It's Raining Agates - Oregon Rockhounding - Best Little Spot In Clatsop County

[@lolajo2850]

Dang Fred, that was an amazing rockhounding day❣️❣️❣️ How fun❣️

[@just-one-more-rock]

I know, right. That's got to be my favorite hounding spot. Most of my videos currently that show me cutting Oregon Agates, come from this location. In Fact, I have a video coming where I cut 12 small agates from there. My recent video of Maybe My Best Agates of 2024 where from that location as well. I was hoping to get there one more time this year, but the rains have come and it's steep and muddy now. I have to tie a rope to a tree to pull myself up even when it's dry, so it's out of the question now. I want to be the first people in there next spring and after the rains there's always so much new material exposed. Thanks for appreciating my time out. I wish you could all be there with me.

[@lolajo2850]

That's so sweet❣️ I noticed that all of the agates are not creek-tumbled, so the source has to be very close by. Such nice finds and BIG ones, too!

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@lolajo2850 True. I don't know where the start or the end of the source is, but I've been about a half mile up the creek by access of another point, and I'm still within that source. It's actually just kind of erupting from the ground all around. Every tree that comes down, every steep wall that erodes with the season, brings more agates to the surface. So next spring there will be like a new batch of rocks were placed there on the surface. Luckily, you'll all come along when I do get back there. I have larger ones as well, but I can't cut them with my saw. Maybe I'll share some photos in a community post or short.

[@Amethyst_Annie]

Hey Fred! New subscriber here. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I’m looking forward to going to your videos and watching more! Rock on! 🎒⚒️🪣🪨💎

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@Amethyst_Annie Welcome to my channel. I'm glad you enjoyed. I'm going to look at your channel as well and I may be reaching out to you soon since you're a new channel. Take a look at my "NewTube Spotlight Series" video. I've only done one but I'm always open to see who's next. I'll watch you're videos later... heading out to cut and polish some rocks for a video I hope to publish tonight. Take care. Fred

[@sherry2483]

Gorgeous finds especially the first one. Wow as I kept watching nice finds.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@sherry2483 I know, so many great finds on this trip. Crazy that the first piece was at the end of the trail just as we hit the creek. I had been wondering who had been to that spot this season because things were very overgrown. I think I got my answer... maybe no one lately. I took my wife and kids here early in this year 2024 and there wasn't as nice or as much obviously at the surface. Nature exposed a lot in 5 months.

[@sherry2483]

That was a fun one to watch.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@sherry2483 Thanks. I had fun making it.

[@Mummaearth]

Very blessed indeed and keeping my envy in its box - just about ! What a wonderful rockhound to experience ! Beautiful rocks

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@Mummaearth It's a great location, probably my favorite spot for agates. It was also a great time with my friend Mike. Now that I'm feeling better, I'm hoping to get there one more time this season before the waters speed up and rise. The canyon is steep so if it's raining and muddy I'd have a real hard time getting out, especially with a bucket of rocks.

[@Bongus.]

Always just one more rock is really true especially for all your videos

[@just-one-more-rock]

Thanks. Then the name fits...sweet! I'm minutes from starting a 73 thunderegg cut, for a reveal video. I'm so excited!!! Sometimes when there's just one more rock it can be tiring work but I'm not complaining. Life as a hounder 🪨😊

[@Grandmasrockin]

This was such a fun rock hunt to watch! You always make me happy

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@Grandmasrockin Oops, almost missed this one. As always I appreciate you watching. You enjoying makes me happy 😁

[@Grandmasrockin]

@@just-one-more-rock you do make me happy. Keep up the good work kid

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@Grandmasrockin Will do GMA 😆

[@independencestnola]

Glad you found one more rock! 😂

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@independencestnola Thanks. I've got to live up to the name. Went out this morning to a new spot for me and had another great time finding Just One More Rock 😁. I'm real excited and in this moment setting up to record me cleaning a first time discovery for me. I'll be having surgery on Thursday so getting out hounding will be out for about 4 weeks and when I start again either I'm bringing along some muscle for carrying in the form of my friend Mike or I have to change my name to Only One Rock. I'm not supposed to pick up more than 10 pounds for 6-8 weeks. Rockhounds nightmare. So I'll be doing more Cut, Carve and Polish Series during that time with a couple few trips I'm squeezing in to edit while I'm down. Sorry...that was a lot more than you thought I would respond with.

[@independencestnola]

@@just-one-more-rock 😂 one more rock or just thinking about rocks! Good luck with surgery! Just take it easy! You’ll probably be surprised at all the things you can talk about when it comes to rock hounding! Even when you’re not actually rock hounding! Shout out to Mike for being a good friend! Not sure how much it would cost but I would love to purchase a heart carved rock!

[@just-one-more-rock]

Thanks for the luck...I'll take it. Did you ever see my response to your guess in the Tillamook video? You never did respond to that but you can look back. I was going to send you a prize for being the closest guess. We can talk about what you want, rather than you just getting what I was going to send you. Otherwise I may consider selling my projects to viewers via my 12 year eBay business.

[@independencestnola]

@@just-one-more-rock oh wow! I didn’t see your response from the Tillamook video! I guess I didn’t see it in my notifications! I always wanted to be on the price is right! 😂😂😂

[@just-one-more-rock]

@independencestnola And on the price is right, you know I'd be dressed as...you guessed it...a rock. Of quartz I would 😂.

[@Grandmasrockin]

I really enjoy your videos. Just discovered you a day or two ago. What a delight!! Thank you!!

[@just-one-more-rock]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm happy you like what I'm sharing with you all.

[@Grandmasrockin]

You are in rock heaven

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@Grandmasrockin For sure 😁

[@_c_y_p_3]

It hurts to watch, I really miss this.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@_c_y_p_3 Sorry it hurts so much but I guess I did a good job at taking you along with me. Hit me up if you ever come to the states to visit. Maybe we could do an outing together.

[@_c_y_p_3]

@@just-one-more-rock absolutely will hit you up if I come back. They will absolutely love me at the luggage check in. Yeah I am totally enjoying these. And if you are ever in the South tip of Sweden get hold of me and I will show you around.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@_c_y_p_3 Great, I hope you do. Until then I'll keep bringing you Tear Creek through my vids 😂. Thanks for the invite, although that one is unlikely. I only like to fly when my arms are flapping enough to get me off the ground. Since that crazy image only happens in my dreams... literally 🤣...I'll probably stay grounded.

[@_c_y_p_3]

Since I moved to Sweden to start over with an internet gf, I rarely get the homesick “FOMO” or other longings for the PNW BUT this kills me dead inside 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I miss my mountains and the sound of water flowing all I hear is TEARS 😂🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭 You are actually reallllly close to my brother I believe. ( Westport) If you are finding Carnelian no need for my suggestions but I could point you toward a place that I discovered as a child ( you know people don’t share such finds). It is in the top of Kalama , although they sold the property after logging and built houses BUT this area , where they hit the roots and pulled up stuff from below it was legit , there was gem grade , beautiful red, orange, and quartz that was between globular and crystal, so lots of crystals that were odd shaped, many would show some iridescence. I can point to an area that was property of the lumber industry , where they dug trenches to keep people off OUR land one could find more crystal than could be carried. And bear shit just around the corner…. Im sure parents used that to speed me up. I think they took me up there for a few birthdays and when I would get a C On the report cards etc…

[@sherry2483]

Hey, my grandson moved to Sweden where his finance lives. Have you rock hounded there?

[@_c_y_p_3]

@@sherry2483 I have been looking for Fossils in the top of Skåne and Baltic Amber down on the South East tip. I would love to go looking for Meteorites way up North. Mostly fossils, there are some neat places right around here. There is also the chalk deposits which you can even see from space, from the White cliffs of Dover in UK across Europe all the way to Ukraine, same ones you often see being used as a range because they been quarried for use in transforming peat bogs into farmland among other things but you can sift it looking for sharks teeth. As for the Amber, it is due to a submerged forest under the Baltic and it floats so..

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@_c_y_p_3 I can see why it hurts to miss it here. I love it here. Oh yeah, Tear Creek...that's the one where you don't find any rocks...only bears 😂. Yes, Westport is about 45 minutes from Astoria. I'll always take location suggestions! I find carnelian sometimes but I'd be happy to find a honey hole of carnelian if it exists or it can still be accessed. Weyerhaeuser owns so much forest land and restrict access...or allow access for some recreational activities...at a steep price tag for the pass...and no mineral removal allowed. You give me the location and I'll start my property research. I don't usually get that far from home for trips yet and I may not be able to get there this year but I'll still talk with you about it now. Email me so we can talk. [e-mail] Thanks a bunch.

[@_c_y_p_3]

@@just-one-more-rock Got the email if you wanna take it down.. .. I will sit down and try to figure out a few treasure maps when I get time to call mom, Im sure she will enjoy reminiscing of driving around in her neon Orange VW bug with a little boy and his outdated round hounding map book. (Horrible idea but we or I had a blast)

[@just-one-more-rock]

@_c_y_p_3 Thanks. I'm looking forward to it. Yes... mom's love reminiscing, I guess most of us do. Old maps can still lead to cool stuff. If you don't already, check out Currently Rockhounding, great vids from great couple. Jared has a thing about old books, mags, and maps. Interesting if that's your thing. Ok, 7 am here and out for a quick trip to see if I can get you to cry with some more hounding footage. Half hour and my feet will be in the water. Gotta go!

[@denisepennington9861]

Understood why you can't reveal exact location..but thanks for the info you did reveal...I'm a oregon rockhounder myself..I just started WATCHING your videos thanks for sharing😊

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@denisepennington9861 It's a tough one not to reveal because it's a public location and I want everyone to experience what I'm finding. It was shared with me so I'm careful of who I share it with. Although I was thinking of trying to gather a couple of trustworthy subscribers to take them along with me in Spring. I'd love to see the amazement in other people's finds. Also check out a short I'm about to post. Hit the notification bell. It has a chonky Quartz seam agate from this location that I'm showing off.

[@Vosia71]

​@@just-one-more-rock Yeah I have to do the same for my spots around Shady cove Oregon. If I tell too many people the spots are so small there probably won't be much left for anyone to find. Sucks cause I want to share with lots of people since one of the spots you can find chalcedony that's almost robins egg color and has opalescence so I have to hold that urge to over share in.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@Vosia71 Those are some good hounding grounds out that way. I have family in Ashland, and my bro tromps around some areas near Eagle Point, I think it is. Tough balance not sharing, isn't it. If you ever want me to feature some of that material, then hit me up through my email and maybe we can work something out. You can share the material with us all, without giving up your location.

[@SB0458]

You know I normally don’t comment but I just got to say man, if you are moving rocks out of the way to get to another rock please put it back. Try to not cause a lot of environmental damage. If you keep moving rocks out of the way that creek will eventually erode faster because there are no rocks slowing the water. Thanks man.

[@just-one-more-rock]

@@SB0458 Respect...I get that. I had to do a lot of consideration on just that subject when I first started. I do think of the environment, had to talk to some people about it, and then find my place that I feel comfortable in and also hope that others understand that place. I'm not trying to justify myself here by mentioning that others go real deep with it...digging underground or mining but I don't do that. I may consider a pay to dig place for Thundereggs some day but will have to check with myself on that as well. That said, yes I might move a rock aside or pull one out that's partially showing but my individual impact is minimal at most, especially in that location as I understand from speaking with the land manager of the area. I've been walking in rivers since I was a kid and I couldn't count how many times just walking on the rocks can displace them as they move under your feet, especially in cobble. It's such a steep canyon with rock everywhere. During the winter months the flow is extreme... slightly changing bends, bringing down old trees, relocating rocks, while other rocks fall in from the hillsides and banks. I'm not digging below the surface of the bed and I remove any and all life I can find on the rocks before they go in the bucket. It takes me hours that way to go very little distance. This is also a little used location and if I'm lucky I get there a few times a year. So all of that wasn't to say I'm right and you're wrong or any other combination of that stuff. I really respect your opinion and I may adjust how I do things or at least consider you the next time I want to pull one out of the mud. This was more of a way to let you know what I'm about and that I'm not out there being disrespectful...or at least I don't think so. Take care Fred

[@jimk7087]

OK, if I get flamed for being unkind so be it. The world needs a little truth and honesty. I am all for 'leave no trace, but that is the dumbest comment I have perhaps ever read. You really think that moving a few rocks of the millions in this stream is going to cause environmental damage or erosion? His actions will result in there being "NO ROCKS TO SLOW THE WATER"??? Cmon man!!! Think it through for just a minute... And besides, what do you think happens in that creek every winter after a hard rain when the creek is roaring? - lots of rocks rolling. A rockhound doing some light surface collecting has ZERO impact on a streambed. None, zip, nada. In fact if you eat food or use roads or sidewalks you do far more environmental damage this this rockhound. Sorry, just couldn't take it - had to let it out. Geez...