The Most Agates I Have EVER Found

This trip was the MOST agates I have ever found in one go. It was literally one of the most crazy experiences that I will remember forever! I have so much more footage from this trip that you will most definitely be getting a part two as I only tackled ONE DRIVEWAY in this video! 😱
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Happy Hounding!

[@tapwetugeye]

I suffer from anxiety and seeing someone so happy to find little rocks makes my day

[@heidirausch9735]

You should try it sometime.

[@AgateAriel]

Wow thank you so much for the compliment! I’m glad I can help 😊

[@lalanirhythmchanter5566]

I love tiny heart rocks, well all sizes really it's just that the small ones don't add up so heavy and they're adorable 🥰

[@BeartoeConCarne]

Literally me too makes me feel at peace

[@beverlymasonlpcpc4264]

Try watching lawn cutting (like SBMowing). Very calming. I like to watch Agate Dad cut stones. It’s like Christmas. You never know what’s inside. That will help with your fear of the future.

[@lanehorsey5053]

Camp management-----"where has all our gravel gone"? Ariel---- this has been a great holiday let's do it again next week.

[@AgateAriel]

Haha this literally made me laugh out loud 🤣

[@lanehorsey5053]

@@AgateAriel YAY!! I made Ariel laugh and she's on the other side of the world !! Yippee! You know they will look awesomer if you tumble them and no great loss as you can go "camping" again. Yes it IS a word.

[@kenoakee]

part II is required! One may want to inquire where they get their crush from, and go look at the rocks before they go through the crusher. I imaging there is some amazing beauties in that stuff!

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I definitely inquired! Next time we are in the area I may have to try to look through them 👀😅

[@largent45]

Of course we want to see a part 2! Thats incredible! Im so excited for you! Thats just amazing! Great hunt!

[@AgateAriel]

Awesome will do!! It was seriously so amazing!

[@scotts1356]

I just started tumbling. I wouldn't know the difference between an agate and a mosquito!! Yes, you can laugh at me.

[@AgateAriel]

Well hopefully I can help!

[@CasadeLindquist]

This is so funny to me because living in Duluth I didn't know it was unusual for there to be agates everywhere. Our house is full of them, we pick them up everywhere we go. I probably find the most agates in the washing machine because the kids are always stuffing their pockets with them. 🤣 I end up throwing a lot of them into the landscaping rocks just to make space for the never-ending stream of new rocks. Glad you enjoyed your hunt, come back any time!

[@jeanniehoffman2769]

Love your enthusiasm. I vote for part 2 and a tumbled video if you choose to tumble them.

[@AgateAriel]

Will do!!

[@roxannsejkora1691]

I’d DEFINITELY like to see a part 2 of this video! I love agates! 💜💜💜

[@AgateAriel]

Yes!!! Awesome will do!!

[@prerecordedeulogy]

I think I've learned more about rocks from just a few of your videos than I thought there was to know, and your enthusiasm is delightful. Thank you for representing Minnesota so positively.

[@NathanEide]

Is that up toward Split Rock Wilds and Beaver Bay? Would love to start actually understanding what I'm biking and hiking on when I'm up north.

[@AgateAriel]

It was by Duluth!

[@MARKT4427]

That's awesome I hunt for Indian artifacts when I'm not working so I know you're happy

[@AgateAriel]

Wow that is so cool!!

[@selenehenry3040]

You should do a itinerary for people who likes your content to come find stuff and make good memories. Maybe including a couple hotel reviews on smaller buisness. If I went on vacation to there to see some of the beauty there, I would much rather support smaller buisness. But cant really afford fancy either. Idk if you would offer group events to go looking and enjoy the day. But that would be cool too. You would have to be very careful doing that though. Maybe not a good idea more I think about it. I like Agatedad also. That region is on my bucket list to see one day. Kinda hard to talk my husband into going without a destination in mind.

[@AgateAriel]

That would be pretty cool one day! Definitely would have to do it with some trusted people and a bigger group!

[@SelectCircle]

Order a truck load of this gravel for yourself and have it dumped in your driveway!

[@AgateAriel]

Right!! I honestly might 🤣

[@kylea.185]

I live on California's North Coast We've got a State Park (location that most of Jurassic Park II Lost World was filmed) that has a beach known as Agate Beach. It's several miles long and visitors find lots of naturally ocean polished Agates some are small like these and some are much larger. They are STUNNING!!! I've got a Mason Jar full. I love hunting Agate!

[@AgateAriel]

Oh that sounds amazing! Might be a place I have to visit one day!

[@denisthemineralist4033]

Wow, Ariel! Your tumbler runneth over! That place was awesome. The quality and quantity of the agates there was incredible. That's a great day. And the one at 8:00 - the white part could be common opal if it's not just milky quartz. It's hard to tell from the video but we do get opal in the center of a number of agates here in Texas and when we hunt up in Montana every year. So here is the REAL challenge... since quarries classify gravels by size, and all the rocks in that park were relatively the same size, there is a quarry somewhere nearby where the park bought that gravel... and in that quarry are the larger gravels with the larger agates! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to find that quarry or at least find places where that quarry is selling larger gravel - if they're using it for gravel roads there may be some enormous agates of incredible quality to be found. Also, if you guys ever make the trek to Texas, drop me a line - I'd be happy to introduce you to some good hunting spots where I shoot vids down here.

[@denisthemineralist4033]

Wait, I just now caught that you said you were at a park in Duluth... that means ALL the quarries have insane agates as do all the gravel roads. So yeah they're everywhere. Have fun!

[@heidirausch9735]

I'm with you on this one. I live in a mineral rich, rockhounder's haven by the Skagit River and its tributaries in WA. State. The place is amazing but the absolute quickest rockscrounging for agates was in the gravel pile at the local landscape materials supply. Tip: When sleuthing for treasures this way, first go to a locale where such things are known to be found. This is because the gravel was harvested locally, due to transportation costs. Makes sense!, huh?

[@AgateAriel]

Definitely!! I have some leads on where this stuff came from!

[@michaelgabriel7919]

I went camping along the North Shore (Minnesota, Lake Superior) and I was AMAZED. Every beach was LOADED with agates.

[@AgateAriel]

When you find the right place it can be awesome!

[@Reet64]

It's a veritable agate "gold mine"!

[@AgateAriel]

It really is!!

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

I'm so jealous! 😂 I finally got to go to Duluth a couple weeks ago and only found a few small agates. So happy you hit the agate jackpot! Beautiful! 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much! I’m bummed you didn’t get to find too many though!

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

@AgateAriel Watching you find them, for some reason, gave me a feeling of relief for not finding many. Weird, huh?!? ☺️

[@ElleyKnowsRocks]

very cool! it looks like you have a mix of agates and jasper! perfect for rock-garden!!! VERY COOL!!

[@AgateAriel]

Yes it was so amazing!!

[@kronosis2767]

How the heck do you distinguish between those rocks!? Like I can never find the rock before you pick it up. Is it just about seeing it in person, or is it super subtle? Especially the nodules… they look exactly like the other rocks to me!

[@AgateAriel]

It definitely is easier in person!

[@marknorthrup7646]

It would be amazing if you could go to where they are grinding this rock into these little bits. If they would let you look at their rocks before they process them, I can only imagine what you would find. I guess you could try to find out, maybe from the name of the trucking company that dumped the gravel.

[@AgateAriel]

Right! I definitely have plans to!

[@daleschroeder232]

I want to know where that gravel came from.

[@AgateAriel]

I asked at the campground and have some leads!

[@davidmiller4090]

This is the best lady I have ever seen and I love to watch her

[@miketufts9765]

Find out where they get their gravel from!! Maybe you can search the gravel quarry before they classify it by size, Maybe get some big ones

[@AgateAriel]

Right!! I was green with envy just thinking of the rocks that these came from!

[@TheAmericanX]

i found my frst agate , walking diwn the blvd at some new carwasg and look in there flower beds and i got a good one , been finding alot of my quartz from lowes flower beds, then not even know it my sister took me to a rock store and thry have some riugh agtes ad like the dummy i am i buy them for alot of money , oh well so i m excited HIPEEE

[@AgateAriel]

Yes rockhound is so much fun!!

[@ninib9439]

Halfway through and I’m ready to drop everything and drive up to the Duluth area.

[@AgateAriel]

Haha you and me both! I have dreams about this trip 🤣

[@patriciamckean4186]

The white maybe opalized from weathering. Great haul, especially all the extrasfrom the rockhounds in training. 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Oh you may be right!!

[@TheAggromonster]

That looks like a well kept campground. We've been looking at doing some fishing up there. Which campground is this??

[@AgateAriel]

I’ll never tell-haha the agates were too good! 😅🤣

[@claybowser698]

I just bought my first rock tumbler. It's gonna be here Friday. I am getting a 17lb tumbler cause I wanna tumble bigger rocks. Also I thought I'd experiment and cut some rocks on a tile saw first with unusual geometric shapes with sharp edges then tumble them to see what happens. I live in Arizona and I have lots of jasper and stuff that looks like arrowhead material. And some rocks that are the texture of jasper but solid black. Also lots of different granite and quartz of many different colors. It would be cool if I can tumble softball sized rocks.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh that is so cool! I’d love to see how they turn out! I’ve never used a barrel bigger than 3lbs!

[@patblankers]

OMG sooo many of them! I'm just as hyped as you just by watching this vid❤ wished we had more cool rocks in the Netherlands (I believe we have the most boring rockland in the whole wide world😂

[@AgateAriel]

Oh no! Yes we are really lucky in Minnesota!

[@robervar1097]

Agates under UV light ! ✨ so part 2 needs to be at night. lol yep rhymed didn't know

[@AgateAriel]

Oh I have wanted to try that!

[@kronosis2767]

What do you do with all these agates? Do you cut the nodules open? Do you tumble anything?

[@AgateAriel]

I haven’t decided yet!

[@bluetickbeagles116]

….I’m on my way…Lol 😂 Wow! What a treasure!!

[@AgateAriel]

Haha right!

[@rockersfromaz3001]

I’m super duper jealous! That’s not fair lol 😅

[@AgateAriel]

It was literally so amazing!!

[@absurdnerd7624]

You asked what you can do with thel stones. Maybe put them in a small cache bag and sell them. Or auction them. Or give them as a prize for watching and commenting on a future video. Or put them in a small baby food jar, put on a sunny window sill, and label it "best day ever".

[@AgateAriel]

Those are all great ideas!!

[@absurdnerd7624]

@@AgateAriel I am sure you probably already had some of those same ideas. 😃

[@alfblack2]

hehehe. Im glad I found somebody like me. I so do that. LOL.

[@AgateAriel]

It’s really the best hobby!

[@philstover2422]

I definitely would like to see a part 2. Question: What do you do with the tiny agates?

[@AgateAriel]

Great question! I am starting to make jewelry and trinkets!

[@jellycream1964]

@@AgateAriel would you tumble or cut them?

[@philstover2422]

@@AgateAriel That is cool. I have been polishing rocks for a few years and have them stuck in bottles, trays, and even two gumball machines in my house. I have been thinking about trying to make jewelry as well.

[@allensmith7945]

YOU ARE OVERUSING AND MISUSING THE WORD “LITERALLY”. Do millennials ever pay attention in English class? Literally FFS!

[@elenaxthatxbitch]

me and my friends went to this place where they have PILES (20 ft tall) of gravel (big and little) and we are allowed to climb on them and look for agates.

[@Ruseofpoison]

Hi Ariel, I know this is an older video of yours but after having watched a bunch of videos now I'm just hooked. Your enthusiasm is such an educator and I learn so much from your videos. I'm curious if you've ever checked out Agate Beach in Far Northern California, in Humboldt County? I seem to remember it being a very popular place in the 70's to go agate hunting, as the beach is all pebbles tumbled smooth by the ocean waves.

[@darrinwilliams5715]

Right on Ariel. Your energy and excitement are infectious.😎😎

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much!

[@momoflogan]

Oh my goodness, you SO speak my lango lady!! Im forever looking in areas with laid gravel, my hubby just shakes his head at me 😂😂

[@fenq2783]

texas sucks. every gravel road in my area is just chert

[@AgateAriel]

Chert is great to tumble if you’re interested at all in tumbling!

[@seaweld2000]

Yes! Part 2 please! Love your enthusiasm and have to say I have only found a few agates in my life, here in Wa state! I would have gone bonkers if I was camping there!!! Love your finds and enjoy! ☺️

[@AgateAriel]

Will do! It definitely was an amazing day! 🙌

[@wrencoe4016]

Only a few agates in Washington? Are you looking in the little rivers? I’m in Oregon and they are everywhere. Ever wanna make a trip down here let me know and I know a spot with huge agates and you won’t walk away with less than a 3 gallon bucket in 4-6 hours.

[@MyCnelson]

If I were you….. Reach out to the park you were in and find out what company supplied the Crushed rock that was poured around. I’ve known of people that rock companies have allowed onto their grounds to look at their rocks BEFORE they are crushed into the size you found. At the very least it would be worth a shot to maybe get some awesome rocks

[@darkseraph2009]

Hey Ariel, just discovered the channel. Your vids are so exciting. I recently got a bucket full of rocks and gems and thought about getting into tumbling. Any recommendations for a beginner's tumbler?

[@Thb0117]

i went to missouri a few months ago and found these weird coral fungus shaped crystal rocks (its on my youtube) what are those? also where is this?

[@johndak1]

I live in Fargo and want to go into Minnesota to find Agates but I don’t want to travel all the way to Duluth to find them so is there someplace in central Minnesota that you can give me a hint to look? Love your channel.

[@debbenjo5875]

My daughter is going to replace her driveway next year and it has an aggregate/asphalt coating now. I saw several agates in it and she let me take a hammer and chisel and chip them out. Question is, how do I get the tar/asphalt off?

[@GoldenGannon]

WOW!!!

[@ero1347]

Very cool - I don't get this type of excitement in Nebraska. I don't think our gravel has agates. Do you sell assortments of these tiny ones?

[@jellycream1964]

Collecting is allowable at that location?

[@AgateAriel]

Yes! It was wonderful!

[@Robin-yp4pw]

What is the name of the campground?

[@AgateAriel]

I’ll never tell! Haha it’s by Duluth 😊

[@Robin-yp4pw]

Just wanted to know for the camping. Not the rocks.Looks like no campers are there?

[@shanicethibedeau2776]

That's against the law to pick up rocks on anyone's property or government property, like campgrounds

[@shanicethibedeau2776]

Someone paid to have that put down if everyone did that they would mess up the Effect Not counting getting people in trouble

[@melissarosenvall8898]

I love how passionate you are about rockhounding! The joy you share is contagious! I’m glad you were able to have so much fun out in nature with your family. ❤️ I’m gonna have to go find me some gravel to dig through. 😉☺️

[@melissarosenvall8898]

Also, I would love a part 2! Keep looking! I want to see the tumbled results if you decide to tumble them. 🥳

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much! It was such a fun adventure!! Gravel can really pay off!!

[@AgateAriel]

Will do!!

[@heartbreaker-playz]

Why does this video only have 761 likes?!?! Let’s get it to 1 mil People who agree with me 👇

[@landoncustomclassics]

Great video!!!

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much!

[@tsharp8282]

Every time you said another one, I heard DJ Khaled lol

[@sandmaker]

Urban rockhounding scores again.!keep having fun. Tumble, flatten backs, wire wrap and you have a pocket full of beauty. Rings, pendants and earings. Woohoo

[@AgateAriel]

Right! That is my next goal! 🙌

[@pattiohlund7787]

Hey so awesome for all the treasures you found,would love to know where you're at. lol. I have so many agates,I've been putting in glass jars,glass containers with covers and have them out in my flower gardens. You can never have enough agates. Thanks for sharing!

[@AgateAriel]

Right! One day I’m going to run out of room and I still won’t stop collecting them! Haha

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

Great enthusiasm!

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much!

[@savagesquirrel9828]

That campground is going to get slammed, lol. I hope you got all you wanted before posting! I can imagine non-rock people seeing this lovely young woman playing in the gravel and giving you wide berth! Fun to watch…Thanks.

[@AgateAriel]

Haha I definitely do get some looks sometimes 🤣

[@freelove75]

we are new to rock tumbling, and also in Minnesota.. what town are you from. we are in Pillager

[@TheStoneSeekers]

That's incredible. What a great adventure. What do you do with the small ones? Are they too small to tumble, or do you polish them a different way?

[@AgateAriel]

A lot I keep raw, but am planning to use some to make jewelry and trinkets!

[@alexm495]

Wowza! .. I'd keep looking all day. Would be fun to see some close ups, maybe with water on em or sitting in water.. that'd be an extra treat ☺

[@AgateAriel]

Great idea! Maybe I will do a short with them!

[@greatnorthernviews3052]

Wow what a great day!

[@AgateAriel]

Yes it really was!

[@coldpond]

Crazy insane! 🤪 Love to see them tumbled out.

[@AgateAriel]

I definitely plan on tumbling some of them!!

[@charlieboy7502]

What are you waiting for part 2 please. Always fun when the family gets into the hunt with you. Like to see those tumbled and the jasper there was very nice. Jackpot...

[@AgateAriel]

Will do!! It was so crazy!!

[@robloxmors]

Give the location PLEASE end save some for me:(

[@83KJack]

Oh my gosh lol i KNOW you had a blast on that trip! i would have lost it finding all those jaspers and agates in that gravel lol. This is THE GREATEST hobby ever.

[@AgateAriel]

Lol right!! I love rockhounding!!

[@metroid74]

So we just arrived at a campground where we can’t stop finding Red Jasper. Best stuff we’ve ever found.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh that’s so amazing!!

[@snowmaninhellschance]

I don't know how you were able to leave that place; when I go to the beach at Oiso here my daughter has to force me to put my shoes on and go home, with a big bag of rocks of course! Lots of Jade and what look like Picaso stones here, not much in the agate department though.

[@AgateAriel]

Oh that’s so awesome! Yes it was hard, but I had to feed my kiddos lunch and I was roasting! Haha

[@83KJack]

and ya know... its crazy how, well, crazy we get over agates as common as they are. i mean obviously they aint that common but definitely easier to find than most minerals on that scale of beauty

[@AgateAriel]

Haha so true! Something about them!

[@jamesscott1932]

Good stones. Cheerful lady. Could be a hand model! Thanks for bringing a good omen to our day.

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you!

[@dewaynemccamey5103]

Agate heaven 😊

[@AgateAriel]

Right!!

[@brianholcomb940]

Wow, that was awesome! I wish we had places like that here in Virginia! Would like to see part 2! Thanks for sharing!

[@AgateAriel]

Awesome! Will do!

[@nativewildman9335]

Nice, you have some beautiful stones in your area!

[@AgateAriel]

Agreed!!

[@ZE308AC]

Isn't it illegal to pick up rocks?

[@GalaxieMama]

I just drove to Agate Bay Beach, Brighton Beach, and Duluth Rose garden. I didn’t have any luck.

[@AgateAriel]

Sorry to hear that! Hopefully you can have some luck soon!

[@Thejoshrandall]

Quit saying eggits....its driving me batty!!

[@RockAdventures0423]

Amazing finds!!! Looks like you had so much fun!

[@AgateAriel]

It was so much fun!! Thanks for watching!

[@QualifiedOutcast]

New to rock tumbling & collecting but Love your energy and videos, new subscriber here! 🥰🇬🇧

[@ryanglidden2051]

Did you ever tumble some of these finds?

[@kimdedominicis6893]

You should find out where they got the load of rocks from and have some delivered to your home!

[@AgateAriel]

Right?!? That would literally be so amazing!

[@sambo9376]

...... lol, this cracks me up. Fresh gravel they just put down. Agate trip of a life time. Got me... this is not real, is it?

[@AgateAriel]

100% real! I was so lucky to get there right after they laid it down! It was crazy! 🙌

[@bethhenkelman5249]

Good eye! Thank you for the tips.

[@joebrooks292]

This was great. I was up by superior briefly (didn't get a lot of time hunting) and maybe found two. I thought I didn't know what I was looking for (I kind of knew). But this was so helpful looking "with you". Thank you. It was encouraging I saw some when you paused to ask if we could spot them. Thank you for that short quiz. (And like most people here, I think your enthusiasm is adorable). I started watching some of your rock tumbling vids before this one.

[@adrianmedcalf6827]

Just wanted to thank you for the really great tips on rock cleaning 😊

[@AgateAriel]

You are so welcome!

[@OccamsSledgehammer]

Where is the gravel pit these came from?

[@williamproctor4388]

You have an amazing eye. I missed almost all of them 😮

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you!! It definitely takes practice!

[@arwynna.4715]

Please do a part 2! You have such a good eye for spotting good rocks

[@AgateAriel]

Thank you so much!! Will do!

[@TylerWarn-o8o]

Bring on part 2!

[@jensorenson9145]

God is a great Creator!!!

[@Thb0117]

where is this?

[@arrowvanlanduyt6319]

When she says the agate is huge and me who rockhounds in New Zealand for agates is like "whatttttt, that's so tiny!!!"

[@AgateAriel]

Jealous! Looks like I have a new destination for my next vacation! 🙌

[@arrowvanlanduyt6319]

@@AgateAriel That would be an amazing video! If you do I recommend you rockhound in Canterbury or the West Coast depending on what you're looking for 😊

[@troylarsen2454]

Paint agates also have more pastel like colors, and typically exhibit more oranges, pinks, blues, dark red to brown, and whites. Also wanted to mention that one with the thick white line going through the center looked sunbleached. Sunbleached agates will typically have an area that is all white, and or colors will be muted.

[@amysomerfield8550]

Now I realize how I come across when talking about plants! So exciting!

[@robervar1097]

Agates under UV light ! ✨ so part 2 needs to be at night lol

[@AgateAriel]

I have always wanted to try that!!

[@troylarsen2454]

I also was going to ask if you had or have found agates with amethyst? I have personally found a good handful. Also, a lot of those tiny ones will make great fill for the tumbler, plus they polish really nice.

[@zosothezephead837]

1:30 6 hours later 😂