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My son in law David, who is a geologist, joins me for a fun kayak ride and some interesting rock collecting on the beach at Rockport State Park. We found a surprising number of gastropods (giant prehistoric snails) as well as some other interesting rocks.
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@teeteepalooza 2 года назад

17:20 David may be an expert, but clearly that is a cushion from Aunt Sylvia’s 70’s green velour sofa.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Clearly.

@sparband 2 года назад

I love the kayaking videos. It’s nice that it’s finally warm enough there to go out without the heavy coats. The water and beach are just beautiful. It’s awesome that you have a son in law and family with the same great love of rocks that you have.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It was supposed to be 70, but I was a little cold in just a teeshirt. The waves on the way back were way bigger than they look in the video and I was soaked, but by then I was so excited about trying not to capsize my boat that I wasn't even cold. That was one of the most fun kayak rides I've had. Kayaking is usually more relaxing and less exciting.

@nevyen149 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks For some reason, I dislike dealing with waves out on the ocean or big lakes...but I take my touring kayaks down rivers all the time. I have boats from a size similar to the two shown here, all the way up to a 16'6" Sealution II with fore and aft hatches. We're not talking massive class IV rapids, but I have done lower sections of a river the U.S. Olympic whitewater kayak team uses to train...and the same sections rafting companies use all summer. I do gold panning on the same rivers, and end up taking a bucket of rocks home too, as the sluice box uncovers a lot of really nice stones. I inherited the rockhounding gene from two different grandparents...as well as their rock collections. One just collected and identified...the other had all the saws, tumblers and polishers to do a lot of lapidary stuff. While I do have boxes of raw material and a bunch of his finished work...the equipment was snatched up by an (ex?) uncle before I was old enough to know what was going on...and he just ruined it.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@nevyen149 That's a shame that the lapidary equipment went to someone who didn't appreciate it enough to take care of it. I have only kayaked on my 12 foot kayaks. I try to avoid big waves, but it was pretty fun being caught in them on the day I filmed this. I have never done white water kayaking, but I have gone white water rafting three times in the New River in West Virginia. That was a ball. I'd love to go again.

@nevyen149 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks I don't like the waves (and swells) where I've been because they've pretty much been either a coast which gets very deep, very close to shore...or one with sharks big enough to hurt you. During your videos when you have a camera underwater, I keep having to remind myself you don't have to worry about a Great White looming up from the deep.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@nevyen149 My wife has a shirt that says, "Great Lakes-Unsalted and Shark Free". That's just the way I like it.

@shelleys6826 2 года назад

Very cool. David was really cool sharing all that info about the fossils.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

David is helpful that way. He's nice to have along.

@lynettepavelich7540 2 года назад

David is amazing! Knows his stuff! Thx for sharing!

@virginiarocks 2 года назад

Nice trip. Enjoyed this video quite a bit. Thank you

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Thanks, Virginia. Glad you liked it.

@vanessawilliams1968 2 года назад

The feather is a Canada Goose primary wing feather. They molt those this time of year to regrow new ones in preparation for migration.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Thanks! There are lots of geese around here, so that make sense. We did have an eagle fly out of a tree above us that day too.

@1sec2midnight 2 года назад

Thanks for taking us on a great adventure. Loved learning about the fossils and rocks from David.

@TheWonderwy 2 года назад

Another day of fun. Thanks for sharing. God bless and take care.

@davidhile5363 2 года назад

That’s so cool that David is a geologist ! I always enjoy his and Capt. Paul’s take on things !

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Yep, it's nice to have people along with me who actually know stuff!

@dancrites453 2 года назад

Another great video. You two play well together. Nice having a family geologist. I enjoy his deeper dives into what we're looking at. Very educational. Thanks for sharing...

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I'm really lucky to have a great family, including David. He's a great addition to the family.

@Indyanas_ocean_view 2 года назад

What a great day to find some gorgeous gastropods! You both found so many cool gastropod fossils. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Yeah, I didn't expect that. I had found some that way a long time ago, but I didn't have expectations of finding that many.

@wyomingadventures 2 года назад

It's always interesting listening to David talk about rocks. The gastropods are neat. It finally warmed up here today. Over 6ft. of snow on Beartooth pass last weekend.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

We've been to Beartooth Pass. I remember there being snow up there in July. It hasn't been hot here, but in the sixties most days recently.

@HappiestGirl69 2 года назад

Uh oh! My geologist hubby is going to want to get back to Rockport this summer! Super cool! Up on the piles of rock is the only place we’ve seen a rattlesnake in Michigan. Super cool!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Oh really? I have never seen one. I know they're around, but I haven't run across one. That would be really cool to see as long as I saw it before it saw me!

@HappiestGirl69 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks yeah, they’re very rare to see, apparently, so we were lucky. They’re very small, as rattlesnakes go. Also fairly harmless, as rattlesnakes go.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@HappiestGirl69 I had a student who was bitten a couple years ago and I heard someone was bitten when they were building Walmart here in town. You don't hear about bites very often, but I do respect massasauga rattlesnakes even if they're not the most dangerous kind.

@HappiestGirl69 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks Very smart! I would too. 😅

@FixinTwo 2 года назад

I'll be up on Mullett lake again end of July and first of August. Can't wait! I will bring my kayak and see what I can find. Thanks for another great video.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Good luck!

@user-corgipoopybutt 2 года назад

Your son in law looks EXACTLY like you!! Holy moly i had to look like 4 times... best compliment ever from your daughter... you must be a righteous dad!!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

You're the third person who has said something like that. I didn't realize that we looked alike. We have similar interests too.

@largent45 2 года назад

That looked like a nice kayaking adventure! Boy you two were killing it with the gastropods! And that big petoskey stone you picked up was so cool. You could see the whole coral structure on it! And that last last beach was Petoskey heaven! Lovely day on the water! Looked like a lot of work getting back and my arms are tired from watching you! Thanks for taking us along!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Our arms were tired too, but it was a lot of fun paddling in those waves. Every once in awhile, a big one would break right as I was paddling by it. Exciting! Oh, and the rocks were really good too.

@berjo77 2 года назад

Not a bad gig when you can take a professional along with you on a hike! Really nice stuff on the beach there, take any home to polish? My 6 year old nephew wanted to tumble a few fossils we found at Lakeport. It turns out that they tumble and polish quite nicely! Nice day at a beautiful beach full of ancient history, great way to start the summer!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I'm surprised that you had luck tumbling fossils. They're often soft limestone and don't tumble well at all. Some or more silicified though. I didn't take any home. David took the possible trilobite and one gastropod, but not to polish.

@berjo77 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks , it’s rough on the existing outer layers, just like any rock, you lose allot but got some nice results, get into the core structures. There are some duller spots that are offset if you uncover crystal. It has its fans.

@80sunshine21 2 года назад

Nice to see David. How about an update on your grandson? Suzy AZ USA

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

My grandson was in a recent video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fgcAEjPQzVw.html

@teeteepalooza 2 года назад

15:55 stunning black & grey! 18:20 a gold-plated prehistoric armadillo creature rolled into a defensive ball

@teeteepalooza 2 года назад

some really cool critter rocks today! those swirly critter fossils were HUGE

@micheleboyd1830 2 года назад

What a lovely day. Stunning colors of the rocks, the water, the sky, the beaches & trees. Love the sounds of the water. Oh and it’s cool learning about the rocks you find.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It's hard to tell for sure , but it sounds like you enjoyed the video.

@CityRockhounding 2 года назад

Wow, this was cool. I always enjoy hearing David's knowledge, I always learn some new things. Those gastropods are amazing, what a great area those shells are beautiful, amazing fossils. Excellent rock finds too. Thanks for the awesome journey Rob and David!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I found some gastropods in this area with Nancy quite a few years ago when the water was really low. I didn't think we'd find them with the water levels higher. I was really surprised at how many we ended up finding.

@CityRockhounding 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks that is really cool how many, and the condition too, I like the detail!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@CityRockhounding I have actually found some with a lot more detail here in the past. Those are not easy to find though.

@KelJayP 2 года назад

Wow, I would never move further than about 10 feet down the beach until I had dumped buckets of water and dug beneath those millions of dry stones above the water line!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Some people are diggers, but I prefer to look at as many surface rocks as I can. I feel like I can see a lot more rocks in less time that way. Your method lets you see rocks that are hidden to people like me, which might be an advantage too.

@deniseosborne4045 2 года назад

Thank you for the kayaking shots.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

No problem. I like getting those shots when I'm in the kayak.

@brianholcomb940 2 года назад

Love all the info you guys gave us on different rocks and things! Thanks for sharing!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

You're welcome, Brian. David is full of geological info. I'm more full of lapidary info. We complement each other well.

@signecadwallader2158 2 года назад

Thank you for such a nice rock hunt on the beach. Really enjoyed it!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

You're welcome, Signe!

@lindawolffkashmir2768 2 года назад

Yep, that’s a partial mold of a trilobite. Those gastropods are awesome!

@darkwood777 2 года назад

There were many trilobite variants. At 9:58, I think David is pointing at one half of a trilobite tail or possibly one of the horns on the head. A picture of a similar variant can be found doing a search under the phrase "In Earth’s Greatest Extinction, Land Animals Began Dying Off Long Before Marine Life". It make sense that he found another part of one a few minutes later.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

There are definitely trilobites in this area, but they're not common at all. Neither of us recognized anything in the rock at 9:58 as a trilobite, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't one there.

@allenjames122 2 года назад

Some really great shots of the water you make our state proud

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It's easy to make Michigan look good. We have a beautiful state.

@jermrocks007 2 года назад

I was just on that beach Tuesday. I travel all over the state for work and was in Alpena so I went to check out rock port. Climbed the big stone pile then down to the beach for a quick rock hunt. I was near the water so I missed the Gastropods.😕 But i did find a couple of keepers. Hung out near the little stream just north of the pier for a while just relaxing. really a nice place to just chill after work.👍

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

There are so many fun things to do at Rockport. Have you ever walked back to the sinkholes behind the quarry?

@kariannecrysler640 2 года назад

David and you make a great team.😊 Very much enjoyed getting to see the less traveled beaches. Amazing fossil finds!❤

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

This beach is easy to get to and easy to walk now that the water levels are down a bit.

@emdee7744 2 года назад

Nice fossils. I am envious!

@kellyharper367 5 месяцев назад

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: These fossils are amazing!

@charlottebeck3757 2 года назад

Thanks again!

@captpaul8827 2 года назад

Lots of interesting rocks on that trip. I had heard that there were "shells" north of Rockport, but never managed to get that direction. Sadly, it's hard to see the entire shell when they're still encased in limestone, but another way to tell gastropods from nautiloids is to look at the coiling symmetry of the shell. I do tend to agree with David though that they are gastropods, but would like to examine further...

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

There's a guy who does a lot of guided fossil hunts in this area who goes by "Paleo Joe". He told me about this spot and said that they were gastropods. I have a couple from an earlier hunt in my basement that I can show you when we get together this summer.

@captpaul8827 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks I've met Paleo Joe. He was the special lecturer at the Houghton mineral show last year; great guy and very knowledgeable.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@captpaul8827 Yeah, I like him. I ran into him at Rockport once and tagged along with him for awhile. I've also heard him speak here in Alpena at the museum. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DH6-oeny4qI.html

@ebsinger3250 2 года назад

A very timely video! We just got to Alpena tonight! Will check out this beach tomorrow. It takes about 13 hours to get here from central Pennsylvania. We tried to make it to your fave Huron beaches last fall, but spent two weeks in the UP, and didn't make it east...long story... Anyway, we said we'd offer to take you to lunch to thank you for your RU-vid University lessons we watched during covid..so if you want to collect...we'll be here for at least two days! Mon and Tues 6/13 and 6/14!

@debispilker4392 2 года назад

Great video! Thanks!

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 2 года назад

Lots of interesting finds. Really pretty place. Your kayak ride home reminds me of a time hubby and I went out for a kayak to a mussel farm (here in Nz). We aren't out to far, it got quite rough, and the water was so dark. I was really worried about sharks 😂😂. Those fossils are really neat. The green mudstone definitely looks like one of those I've just finished polishing. Great video

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

The nice thing about the Great Lakes is that they're unsalted and shark free. We weren't in any danger because we were in shallow water close to shore, but we did have to work at it to get home. It sure was fun though.

@markattardo 2 года назад

Great day! Fun finds!

@patriciamckean4186 Год назад

Super fossils...great day at the beach!

@ruthchapman3847 2 года назад

Great adventure. Amazing the amount of gastropods you found. I have to go back there again, I didn't have good luck when I was there

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

The gastropods are down about a half mile to a mile. We must have found twenty or so.

@TJfossil 11 месяцев назад

Definitely a trilobite pygidium! Congrats on the rare find. That would have been a monster! Thanks for the video!

@MichiganRocks 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the ID, TJ!

@lynnscott8286 2 года назад

Loved the video. It was fun.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Thanks, Lynn.

@OregonRocks 2 года назад

Your son in law looks like he could be your actual son, Haha, great video, love learning from you guys.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

My actual son has red hair. He appears in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fgcAEjPQzVw.html I wonder if I look more like my son Bryan or my son in law, David.

@OregonRocks 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks even with the red hair your bio son does look more like you then your son in law when put side by side. Red hair must come from the moms side? I do remember watching this video. Was a very cool thing to see those old giant pathways carve out. Thank you for all your videos. You have helped me alot more then you can ever think and between you and Agate Dad and WildKyle you guys have inspired me and my son to create our own rockhounding journey and document what we learn.

@sharonbaxter9233 2 года назад

i love this video, such great rocks. David , thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. much appreciated 👍

@margaretlynch1494 2 года назад

Rob, the 1st gastropod that you found would be a gorgeous on a wall, as is!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

David took the first one I found home with him. I don't know if it will go on a wall, but it's safely in his possession.

@MaryABaker-rd3mm Год назад

This is by far one of my favorite of your videos! So much information that I'm sore I will nor remember but was very interesting to hear. The rock are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Please be careful and stay safe! ❤❤

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks, Mary. That was a fun day. One of the highlights that stands out in my mind was the rough ride home in the kayaks. I try not to be out in waves that big because I worry a little about being able to get home. We could have easily walked the beach from there, but carrying the kayaks wouldn't be fun. It was rough and kind of cold, but I was smiling the whole way back.

@arongstone 2 года назад

Good day out friend !!

@icatz 2 года назад

Fossils yay! Some real beauties there, Rob. Made my day. Thank you. ❤️💔🦅🦅

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I'm glad to make your day!

@AmstradExin 2 года назад

Could be a Trilobite. That the ridges point into an arrow shape, but only a little.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It was hard to tell. Sure looked like a possibility.

@HappiestGirl69 2 года назад

That looks like part of a trilobite to me. We’ve found one in Rockport and a few at Leelenau State Park.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I have yet to find one. My neighbor Sam found what might be part of one in a river we were hunting a couple years ago. You're lucky to have found a few.

@robbybobby6483 2 года назад

Cool fossils. At least it didn't start pouring rain. Good work out huh?

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

We worked hard to get home, but I had a ball. I was smiling the whole way. It was nice that it didn't rain, but I was soaked anyway.

@donnalantz7981 2 года назад

Well glad you both made it back out safely. I haven't been up there in a long time. And never went to the left of the park. Might have to take our kayaks up there someday. Looks like you guys had fun at least.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

The waves on the way back were much bigger than they appeared in the video. We had to paddle hard into the wind to get back, but I was smiling or laughing the whole way. It was really fun.

@aliencat11 2 года назад

Love the fossils! And the sound of the waves. Thanks for sharing!!

@kylaabegglen1275 2 года назад

Very cool video! Lots of gastropods on that beach. Did David take any home? Just curious. Thanks for sharing Rob!✌️🤠

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

David took the possible trilobite and one gastropod home. I don't think I took anything home that day. I have a few gastropods at home already and they are just stored in a box. I don't make anything out of them, so I should probably return the ones I have to the beach.

@edpaslaski9477 2 года назад

I can't wait to be up there. 😍

@tonys.5940 2 года назад

Definitely a partial trilobite impression, mostly posterior. Also, one minor clarification: Cephalopods and gastropods are in the same phylum Mollusca. They are separate *classes* within the phylum Mollusca (class Cephalopoda and class Gastropoda). Great video as usual!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for the additional information, Tony!

@tonys.5940 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks You're most welcome. I sent you a PM via FB.

@alice_underland7724 2 года назад

Fellow Michigan rock hound here! I have been learning so much from your videos! Keep up the great work! I was wondering if u had any advice for cleaning stained rocks without ruining them?

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Nope, I don't usually clean my rocks. I either tumble them, which removes the whole outside surface, or I slab them and make something out of them. For larger rocks, a power washer might work as a first step.

@shark180 2 года назад

Was just at Silver Lake Dunes collecting rocks.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Are there rocks there? I have thought about going there to look for fulgurites. With gas prices as high as they are, though, I don't think I'll be going that far on the off chance of finding one.

@IvanLopez-zh3xz 2 года назад

very cool!!

@loiskampp5105 4 месяца назад

Son-in-law, or son? I'm sure I can't be the only one who's noticed that you two bear a remarkable resemblance to one another. I'm glad you showed the rock with sandy debrites. I have one of them..

@MichiganRocks 4 месяца назад

David is my son in law. My son looks nothing like him. He has red hair for starters.

@loiskampp5105 4 месяца назад

@@MichiganRocks 👍 Got it!

@Nikkisavage100 Год назад

Very nice video, love the nice rocks

@99Rockhounding 2 года назад

I don't know if anyone commented about it yet, but that looked like an eagle feather to me. It's always fun learning stuff from David. You'll have to ship him to Minnesota some day, so he can teach me about all the rocks around me.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Someone else said it was a goose feather. Both geese and eagles are around, so either is possible. An eagle flew out of a tree over our heads later that day. It was pretty close, but a GoPro is not a good camera for anything very far away.

@rebeccagoldberg8333 2 года назад

Fun video. I think it’s phylum molluska with class Gastropoda, cephalopoda and bivalvia. I’m always rooting for good puddings when you hunt on Lake Huron.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Could be. I'm not a fossil expert at all. David isn't really either, but he did learn about some of this stuff in college. It's not the field he works in though.

@TheLastHowlMain 2 года назад

Amazing finds!! 👏 love the channel!!!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@betsywarner2773 Год назад

Yes, that's the tail segment of a trilobite, called Coronura.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks for the ID Betsy.

@sergiotrierweiler3058 2 года назад

Bonito lugar,,

@oldgamerchick 2 года назад

Great day to be out. It's too hot to hunt rocks here in Texas. Have to wait till the sun sets a bit. My pup Cookie is really wanting to get outside for a walk. Thanks for a great video. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It has been a cold spring and summer so far. Today it got hot for a little bit, but most of the day was in the seventies.

@oldgamerchick 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks we cooled down to the high 90s today. Soon back to 100s

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@oldgamerchick You can have that weather. I hide inside on days like those.

@oldgamerchick 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks me too 🤗

@taxicarman72 2 года назад

At 13:00 that's a trilobite pygidium (tail) cast. I didn't know that the limestone was that old but it must be more than 250 million years old.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

The limestone in this area is Devonian, about 350-360 million years old. Thanks for helping out with the trilobite identification!

@kariannecrysler640 2 года назад

Great beach Rob

@TarnishedViking. 2 года назад

Nice

@nikkicarothers4773 2 года назад

I just finished a book that reminded me of your channel. It’s called Station Eleven and part of it centers around Lake Huron and a new town formed named New Petosky and a paper called New Petosky News

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I just looked up the book and I see that HBO made a miniseries based on it. Must be a pretty good book.

@icefishdaily 2 года назад

You’re shaming rocks! LOL

@sergiotrierweiler3058 2 года назад

sim um espetáculo,

@multipletanksyndrome 2 года назад

I know that one around 18:30 was big, but it was an awesome rock. I hope you took it home. It'll make a TON of slabs. You could even do thicc slabs.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I considered it, but they way it was wearing more in the dark areas makes me think that it wasn't a very solid rock. Those do sometimes make awesome slabs though. There's one in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVT1IDirpeg.html

@multipletanksyndrome 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks I wonder if you could fill it with some epoxy or something.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@multipletanksyndrome There are ways to stabilize a rock, but I have never tried any of them. I know I can find very solid cladopora fossils, so I'd rather just do that.

@multipletanksyndrome 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks nice. That rock was really cool looking. Thanks again for sharing your hunt.

@no1billiard 6 месяцев назад

The Phylum is Mollusca, which includes the CLASSES of Gastropoda and Cephalopoda.

@MichiganRocks 6 месяцев назад

Ok, thanks for the correction.

@fload46d 2 года назад

Here in northern Indiana we have found brachiopods.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

There are a lot of brachiopods here too.

@jenessalutz-cq3vl Год назад

Looks like one to me!

@stevezozuk9622 2 года назад

What an amazing day to spend time with family . Seems like you have a mini me , lol I'm just having fun . Great content Rob , see you soon . Cheers

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

We did have a nice day together. Fun, fun, fun!

@JoseLopez-xk9ng 2 года назад

Thanks nice video.

@richardsigman3776 2 года назад

Question: where the waves were coming in two different directions, is that dangerous? Could a riptide develop there? Really liked this video! You found so many different stones and the lake was beautiful! Also appreciated the info from your son-in-law, although some of it, actually a lot of it was over my head. My family and I will have to go there some day soon. Have a blessed day! Joy S. (not Richard) from Northern Indiana

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I don't know of any particular hazard where the waves are coming from different directions. The wind was just coming from one direction and the waves just do weird things in those shallow areas. I have seen that on other narrow points like that. I think Lake Michigan has a lot more rip currents than other lakes if I remember correctly. Not that you should avoid safety in Lake Huron or any other lake. Here are three good websites I found for you that explain various dangerous currents: Great Lakes Water Safety: www.greatlakeswatersafety.org Beach Hazards Forecast Map: www.weather.gov/greatlakes/beachhazards Great Lakes Drowning Statistics: glsrp.org/statistics/

@richardsigman3776 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks Thank you for your answer and the safety website. I will look it up and read it. Stay safe out there! Joy S.

@captpaul8827 2 года назад

Probably a product of something called Longshore Drift where you have the current of the Lake flowing one direction and the wind/waves flowing to another. It is quite common to see this along the Lake Superior shoreline in the Keweenaw.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@captpaul8827 I didn't know what caused that, so thanks. That makes sense.

@WILDKYLE 2 года назад

I would love to hunt for these next time I'm up!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Nah, you'll find better ones than me and make me grumpy.

@WILDKYLE 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks How did I know this comment was coming 😂

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@WILDKYLE You must be psychotic. Or is is psychic?

@MaryABaker-rd3mm Год назад

I feel the need to ask if all of your family are as interested in rocks as you are or if you interest has made them that way? My dad was a rock hound and most, if not all of his eight children and their families are all following in his footsteps! It is not surprising to see any of us in a rock patch somewhere just looking! Rock driveways are amazing places to look! The kids have spent hours just looking at the same rocks the looked at yesterday or last week! Please be careful and stay safe ❤❤

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I have not been interested in rocks my whole life. I grew up on an inland lake in Michigan and my sister and I used to play on the beach and make little rock collections, but I don't remember bringing them inside. We'd just make a pile on the dock or something. After I got married, I got interested in landscaping, which is still an interest. When we built a house in 1999, I really wanted to have some big boulders in the yard, which is something I did. It wasn't until my son took an interest in polished gift shop rocks that I get interested in tumbling. We bought him a tumbler for Christmas and I was hooked. My son still likes rocks but doesn't have the time to go looking for them anymore. My wife taught middle school science and after teaching for quite a few years, the curriculum changed to mostly earth science, so she had to educate herself on geology. She has interest in that, but not so much in lapidary stuff. She likes what I make, but has no interest in doing any tumbling or other lapidary things. My daughter loves science and was very involved in Science Olympiad from elementary through high school. She did some rock and fossil events along the way and has a similar interest as my wife. She married David who you probably know is a geologist.

@mjoyparks 2 года назад

This was so fun to watch, especially on a very hot day. I’m coming to Michigan in three weeks! I’ve been planning the trip for a year!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Sounds like fun!

@BongwaterJones 2 года назад

Gary: “meow!“

@michiganprospectors Год назад

Wow, you guys found a lot of them. I have never found a single one yet but I have not been as far away as you are either.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It's not all that far down the beach where they start. Something like 3/4 of a mile. If you go down there, you'll most likely find some.

@michiganprospectors Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I have to check it out one day when the weather is a bit nicer. We were on Lake Huron this weekend and it was windy and cold. We could not stay long.

@jeffholmes1362 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing Rob, nice of your daughter to marry someone with a similar interest to you wasn’t it.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

She's very thoughtful.

@LadyYoop 2 года назад

you got a helluva son in law! Holy wha. ......is the water there cold like Superior all the time?

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

No, it warms up some. It depends on the wind, or if you're in a bay or if the water is deep or shallow.

@shinykazzadragon 2 года назад

I was telling someone this morning that I wish I had a geologist that would be able to tell me what all of my pretty rocks were.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Tonight I'm working on editing a video with two geologists who identified a bunch of rocks on the beach for me. You'll get to see that one in a week or two.

@btgiv6009 2 года назад

We were just up in northern Michigan last week for the first time. We rented a lakefront cabin east of Cheboygan and then spent a couple of days on Mackinac Island. We really enjoyed our stay and loved all the rocks -- probably brought home 20 lbs. of them! The weather at the start of last week was pretty crazy with how hot it was, and the stable flies were awful at our cabin, but then things cooled down nicely. It was frustrating to us, though, that we had no idea what most of the rocks we found were and couldn't tell which ones were "good" and which ones weren't. I have a question for you: We noticed that the rocks on Mackinac Island were decidedly less varied and colorful than what we found on the Lake Huron beaches just a couple of miles away. Any idea why the Mackinac rocks are so boring?

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

The beaches vary a lot here. Even on outing, it's not unusual to see several different types of beach. For example, in this video we saw beaches with mostly limestone, one with mostly sand, and the one at the end had a nice mix of limestone (Petoskey Stones) and glacially deposited rocks. Mackinac Island is pretty much all limestone, if I remember correctly. That's what Arch Rock is made out of and I believe the fort is limestone too. I don't know exactly why the glaciers dropped rocks in some areas and not others, but Mackinac Island was not one of the spots they were deposited, apparently.

@btgiv6009 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks Okay, thanks! Well then I feel very thankful that our cabin happened to be on a beach with a lot of different kinds of rocks.

@captpaul8827 2 года назад

Mackinac Island is mostly composed of a carbonate unit called the Mackinac Breccia which is the rock unit that makes up most of the popular geologic features on the island, as well as the large ridge in front of Fort Mackinac. In fact, those ridges show another neat geologic feature of the Island; the high water stands of glacial Lakes Algonquin and Nipissing which can easily be seen while crossing the Bridge or from the top of Castle Rock (also composed of Mackinac Breccia) north of St. Ignace.

@btgiv6009 2 года назад

@@captpaul8827 Huh -- Very interesting. We went to Castle Rock, so I wish I had known to look for that (and what to look for)!

@reinal7339 24 дня назад

Man the stuff that you put back that's not good I would love to have because I live in southwest Michigan

@MichiganRocks 22 дня назад

It's up here at Rockport waiting for you.

@maryobrien2323 2 года назад

I enjoy your videos so much. I wish I could walk the beach for rocks. I am in a wheel chair, so that is out of the question. Maybe I could find d someone to do it for me. I tumble stone and make jewelry. I would love to tumble so.e of the stones you leave behind.

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I’m really sorry you can’t get out, Mary. I’m glad you can at least see the beach through my videos.

@TrueNorthLocks 2 года назад

I thought it was your twin in the thumbnail!

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Nope, just my son in law. We do have some eerie similarities though. Not so much in how we look, but in our interests.

@teeteepalooza 2 года назад

that ride back was a bit rough! 🤢

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

It was rougher than in looked in the video. Hey, I have a tip for you. You can continue to make comments in the same comment box as you watch the video. You don't have to send all the comments separately. That makes it easier for people to respond to you instead of responding to several comments on the same video.

@user-fc3uf2zw2g 2 года назад

👍👍👍

@jasonpatterson8091 2 года назад

Am I crazy, or at 10:38 when you said, "Another one right here," and pointed at a gastropod fossil, was the fossil right next to it another gastropod?

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

I don't think those two things are mutually exclusive, but you might be right about the other gastropod. You might also be crazy. I think I picked up the better of the two though.

@jasonpatterson8091 2 года назад

@@MichiganRocks You win the Best Comment I've Read this Week Award, Rob. :-)

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

@@jasonpatterson8091 Thanks, Jason.

@laurabishop7922 Год назад

Heeey-. at 17:02, was that a partial ammonite casting behind that petoski, or gastropod?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I don't think we have ammonites here.

@corytrevorson1411 7 месяцев назад

The death plates and gastropods you found today. Is there anyway to smooth and polish them without ruining the fossils?

@MichiganRocks 7 месяцев назад

I'm not sure. I haven't tried polishing a gastropod. I don't think that would go well. I really should try to polish a death plate someday, though.

@corytrevorson1411 7 месяцев назад

@@MichiganRocks I meant to say cladopora.

@MichiganRocks 7 месяцев назад

@@corytrevorson1411 Oh, in that case: ru-vid.comwW95iNHsqFU?feature=share

@corytrevorson1411 7 месяцев назад

@@MichiganRocks that's my favorite type of rock you find.

@heidikortman2534 2 года назад

cephalopod= Chambered Nautilus relative

@ombresombre3695 2 года назад

You've made some pretty finds ! I'm just a little bit curious, how old are the local limestone ? Is the quarry the same as the one you went in July 2021 with Wildkyle ? (And so, same geological formation ?) Anyway, thanks for your video. I live in france and it's fun to discover the geological make-up of the rest of the world !

@MichiganRocks 2 года назад

Yes, this is at Rockport, the same quarry I went to with Kyle last summer. The limestone in this area is Devonian. Some sources on the Internet say it's 350 million years old, and others say it's 360 million years old.