Camping on a Neverending Pile of Fluorescent Thundereggs! // Rockhounding In Rabbit Springs Idaho

This is an excellent location, I just wish that I could have stayed longer and spent some time exploring the hills some.
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[@jenniferbauer8689]

i love how you give us landmarks, and highway number.. love to you.. i will go here

[@randalljordan9587]

The exact location is between mile marker 4 and 5. There's a cut in the road on 93 and the Geodes are right in the lava flow. The basalt is very crumbly so you can just pop out the geodes.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

The exact location is on the website.

[@SammysKun]

Awesome!!!

[@lisac5287]

So Interasting. Will look for the UV video for a better understanding. Thanks!

[@nancycampbell6800]

UV reactive stones and natural resins fascinate the heck out of me. Maybe it's a holdover from my youth and black lights and posters. LOL I have a small UV for handheld rocks and jewelry, but....Alexa, add UVBeast to wishlist. ;-)

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

They fascinate me as well, there's really something about them that draws a person in.

[@rickw6521]

I have a beast myself, made a difference in finding UPPER lights or just walking over them.

[@DanFarrar]

What a haul! Great vid. What a crazy place.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Its a great place for sure.

[@michellepernula872]

4:55 wow!

[@christopherohmart1863]

My son and I went there a few years back. We drove a little further and discovered large red chunks of host rock with massive geode clusters. The material, in small pieces, was all over in the road. When my son found a specimen containing the host rock we headed into the sagebrush turning over every large stone we could find. We found a few ant colonies but we found very large specimens.

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Another great video my friend!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@jimv.661]

Did you try your Geiger counter on them? If you tape one of them on your hat...Sara could find you in the dark.

[@fourwheelingforgems5940]

Hi, This is Arthur of Four Wheeling for Gems, I love your channel. I think those little balls that have druzy or crystals and a void inside are geodes right? Thunder eggs have a filled in center of agate, jasper or a mix of both, is that correct?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hello! So that is a good question that a lot of people have. The name geode and thunderegg doesn't actually refer to the cavity or lack of but rather the host rock they come from. All thundereggs come from rhyolite flows and can be solid or have cavities inside them where as geodes and nodules come from other types of igneous extrusive flows such as basalt. An interesting example of this is the Dugway Geode beds which I'm sure you are aware of, well those are actually thundereggs technically but people have called them geodes for so long that the name has stuck. I'm not trying to be stickler here for spelling but thunderegg is one word and now two. Thunderegg being the common name for lithophysae, whereas when its two words its like there is thunder and an egg. There is a great book which I would highly recommend trying to locate a copy of called The Formation of Thundereggs (Lithophysae) by Robert Colburn which is without a doubt the best resource on the subject.

[@fourwheelingforgems5940]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thanks for your reply. That is very interesting and I hope to learn more. maybe I can locate the book you mentioned.

[@OregonCoastAgates]

Hey buddy! Getting situated here on KZbin a little, and came across your new vid! Subscribing now! Also awesome job with the UV, I absolutely love hunting with mine. We are sponsored by UVbeast by the way, we all use the 365nm lights over here on the coast all the time! Love the video, again hope to merge up with you guys when you make it to Oregon next!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Welcome!!! Oh yeah it would be great to meet up, its I know that the coast is best hunted in the winter time but that is also a rough time to visit.

[@OregonCoastAgates]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Just remember, there's no snow over here! Also, anytime is good here (if you know where to go)!

[@lorah2087]

Is the turn off from the highway mark in any way?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I don't quite follow what you're asking here.

[@lorah2087]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Sorry, how does someone find that exact site, like GPS coordinates, or is there a map in one of the Rockhounding books, or is road you were on on named for example like No Name Gulch or any other type name that one would recognize as you're driving down the highway. I'm new to your site and maybe you don't give specific details.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@lorah2087 All of the information, including GPS is listed on the website.

[@divainesop1]

Do you like the 365 for viewing the UV reactive minerals? I’m trying to choose a UV light.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

The 365NM filtered light from UVbeast is really good and at $80 is considered a cheap entry level light. The skys the limit with price and wave lengths, it really depends on what you want to do with the light.

[@divainesop1]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding just hoping to find an affordable long wave for now. I know there are some really pricy, but amazing, options.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Ya made me click! :D Watching - can't wait! OK, finished... SO COOL! Now I need to go there.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Yeah it's a really good place to pull over and check out. I highly recommend it, but the camping was a little rough.

[@larrymays5413]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding when you turn off the road if you go to the right and then go left up the hill there is a decent little spot on the right by the gravel pile> Dont remember if it above or below the pile. Looked like there is a spring back in there.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@larrymays5413 Ill check it out next time!

[@Mike-br8vb]

Camping on a rock hounders dream spot! Awesome video!

[@bjurney85]

Those dust storms are no joke out in this part of the country, along eastern Nevada and western Utah, the wind can get to 70 miles plus along the I80 corridor. I am excited to see what other locations you hit up from your trip.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Oh I know that now, we had to deal with so much wind in Utah.

[@patriciamckean4186]

Boy, do those greens react to UV. I'd be collecting a jar of green and a jar of yellows too! Oh my, those winds. Love that you corect yourself. We all learn when you share!!! UV colors??? Are these colors specific to the minerals in each?

[@anitachilson6757]

Of all the rock hounding videos I watch, you are my favorite! Love the way you explain about what you're finding and especially like that you tell us your location! Awesome! We live in Idaho and have driven highway 93 often, but never stopped at Rabbit Springs. We decided to stop and check it out on our last trip. I'm very aware that we have rattlesnakes in Idaho, and every time we go out I'm very careful where I step ect. Heard my husband yell a loud oh. He ran into a baby one. He didn't get bit! Of all the places and years we've lived here, this is the 1st one we've seen! I'm very frightened of snakes, so ran and got in the car and we left. We're going down that way again soon, but gotta think on it if I want to stop there or not! Love all your videos!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, I try to offer a lot here on the channel and website.

[@CurtL-ow1ds]

You were only a short distance from were you can get whole eggs

[@laurat5143]

You had grand adventure. I'd love to go on a grand adventure myself. Mother Earth, she's got all kinds of things for anybody who's interested in collecting. I call them my little beach. gems. Agates, petrified wood, and all that beach glass. Thanks once again for sharing your amazing adventure.😊

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Ive never seen so much Pumpkin Spice!! HAHA Looks like you guys had a great time there buddy, chat soon!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

PSL or rockhounding!

[@mikehocking4836]

Looks like jackpot idaho border area Jarbidge is another cool area to look

[@manisteerocks7092]

Ok...I had to hit pause button...shaking my head..I can't stand it..ur killing me

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I wonder how many were under the tent that night.

[@deantronnes6730]

Cacti probably

[@RagnarRocks]

Camping in that area really sucks, lost a tent there for sure. Ugly material but some of it tumbles up awesome!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

How long ago were you there?

[@RagnarRocks]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding 24 years ago, almost to the day. Cam sent me some material fairly recently though. It's definitely pretty when polished!

[@reginaromsey]

Your tattoos are wonderful. We’re you stationed in the Pacific? I’ve only seen this of my Army recruiters from Samoa and Saipan. 🤟🧙‍♀️

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you. I have never served in the military.

[@Ethan-hg7jw]

Rabbit springs was my first rockhounding location, many memories. I used to live thirty minutes north, great times.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a good location, I would love to spend some more time in the area driving around the hills.

[@larrymays5413]

Very nice, we were just there in Sept that area is where I hale from. We did a day trip from my sisters house in Wendell Id. So now I have a question for you What Black Light are you using? Thanks Larry

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm using a filtered 365NM UV Beast light. I put a link to it the description box of the video.

[@larrymays5413]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thank you

[@laurat5143]

Omg! Those were amazing under the uv light. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing adventure 😊. I'll be sure to share this with my sister and grandchildren.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[@TarnishedViking.]

Type O - Green. Dude Sweet! {}

[@raystevens687]

Hi 👋 👋 👋 👋 Matt I just finished watching your video on Geoeds anyway I'm going to take a road trip down to Las Vegas Nevada and I'll be passing Ripped springs Idaho off of US 93. 1st off I enjoyed your Video 📹 then I would like to know know if I could drive my 2 wheel truck 🚚 down that road. Anyway I'm going now thanks Ray 😊 in Idaho

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hello Ray, my name is Jared and not Matt. At the time we went the road was short and fine. I would direct you to the website listing for more information.

[@raystevens687]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding hi 👋 Jared hay I subscribe to a lot of channels and I think I just forgot your name I apologize for my short coming and I'll try to do better thanks Ray in Idaho.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

🥾🥾 a wonderful shared adventure on this glorious day here in Michigan…🪨 Thanks Rock Professor

[@katiedid713926]

What does it mean when they're uv reactive?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

UV reaction is a bit complex to explain in a comment but I do have a few videos on the topic which I think you will like.

[@katiedid713926]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I'll look them up and watch. Thanks!

[@prospectorpaul1]

Great video Nate, excellent material for such an easy access site. Now I want to see your next videos to find out what you were really after :)

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's not a big deal but my name isn't Nate. It is a really good spot to pull over and check out.

[@prospectorpaul1]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding My apologies on messing up your name. It sucks getting older, ughh

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@prospectorpaul1 It's all good, don't worry about it.

[@donnahall6015]

Doesn't the thought of snakes bother you when you camp out????

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Not really. We've never even seen one.

[@byronrhodes1659]

What does the UV light do for you? Tell you how much agate is in it?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That's not really that way to look at it. It shows what material is UV reactive.

[@jmsdvs5]

Just in case you are wondering.... thunder does not come from eggs.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm pretty sure it does.

[@charlenecastaldo3602]

What a fun night hunt! UTAH!! Now I'm just waiting for your next video. Thanks Jared, Sara and Lyka!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Oh yeah! The Utah videos are amazing!

[@paigelee6321]

Awesome trip gotta get a uv light , thank you for sharing 😊💙

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Having the UV light really does open up a whole new aspect to the rockhounding world.

[@kylaabegglen1275]

Wow! So beautiful! Thanks Jared!✌😎

[@guyranting]

Do you tumble or finish these at all or display as is or what?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I personally do not tumble rocks but I have polished these in the past and they look great.

[@sandmaker]

You and Sara did really good. It's always fun to find a place where the pickings are easy once in awhile. Love the reactiveness ofnthe Rick's tongue beast. Sorry you got blown away, but that happens in the desert. Keep having fun and stay safe and healthy. 😷⚒

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It sure is nice to have some easy picking like this.

[@jamescobb9459]

KILLER VID GUYS!! Unforgiving country out there... Y'all need a small RV !! Loved it.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! I like the idea of the small RV and maybe someday that could happen but we go so many place were the road is rough and I don't think a small RV would work.

[@SassSafras]

omg so jelly right now lol. glad u had a good time, gotta check this place out for sure someday

[@SassSafras]

lol those thunder eggs look like the alien egg pods off the movie alien. i would love to have one. and when i was at lake superior on the beach ready to yooper hunt a storm moved in right at dusk and omg we got sand blasted. we left too with not a single yooper. drove 10 hr for that . ill have to drive through there on my way to washington tho so def stopping to camp there

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That's a bummer you came back from that empty handed. I think its a good place, it really makes me wonder what out sitting in the hills.

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Great rockhounding community in the Pacific Northwest too 👍🏼 Bunch of cool people!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Solid!

[@randycaldwell9346]

Another great video I'm glad the wind didn't blow y'all away I figured y'all would have been howling at the moon that night instead of fighting the wind. I'm glad y'all are okay looking forward to your next video!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It really picked up in the middle of the night.

[@patrickliu4463]

Oh man I had no idea you could go that far in and damn they get big. When I was there we stuck a bit closer to the road. I spent about an hour and a half there as a detour on my trip to yellowstone. The book I had says not to even try to get the whole ones out of the rock because they break so easy, which there's a bit of truth to since they're a bit fragile. None of ours glow under UV either , although the UV we have is fairly weak so maybe it'll glow under a shortwave? Also great seeing you at the Wild turkey mine!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

They seem to be able to be extracted but it's a ton of work. These don't really react under my weak shortwave light but they seem to react really well under my 365NM light. It was good seeing you as well!

[@ruksrocksandadventures.5800]

Awesome, what an amazing spot, I still haven't had the chance to go try out my uv torches yet, I doubt I'll find anything like that here though. Enjoy the rest of your one's week. 👌✌️💎

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I have learned that its really hard to know what you will find with these guys when you start UV hunting at night.

[@cptnkaos5994]

Amazing specimens

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I thought it was pretty nice.

[@J_H_Rahbek]

I thought UV light was short waved, not long waved

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

The UV spectrum goes from short to long.

[@nickcaruso]

uv is shorter in wavelength than visible light but there are different wavelengths in the uv spectrum

[@nickcaruso]

what chemicals make the agates fluoresce?

[@SassSafras]

@@nickcaruso agate is chalcedony and not all of it will glow, depends on how the molecules lign up.

[@J_H_Rahbek]

Oh yea that makes sense! Thanks :))

[@louieg4911]

Put coordinates in from video to go to Rabbit Springs which is only 57 miles and it takes me 171 miles from Boise ID. To an unknown destination past Twin Falls.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I think you're mistaken about the location. My coordinates are correct.

[@mattrichards1492]

Sweet location for an overnight camping stop. Crazy to hear about the dust storm!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Yeah it was a bit much, that said we would go back.

[@JnVrockhounding]

Man I’d spend days there and never get tired of that material. Absolutely love uv reactive stuff. Now I have to find and watch the video you referenced. Loving your channel bud.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a great location that we plan on going back to.

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Sorry to hear about the crazy wind! Hope you guys had a good trip anyway. I’ll have to figure out some cool places to stop along the way and come see you some day. I’ve always wanted to see the Pacific Northwest. I think I’ll need a good aerodynamic camper 😂

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

There's no time like the present to take a road trip!

[@rockrockprettyrock6594]

Love that green! What makes them fluoresce?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm not exactly sure what the mineral is here that is causing it.

[@bz_handle]

I found something similar in a few pieces of petrified wood recently. Clear botryoidal quartz that fluoresces green. I ID'ed it as hyalite opal which gets its fluorescence from trace amounts of uranium. I'm open to considering that it might be something else.

[@tysilvaz9566]

Dang love rabbit springs

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's an interesting area for sure.

[@tysilvaz9566]

Yeah i go there all the time but i did not realize that there were florescent geodes there.

[@reginaromsey]

The area seems beautifully clean of trash, just strewn with nice agate! I’m thinking of a picture with Picture Rock with a moon of the agate that lights ups under UV light. Some looks like waterfalls and glaciers. There seemed to be a small bit in one picture that flourished bright red?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a lovely area. Often the bright reds that are seen outside when using the UV its just moss or other plant material.

[@Lisa.Sparkman]

That's some really cool material you got there. Sorry to hear about your sandstorm. Maybe you could consider that you got a free microdermabrasion treatment. People have to pay a lot for that lol

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hahaha that's a good way of looking at it.

[@arcatacompany]

That is awesome I really appreciate you standing out in that field narrating because that is exactly what I enjoy I wish I was standing there right now and the piece of agate you just picked up and said look like fire agate I have found those in Southern California and I just think it looks so cool

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! :)

[@donnahall6015]

Always enjoy your Saturday night when you do casually enjoy your cup of coffee, cocktail or beer..

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@theruggedrockhound]

Nice! Rabbit springs isn't too far from me, I will definitely go check this place out sometime!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It's a good place to visit but maybe pass on it if the forecast calls for a wind storm.

[@theruggedrockhound]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Understood!

[@oldgamerchick]

It was nice to see my home state Idaho again. I have been long in the south. I sure miss home. Thank you for sharing your trip. 🙃☕❤❤❤

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Idaho is an amazing state and we haven't even scratched the surface of places we would like to go to.

[@silverback5033]

Hi Jared, that is quite some spot you stopped at, those geodes are amazing the wAy they light up under UV light. Some of those should be quite a sight in a UV display. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! I think they look pretty good. I really need to do some wood working and make a proper case for a UV display.

[@Cliffwalkerrockhounding]

Terrific UV reactivity in those. The green reminds me of hyalite opal I have.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@caseycorbett9390]

using a sanblaster to remove the white layers should expose some more glow, ive done it with a piece just like these

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hmmm I might have to ask around to see if someone has one.

[@GIBKEL]

It just blows your mind….What a wonderful corner of the world we live an play in. I did some arch survey work down by Bruneau Dunes….probably a stones throw. I might have missed it…is it opal or just agate in these thunder eggs-formed in basalt seams. I’ve got to get me a light. It is a brutal and beautiful landscape.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

All of what I have found there was agate filled.

[@GIBKEL]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I just sent you an email of some interesting finds-“incredible discovery” form prewar. Hope you enjoy the photos.

[@TheAdventureCloset]

What a fun hunt. So much material out there too. Been there many times on packing up in the middle of the night. Lots of coffee!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

This is actually a first for us.

[@TheAdventureCloset]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding lucky!

[@jmsdvs5]

Well ... guess you can say that you got blown away with all those agates.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Ha!

[@ssteele1812]

"reminds me of fire agate without the fire" they call that chalcedony down in AZ. I really hope I can make it to AZ again this winter. I want to "meander" a bit on the way back and try to hit some of your area on the way back to IA.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I was talking about the size, texture, and how they are scattered about the landscape on the ground.

[@JhonDiamond2021]

extraordinary agate quest in a wide field

[@hunterheadley3178]

That hat you're wearing is really cool, if you started selling merch I know I'd buy.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I might be able to make that happen on a small scale this winter.

[@hunterheadley3178]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding if you can that'd be awesome, much love from central wa

[@pinakibhome3075]

Hunting for rocks is like meditation. Nothing beautiful like it .