Yakima River Rockhounding // Agates, Jasper, and Petrified Wood!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ม.ค. 2023
- Join us for an ice-cold walk down the river as we look for agates, jasper, and petrified wood on the Yakima River.
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Thanks for helping us rock deprived live vicariously through your adventures. 🌴
Just amazing day out there fam. I had a feeling that was Jasper I was finding in them rivers. Keep on having fun and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
Ooh some river hounding, fun!
It's a rarity for us.
We love the Yakima River Canyon. Some very cool geology there. I want to return and rockhound the river between Ellensburg and Cle Elum.
a beautiful river with very clear water is a sign that this river has a lot of beautiful rocks and attracts luck that you have a river that is still there keeping rocks that have not been exploited I like this adventure greetings LSC aceh Indonesia🙏👍👌
Thanks for sharing your rockhounding day and showing what you found. It’s always good to be out in nature, Just gotta get out of the house and enjoy a change of scenery. It always a treasure hunt!
It`s nice to hear Sara`s voice loud and clear with a mic on, I gotta say you two are braver that me walking in that cold river with just muck boots on unless the boots are insulated, anyway it still looks fun thanks for sharing see ya on the next one.
Yeah it got pretty cold.
Hurray, river rockhounding! I look forward to seeing what you find. (13 minutes later) The gray stone with cross cross lines is mudstone. It might actually polish, depending on how fine the mud was. The lines are where it cracked while dry, then was cemented with another mineral. The petrified wood was cool, and Sarah’s agate pretty. I think the best part of river rockhounding is just getting outside and enjoying the place - the rocks are an awesome bonus.
Being in the river is a little out of our element.
I agree Katy! It is so fun to rockhound in rivers or streams, although I prefer when it's a bit warmer!
One thing to think about rivers are always at their lowest point when everything is frozen out. So you’re actually going at the best time even though it’s cold out. The river will be a little lower than other times.
Very true, especially the Yakima river, it's surrounded by mountains for hundreds of miles, when the snow melts the water levels rise quite a bit. It just got up to the 50s last week and I bet this area is covered already.
You are likely correct. I'm sure right now the water is deep.
Both of you having mics was nice. I watch a lot of different channels that don’t do that and this was nice to hear.
I try to run the dual mics now whenever the situation allows for it.
As I was watching the video I thought of the petrified wood I found near my friend's house south of Eugene, Oregon for a bit. It would be awesome to somehow show you some of his collection that he and his wife have found in the past sometime. There's a GIANT piece (possibly around 800-1,200 lb) on the downslope of one of the hillsides that they want to haul in, but it's almost a mile back to their house on mostly deer trail and steep grades, so getting it in would be a fight of the ages; so worth it if they were to somehow conquer said challenge though.
He's considered renting a skid steer and crawl it to the area, but hasn't come close to committing to the idea yet. I mean, if he even made it to the site, he'd have to drag the stump about 30ft up the steep hillside and around a few trees just to get it to a flat enough surface so he can scoop it up. Yeah again, I just shake my head n say "good luck with that" lol.
Keep up the awesome video content, I always look forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve in each post.
I would love to see that!
If he rents a skid steer for that you can always push it onto the hood of an old car and use that as a sled, thats how people move big rocks like that around without damaging them.
That looked like a cold hounding adventure! But it was interesting. Thanks for taking us on an adventure! The rocks were amazing and the agate was beautiful . But you two are a lot braver than most! Thanks for taking us along!
Your sampling finds are indeed very indicative of the Yakima, Naches, and eastern section of the Tienton River. I've been on quite a few excursions that have produced similar results. Interested in the green colored find though; reminded me of the jades located in high volume up in the Teanaway River, NW of your location.
Yes that green one was interesting. Very parallel lines. Natural?? Too perfect to be etched by hand I'd think!??. But what could do that? ??
Watching you and Sara hunting in the river makes me want to walk around the creek by my house!
Now that we’ve had some rain here in N. California there might be water in it ! Love watching your videos!
Do it!
Cold and water that's cold 🥶. Nice jasper, a nice little agate. Can't wait to see the project.
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Definitely worth a return trip! I've heard rumor of gold and Ellensburg blues working their way downstream into the canyon as well.
I have only heard about people sluicing for gold but never EBs in the river.
Good to have you booth with mics! Too much fun!
Thank you.
I've always loved rocks and have picked them up and brought them home. Some I knew were cool, some I had no idea. I didn't know I had petrified wood until I saw yours lol. Thanks!
Porphyritic rhyolite is what got me into this mess to begin with. Up here in the middle of Sweden, we're blessed to have an abundance of high grade rhyolite that takes an amazing polish. Where I collect is roughly around the area called Älvdalen (the river valley, in swedish) Älvdalen porphyry (for short, that's just how it goes around here) is world renowned, and if you google for like urns and butter boxes and such from that area, you'll find loads of great photos at the auction houses of some stellar pieces made in the late 1800's. Those people knew something that we don't know, absolutely remarkable craftmanship. Was actually strolling through the flat last night picking out a few pebbles I thought I'd send to your post box at some point. I know you have plenty of rocks already, so a pebble collection might be the way to go, since they come in so many colours and with different crystal inclusions. This is, as you probably know, a glacially impacted country, just as where you live, so I do'nt know the exact locations of most of my finds, but I'll try to slab up a piece that I've actually collected at the mine, to ease your stress of being able to label specimens 🙃
I hope that would be ok with you, but I guess since you keep an open adress that it is!
I can't thank you enough for the content you put out, you've diligently kept me company for a couple of rough years, and you truly made my time a lot more positive, and my knowledge has grown immensely by living vicariously through you. I shall become a patreon member as well, you'll be my first (and maybe only) creator I'd do that for, because you actually produce quality content. Just give me a couuple of days, yeah?!
Much love from Sweden
That's very generous of you, but I have sooo many rocks right now!
I'm glad you have enjoyed the videos over the years, the pleasure has been all mine!
Hey, cool video - thanks for braving the cold! Greetings from the UK. :o)
Brrrrr. I’d still go out too 😉😁. We are snow covered so I’m diggin this episode 👍.
Rhyolite can be very pretty, I agree. I call a rhyolite polish a satin finish. Still super cool!
Sara, your too skinny to be out in the cold! Get a heated jacket and gloves 😊. My meter is if your nose is totally running, it’s not a great temperature to be outside 😅.
Thanks for sharing!!
Stay Crystal 💫
Mari
Sometimes you have to brave the cold and get out there and hunt! I do like those extendable grabbers, seems like a great way to pick up rocks in the wintertime. We are lucky to have areas in southern Utah that have some warmer days so that helps! I think we are also at the point where picking up some examples of each type is enough since we have so much petrified wood, agate, and Jasper already. Great video! Thanks for sharing with your fellow rockhounders. 😊
It really does add up if you're not careful.
Nice winter rock hunt. Thank you both.
Thank you!
Thank you for inspiring me to find a couple riverbends to pick!
Found✔️
I might still need to wait for snow to melt…and make it’s way to the sea…I’m ready for June!
Yeah its a chilly time of year.
Seems like the best stuff out there is on the reservation. Shannon W. sent me some absolutely epic material from the Yakima! Apparently there are native artifacts around as well.
cmon spring! jonesing for my rock fix lol! that agate was a nice surprise. i like the dual mic thing you and Sara have going on there.
Thank you!
Love your video thinks for sharing..
Since you're my favorite rock hound youtuber, I'm going to hit you with my tip I haven't seen anywhere else. Look up "adjustable ice fishing ice scoop" I got one for 11 bucks and it's strong enough to use as a walking stick and beat rocks out of the ice. The money side of my brain tells me I should just buy them and bring them to a rock show, but my love of sharing cool tips has been edging that out. It's been mums the word for a while but it's time to let the cat out.
Oh that is smart, looking at them online it seems like they could work really well.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding They even have reinforced bottoms! I've given mine some real tough love and it's held up mostly perfect! The tips a bit blundted in though from smacking rocks out of ice lol.
It looked like a beautiful place and you and Sara are definitely rockhounds wade around in weather that cold. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
Always fun to watch your video!!
Thank you very much.
a little tip when in cold water use insulated gloves that scuba divers and commercial fishermen use where the water helps act as an insulator 😉
I should get some of those!
Screwdriver to the rescue. Nice Timelapse too. Oh, good job with the audio as well 👍
Thank you!
I dub those as “Red Potato Jasper”. Color is very similar. The big one reminds me of a pig’s snout
Great video
Thank you.
I like the Rhyolite too, the right piece cut at the right angle could be very cool.
Cool stuff
Thank you.
Super cool man! I’d agree what you found is a good representation of Yakima river finds. I’m glad you confirmed that that stuff is rhyolite, I was never certain. I just started a 15 lb batch of tumblers, exclusively Yakima river stuff. I’ll have to send you some pictures. Stage one should be done soon.
I would love to see some photos of it.
Cool finds! Jasper is cool but I'm a sucker for petrified wood. The rhyolite is super cool looking.
The rhyolite is for sure underrated.
Nice finds! I hear, when you soak wood in gasoline, it becomes petrol-fide! 🤣😛👍
Ha! I might have to steal that joke.
The cut rhyolite was very attractive.
I am surprised by how low the river is. Our's are holding at or near flood stage here on the Oregon Coast. Thanks for sharing.
Yay! Thanks for braving the cold! Yeah things are tumbled not the greatest specimens for the most part, but you can find such a HUGE variety of stuff. I think this type of rockhounding is better in my area because you can find the interesting quartz stuff that has dissolved out of softer carbonates. In igneous territory everything is harder and the quartz gets beat up a lot quicker I think. I don't know what it is either but I really liked 6:02! I almost never find legit green rocks.
Hope you kept that green rock w lines on it!! That was different!
Wow, it is definitely cold there. There is no flooding? Good old summertime would be great there.
Great day outside Jared! I have to agree with the "diminished" excitement, as we tend to become habituated to our finds and need increasingly more beautiful material to become "satiated". I know that since finding my Thor's Blood red jasp-agate, all other red jasper just looks like bricks.
Well said!
Thank you for sharing. You guys got some great finds, especially with willing to be out in that kind of cold. I'm curious about those shovels you two are using: you mentioned you have a video up on them. I was unable to find it browsing your videos. Could you provide a link to that video in the description? Thanks.
Thank you!
Here is a link to that video. th-cam.com/video/XweP2X6DceY/w-d-xo.html
it helps if you break em up for a living, though
the quality of jasper needed is also increased so finding large solid pieces of knapping quality jasper is always exciting to me. or if its pretty enough i can usually find a lapidary guy whos willing to trade for some material i can knap.
Brrrrr 28! Was that an ice chunk? Happy New Year!!
It was! :)
You need to come visit us on the Yellowstone down river from billings to Terry Montana . If you haven't been here your mind may be blown it so awesome!!
I hope to head out there this summer.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding if you do I'd be happy to take you to a couple cool places
I found a piece similar to the green rock at Fir road, you should have tried the steel test on it to see if it might be washington jade? Thanks for the coords, I live along the yakima and have been looking for areas you can walk like this!
You should go check this place out.
Love the tall rock scoops. Please share where you got them. I need that in my life!
I made them, there's a video up here on it.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I've looked through your videos but I'm not having luck finding it. Would you please share a link or the name of said video?
@@shereetompkins3358 Here you go! th-cam.com/video/XweP2X6DceY/w-d-xo.html
Looks like a nice time. At least in the winter, the rocks aren't covered in as much scum.
And you can get further out into the river.
This is off topic for this video. I've been watching lot of your older videos. My question is how many RPM's does a Lapidary Saw run? Thinking about making one.
It really depends on the size of the saw blade you want to spin. SFPM is what you want to focus on.
Great video! Just found your channel. Where can we purchase your scoop? Thank you.
I don't sell them but I do have a video up on they can be made.
I need me a new set of water waders. Found a tear in a boot immediately after stepping in the water. 😂 Got a few years of use... probably too many.
I should bring mine next time I'm in the area.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Nothing more liberating that walking through chest high and not a worry in the world. Cold on the other hand 😆 another story.
4:10 nice camera rotation.
what did you use to rotate?
i believe those are periwinkles living on the rocks, the green rock is very cool.
Thank you!
I use a DJI OM 5 gimbal.
it's called summer-we have plenty of it "over here"
What?
I have found Jade along the creeks and rivers near there.
What testing have you done on it to insure that it is in fact nephrite jade and not one of the other many green rocks found in the area?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I didnt do any testing ... sorry. That was 39 years ago.
@@dansrocks3739 That would be an amazing find!
Sir i found a stone and stone is white and crack inside which stone is that plz tell me
I have no idea what you're talking about here.
We need to start a rhyolite appreciation society.
I like it!
Question what kind of umm permit do I need to do this with a group
That depends on a lot of different factors.
I'm now a subscriber to around 20 channels on finding rocks, gems and crystals hoping to start collecting and make a living with it but none of them will mention how much the stuff they find is worth or the investment it takes for machines and tools.
If you want to make a living doing stuff like this you are going to fail at it.
@Currently Rockhounding well I will also unsubscribe from a negative and selfish person such as you. I see countless people making a living doing it. Just thought I could find someone who could show me the direction I needed to go to learn more.
@Currently Rockhounding but you are surely making a living from it by just your subscriber base and views. And what, you only collect, you don't resale? There's so many fields in the rock industry I found out last night doing research. I could possibly travel to other countries to buy or collect and then sale to jewelers I found out. I could learn to cut and shape and then sale or auction to jewelers. Or become a jeweler myself.
@@jellycream1964 I do not sell the rocks we find here on the channel. I will tell you this, people that go into the world of rocks and minerals seeing dollar signs fail all the time for a huge number or reasons, far too many to list in and get into in a comment.
@Currently Rockhounding well then maybe I just gave you a reason for a subject in a future video: how to not put all your hopes into making a living out of collecting. Also maybe what to do and not do if you're determined to give it a shot at making some $ at it. It seems like that subject would fit perfectly in what you do. Unless you've already done a vid on that subject, I'd love for you to direct me to it.
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12:06
Your wife must be pregnant because that rhyolite bit was a serious dad joke.
Ha!