Bear Canyon Agates and Devil's Toenails!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Come to Montana with me to hunt for Bear Canyon Agates and Devil's Toenails. Kate and Theo take me to a couple amazing places for an amazing day of rockhounding.
Kate's Channel: @KatyDidRocks
Theo's Channel: @TheoKellison
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Wow, Rob, great video! This was so much fun! I’m so glad you got out to Montana. ❤
You guys are so FUN, hilarious and knowledgeable. It was great to follow along. Glad you had an awesome time. 😁👍🏻🪨⛏️
I'm glad I did too. I think I'll be making more trips in the future, assuming that Nancy allows me to. It might have been a nice break for her too! Thanks so much for taking so much time to guide me around your beautiful state.
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: 3 of my favorite rock buddies in a beautiful desert mountainous environment... all the makings of a wonderful video. Y'all come across as the kindest and most respectful rock ambassadors on TH-cam!!!! Thank you for inspiring a new generation of crust crawlers as well as giving us old fossils the exposure to the adventures we so miss!!!
Kate and Theo were great hosts. I couldn't have asked for better people to spend the day with.
It’s always fun to see the reactions of people who see their first western views, plants, and animals.
This was actually my second trip out west. We went to several national parks when our kids were young. That was a really fun trip too. Montana is so different than Michigan. Both states are beautiful in very different ways.
After watching Theo’s and Kate’s videos I’ve been waiting for yours and it did not disappoint.
Mine are a little slow getting out, but I think two a week is plenty.
I love when my favorite rock people get together
What an exciting adventure you are on
Well, I've been back for awhile, but I'm only releasing two videos a week. I still have a lot of editing to do.
Well Rob you definitely had a very fun time with Katy and Theo. They took you out on a wonderful adventure.
They were loads of fun.
Theo, Kate...you are who you hang out with.
😊
I think I'm in pretty good company then.
@@MichiganRocks everyone of you are in very good company.
Love all the colabs with all the other greats
I'm having a lot of fun with them too!
@@MichiganRocks happy to see it thanks for sharing, as always.
What a stunning spot, not sure about working under an undercut bank, but they are pretty cool. What a great trip you are on and so many amazing people along the way.
I really had fun meeting both Kate and Theo. That was a really fun day.
Happy to see the rest of your adventures with Kate and Theo! You make a great team❤ The landscape scenery is amazing. You obviously had a great time and thanks so much for sharing with us ❤
I sure did have a good time. I missed trees when I was there, but you sure can see a long ways when there are no trees to get in the way.
My three favoritest rockhounding TH-camrs!
Wow, that was a totally different environment than we have seen you in before. Beautiful scenery and totally new rocks to me.
Totally different than anywhere I've ever hunted rocks. I love my beach hunts, but it was fun to do something different.
So good to be able to take a road trip every now and then. Good for the soul.
I don't travel this far very often, but I sure did enjoy this trip. I'd like to do more of this.
I really enjoyed the way you did your editing, showing the actual find then cutting away to afterwards where you processed the rock.
I've been doing more of that in the last couple of years. People seem to like it.
Beautiful. I always learn something from your videos.
Montana is soooo beautiful. The hunt was full of fun watching you 3. Kate’s sliding down the hill was funny. And you climbing & sliding down the hill was great and then when Kava showed you up was the cutest. My one son & his family will be going to Montana as part of their travels.
That was a fun day and that hill provided the most laughs. What a good time.
Hey guys. U all r amazing. Thanks 4 sharing the fun with Us all. Please stay safe out there and God bless U all.🙂
Great video! Loving this trip. Learning so much. Thank you...
Great video as always!!!!
* WOW ~ Thanks for the Before & After shots of the fossils. Love them..
That was quite a 5 second transformation, wasn't it?
Thanks for sharing!!! 😎
Wow! That was cool! Thanks. S
Great times with good people!
Aqui assistindo o video de voces do garimpo de agatas e até um super tombo😂😂😂otimo achados bela ágathas Parábens 🙏vocês grandemente abraços tmj. ❤❤❤❤❤❤👍
Obrigada!
I really enjoyed watching you rock hound in the dirt with a rock hammer. Those inclines looked dangerous. I had never heard of devil's toenails. They looked really cool.
I loved their enthusiasm and how they really geek out on the rocks.
We were an enthusiastic bunch. Theo and Kate's enthusiasm is completely genuine too. They're just like they seem on their videos.
Wonderful views! Great Rocks! Love your presentation!
That is my kinda fun. Digging in dirt and finding cool things. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. I had a really good time that day.
Wow. Lovely/stunning vistas, great company and very interesting and cool finds. Looks like you definitely had a great trip out west. 🎉
It was an excellent trip!
Lots of fun, Rob, thanks - Montana is marvellous - Looks like you & the real rock hound had a great Adventure. Thanks!
Which one was the real rockhound, Kate or Theo?
@@MichiganRocks LOL, I think Kava!
@@MichiganRocks I was thinking of the brown one with 4-legs!! But you all did a great job - I loved how the dog loved it too! So much to discover under our feet.
@@SmallWonda Oh, I didn't even give Kava any credit at all! Oops.
@@MichiganRocks Such a good dog - I hope she didn't hear that!!
What a viewand with good friends with the same interests, it must have been a lovely day
It was an awesome day between the great company and the amazing scenery.
Your enthusiasm is always so contagious, so much fun to see some of the thing you're finding. I enjoy your videos quite a bit. Thanks for taking us along!
You're welcome. How could I not be enthusiastic about a new place with new rocks, guided by a couple of great people?
I'm glad to see you we able to make it out to our beautiful state of Montana!! Thanks for the great video!!
You do live in a beautiful state.
@Michigan Rocks originally from Michigan here so I will definitely make sure to subscribe to you channel!! Thank you!!
@@user-qv4xu7nn2d Thanks!
That's the kind of place that teases you with the possibility of great rocks, but you need to go back many times before you find the motherlode. Still always fun just getting out and digging.
Yes, I have enough rock hunting experience to know that every trip out isn't going to be amazing. This was still one of my favorite days, just for the scenery and the company.
Another fun informative video. Thanks for going where many of us cant but hopefully will
You're welcome. I never thought I'd be making a trip like this just for hunting rocks, but here I am doing exactly that. I'm glad to share the fun with you.
I’m so jealous of all the fun you’re having with Theo and Katy! It’s super they’re sharing their techniques and locations with you and the Michigan Rockhounds!
Yes, they were excellent hosts. We all got along really well together.
Man, teachers really have the best summers! 🍎Good for you, Rob! ♥️
Retired teachers have longer summers too.
@@MichiganRocks Wait…retired?? Oh, man, I am so jealous I can’t even see straight! Do I need a TH-cam channel to retire early?
@@TinaHyde The plan was to get a different job after I retired, but for now, this is that job. As long as I keep making a little money, I'm going to just stick with this.
@@MichiganRocks Well, now that’s what I call livin’ the dream! Good for you, Rob! 👏👏👏
Nice trip look like it was a lot of fun, Thanks Rob for the video
Theos catchfrase is heck yeah 😂
Going to steal your bucket idea! It is perfect!
What a beautiful landscape. You all found lots of unique rocks. The fossils were really cool.😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The company and the landscape was even better than the rocks.
So cool you hooked up with those two!
I'm glad I did too. What a fun day.
Love this fun video! What a trip are having. A great experience.
It sure was. Of course finding Petoskey Stones with Joe was even more fun.
This day was just way too much fun! I was so happy you got to enjoy one of montanas most unique environments! Super bummed you didnt get good forts on that big one! That had all the makings of a really nice specimen so that is dissapointing that it was kind of lackluster. Ill have to send you a nice banded one😄 gotta love the way those gryphaea transform after that acid bath! I had such a blast hanging out with you rob! Already looking forward to the next time!😄
Hey Theo! I really appreciate all that you and Kate did for me that day. It was one of the highlights of my whole trip. I'm not worried about not getting the best Bear Canyon agate because I have so many other awesome rocks from my trip. I have enough experience to know that not every rock is going to be a great specimen, and I'm ok with that. No need to send anything, the box you gave me while I was there was plenty. Thanks again!
Have to watch this when I get home...
I watch all three of you from time to time - this is great! 💕
I watch all three of us from time to time too. It was really fun meeting Kate and Theo in person.
@@MichiganRocksYou’re a hoot, Rob! I get a kick out of you!
Loved the video! I really like the what I call the crossover of my favorite rockhounds! I hope to see more of these types of videos in the future!❤️❤️
I'd like to do more videos like this in the future. The problem is that my wife doesn't like camping much or spending days after day looking for rocks. That means I have to take off on my own for a couple weeks, which I feel guilty doing. We'll see what happens next year.
@@MichiganRocks that's understandable!
Great trio!
You could've used your SCOOPY on that hill you grabbed those oyster fossils! 😂 Such a FUN collab video!!!! 😃👍🏻🪨⛏️
Never thought to bring my scoop to that location.
@@MichiganRocks Agreed! Just had to make a funny joke. Great trip!!
So grate to c ur side of the hunt too💕.
This hunt looked so fun.grate finds and oh boy what an scenery(cant spell the word view,wiev...😂)👍
That was a really fun day and the scenery was amazing. I don't get to see stuff like that here in Michigan.
I will definitely need to try that trick with the devil's toenails in my neck of the woods! Lake Texoma has an endless supply.
The transformation was pretty amazing for such an easy thing to do.
Montana has some rubies and some Opals and more opals in Idaho. Have fun. I'd love to see a Devil's Toenails.
No rubies were found on this trip.
Awesome finds!
Stunning views! I have loved seeing all these beautiful places you've been to!
rob. kate and theo..... the trick going on surfaces like this is digging foot holes where one can get a grip with one's foot. it takes longer getting where ya want to go... but it works
I ran into the same thing in southwest Colorado... climbing up a draw
Very nice video ! thanks to u 3
Another awesome day! Those devil’s toenails really are fascinating. Too bad you lost that big agate…That example Kate has was stunning.
Yes, I was hoping for something more like that, but I know that they're not all going to be spectacular specimens.
Thanks just love these videos ! Rock hunting and polishing is so therapeutic.🙏❤️
Thanks for the 5 second dip trick. I have a lot of very large devils toenails from the north sulpher river in ne Texas. I’ll try this to see how it goes 👍
Theo deserves the thanks for that trick. I'd suggest trying it on just one at first to make sure yours react the same as these did.
The scenery was beautiful!
Your vacation has been fun
You're right, it's been very fun.
O local é promissor...são lindas rochas e polidas vão dar belos cabochões. Do Brasil.
Omg those devil's toenails out of the acid are so cool! So nice to see my favourite rockhounds having fun together and finding such beautiful specimens in amazing settings. Yep very different from your usual walks but good for you to make the effort to travel and visit and showing us your adventures 😊
Around Christmas time, I asked for suggestions on improving my videos. One of the most common ones I got was to travel more, so that's what I'm doing. I'm not sure how much of this I can afford to do, but I'm hoping to make this an annual thing. Not necessarily to Montana, but to different places.
Hola!!! Que divertimiento tienen y me han contagiado, me da envidia de vuestras aventuras. También me aventuro por la zona que vivo y aprovecho para cazar piedras algunas interesantes otras no. Saludos 😊🤗🇪🇦
Rob, you're awesome! Great adventure.
Dude! You Guys Are Super Cool!!!
Three, 3 great rockhounds in 1! So wish I was there with you. Currently unable to climb. Thanks for that view!!! Bum knee, I'm exchanging for a new one. Can't wait. My therapy is going to be walking beaches and picking up rocks! 😊 PS- LOVE your bucket muratic acid method.
Bad knees have to be awful. I have a friend who just had one replaced.
suggestion: take a brush to the softer material that doesn't dissolve . that way you have a better result with your rocks
found some devil's toenails in the cliffs on the beach at filey in uk. and lots of ammonites too.20 8 2023 . lots of nice rocks but not a patch on yours
Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Lighthouse is up for bids in August, if you and Nancy need a project….lol.
I don't think we need a project. Making videos keeps me plenty busy.
Love you all lol
I'm too chicken to try the acid but it's fun watching you doing it. And yes, in the west you have to dig....
Thanks for the comedy.
I always wear goggles and rubber gloves and there's water close by in case I need it.
Nice to see a group of familiar faces out there together. A lot harder work than beachcombing.
We didn't walk nearly as far as I usually do, but there aren't hills on beaches and I opt not to dig on beaches either.
Goodness, I need to get out to Bear Canyon of these days!
That place is beautiful.
Tudo isso foi mar....muito incrível.
Great collaboration!!!!! Nice job!!!
Avid follower of you three
Thanks!
It looks like a good place to go camping 🏕
I was in a small private campground that wasn't nearly as pretty, but it rained most of the time that I was there, so it didn't really matter. I stayed in Forsyth, which is where Kate recommended to be in a good location to go to the various spots she took me. This spot was like a three hour drive from where I was staying though. Everything else was much closer to Forsyth.
@Michigan Rocks sorry it rain. 3 hrs away wow, the work we rock hounds do for finding the right rock and adventure
This "Road Trip" series has been really fun. The oysters were really cool.
I will have to do this again. I really enjoyed my trip.
@@MichiganRocks thanks for bringing us along.
@@carmenevans7651 You're welcome, Carmen.
It is so cool to see you collabing with not only katydid, but with Theo Kellison too! And collecting bear cayon agates, which are gorgeous! And that view you gave of the 360 view was breath taking! Just WOW! Isnt bear canyon beautiful!? And the oyster beds are fun! Your griphea that yoi came home with tirned out really nice! And the belemnites are fun if you can find them. They are are a lot more prevalent in new zealand but we do have them here too, if you can find them! Great collab! Thanks Rob!
So you've been to all these places too? Isn't that area awesome?
@@MichiganRocks I have not been there personally but seen many picture of the area and Theo's videos! It is just breathtaking
I’m from Michigan. I have watched Rob in MI. I have watched Katy in MT. I have watched Theo in MT and FL. I’ve seen Rob in MI, MN, and MT. I haven’t seen you all in MI
You missed my two videos in Florida? I did invite both Theo and Kate to come to Michigan.
@@MichiganRocks I actually did catch those, but forgot to add FL to your list
time for a bubble bath 😂that's your new catchphrase
Hmmm... I'm not sure how easy that would be to work into most of my videos, unless I take this channel in a whole new direction that no one would like to see.
Good video.
Lol, you 3 are hilarious on those hills!!! Those fossils are cool after the acid bath. Thanks for bringing us with and making us smile! I WANT TO GO TO MONTANA!!! 😂 😊
That hill didn't look hard to climb at all, but everything just washes out from under your feet.
@Michigan Rocks, actually, that hill looked very hard to climb! You must be in good shape to take that running jump at it and make it all the way up! Loved seeing you guys have fun!!! 😊
Now you're Rockhounding 🎉❤😂
Is getting dirty required?
@@MichiganRocks Dusty. Lol 😂 It's not the heat it's the humidity. No humidity so it's dusty there
Muito bom , é cansativo mas gratificante, belos achados.
Michigan Rocks. No, Minnesota Rocks. No, again. Montana Rocks. What’s next? Maine? Massachusetts? Maryland? Missouri? Mississippi? I think you should try for all of the M states! (You might have a hard time finding such good rockhunting buddies, though!) Fun video!
Someone else mentioned that I have been to all M states in this video too. That never even occurred to me. The next state in my trip might disappoint you. It messes up the pattern.
The scenery is great. The rock selection is a little sparse. But they are interesting. You don't usually get that dirty!
Yeah, I've found better rocks, but these were all new, the terrain was different, and the company was great. I really enjoyed the day.
Such beautiful country. I love the remoteness. (Not quite sure how you resisted the temptation to climb to the very top of that hill for the 360 view.) And that slidie hill looked like fun! Thanks for taking us along on the adventure. ~ The agates at the beginning of the video with the very faint banding - did you look at what you slabbed under ultraviolet light? Agate Dad had bands show up in fossils that way when, they weren't visible with the naked eye.
I just ran down to the basement to try that out. The agatey areas glowed a faint green and the bands were slightly easier to see. Nothing too amazing but I'm glad I tried it. Thanks for the suggestion.
This is quite the trip you've been taking lately. There is a reason they call it "Big Sky Country" in Montana. I've been to Bear Canyon as well. I must have had beginners luck as I got some really nice fortification. Good enough to cut some cabochons as well as specimens. I've been enjoying this current series of travels. Do you eventually make it to Oregon? We have lots of places to dig out west.
It would be fun to have Rob go see somewhere like glass Butte and all the lovely agate digging in eastern Oregon with the beautiful plumes
I did not make it that far, but I did hit one more state. You'll just have to keep watching to see which one. I'd love to make it to Oregon someday.
Olá lugar fantástico , gostaria de ir num lugar assim 👏👏👏👏👏🤗
Esta foi uma viagem muito divertida.
Watching you three together is a bit like following Alice down the rabbit hole, fascinating, brilliant views, strange objects and educational. What’s not to like ?❤.
I sure liked it. It was a really fun day.
OMG, get her a hiking pole. 😮
You know a shovel really helps... maybeeeee a pickkkk also. lol
Yes, I didn't bring a shovel because the Jeep was too packed. Theo said he was going to throw one in, but forgot to. We managed without one.
Those would make great coasters for a man cave.
Looks so much like a Spaghetti Western, felt like you guys should have been on horses.
That would have been fun. I don't have a lot of horse riding experience, but I'd love to get some more.
😍😍😍
Tumble!
It took me a bit to realize you said got busy and not you got dizzy and had to let it sit and I was like he can't just drop that and move past, haha. Also what a sweet puppo that was. I love adventure dogs, I've been working on trying to get mine to be one, it's her first summer. If you cut some of the black ones into chunks would they tumble?
I've been thinking about whether I can tumble these. The small ones were all very full of holes and I don't think I'd be able to do much with them. I might try cutting some of the slabs up and throwing them into the tumbler. There was a really thick slab in the middle of that one because I cut both ends off an that part was in the vice. That would be the one to try to tumble, I think.
You're so close! Why not head over to Idaho? They don't call it the Gem State for nothing! 😊
Maybe another time. I was gone for two weeks on this trip, which is the longest I've ever been away from my wife. I think I pushed it as far as I dared.