I Found a Rare One at Crisp Point Lighthouse

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I found a rock just like one I found in 2020 that was one of the most commented on rocks that I have ever found. I left that one behind in the Stone Stash for someone else since I already have one. The other rock I found like this appears here: • First Rock Hunt of the... and I slabbed it here: • Slabbing Michigan Rock...
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@rebeccagoldberg8333 Год назад

Yes, the movement of the black sand was mesmerizing! Way to go, Sam, finding all those agates! Great video.

@ChristiLee-u5z Год назад

With so much craziness in this world, it is a blessing to watch people living their best life.

@donnareit866 Год назад

Wave sounds in summer are always great as are all the rocks, agates or not. Thanks for the walk!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks for coming along!

@DigginWithDeej Год назад

I love that lighthouse. I helped restore the brass in the top many years ago 💜

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Oh, that's awesome. Thanks for doing that. You may have noticed that I'm not into lighthouses as much as I'm into rocks, but I do like them and am thankful that they're being preserved.

@DigginWithDeej Год назад

@@MichiganRocks you were 2 miles as the crow flies inland from my cabin just beyond Browns Lake/Pond

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@DigginWithDeej Nice place for a cabin, except for the bugs.

@jenkemp Год назад

many happy memories with my sons there

@jenkemp Год назад

@@MichiganRocks the bugs keep the trolls away

@KACn5582 Год назад

We were at Crisp Point in September and the beach was FULL of logs/trees. We got a t shirt that says "I survived the road to Crisp Point". It was quite a drive on that "road".

@MichiganRocks Год назад

People keep saying that, but the road has always been pretty good when I've been there.

@rcryderman11 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks the road is great right now, and the rock picking sucks! you gotta go late fall or early spring when you NEED a chainsaw and expect to have to drive through a foot and a half of water in places. i parked at the top of the hill where you hid the rocks last December because there was a 5 foot snow drift there. Silverado with snow tires, last week it only took me 30 minutes to do the trail but i've had trips where it takes 1.5 hours. the only worse road i've driven in Michigan is the road to High Rock Bay. sometimes Wildcat road is VERY challenging as well due to VERY high water.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@rcryderman11 That makes complete sense if you're going in the winter or early spring. I have seen big puddles on that corner too, but the bottom is always solid, so it's not a big deal to drive through it.

@peggyk13 Год назад

I love your channel. I drool at every rock you pick up, and many that you don’t. I paint rocks and I use flat round ones. I am amazed at how many flat round rocks there are on those beaches. I wish I lived near the lakes,I would collect those more then the agates. Ha. Thanks for your videos. They are great!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

The black ones tend to be flat and round. I think most of those are either graywacke or basalt.

@hopalstudiosjuliehattis Год назад

Awesome finds y'all. I miss living in Cheboygan on Lake Huron. I use to rock hunt all the time. 😊

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

Beautiful spot!!

@ErikWhyRock Год назад

Crisp point is amazing!!!! Not a fun drive unless you have 4x4! Found my first agate there!!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

People say things like that all the time, but I have never found the road to be all that rough. It wasn't rough at all when Sam and I were there. I must just be lucky to pick days when the road has been recently graded.

@tokenfinn Год назад

We just found you channel and have been really enjoying the content. We just put our first batch of rock tumbling yesterday. We live about an hour from Crisp Point and went for a ride up there today. Someone must have got the rocks you left there already because there was no sign of them. Looking forward to catching up on your content!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yeah, I was disappointed that no one sent in pictures of finding those. That green and white rock I left was by far the most desirable rock I have ever hidden in a Stone Stash. Hopefully whoever found it really enjoyed it.

@jneihart2 Год назад

Love the "Stone Stash" idea! Would enjoy taking you up on the stone stash... however google maps tells me it is 2,141 miles from our home to Crisp Lighthouse! Oh, hang on I'll be right there!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm having fun with the Stone Stash too. I know that only one person can win, but it's fun to see that. Hopefully everyone is having fun with it as much as I am. That green rock from the thumbnail was very, very popular when I found one a few years ago. That should make someone very happy if they find it.

@jamesferry6717 6 месяцев назад

I get something similar to Sam's cut rock from time to time down here on the San Jacinto river. The big difference is that it is usually inside a red jaspagate. No clue what they are but they look wild after tumbling.

@MichiganRocks 6 месяцев назад

I'm not sure what he did with that rock. I don't remember him tumbling any slabs.

@kellyhollingsworth6100 Год назад

It is cool the black sand is heavier and constantly changes shapes, it is almost mesmerizing. Happy hounding.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I've taken a little of that home to pan before. It's extremely heavy compared to water or blond sand.

@thegatesofdawn...1386 9 месяцев назад

I love pink!

@nationalparksprincess3216 Год назад

I can't believe in 9 days I will finally be in Michigan 😊 I hope I can find some good rocks!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Good luck!

@phylbeeme2476 Год назад

Do you ever consider bringing a rake along on your hunts, especially for the large patches?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Nope, I think that would make it more like work. My method is to look at as many rocks as quickly as possible. Other people are diggers, thinking it's better to look at rocks that no one else can see on the top. I enjoy the walk. I don't enjoy raking.

@CynthiaPrice79 Год назад

I thought the thumbnail was a blueberry cookie at first!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I would have traded that for a blueberry cookie. That sounds delicious.

@CynthiaPrice79 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks right?!

@bethdouglas9506 Год назад

Ugh, we head home in less than 2 weeks, going back to whitefish point for sure, and i wanted to hit crisp point but dunno if my minivan would make it back there lol

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I can't advise you on the minivan on that road. Any time I have been on the road to Crisp Point, I'd say a minivan would be fine, but I get more comments on how bad that road is than I do about any other road.

@boredwarlock5216 Год назад

I don't know why but that rock looks like a cookie to me

@Barbara-ui7cy Год назад

I want to see the light house and hunt for rocks!!!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

We've been through the lighthouse before. It doesn't change but there are always fresh rocks.

@miketobin2324 Год назад

I realize there are a lot of rocks on those beaches. But every wonderful and beautiful rock you take from that area is a wonderful and beautiful rock somebody else won't be able to enjoy while walking the beach ..... After you and your son leave for home, that area is less beautiful..... does that make sense?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, that makes sense. I'm surprised more people don't tell me that. I get many, many more comments from people who can't believe how many rocks we leave behind. I've never understood that. We try not to take too many rocks for that reason. By the way, my son grew up, moved out, and doesn't have time to go rock hunting with me much anymore. Sam is my neighbor who I have adopted as my rock hunting buddy.

@miketobin2324 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks May you all live long and prosper!

@janehelbert7551 Год назад

Nice agates Sam!

@sallythompson5071 Год назад

Sam sure has a good eye for agates!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes he does.

@leslyeschoenhuth1107 Год назад

* Isn't it hard to find agates on misty & cloudy days? Seems like the lack of sun would make hunting harder.. At the 12:32 mark there are a lot of stripy rocks.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I don't think so. the sun might help, but we did pretty good on agates without it. Not on this beach maybe, but for the whole trip we got quite a few.

@TheAmericanX Год назад

have a happy Green Eggs and Ham weekend to u and your family

@drthmik Год назад

Say Ya to da UP Eh?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Ya.

@pauldonovan4572 Год назад

@tamimcclain2459 Месяц назад

What months are best for someone unfamiliar with the UP to come up and rock hunt? Coming from Pittsburgh PA.

@MichiganRocks Месяц назад

Earlier in the season is the best to find rocks, but it's also cold and hard to predict exactly how early to come. If you get there too early, there might still be piles of ice on the beach. I have gone in mid June a lot. At that time, the water is still so cold that your feet will be very cold if you're going in without waders. You never get used to the temperature. I just got back yesterday from a three day trip. The water was very pleasant to wade in and Sam and I found quite a few agates. Actually Sam found quite a few and I found a couple. The weather was great and the beach walk was much more pleasant than earlier in the year. When visiting the U.P., always bring a sweatshirt. We wore ours every morning and one evening in our three days in early August. The bugs were not bad at all, but they can be horrible. In the woods, it's mosquitos, but not the beach it's stable flies. I'd suggest buying a mesh bug suit for those, unless you like wearing long pants with your socks pulled up over them. They mostly attack your legs. If you look in the description of this video, I have an Amazon storefront with the bug suit I have listed there.

@meganwatkins6631 Год назад

How do you define an agate? Why is the striped quartz at 6:43 not considered an agate?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That one at 6:43 was probably actually quartzite, which is the mineral quartz, but is also metamorphosed sandstone. If it was quartzite, you'd be able to see graininess in it. Agate is microcrystalline quartz, so you can't see grains or individual quartz crystals. The stripes on that were nice, but not nearly as crisp as they'd be on an agate.

@ihavelongfingers Год назад

When they cut that rock open at 10:19, did anyone else see the butterfly in it?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

The two halves together look sort of like a butterfly.

@cumberlandite56 Год назад

Is your black sand there magnetic?

@AJFAMMAN Год назад

Yup

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'd say about 1/8 or maybe less is magnetite based on playing with it in the past. There's also a small amount of gold in it.

@AJFAMMAN Год назад

There's also tons of Garnet in there!!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@AJFAMMAN Yep, it often has a reddish color.

@Debbie4729 Год назад

Wait a minute! I saw the whole video,and thought you found some of the rare state stone that you have there!What happened to it? Love you vids.Wish I was there!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

The rare one I was talking about is the green and white one that's in the thumbnail. I have only found one of those before and it was very popular among the people watching. The state stone is the Petoskey Stone. They're not rare, but they are also not in Lake Superior where we were in this video.

@I_wish_I_knew_something Год назад

I know where you are but will not be able to get there.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm sorry you can't get there, but hopefully my video fills that void a bit for you.

@I_wish_I_knew_something Год назад

@@MichiganRocks yes is does! Thank you

@michaelhasse2568 Год назад

Thanks to all the people/ donors who saved this lighthouse

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, thanks!

@MrChubbyHubby. Год назад

Very nice finds Michigan Rocks, and as always Sam has the gift of youth, good eyesight and speed on his side, have you considered a leg weight? I think about 20 lbs. should do the trick! LOL.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Maybe throw in a pair of scratched up sunglasses and I might stand a chance.

@betojdesigns Год назад

That was a gorgeous backdrop of you guys with the lighthouse in the opening of the video. Yes, I can see how the black sand could be mesmerizing in the waves. Boy Rob, that Sam keeps getting the jump on you finding all the agates. Maybe it has to do with him sneakily walking ahead of you down the beach 😂. Nice video, as always, thanks for sharing.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

If we're walking side by side, he has no problem diving down in front of me to make sure he gets them before I do. I don't stand a chance.

@maryzefo3801 Год назад

I would have carried the pink one for you........ Can you tell I like pink...... I wonder what it would have looked like polished in a tumbler...... But you definitely know more about what tumbles good then I do I still would have carried it for you 🤣

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I don't leave rocks behind just because they won't tumble. Lots of rocks I leave behind would probably tumble very well. I just try to not have too many rocks piling up at home.

@justjulee9135 Год назад

Beautiful scenery even with the misty weather! Lots of really pretty rocks and some great agates!

@shelleys6826 Год назад

Boy, Sam found quite a few great agates this time! And you are getting to be quite the pro at picking out the Yooperlites. At 5:03 that rock with the cracks revealing red underneath make me think of a Christmas cookie a friend of mine makes which are a chocolate base which you roll in powdered sugar, and when it bakes it produces cracks like that. 13:25ish, looks like a tropical drink. Is it a tequila sunrise? 😉 Is the black sand the same which indicates gold? P.S. Sorry I haven’t commented prior to this, but apologies to you and Nancy for the somewhat abrupt greeting at the grocery store a few days prior to the 4th of July weekend! It was way too crowded to really visit at all, but maybe some other time.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, the black sand usually has at least some gold in it. Meijer was awful that day. All I wanted to do was get out of there. No need to apologize for not keeping me there longer!

@lisamills-wv6nc Год назад

You both found some gorgeous rocks! Love the agates. 😊

@terryl4219 Год назад

Oh man I am so envious! I live in Ohio and years ago my wife, kids and I took a trip to the UP and fell in love with the Crisp Point Lighthouse. My kids were young and loved the long trip through the woods to get there. That is a very beautiful area. Love the video and the finds. We still have a collection of rocks here from that very spot.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I can understand why you liked it so much. It's probably the most beautiful spot I go to up there because of the lighthouse.

@CarolynMcPherson-r3z 6 месяцев назад

From Ohio? If your crowd likes fossils at all, Ohio is full of them. Cincinnati especially is fantastic. No digging required. I look in places where there's running water: check out the slope behind the dumpster of your motel!

@vanessawhitneypro Год назад

12:26 - The hoard of round rocks seem like they'd be so smooth & lovely to walk on with bare feet... Also... Freeze frame around 12:38 - 12:40 would make for a PERFECT PUZZLE! OH! Got my MICHIGAN ROCKS tee this week! YAY! Thanks, always, guys! The lapping water is so soothing!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Those round rocks were actually a little less stable than most beach rocks are. It might have been because they were also all about the same size. They just moved around a little more.

@Tina-be7be Год назад

I was at Whitefish Point last week and we took our shoes and socks off to walk in the water and it’s not comfortable on bare feet. It’s nice to sit on though and much cleaner than a sand beach.

@vanessawhitneypro Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Interesting! Thanks for the info! Always amazing to see how rocks smoothe out... Or not... On the beach OR in a tumbler! LOL.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@Tina-be7be Yeah, Lake Superior is a bit chilly.

@icatz Год назад

So many lovely rocks and I'm basking in your weather. 29 days of 110+ here, half over 115. It's great to hear the waves. That bubbly rock is so cool. TFS ❤️🎸🏏

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I can't even imagine weather that hot. I don't care if it's a dry heat or not.

@icatz Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I'm glad you don't have to. But I can imagine your gloomy 40s.

@BlueSteelRabbit Год назад

WOOOOO ANOTHER VIDEO!!!!!!!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It happens every Friday and sometimes on Tuesdays too!

@BlueSteelRabbit Год назад

@MrTurtleMontana Год назад

The one at 14:00 is a skip-an-atom agate, which is mainly quartz that acts all agatey. Nice find!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I've never been able to identify those. Thanks for the help.

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Год назад

Gorgeous spot, beautiful finds. You both have a lot of fun out on your hunts. Really enjoy your videos

@vwald Год назад

Five hour drive.. so tempting.. :)

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It's three and a half for me. Earlier this week my wife and I drove from the Detroit area to the Soo. We spent the night in the Soo, drove west two hours and hunted rocks the next day and then drove 3.5 hour home. That's a lot of driving for a few hours on the beach, but think it's worth it.

@barbholland5768 Год назад

Crisp Point Lighthouse is memorable as is where our family and friends stopped and signed the register on January 1, 2000. We figured if all the computers stopped working and time clocks went haywire, we may as well spend the day snowmobiling away from all the technology failures everyone predicted.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yep, there's not a whole lot of technology in that area. It's sort of nice that cell phones don't work there, so you can just forget about it.

@minaheydari-ux2gi Месяц назад

اون سنگ سیاه سوراخدار عالی است....👌👌 بعضی از ما در ایران باور داریم که پیدا کردن سنگ سوراخدار باعث خوش شانسی است البته این یک باور قدیمی است و جوانان امروز این باورها را رد میکنند😊👌❤👍

@MichiganRocks Месяц назад

شما نظرات زیادی می گذارید که من از آنها تشکر می کنم. اما من حدود یک ساعت در روز را صرف پاسخگویی به نظرات می کنم و نظرات شما زمان بیشتری می برد زیرا باید آنها را در Google Translate کپی و جایگذاری کنم تا بتوانم آنها را بخوانم. اگر آنها را به انگلیسی ترجمه کنید مفید خواهد بود تا بتوانم سریعتر پاسخ دهم. با تشکر

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

18.33 small yellow rock far left middle of screen. Do you know what that is?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Is that a joke? If so, you got me. I just scrolled to the end of the video and found that it is 18:32 in length.

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

@@MichiganRocksoepsy I looked at the wrong side of the numbers my apologies it's 3.40😢

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@helgavoorneveld1530 Ok that's better. There are a LOT of rocks on screen at that time. If it's yellow, my guess is that it's iron stained quartz or quartzite. That color doesn't usually go all the way through the rock.

@Indyanas_ocean_view Год назад

You bith tound lots of unique rocks. I liked all the agates that Sam found. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@debidevaney8398 Год назад

Siiiigh. Wishing I lived closer to the lakes again. I miss the sound of the waves. 😢

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I get a lot of comments like yours. I like that I'm able to at least give you a little taste of those waves.

@debidevaney8398 Год назад

@MichiganRocks and I appreciate that a whole lot!!!!

@debidevaney8398 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I was born n raised on the north side of Superior, just over the border.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@debidevaney8398 Near the Soo? I've been thinking about making a trip to that area, but I don't know if there are any good rocks there. I did some research recently and found that there are a lot of provincial parks in that area and that it's illegal to pick up rocks in provincial parks.

@debidevaney8398 Год назад

@MichiganRocks Further west actually, Thunder Bay. There are a couple of good amethyst mines just east of town on Hwy 11/17. I haven't been out that way in a couple of decades, tho, so I'm not sure what the rules there are anymore.

@kirstencook1439 Год назад

Keep Rocking 🤙 the good stuff 👍 Beautiful people 🤗🐇🕊️ 🖖 🗽🇺🇲🦅💚🙏💜

@darkwood777 Год назад

Another one where you leave behind the rocks with weird patterns that I think are the most interesting. Oh well. At least I got to see them. 👌👍

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying them on the beach and then leaving them there. It reminds me of a Steven Wright line. "I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it."

@Mike-tw9bm Год назад

@15:20, I've found exactly 1 that is just like that one. Mine is bigger, but it and all of my agates and best fossils were accidently left in the flower beds at our last home. Its definitely a rare combination. Congratulations.

@Critical.Thinker Месяц назад

I really like the sound of the rocks hitting each other. 🤷‍♀️

@boxerchik100 Год назад

Ahhh! Lake Superior beckons! "No more monotonous blue skies."

@ROCKINWHEELERS Год назад

Thank You For Sharing.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

You're welcome!

@JimHerbertOutdoors Год назад

I literally crawl on my hands and knees up there looking for Agates and rarely ever find any, yet you guys can spot them from 50 feet away 😑😃

@MichiganRocks Год назад

We like to cover a lot of territory. We definitely don't spot them from 50 feet, but covering a lot of ground is our strategy.

@greatnorthernviews3052 Год назад

That's a great spot beautiful views 😊

@kathyleib 2 месяца назад

Was JUST there. Spent 4 days being a volunteer keeper. Brought home some COOL rocks including a couple Yooper lights, aggies and my favorite greenstones.

@MichiganRocks 2 месяца назад

That seems like a great deal to be a keeper there. You get to be the only ones camping and the lighthouse has someone taking care of it. Win-win!

@kimfrommn7162 Год назад

I am understanding rocks a little bit better with every video I watch of yours!!! I should be, I've been a Sub on your channel for quite some time! Way before your grandson was even thought about being born!!!! 🤣 And... I love every video I watch!!! I wish I had someone like you have Sam, that loves rocks just as much as you do!! Although, I talk about my rock findings to any of my friends and they do listen and some even want to see what I'm crazy about!! Funny part, I have many people who happen to see what they think is a beautiful rock and bring it home to me, from vacations to where they live!! I get quite a few rocks from friends that know I will Love it because they know my preference of a beautiful rock!! Cool, huh??!!! I Love it!!! I hope you and Nancy are having a Great Weekend!! Baseball Season has come to an end for three of my grandsons and the youngest (9yrs old) has one more tournament up in Hermantown MN next weekend that I will be attending! If I am not at their game, there is an app I can streamline to watch!!!! You are going to love this phase of their lives!!! It will start pretty soon for you guys!!! 🤗🤗 Thanks for giving us another Fun/Great Video!!! 😎😅😊😊😊😊😊😜

@kimfrommn7162 Год назад

Sorry Rob, I wrote a book!! I've been locked up in my house for almost a week now due to the high temps and high humidity!! I guess todays plans on getting out and about is going to be good for me!! 🤣🤣🤣

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Are you having high temps in Minnesota? It's in the seventies here today and beautiful. Joe gets more fun and interesting every day. I'm enjoying this age, but I'm sure I'll enjoy him as he gets older too.

@kimfrommn7162 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Rob, we are having one of the hottest temps ever! 13 is avg of 90’s for Summer. We are at 18 so far along with 3 days this week in already forecasted in the 90’s. The humidity is what sucks!! Being in the 80’s w/humidity isn’t any better!!! But, we are in the 70’s today w/low humidity!!!! Perfect!!! Joe is in the best years right now, and yes every age is wonderful!! But you don’t have to work hard to be a neat grandparent right now, they love you soooo much unconditionally!! I believe the more attention they get from you thru their life, that love will never die!! All four boys always tell me they love me without having to be told to say it as you leave them!! It is a real high buzz with the two older boys 14 and 19 Yrs old and they say that to you loud and clear in front of their friends as they hug you goodbye!!!! Grandchildren are the best thing ever!! Stay Cool !!! 👍

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@kimfrommn7162 I figured by the time they were teens, many kids wouldn't be interested in grandparents as much anymore. Hopefully mine will love me as much as yours do!

@LadyYoop Год назад

it sounds cold. That one rock looked like a sandwich! Later, You: "It's not the best agate"...Me: "IT'S AN AGATE"....and oh Sam...Oh the Agate Magnet!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yep, any agate is fun to find, but some are definitely better than others.

@jefftheHawkEyeGuy Месяц назад

Wife found a rock like them two larger Yooperlite's you have. It has what looks to be black quartz. What kind of blacklight do you suggest? We will be in the Soo in Oct

@MichiganRocks Месяц назад

I have a Convoy S2 that I like, but there are bigger ones out there. I went hunting them with a guy who has about a dozen lights earlier this summer and he recommends the Alonefire SV74 365nm.

@lynettepavelich7540 Год назад

Only 240 miles away!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

There seems to be a thing with distance from the beach in the comments this time. Is that because of the Stone Stash?

@lynettepavelich7540 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks yep, imo!

@Mina-um9gr 5 месяцев назад

It was a crazy drive to the Crisp Point Life-Saving Station No. 10 in a Chevy Equinox but I want to go back.

@MichiganRocks 5 месяцев назад

Lots of people say that. I must have always hit it on a good day. The road can be really wash boardy, but other wise it has always been solid.

@midlifetravelers6151 Год назад

Well, I learned from your video, in the future, don't go east of the lighthouse. Thanks. I appreciate you saving us the time.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That might change from year to year. I'm not sure about this beach, but there are Great Lakes beaches that can go from rocky to sandy or vice versa after a big storm. In my experience here though, west is usually better.

@jneihart2 Год назад

Hey Rob... sorry about doubling up on the comments! At 15:15 the rock you show reminds me of Dallasite, which by all accounts and reshearch only is found in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. So of course my wife and I and another couple made a 5-day trip to BC, rented a VRBO that had a secluded beach and by cracky we found Dallasite Rocks. As I type there is a good size one tumbling in 60/90, Cheers!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I have seen Dallasite only on the Internet, but it's a pretty rock. The rock in this video has some really soft spots, which I don't think Dallasite has. There was a guy on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums a few years back who lived in British Columbia who was really into working with it.

@gingermackeen5741 Год назад

Got back from my trip to OH and MI (Lakeport/Port Huron). Did find a Petoskey stone, terrible pudding stone and very small piece of unakite (donated by a friend) and some other cool stuff which I haven't decided yet how to display. Also saw a lighthouse - Fort Gratiot - which is the oldest in the state. Overall great trip and quite a change from New Port Richey FL!😊

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Sounds like a good trip! Glad you found a couple rocks.

@amyjones7962 Год назад

I would kill to live where you do!! I’m here in Eastern Oklahoma and lemme tell y’all……. It’s ungodly hot here. Expecting a high today of 105 degrees and that doesn’t include the heat index….. which if added, considering the horrid humidity we have here, should feel close to a suffocating 113 degrees today and all week this week it’s supposed to get up to about 105 degrees. 😢😢😢😢😢 It’s so humid here it’s like you can’t breathe outside bcuz the air is so hot and heavy. So ready for “winter” to come back to us. 🥵🥵🥵🥵

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That sounds just awful. This video was filmed in mid June, so it's hotter here now, but it's in the low seventies right now at 1:30 in the afternoon. We have air conditioning, but we have only had it on for a couple days all summer.

@jodirauth8847 Год назад

Beautiful place. Beautiful rocks

@jimSP500 Год назад

Some scouting down the beach with the drone would help.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I wish it was that easy. It's actually illegal to fly a drone out of your sight. That's not very far, especially with a really small drone like mine.

@savagesquirrel9828 Год назад

I gotta say, when it’s 110*…….that misty weather looks heavenly. My fav. was the next one after triangle rock. I know you tossed it, but it was so interesting.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'll take cold and misty any day over 110°.

@veroyorkie8005 Год назад

What a beautiful Beach! Love the Rocks. Come to Florida and search for Shells.😊

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I have done that in the past when visiting. The problem with shells is that I never know what to do with them when I get them home. I don't think they can be polished like rocks can. It is fun to look for them though.

@sylviastreet Год назад

I wish I was on a hunt with you! You threw away rocks that I like and see others that I like.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That's the nice part about being there yourself. You get to pick up or take whichever ones you like the most. The others get left behind to be someone else's favorite finds of the day.

@katieandkevinsears7724 Год назад

We just discovered Crisp Point on our UP trip about two weeks ago. A beautiful place in the middle of nowhere!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Middle of nowhere is right!

@wilsocn Год назад

Pardon my ignorance but does does it really get into the lower 40s in late July in northern Michigan? It was nearly 100 here today. 😮

@MichiganRocks Год назад

This was filmed in mid June. Daytime temperatures were between the mid forties and low fifties for the four days we were there. Other years, it has been hot. I was just to this area a couple days ago and it was probably in the upper seventies or eighty. If I ever go camping in the U.P. I always bring jeans and a sweatshirt, no matter what time of year it is.

@raystevens687 Год назад

Well Rob looks like almost fall weather for in upper UP while everything else is frying. I hope you will have a great day for rock 🪨 hunting.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

This was in mid June. I was up there late last week though and the weather was really nice, probably in the mid seventies.

@lilalightandlove421 Год назад

Yeah another rockhounding video! Thanks I needed a rock fix for the week. Makes me feel like I need to take another trip to beautiful Lake Superior!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

You can go to all that trouble or just let me do it for you. I don't mind.

@salishseaquest7952 Год назад

Rob, @1:40 that was the very rare baleen whale rock! Another great day looking for agates. Sam really had his agate eye in. You got some nice ones too, Rob.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That was an odd one for sure.

@marciajohnson6767 Год назад

Excellent job! Love it all

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

Love the juperlites sure I'm making a mess of the spelling but the ones that glow like fire under the uv light

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Later that day, Sam and I went on a Yooperlite hunt. That video will be out soon. The word "Yooper" mean someone who is from the U.P. If you say "U.P." it sounds like Yoo Pee. So someone from the Yoo Pee is a Yooper.

@davidhile5363 Год назад

Really liked the ones at 5:20, 6:44, and 7:66. Do you need 4 wheel drive to get to Crisp point ?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I took the Jeep as usual, but the road was pretty good. I have never been on that road when a two wheel drive vehicle would have been a problem. Sometimes there will be large puddles, but the bottom has always been solid. That being said, I get more comments about how bad the road is on Crisp Point videos that any other videos. I don't understand what the problem is. Sure it gets wash boardy at times, but to me, that's pretty normal for dirt roads. Someone commented on this video that they have a shirt that says something like "I survived the road to Crisp Point Lighthouse". There must be something to all those comments, but to me, it's not a bad road at all.

@johnbyington3458 7 месяцев назад

It always amazes me that y'all have unakite, due to me be in the Tenn/ NC unakite belt.

@MichiganRocks 7 месяцев назад

I think unakite is found in a lot of locations. Seems like I heard of it being found in Colorado too.

@kathykeller9652 6 дней назад

Do you tumble pudding stones?

@MichiganRocks 5 дней назад

Yes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-moV9-i10_io.html

@thegatesofdawn...1386 9 месяцев назад

What makes the sand black? Granite break down?

@MichiganRocks 9 месяцев назад

Some of it is magnetite. There's probably hematite in there too. It's very dense. I put about five inches in the bottom of a five gallon bucket and and had to rest a couple times on the fairly short walk to the car.

@duanedodson1 Год назад

black agate is what we call that on the west coast. It is kind of rare and highly sought after.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm not sure which rock you're talking about.

@evangoodlock1 2 месяца назад

Awesome

@heatherlandskron Год назад

great video!! have a good day and week! look like you guys had fun! i give you and your channel shout out on my community tab few days ago.!! like your videos and channel.!!!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks, Heather!

@heatherlandskron Год назад

@@MichiganRocks your welcome!

@nathanlucas2257 Год назад

I was rock hunting around Sleeping Bear Dunes (Port Oneida Beach) last week and found a fossil almost EXACTLY like the one at 1:40. I almost thought about sending a photo of it to you to see if you knew what it was. My only guess is that it's sort of a cross section view of a piece of fossilized coral. Had it not been within park boundaries, I probably would have taken it home.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I didn't look really closely at that one, but I didn't really think it was a fossil. Now I wish I had looked closer. I have never found another one like that that I can remember.

@nathanlucas2257 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I tagged you in a photo of it on Instagram. Very similar!

@jenkemp Год назад

love crisp

@susiemurphy1476 Год назад

Thanks for letting us walk along.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks for coming!

@firechicken455adventures Год назад

What a fun day. I am hoping to visit that area this year. I have never been there.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I think you'll like it.

@Nikkisavage100 Год назад

Nice place, the lighthouse is beautiful

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm not really into lighthouses, but this one is one of my favorites.

@WicAnten Год назад

Have you ever seen gold stuck in a rock? Because I do believe that's what I have found been trying to identify can you do such?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Nope. I have found gold in the black sand on the beaches up there, but not in a rock. Try denting it with a needle. If it's pyrite, a needle won't scratch or dent it, but gold is soft enough to see if you poke it. Also pyrite only shines like gold in the sun, but gold looks like gold in the shade too. I'm a gold hunting novice, but that's what I understand.

@WicAnten Год назад

@@MichiganRocks that's great information man thanks bunch

@CarrieKrantz Год назад

Was it really that cold in July???

@MichiganRocks Год назад

No, this was recorded on June 15. I try to have a few videos recorded ahead of time so I'm not scrambling to get them out at the last minute.

@michaelcameron2814 Год назад

2111 miles for me so guess where I'm at!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

In your car on the way?

@pjdave66 Год назад

Very interesting, thank you

@MichiganRocks Год назад

You're welcome!

@Original_Auburn Год назад

I wonder if those pink rocks are pink on the inside too

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I would think so. The yellow ones are stained by iron and are only yellow on the outside. But I don't think the pink is staining on the outside.

@beckyperkins4181 Год назад

An Omar with the hole is called Hag stone. ❤️ I make jewelry with them.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, I know that people call them that, but I don't like the name so I don't use it. I really dislike all the magical healing rock stuff and "hag stone" sounds a little too close to that for me.

@beckyperkins4181 Год назад

@MichiganRocks lol me either. I just remember my mom telling me they (the stone finds you) and if ever given away it means you're loved. She gave me her collection of them just before she passed. 🥰