnings !
Haha! Budweiser agate! Those shore birds are cool, I like them as well, they can really move fast on the open sand! EPIC Muskie catch man! That agate at 7:50 is incredible!
I heard somebody call it that once and thought it was funny lol. I don't think I've ever been so happy to catch a fish. I was definitely shaking after!
I think the big piece of obsidian is actually a clinker from a coal stove. You can tell by all the air bubbles in it. When I burned coal I removed many, they are formed when the clay in the coal melts. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.
That's what others have been saying lol. Thank you for the kind comment!
Oh nice pebbles.. I see some good building stones also...
Nice finds! Spotted sandpipers
I grew up along the Mighty Mississippi near Quincy. This brings back memories
Great eye for agates, and that one with all the feldspar is super cool! Thx for taking us along!
Thank you for watching!
Pleasure to watch, relaxing and informative. Nice finds. Water birds are one of my favourites too :)
Happy hounding.
They're a lot of fun to watch!
God Bless ! Thank you for your kind sprit and voice.
Glad you enjoyed!
@@99Rockhounding God bless you and your family and thank you for your response have a blessed blessed day
Great finds!
Thank you!
That was a cool video thanks
You are interested which makes you interesting. Love the variety of rocks, and locations, the fishing comments, and also the nature you observe and include.
Keep em coming!
Really glad you like it!
I kust found you channel today because of Michigan rocks. I will definitely be watching. It looks like you are in the area where my father grew up.
Very nice video, love it! The Muskie shot is amazing! Great job! It's just unbelievable how low the water is. I love seeing the dam too. Makes me wonder what the winter will bring. Great fossil finds. and thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching, and the nice comment!
Thank you for showing us 99 Rockhounding, that agate at the end was sweet!
I really liked that one too!
New to your channel,, loving the mix of Rockhounding and wildlife shots, your very knowledgeable and a pleasure to watch,, cracking musky, looks a bit like the pike we get in the UK 🇬🇧.
But way bigger than any I've caught, well done.
A rock hounding fisherman,, sweeeeet👍😁
Thank you, I'm really glad you're enjoying! Muskies are a relative of pike(they both have the genus "Esox"). We get pike here too, and they're a lot more common than musky. I'll be sure to keep including a good mix of scenery, wildlife, and of course rocks!
Rob at Michigan Rocks sent me to your channel. Lovely finds. I grew up in LaCrosse and never found anything like you found. Kind of jealous!
I'm sorry to have rubbed salt in the wounds lol
@@99Rockhounding glad to see you enjoying your finds!
That fish was huge. You seem to have an eye for agates. Thanks for sharing.
I came over from from Rob and Agate dad.,I have subscribe you are going to be great!
Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it!
Loved the budweiser agate. What great finds today. Really great rock identification in this video. Really awesome jasper finds with quarts band. My wife, kids and I love watching your channel, look forward to more beautiful work!
Haha I heard somebody call them that once and thought I'd steal it lol
Had some nice finds thanks for the tag along.
Beautiful finds! 😊
Can’t believe how low the river has gotten! Nice finds, though!😊
At 1:05, that looks like slag to me. I love that broken agate you found at the end.
That makes a lot more sense. That agate reminds me of a piece of candy lol
Great finds!! Just a little tip, that obsidian material you found in the beginning of the video is likely some type of slag glass created by smelters, I suppose in a way it is man made obsidian but yeah haha. Really liking the vids, keep em coming!!
Cool, thank you! I didn't even think about that, but it makes sense
I was about to comment wondering where in the heck obsidian would come from along the Mississippi! Slag makes a ton more sense.
That large, rough piece is a good indicator that it is. It is where the slag silicates were dumped on gravel that gets melted into it. I grew up next to a coal mine near the Miss and would find it often.
@@gengoosekhan Thanks for the info!
I've been a huge fan of Michigan Rocks the past couple of years and I loved that piece of jasper Rob polished for you. Naturally, it lead me over to your channel. Very interesting to see such different kinds of river stone in your neck of the woods. Loved that obsidian. Didn't know it looked like that in it's raw form. That great agate you found, just after the black rock with the shell impression, was so beautiful! Nice find. And like you said, it's always nice just getting out and checking out the beaches. Looking forward to more videos!
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying my channel so far. I made a small mistake, and what I thought was obsidian was actually just slag glass lol
nice agate!
Thanks!
sweet finds, crazy that the water level is so low, sweet musky 😲, enjoyed the adventure Thomas. 👊
Thank you! I'm glad you had fun
Found you becuz Mich Rocks as well, thanks for the videos❤
Sungai yang luar biasa kawan , saya suka sekali melihat hamparan batu kecil dan mencari diantaranya, batuan mineral
I live at the far end of the Mississippi River 😁 I’m enjoying your channel.
I'm glad you're enjoying!
Nice finds!
7:50 Wow that one is gorgeous! I’d love to find a piece like that
Found your channel from Michigan Rocks, glad he gave us a link to find you. 😀 l enjoyed this video.
Thanks for coming!
Great vid. Keep them coming
Thanks, there's plenty more exciting videos to come!
awesome video! takes me 20 minutes to get into the dollar store cause of their rock meidan in the parking lot
In the 60s I went with my grandparents on a fishing trip to Lake Itasca. I was the only kid in my class that could say I walked across the Mississippi. Lol. Nice content. Heard about you from Michigan Rocks and sub'd on your content.
Thank you for joining me over here! I hope you enjoy. I've been to Itasca quite a few times. My favorite thing there is the 100ft fire tower.
As others have stated, that black porous material is slag, but what no one has mentioned yet, is that it's full of heavy metals and can poison you if you handle it a lot. It's best to leave it where you find it.
Thank you! Nobody has told me that they’re unsafe. That’s really good to know.
I had a nice sample I took to the restaurant with me and kept asking if they could cook my Mammoth roast
Just was on the Mississippi river yesterday found a couple big mossy agates
That's awesome!
I think those birds may be sand pipers or Killdeers, hard to tell from a distance.... they behave like either of those two choices.
Crazy how low the water is! They must be holding water back behind the dam!
When the water is low its an opportunity to search ground normally not available, so its good to see you taking advantage of that.
A few constructive suggestions:
-Show us the area around you, the dam, the trees, the view as many of us have never been in your area and im sure most would agree they would like to see and feel environment you are hunting in. A drone would help with that!
-sell the viewer each find with subtle drama, dont over do it, just make each reveal suspenseful. Normally it just a matter of thinking that way and you will find your style of doing that.
- carry a small stiff bristle brush, that helps expose the rock for you and often is all the suspense you need on each reveal.
- Tell us some history of the area you are hunting in, that gives background info that gives your videos depth.
thank you for being brave in putting yourself out there... keep up the great work, looking forward to the next vid...
Best wishes from Vancouver Island BC Canada
p.s. Do you hunt morels?
Hello Randy, I was interested in the dam, it's just a cool thing.
@@1sec2midnight ya, the rocks and treasures we find are only part of the adventure
Thank you for the tips! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel so far!
Great video bud!!..get a fossil guide book to help you along...lol..budwiser agate..lol
Second thing is a clinker from coal burning.
May I ask what part of the river? I'm planning on doing the stretch from Davenport, IA down to Arkansas.
I'm quite a ways north of there in central MN. That should be a really fun trip!
@@99Rockhounding I should have known! Minnesota has all the good stuff haha
@@Vysais1317 There should still be good stuff along the whole river lol
I grew up in the Quad Cities in the 60s-70s. Sounds like a great trip
I’m from Mississippi what part of the river are you at?
That's what she said>
I think, (Semi-educated), that what you are finding and calling obsidian, is some industrial slag. Same thing as obsidian, but not from volcanic action.
I think, based on other comments, you're probably right lol
Hi
Can you just hunt anywhere along the banks of the river? Camping along the banks tonight and I’ve wanted to get into rockhounding but I’m not sure how to start. Don’t know how or where to search
As long as you stay in the water you can hunt anywhere in Minnesota. I usually just start somewhere that has public access like a boat access or bridge and just walk along the shore.
Hate to spoil your fun but the first thing you found looks like coal slag? Maybe not but sure looks like it.
Lots of bands in them there agates 😜
That's not obsidian. If it's got bubbles it's slag glass.
That's what I've found out. Thanks!
@.50...looks like botroydial deposit..
Right there towards the end that reddish one you got I found big chunks of it in the area where there's a bunch of blown-up mammoth 🦣 pass nuclear war Petra I found chunks of it you could still see the veins and arteries
Thank you for sharing. My opinion you found some good finds.
I think so too!