Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Thank you Theo and Derek for this one! Scenery so beautiful...I can smell the trees as sunlight warms up the conifer needles...the spray off the water falls...the mossy earthiness that draws us to ground. Let's talk about that OPAL!..in Montana! So other worldly... I feel so privileged to go with you..
I'm totally with you man! I too am disabled and being able to go out and do any kind of hike like this is completely out of my ability I was in a coma just in April so I am not very balanced even if I had walking sticks I would less maybe 20 minutes if I really try LOL! But the scenery the way they took us along man I'll tell you for people like you and I it really is nice to be able to watch and live vicariously! Blessings in peace to you my friend, Sachi
Please don't apologize for sharing the gorgeous scenery! As someone who's disabled, I will never be able to get to places like this; so I very much appreciate you sharing the beautiful views!
I made those exact same sounds after dragging my kids on a 5 mile hike to see the only known dinosaur tracks in Bexar country 😂😂🤣 I had to carry my 4 yr old most of the way back.
Never too much scenery. In fact, this is my 3rd time watching this, just for the hike alone! Opals are just a bonus!! You guys make a great hiking team.
I can't believe I'm saying this.. but that scenery... I want to go there for that forget that opal!! ok... don't forget it but I need to go see this place
I love the journey you shared along with what you found! I can't physically get to places like that, so it's wonderful to see the forest and the gorgeous agates and opals. I did my first rockhounding venture at a beach a few weeks ago and found agates - I was inspired by your videos, especially the parts where the sun's angle makes the agates glow and easier to find!
I was that psychotic 20 years ago, and still am but at 66 would need more rest stops, hehe! I once hiked 10 miles just to get to something called "The Bridge To Nowhere" and it is exactly that. The beauty of the California mountains was well worth it. I had never heard of that type of opal before, just lovely! And that scenery is stunning! Thanks for letting me tag along!
Gorgeous opals guys, great job! You both found some really fantastic pieces. Thank you for taking us on this adventure with you. This is one of my favorites. That waterfall is so amazing and the lake with steam coming off of it, wow! This video really shows why we love our home state so much. Thank you for sharing this Theo!✌️🤠
Thanks for the trip up towards Hyalite peak. That trail is where I took my first backpack nearly 20 years ago. I still have a small piece of hyalite from that experience. All good memories. Every time I vacation in Montana, I at least do a day hike up that same trail. The last visit, about 5 years ago, I camped two nights up in the bowl and spent the day in between browsing around and enjoying the views. Being a flatlander from Illinois, I don't get tired of the scenery there. One of the aspects of this stone you missed, with it's slight uranium content, it glows green when you hit is with uv light. Try it. Thanks for the great content.
We hiked that trail in mid-September and found one piece. Very happy as we really didn’t know what we were looking for. Even better is how hyalite fluoresces bright green under UV light! Great finds, Theo!
I can't believe you found Opals with play of color! I'm really surprised by that I didn't know Montana had Opals at all let alone the possibility of some Flash. At least that's what it looks like to me from this end of the camera I'm seeing some blues Silvers and even some yellows and pinks here and there on certain pieces absolutely stunning way to go dude! Blessings and peace, Sachi
Bobby,the Netherlands.... Thank U and bless U só much for sharing this beautyful adventure Theo! Simply gorgious!! Nature outhere is No where néar your blessed place called Montana🤯no nature,no rocks❤💛💚
That is some gorgeous stuff. You didnt show it under uv! Its very uv reactive! It was well worth, and i can say that because it wasnt me hiking it! It was made even better because it was with Derek! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
@@TheoKellison What do you actually have for a "black light"? Because Hyalite only glows under 254nm shortwave UV light, NOT longwave 365 or 395nm UV flashlights. I'm just now going through a backlog of videos I meant to watch.
Gosh those are gorgeous!! I could see th e beautiful colors as you tilted the stones, can’t wait to see the faceting process! So cool that you guys could go on that beautiful hike together and find treasures!!👍👍👍
You know my favorites are always the petrified wood. So unpetrified wood must be too. That was an amazing hike. I could almost smell the trees. Now I'm ready to see what you make out of your beautiful finds. Thanks for taking us along
Absolutely incredible! You guys rock, and opal 😅 seriously though I wish I could’ve been with ya. I dream about finding opals in Montana. My daughters middle name is Opal as well. Thanks for sharing and showing the cleaned up pieces. I hope to hunt with ya someday, shot out from a fellow Montanan 💎🏆
Awesome! there is also a Hyalite Creek going down the east side of Hyalite peak runs into Big Creek down into Paradise valley. You can drive up to the creek and find Hyalite Opals.
I'm late commenting on this one, Theo, but what a great video! Beautiful finds, incredible scenery, and really nicely edited. I've been wanting to chase Hyalite opal - thank you for showing me what I'm up against. :D
Its a pretty dang good hike but well worth it! We actually didnt make it up to the slopes with the best material; had to make the hard call to turn around when we were only a mile away🤦🏻 but its a good thing we did because even turning around when we did we still had to hike the last 3 miles in pitch blackness, if wed gone all the way up and found the opal slopes theres no way we wouldve been able to pull ourselves away responsibly😂 that wouldve been a long 7 mile hike in the dark
Hey! This is where I live. :) I love all the waterfalls along the way. My son found one agate along the reservoir last summer and we were all so stunned!
Ahhh you went the long way. This hyalite does fluoresce in UV-C. Ive found hyalite in at least 3 other places in montana besides up there. I hope this video doesnt convince too many people to collect up there. Its already such a busy area.
Loved the trip - sooo jealous. One thing though - I thought for sure that you would put them under us light back at the shop. Let us know if they fluoresce. That would be so cool
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
Looking forward to seeing some of those faceted. Wth, Theo-you say hyalite reacts to UV and then DONT give us the money shot?! 😂 Thanks for adding another bucket list rock for me tho!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light! I excitedly tried with mine when i got back to the shop and there was no glow😂🤦🏻 my blacklight is a cheapo though so we'll have to upgradr
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
Probably will when i go back next summer👍 but those opal layers are so very thin and fragile id be afraid of breaking it. Probably would help to break down larger basalt so we wouldnt have to carry out the big blocks though!
@@TheoKellison I was able to find the Hyalite Opal at my local beach a week prior to your video with some host rock and mistook it for glass and was urgently called back home before I could grab it regretfully… I believe it was a pristine 35 carats of bubbley goodness not including the little bitty bit of host rock that was attached to
* If you had taken an ice cream bucket, you could hav filled it in the creek & cleaned your stones.. & dump the water when you are done or it is too muddy & you get fresh water.. ~ Those are so clear ~ Not like the White opals KatyDid found..
Our sasquatch are even friendly... Most of them anyway... They are very real... Thanks to David Paullides, from 411 fame... We now have good DNA... Sasquatch are human hybrids with a mutation.... He lives up near Kalispell Montana, flathead lake, you want see beautiful...
Certainly hyalite opal. Its classified as silica gel, a form of colorless clear opal that forms on basalt as botyoidal seams and contains trace amounts of uranium. Just google hyalite opal, its some very cool stuff👍
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Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Thank you Theo and Derek for this one! Scenery so beautiful...I can smell the trees as sunlight warms up the conifer needles...the spray off the water falls...the mossy earthiness that draws us to ground. Let's talk about that OPAL!..in Montana! So other worldly... I feel so privileged to go with you..
I'm totally with you man! I too am disabled and being able to go out and do any kind of hike like this is completely out of my ability I was in a coma just in April so I am not very balanced even if I had walking sticks I would less maybe 20 minutes if I really try LOL! But the scenery the way they took us along man I'll tell you for people like you and I it really is nice to be able to watch and live vicariously!
Blessings in peace to you my friend, Sachi
Please don't apologize for sharing the gorgeous scenery! As someone who's disabled, I will never be able to get to places like this; so I very much appreciate you sharing the beautiful views!
I made those exact same sounds after dragging my kids on a 5 mile hike to see the only known dinosaur tracks in Bexar country 😂😂🤣 I had to carry my 4 yr old most of the way back.
Government canyon
Never too much scenery. In fact, this is my 3rd time watching this, just for the hike alone! Opals are just a bonus!! You guys make a great hiking team.
Yay more Derrick the Rock Master!! So enjoy you both!!
I'm glad you made the hike.
Other than that, it was a beautiful hike! I'm glad I got to go with you and didn't have to hike it!
For future body bashing hikes, consider magnesium oil on legs and other sore points after the hike. It does wonders.
Beautiful scenery! Thanks for sharing it with the rocks!
I can't believe I'm saying this.. but that scenery... I want to go there for that forget that opal!! ok... don't forget it but I need to go see this place
I love the journey you shared along with what you found! I can't physically get to places like that, so it's wonderful to see the forest and the gorgeous agates and opals. I did my first rockhounding venture at a beach a few weeks ago and found agates - I was inspired by your videos, especially the parts where the sun's angle makes the agates glow and easier to find!
Great video Theo, well done out there, beautiful stuff! So pretty. Fun journey too!
I was that psychotic 20 years ago, and still am but at 66 would need more rest stops, hehe! I once hiked 10 miles just to get to something called "The Bridge To Nowhere" and it is exactly that. The beauty of the California mountains was well worth it. I had never heard of that type of opal before, just lovely! And that scenery is stunning! Thanks for letting me tag along!
Gorgeous opals guys, great job! You both found some really fantastic pieces. Thank you for taking us on this adventure with you. This is one of my favorites. That waterfall is so amazing and the lake with steam coming off of it, wow! This video really shows why we love our home state so much. Thank you for sharing this Theo!✌️🤠
what a great opal find my friend. This is a very interesting quest.
Thanks for taking me with y'all. At 65 , I couldn't make that hike. The mountains are so beautiful and the "slide waterfall" 👍
shine a shortwave uv light on those. I bet they will glow a beautiful green.
Thanks for the trip up towards Hyalite peak. That trail is where I took my first backpack nearly 20 years ago. I still have a small piece of hyalite from that experience. All good memories. Every time I vacation in Montana, I at least do a day hike up that same trail. The last visit, about 5 years ago, I camped two nights up in the bowl and spent the day in between browsing around and enjoying the views. Being a flatlander from Illinois, I don't get tired of the scenery there.
One of the aspects of this stone you missed, with it's slight uranium content, it glows green when you hit is with uv light. Try it.
Thanks for the great content.
You guys are crazy but thats what makes it fun. Beautiful area and beautiful finds.
We hiked that trail in mid-September and found one piece. Very happy as we really didn’t know what we were looking for. Even better is how hyalite fluoresces bright green under UV light! Great finds, Theo!
I can't believe you found Opals with play of color! I'm really surprised by that I didn't know Montana had Opals at all let alone the possibility of some Flash. At least that's what it looks like to me from this end of the camera I'm seeing some blues Silvers and even some yellows and pinks here and there on certain pieces absolutely stunning way to go dude!
Blessings and peace, Sachi
I'm glad you went! Your finds are beautiful and looking forward to faceting. Thank you.
Soo beautiful on that trail and amazing finds. Can't wait to see what you do with those Theo.
Awesome video guys.great to see Derek the rock master again we love that guy 💎👍👍
Got some ICE ICE Baby. Awesome Alpine hike.
Wow, that scenery is absolutely beautiful.
Pretty little finds, definitely worth the hike.
Neat material! Beautiful waterfall!
Bobby,the Netherlands....
Thank U and bless U só much for sharing this beautyful adventure Theo! Simply gorgious!! Nature outhere is No where néar your blessed place called Montana🤯no nature,no rocks❤💛💚
That is some gorgeous stuff. You didnt show it under uv! Its very uv reactive! It was well worth, and i can say that because it wasnt me hiking it! It was made even better because it was with Derek! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
@@TheoKellison What do you actually have for a "black light"? Because Hyalite only glows under 254nm shortwave UV light, NOT longwave 365 or 395nm UV flashlights. I'm just now going through a backlog of videos I meant to watch.
Gosh those are gorgeous!! I could see th e beautiful colors as you tilted the stones, can’t wait to see the faceting process! So cool that you guys could go on that beautiful hike together and find treasures!!👍👍👍
I don't know which is prettier, the opals or the scenery! Good hiking!
You know my favorites are always the petrified wood. So unpetrified wood must be too.
That was an amazing hike. I could almost smell the trees.
Now I'm ready to see what you make out of your beautiful finds. Thanks for taking us along
Loved this! Beautiful scenery and awesome rocks! If I was as young as you, I would be "psychotic" too!
Hi guys, love the vid as always. Love the nature and the finds, but what is red spot on the big rock around 16:38 in the video?
It is actually the color of the red basalt peaking through the clear hyalite opal😄
Absolutely incredible! You guys rock, and opal 😅 seriously though I wish I could’ve been with ya. I dream about finding opals in Montana. My daughters middle name is Opal as well. Thanks for sharing and showing the cleaned up pieces. I hope to hunt with ya someday, shot out from a fellow Montanan 💎🏆
Amazing! The scenery was spectacular!!!
Awesome! there is also a Hyalite Creek going down the east side of Hyalite peak runs into Big Creek down into Paradise valley. You can drive up to the creek and find Hyalite Opals.
One of ur best videos
Welcome to my neck of the woods! Awesome video!
Beautiful scenery. Montana is an awesome place. Pretty opal. 😃🥰
Phenomenal finds! Fun to watch
We also have sapphires... Gold, silver, copper, tin, almost every mineral known to man, even yellow cake uranium...
Even better when you have friends thatll do that trek with ya , Wicked guys wicked!
I'm late commenting on this one, Theo, but what a great video! Beautiful finds, incredible scenery, and really nicely edited. I've been wanting to chase Hyalite opal - thank you for showing me what I'm up against. :D
Its a pretty dang good hike but well worth it! We actually didnt make it up to the slopes with the best material; had to make the hard call to turn around when we were only a mile away🤦🏻 but its a good thing we did because even turning around when we did we still had to hike the last 3 miles in pitch blackness, if wed gone all the way up and found the opal slopes theres no way we wouldve been able to pull ourselves away responsibly😂 that wouldve been a long 7 mile hike in the dark
Opals? WOW!
Hey! This is where I live. :) I love all the waterfalls along the way. My son found one agate along the reservoir last summer and we were all so stunned!
Ahhh you went the long way.
This hyalite does fluoresce in UV-C.
Ive found hyalite in at least 3 other places in montana besides up there.
I hope this video doesnt convince too many people to collect up there. Its already such a busy area.
Fantastic title and thumbnail folks. Amazingly presented content!
Thanks so much!😄
Loved the trip - sooo jealous. One thing though - I thought for sure that you would put them under us light back at the shop. Let us know if they fluoresce. That would be so cool
Sorry UV light not us light
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
I'm suprised you didn't show a clip of them under a UV light. Very nice finds as always.
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
Looking forward to seeing some of those faceted.
Wth, Theo-you say hyalite reacts to UV and then DONT give us the money shot?! 😂
Thanks for adding another bucket list rock for me tho!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light! I excitedly tried with mine when i got back to the shop and there was no glow😂🤦🏻 my blacklight is a cheapo though so we'll have to upgradr
Pearlescent beauties!
Solid work 👊
Hey theo, how's your mom?.Your looking for the basalt, where tree roots are splitting it. Should get some free opals in those tailings? Good luck.
Beautiful. Would love to see that stuff under uv light.
There's a reason, Montana is the treasure state... Big sky country...
amazing dudes xxx
It’s a crystal opal heart ❤
Sure hope to post a video of faceting one of them.
Definitely will be faceting one soon!
i would eaily hike that for great rocks.
Are you ever open to sharing where you do these hikes? I would love to go look myself being in montana aswell?
I would do it for shur. 😃
Derek needs to move to Montana…at least for hurricane season.
Is this off of Hwy 89 and Dry Creek or from South of Bozeman?
I’ve found some giant slabs of agate at the lake
Opals and agates roam together.
Cool
No UV light shots?! I was waiting to see that color!
Unfortunately they only flouresce under long wave and my only black light is short wave🤦🏻 definitely will get some footage of them in a future video once i order a long wave black light!
@@TheoKellison UVC fluorescence. Not UVA. UV Flashlight like a UV Beast won't work.
I think I found some opal. Not for sure though
If you keep telling yourself, you are sore, you'll be sore... Tell yourself you feel great... Works also.....
Upvoted because water fall / slide
Should check out the richest hill on earth, Butte Montana... This is it's nic name also was known as little Chicago in the early 1900s......
Definitely have spent some time around butte! Amazing crystals and copper minerals in that area! Always a joy to hunt the pegmatites in that area!
If they have Uranium, they will fluoresce under UV.
Theo Kellison would you have brought a chisel in hindsight?
Probably will when i go back next summer👍 but those opal layers are so very thin and fragile id be afraid of breaking it. Probably would help to break down larger basalt so we wouldnt have to carry out the big blocks though!
@@TheoKellison I was able to find the Hyalite Opal at my local beach a week prior to your video with some host rock and mistook it for glass and was urgently called back home before I could grab it regretfully…
I believe it was a pristine 35 carats of bubbley goodness not including the little bitty bit of host rock that was attached to
* If you had taken an ice cream bucket, you could hav filled it in the creek & cleaned your stones.. & dump the water when you are done or it is too muddy & you get fresh water.. ~ Those are so clear ~ Not like the White opals KatyDid found..
As far as the scenery, shhh, don't Tell anyone, that's a secret........
Our sasquatch are even friendly... Most of them anyway... They are very real... Thanks to David Paullides, from 411 fame... We now have good DNA... Sasquatch are human hybrids with a mutation.... He lives up near Kalispell Montana, flathead lake, you want see beautiful...
Can i go next time
Should go gold fishing........
Please research that... Gold fishing......
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I never knew...thanks for another rockin video.
How's that looks more like clear quartz I don't think you found opal
Certainly hyalite opal. Its classified as silica gel, a form of colorless clear opal that forms on basalt as botyoidal seams and contains trace amounts of uranium. Just google hyalite opal, its some very cool stuff👍