Ohio Flint - Rocks in a Box 66
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- Last fall I went to Nether's Farm in Ohio and picked up some flint. This is the first batch of tumbled rocks from that collection. If you missed the video of that trip, check it out here: • Nethers Farm Flint: Gr...
Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video.
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Beautiful stones wowzer. I am drooling. 🙃☕❤
Excellent job Rob!
These are beautiful Rob, great job tumbling them. That sure is a unique rock, love the variety of patterns and colors! Really cool, thank you!
WOW!!! What a variety of colors and patterns, all with a beautiful shine! I love all of them and I particularly like the brecciated ones. I would have watched to the very end of the pile even if you showed each one individually!
They were getting a little small by the end. Sorry I stopped to early for you.
I dont know that even if you knew everything there was to know about this stuff, that you could have gotten more beautiful stones..... Thank you for sharing!!
Lovely tumbled rocks!!! :))
Rob, that like going through an art gallery. Loved it.
Nice rocks....so many color variations!
Beautiful Rocks! Think the Ohio Flint is becoming one of my favorite rocks. Great Job! Thanks!
It's a nice rock. I like it.
Beautiful rocks WOWZA!!
Hey Rob, that Ohio flint tumbled magnificently. What an amazing batch!
I live in Central Ohio & just recently started gathering flint out at Nethers Farm. I am having an *absolute blast* with it. It's my first time tumbling rocks and this could not be a more perfect and varied material to use. It's like having 100 unique gems in one small bucket, every time. Plus it's a fun and inexpensive Family Sunny Day Trip (...and you can work out all of your stress by smashing big rocks and finding beautiful colors and crystals inside)!! 🤘😄
The variety there really is amazing and there couldn't be a better rock for tumbling.
Stunning my friend.... stunning!!!
Wow nice job on rocks!!! Like the side by side pics.
They are all so beautiful! The transformation is unbelievable! They’re just beautiful, Rob! Great video! 🙌🏼💯😃
Fascinating batch of rocks!!
Flint/chert always takes a beautiful polishes and you tumbled them beautifully. Keep the goodness coming.
Thank you! Will do!
We went in February on a nice day. There was so much on top we never even really had to dig. I never knew there were crystal pockets in flint. Got some amazing pieces. My husband flint Knapps so he has been heat treating some. Your pieces turned out so beautiful.
I really looked around carefully for colorful pieces. Did you find the more tan colored pieces had much color inside?
No unfortunately the tan didn’t have anything great inside. We must have hit the quarry after people did some major digging.
Oh my goodness!!! So stunning! I love all the colors!!! You did a wonderful job on them! Thank you for sharing! 😊
These are really cool rocks. It was fun to find them and fun to tumble them.
Nice Job Rob!! This is my top gem that I tumble year round because I live no more than 10 miles from Flint Ridge.. I find it in streams and in fields along with plenty of broken Native American artifacts
I'd say you were lucky to live so close, but I'm just as lucky to live where I do with lots of beautiful rocks here too. If I lived close, I'd be tumbling a lot of this too.
@@MichiganRocks Can't argue with that
Very lovely. Colorful! 💖💔🦅🦅
Yes, the idea of a tandem slideshow is truly exceptional
These came out looking amazing! This is probably my favorite material to tumble because it gets so shiny and there's such a nice array of color. I'll be heading back to Nether's Farm probably in the next month or so to restock.
My wife planned a trip to Hocking Hills in May. I know it's about an hour from Nether's farm, but is there anything worth looking for closer to Hocking Hills? I doubt that I'll be able to do any rock hunting, but my geologist son in law will be there, so there's a chance.
@@MichiganRocks Hmmm, I know some roadcuts for plant fossils near Jackson, OH. If you want, I can send you coordinates, but they aren't anything super crazy. You might be able to find a spot for Zaleski flint, which is usually darker than the stuff from Nether's. It's found in Vinton County, near Hocking Hills, but unfortunately I don't know a good spot. I really need to do more exploring in that area of the state.
@@RockandRoadRockhounding I don't think I'll get to go out anyhow. I just thought if there was something really cool close by, I'd hate to miss the opportunity. Thanks for getting back to me.
I watched one of your videos about Nether's Farm yesterday, and here's Rob with a nice box of flint from there!
Nice sharing bro
You found some beautiful pieces!
Nice Rob, beautiful material and polished really nice, what a great box of rocks. Love the combined slide view with the video showing. I guess that’s one way to make people see the slide show 😄. Thanks for sharing
If I couldn't get them to watch it at the end, I figured I'd force it on them while they watched the video. I win!
WOW! That is def some beautiful stuff!
Wow ❤️❤️ that is such a beautiful rock.
I went and watched the video of you finding it too, sure looks like fun.
I'd definitely love to tumble some of that.
Great videos
Yep, it's really great stuff. You should take a drive some day and get some! Just kidding.
@@MichiganRocks 🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh I wish I could go there.
I do however fint flint at our local port.
I think it's English fint??, they used to put it in the boats for balance.
Some of it can have colour, mostly it's a yellow colour.
It polishes up really well.
@@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 I think most hard rocks like that polish well. Chert and flint are basically the same thing and chert polishes great too.
Beautiful 🤩
really good!!!
🙋♀️Each one is more beautiful than the last!
Beautiful job❣️My favorite is the
Gray/Beige with yellows. Very unique colors!!!!!
Super cool set of rocks today! And very glad that you did the split screen method again, I like it! Thanks for sharing!
I think I'll keep doing the split screen thing. People seem to like it and I like it too.
So colorful in some of the pieces. I too like the ones the light shines through.
The translucent ones are my favorites too.
Sparky rock
It’s flint.. Nice job finding good color..I live close to Nethers and tumble their flint nonstop.
I was happy with the colors I found. That's some nice stuff, you're lucky to live close to the source.
Nice Rob! That Ohio chert is amazing. I love the chalcedony pockets. Beautiful!
It really is nice stuff.
Beautiful! That flint is gorgeous material! Its so overlooked because its not agate, but it is every bit as beautiful!
There are lots of rocks that aren't agates that are really cool.
@@MichiganRocks i whole heartedly agree
Very pretty! Each piece looks so unique. They are all so colorful. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Those are really pretty specially the smaller ones with the pink in it that was a gorgeous
A couple of those little ones near the end were really great.
Thank you for showing the raw sample of flint. I know heat treating can bring out color but I enjoy what the rock was intended to look like These are beautiful just as they are.
I'm sure happy with them this way. I guess it would be fun to heat treat some too just to see the difference.
Absolutely beautiful... Amazing spectrum of colors. Great video. I really like the side-by-side presentation. Thanks for sharing...
I got nothing but positive feedback on the concurrent slideshow last time, so I guess that's how I'll be doing it until I find something better.
Rob, I just went to Nethers farm today, had a great time scrounging through the piles and holes of flint. Visiting Ohio from Nebraska... I wouldn't have known about this if it weren't for this video!
I'm glad you had fun, Jared. There's a lot of rock there!
“It’s hard to stop”, you said it right! I kept saying wow, Wow, and WOW! A really nice batch of colorful shiny rocks! Like the new format, too! Joy (not Rick) from Northern Indiana
Thanks, Joy (not Rick), I'm glad you like the new video format. I was determined to find a way to get people to watch the slideshow.
The colors and patterns are beautiful!
I'm only a couple of hours from here and plan to go in the Spring! Beautiful flint!!
I'd recommend it, I got some great stuff there.
concurrent slideshow FTW!
Those were tumbled perfectly, a beautiful rock 👍
Those are some great stones. Can't believe the variety of colors and grain I guess you'd call it. Great video.
And they were all found in the same very small area. Hard to believe that bedrock can be so varied in appearance.
Gorgeous batch of pocket paintings there!
I agree, these are beautiful rocks.
Those are really cool! They took a really nice shine and had some stunning colors.
Really hard material tends to shine up great. I guess you know that since you tumble some of the hardest agates around.
Those are awesomely unique.
I might need to stop in Ohio and get some of that. Definitely beautiful!
If you're in that area, it's worth a stop. Great rocks.
Wow those were awesome looking. Some remind me of Montana jasper, or even a picture jasper. Just so beautiful. And yes I really do like the new side by side slide show .
I'm glad you like the slideshow. I do too. I put it together pretty fast last night, but I took a lot more pictures which is time consuming. I used to only take pictures of half or less of what I held up during the video.
Bellísimas!!!
Nice
I love when folks underestimate flint/ chert. This is some of my favorite material. There's a fella Roy Miller from that area that has some amazing blues and greens. I am a little offended that you ventured down this way and didn't get ahold of me. I would have brought you an OSU shirt 😜
Did you see what I wore in my original video? (Oh, I just noticed that you commented on that video too.) As much as I don't like saying nice things about Ohio, I have to say these are some really incredible rocks. Good job, Ohio!
I have heard of Roy Miller. Does he get those colors by heat treating, or is that a natural color?
That stuff is truly amazing. I remember your trip to harvest that. So many patterns, colors, fine lines and patches of chalcedony. I never would have believed that it was flint. My favorite was 4:30 !
It's called flint, but I think it could have just as easily been called jasper.
@@MichiganRocks That’s what I was thinking. When I think of flint I am more reminded of a chert looking material.
@@davidhile5363 Poor marketing on Ohio's part, I guess.
Beautiful, the range of colours and patterns is amazing!
I love the different shapes from the long and narrow to the round. They are so beautiful in the bowls I set around the house.
That's something people don't comment on too much, but I love the shapes too. That pale orangish one that didn't look like the others was a slightly rounded chip. I really liked that shape. Kind of looked like a flower petal or something.
This stuff is absolutely beautiful!
Is sure is.
WOW ! They’re all so pretty and colourful I love them all 🥰
Those turned out great ! Flint ridge is about 40 minutes from us and it's 1of my favorites to polish
I can see why. It's awesome material.
It’s 2 hours from us
Wow. Lovely. I picked a few when I was in the area, but most of mine were closer to black. I’ll have to stop by again 😎
We spent all day there and tried really hard to find stuff that was showing some color. Most of it didn't look that colorful. We were lucky enough to be there when a guy with a jackhammer was there so we were able to pick up some of his scraps. th-cam.com/video/tmv9EJg9ziE/w-d-xo.html
@@MichiganRocks I saw that, it looked like fun. I carried too many rocks in buckets at the Michigan lakes (hurt my back pretty badly) - so I stopped by just long enough to pick up a few pieces of flint with a grabber stick, paid for them, and headed on home. Next time I’ll just make a trip to Ohio for the flint. 😎
It’s so fulfilling to find the stones and minerals and then polish them to perfection! Really like the new slideshow presentation.
It is fun to go from the ground to finished product. I especially love that when I make a piece of jewelry. When I started tumbling, I never imagined I'd someday be able to go from a rock I picked up off the ground to something that my wife would wear around her neck. Fun stuff.
Those are really colorful rocks, and as always your tumbling is top shelf.
These are beautiful! This stuff is really pretty cabbed. That's basically as good as it gets in Ohio. Lol
That's good enough. I really like this stone. I have made a few cabs and the rock looks great in them too.
Nice looking material, Rob.
I thought so too. So much variety!
Very nice material!🥰🤩😍🤯🤤💖💗💝🥇♾🔝
They are beautiful! I watched your video when you hunted these. I had no idea they would be so nice tumbled. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
I knew they'd tumble well, that's why I went there to get them. I have seen them tumbled by other people.
Looks like rocks from another planet. Nice though!
Not another planet, just another state.
That stuff is gorgeous! I’m amazed at variety in the colors and patterns. It stokes my imagination, trying to figure out how many metamorphic changes and geologic upheavals it had to go through in order to have such a varied appearance. Oh, and I do like the new slide show format as well!
The variety is what gets me too. This was all from a very small area.
@@MichiganRocks it’s some remarkable stuff!
Nice stuff. This is so much more colorful than what we have in this area most of ours is a sandstone color.
Yeah, the colors are a big part of the beauty of this stuff.
All of your box of flint are beautiful. Love them.!!!
if heated-treated, the clear parts will turn white. I like it better natural for tumbling. thanks for sharing the video!
I definitely prefer clear to white. It allows you to see right down into the rock. Thanks for that information.
I’m in awe of the beauty God created
Me too!
So beautiful. I'm planning on going down there in June, its abouta 3 hr one way trip. I'm looking for tumbling rough of ohio flint. Should be a lot of fun for the family. Thank you for all your videos especially this one.
You're a lot closer than I am. I think you'll have fun there.
I just got a large amount of flint it came from Missouri looks the same but more reds.
Exceptional polish as always; I love to watch these videos and become fully mesmerized at your finished polished batches. I adore color and Ohio flint is no doubt some brilliant stuff. I also really love your in depth rock tumbling tutorial and I am always mentioning it on my channel- I can't tell you how many times I have watched it, each time coming away with something I may have missed or overlooked. It has 100% made me a better tumbler. Thank you Michigan Rocks!
Rock tumbling is my strength for sure. I'm not sure which one you're watching because I've made several. I'm really glad they're helpful, there wouldn't be much point in making them them otherwise!
Love the new video format. These are really cool rocks! When you say it takes a long time to tumble, how long? Do you think you could make guitar picks out of this material? They would be beautiful.
I could make guitar picks, I hadn't thought of that. I have a few rough pieces left that I could slice thin.
These tumbled for 3-4 months I think. I didn't really keep track but it was a long time. There were some deep V-shaped cracks that I wanted to get out, which takes a long time. If you don't mind some spots like that in your finished rocks, it wouldn't take quite as long.
These are incredible. You opened our eyes to all of this thank you. Bob and I have always been drawn to rocks/stones but this give us a new perspective. We do like the slide show also because we can really see them.
That's the reason I like doing the slideshows. It shows some details that you miss in the video. I'm glad you like the too.
I love the see-through pieces! 🤩
Those are my favorites.
These are so cool! I love being able to follow the adventure!
ive been amassing a collection of flints and cherts from my area that i am so keen to cut open. I love how the it sounds tooo i call them singing rocks hehehehehe
Your collection is awesome i love how interesting the patterns are in these
They sound quite a bit different than other rocks, more glassy. They also break more like glass, which is why they’re good for napping, I suppose..
finally the best rock to tumbler in my state
It's some really nice stuff.
Absolutely stunning! Tried to pic a fav, one at 4:39, partially translucent, so beautiful…..
I liked the translucent ones the best too.
Great video as always. I'm on board with the split 'live/still' method of presentation as well. Flint ridge material is really neat stuff. I have some arrowheads made of the material from several knappers...also a Danish dagger by DC Waldorf. Appreciate all the effort you put into it!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked the video. I don't mind putting in the time when people appreciate it.
I hadn't heard of DC Waldorf or his daggers, so I just looked him up. Those are really cool.
Nice! I'm doing my first ever tumble and I used 90 percent chert from a bag of landscaping rocks. Except for a few cracks they seem to be turning out good. Not as colorful as Ohio chert but not boring.
Chert should shine up really nicely because it's very hard.
Those are really cool looking stones! Love the colors and variety of colors, no set patterns! Thanks for sharing!
The variety is just amazing.
Sounds like another trip is in the making
For me or you? I'd love to go back but it's a long way for me.
Those turned out spectacular!
What a variety of colors and designs in all that. So beautiful. Now I’m off to watch the video where you got it from. Don’t know how I missed it.
Those turned out great. I think it polishes as well as any agate. Do you agree?
The best ones seem to be the small stuff that Brad let us take from his deep, jack-hammered pit. His "scraps" so to speak. I assume that is where the bright-colored pieces with chalcedony came from. I don't recall us finding similar material elsewhere.
The small ones at 8:40 to 9:25 are just fantastic!
I don't remember exactly where different pieces came from, but I do remember that the stuff in Brad's hole was the most obviously colorful stuff. I'm still not sure how those tan colored ones would have looked if broken open.
Awesome! I actually like the ones without the red best!
I like a lot of them, and the red is fine by me. I like red as long as I don't think about certain schools in the area.
@@MichiganRocks red schools?
@@kimdedominicis6893 There's a university down there that shall not be named. Go Blue!
@@MichiganRocks lol!!!
Thank you for another great video; this stuff reminds me of the lavic jasper we picked up in Arizona, great rocks!
I have tumbled Lavic jasper. I though it was Lavic Siding, California, not Arizona. Anyhow, I think the Ohio Flint has more variety than Lavic Jasper. I do see some resemblance though. Here's my Lavic video: th-cam.com/video/XsGlGqsCPsE/w-d-xo.html
Those are really beautiful. Some of my favorites. I liked the colorful ones best. You should put them in a bowl and display them
They might get a turn on the coffee table.
I want to drive for 2 hours across Ohio to get this now.
I drove a lot farther than that. It's well worth a two hour drive.
The shine on this batch of rocks is beautiful and the colors were too. Amazing that rocks could have so much depth in their colors.
The variety of colors is pretty cool too.
I have got to get my hands on some of this material! i first saw it on Rock and Road’s channel and my desire to go collect it hasn’t waned! too bad it’s a 3 day drive.😂. what a shine those take!
She (Rock and Road Rockhounding) sells it in her Etsy store. I know there are other places that sell it too.
Elas tem um brilho intenço 😍😍😍
Really remarkable stones! Will check out the link. Looking forward to seeing the slab results.Was surprised by the name of them; was expecting stones that arrowheads were made from. Great variety of colors!
These are stones that arrowheads were made from. Native Americans came from all over for this stuff. I read that it was traded as far away as the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico.
@@MichiganRocks thx teacher! Had no idea; very cool!