Taking river rocks & cutting them open on my saw!

[@AgateDad]

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[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Beautiful scenery in this video. It looks very serene there. You definitely look in your element. Sawing rocks... some of my favorite activities. 😊

[@LauraNickolai-yb8id]

This is my favorite type of your videos: fussing through landscape, (my dad on walks, "stop fussing around in the weeds"); poking around in rocks, I like to see you finding them, (dad: "stop playing in the rocks--put those back"); washing them off to see what they look like, (dad: " does your mother know you're using her dish towels?"), then cutting them open to see inside. (dad general, repeated comment: "don't touch that.") Only thing missing is to show one or two polished to see them from beginning to end.

[@shawncliff7877]

The fact that you can spot those amongst all the gunky mossy rocks just shows how much of a boss you are.

[@Zubeneshemali]

"Nodule"?? Full of quartz?? Sure looks like that's ALL it is as quartz!!

[@Debbie4729]

I would have never guessed that those ordinary looking rocks would look so amazing inside!

[@soul_adventurist]

I think that was a grouse. Be mindful of the deer because they can become aggressive. Always great to explore a new stream for agates and other rocks. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@AgateDad]

I’d be down to a deer tussle

[@MelodyLeanneRyan-mz3pj]

During rut, that’s in springtime

[@Lisa-eo9gd]

I appreciate the deer warning! Everyone says that a deer won't hurt you. Well, one almost ran me over on a walk in the woods. It charged out of nowhere. My dog then went for it It chased my dog, not in a playful way.

[@rachelschildman2327]

The white stuff is most likely a salt that precipitated out but didn’t mix into the silica. Or it is a silicate salt that just didn’t form the same as the rest of the agate. I would be super curious on its identity (a calcium salt maybe?) but unless you have access to a chem lab you probably won’t ever know for sure.

[@michaelelliott635]

I've come across similar white substance inside geodes.

[@naminaoberhausen2131]

Very beautiful rocks you found. They look so stunning on the inside. Liked. Thanks for sharing the great video. From Jordan

[@jessicadavenport2808]

That last cut was AWESOME! Plumes and bands all together in that itty bitty beauty! ❤

[@jmcgovern6454]

Pocket! I hope you brought a backpack. Those were some great finds.

[@AgateDad]

Always!

[@laurieowen8696]

Omgosh! They were hidden treasures. Thank you.

[@sylviastreet]

I like it that he finds rocks and saws them open! It’s a good tutorial for me!

[@AgateDad]

😊

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

That last one you cut is really cool! Good call on which way to cut it! 😊

[@joyballares301]

All the pieces are so pretty

[@virginiarocks]

Stunning agates, and a fun trip. I really liked seeing the birds.

[@meg2831]

Man you have such good rock eyes! Even when you say there is something there I don't see it till you pick it up lol

[@AgateDad]

Sometimes I wonder all the agates I miss completely 😂

[@maybeebuzzy2265]

🤣"rock eyes" I love it!

[@theresaherrrera8224]

Loved them all 💜😍

[@v7i5k2t5o7r]

Beautiful samples. Interesting video👍👍👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝

[@donnalantz7981]

The bird looked like a partridge to me. Nice finds. Can't all be winners though. Love the last one you cut.

[@AgateDad]

Thanks 👍

[@JaneKitchen-xh1td]

Try and see if that soft white stuff inside the stones glows under UV light. I love your videos!

[@simongarofalo8044]

found my first agates thanks to your vids!

[@AgateDad]

Awesome!!!

[@KACn5582]

It's like opening a present! So fun!

[@AgateDad]

It really is!

[@vtx2023]

awesome finds 👏

[@AgateDad]

thank you!

[@melindaschluter1669]

Love looking for cool rocks! ❤❤❤

[@andersonferreiradasilva2692]

Magnífico !!!!❤ Cada peça traz uma surpresa diferente !!!

[@susie5710]

Great video thanks. Good mix of finding and cutting. Wildlife is fun to see too.

[@joyballares301]

Woe...its nice for earing

[@OccamsSledgehammer]

13:34 what is the “little saw” called?

[@BeccaBeeMe]

Could you please explain how agates are formed? Rocks have always fascinated me and I love watching you cut these gorgeous stones! 🥰

[@AgateDad]

Google: “how are agates formed?”

[@BeccaBeeMe]

@@AgateDad 🤣😂 Ya don't say?? 🤣😂

[@debidevaney8398]

"Just a rock"!? Never thought of hear you say that😂😂😂😂😂

[@janehelbert7551]

So far, the red agate is my favorite.

[@kellyhollingsworth6100]

Thanks!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks bud!!

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

I'm going to check out Lems. I love barefoot shoes. I discovered Altras a few months ago when a subscriber on "Old Guy Adventures" recommended them. It was my first pair of new shoes that actually fit my goofy feet after years of trying to find something that I could wear. Oh, by the way, nice rocks! Thanks for cutting some for us to enjoy!

[@AgateDad]

They are great, my feet don’t hurt anymore at the end of a long work day/hike.

[@annemoritz578]

bin begeistert, umso mehr ich hier nur zufällig gelandet bin!! es ist spannend zu sehen, was die steinen an schönheit in sich verbergen! aber auch danken möchte ich mich, für die wunderschöne naturbilder in deinem video! ich freu mich auf die andere videos...und was noch mehr kommt! grüsse aus Tirol - Austria

[@jillianmetzger6503]

You should bring a small sprayer or even a spray bottle out with you when you rock hunt. I take mine with me every time now! Make all the difference in the world!

[@frylockruh2134]

Awesome nature/hunt video

[@andrewwong3825]

Curiosity is fun at times. Nice video man 👍

[@AgateDad]

Thanks 👍

[@kellyhollingsworth6100]

Never know what is hiding in the grass. How come you didn't lick the giant porphyritic rock, I think that would add a little flavor to the video. The white material might be calcite UV it. Looks like it was a great day to be out. Happy hounding.

[@AgateDad]

Hahah I was so thirsty I didn’t have any saliva to lick it

[@Mike-br8vb]

The deer snort wheezing at you on their turf lol.

[@AgateDad]

For sure lol

[@Mike-br8vb]

That last cut was really cool! Is the white stuff common opal?

[@E.o.t.4637]

I would concur😂it's purple-ish. I'm really curious about that white substance since it was in two agates.🤔

[@TheAngieStoned]

When I thought I couldn't love you more, you bang on about one of my favourite things, barefoot shoes. Hell yeah man! They have completely changed my life, and in combination with toe socks we've got a winner 🥳

[@icatz]

I like the one with the geodes internal. ❤️🏏🎸

[@savagesquirrel9828]

The white stuff IS strange! It seemed to expand once air got to it. Trapped gas? Fun video. Thanks.

[@rmg03c]

Ooooh! Please send me some of those tiny ones! I usually cut tiny opal a Dremel. I have a flat lap, but I'm not proficient just yet. That, and I enjoy my Dremel. I don't have a saw and... I live in Florida. There are no rocks here. Everything is some form of Calcium, except agatized coral and some chert. But I'd have to drive pretty far to get near a place to hunt. And I don't know where to hunt! I'd like to just expose and polish some pretty stuff that I'v never played with before.

[@aidairis2996]

Belíssimas ...PARABENS TAYLOR

[@LauraS_6886]

If you find out what the white stuff is, do a video. We dug Keokuk geodes on vacation, and a lot of the smaller ones, have that same white stuff. We haven’t cut the big ones yet!!! Can’t wait to find some Lake Superiors when I visit. My brother and sister in law, just moved to Duluth. I got them into rockhounding a year ago. Great videos!!

[@LauraNielson-b3g]

Fun cutting session!

[@lgaines4086]

I have always wondered what common, nondescript rocks from different regions look like on the inside.

[@Jancappuccino]

What type of blade you use for cutting? Thank you

[@Mississippi_Rocks]

Awesome video!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks!

[@joyballares301]

Lemon color at next is so pretty

[@sabrosaborincana5288]

The last one is so beautiful❤❤wow

[@juniorgc8]

That’s so cool man, love the gems you found. Thanks for the cool vid

[@mikestahl3322]

Did you find out what the white stuff

[@AgateDad]

I did not, no idea what it is

[@slwtgf]

Because I rarely find agates, (unlike my lucky, knowledgeable oldest) I prefer hunting for good jasper finds!

[@mtonjum]

Hi! What type of saw blade do you use in your 10” saw? Thanks for the cutting video!

[@AgateDad]

I use the 10” hi tech diamond thin sintered blade linktr.ee/AgateDad

[@juliadagnall7103]

Top ten ❤

[@joeesposito5101]

What candy did you get Charlie Brown: I got a rock. I'll take the rock any day!

[@elizabethlewis3509]

What do you clean your finds with prior to cutting?

[@AgateDad]

Nothing really, soap and water if they’re really dirty.

[@avantechmecsueno1889]

Wow agate

[@papiojenjones1585]

Man.. I'm late to the party, any snacks left? I'm hungry for agates! So much fun to be had.

[@AgateDad]

😂🙌

[@RobWenzel84]

My kids like it when we bring just random rocks off the gravel roads home just to see what's inside them cutting rocks open is so much fun

[@bookniff]

Lol noticesnyour shoes right at the beginning then had a rreally good laugh when you brought it up. 😂

[@حسینبیرامی-ع3ل]

Very,very good❤

[@prasannajayaweera1348]

Is this rock hunting in igneous rock origin area?

[@KayInMaine]

8000 views of this video when I tuned in and that means we are the first 8000 who have seen inside this rock after millions of years (however old it is)! 😎👍

[@katiemixon7852]

Could the white stuff be calcite?

[@AgateDad]

I don’t think so

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Have you found out what that soft white stuff inside is?

[@my.kookin.channel333]

When you said, "Nothing...." I was like, "Oh, that's pretty"🤭🫣

[@AgateDad]

😅

[@janehelbert7551]

Nope, the last one is my favorite!

[@datamaski1250]

iran agate best agate in world.

[@orlaklassen6355]

Did you ever find out what that "white stuff" was ? chalk ?

[@fun-galfaraway579]

Heading up to Grand Maria's in 2 weeks. My guy is looking for places to find any mineral metals like copper, hematite or pyrite etc. Any suggestions? We plan on leaving some easter eggs such as cold water agate and quartz stromataporiod and crystallized favosite fossils at every beach we stop at from our local finds here in Door County 😂. Maybe you will find one!

[@BeccaBeeMe]

First!!! 🙋🏽‍♀️❤

[@J4v3XpH4C3]

what was the white stuff?

[@themetaldetective864]

Is the white stuff clay?

[@janehelbert7551]

Did you ever fine out what that white pasty stuff was?

[@AgateDad]

I didn’t ☺️

[@viktorshevtsov3749]

Спасибо, Тейлор.Очень хорошее видео. Что такое - Джаспер ? Удачи в дальнейшем!

[@AgateDad]

Jasper is a mineral ☺️

[@viktorshevtsov3749]

@@AgateDad Спасибо, я такой не встречал.И у нас, в России, такого нет. К какой категории он относится: агат , яшма или брекчия ? Если не трудно ответь .С уважением - ценитель Вашего творчества.

[@alexisb3829]

The last one looks like a galaxy

[@patriciamckean4186]

Great shoes for hiking. Makes my tootsies happy. I like to wear my old keenes. The tread doesn't let me slip and fall (especially when slime coated rocks are the placed between me and gorgeous rocks).

[@billiejofrance2526]

My name is Billie and I have an Agate Dad channel addiction! Lol

[@AgateDad]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mysticdolphin69]

I'm weird I love your "duds" they are very interesting

[@AgateDad]

You’re not weird 😂

[@mysticdolphin69]

Good because I live in upstate NY and I've only found nice agates in my driveway gravel.

[@MattShoemake-b9n]

sooooooooo prettyyy😃

[@FieldsOfGold149]

I’m a Merrill shoe fan! They are unbelievable! They buy them for the state police here in Kentucky.,. Looked like a grouse

[@AgateDad]

Merril is good too, not sure if they are barefoot styled shoes though.

[@FieldsOfGold149]

@@AgateDad no I don’t think so but I’ve worn these three years now bought two pair haven’t touched the second pair and been going in the water rockhounding for over one year they are a top hiking shoe love em. They buy them for state troopers here in Kentucky. I can’t believe the glue or materials would hold up they get a lot of abuse… you are correct a different type of shoe. Thanks

[@NisarAhmad-tc3ji]

👍

[@whathappenedtofreethinking6902]

I think I just found a new hobby.

[@AgateDad]

Welcome :) it’s an amazing hobby and community

[@k_mersch]

did you ever figure out what the white stuff was inside the agates? super weird and cool....

[@AgateDad]

I did not

[@raqueltienter]

I stumbled across a video on KZbin about a deer huffing turning out to be a Sasquatch, now I am always wondering if it's really a deer.

[@tanekarnes5260]

I can just imagine how much is missed in the water, covered with sediment and moss.

[@meg2831]

That white stuff is weird, I wonder what it is.

[@MidwestAdventureTeam]

Calcium carbonate

[@cesrelawrence-towner9453]

​@@MidwestAdventureTeamthat was my thought as well

[@meg2831]

@@MidwestAdventureTeam oh neat, thanks 😊

[@jmicaha2655]

@@MidwestAdventureTeamI was gonna say looks calcium like

[@alejandroflores2806]

What is the little saw called .

[@AgateDad]

5” trim saw from hi tech diamond linktr.ee/AgateDad

[@douglashalverson9121]

To Early in the Hunt and it's to BIG..! Been there, and it never fails the largest an heaviest is always farthest from the Truck !

[@chengher4503]

Hi

[@AgateDad]

Yo

[@bethhaas9859]

Did you find out what that white stuff is?

[@AgateDad]

I did not

[@ernestinacartagena1733]

No se ven bien, por la letra que las cubre

[@AgateDad]

Lol

[@gwensailor598]

Hey agate dad, I saw that sometimes you cut open other peoples rocks for them! How can I contact you about that? I have a few LSAs that I’d like to have cut open!

[@AgateDad]

Email me at agatedad@gmail. com and send pictures of the agates :)

[@stephentubbs4344]

That last one… it looked to be a fossil or bone of some sort. I know what is seen in a Video VS in person can be very different. From what I see it could be…

[@-hw-]

very pretty

[@MidwestAdventureTeam]

The white stuff is fine traces of calcium carbonate

[@evelynscarbrough1998]

Not everyone is fibber ! 😢

[@elizabethlewis3509]

Where is your spray bottle?

[@AgateDad]

I don’t carry one