Mystery Mineral found in Minnesota River | North Shore Rock Hunting

[@AgateDad]

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[@wyomingadventures]

I'm so glad you opened an Etsy store. Awesome finds!

[@whitneyblackburn5035]

Following! 🎉

[@shachach]

Can you suggest the good equipment needed for a beginner. Lapidary saw polisher,etc?

[@shachach]

I have a rock that The outside is covered in liminite. Is there any method to get that off..I see quartz all under it in places

[@wyomingadventures]

@shachach my favorite tumblers are Lortone. If you have the money, I would go with Hi Tech saws.

[@largent45]

That looks like chert or a common opal and it's a gorgeous color! So many agates! Wow! You found some really nice ones, and so quickly! I can't wait to see you work that chert pieces or tumble it! It deserves a beautiful shine! Thanks Taylor!

[@jennystone421]

Why was the rockhound disappointed on his birthday? Because all he got was a lousy chert! 😄 thought it an appropriate dad joke for this vid. That cherty goodness is so so pretty, great find!

[@lilalightandlove421]

😅

[@mbaybee97]

Your content is so wholesome and I love it. Also, I didn’t know rocks were this fun. 😆

[@AgateDad]

Thanks Mary! Very fun!

[@nickkacures2304]

My wife and I have been agate hunters all our lives and we have a daughter that has the agate hunting fever too we live up on the north shore of Lake Superior and do find agates but it’s so much better in central Minnesota south west of Little Falls and south of St Cloud we have found some good areas but they are harder to get permission nowadays. Thanks for the video 😊

[@lilalightandlove421]

Wind or no wind, thanks for sharing your beautiful agates, chert and jasper. Can’t get enough of your videos!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks so much!

[@jimbrady1372]

Looks like opal. Nice find.

[@deniseview4253]

Such pretty finds. That jasper is beautiful.

[@VSFilly]

Appreciate your hard work and really enjoy your channel.

[@AgateDad]

Thank you Vanessa!

[@ilmorocks9590]

Wow! Sick finds in such a short time. It was super neat to see you bang the agate out of the host rock, thanks for sharing!

[@AgateDad]

😂🙌

[@justjulee9135]

So many beautiful lake superior agates! It's almost like you were finding them every few feet!

[@sandmaker]

It was a nice hunt. Lots of really nice rocks. Keep having fun. 😷⚒

[@kirbycraft1302]

Did you find out what that grey mineral is? Also at 4:02 looks like an agate literally above the agate in host. Blessed hunt. Thank you for sharing.

[@zettjedi]

What is the host rock that holds the agates?

[@AgateDad]

Basalt

[@VSFilly]

Have you ever considered the Cherokee Forest area in N.C.? I took several hikea and was amazed at the types of rocks exposed. Nothing like that in my state of Ohio!

[@mattwodziak1750]

I took you bucket idea and made a couple myself. My daughter and I went to a central MN river yesterday and did really well. Found some beauties in only 90 minutes of searching. Your channel inspired us to take up agate hunting a little over a year ago and yesterday she said she wanted to start a KZbin channel now too. I posted out first video yesterday. Let me know if you’d like to see it.

[@JoeEinMinne]

I get chunks of that gray/black chert in landscape rocks mined out of the glacial till from the same region. They tumble ok, the black bands seem to be a bit gritty and dont take the polish very well but the gray/lighter portions do.

[@johnpearson935]

Love making these vids a part of my day

[@ravynalexander1895]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing! You are awesome!

[@gary3270]

Polish that piece of opalized chalcedony! And show us the finished stone, it's very interesting! 😊

[@AgateDad]

That’s a great description of that!

[@jigglestickdave]

I miss hunting lake superior agates. I used to have several puts to hunt in when I worked road construction. Now I wouldn't even know where to go anymore.

[@jennifertalley49]

Great finds ! I went Mother’s Day here in Tn , and snakes were out in full force🫤. Kinda put a damper on my hunt lol 😂. Let us know when you identify the mystery rock ❤.

[@AgateDad]

Crazy!

[@josephdegail4678]

I'm coming from Milwaukee and will be going to several of the parks on the Lake Superior side. Any locations to check out and or advice?!

[@amywelsh8225]

Check out your mystery rock with a long wave UV, I bet it glows orange. I find a lot of that here in WI

[@aqua1082]

I found 2 (the 3 you found) also next to each other when I went out breaking river ice just to look at better term for everyone, awesome looking rocks. There just really neat with all the colors and I call crater holes 😂. That first one is a really awesome beauty

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Lol I was there 30 min early then missed the short premier haha. Was playing the new Zelda 😅 but wow that’s some cool grey blue chert stuff. 🤘

[@AgateDad]

All good my friend! Not sure what it is, likely chert, but it is beautiful!

[@HoboMinerals]

Beautiful finds! That first one does look like chert! Chert is so much cooler than most realize.. Anyway, thanks for the video!!

[@patriciamckean4186]

Nice rock hunt with littles. Thanks for sharing.

[@naminaoberhausen2131]

Wow 👏 very beautiful rocks you found. Liked. Thanks for sharing. From Jordan

[@MrTurtleMontana]

Definitely chert, my friend! But it seems like chert has really upped its game lately. The pieces that I'm finding are absolutely brilliant with colors patterns that I've never seen before in a rock!

[@kellyhollingsworth6100]

Now you can start selling some of your un-cut LSA on your store. Nice day of hounding.

[@AgateDad]

I will admit, hard to sell LSAs since they’re my “babies” 😂 I will part with some though

[@michaelbearss371]

Awesome finds... and so many too!

[@billstuart9100]

Just back from North Shore, didn't have your luck finding agates but still beautiful there

[@AgateDad]

Shoot!

[@JhonDiamond2021]

mysterious mineral stone findings in the river, the best video friends.

[@kimcusick3197]

I find agates all over the beaches where I am. Those are beautiful colors. When anybody finds the agates what do you usually do with them other then admire their beauty?

[@whitneyblackburn5035]

Do you sell any of your agates? I need to get up to lake superior because they have such amazing rocks

[@AgateDad]

I do, I’ll link my store here www.etsy.com/shop/AgateDad

[@whitneyblackburn5035]

@@AgateDad i totally didn't see that you had posted it until after I sent my comment. Immediate follow! Thank you! I'm so excited haha

[@ieatcaribou7852]

Awesome vid, wish I could rock hound there, it’s amazing.

[@RissaFirecat]

Love seeing all the agates!!

[@AgateDad]

Same!

[@tgfcujhb7583]

Mysterious rock looks like a jade 🤔👍👍👍

[@virginiarocks]

Short hunts are still fun. Good to see you out and about (delivering agate from host rock ~ Agate Midwife!). 😂

[@AgateDad]

That's hilarious!

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

Nice finds! That would be sweet if there is opal in MN! I love me some opal! 😂 😊

[@AgateDad]

It would be cool!

[@darrinwilliams5715]

Great little hunt. There were some real beauties.😎😎

[@alec4611]

Should’ve keeps the agate in host rock and cut the agate and host in half together or polished down the top 🔝 f the agate

[@wide-scope]

Bro I've found so many of those weird rocks! It's almost like alabaster or marble looking

[@AgateDad]

It’s so weird! We need to get a confirmation on the ID!

[@wide-scope]

@@AgateDad I've still got that bag of rocks for you to cut if you want! There's a few pieces in there!

[@kongee0596]

Hey Agate Dad You Are My Favorite Guy To Watch And Get Rock-Hounding Tips From On KZbin, And If You Are Looking For Agates In The Pacific Northwest Then I Would Suggest Checking Out The Calipoia River, I Have Found Holey-blue and 3-4 Pound Agates There.

[@claudiadresel4216]

Nice find!

[@AgateDad]

Thanks!

[@nicolegrahame7300]

Was that a opal that you found?

[@janehelbert7551]

You found so many agates!

[@MinerDetail]

Liked lake superior agate in host rock.

[@Reet64]

Wow that was worth it!

[@michellewaldvogel3221]

I hope you took a few of the ramps in the background of the end of your video. They are delicious.

[@AgateDad]

Ramps?

[@michellewaldvogel3221]

@@AgateDad yeah wild onion garlic plant entire plant is edible. Google and learn some more about them. it will make your adventure much tastier in the future. They taste like a garlic onion.

[@bokunokintama5523]

Damn you killed it today 😊

[@JenTibbi7023]

It was fun, thanks 😺

[@AgateDad]

I’m glad you enjoyed!

[@sheriandreas8260]

They are all beauties, the grey one looked like a shape of a bear.

[@jmicaha2655]

That mystery mineral looks like slag from ore mining

[@haleyjanebergquist5349]

I'm a local , you would not believe some of the finds in my collection !

[@AgateDad]

Nice!!

[@stevenlamastus1103]

Thought that was Mark Ruffalo at first

[@theresaherrrera8224]

❤❤❤❤🎉😊

[@-hw-]

very pretty