Cuesta Fire Agate Mine: A Hidden Desert Gem 

I do too , usually it's hot and dry out there ... this year, it was hot and humid, and that's much worse, LOL

@@huntingrocks you happened to arrive during Monsoon Season, which is when we have the higher humidity, and random, evening storms. :) I would even say to wait until November. Many times, it has not cooled down until after October 31st. At this time, snakes will be in brumation, so it's generally a safer time to go rock hounding in the desert locations. My husband and I like to go on our rock hounding trips to Northern Arizona in the summer, and save the desert for wintertime when there is snow up north. Arizona is really the most amazing place in the country for a rock hound to reside. There is a treasure trove of minerals to be found here! Keep coming back, you will not regret it! :)

@user-zl5cn4ex4o yeah I used to live out there a long time ago I had forgotten how humid it gets during monsoon season. But I do love how pretty it makes the desert.

@@huntingrocks ahh yes, Springtime is gorgeous after the rains. That's wildflower harvesting time! Autumn up north in Sedona, Oak Creek is amazing, also. That is wonderful that you used to live here! It has grown by leaps and bounds for sure! Another location you may want to try is the Perlite Caves in Superior, AZ for Apache Tears! You can dig large ones out of the Perlite Walls, and there are smaller ones that have fallen to the ground all over the place!

@@TinaScherling The desert really is beautiful , mist people only see it as a barren waste but there is so much life to it. And thank you for the info on the locations , I hope to make a South West trip next year in the late fall or winter , going to turn my self into a snowbird LOL

He says "Hi Uncle Don!!"

Haha brother it was a toaster oven out there and what's worse is the humidity was actually up from all the weird late in the year rain they had. You would LOVE playing with it, and no doubt could make some super pretty stuff.

Being from St.Louis we k8nd of just grow accustomed to always feeling like we are in a steam basket, but this heat felt like an industrial steam pipe broke on me LOL . Its some cool and exciting stuff and was one of my most favorite videos to edit yet lol

Lisa, I'm not sure. Brave is the word you were going for. I think you meant "Wacko" LOL I for sure will hit it again but I think I'm going to do it in the fall or spring next time, may hold off me next year trip till it cools off and do the south west. The polishing them is still something I'm learning and have been practicing on , next week's video I find my pieces that are great for practice. I love to give folks and idea of what I'm doing and why incase some one else has a better idea and can toss me some pointers and of course vice versa for any one who already mines it and sees what I do and says "Hey why didn't I think of that" And I think I will do a polishing video, it may be wrong but it will be fun lol

Haha I'm gonna go out there again but it's gonna be in the fall, I was used to the heat out there when I was a kid but they had had so much rain it was actually humid in the desert .Scientifically speaking they had enough rain in February and March to not be a desert 😮

That was the crazy thing was the humidity usually out there you can spray your self down with a mister bottle and stay cool but this year the humidity was so high nothing was evaporating ... it was like some sort of sick amd twisted sauna lol

Thank you very, very much for those kind words. I love getting out and showing people where they can hunt for stuff from paymines to free . And I really enjoy doing it for the folks who can't get out and do it, coming up in the next few videos I'm getting ready to shoot I'm getting some new gear so I can wear a camera on my head so people can see just what I see and of course thebone I use now for close up shots. I want people to feel like they are more in the action.

It was amazing but so weird out there this year, the humidity was crazy high, it's never crazy high out there in June , but apperently they had massive rains in February and April it was June and the desert was still green , I lived out there for 8 years as a kid and never saw that

@@huntingrocks the weather is so whack over here too. Usually we hit our high temps end of August but it's been rainy and cool. Leaves already starting to turn too.

Will do but I will warn you I have never polished it before so I can't make any promises it will look good lol

Haha well I can change that if you want some let me know.... I'm out and about today but hit me up on my Facebook when you get a chance

@@huntingrocks eh I just got 8 pieces not long ago from a guy. Had two or three polished pieces already but wanted some rough to work myself. I think the ones I got are gonna be ok.

So I'm still learning and have been checking out other youtube videos, some of em I have polished down the more bubbly parts of the chalcedony and then I'm going to start slowly polishing with a rotary tool, that's how I have seen people get the most bubbly looking fire out of them. Next week's video I do a creek walk where I found more but not as nice so I am experimenting with it to see how it turns out. Fingers crossed

@huntingrocks I've heard that you can use a rotary tool and different grits of valve grinding compound working up to a buffing compound to accomplish a nice shine

⁠check out fire agate mark you tube if you haven’t already my best luck finding really nice fire agates is around Palo Verde/ wiley wells area and below and around Opal Hill mine all kinds of chalcedony / thunder eggs/ geodes/ jasper / the chalcedony nodules are amazing a lot of finds are already naturally polished around pebble terrace check out Gem Trails of Southern California this whole Area is amazing so many things to be found kind of close together