Thank you! It was a lot of fun rockhounding here. I loved the minerals we found and am excited to check out other locations and find other/larger mineral deposits!
Megan is the mastermind of all our rockhounding adventures! She always picks the good spots for us. We really appreciate you taking the time to check us out. Thanks!! - MMB
Zeolites are somewhat of an acquired taste, you can always email me photos of your finds and I can likely help you out.. I hope you don't mind me giving a few tips here but you should think about picking up a concrete chisel to use with your hand sledge so you can more focused cracking of rocks. The rock hammer is meant for prying and not chiselling, you can break the tip off your new Estwing hammer trying to split rocks with it. It's good to see y'all out cracking some rocks.
Thank you for ALL the tips and for reaching out to us! This was our first time proper rockhounding using a hammer. Megan loved it. Her dream is to go rockhounding for thunder eggs, which we will hopefully do this summer. If you leave us your email, I am sure Megan has a few pictures she would email you to help with identification. As you may have seen in the thumbnail photo, we clearly don't know what those crystals were :)
It looks like you two are in Oregon. The reservoirs this time of year are good because they are drawn down many feet. In the summer small rivers are good when they get low and the water isn't freezing,.
We are indeed in Oregon. Do you have any good rockhounding locations? Typically we are just agate hunting at the beach and this was a switch up for us.
I'm in Eugene so I generally stick around here. My goto spots are the calapooia river and the Mohawk river. The Willamette and Mckenzie rivers are also good, but its nice you have a some sort of boat or inflatable to get to spots away from easy public access points. Right now in the winter pretty much any reservoir should be drawn for flood control so they show rocks and other treasure that would normally be underwater. Boat ramps are easy access spots to get to down to where you'll find stuff, much better than scaling steep drop offs.
What beautiful rocks I love to see things shimmer and shine it’ll be beautiful sitting in the window cell or on a patio maybe in some pots and then the light will catch it and shine :-) that’s a lot of hard work Brad is your shin OK to get a big knot on it? It was really nice comments some people gave you in tips about your chisel and what to do help you used to do some pounding. Enjoy can’t wait for your next one:)
Thank you :) it was a lot of fun. I have some on the windowsill and in my pots with flowers. I love seeing them sparkle in the light. Stay tuned for more adventures as we seek new locations:)
What a beautiful video. You guys are finding really cool rocks on your hikes. The scenery is gorgeous. I really enjoy watching you guys.
Thank you! It was a lot of fun rockhounding here. I loved the minerals we found and am excited to check out other locations and find other/larger mineral deposits!
So many amazing finds ! Enjoyed watching ! Good luck on your next adventure :)
Megan is the mastermind of all our rockhounding adventures! She always picks the good spots for us. We really appreciate you taking the time to check us out. Thanks!! - MMB
Zeolites are somewhat of an acquired taste, you can always email me photos of your finds and I can likely help you out.. I hope you don't mind me giving a few tips here but you should think about picking up a concrete chisel to use with your hand sledge so you can more focused cracking of rocks. The rock hammer is meant for prying and not chiselling, you can break the tip off your new Estwing hammer trying to split rocks with it. It's good to see y'all out cracking some rocks.
Thank you for ALL the tips and for reaching out to us! This was our first time proper rockhounding using a hammer. Megan loved it. Her dream is to go rockhounding for thunder eggs, which we will hopefully do this summer.
If you leave us your email, I am sure Megan has a few pictures she would email you to help with identification. As you may have seen in the thumbnail photo, we clearly don't know what those crystals were :)
Hermoso video. Saludos!!!!
It looks like you two are in Oregon. The reservoirs this time of year are good because they are drawn down many feet. In the summer small rivers are good when they get low and the water isn't freezing,.
We are indeed in Oregon. Do you have any good rockhounding locations? Typically we are just agate hunting at the beach and this was a switch up for us.
I'm in Eugene so I generally stick around here. My goto spots are the calapooia river and the Mohawk river. The Willamette and Mckenzie rivers are also good, but its nice you have a some sort of boat or inflatable to get to spots away from easy public access points. Right now in the winter pretty much any reservoir should be drawn for flood control so they show rocks and other treasure that would normally be underwater. Boat ramps are easy access spots to get to down to where you'll find stuff, much better than scaling steep drop offs.
What beautiful rocks I love to see things shimmer and shine it’ll be beautiful sitting in the window cell or on a patio maybe in some pots and then the light will catch it and shine :-) that’s a lot of hard work Brad is your shin OK to get a big knot on it? It was really nice comments some people gave you in tips about your chisel and what to do help you used to do some pounding. Enjoy can’t wait for your next one:)
Thank you :) it was a lot of fun. I have some on the windowsill and in my pots with flowers. I love seeing them sparkle in the light. Stay tuned for more adventures as we seek new locations:)
Ha! I have never seen Goble mentioned anywhere before. Used to live near there, up the hill off Hwy 30.
Up Nicolai or Neer City?
@@monicaniccum2734 In Deer Island
Lmao that’s my property in the background
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