The McDermitt loop is a very cool rockhounding experience. You both discovered some great rocks, and you found the Caldera Rock Shop! One of the best rock shops that I have ever visited, and the owners are truly awesome people for sure! The quality and variety of rocks that they work with make it well worth the visit! That huge yard rock you two wrangled into your truck was quite the beast! It looks very nice in your yard. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, we so enjoyed the Caldera Rock shop family! And we’d have been lost without them. I hoped to go back before we left to interview them and show what they offer, but we were out on the loop to long and ran out of time. Lord willing, I’ll be back!
Awesome finds! That looked like it was a fun trip. I think that’s a big ol limb cast. That pattern is awesome! Hope you’re doing well. Rock on brotha 💎👀💪🏼🕊️
Your channel popped up and saw you went to McDermitt. I’ve been rockhounding there for a good 20 years and just scratched the surface, it’s so huge. If you had turned right and headed out that way, you’d have found a most magnificent area where the pet wood is, what I call black obsidian pet wood with beautiful rings in it (I do not know the proper name for it) But you MUST wear gloves because that stuff is sharper than a scalpel. I sliced my entire palm open because I was too lazy to put a glove back on after eating lunch 😢And just prior to that area is another pet wood that looks just like beach wood. Also I recommend to people to venture off to the side roads. Every spot you stop you’ll find amazing specimens. There is also a tiny area where there is a very deep green petrified wood. The largest I’ve ever found is about 5 inches but most are 2-3 inches long. Not a lot on the surface so you’ll have to dig a bit for it but that stuff is solid and gorgeous. You’ll never leave disappointed in McDermitt. I’m going back for 5-6 days in mid-May. Thanks for taking us along with you. Great vids. I just subscribed. Rock on!!
Wow!Those areas sound amazing. We knew we were just touching the surface of McDermitt rockhounding having just a couple of days for exploring and that we would have to make some return trips. Now we have some more ideas where to hunt. Thanks!
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: 1st time seeing your channel. I'm impressed. Look forward to seeing more. Can't get out myself anymore....thanks for taking me along.
That interesting formation the dogs got into looks a lot like an old hot spring. Sileceous cinter or 'geyserite'forms around some highly mineralized springs and geysers in a ring like that. You were in a caldera, so it's possible that's what it was.
I really want to check out the McDermitt caldera, especially considering there’s a possibility of it being closed to the public if the lithium pit mines take over the area. I don’t think I realized how many different varieties there were in the area.
Thank you! We were there in early May. Since the whole area is BLM, you can camp anywhere that is flat and clear enough. There are several cleared spots and places where groups could camp. We stayed at the RV park in town as we had previously been out dry camping for most of a week and wanted showers and electricity. 😉 I would highly recommend going by the Caldera Rock Shop before you go out. Really nice people and they gave us the best directions and helps that we got.
