A November Rock Hunt on Lake Huron

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I found some pretty fun rocks on this hunt, including a couple too big to haul home.
Some of the rocks I found:
Petoskey stone
puddingstone
gowganda tillite
cladopora
granite
quartz/quartzite
unidentified conglomerate rock
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@RockhoundingLife 3 года назад

I for one commend Rob for his discipline when choosing which stones to take home. For us rockhounds that go out often the inventory can build up and before you know it you're swimming in rocks at home and the spouse is yelling at you. Rob knows what he's doing. All that being said.....that circle rock at 17:15 was 1970's groovy.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Many people have said that one looks like some sort of Native American artwork. I kind of like your 70's comparison though.

@delphidog555 2 года назад

I could watch these videos for hours. Please add more!!! How about a video that shows us what all those more common rocks are. Even if those aren't ones to take home I'd love to know what kind they are. Thank you so much for making these videos!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Have you watched all the videos like this that I have already posted? There are a lot of them. A new one will be out tonight, too. Some of the very plain rocks on the beach are actually pretty hard to identify. I sent seven plain, bluish rocks to two geologists for identification. I thought they were all the same, but they told me that I had sent three or four different types of rocks. There were two variations of one type, which is why I said there were three or four. I have a video on rock identification that I did on Lake Superior (this video was on Lake Huron). There's a follow up with the answers, so don't miss that. The link is in the description to the video linked here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wOCWaZLAVhA.html

@justjane411 3 года назад

I cant believe you put the one with circles back! That was a really cool stone. Your will power is stronger than mine! I really loved the purple and yellowish stone. I think that was my favorite of the night. Thanks for taking us along on your hunt.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

The circle rock had the texture of sandstone, so I don't think it would have tumbled well. The purple and yellow rock was cool, but a little too big for my saw.

@bebecatanzaro9362 2 года назад

Dude, you gotta get a bigger saw

@markhosbach9420 3 года назад

So much treasure left behind! I would love to have any of those in my garden. You need a little remote control barge to follow along as you hunt. Just toss all the beauties in there, unload back at the car. Anyhow, your beach combing rock hunts are my favorite posts. Don't stop making them.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I'm going to have to stop making them for a few months this winter, but they're my favorite to do too.

@dorothycooley1085 3 года назад

Rob: “Apparently granite has feelings too.” Funny!

@bettyhouk8727 3 года назад

I am a natural born rock hound ! You never know what you’re gonna find ! Enjoy your videos and you name the rocks too ! Thank you ! 👍❤️😇🍀

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Well, I try to name them. I don't know a lot of them, and get some wrong, so take the names with a grain of salt.

@MrALCHEMIST2010 3 года назад

So soothing to see the diverse set of rocks and hear the sounds of water, all the way from Michigan :) Thank you for sharing.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

@sarejen6868 3 года назад

Some very nice finds even those left on the beach for others to find. Thank you for taking us along, love the drone views too!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

You're welcome. The drone views are my favorite too. This was my first summer with a drone, so it's still a novelty.

@joycee5493 3 года назад

Yes, I really liked the mudstone too. Thanks for taking us on your journey. With everything going on in the country right now I found this very soothing!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It was Election Day. I think I made a better decision that staying home and watching people on TV talking about how they didn't know who was winning. I pretty much put the election out of my mind by being out there.

@dally8399 2 года назад

Waves ? Election Day coverage ? Waves, waves, waves !!!!!!

@lifetodamax 3 года назад

So happy I stumbled upon this channel! This reminds me of camping at Pictured Rocks as a kid and wanting to bring home every rock and pebble. Also my grandparents' UP property was lined with tons (probably literally) of rocks my grandpa collected. I love hearing the names of all the stones. I think I'll subscribe and maybe I'll learn something 😁 or at least relive my childhood vicariously through you!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks for subscribing, I'm glad to have you come along on my beach walks.

@jeytex3161 3 года назад

Wow, what a great walk that was. The candy store was certainly open. Thanks for sharing!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Agreed. Lots of fun stuff to look at.

@mctron22rd 3 года назад

Have you ever heard that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Or whatever the rockhound keeps. The rocks you take are something more to your own taste and rocks that you find amazing. I see comments on just about every rocks you pick up and show, are rocks that you should of kept, but your the one out there doing all that searching in the cold water no less! I can't get enough of them, I could spend hours out there just looking at rocks!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

The comments about what I should have taken don’t bother me. It’s just people telling me that they’re excited about the rocks they’re seeing. I think it’s fun.

@NurseMickiLea 3 года назад

That mudstone is cool love the swirls and layers! Nothing like that here.

@marsharamsay2793 3 года назад

Hi Rob Nice to be on your rock trip. Always love the rocks and your info on various ones. Keep up the great work.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks Marsha, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@sharonparkinson9438 3 года назад

I think it’s an unusual and pretty rock. Why don’t you put that rock in your flower bed. I think it would look great there. I was feeling down and stressed with everything that’s going on in the world right now. Your video cheered me up and brought tears to my eyes. Such a beautiful and peaceful place.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It is a nice place. I don't usually worry about too much while I'm there. I just enjoy how beautiful the world is that God made for us.

@diannpowell1077 3 года назад

The stone with all the fossil packed in it was outstanding! And the small green one was equally cool looking. I really enjoy your videos and that you keep the sound of the waves in. Thank you for showing us!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

The waves sounds are the best part for many people. I'll never cover those up with bad music.

@mellomelo119 2 года назад

One of the very best videos yet !!! I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you so much. I enjoy your channel a lot.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Thanks!

@jayneevans1174 3 года назад

Thank you for your videos, they get watched over and over to get through this pandemic. I love Lake Huron and have found some treasures on the Canadian side but no petosky stones. So ,when it is safe, I will be paying a visit to your side (hope my car can survive the load I will be bringing home!)

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

We have plenty of Petoskeys over here, so come and get some. I think a lot of our cool rocks came down from Canada on glaciers, so we probably owe you a few.

@cristi1230 3 года назад

You hurt the Petoskey stone's feelings when you said it was low quality! 😁 haha! I love these videos so much.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Ah, it'll get over it.

@lorrets9775 3 года назад

I thought the same thing ! If I pick one up, then decide not to take it, I place it back down : \

@trachodon 3 года назад

Beware of lurking puddingstones! Loved the video once again, Rob! So peaceful and refreshing!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I probably saw 30-40 puddingstones on that walk. Most were not great quality and I have enough at home that I didn't need to bring any mediocre rocks home.

@mackeralmiller7448 3 года назад

Really enjoyed this beach hunt. Felt like I was along on it. The mudstone was lovely and your wife is right about showing the granite. Thank you.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

My wife seems to always be right. I try to remember that.

@dally8399 2 года назад

I love the granite !!

@jimknarr 3 года назад

These are my favorite videos. Arial shots with beach hunts. The tree colors are beautiful. Just awesome scenery.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I missed the best tree colors. The maples are all leafless. What you were seeing was the oaks which hold their leaves a lot longer, but are just sort of a brown color. I tried hard to get some shots of the maples, but it was either raining or windy every day. Maybe next year.

@ReclusiveMountainMan 3 года назад

What a great spot. Thanks for taking us along.. Great drone footage.

@canadiangemstones7636 3 года назад

Excellent video! Fantastic beach gems, crystal clear water, blue sky, what a fantastic beach!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

This is my favorite beach to hunt. You never know what you're going to find there.

@easterazali9237 3 года назад

Loved the Autumn colours in the woods over there ! Lovely little pudding and petoskey stones 🥰

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I missed the good colors. Only the oak trees have leaves left. The maples are bare. I really wanted some good drone shots in the fall, but every day was either too windy or raining. My drone can't take much more than a 5 mph wind. I took it to Rockport one morning and constantly got high wind warnings from the drone.

@shannon3686 3 года назад

I did love the strange conglomerates n enjoyed coming with u very much! As usual!☺️

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It was nice to have you along, Shannon.

@storytimewithunclebill1998 2 года назад

Im lifting weights right now watching this thinking if I made it up there, Im going to need to be strong and have a few extra bags on me. Some awesome big rocks. Got to be frustrating, especially if you want to take them home. They would have to come with me. Drone shots are really cool. Was fun to watch. Great video

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I have enough rocks in my yard. It's pretty rare that I get frustrated on the beach. I'm usually pretty relaxed.

@judispackman3616 3 года назад

I love those beautiful rocks ,the fossils.

@dancrites453 3 года назад

Great video! The drone footage was amazing. Thank you...

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

You're welcome. I'm still having a ball with the drone. I had to walk quickly about a mile down the beach to the spot where I wanted to fly. It was difficult walking past all the rocks and not picking many up (I grabbed two Petoskeys on the way). I'm glad I did, though, because the wind came up later just as the weatherman predicted.

@nickjury4215 3 года назад

Thanks for your videos, my family looks forward to them.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Good, I'm glad you like them.

@roshanis.2954 3 года назад

Indeed rocks do have feelings.....beautiful finds

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That's a bummer for the ones that meet my tumbler.

@sparband 3 года назад

I cringed when you dropped the circle rock at 17:15. Lol. I would have loved to have seen that polished up.

@itfigures1975 3 года назад

My wife and I just said the same thing lol. That thing was cool!

@betojdesigns 3 года назад

Me too 😢. It looked like a Native American blanket pattern.

@CFullm 3 года назад

Hahaha! Me too! Rob go back and get it the people have spoken!!!

@rockreader4298 3 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking. : ) You know what they say? Great minds think alike, He sort of hesitated when he let it fall, as if restraining his inclination to keep it. Cut in half would have been cool too. Liked the strange looking picture rock (he called Weird) also.

@thrownasearched7779 3 года назад

right!...i mean, i don't think it's right to leave so many cool rocks behind.

@Absolution55 3 года назад

That was very awesome and relaxing to watch, thanks for sharing!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore 3 года назад

Thanks for the lesson about sedimentary pudding stones. What a clear example of the layering process. That would have made a great classroom example.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I'm glad I could teach you something.

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 3 года назад

Fabulous video! Fantastically beautiful rocks. The colours are just amazing. I really like seeing the lake Huron videos.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks! I don't know if I should be saying thanks, I didn't make the rocks, God did. I just held the camera. There were some pretty fun rocks on this walk.

@barbarchibald6255 3 года назад

What a wonderful video (as usual)lol the drone shots are such a nice feature! The circle rock would have been great to tumble (about 80+ of us will be looking for it come spring!) Lots of wonderful finds on this walk. Our 10 y/o she loves her mud rocks even more now that you featured them-loves the giant one you found. Until next time, be safe

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I’m glad you liked it. I know a lot of you will be rooting for me to find that circle rock in the spring. Gives us another reason to look forward to spring.

@aliencat11 3 года назад

Such a beautiful day, and the scenery is as well. Thanks for thee video.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It was a great day. Thanks for enjoying it with me.

@milesnn 3 года назад

Awesome adventure yup cold and windy not so much fun great eye again beautiful finds I’m sure they will turn out fantastic thank you for sharing

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It was in the mid forties and it didn't get windy until the last hour. I really never got cold, except for my arms when I stuck them in the lake. It was a really nice day.

@sandycoponen4561 3 года назад

Thankyou so much for describing as many rocks as you did. Very educational.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it.

@angelahighwolf 3 года назад

I wouldn't be able to walk back to my car with all the rocks I would have picked up! They are all so beautiful.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Yep, there are a few nice ones on that beach.

@nancygaxiola5412 Год назад

Look at all those pink rocks! Wow!

@savagesquirrel9828 3 года назад

Loved the purple and gold, and the mudstone. Some things are valuable for their eye-candy qualities alone.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That was the nicest large mudstone I've ever seen. I wish those things would polish to a high shine. I'd be collecting all of them.

@savagesquirrel9828 3 года назад

I love the drone photos. Those woods are so dense and so flat I can see how someone could get very lost...no high points to climb and look around.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I don't go into the woods because it's private property. It was nice to sneak a peek from above.

@bettyred 3 года назад

Enjoyed this one very much. Nice variety. My son and I had to get our rockhounding fix this weekend because it was so nice out. We were on Lake Huron in Port Huron. Little rocks but lots of fun.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It's just nice getting outside, isn't it? I spent most of the nice days this week cleaning up my yard a little more for winter. I loved every minute of it.

@pennyhoward3438 3 года назад

LOL, Let's all take a good look at it and let's move on. Oh I would need a huge dump truck because I would take them home. THANKS FOR SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL ROCKS!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I would have liked to haul those home, but I tried to control myself.

@oldgamerchick 2 года назад

Such pretty rocks. Thank you 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

@tonywild1963 3 года назад

Was a good day for finding rocks with the water level lower. That large pudding stone was awesome. I like the mixed planting of trees and beautiful coloured leaves, it's amazing how the water has undermined them after growing all these years. Lovely video, thank you

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I wish I had gotten out when the maples were in full color. What you're seeing in the drone shots are cedars, pines, and other evergreens mixed with oaks. The oak leaves are brown right now and fall off later than the maples, which have already lost their leaves. The weather was cooperative this fall for flying my drone. It it wasn't raining, it was windy. Neither are good for drone flying.

@tonywild1963 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks yes but was lovely to see. We have some maples here and saw the vibrant red colours. I'm glad you can fly your drone as it gives a good prospective of where you are. Thank you

@celtictexan 3 года назад

I'm amazed so many different kinds of rocks can be in one place like that.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

The glaciers were good to us.

@shannon3686 3 года назад

A piece of me died when u dropped the circle rock...ugh that hurt!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I decided that it would not polish. It had the texture of sandstone.

@ranchstockstray8684 3 года назад

But it was still beautifully unique!!!

@ronjclark7581 3 года назад

Just Beautiful Love the rocks and views.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

It's a really nice beach. I love it there.

@agrajagpetunia 3 года назад

I came across your channel during this awful pandemic and I want to thank you. I have been collecting rocks since childhood and dreamed of becoming a geologist when I grew up. Suffice it to say that fate took me on a different path (I'm an RN) but my love for geology has remained. I absolutely love watching your videos and I never realized how beautiful the Great Lakes were (native Coloradan). When it's safe to travel again I hope to make my way to Michigan with my boys and find us some Petoskey stones to take home. And I swear to God I'm going to do my damnedest to find that ringed rock you tossed. 😊

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

My wife and I drove our Jeep to Colorado last summer to drive it in the mountains. The best trail we did was the Imogene Pass between Ouray and Telluride. We had never done anything like that before so it was a real thrill. I just love the mountains. Whenever I leave Michigan though, I miss seeing water. It's amazing how few lakes and streams there between here and Colorado. Michigan is much different than Colorado, but I think you'd really like it.

@ruthchapman3847 3 года назад

OMG, such awesome large rocks. What a gold mine those folks have

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I think so. This is my favorite beach to hunt.

@deannashepard3669 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks which beach is this?

@NurseMickiLea 3 года назад

At least you found a few of what you went out searching for toward the end of the trip🍀

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Yep, I was happy with my haul. It was just nice getting out.

@helenaziegler6005 3 года назад

Love all the rocks you have there, such a wide variety. The luck of living on an old craton. Hi from Italy!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I had to look up "craton". I had never heard that term. I'll have to read more about it. I think the variety of rocks we have here are a result of glaciers dropping them off from areas north of here. We also have some limestone fossils from the bedrock here on this beach.

@captpaul8827 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks For fun, look up Superior Craton to get an idea of where many of the rocks you're finding along the shoreline are coming from. You're not on the craton itself, but on the Michigan Basin which buries one of the island-arc complexes that got slapped onto the continent over a billion years ago.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

@@captpaul8827 I'm on it! Thanks Paul. Ok, my head hurts after just reading the Wikipedia article. It's not good when I have to look up every other word and then don't understand the words I looked up. I really do plan to watch your wife's RU-vid videos this winter. Hopefully, that will give me a little foundation to start learning more about geology. It's been 70 degrees this week, so it's not the time to sit in the house watching videos right now. Maybe next week.

@captpaul8827 3 года назад

Looks like you had a good size range this time. Some of those petoskeys and puddingstone were real beauties....

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

They sure were. I only brought a few small ones home though.

@pattihale3413 3 года назад

I collect rocks from Indiana from working in landscaping, easily have over 10,000 rocks in my collection, heaviest rock is 8,000 pounds! Almost can't control myself watching your videos. Would have to have a fleet of dump trucks on that beach too many rocks I couldn't live without! Yours videos are awesome!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

So with all those rocks, does it make it easier or harder to understand why I leave so many rocks behind? I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

@pattihale3413 3 года назад

You definitely have a lot more rocks to choose from than what I come across. I used to pick up any rocks but now I'm definitely more picky. I understand why you leave so many behind, your looking for the diamonds in the ruff, if you will. So it's easy for me to understand why you leave behind what you come across. you mention in the video do I really want to carry that one all the way home. Rocks are HEAVY! I'm sure your collection is amazing.

@SherryAustinMcginley 3 года назад

Really nice rocks on this trip! 👍👍

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I didn't bring many home, but I sure enjoyed looking at a lot of nice rocks.

@NurseMickiLea 3 года назад

17:23 looks like lodge furniture fabric from the 90’s🤪♥️

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I didn't think of that. Cool rock, but it had a texture like sandstone. I carried that along with me for a while and looked at it several times trying to decide if I should take it home. I ended up leaving it on the beach.

@rebeccamartin2399 3 года назад

Just figured out the stone I brought home 14 yrs ago from 20th wedding anniversary is pudding stone. Nice!😊

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Woo-hoo! Cheaper than emerald!

@lynettepavelich7540 3 года назад

Thx! Needed that trip! Great location!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Glad you liked it.

@markreetz1001 3 года назад

Pretty great rock hunt today. I'm trying to remember all the cool rocks. I liked "Don't even have to pick it up to know it's a keeper." Then adds "but I will." I suppose if you didn't pick it up, that would preclude it from being a keeper, eh? Rob, yes rocks have feelings, but most of them are hard feelings. Great video Rob!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I hadn't been out in a few weeks, so that made it that much better. I got a few Petoskeys that I was after, so that was good too.

@FishmanEricRussell 3 года назад

Reminds me of when I was on the northern shore of Lake Superior this summer. Such lovely rocks!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I love Lake Superior rocks too. I have only hunted the south shore, I'd love to get to the north shore sometime.

@FishmanEricRussell 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks Beautiful country for sure!

@rockhoundingparadise 3 года назад

Loved all the rocks , specially the one at 17:15 and the green one with red at 18:00, you always find good rocks 😊

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I don't always find good rocks. I just don't usually show you all the videos.

@rockhoundingparadise 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks It happens, I get sad when I go to a place and don’t find anything nice.

@carlabythelake8162 3 года назад

I agree with your wife. Granite is beautiful. I called the black and white kind "salt and pepper " rocks when I was a kid. Used to smash them open with a hammer to see the inside. No safety glasses 😆

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

No bicycle helmets, no safety glasses, no cell phones for our parents to keep track of us, and science teachers would pour a few drops of mercury on the lab table for us to play with. It's amazing we're still alive.

@bradlockard905 3 года назад

An absolutely spectacular video.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

So you liked it? Thanks for watching!

@MsSandraCGL 3 года назад

Yay, I was rooting for you!!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks!

@NarendraSajja 3 года назад

Love the sound of waves.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I think a lot of people almost like the waves better than the rocks. That's one of the reasons my videos don't have music.

@elly49707 3 года назад

Lovr the drone images!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That's been a really fun toy. It's something for me to look forward to seeing when I get home. I have some idea what I got on the beach, but it looks so much better on a bigger screen.

@nancygaxiola5412 Год назад

🤣 "Granite has feelings too" 😂

@hughdewitte757 3 года назад

Nice petoskeys. The big coral was very cool.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I got a few nice smaller Petoskeys that I was after. Mission accomplished.

@Smallathe 3 года назад

Lovely trip. I went on hiking and mushroom pickingwith my wife and friends today. Lovely day had fun - found no mushrooms or any worthy stonefor that matter!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

When you get outside and have a nice walk, it really doesn't matter that much if you bring something home or not.

@Smallathe 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks agreed!!! Too bad my kids don't understand this....

@darlabuchmeier135 3 года назад

Thank God you finally picked up and kept a Green rock. So many pretty rocks left behind.😥. Also liked the green and red ? jasper that was left

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Finally? I pick up lots of green rocks. I think I pick up a lot more green rocks in Lake Superior, so maybe you haven't watched those videos. I was in a green rut in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e5tyV1KIN2Q.html

@karenpacker8862 3 года назад

Really beautiful rock with the purple and swirls. That big puddingstone was interesting!!!! Always enjoy the petoskey even if their not the best.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I passed up some pretty good Petoskeys that day, but I have enough at home that I don't need to bring them all home.

@karenpacker8862 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks we are learning that too ..it's so hard to leave them but ...yeah. You found alot of beautiful rocks this trip!!!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

@@karenpacker8862 It was a good trip.

@davidhile5363 3 года назад

You found some really nice larger rocks on that trip. Would have loved to had that big pudding stone. We went rock hunting Thursday morning and got a few nice stones. The waves were a lot more vigorous than than those on Lake Huron. It has been that way the last four times I have gone out. My wife’s been collecting beach glass all summer. Her goal was to fill this large candy bowl and we made it this week.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I have been trying hard to get out on a calm day so I could fly my drone. This was the day. It's been really nice since making that video on Tuesday. I might get out to make one more video before the weather changes.

@stellabelikiewicz1523 3 года назад

When there’s not a pandemic, my job is making costumes for Broadway shows, and the corset for Nala in The Lion King involves various gorgeous beads, including ones made from unakite. It is SO COOL to see what unakite looks like as a big ol’ chunk of rock, before it gets processed into beads!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That's really cool. That's something that I would have never known if you hadn't mentioned it. I have found that the Great Lakes unakite looks a little different than the stuff from other locations, like Africa and Brazil. I like our local stuff a little better. Have you seen some of my tumbled unakite? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4eX-IcZtZfU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KVOiFX47LE8.html

@stellabelikiewicz1523 3 года назад

@@MichiganRocks I just watched both videos, and I’m completely inclined to agree! There is a level of variation and life to your unakite pieces that is just lacking from the stuff our beads are made from (wherever they originate). In our case it’s fine, as the unakite beads are just one element in a VERY busy beaded corset, but it’s super neat to suddenly be thinking about unakite as a far more complex and variable mineral than I would ever have guessed! Also, if anyone will appreciate this very silly geology pun I once heard on a podcast, I suspect you might! A pair of scientists were discussing the mineral composition of the different boroughs of NYC, where I live, and one of them observed, “You know what they say: The Bronx is gneiss, but Manhattan is just full of schist!” 😁

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

@@stellabelikiewicz1523 Ha ha! I haven't heard that pun in that particular context, but gneiss and schist puns are well not hard to find.

@francinehibiscus350 3 года назад

What a fantastic bunch of BIG rocks! I am definitely making a trip to that part of the state next year, the variety is so different. I am sad you left the rock with the cool circles behind! But you can't take everything home. 🤪

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That rock had the texture of sandstone. I'm pretty sure it would not have polished at all. I would have ended up ruining it, so I left it for someone else to discover.

@colleenlinke4208 3 года назад

The rock with the circles would look GREAT polished!!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I'm not so sure. It had a texture like sandstone, especially when it was dry. I picked it back up and carried it all the way home. I looked it it several times, but decided to leave it behind.

@miguelleonio6002 3 года назад

Amo esse lago. Pedras lindas!! A rainha do lago: Pudinstone✨ ❤

@kevinsmith4559 3 года назад

“Granite has feelings too”.. priceless, kudos to youR other half on that to force some recognition of it. It killed me to see that cool rock at 17:23 that I think you threw back. Was thinking a good tumbler experiment on it might have made something unique. As usual great video and mix with the drone shots.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

That rock at 17:23 had a texture like sandstone. I actually carried it along with me all the way back. I looked at it several times trying to decide what to do with it. When it dried out completely, the decision was a little easier. That sandy texture really stood out.

@lisasparkman2924 3 года назад

Does granite not tumble well?

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

@@lisasparkman2924 Granite can shine up nice, but it almost always undercuts. Undercutting is when one mineral in a rock is softer than other and therefore wears away faster. It ends up with some spots worn deeper and those deeper spots don't get shiny. Here's a picture of my first batch of tumbled rocks ever. All granite: imgur.com/mKt6oTn imgur.com/uowk8uX

@donnaschaner3216 3 года назад

Beautiful pudding rock.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I thought so.

@mawi1172 3 года назад

I had to turn down my jets real low to get this one. And yes. Niiiice!

@asmaravilhasdocriadoretern133 3 года назад

Lugar lindo arrasou ! Excellent pedras 👏👏☝

@jerryklutts8615 3 года назад

great video and great finds

@pattywpschoonbeck49 3 года назад

I live on the Lake Mi.beach. My most fun is taking my horse Rawhide ( my John Deer :-) down ( especially after a storm like yesterday's ) to the beach to see what new rocks the waves brought up. I keep telling myself I don't have a problem with not choosing my very favorites, I can always put them in the landscape borders, under burms, and line the flower beds. I tell myself that all the time lol, and do it, but, because of the beauty of that circle stone, I'd be here right now :-) I can't believe how bad I've gotten the rock hounding bug! If he wasn't such a smart dude, his back would be broken and he'd be crippled lol. I respect his discretion.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Or maybe I'd have big, muscular arms from all the exercise of hauling rocks home.

@pattywpschoonbeck49 3 года назад

Yes, well, you do have big muscular arms I’m sure!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

@@pattywpschoonbeck49 Nah, they're skinny math teacher arms.

@lucyssilverlining5396 3 года назад

Apparently granite has feelings too 🤣

@joemfk1 3 года назад

Nice walk! Thanks!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

You're welcome!

@nancygaxiola5412 Год назад

I love that orange pudding stone!

@dlessard69 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing.

@sparband 3 года назад

You should bring a pry bar with you to help loosen the bigger rocks. Still, I’m sure they are heavy to lug back to the car. There isn’t much competition in the colder weather, so that’s a good thing. I love your water videos. I could watch them all day. They are very relaxing.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Carrying a crowbar along with me would be almost as much work as carrying one of those large rocks home.

@artmargodygasm.dygas-konop568 3 года назад

Super Stones....super place !

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I agree with both of those statements. I love going to that beach.

@lassebirkhenriksen 3 года назад

This is like therapy for me

@donnagray3779 3 года назад

It must be nice to live near such great rocks and leave them behind

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Yes it is.

@bradnicoll2282 3 года назад

We are here in Alpena. Cool channel! I’ll keep watching!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks!

@trc3675 3 года назад

Hello - I love everything about your channel, so I became a new subscriber!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks!

@patriciamckean4186 Год назад

That cladapora was awesome lake Michigan has them but with light grey matrix. The black gives it a much nicer contrast.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I've seen darker and lighter here too, but black or very dark gray is common. I didn't realize that they tended to be lighter in Lake Michigan.

@yeswing10 3 года назад

Omgosh, you could see the root base on that one Petoskey stone!

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Yep, those are not as common, but not uncommon either. There were a lot like that in the spot in this video. I don't remember if I filmed them or not. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zYboqqRhs4w.html

@heatherlandskron 3 года назад

Great video and you all doing awesome job!! Have a good evening. I hope all is well.

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Thanks Heather, I'm glad you liked it. Everything is great here. No more rock hunting this year though, we just got about a foot of snow. I hope everything is good with you too.

@heatherlandskron 3 года назад

Michigan Rocks your welcome! Okay. I understand that.

@shahrulniza5286 3 года назад

....and even the 'circle' stone has a heart too...😙

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

Oops, I hope I didn't offend it.

@dearcharly9110 2 года назад

Wow, I like to pick up every thing he is throwing. They are good for healing

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

This is not a channel about healing rocks. I'm a Christian and I put my faith in God, not in rocks.

@beatfarmerfan 3 года назад

Man, those last few Pudding stones are beautiful. I like the smaller ones too. Any possibility of seeing video of your fall color ride ?

@MichiganRocks 3 года назад

I tried to get drone shots of fall colors all fall, but it was either raining or windy every day. We did meet up with my daughter in Petoskey and Charlevoix one day and made a video. The colors were pretty good, but there weren't any great colors on the beach. One of these days I'll post the video. I'm trying to make my summer/fall video last into winter, so we still get to see some outside stuff and not all stuff from my basement.