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When cutting stones, I only keep the best for further working. The rest I take back to the beach where I found them, and leave them in an obvious place. Kids love them they are like treasure, I know I would have flipped if I found them as a kid. I call it catch and release rock hounding.
My mom taught me to be a rock hound. And to apriciate the natural beauty of nature. My collection is huge. Been collecting for more than 50 years. Happy hunting. Thank you for posting.
The smoky quartz with the hint of amethyst is awesome the piece on the right looks like a picture of a baby calf. The little one with the bands is so beautiful and the bigger one should look awesome when you polish it. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.
CONTINUED liked the outside too. A few others that were nice surprises. Wanted you to know I found your other site finally of all the beautiful sites and sounds of the North Shore/Superior! Wow what a special and happy site! From the very beginning when I became a commentor I have admired your photography. You capture such cool places that are the beauty of that location. Can't tell you how wonderful it is for me to see it all once again. Many thx Taylor! Plz excuse this continued comment but phone had a weird moment lol!
That big one is still amazing man! I think we all secretly hope that each one you cut is full of bands but we know that can’t always be the case but DANG! I can’t wait to see that one polished up!
Just watching you cut them and waiting for the results is what I really like. That's natures lottery tickets, but a lot better than the paper ones. Cheers, Rik Spector
Hi again TAYLOR Great fun! So happy you cut them all! Almost every one has some beauty inside. Lol I had to look really close but I was sure I saw purple! My fav of course because of the amethyst but I very much liked th
Hi Taylor, some nice pieces among those that you cut. A couple of the small agates have nice banding and that piece at the end has some nice colour. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
9:10 oh snap! I’m glad you cut it dude, I know you were hoping for more but seeing what’s happening inside is what helps us learn more for in the field. I think it’s beautiful!
Oh wow, lots of surprises! Just like Christmas! That was fun, thanks. I went through the rocks that we tumbled after roock hunting in the UP, and out of a fish bowl of rock, there were 3 agates. Tiny, but mighty. Thanks for sharing! Happy Hunting!
10:00 I think if you cleaned it up and polished it, you'd find a bunch of little pools of agate in it with some bands hiding. Have a piece of breccia pretty similar. Once it got polished up though the little bands inside just popped right out. Absolutely fun video though brother. Love the sound of the rain as well.
Those are some really awesome agates I thought some was Carnelian that one with a lot of bands in it looks like an orange Carnelian it's hard for me to tell with some of the Carnelian and the agates because they both have banding in them but I have some of both I love them all I am a huge Rock and Crystal enthusiast and gemstone my next step is to get myself a lapidary cutter or yeah I saw because I have fire agate that I need to clean up and cut and I cannot wait to do that I've cleaned them up a little bit but not a lot because I had to get some diamond bits for my Dremel and it's going to take a while for sure
@@AgateDad I need to learn how to prospect or mine for certain rocks and gemstones and crystals I know of places here in Maine where to find them but I need to get some tools I got some gardening tools but yeah with this covid it's been kind of hard I guess last year especially when I really wanted to go out and start digging about and looking for myself eventually I'm sure I will
Gorgeous!!! Do you ever cut that back edge off to make tiny slabs for jewelry makers? They are all gorgeous. I love stones and have since I was a kid. I can’t believe I still haven’t bought myself a saw like this! Watching these is so satisfying!! Fantastic!!
I’ve got a nice sized (and beautiful) agate the same color as 3:00. We find agates in the gravel pits in my local area. Too bad we can’t post pix in the comment box...! I’ve always wondered what it would look like if it was cut in half, but I’m afraid I’ll ruin it. 🙃
Shortly after watching this- I was looking at a poster and apparently "smoky quartz agate" is a type of Lake Superior agate... I wonder if that's what you have there, if so, a very nice specimen! Great video... thanks for sharing! 🙂
Taylor, before you cut that last one it looked like a whole lotta nothin'. But, after being cut, it is super impressive. That's definitely one I would put on display!
tracing light pad for artist if you use one this and cut into two slice you will see many different type of colors on the rock I have one but not the saw for stone .
As rockhounding adventures happen and are successful, I will put those videos out, my next two videos will be rockhounding videos. Until then, check this one out: th-cam.com/video/SAQDfIdJzpQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video…Curious what blade you are using on the HiTech saw. Does not look like the standard green notch one they offer. I have the same saw and am looking for something that will cut agate a bit faster but still give a smooth edge.
I am using the notched Diamond blade, I have two, this one is not green like on the website but is the same. It’s pretty great, I’m hoping to use my thin sintered blade next to try that out 👍
I live in New Zealand, I was given some beautiful big rocks of Jasper and other rocks, (can’t remember the names) by a close friend who passed away just weeks ago, I would like to cut them open to see the surprises inside. I’ve never cut any open before, can I use a ceramic tile cutter that has a water bath or do I have to purchase a specified cutter
How do you determine which direction to cut a rock? Are there indicators outside that hint wehich direction would be optimum for exposing bands? (Such as if they're oblong, always cut the long way. etc?
After you cut them open what do you do with them can you re-cut the little ones safely to get a slab to make jewelry maybe you could do a video on what you do next after cutting them open TY
The last one you cut, the big one, if you turn them sideways, the one side looks like the face a lamb. Do you still have that? Would you be willing to sell it? I love lambs, and collect them, in all sizes shapes forms and materials. lol Thank-you for the cool video.
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FYI: this saw slowly grinds away each stone, it doesn’t cut, its a very slow process. So I am not at high risk for losing a finger.. so no worries 😊
Thanks for this comment! That’ll really help me sell that saw purchase idea to my TH-cam manager. 😂 (my wife)
There is however, 100% Chance of pruny fingers! 💯😂
Hahaha!! I will try to show how slow the process is next time!! Its slowwwwww
So pruny!
Thank you another great video Taylor! I love seeing your excitement when you further your explore your finds! Love the smoky amethyst!
When cutting stones, I only keep the best for further working. The rest I take back to the beach where I found them, and leave them in an obvious place. Kids love them they are like treasure, I know I would have flipped if I found them as a kid. I call it catch and release rock hounding.
What if… you hucked them back in the lake… and go from time to time to see if it gets re tumbled lol how crazy would that be!
@@AgateDad I have done that as well, but it gives me a lift when the kids find them on a log near the water.
You're sooo dope for that💙
You're sooo dope for that💙
I love that idea.
The chunky quartz rock at TS 14:00 was an unexpected beauty..in my personal opinion..I really like it
My mom taught me to be a rock hound. And to apriciate the natural beauty of nature. My collection is huge. Been collecting for more than 50 years. Happy hunting. Thank you for posting.
Makes me wish I had access to a saw! So much beauty in what looks like a plain old rock.
Heck yeah!!
Some nice surprises here. Moss agates have their own special beauty. Thanks for standing out in the rain while cutting these rocks! 👍
They are all beautiful in their own way. Keep cutting.
🤘🤘
I love cutting videos where there is a lot to look at. Nice variety of agates there!
Thanks bud!
Holy tamales! That ugly nodule with craters is.... beautiful. Wow! Looks like it had a window. 👍🏽❤️
A BLAST FROM THE PAST. YEAHHHHH!!! MAN OH MAN THE CREATIONS
The smoky quartz with the hint of amethyst is awesome the piece on the right looks like a picture of a baby calf. The little one with the bands is so beautiful and the bigger one should look awesome when you polish it. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.
All of the rocks were beautiful in their own way. The last was spectacular!
I agree!
They are all very pretty. You don't always get what you want but you get what you need. The wonderful world of rocks. Lol✌&❤
Absolutely!
BEAUTIFUL!
Great finds as always!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Appreciate you!
I can see the light purple. It’s a beauty. And the rock we voted on I say is pretty. Surprises in a bunch of the rocks, beautiful!
It’ll definitely show more amazing details when I polish it, there’s hidden banding in there 🤘
@@AgateDad I’ll be waiting. 😊
They are all so beautiful. I love them all. They universe sure has a way of creating the most beautiful things, don't you agree?
Definitely created with intent ❤️
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liked the outside too. A few others that were nice surprises.
Wanted you to know I found your other site finally of all the beautiful sites and sounds of the North Shore/Superior!
Wow what a special and happy site! From the very beginning when I became a commentor I have admired your photography. You capture such cool places that are the beauty of that location. Can't tell you how wonderful it is for me to see it all once again. Many thx Taylor!
Plz excuse this continued comment but phone had a weird moment lol!
Very lovely. Nice!
I recognize some of those rocks from your rockhounding. I like seeing what was inside.
YES! Dude! That crazy little one at like 3 and a half minutes holy crap!!
That big one is still amazing man! I think we all secretly hope that each one you cut is full of bands but we know that can’t always be the case but DANG! I can’t wait to see that one polished up!
It’s all a journey, someday it WILL happen, and until then, we keep trucking and grinding 😉
Loved them all, but the last one was the winner. I hope you were plugged into a GFCI outlet. Be happy, SAFE and stay healthy 😷⚒
Love that piece!
Great videos!! So glad I found your channel! Amethyst my birthstone!
Happy you did too!
So fun seeing what they look like inside!! 🥰
Awesome rocks all beautiful 😊💙✌🏻
Thanks!
That little handed one is beautiful 👍
Love that one
At 9:59 the white spot you're pointing at
looks like the moon peaking out
from behind a dark storm cloud 🌕☁️ very cool.
Thank You 🙋♀️
The last rock cut is my favorite.
One of mine too!
I really like that you show us right away what's inside. The waiting can be tough! 😊👍
Happy to show right away!
Very nice your stone
Wow amazing and beautiful rocks lol 👍👍👍
Thank you so much for these last 2 videos! What to look for and what's inside!🤩
Thanks!!
Always fun to see the individual characters of the stones emerge. Another great video!
Thanks Karen!!
Great video. You never know what is inside until you open them up. The last one, gorgeous! Thanks for sharing Taylor.
Thanks for watching!!
Awesome finds
Thanks for watching!
Nice color nice bands very good. Thankyou for the show.
Thanks for watching Jim!
Love to see the material you cut.
You really can't imagine the treasures inside til you open it up
Great job.
Just watching you cut them and waiting for the results is what I really like.
That's natures lottery tickets, but a lot better than the paper ones.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
now on to polish you go!! they looked good wet i bet they look even better polished,, no sad faces on that pile of treasures
You betcha!
Hi again TAYLOR
Great fun! So happy you cut them all! Almost every one has some beauty inside. Lol I had to look really close but I was sure I saw purple! My fav of course because of the amethyst but I very much liked th
There you go again, enjoying your hobbie ! How cool 😎 keep those videos coming ! Thank you Taylor
Always loving this hobby!! Thanks for watching!
Hi Taylor, some nice pieces among those that you cut. A couple of the small agates have nice banding and that piece at the end has some nice colour.
Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
🤘🤘🙏♥️
Lots of beautiful specimens that are always worth polishing to explore all the details. Fantastic Material 👍 Super Video
Thanks for enduring the rain for this awesome content!
Of course!
Am I seriously first!? Ha! Friday friends! 🤪🤘
Dang! Beat me to it Jesse... 🤣😭
@@GeodeCrackerCollector haha! Sorry brother 🤪
Dude I legit said out loud “awwwwwwwhhhhh” at 3:35
Man I actually really like 7:17 it’s pretty dude
9:10 oh snap! I’m glad you cut it dude, I know you were hoping for more but seeing what’s happening inside is what helps us learn more for in the field. I think it’s beautiful!
7:20 is Prehnite. You can find copper flakes and veins when you cut it 🤩
LOVE THE SMOKY AMETHYST HOLY MOLY!!! 🤯🤯🤯
💜🖤
Lovely! Thank you!
Excelente mi amigo muy buen trabajo
They look so cool cut in half, really beautiful. Learning a lot about rocks from your videos. Thank you for your time and hard work.
Some beautiful cuts Taylor x
Thanks Klaire!!
I love moss agate
Absolutely loved it thanks for sharing
Thanks for joining us!
That smoky amethyst.... So beautiful✨🖤💜✨
Those mossy ones are interesting. Great cuts Taylor!
Cool stuff
That was awesome, I’m definitely going to pull out the tile saw and get to cutting, thanks for the inspiration, motivation mucho 🧡
Do it bud!!
I need one of these! Just can't wait to go to get some agates!! 😁😁😁
🤘🤘
You and Rookie both putting out cutting videos, good stuff 👍
Oh wow, lots of surprises! Just like Christmas! That was fun, thanks. I went through the rocks that we tumbled after roock hunting in the UP, and out of a fish bowl of rock, there were 3 agates. Tiny, but mighty. Thanks for sharing! Happy Hunting!
Good stuff! I have quite a pile of rocks that I need to cut.
10:00 I think if you cleaned it up and polished it, you'd find a bunch of little pools of agate in it with some bands hiding. Have a piece of breccia pretty similar. Once it got polished up though the little bands inside just popped right out. Absolutely fun video though brother. Love the sound of the rain as well.
I agree! Thanks man!
Great video. Love those pieces. Now I have a few rocks to question as well. Could be hiding some bands. Thanks for sharing.
Cut em!!
Will do soon as I can. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Awesome video and your rocks are incredible!
Appreciate that 🙏♥️
I think it would be cool to get a Moss Agate. ☺️❤️🌍 I love my Carnelian And Carnelian Agates. I have both.
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice, be interested to see them polished 👏👊
That’s the plan my dude 🤘🤘
Those are some really awesome agates I thought some was Carnelian that one with a lot of bands in it looks like an orange Carnelian it's hard for me to tell with some of the Carnelian and the agates because they both have banding in them but I have some of both I love them all I am a huge Rock and Crystal enthusiast and gemstone my next step is to get myself a lapidary cutter or yeah I saw because I have fire agate that I need to clean up and cut and I cannot wait to do that I've cleaned them up a little bit but not a lot because I had to get some diamond bits for my Dremel and it's going to take a while for sure
You definitely should get a saw! It opens up a whole new world and is sooo fun!
@@AgateDad I need to learn how to prospect or mine for certain rocks and gemstones and crystals I know of places here in Maine where to find them but I need to get some tools I got some gardening tools but yeah with this covid it's been kind of hard I guess last year especially when I really wanted to go out and start digging about and looking for myself eventually I'm sure I will
I'm late as usual but, I loved it! Now I want a saw.🤑
Haha all good! They have many models!
Loved seeing how pretty the rocks were after cutting into them! Thanks for sharing!! 😊
Thanks for watching!
Gorgeous!!! Do you ever cut that back edge off to make tiny slabs for jewelry makers?
They are all gorgeous. I love stones and have since I was a kid. I can’t believe I still haven’t bought myself a saw like this!
Watching these is so satisfying!! Fantastic!!
So happy you enjoy! I haven’t but I really should!
Olá ❤😍 ágatas lindas🤩
Nice cuts. That last big one is pretty cool. Would look nice with a face polish?
You bet that’s what’s happening!
Mantap batu nya bos
I’ve got a nice sized (and beautiful) agate the same color as 3:00. We find agates in the gravel pits in my local area. Too bad we can’t post pix in the comment box...! I’ve always wondered what it would look like if it was cut in half, but I’m afraid I’ll ruin it. 🙃
That’s always a fear! What area do you hunt pits??
Awesome!!
Curious ... Do you ever use some of these to make cabichons. There is marvelous potntial in some of them for that purpose.
Awsome xxx
Shortly after watching this- I was looking at a poster and apparently "smoky quartz agate" is a type of Lake Superior agate... I wonder if that's what you have there, if so, a very nice specimen! Great video... thanks for sharing! 🙂
There has to be agate bands for it to be that variation, but I WISH!!! Thanks for watching!
Taylor, before you cut that last one it looked like a whole lotta nothin'. But, after being cut, it is super impressive. That's definitely one I would put on display!
Gotta polish it first then absolutely 🤘🤘
tracing light pad for artist if you use one this and cut into two slice you will see many different type of colors on the rock I have one but not the saw for stone .
14:50 left hand slice looks like a palm print to me. What's inside a rock matters - whether we think it is beautiful or not - the rock is beautiful.
I would craft my own ear plugs with those.
Lindas demais 😍😍😍
:)
I messaged you regarding my upcoming trip. Can't wait to do some hunting.
I’ll get to it today 🤘🤘
Howling wolf!
Hi, do you have a book you recommend for identifying rocks? Also, where did you get the poster I saw in one of your videos. Thank you.
What is your set up for cutting the stones? Do you need a diamond blade or anything special?
I have the Diamond blade from high tech diamond, link is in videos description box
Hi love your rock hounding videos
Thank you!
@@AgateDad can you do more rockhounding videos
I love it especially the amethyst and the fossil
As rockhounding adventures happen and are successful, I will put those videos out, my next two videos will be rockhounding videos. Until then, check this one out: th-cam.com/video/SAQDfIdJzpQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video…Curious what blade you are using on the HiTech saw. Does not look like the standard green notch one they offer. I have the same saw and am looking for something that will cut agate a bit faster but still give a smooth edge.
I am using the notched Diamond blade, I have two, this one is not green like on the website but is the same. It’s pretty great, I’m hoping to use my thin sintered blade next to try that out 👍
I live in New Zealand, I was given some beautiful big rocks of Jasper and other rocks, (can’t remember the names) by a close friend who passed away just weeks ago, I would like to cut them open to see the surprises inside. I’ve never cut any open before, can I use a ceramic tile cutter that has a water bath or do I have to purchase a specified cutter
You can use a tile saw with water but it may be more aggressive than a lapidary saw, so take it slow. Please let me know if you have any questions!
@@AgateDad Thankyou 😀
That last one looked like a thunder egg core.
Do you sell them? I'm interested in one that you cut in this video
How do you determine which direction to cut a rock? Are there indicators outside that hint wehich direction would be optimum for exposing bands? (Such as if they're oblong, always cut the long way. etc?
Sometimes it’s a crap shoot, other times I cut based off a theory of how banding will be inside, and sometimes just to cut the most surface area.
Have you got a black light to shine on?
Check out my most recent video
Thanks for great video. Would it be possible to note approx time it takes to cut in future vids? I will keep watching :)
All depends on what material your cutting but each cut takes anywhere from a minute to 5 minutes, I’ve had one agate in the past take 15 minutes
What kind of saw are you using my 7inch tile saw isn't the best lol
Mabuhay
Ever find gold in the quartz when cutting?
I have not. I also have not looked
I do know that gold is usually found near Quartz veins.... I'm curious if you ever do run across it... keep going!
After you cut them open what do you do with them can you re-cut the little ones safely to get a slab to make jewelry maybe you could do a video on what you do next after cutting them open TY
I polish them and show videos of that as well
You never mentioned the little white bird in your brown stone with red center!
I’ll have to double check!
The last one you cut, the big one, if you turn them sideways, the one side looks like the face a lamb. Do you still have that? Would you be willing to sell it? I love lambs, and collect them, in all sizes shapes forms and materials. lol Thank-you for the cool video.
Send me a message 👍
@@AgateDad How?
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