Leland Blues | You'd Never Guess How These "Stones" Were Made! Rock Hunting on a Lake Michigan Beach

Well friends, I made it up to Michigan! This is my first of what I hope is quite a few videos while I'm up here visiting family. Of course I'm going to take y'all on the adventures with me! In this video I went with my Mother to a place called Van's Beach in Leland, Michigan. In the late 1800's there was smelting industry here in Leland. The smelting process produces a glassy "slag" like material as a byproduct. The companies would dump this slag into the lake and the wave action has tumbled this slag for over 100 years, polishing the slag into beautiful round "stones". The most popular color seems to be blue, but these stones come in beautiful purples and greens as well! Hope you enjoy the hunt! If you'd like to read more about the Leland Blues, check out this link! www.beachcombingmagazine.com/...
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[@PaleoCris]

First 🤣

[@WILDKYLE]

YES hahahahahaha

[@kaylahtd4lifejasko]

hello PaleoCris

[@PaleoCris]

@@kaylahtd4lifejasko hello!

[@christinewalley6829]

Hello PaleoCris 😊

[@MatthewBaran]

Nerd! 💙💙

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

Awwwwe, I love it when grown men spend time with their mom's. Usually indicates a nice, caring guy! Cool rocks too! 😊

[@amandaredden6179]

Love seeing your Momma. The purple ones are my favorite!

[@stinkygraykitty6808]

Hi wild mom!!!

[@roblafay7121]

Dude we love you here in Michigan! Please stay forever!

[@Elizabeth_Rojas]

You're mom is beautiful. 💜✌ Cool stones.🤘

[@robbiebragg1944]

Hi Wild Kyle, your Mom is beautiful!

[@patifagan6774]

Beautiful mom.great video

[@SusanAfter60]

Hi Wild Mom! We adore your son!

[@scintards]

Damn Kyle, I thought I was about to be introduced to your girlfriend. Then you tell me it's WildMom! She looks amazing.

[@carinataylor520]

His girlfriend has been in quite a few of his videos. She too is very kind! My husband and I met them on our 6th year anniversary/belated honeymoonon/birthday gift trip to the Hogg mine in Georgia in 2020.

[@LillianArch]

Really nice to meet your mom.

[@LindaSmith-vq1br]

Sometimes the industrial trash becomes someone's treasure. Cool finds!

[@tammy4695]

Hi, Wild Mom!

[@gingermackeen5741]

Wow! You found enough of those to really get Rib from Michigan Rocks jealous! And, yes, you definitely take after mom.😊

[@gingermackeen5741]

That was supposed to be Rob not Rib. Lol

[@midwestkid1879]

Love walking that road! Also love Van's Beach! Nice pieces!

[@margieblackburn8445]

Take the lime light mom you are beautiful and so is your son love his channel

[@lisak5133]

I haven't watched your videos in ages and I have missed you so much! So good to see and hear you again! 💖

[@donnac1279]

Now i see where those good looks come from. Your mom is very pretty. Oh the non-rocks 🤣 were nice also🤣🤣....✌out😎

[@isamidnight]

The elusive Wild Mom! I've heard they're quite rare.

[@lois4329]

Really nice 👍 what a gorgeous day. Your mama is a sweetie 😊. And yes the blues are super cool 😎

[@ericab3954]

My son loves your videos.

[@okay7325]

I can see where you get your kindness from now. Thanks brother man

[@laurat5143]

Nice to meet your mom..Hi Mom my father is from Flit. He's family is still in the area's of Michigan.

[@janvafa9959]

Hi Wild Mom!

[@stacymoore7348]

Love the blues, purples and turquoise. There were some pretty rose colors too.

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

That is the cleanest beach I have ever seen. Theri isn't any broken dishes, bottles, stoppers, toys, plastics, bricks, cuncks of concrete, metals, screws, nails, wires, pipes, plastics, or other items. That has to be a fun place to hunt. Just be careful and don't get a sunburn.

[@kimberlyaustin6677]

That's because they are very serious about keeping the beaches clean in Michigan. Get caught leaving any trash behind you will pay a heafty fine. However, when I was a child, the beaches were littered with crap and one if us would usually cut a foot on glass or aluminum pop tops and cigarette butts were everywhere.

[@jessicamermaid2438]

I see where you get your pretty curls from and Momma doesn't look old enough to be Wild-Momma. I Hope you guys are having a nice visit.🙂

[@brianriley9426]

You're in Michigan and the sun it out. Now that's a good trick!

[@kittygreenleaf427]

WTG Mom, you are adorable!! Best rock of the day ❤️

[@cptnkaos5994]

loved the, video Kyle, hi wild mum

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

What a great day out and awesome finds!

[@user-pp4nd7vw8m]

Fantastic video! It 'Blue' me away!

[@HAPPYPUMPKN]

Mr. Wild.... I've been very busy with work... I travel often & I've had my nose down trying to get back to THE CAREER since things are opening up... Building up some more miles to GIFT you the end if this yr... Perhaps a new year getaway for you or a SPECIAL location you have always wanted to fossil hunt ! Just wanted you to know... You're loved in a brotherly way lol & you ALWAYS make any away from home... Setting, feel comfy & secure ! So... In a few words .. THANKS 4 BEING YOU !

[@CorneliusJames69]

I grew up in Frankfort. I have so many Leland blues and Frankfort greens. Love seeing a bit of home

[@nancymcshane3501]

I am on Huron right now! Fort Gratiot has lots of rocks. The famous Gowganda Tillite, that is two billion years old are there! The coral is called Favorisites, and Charlevoix stones. The first green, was Epidote. Some of the purple is fluorescent bubble gum pink! Best tool is a stick with a fryer basket attached to scoop from the surf! Saw a lady finding sharks teeth in the waves at Calvert Cliffs on the Potomac. Found a nice Mako tooth on the James River, with the MAGMA Club fossil hunt at Pipsico. Heading up to Alpena and going to Drummond Island, best place for Pudding Stones! Then the UP and Keweenaw for Copper! Of course, always looking after dark for FS! Have fun with Mom!

[@Canned_Beef]

Looking right to left makes it easier to spot them. It makes your eyes work harder because with the English language, you’ve adapted to reading left to right which requires your eyes to do less work. I learned this from a Flyfisherman in NC. Kind of reminds me of you.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

This is a lot more helpful than it seems. Definitely trying this on my next outing.

[@kaylahtd4lifejasko]

Great video Kyle so cool see Wild Mom join you pretty rocks

[@andrewfannin2795]

Another awesome video thank you for sharing your adventures with wild Mom

[@nanettebarling1222]

Kyle! Funner is a place not a word.

[@zxoickszx4422]

I'm with you Kyle. Sadly they would object if we put all the stones in our pockets and polished them up for ourselves! What are those lovely orange stones? Beautiful stone WildMama!!!

[@janetpullen5210]

U look good Kyle…having fun and enjoying Mom and the beautiful stones…what lovely shades..a great collection…even the dark ones…go Mama.. pretty lady

[@nanvonmueller1459]

Greetings from Northport, just down the road from this location. I enjoyed your collaboration videos with Michigan Rocks. Nice to see you out with your mom!

[@irisbrouillard9728]

Nice to meet your mom. Love your finds and would love to go to Michigan!

[@malinda8668]

Your Mom is pretty and must have been very young when she had you. I like what's found on the shores of the Great Lakes. Fun trip.

[@biophilialinnea]

get pitted so pitted .... hahaha Crazy your mom looks so young and very sympathetic ! Thanks for posting love your videos!

[@dawnmarie7024]

Mother Nature Never Ceases to Amaze me...Beautiful. 💞🙏🥰

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Awesome finds. Really cool you had your mom with you. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@mirkatu3249]

Hi to Wild Mom, you're a good sport for being on camera! I have never heard of Leland Blue before, so thanks for showing them to us! :-)

[@fiftyhunnug]

Nice! those look awesome. I found you channel like a week ago and subbed. Found that one of my customer's work yard has a bunch of fossil shells in it. I'm going to go look for teeth tomorrow!

[@laurenoreilly4140]

I had never heard of those Leland blues before. They’re beautiful!

[@camsvideocollections9766]

Leland blue is exclusive to Michigan as a byproduct waste of iron ore smelting along the lakes, some old brick furnaces still stand today, there is also a slag called pioneer blue that can be found in the upper peninsula of Michigan too

[@anitameza3960]

You have a pretty mom. I thought she was your sister.

[@amygross5396]

love those BLUES stones 💙 waves crashing back and forth 💖💖💖🙏

[@botryoidalbishhh3150]

Slag glass is so beautiful, I care little if people think it’s garbage 👌💜

[@aprilp.4530]

Loved this video! There is a channel called Michigan Rocks that I'm obsessed with and he collects the same kinds of stones.

[@briankesterson4365]

Like #50! Great relics from the past!

[@dreamweaver3095]

Ohh! Michigan Rocks'll be jellie! I never knew any of this existed when I lived there, now that I'm in Florida I have to go back to visit family like you to find them LOL

[@mrsgrammy3552]

Great video! Great finds! You should tumble them and surprise your wonderful mother with a handmade necklace or something.

[@thart6103]

That was a cool video! I loved all the rocks!

[@patscnr]

I love the blues, but I would be taking every fossil that I found there Lol! Rock hunting with your mother---- priceless!

[@cristinacacho874]

Awesome video and more beautiful stones are passed on your hands I wish there now 😭 however it's a very beautiful video showing us thank you I make jealousy now lol lol Fr.the Philippines 🇵🇭 peace and love

[@alenedrummond4627]

I can still smell old spice, my Dad wore it.

[@rustyshackleford3281]

you and your mom have the same hair :) she needs her own channel, stories pics and vids of young you, lol, can call it 'Where the wildkyles are'

[@sherrystuer1884]

Hello from Lapeer Michigan.

[@TheoKellison]

Sorry im late man, just got back from an agate hunt😅 Thats awesome!!😄 duuuude lelands!!! they are sure fun to work with! You found some fantastic little gems man!😁 its so cool seeing you doing my kind of hunting, definitely a whole different experience from fossil screening😄 man i would love to see your reaction on the yellowstone; the rainbow jaspers and giant agates abound😁 one day! Awesome video dude! Awesome to see your mom join you for a hunt, and glad to hear your journey was safe! Cant wait to ser what else you get into out there!😄

[@laurat5143]

Your frist pitted one looks like it's a great ❤ shape.

[@barbymccain2436]

I love the turquoise looking ones ...so pretty! Nice to see you spending time with your mom 🥰 beautiful lady 💜🦋 Moms need time with their sons. Mine lives waaay across Texas with his wife and kids.... I miss them all. Keep making precious memories Kyle 👍🏻❤️

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Oh yeah truckloads of agate in Missouri too! You gotta swing by on your next trip north!!! Totally the most overlooked state for cool rocks. I’m just saying is all 🤷🏻‍♂️💎👀🤩

[@tildenleonard889]

Great video and finds with the added bonus of Wildmom 🐚

[@silverlady1118]

Happy Times 👍 ☺

[@beachcomber808]

It’s so nice to meet your mom. Great video!!! I loved seeing all the great finds. Gorgeous water and scenery. Thanks 😊

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you Denise! My mom's name is Denise too haha!

[@christinewalley6829]

Those are so cool. They would be gorgeous as jewelry. Blue is my favorite color so I think they are cool. Hello wildMomma❤️ Glad you are enjoying your family and getting to do awesome adventures too.

[@lynncooper1781]

Greetings to your mom and also to you,love the video Wild kyle you all stay safe.❤️🤗😊

[@tjzambonischwartz]

I've never been tempted to visit Michigan, but you and Cris are making a compelling argument to do so.

[@camsvideocollections9766]

Northern Michigan is a paradise! If you've never been, its a must.

[@mksemposki]

Come see Michigan, it’s truly beautiful on the lakes. If you get to UP go to agate beach in Tiovola. Just beautiful! Superior is cold but Huron and Michigan are great to swim in!

[@jackieforestieri3010]

Michigan is a very beautiful state, just stay away from the cities. The farther north you go the nicer it is.

[@riverlady982]

Grand Rapids Michigan is a good and friendly city to visit.

[@danrumble74]

I lived in Michigan for 10yrs.. about 10yrs ago Great for rockhounding 🙂👍

[@deescott6358]

Always fun to be with family

[@gonorrheadischarges3021]

From wild kyle to duck man to mama's boy.

[@joysmetaphysicalnaturechannel]

Nice to have you visiting up North enjoy your time. Just two weeks ago I was slag hunting, fossil hunting, rock hounding, on Lake Erie in NorthEast Ohio. Found some nice blue and green slags, wishing stones, and a hag stone and a few small shells. LOL. Yes shells, their a big deal to me. lol. No fossils though this time. :(

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

That rock at 9:35 with the red band through it might be a BIF - a banded iron formation. That's one of the sources of all the iron mined there. Michigan Rocks has a video of an entire mountain made of the stuff. So cool! Nice to meet your beautiful mom!

[@Blackholeforyou]

Welcome MI don’t you just love our state🥰

[@AngieDoesStuff]

How cool! I've never had any desire to visit MI until I found out about Petoskey stones and yooperlites. Now I have even more reason, plus a 6-month-old baby cousin in Cadillac I need to meet! Your mom looks very friendly and I love her hair color! Glad you got to see her!

[@ritaardan7789]

Great day hunting for For the Leland blue! I have been to northern Michigan several times - beautiful area. But haven’t run across the blues ( and greens And purples ). Glad you are having a good time rock hunting and spending time with your mom :)

[@anniemenard5578]

Multicolor rock the best! ❤️

[@alenedrummond4627]

You should organize a clean up on that broken glass island...

[@mary-anneswanson8445]

I am just like you walking along ...ROCK!!" only I'm usually sitting at home wishing I could climb through the screen lol. I hope to get some more river rocks at my brother's this summer. I live in the small city of Salmon Arm B.C. Canada and two places I would love to rock hunt is In the Great Lakes area and in Montana on the Yellowstone River . I like to dream :) Tell your Mom it was nice to meet her . :)

[@MamaGypsyFelice]

I didn't know blue was around the lake. Thank you for sharing.

[@stephanieyee9784]

The slag pieces are lovely but I really love the basic beach pebbles and the coral fossils are cool. Hi to your Mum.

[@karenmeyer3275]

Could you find them metal detecting? They are very pretty.give your momma 🤗. Now I know where you get your curls from lol

[@joshs3916]

Lol. The "fishing" I tried to do in sanibel captiva. Ended up diving and finding more.

[@sleighridefishing9027]

Those are some beautiful pieces!! I found a spot in CT that has slag glass that is UV reactive! And there are boulders of slag glass 2-3' across!

[@paulhaig4628]

They are unique specimens shaped by nature....got you a nice little collection to go with all your other collectibles.

[@paulau7590]

You rock!! Haaa

[@haperawehiwehi8661]

6:04 that's a real nice agatised Jasper right above your purple stone, and at 6:20 there's what appears to be another nice chalcedony specimen next to your "baby blue". You keep your pretty blue rocks, imma be looking for those sweet 1 Billion year old Great Lakes Agates :P

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Great video my friend!! Nice rocks!!

[@diannameyers7160]

You need to hit Roaring Run in southwestern Virginia. They had the smelters there as well, and there are still tons of blue stones to be found. I've probably picked a hundred plus pounds in my 38 years. It's grand fun. :)

[@TreasureHuntingNana]

I see a whole load of rocks/pebbles that i would love..... They would look so beautiful in the gardens :)

[@lynnbean9536]

Wonderful adventure, hope you had a fabulous day with your mum . The slag glass was amazing colours . We get it here in England but different colours. I love the lilac pieces . Happy beachcombing x.

[@maryoneill5070]

They’re all so beautiful. I like the purple but my favorite is the multicolor. That was nice of wildmom to share her curls with you. lol! I can’t wait to see more videos from Michigan. ✌🏻❤️🙂🙏

[@elisabethdeazley7562]

Beautiful lake and no crocodiles!

[@normawinton6832]

Your momma beat you with a gorgeous Leland blue! Congrats!

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Bro you gotta stop off in Missouri sometime! You wanna find crystals? Fossils? Fossils turning into crystals?! We got em!!!