Rockhounding on the Spokane River 

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❤ this video 🤗💚

Love this! And not just because you mentioned MEEEE!! 😂 The rock I found was definitely aventurine. I’m glad I inspired you to show us the Spokane River - I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with your finds. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Wow!!! Thank you for the explanation of the way the river flows and where to look. I live a few miles from Lake Roosevelt and the Spokane River. I would assume if it's in one spot, there may be more!!!

Received my rocks in the mail from you. THANK YOU AGAIN SOO MUCH. Its awesome that I can watch that video and be like "those pieces are mine" Sits beautiful with my collection!!

Thank you for sharing this ,love your channal ,beautiful place /Im an Australian and Ive just discovered a beautiful river with the most amazing red and yellow Jasper

6:18! Haha! I’ve heard of leaverite but never heard of urbanite 🤣😂 that’s hilarious dude! Commenting as I go, man 8:08, Benny does this all the time, sets the ones we don’t take, up on something so others can see it. 👌 I love how you half dip, it shows both sides. Sweet! Oh yeah! 12:05 holy pretty lines Batman! Dude fun times out there with ya man. Love it. Thank you! Happy thanks giving mate 👍

Thank you I'm in that area a few times A year hi from bremerton

Very cool! Beautiful rocks and thanks for sharing such great tips. Be safe!

I must have subscribed after this one. Thanks for re-sharing.

Thank you for shearing,and warm hugs from Portland Oregon..

Thanks for the trip, love rock hunting but have no way at this time so I went with you tonight thanks for the ride Have a good life.

Cool! I would love to get some aventurine. I love blue and green colors. Thanks for sharing the video. This was fun to watch

Thanks for sharing, interesting stuff.

I learn something everytime I watch one of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make and share these

Ok thank you i'll keep watching.

Your videos are very informative and educational. Thank you for another great one!😎

Good stuff. Hope to see the finished product and your process of these rocks in future videos.

Great video..I watch and I learn...thanks for that! Cannot wait to get out in the creeks around home in alberta Canada. Spent a lot of this LONG winter watching vids and trying to learn all I can. Your vid on Aventurine was very helpful!

Wow! Very interesting video! Great finds!

Thank you for the tips! I’m down in Oregon getting ready to plan a hounding trip at a local river. Thanks for the awesome videos

Thank you for sharing

Kid, it looks like you hit the mother load for aventurine...beautiful finds!

I love Kati did! Thanks for the video.

Awesome thank you for sharing 😊❤️✌🏻💙

cooooollllll.... this got me excited ngl....im in Seattle and just learning places to go besides the beaches. I've found great beach jasper some sea glass tons of quartz and quartzite my favorite is coal from coal creek in issaqua. i love striated rocks and gemstones I need to find some concretions and some amethyst this summer. but the ultimate prize is a huge thunderegg. thanks for dropping the GPS I'm definitely going there

So much treasure!

Loved your video. Happy Thanksgiving 😁

Hey-Hey I think I am number 1000! Congrats! You have a really nice channel, Thats a really beautiful area!

Just found your channel, love your rock hounding videos!

Thank you, loved the video. Just retired and trying to get into a life long dream of rock collecting and knowing what.

BORN AND RAISED IN SPOKANE REALLY ENJOYED YUR VIDEO. I AM IN BOISE IDAHO NOW HAVING FUN WITH OUR OWYHEE DESERT STONES!

Went up there yesterday and picked up a bunch of fun rocks. Might try the other side of the river at some point.

The purple rock is going to polish up nice!

A mile and a half? I'm old and fat and I'd walk that without a second thought. But then I grew up on the farm and walked two miles back and forth to school every day-uphill both ways! If you ever get back there and can find it, I'll buy or swap that purple banded rock you tossed back. (11:30) It's right handsome.

Yes I love this kind of video! I really liked the stripey one you tossed at the 12 min mark. I'm fascinated by coloured rocks! I'm also fascinated by the cold. We are getting roasted here right now! Please be sure to show us the tumbled result?

I am on the Western side of WA and love hitting the Chehalis and Newaukum rivers....great jasper, some agate. Of course, like you say, you need to get to the gravel bars that are harder to get to so the lazy hunters don't get there. I am a lazy hunter but as long as the way is flat I can get there LOL

Great video hopefully you will post more.

Surprisingly captivating

Those are really pretty!

Great vid😀

I like Katy too.

Cool thanks.. I’m in Spokane as well.

Oh man, I am seeing tons of aventurine, or at least the color and luster that you're passing up. Painful watching you put some of those pieces back, but hopefully they'll still be there whenever I'm able to make it over. These vids have been a real motivator to get in shape!

This was loads of help!!!!! I know exactly where to look now! FYI the Cedar River by Maple Valley was the highest and fastest I’ve ever seen. Found some almost lime peel colored rocks which were so cool. After the river falls back down I’m gonna be sure to be one of the first to hit the banks, you should come out!!

i look for aventurine all the time i live right next to the spokane river

I'm going to find this spot!

My uncle helped me find some garnet very exiting

Urbanite. Lol. Enjoyed the video and hope to get out there once the pandemic is mitigated. Thank you!

Thanks for the info! I'm looking to check this area out shortly. Where do you park at? I used to live near this spot, on the other side of the river, so I know exactly where I would park and walk. But i don't feel like crossing the river if I don't have to ha.

I love green rocks. I mostly find darker green jasper where I live, but I love the hue of that adventurine. Now I want some. Also, that purple rock was awesome. You didn't spot any agates while you were there?

have you been to bowl and pitcher on little Spokane river. I'm going today to see what's there

I don't know why but u look crazy familiar. Do u and ur wife often hound around the NW? Working in construction I've been spoiled by the waterproofing gods. Since my job is right after concrete is poured but before its backfilled has graced Me with some amazing gifts. The amount of amazing stones that get used as backfill kinda hurts. Most people that see me with my magical lil water bottle and my rock hammer usually just stop and watch me with the most hilariously confused look. And then once they muster up the courage to ask me what I'm doing then my fun begins. I love being able to just show what beauty is right underfoot that most people will never even notice. My new personal favorite saying is "of all the Rocks I could be addicted to, I think these are probably best." ANYONE STILL READING:: Anyone in OR or WA know any good places to go dig some obsidian, that's legal? Have some projects coming up that some hand dug obsidian would be perfect on.

Omg I find those out here in Massachusetts and I new it was something so I grabbed some yea I’ll dig threw my collection make a cheesey video on it lol I’m horrible

I’ve found cool rocks in other places found fossils near the river too

Hey there..im enjoying your videos and learning quite a lot thanks. But I live in Massachusetts and would like to watch someone out this way rockhounding..do you know any youtubers from Massachusetts or Newengland??

Just found your channel and I'm loving watching your content! My grandpa used to be a park of the Yakima rock hounding club. I just started getting interested in it. I've been trying to do a lot of research and I had no idea you could find aventurine and jasper in Washington! Is there a good book that you could recommend to learn all of the minerals and gems I can find in Washington? Most places I see online only mention agates, petrified wood, and fossils. I look forward to watching more of your videos and learning new things, happy hunting!

I can’t believe you actually saved one

I've always wanted to find aventurine I've only found a little that was not native to my area

would you recommend going around march?? also, do you do tumbling jobs? if so how much?! i wish i could tumble my own lol

5:14 missed agate and calcedony xd

Got your densities reversed my friend, basalt is typically about 3.0, granite typically runs about 2.75.

Hi! I'd like to check that location out, however I don't have GPS or GAIA app. Can you give basic directions?? Trailhead name walk east or something?? Thank you I enjoy your videos

You ever find any cool arrowheads over there

👍🤞😃

Do you know any good spots in the okanagan region?

Ever find any arrowheads?

I met a crackhead with a giant box full of I think amethyst...lol one was the size of a football ..edit :it must have been the aventurine

I have some if you are interested in more. It’s turquoise green. 2-10 lb pieces. Getting rid of part of my collection. Email me or Facebook. To the rockhound in this video.

So what size tumbler does the pouch carry?

I live here....lots of, what my Grandmother called, "Indian Sex Stone". "what's an Indian sex stone, grandma?" "it's a fuckin rock." Mirabeau Point Park is cool. 👍🏻

You must have a larger tumbler.

Is this Spokane river in Washington?

Urbinite lol