Rockhound from Washington State bringing you rockhounding trips, lapidary tips and tutorials. Along with revealing rocks and minerals that I self collect.
Wiggle wiggle! hahaa you are just adorable. But aside from that, and making me laugh, I really like your wrapping style. I need to wrap some amethyst stones for 3 of the young men in my family,, and this style is perfect. Thank you for sharing how you do this. Much appreciated!
Finally made it out to the lakes (after seeing this video a few years ago) and didn’t find this exact spot but found a nice big deposit spot of various colors with my rockhounding kid on his birthday after going to a concert at the gorge with the fam. Thanks for sharing.
@@TheRockHugger one previous hole that my one kid was poking around in had a solid opal bottom of the yellow green stuff amazingly solid large probably 100 plus pounds. Lots of the black even with some flash to it.
@jaredmitts5203 I've heard there some cool blue opal there too, my buddy found some when he was fishing with his daughters. Definitely some goodie out there. Cheers
Great video. As I do some gold panning, I'm amazed at the agates and such that occasionally show up. My grandson and granddaughter are interested in the panning, but I'd like to introduce them to some of the other more colorful stones they can polish and develop on my machines. Is there an informational trail to eastern WA opals, agates, etc? The other Grandpa is in Cle Elum and they are over there often. Thanks, and be careful out there. Bruce
just had to watch again. BTW, IT SURE APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE ELLENSBURG BLUE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE CHRIS AND ANDREW OF OUTSIDE HAVE FOUND ELLENSBURG BLUE IN / ON RED TOP. BLESSINGS UPON YOU AND YOUR FAMILIA!!!
Most of the land Central Washington and East are known to have rattlesnakes out this time of year. But I've been there five or six times and I've never encountered a rattlesnake.
@nicholasnewton6775 Covington trim saw 6" model. Works great for these 3" or smaller nodules. However I've cut a few bigger ones just had to roll the cut. I bought it in 2020 when they were about $650. Not sure what they're going for now but I got it new and it's been a trusty little saw.
Depends on the spot but yes usually digging, no more than a foot down is most spots and your gonna hit hard rock that's been broken over time. Busy open those chunks of basalt and ryolite and you'll find some goodies.
Ive spent a lot of time on Red Top years ago. With the best finds being the cavity filled agates. That once polished look like opals, with a hollow center of cristals casting light back into the blue. Mistakingly people think they can find Ellensburg blue there. But there is only a very small chance of it. Being they got there from washing on the shore of an ancient lake. You can find it as a cemented layer of gravel that time has now mostly washed away. But it is very odvios once found.
Saddle rock is not an easy climb, most first attempts people make usually end in disappointment. If you follow the trail up the back side theres some very cool crystalline type rock near the top
Yeah there's mostly seams of quartz presented near the top of the saddle. I've also heard of some people mentioning dog tooth calcite as well but have yet to see any myself.
I dont shop on amazon but can i buy a different drill from ebay or somewhere else ? Would love to be able to do this at home with my crystals just dont really like amazon.
Wish more people would get out of the cities and into nature more. We may have a more mentally sound society. I live in Indiana so it is flat land and corn fields for as far as the eye can see. If I were fortunate enough to live near the beauty you do I would be out as much as possible. Smart taking protection with you also.
Language young man. I’m done, thought about watching a new person, it won’t be you because I just don’t want to hear language that’s unnecessary. Good luck to you.
