I'm feeling a little better about our weather in Michigan after watching this. It's not warm here, but I was only seeing small piles of snow in my last two outings, no huge piles of ice like you have.
@ 5:23 when you're looking at that quartz ball and contemplating the rougher crystals estimated exposure time, consider the brightest and whitest part as the most recent major impact to the surface of that ball. And the more transparent, rougher, darker and more easily identified crystals were likely exposed as a result of that impact and subsequent natural tumbling erosion of the crushed crystals that covered them. My guess is that it probably looked more like a "snow ball" as recently as earlier today! With almost absolute certainly, it took a hard hit this year. The whole ball is quartz crystals, and it used to belong to something much bigger. With rounded "beach rocks" we usually only find the hearts of bits and pieces that have broken away from their host/s long ago.
I'm a sucker for the green and pink myself great contrast and all but I respect selfcontrol. Good view although chilly it seems. We have a honey mustard yellow rock in my hometown that's very abundant but I never see the bandings you pull. Have a warm cup of tea will ya.
You do realize ice is for drinks don't you? It looked like ypu had a frozen good time. The things you do for the love of rocks. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
I am impressed with your cold tolerance! That would be too cold for me. It was very interesting to see the erosion from the ice. Definitely moving some rocks around for you. I was really surprised by the quartz rock. It looks like a tumbled geode from my area… how’d it move upstream?! 😂
I can’t believe there is still ice, and that it moved that huge rock. I’m in Central Iowa, it’s not like I’m that far south. What are you doing with ice hanging around in May?
Please don't sacrifice your health or safety for the sake of your viewers! 2:50 There are large chunks of ice, leaning towards you! And you might want to consider waterproof gloves. Prolonged and/or repeated exposure to cold water could lead to frostbitten fingers with bone deep pain and surface numbness whenever the temperatures drop below 80 degrees F, for the rest of your life.
@@mattwodziak1750 Maybe, maybe not. I don't think I've ever "frozen" my skin, but being from Wisconsin, I did work, play and hunt in the cold for many years. And for decades now, I've suffered from pain and numbness in my extremities as a result. Even in relatively warm temperatures.
I appreciate the concern. I will probably be investing in some decoy gloves in the future. I was also worried about the ice falling on me and actually went to spots where it wasn't nearly as tall.
Thanks Thomas, excellent journey out there. This was fun, nice beach, but crazy ice walls. Really cool finds, plus help me with identifing too, sweet lake!
Love the rocks and the scenery! That vintage North Stars hat is awesome, too! Your videos are great!
I just worry that someone might think it’s a packers hat🤢
That was awesome man!!
Love itttt!!
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Glad you liked it!!
Thank you for doing a video about Mille Lacs lake. Years ago I found a piece of topaz calcite in host rock at Mille Lacs.
That's cool! The coolest thing I've ever found there was a bright red garnet crystal embedded in schist.
Cool 🥶 video. Nice agates and I luv that "ice" ball of quartz. Keep rockin
That one was a neat find!
Cool hand Thomas, with some cool finds, and fingers and toes
Fair play to you for hunting in the ice
Thanks for making and sharing
Thanks for watching! It was fun despite the frozen extremities😂
Right on caught a smoker at the end of your hunt. Nice😎
I was pretty happy with that one!
The ice is almost gone !!! Nice finds !
I have only found 1 agate at Mille lacs . But it was a nice lil beach worn/polished one.
Keep rockin!!👍😎
I haven't found too many there either, but there are tons of other awesome rocks!
What a bizarre place. That ice looks scary. TFS💖💔🦅🦅
It is a pretty crazy place. Although the lake is huge, the deepest spot is only like 40'. So, it's not very deep.
I'm feeling a little better about our weather in Michigan after watching this. It's not warm here, but I was only seeing small piles of snow in my last two outings, no huge piles of ice like you have.
Winter has really taken its time leaving, but this week it's supposed to hit 84 degrees.
@@99Rockhounding We're supposed to get up to 77 on Thursday.
It is a lot of run watching you find agates. Nice job navigating the ice and waves.
I’ll have to go back again now that the ice is gone!
My hands can't take that cold...brrrr!
@ 5:23 when you're looking at that quartz ball and contemplating the rougher crystals estimated exposure time, consider the brightest and whitest part as the most recent major impact to the surface of that ball. And the more transparent, rougher, darker and more easily identified crystals were likely exposed as a result of that impact and subsequent natural tumbling erosion of the crushed crystals that covered them. My guess is that it probably looked more like a "snow ball" as recently as earlier today! With almost absolute certainly, it took a hard hit this year. The whole ball is quartz crystals, and it used to belong to something much bigger. With rounded "beach rocks" we usually only find the hearts of bits and pieces that have broken away from their host/s long ago.
That's really fascinating. I have very little doubt that the ice that was piled up there was the cause of that break. Thank you for the info!
@@99Rockhounding Thank YOU for your videos, and replies!
Cool I've never seen banded iron before!!
It's one of my favorites!
Absolutely love your videos! Was funny I got on TH-cam and thought I wonder if you uploaded and you had :)
Glad you enjoyed!
So glad to see you back out there! 👍🏻 Spring is sure taking it's sweet time this year, but that ice is finally melting. 🌞
It's crazy, and then this week it's going to be 80 degrees. How does that work?
I'm a sucker for the green and pink myself great contrast and all but I respect selfcontrol. Good view although chilly it seems. We have a honey mustard yellow rock in my hometown that's very abundant but I never see the bandings you pull. Have a warm cup of tea will ya.
I almost brought that one home anyway, but I'm already running out of space.
You do realize ice is for drinks don't you? It looked like ypu had a frozen good time. The things you do for the love of rocks. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
It was a good frozen time. The temperature wasn't as cold as it looked lol
I am impressed with your cold tolerance! That would be too cold for me. It was very interesting to see the erosion from the ice. Definitely moving some rocks around for you. I was really surprised by the quartz rock. It looks like a tumbled geode from my area… how’d it move upstream?! 😂
Who knows? Maybe it had a mind of its own lol. The air itself was actually pretty warm, but the water was still very cold.
Hey Thomas, that was a fabulous agate shown toward the end of the video. I'm curious how you distinguish Mary Ellen jasper from other jaspers.
The Mary Ellen jasper has little swirls in it, almost like a Van Gogh painting.
Can you please show us some of your tumbled pieces??
th-cam.com/play/PLqOoP3tXXf7fZ9pGigjGEDaiuXFNhO5Ri.html This is a whole playlist of my tumbled rocks!
I can’t believe there is still ice, and that it moved that huge rock. I’m in Central Iowa, it’s not like I’m that far south. What are you doing with ice hanging around in May?
I was worried they’d still be ice fishing for opener. It appears that summer is here now😂
Did you take that yellow rock home it sounded like you dropped it lol
I might have played catch and release lol. I haven't had a lot of luck tumbling yellow jasper in the past.
Please don't sacrifice your health or safety for the sake of your viewers! 2:50 There are large chunks of ice, leaning towards you! And you might want to consider waterproof gloves. Prolonged and/or repeated exposure to cold water could lead to frostbitten fingers with bone deep pain and surface numbness whenever the temperatures drop below 80 degrees F, for the rest of your life.
For frostbite to occur, the skin needs to freeze. That water can’t cause frostbite. He lives in MN. Pretty sure he understands the cold.
@@mattwodziak1750 Maybe, maybe not. I don't think I've ever "frozen" my skin, but being from Wisconsin, I did work, play and hunt in the cold for many years. And for decades now, I've suffered from pain and numbness in my extremities as a result. Even in relatively warm temperatures.
I appreciate the concern. I will probably be investing in some decoy gloves in the future. I was also worried about the ice falling on me and actually went to spots where it wasn't nearly as tall.
Thanks Thomas, excellent journey out there. This was fun, nice beach, but crazy ice walls. Really cool finds, plus help me with identifing too, sweet lake!
It was fun to be out there. I'll probably be back a few more times this year too!
@@99Rockhounding Nice, that's cool. Keep inspiring man, I appreciate your hard work and passion!