The board you saw is from the wreck of the Portland, a ship that sank in 1877 carrying salt. It's in about 10 feet of water (only 6' under the surface) maybe 200 yards off shore from where you were at that time. There's a white and blue buoy to mark the wreck for divers. Those boards wash up after big storms.
I fondly remember my family renting a house on Grand Lake every summer. That’s where I learned to fish, make a fire, and find Petoskey stones. Thanks for the peaceful and relaxing video!
My wife’s folks have a cottage on Grand Lake. We did a lot of water skiing there before our kids left home. It’s a really pretty Lake. I grew up on Hubbard Lake which is really nice too.
Great camera work. The sky color looked fantastic. Wasn't crazy about the lake stones. Wish you would have got a closer look at the stones in the chimney. All at all it was more interesting than whats on TV. Good effort.
I never thought to get close ups of the chimney. I wasn’t crazy about the lake stones either. Mostly just limestone, so there’s not a lot of color in the rocks there.
I never even thought to get close ups of the rocks in the chimney. I wasn’t too excited about the rocks on the beach either. It’s mostly just limestone there so there’s not a lot of color.
@@MichiganRocks You're not to far from the Ocqueoc River west of Rogers City. Cleanest river I've ever kayaked. I'll bet rocking a beautiful river like that would make an interesting video. And the tiny waterfalls on that river would look nice on camera.
Sorry, your comment ended up in my spam folder somehow. I was planning to go to the Ocqueoc tonight. I was there a couple weeks ago, but there were too many people. I have a really cool video coming out soon about the Little Ocqueoc that goes underground.
If you go back that chimney would and interesting look ..since I'm guessing the rocks were local, just to see what they stuck in the build... enjoyed your video... I don't know much about rocks, but I find them interesting.. Washington state . They have some great videos of how all the flood formed the old water ways ..
some nice stones and fossils...board from an old shipwreck ...nice pond...tall chimney surprised it still standing MI gets some pretty bad storms ! and the water level sure is high..larger waves wind driven must have been breezy there ! thanks for a great video as always !!
It was windy, but the wind was off shore. I was surprised that the waves were as big as they were. That chimney is quite a ways from the lake, and surrounded by large trees, so I think it’s pretty well protected from the wind.
I love your videos, always a great way to decompress living vicariously through you. Seeing the waves, pretty turbulent...made me wonder...What's the biggest waves you've ever seen on the lakes?
I don’t live on the lake, so I don’t see the big storms. I’ve seen some pretty big waves hitting the break wall at the harbor. A couple years ago there were some giant waves on Lake Superior. They were about twenty feet, I think. There are some RU-vid videos of them breaking over the Black Rocks at Marquette. If you’ve ever been to the Black Rocks, the videos are much more impressive because you’ll realize just how big those waves were.
Unreal how high the water is this year on Huron . here on the north channel . what used to be almost a km of beach . is now even level with the bushline ..... Upside * helping expose more rocks for whenever the water goes down again . not assuming any time soon . Great video ! Thanks for the adventure ;) lol
How long have you lived there? I'm 51 years old and I've live in this area my whole life. Up until at least the nineties, The water was up at similar levels to now. I think it's a little higher now. Just a few years ago the water was very low and had been that way for quite a few years. The water levels definably fluctuate over the years.
Very nice little get away. So very quiet in the woods compared to the waves. I think I'd put my boat in the lagoon just to check it out, looked fairly good sized ... no waves to fight ... maybe a good fishing hole. TY
This video shows that even with these relatively small waves, the rocks move around and get redistributed. Now imagine what large waves can do. I'm making this comment because of the ridiculous negative comments made about rocks being put back into the water are somehow "lost" to other rock hunters. As you can see, these rocks readily move on and off the beach and along the length of the beach because of the force of the waves. The wave motion creates spits and new beaches by moving rocks and sand.
Thank you. There sure were a lot of angry comments on that first video I made. No amount of explaining seemed to matter. People were talking about how it was going to take thousands of years for the rocks to get back to shore. Like you said, whole beaches can come and go with one good storm. I really appreciate you making this comment.
I've been hearing about yooperlites for a couple of years now. I bought a UV light, but forgot to bring it with me this spring when I went to Lake Superior. Maybe next year.
The lagoon was at one time connected to the lake and if you look real close you will find a rather large artifact of the Portland. Out into the lake by about 200 yards you may see a diving marker that's where the Portland rests. Its in about 6 feet of water and is visible on Google map.
Thanks for that information, Bob. I might have to take my kayak out there and look for it. I have kayaked over other wrecks. There's one right in front of the harbor in Alpena that I drifted over with a GoPro underwater and got some really good video of.
Rough waters today. I seen in one of your other videos, with the Minnesota guys, that they had a 5 gallon bucket with a clear bottom for the river beds.. Would that help here, or just push the bucket around too much in the waves.
That is my bucket in the other video. I have never used it in a lake. I think the only time it would be good is when there are small ripples. Big waves would bash it around and in calm water it's not necessary. It's also one more thing to carry, so I try to do without it.
@@MichiganRocks Cool, can you show us how you made the bucket and sealed the bottom. Yeah, that makes sense, not fun carrying a bunch of equipment, especially when your walking as much as you are. I appreciate your hard work and videos. Keep up the great work.
@@CityRockhounding just cut the bottom out and use some silicone to attach a piece of plexiglass. The only thing that you might not think of is to cut away the little ridge around the bottom of the bucket in a few places so air bubbles can escape.
Yes they are, but I've never picked one up while rock hunting. Most of the time I'm on the beach where there isn't much plant life for them to hide in.
I've been hearing about yooperlites for a couple of years now. I bought a UV light, but forgot to bring it with me this spring when I went to Lake Superior. Maybe next year.
Loved the video. Beautiful area for hiking. Do ya'll have snakes in Michigan? In Tennessee you would probably have to look out for them on a walk like that. Glad they reconstructed the old chimney and put a sign up for the old community that used to be there.
We have snakes, but most are harmless. We do have a massasauga rattlesnake here, but I have never seen one. We had a repairman over the other day fixing our washing machine. His daughter was a student in my math class this year. He told me that she was bitten by a rattle snake in March when there was still snow on the ground. He showed me a picture of the fang marks on her hand. I have rarely heard of anyone being bit besides her though.
@@MichiganRocks Oh poor girl.. I'll have to look up that snake.. My son-in-law was a high schools math/biology teacher for 30 years and just retired last year.. Looking forward to the next video.
Rob, do you ever find any raw copper nuggets in your areas? Or are you too far south for that? Right now as I type this, I have a ring made of silver and an Upper Michigan raw copper nugget. I am Native American. Copper was our sacred metal because it is like the sun. Gold was too soft. The fact that it oxidizes to green was symbolically important to us too. We cold hammered it into sheets and then made our sacred things. Let me know if you ever get to the copper areas. I just subbed. Thanks for your calm manner.
I live in Alpena, two hours south of the bridge on Lake Huron. There is no copper here. My sister lives near Houghton in the U,P. That’s copper country. There is natural float copper up there, about seven hours from here. I have hunted the tailings piles at old mines and found a few pieces of copper. I also have a beach rock with copper protruding from one corner from that area.
@@MichiganRocks I had no idea of distances in your area or travel times. I was not sure if the glaciers carried the copper-rich basalt fragments that far south to your area. If you ever do go rock hounding up there, be sure to take us along! :)) In the meantime, I'll be watching!
Nice walk, interesting to see that park. I spent last week rock hounding on lake superior, beautiful stones of all colors, but biting flies tore me up, rained 6 out of 7 days. I also made annual pilgrimage to pines at hartwick and tahquamenon.
do you think they used a modern mortar to build that chimney originally or used something more natural and local? not really sure how something like that up there would have worked. but im fascinated by the fact it was even rebuildable all those years after the house fell down lll
@@MichiganRocks haha ok no problem. i appreciate the honesty. i just spent 4 days up there circling form mackinaw city to white fish point then we went to grand marais before a lonnnng trip back down to charlevoix. was an amazing trip and i learned one very important thing up there. i need to learn more haha. have a great day!
@@invictusfarmer7188 The U.P. is so much fun, isn't it? I was just in your area yesterday. Nancy and I decided to take a ride to enjoy the colors. We drove to Petoskey. I don't think I've ever seen fall colors any better.
Yeah, it wasn’t much fun trying to walk along there with the waves constantly hitting me. It wouldn’t have been too bad, but I was trying to keep the camera dry.
Actually, I did go home with nothing. I was really just checking out the area and I had a great time. I didn't even have a bucket with me so I wasn't planning to bring anything home.
I love the beautiful specimens you find and I am amazed at what you leave behind. Shows such patience and knowledge and experience. One of my biggest problems is that I bring back everything I find beautiful.....and as a result I have rocks large and small, all over my house, my classroom, car, backyard....FRONTyard....etc.. hahaha. I just want to treasure it all! :) Love watching every minute of your videos! If I can't out there, watching you out there is almost just as good :) Thank you MR :)
