Giant Agates in Utah // Huge Dendritic Agate on Brian Head Peak 

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Every person on earth deserves to experience the indescribable beauty of Utah. At least drive through one time... you will not regret it.

It makes me so happy to see people having tremendous fun. Rock hound people captured my heart.❤

Thanks for sharing. It's a beautiful place and the Agates are soooo colorful. I appreciate your comment on being mindful while collecting. Excellent advice.

Those are such beautiful colors. Massive agate field. That's so awesome.

Its beautiful. The scenery you're showing is absolutely gorgeous.

Really incredible!! I'm definitely adding this to my bucket list!!!

These are stunning and massive in size. Thank you for telling about this video. Very impressed 😊

So beautiful, that state has so much to offer. Brian's Head is on my list.

Can't wait to see the cutting video for these and great message about being mindful and only taking what you need.

I like guys that go for the big ones. That's what i prefer also.

Radddddd! We need to hop across the NV border and have a look-see for some rocks. 🤩

Another awesome place to find cool rocks. Thanks for the outing👍👍

Watching you try and break the big agate chunk with the chisel made me sure I would prefer one of the chisels with a guard above your hand. I don’t trust me to hit the chisel squarely every time!

Another reason for not being out east lol. Another place to visit when I can finally make it out west. Thanks again for sharing. The one you picked from the two does look promising. Can't wait for you to show us that one and the rest👍

Absolutely quality over quantity! No sense people taking way more than they would ever use or need. Maybe they see dollar signs and get greedy. Thank you for kindly asking people to be mindful. I liked reading all the comments on this video. Especially the slo mo with the hair and you wearing a wig 🤣 I can't believe the size of that monster agate, so many different colors and hues on just that one piece. Also, I picked up a book on zeolites. Not the one you've been showing. Amazon had it listed for like 150 bucks or something saying was only one left, little too rich for my blood, lol. But, the book I grabbed is very good and informative. I see there are many varieties there in Washington. Sadly, only one in my area seems to be Thomsonite. Anywho, loved the video. By the time I get done watching all your guys excursions into Utah, I'll be selling my house and moving there 🤣

Cedar Breaks is such a beautiful place and the agates in that area are amazing! We are lucky that Utah skies are so often blue and sunny, glad you had a great day hunting! I think your dog claimed the huge agate! 😄

Nice video man! I’ve been to Brian Head peak multiple times to snowboard but I never knew that there was such incredible and massive agates practically (or literally) right under my feet lol. So rad! Did you go septarian nodule hunting while you were down there? If not I’d highly recommend it for next time. The quality of the septarian around Zion area is exceptional. Me and my brother had really good luck in Ordervill a couple years ago, we ended up digging for hours but man was it worth it! Finding any hollow septarian nodule is the best feeling ever! We went back once and didn’t have any luck, that’s the thing about digging from a wall, you just don’t know what you’ll get. Supposedly you can find them easily if you know what your doing but the chances of finding a geode septarian is always really rare.

Cool video. I love to tumble the agate that I find in Ceder breaks. Did you go to the rock shop that’s nearby?

Can't wait to see some of them cut should have some beautiful pieces.

That's awesome. some of those rocks looks like the rainbow petrified wood from AZ :) There is a rock shop in Moab that has a lot of this giant agate around their yard and now I know where are coming from.

Beautiful area, life is full of so many lessons for us all , wow huge agates , gotta check this place out sometime , beautiful finds💙😊, thank you for sharing 😊💙

Go big or go home?! I can't act like we didn't see the hand truck 🤣 Fortune favors the prepared mind. Beautiful stones. Thanks for sharing.

Just rewatching and shared your video on our channel. The agates are just amazing and the views can't be beat. If you let us know when you all will be visiting again, we can show you a few other local spots to check out!

I'm in Spanish Fork / Provo area this week Nov-3 and the difference in the altitude is making some of the repair work I'm doing a little challenging:)

Amazing 😍 Quality over Quantity love that ❣️

I'm going to need a bigger tumbler! 😂

Beautiful ❤

Could that be Petrified Wood? I've found a lot of PW that looks so much like what you have here... Just asking? Ernie from AZ

So I had a really cool opportunity to go clean out an old rock shop is rockshop and pick the rocks up out of the gentleman's yard It's kind of funny that you put this video up right now because I think I have 2 giant Aggits from this location I also ended up with about 20 thunder eggs and and a Ton of Is petrified wood there is some small pieces that were already cut that that are amazing that I just somehow ended up with when I was cleaning everything out There's one piece of petrified wood left but it's too big to move I'm gonna have to figure something out for that

What shoes do you wear rockhounding? I’m a merrel man myself

Also hey first comment lol. Love your vids man

Your dog needs a pack to help carry out rocks.

You are absolutely right about being selective. After humping the tons of agate back this spring.....I thought, now what? It doesn't cut as fast as one would think. Of course part of the thrill is in the hunt and finding. As you picked up the unfractured pieces I kept thinking about how nice they would look as knives.

We went to Brian’s Head last fall when I first started rockhounding and I went a little crazy with the amount of material I took home! I tumbled a lot of it ( and I’m still tumbling some 😆) and it turned out beautiful :). But, I agree. I took too much of it and now it sits in tubs in my garage. I would rather now find a few unique and awesome specimens than buckets full of material. Thanks for the video…it brought back memories of that beautiful area! 😁

Wow! Those agates are unbelievable, so beautiful. What an amazing area! Definitely on my list. Thanks Jared!✌😎

Quality over quantity every time bro 👍🏼Rocks are heavy! 🤔 I’m going to send you a quality Missouri package soon 👍🏼

Jared, You took the words right out of my mouth when you shared your plea to be “mindful” of how much material they’re taking away from primo locations. Can’t you rest the camera upon Sara for longer than 5 seconds? Always from a distance?? Get a closer up w/the wind blowing in slo mo for Pete’s sake ! She’s a woman who deserves a frame, not a passing glance❣️ So much character in her face…!

Wow, the beautiful scenery at the monument is simply amazing! I hope I can make to Brian Head someday, the agate material is fabulous. Thanks for sharing yours, Sara's, and Laika's experiences in Utah.

Dude walking up the hill with a hand jack/dolly 😂

Great video again, those agates are indescribably bea-Utah-ful! Your friend thinks like I do. Wheels carrying weight. I actually modified an old Golf Cart to carry a bucket filled with rocks so I didn't have to! There is an untold story about Bryan's Head. From the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at 7,000 feet to Brian's Head at 11,312 there is over 4,300 feet of uninterrupted Sedimentary Deposits. And people stand at the rim of the Grand Canyon and marvel at the erosion. The real story is where did all of the material from the South Rim to Brian's Head go and how was it eroded in "sheets" leaving mesas, massive plateaus, etc...

Go to eureka agate spot. You will find agates that are literal outcrops. its pretty stuff with really clear banding through it. This stuff you got is more pretty, and stable looking.

Very informative, thank you. Do you know anyone who might be interested in a huge piece of petrified wood (320 lbs ). Probably Saddle Mountain, based on the coloration and opalization. About 3 or 4 months ago, I called Robert and Lisa Langford at Langford Lapidary in Yakima, and they invited me to bring it over so Lisa could take a look at it. They seemed fairly impressed. Lisa brought her UV light out to my truck and determined it floureces in many colors. Anyway, the short of it is, I'd like to sell it. Maybe you guys know someone who may be interested. I spoke with Joe Cota in Lebanon, Oregon, but he seems to be quite busy. Well, thanks for all the great videos. Kindest regards, Don Wilson, Tacoma, Washington.

Where is Brian Head located? I'm in CT and have only been in Utah twice, in the latter 1970's, on two cross-country car trips. Thanks for videoing that beautiful countryside and the rocks.

Love your channel and just visited Brian Head this week to look for agates. I’m from Northern Virginia and wasn’t prepared! We bought hoodies at a truck stop as the temps were in the 40’s. We were wearing shorts as we were in Mesquite NV. 😂 The trail was still under a few feet of snow but we went to a lower elevation and found a few pieces of agate. A lot of fun and adventure! Thx

At 14:50 the agates were really abundant and the colors were indicative of moss agate.

Good Lord! I wouldn't be able to cary enough buckets

Have you cut or tumbled some of this material since the vid was posted? I'd love to see what this stuff looks like polished up

Just got back from Brian Head, massive amounts of agates. It did not disappoint. Watching your videos gave me the bug to get there. next time we are going to go look for obsidian near fillmore. thank you for sharing. there are some really large agates right along the road toward the town. (just a hundred yards from the turn off to get where you filmed the video

I found a hilltop in yellow cat flats that's all a giant agate like those.

I know in a previous video that I said this is a rock hounders dream....but THIS IS!!!!! Amazing views great show man!

I may have missed seeing this information, but may I ask for a gps location or detailed directions I live in central utah.

Those pieces are beautiful! So many colors, and patterns. I hope you will show them to us when they are cut!

Love that spot. Found it last year. I live in Pleasant Grove Utah. I like to build walls and pathways with rocks. I called this jasper, the red white and blue were amazing. It was raining when I collected And I was right down in the stream. These specimens don’t work as well in my building but still fun to get a few. Gave some to neighbor kids. I use quartzite a lot for my walls. And fill cracks with river rocks and polished rocks. I Use gorilla construction adhesive and concrete.

Can someone please direct me how/where to become a member?? I have searched and searched on RU-vid and the website. I can’t find it! 😫

Your dog is claiming that large agate.

This is very similar material to what we had sent you. Didn't find boulders as big as that though. Pretty cool. Utah is just incredible.

At 13:15 the agate quality was better than the beginning.

What makes this agate and not flint?

Haha, you totally should have done a click-baity title like "BIGGEST AGATE ON RU-vid!!!" :D Sweet finds.

If you go to the mouth of the canyon at the north end of cedar city, known as fiddlers canyon, you can find agate that washed down from brian head. You can also check out other canyons to see what washed down, for those who can't go up to brian head when it gets covered in snow.

Dude, this place is agate mecca.

I would break my truck the first time I tried going to that place! Lol

Could it be common opal like what is found in Montana on agates above ground?

You and I picked the same one, good eye.

That white is most likely silica rich ash

At 16:55 the agate looks high quality.

I appreciate your thinking, pick up a few choice pieces and leave the rest for others to find

I want to go so bad!!!!😂😊❤

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Wowzer!! I agree with your choices. What a place! Even the culls are good. For us dusty dogs...that haul is a gold mine!!

I carried a 200 plus pound agate over 100 yards to my car in Nevada haha

Dang it. I need a rock saw now.

😎 🥾🥾 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐾🐾🐾🐾

Awesome man.

Now I'm curious about that "annoying guy". Can you please relate an anecdote of his annoyingness (heh heh heh ;-).

Could the white crust possibly by gypcrust? It would explain why it wouldn't dissolve in acid, but would be water soluble. It would also be very soft and be able to scratched off, so a simple test could confirm that.

Maybe the white host rock that doesn't clean off is Rhyolite?

utah rockhound here, and I've always wondered why I can't get that white layer off my agates too haha; I always thought it was calcite but it's not! I always end up cutting it off or tumbling it away. But man, you got me pumped to go out here with the family and check out these massive agates. I've collected hundreds of mossy plume stuff from all over the state, but have not been here yet surprisingly! I gotta get a big one for the yard now, haha. Love the channel man, keep it up.

The Walmart of agates.

I took my daughter to that exact spot a couple years ago and took a picture of her sitting on one of the agate boulders on the lower dside of the road. Cool spot.

It's crazy, the places that have so much cool stuff that it is hard to choose. Yet, I will search gravel bars on rivers in central Iowa for lake superior agates for days only to come home with a few, that would barely fill my pocket and have a great time!

That place is so cool!! Would be a lot of fun picking out a good yard rock. I would of done the same thing just walk around look at the monster's. You collected some nice ones, good video jarred

Wow Jared, a mountain of rock candy, that is awesome. You have found some nice pieces there and it will be interesting to see how the look cut and then polished. I tend to agree with your comments about how much you take. So far I haven’t had to worry about that problem. The only thing I found in bulk has been some petrified wood about 18Kg of it, when I visited a location with my wife & grandson. I should have been a lot more picky as at least a third of it is a bit deteriorated. Only some it is good enough cut. Live & Learn. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin

I would love to have some of that agate for my rock saw.(I'm a hundred percent disabled Vietnam vet and I can't get out and look for agates like you can. But I sure love going to my garage and my rocks off and seeing what's in these rocks for the first time they're simply beautiful 😍✝️✝️✝️

Is this stuff what they call tiffany stone

There a lot of beautiful rocks in Utah. Have fun cutting! Be happy, safe and healthy. 😷⚒

Hi, isn't the white stuff on the surface when agates are exposed to the sun and weather for a long time? I sometimes grind it off, but I also once left parts of it on the rock and tumbled it. The white stuff took a very nice shine...

Could the agate there be used for Indian arrow, spear, or knife points?

Thank you for sharing 😊

😃 hey Jared, where can i get one of those fancy hats youre wearing? I'm heading to Cedar Breaks and Brian Head next week. Looking for those same beautiful agates

Isnt there a rule about not collecting agates that are bigger than your head?😁

Adding this to my agate hunting bucket list of places in America to hunt.

Idk none of this stuff seems like proper agate to me. Might pass as chalcedony-jasper-flint-chert but not agate,since agates supposed to have concentric lines...

My friend very nice video you made!! Excellent samples, congratulations!!

Boy, just the smalls are great. Great video, amazing rocks😀

I truly believe this is actually petrified/agatized wood. When you say it’s huge and just keeps on going underground… ? The block shapes… it’s pet wood from a biggo log. For the “boulders” just lying on the ground out in the open…? It’s broken up logs of pet wood. It seems really obvious to me.

Awesome agate

Thanks for this video and what beautiful finds! I love the colors! I will add this to my bucket list of hounding places in the future. I also love what you said about over collecting and mindful collecting!

I've been enjoying your channel and content. Thank you for sharing.

extra rocks are nice for trading