Wow! So pretty! The longer you look at them, the more you see. I love the ones that look like picture Jasper. Some looked like mountains, and one looked like a birds eye view of shoreline and waves! 😁👍 Love it when you fire up that saw, always a cool surprise! And your vegetable garden looks lovely!
The thundereggs from there are unique for sure. The Mrs Jaws Jr and I had the opportunity to go there shortly after this newly discovered bed was announced to the public under the old operator. There is a video of it in my channel. This stuff is difficult to cut due to all the fractures throughout. The internal agate it typically stable with few fractures. What you have cut with the polkadot agate, you will get some incredible cabochons from it. Now unfortunately, I cannot go back until one person that is associated with the property (land ownership and former operator) is no longer associated with it. I cannot go into details on why in a public forum, but ethically and morally, we cannot go back. Also when we were there, there was some black thundereggs that were in the layer above the large ones, I collected some out of the overburden piles. Look forward to seeing all the cabochons you make from these!!! Maybe a winter project.
Kate, the design inside those is amazing. Shows what an incredible artist mother nature is. I couldn't help but think what the conditions must have been like when those were forming eons ago! PS: Looks like you have some rather impressive tomatoes hiding behind you at the end (it's been a good year for them... and peppers, :-)).
OMG! Only you could find a agate that size. Incredible find. Huge! Thank you for bringing us along your adventures and journeys whether on the River or inside the shop. I appreciate it.
WOW!!!! I just found your channel. I just subscribed, I'm also subbed to the other channels you have listed. You answered a question I've asked, cutting multiple nodule thundereggs. I noticed, that you don't go with the long-axes of the rock (like with a double) or the "seams" (like in a single). You're doing slabs to see if it'll open up a crystal cavity? It's different from cutting a single, you're going for totally different results, yes?
Fabulous! Are you going to cut more of the last side? The first and the last were my favorite! I feel like I need to see it completely cut 😩🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for the video❤️. Stay Crystal 💫
I am neutral. It cuts smoothly, but I feel like it gets bound up easier than my old blade. The kerf may be narrower, which might have more to do with it than the segments. I’ll probably try to find a solid blade next time.
I don't know much about rocks, but I love seeing these being cut. The patterns and details are so beautiful. It makes me wonder how long it takes to become a thunder egg and how it gets all the different colors and patterns.
I'VE ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO MISS.KATE, BUT I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO WORK SORRY,I CAN'T STAY TO THE END, BUT I'LL SAVE IT FOR LATER OK MISS.KATE? BYE, AWESOME VIDEO ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
It sure was worth it to carry that huge rock back to the car! I so glad you did because the slabs are wonderful wonderful! Thank you for sharing those beautiful rocks with those of us rock hounds who can no long bend over enough to pick them up!
Oh you're so blessed to have had a father interested in rocks and minerals. I used to get in so much trouble ruining my dad's hammers and the concrete floor in our garage breaking rocks to see what was hidden inside them. I never got the opportunity to slice any of the beautiful stones I found. We lived in NE Arkansas, but when we visited my grandmother and aunt in Little Rock, AR I would find some amazing rocks...just a lot of different quartz and some smaller geodes. But my family did not share in my obsession with rocks and bugs too! Every summer I would have to throw out my treasures before we went home. And wouldn't be able to take home the beautiful treasures found in Little Rock ever. And what a shame that is. I don't have any pretty rocks, but I have throughout my life picked up a rock to remind me of special events, places dear to my heart, people dear to me that are no longer in this life, and every time I left a nursing job I would pick up a rock on my way out. so I have rocks that to me tell my life story. I hope to get buried with them. Why not? I can't take them with me, but without anyone that cares about my life story since I couldn't have children and the ones I helped to raise no longer come around. I might as well let whoever throw them away with me where they belong. Back to the earth we go! Until Jesus returns then I will not be with them anymore.
It sounds like you have had a full life. I just ran into a nurse who would pick up a special rock for each Covid patient she lost, and place it in a special location - it sounds like you are on the same path. Thank you for watching, and be well!
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME MISS.KATE, HEY MISS.KATE, I DIDN'T BREAK MY LEFT HIP WHEN I FELL DOWN THE DOOR STEPS, BUT THAT S.O.B. IS KILLING ME NOW THOUGH AND SO, IS MY LEFT THUMB, AND THE BALL OF MY LEFT THUMB BOTH ARE KILLING ME NOW. I CAN HARDLY HOLD MY DAMN CELL PHONE. I'VE GOT MY LEFT HAND OVER THE TOP OF MY CELL PHONE HOLDING IT THAT WAY. AND WHEN I FELL I BROKE A FINGER NAIL, BUT THAT DON'T MATTER, AS LONG AS I DON'T BREAK MY DAMN HIP HUH?
You’re living my dream! Thanks for sharing & I just love all your videos. I’m from NY & contemplating a rock hunting trip out west. Please could you offer some suggestions or recommendations about where to go & what to expect. Please consider that I’m only “moderately”healthy for a 66 year old.😊🤣😊
Awesome vid! I wonder if you could take slices with the void in the center and somehow make picture frames from them? If the slice was thin enough, you could back light it. I know you can get pictures printed on glass these days, so maybe the back lighting would even look cool through the picture??
I love it waw i all’ausilio look to you Kitty . INAM from Holland . I have also a lot of gemstone i dond slice Bud i by online and i tunnel or i by online . I make hanger and ring and and more. I love youre stone insinthe so beatyful if you slice Dam i love to have som from you . Do i have to pay for it tel me hou much??? Sorry for my english
Hello! Your English is far better than my Dutch. Shipping to Europe can be very expensive. I have done it, but the slabs don't always survive the trip.
I love your channel and started watching a while ago. I was able to more or less wave at the rocks in Montana but I hope to make it back soon. So not to be a pest but I have a random/strange question. My hiking boots have officially died and can not be repaired. I would like to obtain rocks not blisters. Does you have a particular type or brand you like hounding in?
Hi! Good footwear really depends on your own feet. Go to a reputable outdoor gear seller that sells boots and ask for a fitting. Depending on the weather, I sometimes also wear sandals or running shoes. Good luck!
Giday Kate, those thunder eggs are something else, even the slab that broke near the beginning was still a great piece. Compelling video, I could look at the intricacies in those slabs for hours. I might have to have a serious look at those DIY saw plans, not that I have any large material, though I working towards it. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin
Can you pls identify a stone or an agate for me how can i send some picture or vids. To my finds? This ones are realy huge like boulder size or at 200 kls weigth im realy thinking if i should take them home or not?
Hello, Barbara. I do have an Etsy store, but the listings vary widely from week to week. Right now I have just one slab from these thunder eggs listed.
