Amazing English agate finds! We find gemstones in beautiful British river! Our BEST agate finds yet!

#Rockhounding #agatehunting #gemhunting Join us on our second agate hunting expedition where we find ourselves blown away by the stunning gemstone finds while rockhounding on the river Cheviot in the county of Northumberland! Who knew there were such amazing gems right on our doorstep here in the UK!
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[@stevewheeler6920]

If there is a heaven and I hope there is I want mine to be like all the places you go in your video's. I am so in love with your countries scenery. Thank you for helping us escape every week it means So Much.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Aw that's so sweet Steve! We're so happy you feel that way about our videos! Gail & Alex xx

[@stevewheeler6920]

@@NorthernMudlarks from the heart xx

[@Kuulei265]

Where is this?

[@stmull8678]

Love this! so true

[@suewilson1801]

I agree, and since I have been to Scotland, I can assure you it is beyond beautiful. Something amazing in the light quality.

[@sheilabroad8192]

I feel like I am being transported back in time ... millions of years past. The 🎶 you play is hauntingly beautiful. I get goosebumps. 💞

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Wow! It's amazing you feel that way! We love an ancient atmosphere xx

[@danaholt1720]

Sheila have you ever listened to Jethro Tull 'Songs from the wood' 👍

[@sheilabroad8192]

Dana Holt ..No I haven’t .. but I will now.

[@chrisberry9017]

Nature is just so incredibly generous! These beautiful pieces of rock are utterly stunning, and never two the same!

[@catherinethompson2525]

Cannot wait to see some agate jewelry!!!

[@dright1817]

The music, voices are calming and the scenery take the mind to a pleasant place. Thank you again.

[@terrymeals6619]

Donald Wright couldn’t agree more, gets me ready for the week ahead.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Aww we're so glad you enjoyed it! xx

[@kerrypitt9789]

Often the music you play brings tears to my eyes. There's is something about it that takes me to a different place. Bagpipes tear at my heart strings, I just turn into a mess. Hey is there anyway you could make a wax seal out of a piece of your agate? I think it has to be a task that needs doing! Your finds today we're incredible! Don't be in a hurry to polish and cut them, sometimes the rough stone has more charm. Love your work! I get a kick out of Alex! The more you find the more excited you get! It is like shaking a bottle of soda as you walk, you can feel it getting closer and closer to exploding!! 🤯😂 Keep bringing this excitement to your show! Always such a pleasure!!

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Aw that's so lovely, we do enjoy picking the music for our videos! I (Alex) collect antique wax seals, I would LOVE to make my own but we will need some more advanced tools for the job that what we currently have. Hopeful it is something I can do in the future though 😊

[@fernbrisot325]

@@NorthernMudlarks I think you could use diamond bits and cutoff wheels on your on your Dremel/rotary tool. Make the first, larger cuts with the cutoff wheel, then use various ball and flame bits to deepen and smooth/round the edges. You could always try on softer stone, like calcite, first.

[@stehaughton5074]

Try this on you tube", Dance of life soothing relaxation", it'll blow your mind,(well it did mine).

[@kbwoodcock]

Bagpipes❤️❤️❤️

[@barbaracatalano6299]

You guys need a big rock tumbler too. It brings out what's inside

[@VideosbyShawna]

This is what I came here to say! Their next purchase needs to be a rock tumbler! 😊

[@NorthernMudlarks]

That's definitely got to be one of our next projects! x

[@soniak2865]

watch 'Michigan Rocks' channel

[@vermontvampyre]

Was going to say this too instead I'll just thumbs this up! Polished agates are GORGEOUS! Tumblers do 90% of the polishing for you.

[@deniserose2269]

Actually I have a tumbler and after all the processes there would be a pebble left.

[@quasimojo7399]

I love watching your videos. They bring a sense of tranquillity to the soul in these troubled times. Thank you ladies, keep up the good work.

[@hallowedbethynameyahuah7705]

Bedridden with a back injury, despairing, forlorn, I find healing comfort from you both and your creation, this wonderful video. Ow yay. Thank you guys.

[@mimimitch327]

Oh Moo Bear! I’ll say a prayer for you! I hope you feel better soon. Hope for the future and peace to you!

[@hallowedbethynameyahuah7705]

@@mimimitch327 Thank you so much, I'm back on my feet and only have to be careful not to do it again. Best wishes for you in everything, that was very nice of you.

[@furgy425]

You two are a joy and a great comfort to watch, may you stay safe and well in your quest for beautiful objects, and things of days past.

[@sandramays795]

Little rockhounding tip. Bring a hammer to knock a little chip off the larger rocks you are unsure about. As you said, they can look like just any other rock, until you take a chip off and expose the insides 😊

[@lisaharner3720]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes! The specimens you collected are magnificent. And I love how you are now able to cut the stones to reveal their hidden internal beauty! Please keep making these videos so we can continue to come along on all your adventures!

[@jodyshepard9482]

I keep falling in love with Scotland! Thanks for your films.

[@kathleenlynch5763]

The colours of the agates are stunning but the one with the amathyst in the center is so beautifull it would make a lovley pendant . Thank you for taking us with you the music and the scenery are wonderfull.

[@donnagray3779]

You have such a great mother/daughter relationship. It’s nice to have a shared interest

[@rbirkheimer59]

Did it really have to end? I'm so in love with what you do. The country side and the music playing........I'am there with you. I know it sounds silly but I can't help it. Thank You both for all the work you do for us. I love , love, love the rocks. The sea glass, pipes everything. It is truly a blessing to see. Much adoration and love sent your way. Hugs from OHIO

[@michelleibbitson1205]

I love your videos, the music and the scenery, the jewellery making and of course the gorgeous Shwoos .. I'm binge watching your videos to catch up! Lol , keep up with the wonderful videos ladies xx

[@karintuinduifje]

Thank you for taking a look at the hidden treasures in nature with you. Away from home due to the music and nature. Greetings from the Netherlands . love Karin.

[@magickmoi1261]

Gorgeous colors in the agates. Loved the yellow and red one especially 💕

[@janeingram7331]

Today it was particularly nice to listen to you. One of the narrowboaters lost their dog and that was very sad. Also another narrowboater lost his dog last week. From the 3,500 miles that I watch both narrowboaters and mudlarkers from Philadlephia, we watchers become very attached to all of you and your pets so when you sadly lose one, we too grieve. So, your events today were uplifting after a morning of sadness. Best to you both, Jane, Philadelphia

[@tomst9417]

I so much look forward to Sundays and the latest video from Gail and Alex. The location you visited this week is absolutely stunning and your photography makes it seem like we're right there with you. Loved the agates you found and the vivid colors and patterns are just gorgeous. There's no better way to get some temporary respite from the madness our world is now experiencing, thank you!

[@stacyreedy5341]

I love to see the places you go. When you tell the history of the places visited, it adds value to the videos. But then I am a history buff. The photos of the agate, are wonderful. Very beautiful agate. I can't wait to see the jewelry you'll make from them.

[@isabelgranados8176]

Whaaaaat! Amazing agates❤❤❤

[@Jill_223]

I was so wishing this one was a live show after I got into it because I was just naming off the types and formations of the agates but you can't hear me from here lol! One bit I wanted to make sure to share is that the purple quartz/purple chalcedony IS amethyst. The different gems are all just silica with different inclusions that give it the different colors and different names. Yellow is citrine and the sort of brownish/grey is smoky quartz and then there is rose quartz and the list goes on! The amethyst usually gets its color from iron impurities so that is a clue when looking for a good location to find more! I read there is a special quartz in Scotland called Cairngorm and found in the mountains there. Could that be another cool treasure for you ladies to hunt?! 😊

[@lovedaybebe5881]

How kind of you, too take the time to write all this information . Thank you for sharing ☺️

[@EthanSam]

Erin Reou I heard about the Cairngorms, apparently people have found beautiful clusters and crystallised smoky quartz up there, would love to go there one time

[@skaarup33]

Your mother daughter relationship is so heartwarming, just watching you two reacting to each other. 🥰 Those are some beautiful pieces of agate. Do you have guys have any plans for some of those pieces? Thank you for sharing your Summer adventures with us. Until next time!! 💕💜💕💜💕💜💕🇩🇰

[@woogaboogawiththegreenteet8436]

great rockhounding day, your lace agate over there is beautiful

[@whankerakerill6293]

Every thing you do is just fantastic but the best is when we get see your country in its own bliss

[@janicehayes5059]

Hello Alex and Gail Thank-you again, for the great adventure! You two are so lovely! I absolutely love your voices and even more your Smiles!❣😀The excitement and intonation in your voices is wonderful I have enjoyed coming long on your agate hunt again with the most creative filming and music! Thanks so much! Be safe, happy, blessings Janice from Sorrento B.C. Canada🇨🇦ps could you post your music as you have previously! TU have a good week!❤️

[@kimpage8135]

WOW 🤩 they are all amazing and gorgeous!! Thank you 😊 Stay safe!! 😷🐝🐿🦟🦋😍

[@arielarenado]

Gail what an unbelievable find.

[@ramibu239]

Alex when you dropped that 2nd rock you picked up up - the big green one - I was like "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!"😱🤣🤣🤣 If you noticed most of the rocks you picked up that showed color had that same porous (either like the the the green one or the lighter creamy colored ones) texture to them. The reason I freaked out is I have a a small slab of Amethyst crystals that are dark purple on top, clear as you move down, & then that green porous stone under the crystals. I was wondering if some of the rocks you picked up might have different colored stones inside if cut or broke open.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

I also wanted to yell through the screen, "don't throw it away!" I'm thinking they missed a lot of [geodes] thunder eggs while they were there.

[@marionlesage4794]

I love your relaxing Sunday videos. Great finds!

[@aimeetyler6566]

If pick up the rocks and they’re really light & hollow it’s possibly a geode. The crystal collector on KZbin is great for explaining it all!😊

[@AgateDad]

I cant get over how beautiful those agates are! I think if you keep at it, you'll find an untapped area out there!! Plus, I love agate videos 😅 great insulators too!!

[@NorthernMudlarks]

We are trying to resist going back or we'll have too many agate videos, lol. One day you should come to the UK for an agate hunt with us! xx

[@danielhatch3740]

WOW! at 26:08, Beautiful Agate. Wham Bam Nice Agate Mam.

[@beester1432]

Love your videos! You need to get a Chicago Electric dual drum rock tumbler to polish those rocks! That would be a great video or two.

[@aprildaniels357]

Wow!! Another Beautiful Video. I Love your Explores! Hope you guys have a Great day. Can't wait til your next one.!!!

[@peachesandapril]

Lovely video and some precious little finds. I love the way you guys always stop to appreciate the magical simplicities of nature in you videos 🥰

[@annawright8277]

I enjoy going on the different adventures you take us on .Love the beautiful country sides and music. Your finds are always amazing. Thank you!😄

[@paultrigger8492]

What a great agate hunting adventure you have both had Gail and Alex , you certainly found some lovely examples some very large pieces i love the ones you cut on your tile saw the lovely fantastic veins and colours running through them I absolutely love watching you both finding treasures along the beaches it really makes my day to sit and watch your excitement at your lovely finds , please keep the adventures coming

[@ianmcleod8898]

agate dad will be so impressed with your finds

[@moonlightgiftshoppe]

So fortunate to be able to find so many beautiful stones! Wonderful.

[@marybeth6272]

Wow! Just a wonder filled video. Loved it! 💜🧡💛 You need to carry a spray bottle of water next time. I bet you would find them easier. But gosh what great ones you did find. And as always fabulous scenery views and beautiful music. You two are so wonderful to watch. Thank you for taking us along with you on your journeys. 🤗

[@lesahanners5057]

Your agates are just poetry in stone, such swirls of color and shapes of every kind. Some sparkle like sunbeams on dewdrops, while others are the color of a blood red moon. How lovely it is to journey along with you on your adventures. The music, ethereal, sweeps us along to another realm. Blessings on your day!

[@sarahstrong7174]

Pretty rocks & pretty wildflowers & haunting music.

[@lwwayne2357]

fun fun fun, agate hunting with you both,

[@augustochendi429]

Fres Complimenti today....good search for stones

[@stephendadd8440]

Thanks for the latest video ladies. Love the You Tube heading picture-your best yet!

[@MaryABaker-rd3mm]

Oh be still my heart! The rock hound in me is really enjoying this video! I like all of your videos but this one is fantastic! Thank you!

[@donnabrewer4971]

I cannot wait to see what you do with all these beautiful bits of agate!!! Some really nice pieces!

[@mariaemedinadiaz]

Love ❤️ it on the hunt again for beautiful gems 💎 have fun love ❤️ the smiles 😊😊😇😇😇❤️❤️🙏🙏💎💎😍😍👍👍

[@lynnettemcelmurray4597]

Beautiful!!!! Love rocking ...And putting in the window!!! Thank you for sharing !!!

[@cristalfirm9955]

I like to watch your videos while I have a cup of coffee and work on my crochet projects. Thank you

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Wonderful! xx

[@sallydattoli2143]

The big blue one looks like apatite. Some of the colors also look like calcite. I'm so far away from your beautiful country, when you can touch a stone thru the screen, then tv will have arrived! Smell a vision a touch vision would make my world perfect. Thank you Gail and Alex for all your gifts to us.

[@louettahuddleson7194]

Gorgeous agates. Beautiful phots as well. I very much enjoyed your adventure. Thank you so much for giving us all something wonderful and so interesting to watch during these times when most all we see on television is bad news about either the pandemic or the riots or political people telling lies about one another! I’ve become very much attached to KZbin and your mudlarking and other adventures. Love the Celtic type background music and the beautiful scenery. Thank you very much for sharing your adventures.

[@suzique5827]

Beautiful scenery and lovely agate

[@The3katter]

Hello lovely ladies! Every time I look at your awesome videos my whole body longs to visit your beautiful island! Hopefully next summer I will take my daughter, my son-in-law and my beautiful granddaughter Pim over the seas again. And how wonderful and exciting it would be to try a bit of mudlarking 😄!

[@gaylelewellen7854]

I have so enjoyed all your videos, i have learned so much, and gotten so many wonderful idea's for jewelry and more. ty... My son passed recently and I lost my will to be creative you brought that creative nature back, thank you, lovely ladies.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

So sorry for your loss xx

[@lovelyskull3483]

Wonderful, thank you so much☮️🇨🇦

[@thekenneth3486]

It pains me that I can't "Like" a video more than once... Consider it muchly liked!

[@whatdoyoudodiys7479]

Hi you have got a nice mum you 2 have fun all the time nice

[@FlippinLids]

I love your voices a d great outlooks on life, you both are so artistic, I would love to stroll with you looking for all the treasures you find in your slice of heaven! Thank you for sharing your adventures, you have given me something to look forward to each week, pure joy and peaceful videos too. I love your guinny hens as well beautiful birds!

[@sofiamartins991]

One of the best videos of yours 💕💝🍀

[@mc1304]

Alex's growl of excitement always makes me laugh. It is sort of a joy/agony sound.

[@bloomingtonian7529]

You two are a real pleasure to watch. Excellent finds today.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Thank you! xx

[@GermanGemcutter]

Congratulation👏 Beautiful Agates👍 Perfect Material for Tumbling. Also some great pieces for cut them open and take a closer look inside the Stones, it's a huge fun and super exciting😁👍

[@kerinholmstrom250]

Good Lord! My father worked for a provincial power company, and in the early '80's they put the lines under ground. Racks & racks of the crossbars were laying everywhere along roads, ditchers, & dumps. My sister-in-law and I would take our kids and go picking them off the racks. We found glass insulators of every color imaginable, from clear to dark blue. Reds, links, yellows, greens, different shades of each but we found only one that was the color oh an amethyst. Most went into the garden, but the ones that were different came in the house. That was over 35 years ago & 1500 mi.(1850+km) away! Loved to see you rock hounding. I've been a rock hound for years. Took geology in university. You would love BC's Blue picture stone. Check out Dan Hurd Prospecting for pictures.🇨🇦💕

[@eba44]

Wow- I looked him up, and that ocean picture-stone is amazing! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@renitabarrientos1570]

I love rock hounding, so much fun, today I am seeing your stunning agates & adventure in a place of equal l beauty, when I heard the music I am draw an to apart place & time that's makes me long to see it .💌🤗🍃🌼🌿🙋

[@tonywild3588]

Lovely to hear the haunting music and follow your journey to the river. Wow what some awesome finds you had with those banded agates and quartz. Would be amazing to see some of them tumbled. I love watching your videos, so relaxing. thank you

[@annettewalter2273]

I love those speckled rocks. The agate is beautiful as well.

[@atsavageriver]

Agree with the rock tumbler idea, also for the bigger pieces, they can be cut like a loaf of bread. The slices when polished on both sides look like little stained glass windows. Lovely when displayed on a Light Table. Thanks for another lovely video. P.S. Might need a sliding guide for the saw, to cut slices.

[@user-ri1oo1ij6j]

Kalispera from Greece 🇬🇷

[@gaylelewellen7854]

thank you ladies for looking for agates, My husband and I look at our beaches for agates and beach glass, as well as our kids and grandkids, we love it.

[@kimpeasester]

Wow. That rock you found when crossing the river! Wow! Wow! Breath taking

[@witsue]

You girls get so excited that it drags me along. Such brilliant finds. Hugs 😘

[@cynthiamallinak4513]

My Husband and I have been watching your videos since the beginning! We love your music and videography Alex. Gail, you are quite the Artist as well. What a gift your videos are to all of us that are spending lots of time at home. Some of these rocks look like they may have been knapped by Natives. Our Native Americans here in my area of the Midwest used practical rocks for creating arrowheads, but when there were more beautiful stones available that could be knapped they used those as well. That nibbled look on the edges is what caught my attention. Could be natural though. Either way I am sure you will create something lovely from them.

[@salishseaquest7952]

Wow! Just wow! Each one a treasure...you found amazing agates. A wonderful excursion and kudos to you for showing us the countryside flora and fauna.

[@pegjackson9716]

Such incredible agates. They are so beautiful and will make great jewelry.

[@debbiewallace-bennett3708]

I grew up on the Oregon coast and we had a beach named Agate Beach. There were agates as far as you could see, some tiny all the way up to football sized! We never left the beach without a bucket or can full of stones. Watching you guys brought back such wonderful memories for me! That stone you found Gail with the melted look on the inside looks like a Thunder Egg or possibly a Geode. Love seeing your video's, keep up the amazing work!

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for giving us a good look at the agates. Wow the colours & patterns are just amazing!

[@lynnt.2583]

Another cool video. I’m really liking all the little vignettes that show up between finds-the flowers, mountains, grasses, sky... I hope some of the smaller Agates might show up as pendants someday :-)

[@michigandetectingdoug1125]

Thank you for introducing me to the song Varyra by Sandra Marteleur. I’ve downloaded it to my phone and when I listen to it, it reminds me of two extraordinary people half a world away. Your videos remind me that there is right in this crazy world. For that, I thank you very much ladies. Cheers from 🇺🇸

[@2009Portugale]

I really enjoyed your finds and the beautiful video you made of them. Thanks Gail and Alex.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Our pleasure! Thank you for joining us 😁 xx

[@susanselko-millman4889]

Great finds and beautiful scenery.

[@sofi-onahamer8609]

Wow what a hoard. Such a wonderfully serene rock hounding to watch on a lazy Sunday eve. Loved the eclamation, 'The bands, the bands!' like the hunchback of Notre Dam, "The bells, the bells!" I suppose treasure hunting always necessitates a stoop too ha ha 😆 Like miniature works of art. So lovely to see them being found as they fall than being dug out of the ground. Lovely change from larking. Stunning photos at the end - just wow! Love the translutent blue, glows so enchantingly.

[@danajanis5750]

Those are so beautiful great hunting!!!

[@michswags]

The AWE in the young ladies voice!!!! Priceless!! Some look like PURE STEAK...I AGREE..I dont always love that...lol..I hope yous have purchased a TUMBLER by now!!!I ENVY you ..the English countryside...Im in Philadelphia Pennsylvania UsA Luckily we also have woods and streams.full of stuff as well!! Enjoy!!

[@rendaowe]

Yay, you went back, how cool, can’t wait to see what you found this time.

[@kimpeasester]

Holy moly! Another big one! Awesome

[@brianandtamiolson2330]

What a fabulous hobby. I can’t think of a more rewarding thing to do that hunt treasures with your best friend. I love your videos it’s so inspiring. ❤️

[@ThatYarneyZebraStuff]

Wow...I watched with amazement & eyes searching the gravel bar for each find. What amazing treasures! Did I gaze at each new find with awe? You better believe it. Rocks/fossils have been a fascination of mine for a good while. I am so glad to see your enthusiasm for all sorts of treasures! Gail said, "Amethystey" about the same time I blurted that out loud while watching. Such entertaining moments spent with my Ladies with working/playing hands...scars & scabs & other tell-tale signs of digging for that ever present treasure. Thank you for taking us all along, allowing us to live our dream of treasure hunting through your eyes!! Did I mention I love you both!!!

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Aw, we love you too for your amazing and kind comment! xx

[@bridget_6892]

Thank you again for bringing us along with you. I love rocks. Such joy in the treasure hunt. I wish you all happy adventures. 🙏💗🌸🌼

[@user-te2rb2wk7l]

נהדר לראות שעכשיו הם עושקים בכל מיני סוגי אבנים קריסטלים ולא בשטויות

[@NorthernMudlarks]

We're glad you enjoyed coming! Rock hunting is becoming very addictive haha xx

[@AmandaSnow-di6mp]

beautiful agate. lovely ladies, great videos... you fill my time, l'm so lucky and grateful to have found you guys. x

[@darlaarias9593]

Pro agate hunter from northern Minnesota. Lake Superior is LOADED with them. Keep the sun at your back, they will pop out . Also yellow tinted sunglasses or goggles work great

[@kpsaxon1]

Iv'e seen agate hunter out hunting with squeezer spray bottles to wet the stones on the gravel beds to check them out / seemed like a good idea 👍💖

[@carolinapilar9]

Beatiful finds ...Congratulations .... Thank you for thinking of your safety .... Wonderful landscapes and nature and music .....very enjoyable video ...💐💗

[@fairyGrandmother]

This was so much fun! You found some amazing and beautiful rocks! Thanks for taking me with you! TFS Hugs!

[@erikcausey8478]

Really enjoying your videos!! The landscape. The music. Wonderful! Takes me back to 1998. Was stationed at st. Mawgan near Newquay. A couple of friends an I would take trips to wadebridge an walk around river camel. I believe that is correct name. 🤔. Thank you for the delightful uploads!!😄

[@erinrabideau3691]

I hope you guys tumble some of those little treasures! They would look so beautiful all polished up!

[@mariamceuen4700]

An "Amazing Agate Adventure". Beautiful stones. I can picture some of them as jewelry. 🥰

[@mikeandbrendasmith]

Hi super Agate finds really enjoyed your video.

[@NorthernMudlarks]

Thank you so much! 💕