Hunting for Big Crystal Clusters | Rockhounding Near Las Vegas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- I am hoping this is my best work yet. This is an incredibly special rockhounding spot near Las Vegas. It’s actually barely in California, but there’s some breathtaking material here.
Enjoy while I take you through high winds, dense brush, and a rainstorm in order to get our hands on amethyst, quartz, and possibly even citrine! (Let me know your thoughts on that in the comments)
Credit for showing the spot goes to @solomonsoutdooradventureshis geology rundown of the area is far better than anything I could provide about this place myself.
Hope you all enjoy - LOCATION INFO THROUGHOUT WITH MAPS AT THE END!
Want to get in touch?
email me: thirdplanetrocks@gmail.com
#deathvalley #nevada #rockhounding
Thank you..... Sooo Beautiful!!! Fun to walk around, find and seek with you 🌹
I’m glad it turned into a nice video, it’s a very cool location. I’m amazed more of it isn’t claimed!
Thx for watching 🙂
@@ThirdPlanetRocks YW... I appreciate your reply - Yes, this was a fun and strikingly great video 🎯
Sunlight degrades the purple, so dig.
Another amazing video griffin! Btw the crystal you found at 6:28 is my favorite one 😉♥️
Thanks Sara, mine too 😉
Man I love your adventures! Looks like so much fun. The amethyst I find is usually in vugs. You got some really nice crystals! TFS and be careful. ❤️🎸🏏
Yeah this spot was one I had marked down for over a month. Thanks for keeping up with my vids, always love seeing your comments 👊🏻
Good stuff, great adventure - you'll have 1000 subs very soon, congrats.
🤞🏻I hope so, thank you!
Love the video! Glad I could help you find some cool stuff!
I was just in that area the other day looking for a fossils instead i happily found these type of rocks myself. So good to see what they were and wow if I just went a little bit further i would have got some with a bit purple. 😍
That’s awesome! Yeah, the higher I climbed, the more purple I found.
It was an incredible spot
Another good video bro. Awesome finds too and you are down the street from me in this one. Looking forward to your next one, once again. Keep up the good work man!!!!
Thanks! Glad to see you’re still hanging around - I’ve had a lot getting in the way of my editing lately. Hoping to post soon!
Nice rocks! I always will go up to other people out in the wild, never know what advice they may have and I’m sure the other rockhounds appreciate not giving up the exact spot.
There’s more fear than ever regarding speaking to strangers nowadays but I couldn’t agree more. A quick conversation has brought me to quite a few sweet spots!
Awesome video! Do you encounter a lot of dangers when searching for these incredible rocks? - for example rattlesnakes or scorpions? How do you protect yourself from these kinds of things? Thx.
@@jlu926 Truthfully, no. I only have been in the desert in winter months. Snakes and scorpions are still there, but are much less active.
I move slowly and carefully before picking anything up.
The biggest danger is honestly the challenging hiking conditions. Easy to fall or twist an ankle
Dang! Awesome location with so many spectacular finds!! Now I feel like I really need to find this general location since I live in Las Vegas and love finding crystals. You can't post the GPS coordinates out of respect and thats understandable but do you need a Rockhound Treasurehunting budy for a day? Lol.. I'm in!!
Great video! Glad I found your channel and subscribed...
Haha well thank you! I’m not near Vegas anymore - quite far now, actually…
But if you follow the directions at the end, park and follow the washes to the slopes. I am pretty certain there’s far more spots than just this one with amethyst/crystal veins
What a beautiful place I love California and the iconic Route 66!!! Those crystal are great treasure!!!
I don’t see much at all about this part of California so it was really cool to be able to explore it. Thanks for watching! 👊🏻
@@ThirdPlanetRocks I can’t find things like that here in hawaii !!! Keep doing what you love it will pays off in the future!!!
Hi I have that type of stones but I don't know were I can sela it ple help me we're I can sela it pls
@@sofiajohn5563 Try Facebook - FYI stones like this aren’t that valuable. I would join a Facebook group to trade them for other stones/minerals though!
Wow, what a find! I'd like to see those after a cleaning in acid - it'd remove some surface staining and show more of the true color of the stones. Thanks for taking us along heheh
Thanks for watching! I was really surprised by how much is still available at this spot. Is it best to clean them with a wire brush + acid? Or soak them?
@@ThirdPlanetRocks I'd try soaking a small, less precious piece first to see how the host rock responds first. If you use wire brushes, use brass if stiff plastic won't work. Be safe and have running water and lots of baking soda close by!
@@Panicagq2 Baking soda to neutralize the acid I’m guessing?
And thank you, this helps!
@@ThirdPlanetRocks Yep, splashes and spills can happen. I like Sulfuric acid drain cleaner best for many minerals, but TH-cam has lots of guidance on what else works - I find the host rock makes a difference, so it's kinda trial and error.
@@Panicagq2 gotcha, well thank you for the pointers!
Great video! What part of Nevada were you in?
California, just over the border. On the way to Baker, if you’re familiar with that area
Do you think maybe some of the quarts are sun faded amethyst, maybe if you dig they will be purple
I don’t think so, I’m regards to quartz. Some of the amethyst however could be a little faded. It’ll still be purple, but just slightly less intense than if it were freshly broken from the pegmatite seams.
Another fun video. Look up mazon creek fossil beds in Illinois. Maybe you can make it out. Season starts March!
Hey Paulie - I likely won’t be in the Midwest around then, but I checked out the spot. Bring a rake, looks like there’s a lot of leaves to dig thru in March! Haha
I’d love to go hunt amethyst crystals with you.
Maybe some day - Im only 1,890 miles away from this spot right now! 😅
Okay you live in your suv and going exploring, Living my dream🤤...but how do you suport your self?
It’s not sustainable. I saved everything for about a year, then quit a job I didn’t like. Traveled for about 5 months living exclusively in the SUV, then found different work once I was done.
Can I find some around Henderson ?
Hey Shanice - I really am not sure. I’m from Wisconsin and was driving through from Barstow.
You guys lots of abandoned mines near Henderson though. Even if you don’t go in, you can find cool stuff by the tailings piles for sure
@@ThirdPlanetRocks that's awesome! I will have to go out there and look it'll be a little adventure thank you !
@@shanicehunt9548 no worries, be careful when near mines. Old vertical shafts can sometimes be unmarked
No GPS coordinates 🤬
Hey Xi, I explained in the video why there’s no coords for my exact spot.
I included driving instructions at the end. Essentially you just follow the washes until you hit the slopes, then follow the granite to quartz seams.
OK you need to edit this video and not put in there any car bul$$#@t this is NOT OKAY FOR ANY CAR!!
4X4 ONLY do not try it, my car is totaled now, the road is washed outinto a really bad drop. And is rough and not safe unless you have an suv. I got stuck out there for 2 and a half days all because I watched this bullsh%%$# thanks so much.
Roads have a tendency to change over time. This is especially true in arid places that experience little rainfall.
Take accountability beyond watching TH-cam videos when you drive.
Where did you run into a washed out road/drop?