Yes, it amazes me how tough some plants are. I really like seeing stunted white pines growing out of rocks on Lake Superior. Some of them are bent down, growing behind rocks just to get out of the wind.
If you want good Petoskey stones for fossil specimens, quarries are the place to get them. They still have the hexagon pattern in 3D rather than the cross section that you get with a beach tumbled rock.
Cool place to be close to. The handful of crinoid discs looked like a brooch. I hope you have some of those fossil filled beach rocks at home in your beautiful yard. Thanks!
I don't think I have any fossils at all in my yard. I kind of like granite for the yard. Gneiss would be even better, but I don't think I have much of that. I love big granite boulders with a good vein going through them.
No wonder it looks so nice…you have a plan! I just collect things and toss them somewhere…no rhyme or reason….but I do have acres of desert to do this…so it doesn’t look too bad.@@MichiganRocks
Rockport is such a fascinating place; have spent hours in there just looking around. My apologies for not posting much. It's been a helluva month for me and Dr Nat....
I really love the brachiopod with the coral on it - I follow deep sea research ROV dives and it's always neat to see one creature as a home or transportation platform for another, so it's amazing to see one fossilized!
It’s amazing the trees growing in the rock. It kind of reminds my of my driveway when it used to be crushed limestone. There were places in the yard where it was hard to get the grass to grow but somehow it did just fine in the driveway along with other weeds. Several times a summer I would have to spray it with weed killer. Nice to see Sam and Kyle again.
I know what you mean. I have a weed called "horsetail" on my property. It's sort of, kind of under control in most places now that I've lived here for over 20 years, but it's about impossible to eradicate completely. We have a paved driveway and when they first put the asphalt down, a horse tail grew right through it. I couldn't believe it.
I love it around Rock Port. Just wish I could walk it again. Never been to the quarry before. Not sure how to get into it. I'm just not able to walk very far anymore. But I love watching you go to all these places.
If you go to the pier at Rockport and park next to the picnic tables (the small lot, not the big connected lots next to the boat launch), the quarry is actually fairly close, just a hundred yards or so away to the south. If you look up Rockport on google maps and switch to satellite view, the quarry is the big gray area just south of the pier. There are some paths (I think the most direct one that is due south of the parking area, for instance) that require you to climb up and over a gravel embankment, but there are also very nice flat paths that are basically gravel roads that will get you there (labeled as Old Grade Rd on google maps). If you've got mobility issues the bigger problem is going to be getting around the quarry part itself, as it's got a lot of cobble-sized rocks and such that you'd be walking over/through. Worth having a look if you're feeling adventurous and rocky some day though - worst case scenario you'll have an interesting view of an alien landscape with tiny, decades old trees everywhere.
To get to the quarry, park in the lot above the pier, then walk away from the water. there are several trails that all lead to the quarry. It's hard to miss. If you stay on the trails, you can walk into the quarry without a lot of trouble. It's when you get off the trails that the going gets a little more challenging.
I would love to travel up that way and see the areas that you guys hunt. My neighbor and I find a lot of fossils in his gravel pit down here in southern Mi.
I loved my trip up there last Saturday, got some amazing finds and am currently hand polishing some of my Petoskey stones i found, but my favorites had to have been the horn corals
@@MichiganRocks for sure! And we were there for quite a bit, but it was mostly at the quarry and sinkholes, we got to go onto the beach near the pier for about 10 minutes
@@MichiganRocks yeah I figured that one out, our group was about to leave so hopefully the next time I go I'll be able to go farther and stay a bit longer on the beach
I miss finding fossils around the lakes. There are basically no fossils in British Columbia. But there is gold to pan, which I guess will have to do. 😂 Love your videos, great content. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Hi‼️ Born and raised in A2. 💛💙 Parents retired “Up North” to Tawas City… Loved Lake Huron and Great Lakes beaches❣️Moved South to be with family and miss BEAUTIFUL MI everyday. 💔 Thanks for your great videos and bringing back wonderful memories from my much younger years. I’d love to purchase some “famous” rocks from my home state for my grandchildren… can you recommend any sites that sell quality polished Michigan Rocks⁉️
I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com I can't really recommend any other sellers since I never buy polished rocks. I alway polish my own.
@ 2:32 on the right side (middle) while inspecting a fossil beside a much larger "smorgasbord"... Something caught my eye just above the big one ... Or am I just seeing "something in nothing"?
@@MichiganRocks I can get a capture but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a pretty natural design... Confused me enough to ask, that's for sure! I've gotten rather interested since finding some very unexpected treasures in the alley behind my house here in Detroit. The city doesn't seem to care what they dump into the alleyways to make up for the number of holes that pop up every winter
You mean like stills of each find? Or links to other sites with photos and information? If you're asking for the former, probably not. These videos take many hours to film and edit as it is. I'm about at the limit of the time I have to put into them. If you're asking for the later, there are lots of sites available on the Internet that would help you out. Here's one: umorf.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/wp/mis-backyard-fossils/
That is a lot of fossils! Love the beach❤ But I have to admit that I am a little confused. Many times, you have shown and talked about the cross but you also say fossils are 350 million years old. What exactly do you believe about the church and the cross? It seems a bit contradictory. Not trying stir up anything, I just find it interesting.
I hesitate to discuss this because every time I do, it ends up going very badly. But you've been here a long time, so I trust that you won't attack me. I believe that the first part of Genesis is not literal. I believe that God created everything, but not in six days. I don't find it any less impressive if God created everything over billions of years. All the geology points to that. If I had to believe that the world was created in six days, it would make me doubt the whole thing. As it is, I have no doubts.
@@MichiganRocks no I have no plan or desire to attack you over what you believe. We are all designed with the ability to think and reason for ourselves and make our own decisions. I am truly sorry that you have been attacked because of what you believe. Their are hostile people out there who think it is their sole responsibility to attack anyone who sees things differently than they believe. Personally, I believe in a literal 6 day creation. I don’t believe the that fossils are millions or billions of years old. I believe in a worldwide flood and that there was a point after the flood where God moved the continents away from each other. It doesn’t really make sense to me any other way. I understand your hesitation to answer and I thank you for doing it anyway. I was afraid to ask for the same reason. But I have gained a lot of respect for you and Nancy over the year or so that I have been watching and was just curious what you believe. Thanks. 🤗❤️
What I think is that people don't realize our time is not God's time. We were taught time in seconds minutes hours, days, and years. I don't think that's God's way to keep time. That's my opinion from reading the Bible in many places throughout the Bible. I believe he created the earth, and man wasn't created right away. There were many living things on earth before he created man to live on earth. I don't believe he created man until later. When he thought it was time for man to be here. Before we were created, many things happened on earth. This is just my opinion after reading many places about how everything started. The Bible has many good places where he tells how earth and everything was created in time. You have to look in his words to find them. His time isn't the same time as our time. You can reference in many places in the Bible. God was good at explaining how everything came into existence and also became out of existence. Earth was around for a long time because he created man. We can see this by the fossils we find. And others various things he has created. Rocks soils and a variety of things he created over his timeline.
There are a lot of ways that geologists have determined the age of rocks and fossils. I'm not a geologist, so even though I've read some about how the age of various rocks have been determined, I couldn't even start to explain it to you. I do know that there is a lot of varied evidence, though, not just one method of dating.
I love the plants in that quarry. It's the nutrient poor areas like that where you find strange things growing. Those 4' high cedars are decades old.
Yes, it amazes me how tough some plants are. I really like seeing stunted white pines growing out of rocks on Lake Superior. Some of them are bent down, growing behind rocks just to get out of the wind.
So fascinating and so much fun. Thanks for showing all those fossils in rocks. They are amazing.
You're welcome!
Awesome fossil video! It was cool to see what a Petoskey stone looks like before its tumbled around in the water! Thank you for sharing! 😊
If you want good Petoskey stones for fossil specimens, quarries are the place to get them. They still have the hexagon pattern in 3D rather than the cross section that you get with a beach tumbled rock.
Great day enjoying the area looking for fossils. I already saw WildKyles video.
Yeah, he got his out a little quicker. I haven't actually watched his, because I thought it might be Déjà vu.
Cool place to be close to. The handful of crinoid discs looked like a brooch. I hope you have some of those fossil filled beach rocks at home in your beautiful yard. Thanks!
I don't think I have any fossils at all in my yard. I kind of like granite for the yard. Gneiss would be even better, but I don't think I have much of that. I love big granite boulders with a good vein going through them.
No wonder it looks so nice…you have a plan! I just collect things and toss them somewhere…no rhyme or reason….but I do have acres of desert to do this…so it doesn’t look too bad.@@MichiganRocks
I want this in my back yard! Thanks.
What cool places you have over there ! ❤ So rich in fossils
Literally tons and tons and tons of fossils here.
🙋♀️❤️Fascinating! Like a huge jigsaw puzzle...
Nice hunt guys! That first fossil rock at 19:20 would look awesome in the rock garden!!
Great fossils guys! I would love to fossil hunt there. 😊
Thanks!
Nice hunt with Kyke and Sam❤
Fascinating - love to learn from you!!
Rockport is such a fascinating place; have spent hours in there just looking around. My apologies for not posting much. It's been a helluva month for me and Dr Nat....
No need to apologize. I understand busy. I rarely have time to watch anyone else's videos.
I really love the brachiopod with the coral on it - I follow deep sea research ROV dives and it's always neat to see one creature as a home or transportation platform for another, so it's amazing to see one fossilized!
And I never see non-fossilized sea creatures, since I live a long way from the ocean. I could watch videos about underwater environments, but I don't.
It’s amazing the trees growing in the rock. It kind of reminds my of my driveway when it used to be crushed limestone. There were places in the yard where it was hard to get the grass to grow but somehow it did just fine in the driveway along with other weeds. Several times a summer I would have to spray it with weed killer. Nice to see Sam and Kyle again.
I know what you mean. I have a weed called "horsetail" on my property. It's sort of, kind of under control in most places now that I've lived here for over 20 years, but it's about impossible to eradicate completely. We have a paved driveway and when they first put the asphalt down, a horse tail grew right through it. I couldn't believe it.
Great day
Wow love this video, thank you for sharing.
I love it around Rock Port. Just wish I could walk it again. Never been to the quarry before. Not sure how to get into it. I'm just not able to walk very far anymore. But I love watching you go to all these places.
If you go to the pier at Rockport and park next to the picnic tables (the small lot, not the big connected lots next to the boat launch), the quarry is actually fairly close, just a hundred yards or so away to the south. If you look up Rockport on google maps and switch to satellite view, the quarry is the big gray area just south of the pier. There are some paths (I think the most direct one that is due south of the parking area, for instance) that require you to climb up and over a gravel embankment, but there are also very nice flat paths that are basically gravel roads that will get you there (labeled as Old Grade Rd on google maps). If you've got mobility issues the bigger problem is going to be getting around the quarry part itself, as it's got a lot of cobble-sized rocks and such that you'd be walking over/through. Worth having a look if you're feeling adventurous and rocky some day though - worst case scenario you'll have an interesting view of an alien landscape with tiny, decades old trees everywhere.
To get to the quarry, park in the lot above the pier, then walk away from the water. there are several trails that all lead to the quarry. It's hard to miss. If you stay on the trails, you can walk into the quarry without a lot of trouble. It's when you get off the trails that the going gets a little more challenging.
Oh ok thats what I thought but wasn't sure. Thank you. Maybe someday I will give it a try.
Wild Kyle and Silent Sam in the same video...cool stuff, indeed!
Silent Sam? He talks, just not as much as Kyle.
Cold, but sounds like lot's of fun!!!
I prefer this weather over going here on a hot summer day. There's not much shade from those stunted little trees in the quarry.
Love the blastoids!
Me too, but I never did find one that day.
This is our favorite place to look for fossils!
It's a good one. There are so many different things to do there, between the beach, the quarry, the trails, and the sinkholes.
Great video!
looks like you guys had fun--even when Rob said "we might die here!" LOL!
At least, I'd die happy.
I would be taking so much of these fossils home
Cool episode!!!!
I would love to travel up that way and see the areas that you guys hunt. My neighbor and I find a lot of fossils in his gravel pit down here in southern Mi.
Rockport could keep you busy all day.
I loved my trip up there last Saturday, got some amazing finds and am currently hand polishing some of my Petoskey stones i found, but my favorites had to have been the horn corals
The sinkholes were also pretty cool, got to chuck some boulders and tree trunks into the water
There's a lot to do there, isn't there? If you walk back to the sinkholes, explore the quarry and walk the beach, you can easily fill a whole day.
@@MichiganRocks for sure! And we were there for quite a bit, but it was mostly at the quarry and sinkholes, we got to go onto the beach near the pier for about 10 minutes
@@AgentG54 the beach at the pier is pretty boring. Better if you go farther to the left or over at the other parking lot on the right.
@@MichiganRocks yeah I figured that one out, our group was about to leave so hopefully the next time I go I'll be able to go farther and stay a bit longer on the beach
Interesting video!
Great video ! Awesome fossils
Hello, new to the channel, thanks for sharing, be back soon to catch up on all your past videos.
Hi there. Don't feel like you have to comment on every one. I appreciate it, but it's not necessary.
I miss finding fossils around the lakes. There are basically no fossils in British Columbia. But there is gold to pan, which I guess will have to do. 😂 Love your videos, great content. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
I'm kind of glad we don't have significant gold here. I think I could get really obsessed with looking for gold.
Guilty 😊
My guess is that the paths were for mules that pulled tow ropes for railcars or barges if the surrounding area was flooded with water.
That's an interesting idea. I never would have thought of that.
Nice!! You Rock!! 🪨
Hi‼️ Born and raised in A2. 💛💙 Parents retired “Up North” to Tawas City… Loved Lake Huron and Great Lakes beaches❣️Moved South to be with family and miss BEAUTIFUL MI everyday. 💔 Thanks for your great videos and bringing back wonderful memories from my much younger years. I’d love to purchase some “famous” rocks from my home state for my grandchildren… can you recommend any sites that sell quality polished Michigan Rocks⁉️
I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
I can't really recommend any other sellers since I never buy polished rocks. I alway polish my own.
Is it a good time to go to the beach after a storm? Wouldn't it shake things up and reveal rocks that were hidden the last time you were there?
Yep, that's a perfect time to go.
😍😍😍
Super nice finds. Glad you were able to leave. 😂
Yeah, it's fun for awhile, but eventually you have to get on with other things in your life.
@ 2:32 on the right side (middle) while inspecting a fossil beside a much larger "smorgasbord"... Something caught my eye just above the big one ... Or am I just seeing "something in nothing"?
I just looked at that part of the video, but nothing caught my eye. I'm not sure what you're looking at.
@@MichiganRocks I can get a capture but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a pretty natural design... Confused me enough to ask, that's for sure!
I've gotten rather interested since finding some very unexpected treasures in the alley behind my house here in Detroit. The city doesn't seem to care what they dump into the alleyways to make up for the number of holes that pop up every winter
Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 Rob do you know if the Horn coral are still alive in any of the oceans.
No, I do not know.
Could you put reference photos of what you find.
You mean like stills of each find? Or links to other sites with photos and information? If you're asking for the former, probably not. These videos take many hours to film and edit as it is. I'm about at the limit of the time I have to put into them. If you're asking for the later, there are lots of sites available on the Internet that would help you out. Here's one: umorf.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/wp/mis-backyard-fossils/
That is a lot of fossils! Love the beach❤
But I have to admit that I am a little confused. Many times, you have shown and talked about the cross but you also say fossils are 350 million years old. What exactly do you believe about the church and the cross? It seems a bit contradictory. Not trying stir up anything, I just find it interesting.
I hesitate to discuss this because every time I do, it ends up going very badly. But you've been here a long time, so I trust that you won't attack me. I believe that the first part of Genesis is not literal. I believe that God created everything, but not in six days. I don't find it any less impressive if God created everything over billions of years. All the geology points to that. If I had to believe that the world was created in six days, it would make me doubt the whole thing. As it is, I have no doubts.
@@MichiganRocks no I have no plan or desire to attack you over what you believe. We are all designed with the ability to think and reason for ourselves and make our own decisions. I am truly sorry that you have been attacked because of what you believe. Their are hostile people out there who think it is their sole responsibility to attack anyone who sees things differently than they believe.
Personally, I believe in a literal 6 day creation. I don’t believe the that fossils are millions or billions of years old. I believe in a worldwide flood and that there was a point after the flood where God moved the continents away from each other.
It doesn’t really make sense to me any other way.
I understand your hesitation to answer and I thank you for doing it anyway. I was afraid to ask for the same reason. But I have gained a lot of respect for you and Nancy over the year or so that I have been watching and was just curious what you believe. Thanks. 🤗❤️
I like your perspective on that.
Well said Rob. I agree!@@MichiganRocks
What I think is that people don't realize our time is not God's time. We were taught time in seconds minutes hours, days, and years. I don't think that's God's way to keep time. That's my opinion from reading the Bible in many places throughout the Bible. I believe he created the earth, and man wasn't created right away. There were many living things on earth before he created man to live on earth. I don't believe he created man until later. When he thought it was time for man to be here. Before we were created, many things happened on earth. This is just my opinion after reading many places about how everything started. The Bible has many good places where he tells how earth and everything was created in time. You have to look in his words to find them. His time isn't the same time as our time. You can reference in many places in the Bible. God was good at explaining how everything came into existence and also became out of existence. Earth was around for a long time because he created man. We can see this by the fossils we find. And others various things he has created. Rocks soils and a variety of things he created over his timeline.
👁👁 🪨🪨🪨😮 it’s cold out there …
Happy to drop by …
Maybe trail was made by natives? That may explain granite rock. Grinding tool. Just a theory.
No, this quarry was not made by Native Americans.
@@MichiganRocks not the quarry, the trail. It did look like rocks lining edge of it.
@@tanekarnes5260 But the trail was inside the quarry. So the trail is newer than the quarry, which closed in the fifties.
Rob, you can't carbon-date rocks. How can "the experts" determine the age?
There are a lot of ways that geologists have determined the age of rocks and fossils. I'm not a geologist, so even though I've read some about how the age of various rocks have been determined, I couldn't even start to explain it to you. I do know that there is a lot of varied evidence, though, not just one method of dating.
@@MichiganRocks I have to say all the methods I've read about this are circular. They are using "faith" for their determinations! I love your videos!
Great video!!