Hunting for Geodes near Dugway Utah!

GPS coordinates: 39.893990, -113.136135
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[@prospectorpaul1]

Great video my friend, was just in Utah, beautiful state! Thank you for thinking of the kids and it was great that you spent time with other folks to help them. You did great out there and those geodes were very nice. Keep up the good work, you will be at 1k in no time!

[@theruggedrockhound]

Thanks! I hope you enjoyed your time here! Let me know next time you visit, I will have more time since I will finally be done with my degree

[@RockhoundTreasurehunt]

Very cool location for sure! Digging is part of the fun. Especially if you're finding what you're looking for. That last geodes crystal structure was amazing. Like you said, usually the crystals are little druzy quartz crystals. I love seeing the crystal display inside a good geode. Who doesn't!?!? Great video, thanks!!

[@theruggedrockhound]

Thank you! It really is all about the thrill of exploring, just to see what you can find

[@outsiderimages]

great video, we agree the old pit has alot of fill dirt as of spring 2022.

[@theruggedrockhound]

Indeed! Just gets harder and harder to dig into the old walls

[@JhonDiamond2021]

Happy hunting friends, and congratulations on finding a beautiful stone.

[@theruggedrockhound]

Thanks!

[@CityRockhounding]

Super cool, great journey and amazing finds out there. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips out there, very helpful! Super pretty insides some of the broken pieces, can't wait to see what you do with these!

[@theruggedrockhound]

Thanks! Happy to help!

[@ZanesClips]

Your channel is nice i think you are going to blow up on youtube one day!

[@theruggedrockhound]

Thank you so much!

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Oh yeah you got to the good spot! Bryan Major should have took a tip from you! He did a video on the dugway geodes a while back and didn't find much.

[@theruggedrockhound]

That's too bad! I would have shown him exactly where to look.

[@gregderksen1996]

heya, hope the school year went well! glad to see you back in action! that site is definitely on my bucket list. have you hit those with uv light perchance? i’ve seen some other vids out there from dugway and you can get some crazy results!

[@theruggedrockhound]

I haven't looked at them under UV light, perhaps I should get myself a good UV light...

[@m.ryanedvalson5293]

Nice finds. I hope someone buys the claim again. Any reason that person has not re-purchased the claim?

[@theruggedrockhound]

From what I heard, they want to keep that area open to the public as a state rockhound area, or they want to make it part of the wildlife refuge that is currently just west of there. Either way, I don't think the BLM is allowing any new claims in the area. I do need to look into it a bit more sometime.

[@darrenchan4594]

just want to know if a tesla can get there or do i need a high clearance car?

[@Coach_Snoupii]

7:02 my GOD

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Wouldn't these be considered thunder eggs? I dunno... There's so much sedimentary rock in my area... Igneous confuses me LOL

[@theruggedrockhound]

A thunderegg is where the empty space becomes completely filled in with quartz/agate. A geode is where there is still a hollow space in the center that is lined with crystals.

[@dustinfindsrocks]

@@theruggedrockhound I thought if they were in rhyolite they could be considered both. I dunno lol.

[@theruggedrockhound]

There could be a distinction between sedimentary and igneous geodes. I need to look it up perhaps

[@dustinfindsrocks]

@@theruggedrockhound My understanding is that a thunder egg can be a geode, but a geode cannot be a thunder egg. A weird distinction in my opinion but whatever lol.

[@theruggedrockhound]

@@dustinfindsrocks When it comes down to it, I guess we just call it whatever we feel like!