One of my favorite things about your videos is when you interrupt the video to do what you said. Many times in videos you hear what they are going to do but, nothing is ever said or shown...Keep up the great work! thanks for sharing!
@@CacklingChickright?! He’s the absolute best. So informative and helpful. So kind and calm…. Easy to understand. Good humor, entertaining. Love his videos.
@michiganrocks - In addition to what the others have said about inserting the result, I can't believe is how fast you are able to do the trip and then do that work and insert the video. Much appreciated for sure! Oh and by the way, what you think is a mediocre Petoskey stone I think is awesome. I know, I know, after a while we all get pickier on things we find..... 😉
Glad to have caught you both - ironically just after midnight here in UK - but have developed a major love and truth about rocks over the past year and amazing to watch peoples delight and amazement in these wonderful beings - rocks !
Lake Michigan will always have a place in my heart. ( I’m a 1961 model born in whitefish bay Wisconsin ) I really enjoyed this video … I don’t know if you recall -you and I commented about our mothers… I was my mom’s caretaker for 3 1/2 years and then we put her into assisted-living. Well Rob - the monster that is dementia finally got her on March 15. She was 89 years old. Mother and I watched your videos together and she loved seeing the Great Lakes- her grandfather was a steamboat captain on Lake Michigan…. I love how you stop in mid video to show us how you buff those rocks. Oh & I’m that guy down here in Arkansas promoting the crater of diamonds 💎 State Park in Murfreesboro I love your channel & I love how you love what you’re doing !
I think I do remember that conversation, although I talk to a lot of people who I don't really know. I'm sorry you lost your mom. That's not easy. Sounds like you have some good memories of your time with her.
I can totally sympathize with you. Lost my Dad to dementia a little over a year ago. Very tough to watch, but I got some quality time with him the last couple years. Learned more about him and my grandparents.
@@ClassicRock76 Yes! Mom’s dementia opened up a kinda portal to her childhood & she had memories flooding back. She told some doozies that even my Dad never heard ( he might not have married her if He knew about some of her shenanigans.🤣 ) It was definitely the most bittersweet honor of my life . Hey - thanks for your comment … every little bit helps
True story here! I live in NW Arkansas but was a travel nurse and did an assignment in Alma MI. I would travel around the state on my days off and one day I went to Petosky. On the way, I stopped at a farm stand and they had a tub with water in it and were selling rocks for $1. When I got back to work I told my coworkers "You wouldn't believe they were trying to sell rocks for $1." Well, my friends laughed and then explained about the Petosky stones. I was so disgusted that I missed the opportunity to get a load of those beautiful stones. My Dad was an amateur rock hound and would have had a ball with them. Live and learn. I did buy some pretty jewelry pieces that had the Petoskey stones in them. Leave it to a tourist!! Haha!!!
They don't look like much dry so I understand why they had them in water. Even in water they're not nearly as cool as after being polished. If they were good specimens, $1 a rock would be a great price. Next time!
I love the outdoors but it was a little chilly towards the end of the video with the wind blowing off the lake. I visit Michigan a few times a year so you never know what might happen. I did very much enjoy the day with Rob.
Chris was happy to have it, so I'm happy too. If you look on the side of the rock, there were lots of layers with fractures between them. I would have taken a rock like that to slab up and make stuff out of, but the yellow appeared to be thin and the rock would have probably fallen apart if I cut it. Chris soaks them in some sort of think (might be a type of epoxy) to stabilize them. After that, he can tumble it or maybe even slab it. I just haven't gotten into the stabilizing thing, so it was better that he take it.
Yeah, the colors do for sure. I wish that rock would have been more solid with the color going throughout it, but it didn't look like it would hold up well to slabbing.
I lived in Charelevoix half my life and in Petoskey for a few years and now live in East Jordan, which is about 35 minutes from where you are at. In the beginning of the video there was a cliff in the background. Up on top of it, a bit back, is a wood veneer company. I worked there for 4 years. Anyway, I love it up here and love rock hounding. It's cool to see my backyard on RU-vid with so many views!
One of my wife's college roommates lives in East Jordan. We have been there to visit a couple times. Plus I think of East Jordan every time I see a manhole cover.
Nancy and I just biked from Petoskey to Harbor Springs a couple weeks ago. Harbor Springs is beautiful. I kind of felt like I should rip out all my flowers when I got home though. Some of those "cottages" have such nice landscaping.
What a nice hunt.i like(too) in ur vids that u show the polushing after finding a nice rock👍. But mostly i enjoy the sound of waves and gorgeous view❤(and ofcource the amazing ricks and yelling noooo, dont leave that or that nice stripey one or beautiful pattern or something😂😂😂❤. 👋🇫🇮
18:45 It's a slightly larger stone This is a stone with a very interesting striped pattern. It looks like it would be good for a garden stone. There are other unusual stones too. It looks fun.😊
I thought that one was gneiss, but my geologist friend Paul made a comment earlier that it's migmatite. I would absolutely love to have that rock in my yard.
What would have been better is if I had realized that was going to happen and had left the bad part natural, but polished the good side. There's just no way to know that was going to happen. If mailing things out wasn't such a pain, I'd send it to you.
I’ve been learning so much from your videos. We definitely need to go back up to Petoskey and search for these. Last time we only had a rough idea of what we were looking for. Now I know, thanks to you!
Don't go to Petoskey. Most of the beaches in that area have Petoskey stones and they're probably more hunted in Petoskey. The key is to walk farther from the parking lot than most people do.
@MichiganRocks coming to lake Michigan in July for vacation. If you're going to lake Michigan sometime after that let me know and I'll hide some Missouri lace agate for you.
@@corytrevorson1411 I don't know when I'll be to Lake Michigan again. No need to leave any rocks, but thank a lot for the offer. For Petoskey Stones, try Petoskey, Charlevoix, Leland, Northport. Most beaches in that area are possible places to find Petoskey Stones. The key is to walk a long way from where everyone else is.
I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com
@@MichiganRocks I'm not expert whatsoever, but there is a variety of them, especially along the coast. We took pictures of several rocks we collected by Eastport in December. I'd be happy to email them to you. We have lots of quartz in Maine.
@@ElenaFlorey At first I thought you were offering to email me actual rocks. That would save a lot of money on postage! I'd love to see your pictures though. abramr@mac.com
You found some great rocks. That chain coral was very cool. I would love to go rock hunting in Michigan with you and your friends. I would learn so much. For me, hands on is one of the best ways to learn.
Thank you for another wonderful video! I will be heading to Petoskey, MI (from MN) to look for Petoskey stone this August. It was VERY helpful to see what they look like "in the wild". Keeping fingers crossed I can find one or two. I also love seeing the polished results. Keep up the great work.
I wouldn't call it a failure!! I think it's amazing in itself to even find these fossils and the part that did take a beautiful polished is gorgeous, small but very pretty 🤩
Wow! Gorgeous spot! The scenery was beautiful. I know you said you weren't happy with the second stone, but I thought all of your polished rocks were spectacular!!
At about 18:28 while you were discussing that Epidote rock my eyes locked onto that big boulder with the very swirly pattern and I’m thinking man I can believe Rob didn’t say anything about that one and seconds later you did. I really liked the one that you hid. Nice video !
Absolutely LOVE WATCHING you , not only FINDING the rocks I grew up with, but trying to learn to polish. I have blown through 2 little tumblers and can't seem to find the multi band sander like you use. I bought a single with couple of different gritts of belts. May I ask WHERE, AND BEST BRAND BIG tumbler and belt sander like you use. WHERE might one but one of each. I have many beautiful Petoskeys, Puddings, Omar, Unikite, Superior Aggots and just plane gorgeous rocks from my Michigan when I went back home to help care for our Mother before she passed. I so badly want to do right by preserving them and bringing out the beauty that got my attention to collect it. Thank you for all your adventures you share. They help me when I'm extremely HOMESICK.
I'm sorry about you losing your mom and being homesick. I have always liked Lortone Tumblers, but they recently went out of business. If you want a big tumbler, I'd recommend the Thumler's Model B. I haven't used it, but I have always heard good things about it. I don't like their smaller tumblers, but that one has a different design. The six wheel grinder I use is a Kingsley North Cabber 6. Here is my review of it a couple links to it: Cabber 6 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n30aBTu9OkY.html Cabber 6 with upgraded wheels (the one in this video): kingsleynorth.com/kingsley-north-cabber-6-nova.html?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link) Standard Cabber 6: kingsleynorth.com/kingsley-north-cabber-6.html?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link) Another good place to shop for tumblers and lapidary equipment is the Rock Shed. rockshed.com
Tthe last time we went to Petoskey, I didn't find a single Petoskey stone on the beach. I was so upset!! Kinda like the time my Husband visited my hometown in Wisconsin and didn't see any cows 😂😂😂
Petoskey probably isn't the best place to look for Petoskey Stones since that's where so many people look. We got off the beaten path for our hunt, but after Chris headed for home, I walked along the beach right at Petoskey State Park and found several others. Most were pretty small and I left the majority behind, but they were even at such a heavily walked beach.
Man, I sure would have loved to have been along with you gentlemen on this hunt! I haven’t been able to go out looking for any beauties for a couple of years, now. I did find some pretty nice, larger softball-sized gneiss, jasper, and one dk green/blue rock with a quarter-sized chunk of white & red quartz in it that had a nice 90 degree angle in it- all pieces sitting in a ring around an oak tree i’d made in my daughter’s front yard in the Traverse City area. 💓😂
They don't have to be rocks that you know the names of to be great finds, do they? I love Petoskey Stones, but I also love finding a larger variety of rocks like we did on that second beach.
Have you found many crystalized corals? I found a large deposit of crystalized corals in upper Michigan outside of the lake. The fossil field also has fluorite replacement fossils which are super rare! I have some of the pieces at the AE Seamans museum now and they are in the process of putting them on display.
We found one with little tiny crystal pockets, but I didn't film it. Sometimes Petoskey Stones will sparkle all over when they're dry. There are also really white ones that have been replaced by silica and are very hard. I have never seen or even heard of fluorite replacement fossils. I'd love to see those. Do you have pictures posted anywhere? They must be rare if you have them at the AE Seaman museum. They don't put anything but awesome examples in that place.
@@MichiganRocks I'm not sure if the post got messed up because I replied on my phone, or if it got removed for using my business's name, but I hadn't followed you on instagram yet, so I just did. It's the account with "Lake Superior" in the name. Theres some posts on there showing some of them.
@@chickensticks749 I'd go look, but that would be Frey difficult to find with only that much information. Could you try a link again? I don't have anything set up to delete links, but it might happen automatically. I do get links from people sometimes.
@@MichiganRocks Yeah, it auto removed when I posted a link, then also auto removed when I just said the Instagram account name. I'll just send a message on there lol.
@@MichiganRocks Never mind, I guess I can't do that either lol. It's called the word: literally, the word: lake, and the word: superior. Those three words but no spaces.
Loved how you showed the polished finds! How long does the start to show finish does it take to polish on the sanding wheels? Beautiful wave sounds and video once again 😊
That depends a lot on the rock. Petoskey Stones are really soft so they go fast. It took me a little over two hours to do those five rocks and film them. Without filming it would have been quicker. Deep holes or low spots that I can't get into with the wheels make them take longer. Obviously size matters here too. If was doing agates instead of Petoskey Stones, it would take much longer.
It should probably be kept secret but we are truly blessed with the specimens we find along Lake Huron. A bit of irony when more and arguably superior examples of Petoskeys can be found far from Petoskey (and perhaps a likewise case regarding Charlevoix).
I have done a couple already and Chris has posted pictures on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums. Here's one from the video: ru-vid.comWHb3X5teho0 This one I found after leaving that beach and going to another in Petoskey: ru-vid.comOw4RmAoZf-4 This one is a rock Chris gave me that he found last year: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MSZ-dyzxKUA.html And here's the discussion on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/105124/hunting-petoskey-stones-updated-2024
You mean the ones with holes like the one I found and polished near the beginning? Those rough ones can be found in Rockport Quarry. They don't polish well from there, but if you just want a really nice specimen, they're great.
@@MichiganRocks Apparently, I can't polish jack squat anyway, lol. Need to buy premium grit, I think. My last batch went through two cycles and still have the translucent look. I would suppose if the cells didn't have the coral in them, they would be empty. It looked like a filled, flat surface when you polished them. I love the surrounding pattern with the voids.
No, that's definitely not a BIF. There was no metallic look to it, and no red. I'm not sure what it was, but I'm pretty confident it wasn't banded iron formation.
Someone told me that just a few days after I left them there. Unfortunately, whoever found them didn't send me a picture. Thanks for taking the time to let me know they're gone.
It's called a cab machine. Cab is short for "cabochon" which is a domed rock that's used for something like a pendant. Here is my review of it a couple links to it: Cabber 6 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n30aBTu9OkY.html Cabber 6 with upgraded wheels (the one in this video): kingsleynorth.com/kingsley-north-cabber-6-nova.html?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link) Standard Cabber 6: kingsleynorth.com/kingsley-north-cabber-6.html?ref=robertabram1& (affiliate link)
Chrysocolla is very soft. It can be polished on a cab machine, although I haven't done it. I did do a rock from the U.P. that was mostly some sort of red conglomerate rock, maybe rhyolite, with some chrysocolla in the spaces between the red. Chrysocolla would be very difficult or impossible to tumble, I think. Are you sure it was chrysocolla? That would be a very unusual find for Harrisville, or maybe something that someone dropped there.
Yes, but hand polishing them or doing them on a cab machine will usually give you the best shine. Here are a few methods you could use: How to Hand Polish a Petoskey Stone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sjImNrwR9As.html How to Partially Tumble a Petoskey Stone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IBRq7dPD0Lk.html Petoskey Stones in Corn Cob Media: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-grSlZ835VDo.html Polishing Petoskeys on a cabbing machine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZWVidWu9LYY.html
@@MichiganRocks thank you! I will check those out! We are coming up there in August and plan on many fun hours of rock hounding and kayaking, so we should have something to tumble when we get home 😊
