One of Our BEST Hunts Yet! HEAPS of Fantastic AGATES, Jaspers, and Petrified Wood on the Yellowstone

[@nwliving-poweredbyexp2246]

Thank you (and Montana Rock Mom) for taking the time to create these videos!! My husband and I made the Yellowstone our destination this September, and as a life-long rock hound, it was hands-down my favorite experience EVER!

[@michelleangers342]

Just WOW!!! Floyd the Agate Dog found some pretty cool stuff too!

[@TheoKellison]

He always does!😄 he is a true blue "rock hound"😂and hes getting better and better at it every hunt amazingly! Thanks so much for watching!

[@sandmaker]

Wow, wow, wow! What a great trip. Loved the green jasper the best. If you leave the water bottle in the car, they don't know your hunting, so you can walk right up and grab them. I'm just saying... Be safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

[@TheoKellison]

That must be the secret!😂 i may need to forget my spray bottle more often!

[@sandmaker]

@@TheoKellison 🤪😜😳

[@koksinglau2494]

A paradise for rock hunting. They are everywhere, so unreal.

[@eskimoraver1]

You’re enthusiasm is contagious

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Green jasper is so cool! That piece you found takes the prize in my book! You know what's funny? I knew exactly what you meant by "getting back and doing the thing". You really know how to show off the rocks and it's fun to hear your excitement. Thanks for sharing your great day!

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much!😄 that truly means a lot! I just love and hate these videos in a way because i want to shiw you everything, but we found so much stuff it just would get too long😅

[@janvafa9959]

@@TheoKellison - there is no such thing as too long when you’re talking rocks!

[@agatelicker1095]

I've been watching this for about an hour now. I watch a few minutes, pause and do things and then come back for another dose. Seriously one of the nicest days in terms of quality, size and variety. Looks like a lot of it was manageably sized so your hunt was not hindered by a quick weight accumulation. Damn, dude!!! Just ON IT for the entire hunt looks like.

[@TheoKellison]

It was crazy! We have days like this right after runoff when the gravel is freahly exposed but this late in the season is just unheard of😄 thanks so much for watching!

[@agatelicker1095]

@@TheoKellison Thank you for having your fingers on the pulse and the determination to withstand a hike in for good cobbles.

[@stacyjv_4982]

Agreed - what an amazing day filled with fantastic finds! I loved all, but so enthralled with the Jasper/Chert

[@TheoKellison]

That jasper-chert is amazing! I have not found another quite like it!😄never know what you might find on the yellowstone😄thanks so much for watching!

[@kastah]

Fun that you are out hunting for the rocks again, you are so entusiastic and it is like you have an radar for good rocks!! :-) Lovely to watch.

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much!😄 spring has finally arrived so we will be getting out a LOT more now finally!😄 and the radar is just a biproduct of hunting the yellowstone for as long as I have; that radar is definitely not as active when im in new sites and out of my element. Thank you so much for watching!😄

[@1sec2midnight]

Hello TK, what an amazing day! Thanks for taking us along on the Yellowstone.

[@TheoKellison]

Thanks for coming along with me!😄

[@MsSandraCGL]

It was awesome

[@katherinedoughty839]

Oh maate! Whoo hoo! I totally agree you had the best day. That place keeps getting better. They are all beautiful. Floyd is good at finding them too!🦴 😊Look forward to seeing you cut some. 👍

[@TheoKellison]

A lot of these are on the chopping block when my blade gets here!😄 soo many nice ones waiting to get cut! Thanks so much for watching!

[@mitchgillilan]

WOW that was a heck of a day! The piece of pet wood with the zigzag grain is really rare, trees really dont grow like that too often! So beautiful! the agatized one is insane too, love the colors and clarity. Just crazy. They are ALL amazing Theo, thanks for showing how good the rockhounding is on the Yellowstone.

[@TheoKellison]

It's a magical place for sure😄 i definitely remind myself constantly to not take it for granted. And yes! That zigzag petwood may have the coolest grain of any of my petwood finds! Just amazing! I dont think I'll ever touch that one; i am terrified of ruining that amazing grain pattern

[@mitchgillilan]

@@TheoKellison glad you aren't going to cut that one. I love it how it is. Personally I like having longer videos and seeing more close ups at the end, I know you seem to think people will lose interest, but its not true with us rockhounds. I love seeing ALL of your finds not just the biggest winners of the day.

[@rhinogirl13-julie]

Theo, your enthusiasm is infectious. Now I have another reason to visit Montana again. And that blue sky is amazing!

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much!😄 that truly means a lot!

[@petualangan_alam_nyata]

Wow

[@nancywilson9380]

What an amazing day! My favorite is the jasper with pink, yellow, orange, and white Just beautiful!

[@TheoKellison]

That is such a cool piece!😄 looks a lot like SD prairie agate! Very unusual for the Yellowstone!

[@tracyballard6134]

The pet wood!!! 😍

[@jamespiel946]

The petrified wood at 11:08 in the video was my favorite along with EVERYTHING ELSE you found. Happy Hunting!

[@TheoKellison]

That was one fantastic piece! I have found a lot of petwood on the Yellowstone but i dont think ive ever seen grain quite that nice! Thanks so much for watching!😄

[@QuestForDetails]

loving the colors in these also ,allot of the smokey shades of sunset . the gravel beds up there make my little streams look like rain gutters, you need a wheel barrel. I cant hunt jasper without water makes all the difference for sure , but the agates, got that light, I think thats why we love them so much especially the rounded river agates/ beach agates, they were the first stones in life I hunted and that glow... just good stuff right? I'm stoked on the Makers Challenge so far ! I'm putting them all up in order on my Q.F.D. face book page and sharing the links and vids in my community tab, doing announcements each day ect . incredible creativity so far !

[@TheoKellison]

Oh absolutely agree! That water makes a HUGE difference when hunting for jaspers! You can recognize them by texture on the yellowstone but really dont see what youre holding without a little assistance from water. And yes the yellowstone is gigantic!😄 its a 700 mile long river so no shortage of hunting grounds that's for sure. Those agates are a huge reason i even started rockhounding in the first place! You see a nice agate glowing away on a nice sunny day and it is one awesome feeling for sure😄 my first noteworthy find of my life was a nice montana agate in a horse pasture when i was just six so i think they will always be a sentimental favorite. And i greatly appreciate you sharing the videos!😄 everyone has been creating fantastic projects and we're only two days in! Can not wait to see what everyone else will make and very much looking forward to watching yours tomoorw my friend!😄 im nervous if my project is going to be able to stand up with everyone else's amazing creations!😅

[@richarddye8685]

AWESOME agates. Love the video.

[@kerinholmstrom250]

There were some there that I wanna see cut soooo bad! Make a mid week slab slideshow and watch your subscription numbers rise. Cause that's the best part of the treasure hunt!!! ♥️🇨🇦♥️

[@TheoKellison]

They are unfortunately too big for my tile saw(i only say "unfortunately" because that means i cant cut them right this moment😂) but my 12" blade should be here this week or next and i will DEFINITELY make a video cutting through them; there are some very promising agates in there!😄

[@zipthirsty]

Very nice !!

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

wonderful finds. Really everything you picked was soooo nice. Havagudun Theo.

[@TheoKellison]

It was a good day for sure!😄 hope to have more days like this after runoff!

[@MsSandraCGL]

Always fun Theo

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much!😄

[@lynnduray7970]

I admire your discipline. I’d literally be “oh! There’s a blue one! Oooh look at those stripes!” And my backpack would be too heavy before I walked 20 steps 🤣🤣🤣

[@pembrajo46]

BANNER DAY!!! makes me wanna come visit and hunt!! loved the chert/Jasper stone!!! Beautiful!!!

[@letitialouison7311]

You hit the jackpot.😊😊

[@MsSandraCGL]

The bands on that pet wood is so unreal, WOW

[@donnabeaudin9114]

That agatized wood is amazing!! Love the wood grain! The jaspers Wow!! What a good hunt! You pulled that huge agate out of the ground...and immediately Katy’s chunky agate song starts playing in my head!😆👍 looking forward to seeing some slabs! An awesome video!!

[@TheoKellison]

It was a fantastic day for sure!😄 so many treasures in this one! And yes i think kate will get mad at me if i quote her in every episode though😂 if only i could download that song and use it as background music when i pull up the big agates!

[@donnabeaudin9114]

@@TheoKellisonMaybe you can write your own song!😁

[@TheoKellison]

@@donnabeaudin9114 i do play guitar🤔 maybe i could hire WildKyle to write it for me!

[@cherifenton1182]

Love your videos! :) It's always so fun to see what you find :) I love to see your puppers too ;)

[@LucysAdventures7]

Hey Myself and my husband are both huge fans. We tried to visit last year and we missed you. We are thinking about heading that way at the end of May and would like to stop by your shop if you were there. Also hoping to get your take on water level at that time on the Yellowstone. Thanks for all your great videos, they get us through the winter months!

[@GermanGemcutter]

What a fantastic Day😁 So many big and beautiful specimens👍 Great Video👏👏👏

[@TheoKellison]

Thanks so much!😄

[@salishseaquest7952]

Theo -- Fantastic Finds! That Green Jasper @19:07 is definitely my favorite. Can't believe all the agates and pet wood you found. You are going to have to train Floyd and Cyrus to carry packs to help you collect even more.

[@TheoKellison]

Right!? It was ine awesome day for sure!😄 and floyd would probably help in that regard.....siris would never allow me to put anything on him😂 we had to train him to be a "leash free" dog because he's the only dog i have ever heard of that outright refuses to wear a collar😅 we tried when he was a puppy and he somberly put himself in his timeout spot and didnt move for 3 days except to eat and drink... so needless to say we finally caved😂 it was one of the saddest things I've ever seen

[@OonaghEllis]

Love your videos. Floyd is a genuine rock hound.

[@oneofakind6313]

i love all of them ..

[@406findings]

Looks like the area is not picked over yet with all the nice pieces your finding that's good, I have picked most my spots clean I can't wait for the river to raise and change that.

[@TheoKellison]

Dude i am so excited for runoff! And yeah this spot is pretty untouched; you have to scale some cliffs to reach the river so i think a lot of people just dont bother with how much work you have to do to get down to the gravel👍

[@webdevnoobie]

@@TheoKellison If you want to find what others don't, you have to go where other won't

[@406findings]

@@TheoKellison yeah it looks like a journey to get there but that's how you get the good stuff 👍

[@kittygreenleaf427]

Wow, Theo amazing finds!! Loved them all. Can't believe some of the Jaspers, maybe Chert? And all the Agates. Have so much fun on the Yellowstone with you. Thanks!

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much!😄that truly means a lot!

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Beautiful video and nice rocks!!

[@2wahineandadog]

Ok I think this is my favourite vid of yours, as I am still trying to work out what they look like when dry so super helpful that you forgot the water bottle - thanks Theo

[@jimlancaster6120]

1 minute in and I told my wife we are going to Montana soon.

[@hobbymomma6]

Same!! 1 minute in and I looked over at my husband and asked "when can we go to Montana?"

[@TheoKellison]

It's a magical place for sure!😄 a rockhounds dream state no matter what part you visit!👍 we only have a few more weeks before runoff starts and then the river will be so high that there wont be any gravel to hunt anywhere, so if you do come on over to do some hounding, i would recommend waiting until June or July👍 the river should be back down by then!

[@TheoKellison]

@@hobbymomma6 its a special place for sure!😄 no shortage of hunting grounds thats gor sure!

[@jimlancaster6120]

@Yaakou Abimelech Alright someone remembered.

[@jimlancaster6120]

@@TheoKellison Thankyou for the info. Will have to pickup a few things from your shop while we're out that way.

[@sharongardner-lloyd168]

Bravo! Great hunt!

[@angelahighwolf]

Theo, I love your channel and watch it all the time here in Alaska!!!

[@TheoKellison]

Thank you so much! So glad to hear you enjoy my videos!😄that truly means a lot!

[@kimberlydlapp3441]

18:06 & 18:45 are very wow! I thought I heard Bobby Dukes in the video a few times 😳

[@TheoKellison]

I adore bobby duke! he is a huge role model to me so i think i may have subconsciously picked up some of his Bobby Duke-isms whether I'm aware of them or not😂 It also has to do with my very random self finally being comfortable enough to be goofy on camera, which took some time! Thanks so much for watching😄

[@laurat5143]

I sure appreciate all you share with us. The wood you found is amazing 👏 . I all you findings

[@clannishkobra8965]

Your enthusiasm is infectious lol

[@karenhenriksen217]

Happy birthday Theo wish you the best day ever 🌺💐🌸🌷🎂🍰🍬🎁

[@jimlancaster6120]

As always its hard to pick a favorite. Thankyou for the great hunt. What is it KatyDid says so many beautiful rocks.

[@Mz.Stephanie]

Wow! I'm excited just watching!

[@aszarate611]

I cannot believe all the AMAZING FINDS!!! Absolutely incredible 😍😍

[@chilosuarez6022]

😍 i love the rocks!!!! Thanks for choice me.

[@GreeneGene33]

OMG! Love that yellowstone jasper agate with the dougs.........I thought we had beautiful agates here (Upper Michigan lake superior agates), But Montana is our rival for agates!!!! Awesome video it made my day. Thank you so much................Happy rock hounding!

[@melodyhart2017]

The last agatized wood piece you showed is my favorite because it looks like the green petrified wood ,my absolute favorite ,I hope you tumble it or police one face and put it up for sale ,love to buy it as a coffee table piece !

[@IvanLopez-zh3xz]

Awsome day man!

[@halinawojciechowska4612]

Bardzo piękne te minerały, gratulacje

[@liptonva]

FAVORITE is the cool one (jasper?) at 13:30! Gorgeous! 😊😊

[@donnalantz7981]

Man you found some amazing pieces. I would love to find some green jasper. I love jasper. Just so beautiful finds. Thanks for taking us along. And personally your videos could be an hour long and I would still watch and love it.

[@TheoKellison]

Aww thank you so much!😄 that truly means a lot!😄 i have actually been toying with the idea of very occasional long videos. The downside is you end up having to cut out some of the finds or not show as many so it would be nice to do videos every now and then where i show ALL of the finds😄

[@donnalantz7981]

@@TheoKellison you should. I would love to see all as you find then and the slide show at the end. I binge watched all of your videos over the course of several nights to the present. So now I have watched every video you have on here. I have learned a lot from you. Now I am watching all of Katydids videos. I so want to try carving rocks now. You sent me a nice aventurine I would love to carve. Thanks for all you do. You are an amazing young man and truly talented.

[@michaelgoldman4423]

Unreal!! Thanks.

[@patrickbeaton6697]

holy crap ! what a insane haul of beauties ! can't wait for your blade to get there an see ya open a few of those beauts up. definitely enjoyed the vid/adventure Theo. 👊

[@TheoKellison]

I will be getting into them the INSTANT i can!😄 blade should be here in a week or two hopefully🤞 i swear i have never had to wait so long for a package in my life😂🤣

[@silverymoon5516]

Another fantastic video with amazing rocks ..

[@julietagenson5435]

That's cool for rock hounding 👍👍👍

[@Timothious_Maximus]

the agatized wood today...hot damn. the chevron pattern grain on that one and the high clarity of the fully agatized piece...

[@i.r.v.3328]

My Favorite was the second to the last!!! Jasper/Chert...I Would Love to buy it from You!!!

[@randomactsofhugs]

I loved the chert with a kelidas cope of colors

[@darrinwilliams5715]

I will say the same thing to you that I said to katydid. Wow if those were Lake Superior agates. Wow that was an amazing day out!!!😎😎

[@TheoKellison]

It was a good day for sure!😄and we are very fortunate in Montana, our agates get gigantic! The scary part is that they get WAY bigger than any i found in this one😅 i would love to find some LSAs though! I actually do not have a single one

[@chalcedonyclapper1216]

Absolutely incredible finds! Days like that are just the best haha

[@TheoKellison]

Right!?😄 days like this are rare this late in the season!👍im hoping to get some more hints like this after runoff

[@chalcedonyclapper1216]

@@TheoKellison oh yeah!

[@ZiggityPow]

Great finds! Can't wait to see some of those cut!

[@lolajo2850]

Such awesome finds Theo! What a huge variety and so plentiful! What fun! 💚

[@KatyDidRocks]

Great hunt, Theo - so much fun seeing you find those beauties!

[@TheoKellison]

It was a great day for sure!😄 looking forward to hunting after runoff though! Everywhere else is starting to get REALLY picked over😅

[@judymarkel8029]

My favorites are the petrified wood I hope to find some someday

[@TheoKellison]

Come to Montana!😄 the amount of petwood you can find on the Yellowstone in one day is astonishing!

[@judymarkel8029]

I am hoping to. Maybe you can show us where to look. Let's see if we will be traveling sometime Love your videos

[@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976]

Those rocks are out of this world. Hard to pick a favourite, but maybe that incredible agatised wood, that doesn't look like wood at all. Oh an that green Jasper small stone. It must have taken a huge effort to carry them out.

[@petualangan_alam_nyata]

Wow amazing❤❤❤

[@nancylemm1341]

im so jealous one after another amazing

[@Cherrycola14]

Crazy! one agate that size would be a find of a lifetime in my area. BC fraser valley. Largest one I've found is about an inch wide

[@libertyann439]

Can't believe you carried all those rocks in your pack.

[@reneewilbur4340]

The ending should be you showing us you cutting and polishing and finished pieces such as the beautiful fish you made or at least slices

[@makingitmatters9587]

So awesome - makes me want to get off the couch

[@elietedeoliveira9443]

Linda pedras gostei muito amém que Deus continue abençoando ❤️❤️❤️👍

[@tyedyerocks5385]

Love sone to wire wrapped

[@paigelee6321]

Awesome beautiful finds 💙thank you for sharing 😊💙, I was born and raised in Montana, now in Washington state getting home sick 😝💙

[@MNRockHounder]

Awesome finds man!

[@sonarahauser3087]

Been watching you and Katy for years, I love my state but my river near me just doesn’t have the variety you find in such abundance. Ok a bit jealous in a good way. ❤

[@TheRogueRockhound]

That is a ton of agate man. The variety is bananas over there, rich colors too. I find a good amount of agate in the mountains but it is super jagged fresh from the host or in seams. Maybe I need to go hit the river ^^ Great vid man, chat soon!

[@TheoKellison]

Dude the Yellowstone is magical!😄 the amount of stuff to find is just madness! Plus there is no shortage of hunting grounds👍 Im dying to get up to the mountains; ours are still under a dozen feet of snow😂 thanks for watching, my friend!

[@deeesc2087]

Can u recommend a good book on what agates look like.. or a book on popular stones ,something with pics n how to I'd the more common popular fun rocks to find.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Whoever Floyd sits....a gold mine😆😆

[@TheoKellison]

Everytime! He leads me to some great finds!😂

[@sircheeseburger123]

Love your videos! One of them was in my recommended and I watched almost all the agate hunting ones! (:

[@alipbatu3488]

Amazing

[@themidwesternrockhound388]

8:00 that looked like a waterline agate

[@TheoKellison]

I believe it was sandstone; i picked it up because i thought i saw wood grain but it was too granular in texture to be petrified wood. I may have to do an underwater rock hunt this summer; its crazy how much harder they are to spot when theyre underwater👍

[@J_H_Rahbek]

Amazing hunt, can wait until you cut the agates and the agatized wood

[@reneewilbur4340]

Ooo! The gorgeous orange one can you cut it and show us!

[@reneewilbur4340]

The one you called too much color not shirt more jasper lol but that’s the one I’d love to see cut. And that one with banding Montana agate with band of yellow? Clear? Grr forgot already!

[@patriciamckean4186]

Petrified wood as a tree base and green jasper as leaves and upper portions of a tree. I can picture it. Just saying. Your the artist...

[@gracemccoy1970]

There are a lot of what look like yellow rocks in amongst everything on the shore. What are they?

[@TheoKellison]

Mostly sandstones, limestones, and rhyolite😄 there is a LOT of it along the banks of the Yellowstone, and they can be very deceiving

[@annettehalliday8892]

Great finds Theo 👏👏👏 my favourite it the “jasper chert”. This is probably a dumb question .....do you not worry about bears ?? We have many dangerous snakes etc in Australia but Lo lucky no bears 😃😃

[@TheoKellison]

Not a dumb question at all!😄 we absolutely have bears in Montana, big and dangerous grizzly bears at that, but they all stay in more high alpine areas in the mountains so you would never see any down where i rock hunt. Maybe black bears but they are not nearly as dangerous as you would think; dogs like german shepherds and huskies are actually bigger than the majority of Montana black bears so they will usually see you and stay away. Actually funny enough, on the yellowstone it's very similar to Australia in the regard that the snakes are what you need to be looking out for! We have some big rattlesnakes in Montana. Luckily it is still too cold in the year for them to have come out yet😄

[@grantfahlman1815]

Theo, I guess you could call that a GOOD day! That PW (at ~5:35) is one of the most amazing pieces of PW I have seen. Any idea, what was the weight of your backpack when you cleared out?

[@TheoKellison]

Isnt it awesome!? Could not believe that one when i saw it!😄 and that is a good question; i didnt weigh it this time but it was probably pushing 70? 75 maybe? Not as bad as other hunts but we didnt get as many massive finds to add a bunch of weight so that definitely was nice👍

[@pootytangnl]

Nice

[@judyfreeman7030]

I want to come agate and fossil wood hunting with you!!!!

[@Cherrycola14]

Me over here thinking his backpack is more like Mary Poppins bag

[@tyedyerocks5385]

Need to put pack on doggos

[@الباشق-ط5ن]

What metrials you use to cleen these rocks please show that by videu...thanks for your eferts

[@TheoKellison]

Just soap and a toothbrush😄 i will make sure to show the full process in a future video!👍

[@Cliffwalkerrockhounding]

Dang, that is some easy work Theo. Are there no hounds walking those gravel bars?!

[@TheoKellison]

Oh there absolutely are a LOT of hounds searching the Yellowstone😄 the trick is just finding spots that you have to work to get to; most people won't bother with a gravel bar if they have to do some cliff scaling😂 definitely more work involved but the reward is usually worth it!👍 the yellowstone is like 700 miles long so it's never really completely picked over

[@Cliffwalkerrockhounding]

@@TheoKellison 100%. That's how I get my goods, go where no one else will

[@gracemccoy1970]

Also, that huge piece of green agate is that for sale? Have you already slabbed it?

[@TheoKellison]

I have not yet but it is likely on the chopping block😅i may need to greedily keep a chunk for myself to make some cabochons but i will be listing the cut pieces for sure!👍

[@gracemccoy1970]

@@TheoKellison I would rather a hunk than a slice. I'll keep an eye out on your Etsy store site. Thanx. I enjoy your videos