Great Agates on a Lake Superior Beach

[@benwinkel]

Good to sea you guys having great fun together. Some good finds too!

[@Mr-Mag00]

What a nice little visit to Blind Sucker, Sam is the man! I have to use reading glasses to see the rocks and be 2 feet away I spend a lot of time bent over looking...ahh the joys of being older 🙂 One of these days I know we will cross paths until then I wish you the best of luck hunting! 52'ish years searching for agates and the most important part of going to look is just being on the shores of this beautiful lake.

[@MichiganRocks]

That's very true. Even a bad day of rock hunting is usually still a great day on the beach.

[@susietincknellsmith653]

Love the sound of the surf!

[@kenthorsen4558]

Sam is a lot like my son, when we go hunting for arrowheads he is always three steps ahead of me. Lol great finds guys and have a great Labor day weekend everyone.

[@MichiganRocks]

Sam is really, really good at finding them. He doesn't have to be in front either, but he prefers it.

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Grilled dinner following some fantastic finds! An all around great day! Thanks for sharing the fun!

[@oaktree3]

"You made that noise!" LOL - pretty sure I have "a noise" I make when I find a great rock, too.

[@MichiganRocks]

Ooooh!

[@JeffWeymier]

What a great hunt. Good luck to Sam in the tumbling contest. I sent mine in a few weeks ago and am hoping for the best. It was a great learning experience.

[@MichiganRocks]

His are sent in too. Just waiting for results now. His looked pretty good.

[@JeffWeymier]

@@MichiganRocks I liked mine as well but I’ve never had anyone judge my tumbled rocks before. I liked the process and I’m going to at least learn a lot. Thanks for inspiring me to give it a try. First place or last I am happy with what I did.

[@MichiganRocks]

@@JeffWeymier Good luck!

[@Brenda-sk6ev]

Beautiful rocks & yummy corn!! Perfect day!! ❤

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Nothing better then rock hunting and having corn on the cob while camping with your son or dad! Looked like a blast.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Another fabulous day in Michigans’ Paradise ………😊 “People are good” especially in Michigan 7:10

[@MichiganRocks]

That was a nice little surprise at the end of our walk back.

[@Dustin_the_wind]

Nice fellas, thanks for bringing us along.

[@MichiganRocks]

Thanks for coming, Dustin!

[@TinaHyde]

ROB! ROB! ROB! I went to Lakeport State Park today on your suggestion - my first ever rock hunt in Michigan - and found my FIRST ever AGATE!!🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I couldn’t believe it!! I raised both arms in the air like I was Rocky Balboa!! ✊✊And then I found my first Petosky!! What a day! 🎊🎊 I love Michigan! ♥️

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

I enjoyed this. Nice agate Sam! Thanks guys.

[@icatz]

You guys have so much fun.

[@MichiganRocks]

Yes we do.

[@staceymcmahan5016]

I like OOOO! I think they are all keepers and OOOO's. We Only spent 4 wonderful weeks in UP late last summer early fall and leaves were changing . It was spectacular . All those colors against that magnificent lake superior blue. Even the stormy days were beautiful and ominous as the waves crashed in like the ocean . I'm hooked on MI UP. Again always enjoy the views you share and your rock hound videos . Thank you !

[@MichiganRocks]

Is that four zeros, or the "Oooooh!" that comes out of our mouth involuntarily when we find good rocks?

[@staceymcmahan5016]

@@MichiganRocks yes! Oh yes, I meant OOOOh! Haha

[@MichiganRocks]

@@staceymcmahan5016 That's what I figured, but at first all I could see were zeros.

[@davidhile5363]

The waves were a little bit angry that day. You guys picked up some nice finds that day. The sweet corn looked delicious !

[@MichiganRocks]

The waves were pretty big, but knowing we were going to be there for two more days with lower winds made me happy.

[@kimfrommn7162]

Another Fantastic Video!!!!! You Guys were Sure Having Fun!!!! Loved the Video!!!! 🤗☃️❤️👍🙋🏻‍♀️

[@lonewolf5896]

Lived in Pancake Bay Ontario side....used to find agates when I was a wee guy...miss those days. Great vid..cheers.

[@MichiganRocks]

When you're a wee guy, the agates look bigger too.

[@LouisaLee63]

I really enjoy your videos. Love seeing the rocks but the scenery is beautiful too.

[@MichiganRocks]

The scenery is beautiful, but I sometimes forget to look up and appreciate it.

[@vickilynn1204]

This was a fun video. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@MichiganRocks]

You're welcome, Vicki!

[@kirsiselei8703]

What a nice day u two had, i bet next day too. And sweet finds too❤👋🇫🇮

[@MichiganRocks]

You'll get to see the next two days over the next few weeks. Spoiler: those were good too.

[@kirsiselei8703]

@@MichiganRocks cant wait. Love ur videos whoever u are with❤️

[@sisbugstreasures7094]

Can’t wait for part 2! ❤

[@MichiganRocks]

... and three and four.

[@butchgarner3911]

NIce, I just fired up the pc and BOOM! Awesome timing, lets see what you find today!! have a great weekend!

[@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976]

Wow you found some beautiful specimans. Such an incredible place. I bet the corn tasted good.

[@MichiganRocks]

It was delicious.

[@firechicken455adventures]

What a fun day on the beach topped off with some grilled corn. That agate at 5:46 is very nice.

[@MichiganRocks]

Yep, that was a good one!

[@chozzy721]

It’s always a good night when you post a video!

[@timh6751]

Hey guys...another good one. Will be making a solo 'bucket list' trip to the U.P. in October and plan on a couple hours of rockhounding fun at Whitefish Point. Your videos have been great in helping me plan my time there. Have lived in Florida since 1992, but have always missed my home state of Michigan. Thanks!!

[@MichiganRocks]

If you have other places you could stop at, I'd consider somewhere other than Whitefish Point. You'll find some rocks there, but that beach gets a lot of picking because of the museum there. A couple other beaches that are easy to get to that you might consider are the Lake Superior beach at Muskellunge Lake State Park or just down the road at the Lake Superior State Forest Campground. Those are both a ways from Whitefish Point, but if you're going past them, they're better in my opinion.

[@leeannmettlach2412]

Nice finds - still loving the Unakite!❤️ Looks like a great time! 😀

[@salishseaquest7952]

Sam has a great agate eye! Those waves on Superior were....superior. Love to hear them crashing but I guess they could have gotten you quite wet. Amazing hunt for both of you -- gorgeous rocks in the UP.

[@MichiganRocks]

You don't usually get too wet even when wading. It's not really a problem.

[@janehelbert7551]

Nice agate Sam!

[@lindaleehulsey3167]

SO GLAD U UPLOADED 💓 ❤ MICHIGAN ROCKS With NANCY & Family & SAM & friends.

[@annedavis6090]

Hey guys, Sam as i was growing up, i never heard "corn on the cob".. my dad always called them "roastsnears"..which was roasting ears. So much tastier from the grill. I'm sure they were delightful. now back to your vid..

[@MichiganRocks]

I never heard that one. Makes sense though.

[@annedavis6090]

@@MichiganRocks Dad was born Indiana 1935, so depression era. I remember having a house full of food always as a kid.. he was fun to shop with. One of his favorite treats for himself was saltines crunched in a bowl with buttermilk over. I miss him. Have a wonderful holiday weekend boys🌻✨

[@MichiganRocks]

@@annedavis6090 I'll stick with my bowl of ice cream!

[@therockgarden1]

That is how I always grill my corn - in a soaked husk. If you use a grill at home, add some sugar to the water when you soak the corn to add a touch of sweetness. Great agates!

[@MichiganRocks]

That was some really sweet corn as it was. Really, really good. Both of ours were part cooked, part raw, but all good.

[@jamolly3447]

I "scold" my son too when he get ahead so fast! He has much better eye sight and he is quicker😆 Your nephew sure is a nice young man.

[@MichiganRocks]

Sam is my neighbor. I've known his family from before he was born. He was referring to last summer when he dove right in front of me one too many times. I was doing a pretty good job of bottling up my feelings until then.

[@sbeckwit]

Grilling out at the end of fresh day of hunting. Y.U.M. !

[@tamimcclain2459]

Ok. I just had to tell you. I just found a Yooperlite on Lake Erie!! I watched you pick them up, saw the stone, and thought "Is it"? I got home, hit it with the black light and confirmed it was!!

[@MichiganRocks]

Awesome! I didn't know Lake Erie had them. I have looked in Lake Huron a couple times with no luck.

[@tamimcclain2459]

@@MichiganRocks I think it was a total fluke. Thanks to you, I knew what to look for.

[@LadyYoop]

WOW..What a first grab...OMG...you guys are killing me here! One of the ladies here told me to wrap a wet paper towel around a cob of corn (leave the leaf where it is) and cook it for 2 mins...everything comes off easy and it's so tasty!

[@MichiganRocks]

I don't think the paper towel is necessary, but cooking the corn the way we did was delicious.

[@LadyYoop]

@@MichiganRocks very cool.

[@smithdog4770]

Great finds!!

[@tamimcclain2459]

Amazing rocks! Lake Erie is rough like that most of the time.

[@MichiganRocks]

I have been really lucky to hit Superior when it's dead calm lots of times.

[@BP_in_OR]

I love watching your channel to see how much different (and also how similar) the rocks are in MI compared to Oregon and Washington. Very similar to alot of the rocks you get in Northern Washington in Puget Sound except you don't have quite as much quartzite as you get up there. If you ever make it out to Oregon/WA, I'd give you all the spots!

[@MichiganRocks]

I would love to go to Oregon or Washington to hunt rocks. Unfortunately, that would be an expensive drive.

[@JimFry]

Great timing; I'm heading up Friday to Grand Marais for the annual rock and mineral show. Looks like you both and a fun and productive trip.

[@MichiganRocks]

We had fun as usual. Good weather this year.

[@JulesUS8386]

Roasted corn ears are Yum! Try to keep the sand out of the husk😊 Some cool rocks you found!

[@MichiganRocks]

Our corn was sand free and delicious.

[@powerlinekid4296]

I always grill corn, never even soak it, just put it indirectly over heat. Beautiful rocks.

[@MichiganRocks]

Good to know. We'll skip the soak next time.

[@captpaul8827]

Great day on a great beach. Might see if Dr Nat and i can get back there next summer.

[@MichiganRocks]

That would be great.

[@CacklingChick]

5:47 Wow! Gimme! ROCK ON!! 😂👍🏻🪨⛏️

[@donna866-i2q]

Great video!

[@MichiganRocks]

Thanks, Donna.

[@mattgohlke8216]

Almost time for the other hunting season 😎

[@MichiganRocks]

Let's not rush into winter. I'm still enjoying this season.

[@judymarkel8029]

That looked like a good day

[@MichiganRocks]

It was.

[@jongordon6132]

Love rock hounding! We're thinking about lake Michigan this weekend with high waves. We're at the top of Indiana

[@MichiganRocks]

Good luck!

[@danderth]

I cooked corn that way this summer, it was fun.

[@derrickfoster644]

When roasting corn on the cob if you peel the leaves back you can clean out the stringy bits before folding the leaves back over the corn to roast. I find this alot easier than dealing with them after roasting.

[@MichiganRocks]

I've seen it done that way but didn't think of it. We managed alright.

[@derrickfoster644]

@@MichiganRocks it is hard to screw up. Looked like a lovely day.

[@goodvideos.113]

I am very happy to see this good share of yours. 7:10 / 7:10 and 7:10 / 7:10

[@soul_adventurist]

Very enjoyable excursion. The corn looks delicious. Are you sure that big one isn’t a cold water agate? I didn’t get a good look at it but I’m sure you’d know if it were. Yes, there are a few decent people left in the world. Glad you guys had a great time❤

[@MichiganRocks]

I don't think it was, but I've been wrong before.

[@janehelbert7551]

Like the unikite Rob!

[@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353]

If you want agates, you & your wife really need to make a trip to Utah. So many places to find many different specimens & colors of agates. Small to huge sizes, literally. So much Chalcedony, huge boulders of Jasper, Piegion blood agate, Salina blue Agate, geodes, Amethyst, obsidian. Not to mention jems to find such as topaz, red Beryl, sun stones, onix, etc....list go on & on. I literally have buckets of most of these. Still trying to find the prize of Red Beryl, ha!. Anyways, you would have a blast. Take a couple of weeks of vacation & bring a truck to haul back your rocks/jems to Michigan. 😉

[@robinmayenfels9675]

I’m jealous😂

[@MichiganRocks]

That would be so much fun. Maybe someday. Your agates are not the same as Lake Superior agates though. They might be just as good, but not the same.

[@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353]

@MichiganRocks of course they're not the same. All are different throughout this beautiful rock world 🌎 we have.😉

[@MichiganRocks]

@@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353 I love the variety of agates across the world.

[@Reet64]

Loved that piece of unakite.

[@debispilker4392]

👍👍👍

[@SarahHanna-s2c]

It's the best way to cook sweet corn

[@Rock-N-Stones]

Roasted Corn is great, you can roast it directly on a grill without soaking it in water, just need to remain in it's husk, it'll steam up inside of it. I actually prefer it that way over boiled.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Me too the best way to cook🎉

[@MichiganRocks]

I have put it right in a campfire before, but we got back too late to make a fire. I didn't know you could get away without soaking it first though.

[@John_Montgomery]

People are still good.. I heard recently "kindness is the lube that removes the friction in life" ... maybe not all but it helps

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Soooo true…thank you for sharing 😊

[@therockapprentice2605]

Another great Video. You mentioned that the rocks were getting a bit sparse. Do you think the Blind Sucker is starting to change a bit and loose some of its rocks? I loved all the quartz you found as well. I have been picking a lot of quartz lately, but focusing on lots of different colors, unique looking morphology just like many of those you highlighted.

[@MichiganRocks]

No, the beach just changes as you walk along, going from rocky to more sandy and back again. Great Lakes beaches also change over time with each storm. There were lots and lots of rocks there, but also a few more sandy spots along the way.

[@annedavis6090]

Sam the carnelian is beautiful.. I'd be wearing that.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Nice rocks. Did you catch the fish? Perfect way to cook corn…just de-silk first. Thanks

[@MichiganRocks]

Sam caught the walleye. I'm not a fisherman very often. I prefer hunting rocks.

[@sidneyhuckabee3598]

I used to live on sugar Island when I was a kid I want to see what rocks are around there

[@MichiganRocks]

I would expect there to be a lot of puddingstones. Here's a video I did in that area earlier this summer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3zTl4J-dqqWeJI

[@cracarackaco7980]

you weren't just at sleeping bear dunes last weekend were you?

[@MichiganRocks]

Nope. Must have been my doppelgänger.

[@dallaspicotte6918]

Jade, perhaps, in the green ones?

[@MichiganRocks]

No, I don't think we have any jade here in Michigan.

[@robinmayenfels9675]

Another fun trip, love the cook out! Do you know the origin of the agates in your area, have they travelled far so to say?

[@MichiganRocks]

In the western part of the state, they come right out of the bedrock. Over on the east side, the maps show them only along the shoreline. I'm not sure where they come from.

[@okboomer6201]

No need to soak the corn, just throw it on the grill, husk and all. 🌽

[@MichiganRocks]

That's what people keep telling me. I didn't know that.

[@bloodnthuner]

Whats the laws on taking rocks from these beaches? Just wondering as I want to take a trip out there at some point.

[@MichiganRocks]

You're allowed 25 lbs. per person per year. On National Lakeshores like Pictured Rocks, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Isle Royale, you're not allowed to take any rocks.

[@Mike-br8vb]

Awesome finds!! Bbq'ed pikeral?

[@MichiganRocks]

Walleye.

[@Mike-br8vb]

@@MichiganRocks some of us Canucks call Walleye -Pikeral.🙂 And it must have been delicious!

[@MichiganRocks]

@@Mike-br8vb I thought Pickerel was a different fish. I'm not a fisherman and I think I just verified that with my ignorance.

[@RandleMcMurphy-cy1bh]

Maybe more on that later maybe not ...😂😂😂😂

[@MichiganRocks]

Who knows what's going to happen?

[@BongwaterJones]

Ah we must have just missed each other. We were there the day of the meteor shower.

[@MichiganRocks]

We were there at that time too. Sorry we missed each other.

[@JJRM8]

You've never grilled corn like that before? Better if you soak in overnight.

[@MichiganRocks]

Yes, I've done it a couple times right in a fire. A couple people have made comments here that you don't have to soak it at all.

[@shizzle7642]

I don’t wanna buy merch I wanna buy ROCKS and jewelry…. Where!!!!

[@MichiganRocks]

I don't sell polished rocks anywhere, but I do sell a few things at a local shop. I sell stone crosses, little turtles, guitar picks, beads that fit Pandora bracelets, heart shaped pendants, other pendants, and Christmas ornaments at that time of year. They don't have an online store, but will work with you if you call or email. olivetbookandgift.com

[@lenturtle7954]

Corn will be a success you dont need foil and shouldnt use foil

[@MichiganRocks]

As you saw in the video, we didn't use foil and it was a success.