My parents were Rockhounds when I was a kid in the 60s. We lived in the Mojave desert of California but traveled to other states. We had our own lapidary workshop. I absolutely loved it, I licked alot of rocks as a kid
That last piece, the sea agate, was mesmerizing! There were a hundred different worlds in that one rock, I could spend hours looking at this. What an artist Mother Nature is. Loved this!!
That banded chert has some smart colouring to it...don't know why I think of Gucci lol That hike was well worth the effort for those results, gorgeous agates indeed! There's so much choice in that one slab alone, it would be hard to find a favourite spot on it :)
I literally screamed when you unveiled the "moss agate." And then you revealed the seam agate.... I JUST CAN'T EVENNNNNNN! Breathtaking. Seriously. It took my breath away.
Thanks Kate! Glad you liked them. The Moss agate is more of a plumey jasper but I stuck with the local terminology. I have a lot of the Moss agate if you ever want to trade. I have to go back and get more of the seam agate.
Yay, time to cut the Lobster Agates!!! The seam is insane, seriously fabulous, my jaw is officially dropped. It's exciting to think there's more of that out there. You're stoked!
Those are gorgeous specimens Jason! The seam agate was stunning. I had to sit down when you said you were considering including a piece for your 2K sub giveaway. Thank you for another great video. Happy hunting!
dude that last one is just wild, its amazing how solid they are with no fracturing. Mind blowing rocks!!! I love them all, but the big seam agate and the plume jasper agate are just works of art :)
That last one was a huge rock to cut and you did an amazing job with it. What a nice pattern inside. It looks so good rough I can't imagine when it's polished and even more beauty is brought out.
I would love a chunk of that seam agate. The color is so awesome and the patterns are something else. I wish that I knew that you had such beautiful agates there when my folks took a trip to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,but I think it was in 1998, a little over a year before my dad passed. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.
That Seam Agate needs to have "Splendid" added to the front-end of the name! I will definitely try to get in on the 2K give-away... and if that doesn't work I may need to send some $$$ out there for a slice (or an entire piece, :-))?
I will go back for more. I'm giving the end piece away in the giveaway and the rest i'm going to polish and put on display in my cabinet. I'll get more though and make it available when I set up our etsy or ebay store.
So you doubled your subs in 6 months from 2k to over 4k?! Wowza! I can easily see why. You have great content and have a very friendly likeable personality. That's the most amazing banded chert I've ever seen and the turquoise colored chert too is pretty epic. Sad I missed my chance for giveaway on that mind blowing wicked cool plume agate. Love the yellows running through it. Excellent video. Cheers! 😁👍
Amazing video my friend!! You did a great job, good for you! Beautiful rocks!! Keep up the good work you're doing!! I just signed up for your channel!! Greetings from Greece!!
That’s awesome that last one was very beautiful! I was actually just at an agate plume claim that has the same colorings!! I’m still cleaning rocks up and cutting and polishing some this weekend! Love the rocks, just subscribed.
Oh man no cracks in the moss/plume! Rad!!!!! I’ve really learnt a lot from the lap club about cracks haha. So many of mine have cracks that mean lap work will be super hard unless they’re really small.
The saw used in this video is an old core cutting saw built in the 70's. But hi-tech diamond sells very affordable beginner saws, 6" and 10". The link to their website is in the description of this video. Good luck!!
The saw used in this video is an old mercury 14" core cutting saw. It's a bit awkward to use as you can see in the video. Not really practical for cutting slabs but it's the biggest saw I can get my hands on locally.
I love you're videos! Do you by any chance offer cutting services? A couple months ago, I found a huge chunk of moss agate at Blue Beach that I'd love to have sawn. It's about 8x8 inches, and too large for my poor old saw lol.
If your diamond blades are doll you can peenin them with a rasp medium to large size steel file by striking the blade with the edge of the rasp I found that striking it every 16th of an inch or so all the way around the blade is grate
The saw I used in this video is a 14" core cutting saw made in the 70's. You can't buy them anymore. Something similar these days would be in the order of 1000's of dollars.
Is there a way to get in touch with you, either by email or phone? Nearing retirement and want to get into rock cutting and polishing. Would really appreciate advice!
