Lodestone Hunting in Utah

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@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

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@taniakapronczai7652 4 ай бұрын

Very informative as always! I have been reaserching lode stones for quite some time and came across some good materials. We have a few areas that have them near where I live😃 Thank you for the explanation and the trick in identifying them❤ Have a great week

@BrienWood7.3 4 ай бұрын

What a fun video. I loved the experiments!!!

@goldcambodia 4 ай бұрын

Good sir!

@michelleangers342 3 ай бұрын

That was so fun and interesting! I love your videos!

@savagesquirrel9828 4 ай бұрын

You guys do the wildest things! Great teachers. Thank you.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@chevynick7551 3 ай бұрын

So many different places to go in utah

@jimedgar6789 4 ай бұрын

I had the same idea as @d.ingrim4947 mentioned, but compasses are thrown off easily. I would posit perhaps a wooden dowel or 1x1 pine with a cluster of Hall sensors mounted at the bottom in offset angles to detect various rocks that may have their field not perpendicular to ONE sensor but it will trigger another one.

@gator83261 4 ай бұрын

Very cool. Nice specimens.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@BeaKennedy 4 ай бұрын

Cool stuff. I found a couple of walnut size pieces, heavily magnetic, down in Southern California this past winter. Nifty. 😊✌️

@DanFarrar 4 ай бұрын

What a fun fishing experience lol

@DanFarrar 4 ай бұрын

And etch a sketch too! 😂

@sandmaker 4 ай бұрын

This was fun. I'm glad you were able to find some. She found the best pieces again. See y'a next time.

@DimasFajar-ns4vb 4 ай бұрын

peace be upon you sir and zamzam water

@charlenecastaldo3602 4 ай бұрын

Really fun! 😊 Beautiful location. Great demo in your shop. Looking forward to seeing what you do next with them. Thanks Jared and Sara!

@LezBeRockin73 4 ай бұрын

So interesting and educational as always. Thank you for sharing 😊

@roman11469 4 ай бұрын

Too cool for school!

@johnmorgan4921 4 ай бұрын

That was a really cool outing and I learned a little bit, thanks guys!! Cheers!

@douglasmcgraw1572 4 ай бұрын

Nice find and very interesting demonstration, Enjoyed the Video

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@manisteerocks7092 4 ай бұрын

Whohooo!!..nothing like a new video first thing in the morning!😊

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Enjoy! :)

@houndofrock 4 ай бұрын

Love the new adventures ya'll. I need some loadstone. Hope you're enjoying the cool temperatures! 🙏

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man, yeah we have been loving it down here.

@TalRohan 4 ай бұрын

Blacksmiths originally made magnets by taking a reasonably pure iron rod and while holding it up off the ground striking one end with a hammer repeatedly to re-align the magnetic field .... what I am thinking is perhaps something similar happened here with a fault line especially heavy friction along a particularly active fault would act to aline the structure producing magnetism.

@j.ericswede7084 4 ай бұрын

You are right. A Utah Public Radio article says, "Utah has numerous species of cicadas".

@sboydrocks9412 4 ай бұрын

Hi Jared and Sarah. Just had an idea for a lodestone detector. How about a rock scoop handle/pole with a clear acrylic display case with iron filings inside. I am just imagining a round acrylic container like a Petri dish with fine filings that lay flat till you pass over a lodestone and then do their dance . I paused at 11 minutes so back to the video.

@patriciamilholand3585 4 ай бұрын

Cool video! I find your videos very informative! ❤

@tobiasfrey2793 4 ай бұрын

20:42 - I actually really love that type of rockhounding! I've basically used Geiger counters like metal detectors to locate pieces of uraninite in the ground and I guess using UV lamps in the dark to find certain minerals goes in that direction as well (although that's also visual rockhounding again). Really neat, though! I'd love to find some lodestones myself, but I don't know of any larger magnetite deposits in my area. Definitely gotta do some research on that.

@Johnny-bu4iu 4 ай бұрын

Lived in that area for 10 years and near 3 peaks by the dump there is an outcropping of blue and white dendritic agate

@patrickgriffin9578 4 ай бұрын

I was out that way about a month ago and did some research on the UGS site. The deposits further west in the Irontown area are a magnetite skarn (limestone alteration/replacement) deposit. The area around three peaks and desert mound are (supposedly) vein deposits in tertiary intrusive bodies.

@patriciamckean4186 4 ай бұрын

Early morning to enjoy the cooler portion of the day. So loadstone vs meteorite....and magnetite. References with crystals is also difficult to research. Too many other information sites.

@RockyMountainBear 4 ай бұрын

This is great! I have had the same issues trying to research lodestone/magnetite. Freaking minecraft has taken over the search results. The most I could find was the "possible lightning strike" to explain its magnetism. I wonder if it could possibly have something to do with friction. There have been a couple instances where I noticed iron shavings and some small nails & staples that have somehow acquired their own magnetic field. It happened after I had been doing a lot of grinding and engraving on steel axe heads. It was very weird, but it makes me wonder if friction on iron could create that magnetism?

@StevenC.Shoner 4 ай бұрын

Cool Location! I'm glad you guys are settling in to Utah. I wonder if the magnetite has untwined regions that are magnetic, so only crystalline parts of the rocks are magnetic, and the larger the good crystal, the stronger the magnet

@williamthompson4171 4 ай бұрын

Interesting loadstone has a north - south magnetic field, while magnetite is simply magnetic...magnetite and meteorites may have different appearance and if magnetite is not naturally occurring it may have a higher chance of being a meteorite

@tylerandus2051 4 ай бұрын

Ive collected allot of magnatite in salt lake city, some batroidal stuff that was neat has vugs with turquoize. there are mountains of it along the coppermines old rail tracks. All of it tests magnetic with a magnet. really rare to have any that actually attract themselfs

@zoomarguyable 4 ай бұрын

Sent a few academic journal articles on lodestones to the project email.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tylerandus2051 4 ай бұрын

ps most tripods the center post pulls all the way out and you can slide it it=n from the bottom thats for macro work !

@spetkovsek57 4 ай бұрын

Such scientific methods! Now that you have them, what can you do with them? I guess it's just the fact you have them. Another nice video.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Really, they are just meant to be kept as an oddity in a display case.

@darinbayo14 4 ай бұрын

you are on the southern side of the Indian peaks super volcano

@leeadickes7235 3 ай бұрын

Have you checked out the magnetic monolith in Cook County minnesota?

@CurrentlyRockhounding 3 ай бұрын

We have never been out there.

@mindseyeproductions8798 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a load of stone

@turnerg 4 ай бұрын

Careful not to over-lode yourself 😁

@jimedgar6789 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, what the other commenter said... where is Laika???

@d.ingrim4947 4 ай бұрын

Would a fluid filled compass mounted on a stick so you could sweep the ground perhaps make a useful tool for looking for a lodestone? Just curious?

@patrickgriffin9578 4 ай бұрын

Short answer: no. The long answer is the compass will always point to magnetite, whether it lodestone or not. Compasses don't work anywhere near the mountains because the compass needle is attracted to the magnetite in the ground, regardless of whether it is lodestone or not.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

A fluid filled compass has no reaction when near these, as the magnetic field produced by these stones is very weak.

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

Your statement of "the compass will always point to magnetite, whether it lodestone or not. Compasses don't work anywhere near the mountains because the compass needle is attracted to the magnetite in the ground, regardless of whether it is lodestone or not" is not true and I just tested it. Why would you say something like this?

@d.ingrim4947 4 ай бұрын

I was not intending that you use the compass for bearing but you were looking for magnetic fields around rocks by touching them with paper clips. I thought that perhaps you might see inflection of the needle by magnetic presence of the rocks... But I guess since you say you tested it that my idea would be be useless... Thanks for the answer to my question... I enjoy watching your videos... Best wishes for your new treks hunting rock in Utah.

@raygay3375 3 ай бұрын

I think you may not see a magnetic field, but you can observe the consequences of the field with paper clips etc. We can’t see the wind, but we observe the consequences. GOTTA LOVE SCIENCE!!!

@AllenManor 4 ай бұрын

Where's your dog?

@CurrentlyRockhounding 4 ай бұрын

She stayed home on this one, it was a little hot out and it would have been a little difficult trying to find a lodestone with her on the leash.

@AllenManor 4 ай бұрын

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Makes sense! Have you ever shared how the two of you met/became a couple? I always find myself wondering when I watch your videos. But it's also beyond the scope of your channel!