Ordinary Rock Found At Dairy Queen Turns Into A Spectacular Gemstone

[@cathejones3412]

IM 74, I VE BEEN PICKING UP ROCKS AND STINES SINCE I WAS 3 YRS OLD. KEEP ON ROCKEN...

[@GingerNinja1]

My kids & I hunt for heart shaped rocks. ❤

[@PBcoverlet]

At 76 I still pick up pretty rocks!

[@sherilynn1310]

Pebble puppy!

[@jancoyote52]

Me too. River agates in Minnesota

[@Msskyperez]

I love rocks. I often take rocks I've seen on the ground. And yes, I would ask if I were gonna take it from someone's property.

[@pathoover2786]

I'm in ohio. One day at Grady hospital in delaware, I was waiting outside for my friend who had been cut and needed stitches. Right by the entrance door was a little rock bed, like the one you see in this video. Immediately I spotted it. A rock about the size of my hand was just barely visible because of all the other rocks piled on top, I pulled it out, and it was literally full of gold. It was mixed with all different things which included pyrite. But being a sort of prospectors for a large part of my life, I could tell the difference. I went home and broke up the rock started panning it out, watched the pyrite float out, and was left with, nearly 1 gram of gold. For some 1 gram may not be a big deal, but for an ohioan, it's a really nice find.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thats cool!

[@leeannmettlach2412]

Wonderful find! Good for you!

[@fayedietrich7313]

Niiiiiice

[@saralynn518]

As an Ohioan, I can agree that’s an exciting find! Back when I went to OWU, finding a rock like that would be the best thing about being at Grady. I hope it has improved!

[@mpalmer5754]

You’re welcome from Delaware!

[@GingerNinja1]

My husband took a sledgehammer to bust up some rocks that someone used to concrete together around trees in our front yard. Our home is circa 1900 so it's very old, but has been fully renovated. They took them to toss in a sink hole we have. I just happened to be looking through the pile & found an approximate 30-40 pound rock that has the most gorgeous quartz growing out of the opposite side. It's absolutely stunning! It's one of my prized possessions.

[@bobs5596]

likely an artifact from an indian grave. most rocks used back in the day were collected on site and seem to have been used for burials. i have seen old stone walls built with carved indian burial rocks. they would collect the best prettiest ones. when i moved to my house i thought the previous owner had to have been a rock collector who tossed his collection in the backyard. there was even a stacked stone wall with beautiful pieces of pyrite, red and white crystal s embedded in large rocks, etc. little did i know, but i have discovered and learned much since those days.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Jackpot!

[@doubledee8677]

Oh Americans, thinking a hundred years is a very old home.

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

My husband was a geologist for 30 years. We enjoyed looking at rocks, road cuts, just the Earth in general. What you are doing with your son is exactly how we raised our children. We tried to instill in them a love of our planet and explain how our earth developed and also that we need to take care of her. Well done.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks! I 100% agree!

[@mama13bugs]

@@Talk-to-the-Pugs pick them up examine them and put them back. They were bought and paid for, they were just not naturally there. Therefore to take one is stealing

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

@@mama13bugs I agree, looking at rocks, not taking rocks.

[@barbrice721]

Been picking rocks since a kid. Aways had pockets and drawers with rocks. Now at 67 windowsills. Lol.

[@terriseaton3049]

Me, too.

[@brax2364]

LMAO. My chihuahua used to collect rocks about the size of that second one during our walks. He’d patiently carry them back to the house and put them in his bed. He had quite a collection.

[@charlenegould234]

Same! I have bowls of rocks and glass vases of rocks in my house, in addition to the rocks I have in my zen gardens. I have little displays of rocks in my bathrooms, lol.

[@barbrice721]

We are Earthy Prople. I got a load of boulders at the supply yard I work at. All sandstone except 1green smooth one that had white veins. I took it. It weighed 500 lbs. I have moved twice since I got it and it has moved with me. Lol.

[@karphin1]

Mm, lots of “kindred spirits” out there! I’m 78 and have always loved rocks and minerals. My husband was involved in mining, and he took me to the odd mine site and that got me hooked! Was at a gypsum mine, found some cool gypsum crystals. At an anhydride mine, found rare blue crystals of anhydrite. Live in Nova Scotia, there are beaches here full of agate, some amethyst, zeolites, etc. I’ve gathered quite a few! I don’t have a way to polish some of the nice pebbles I’ve found. A tumbler would be too noisy in my apartment. 😒. Still, great to have the experience, and a good excuse to go out in nature, and “treasure hunt”!

[@betsylyon5499]

I appreciate you showing how to be respectful and ask before you take someone else's stuff, whether it's a rock or whatever. Glad they had no problem with it!

[@XitSt4geLeft]

When I was a kid, I was hiking with a group and while we were taking a break, I casually picked up a rock split in two and started tossing it up and down. A guy in my group asked me to stop tossing it so he could look at the rock. It turns out I happened upon a fossil of a feather. I still have the fossil to this day.

[@marionward7672]

Good. Take care of it and pass it on down when your time here is done. Please write the story of how you got it and the date. Such things should be passed on down the generations. Well done you

[@XitSt4geLeft]

@@marionward7672 I don’t know the date but I could certainly follow through on the rest of your suggestions. ☺️

[@nancyrukavena6992]

A symbol of good fortune and good luck! 👍

[@DianaJewell-jf9ep]

Best Dairy Queen commercial ever ! Lol

[@jeremyellison2293]

I did hvac for a long time and we worked at a lot of apartment complexes I’d find awesome rocks all the time and after awhile the lead maintenance guy would find some and have them waiting for me when we came back they used to laugh at me at first then they started getting an eye for em and enjoyed the hunt too nice to spread the hobby

[@cwisteenuh]

1st I love that you showed your son the ethical way to acquire things that don't belong to you! Even though it's something as petty as a rock. It shows good moral character. 2. I love that you RockHound and show treasures that exist and often get overlooked. 3 I love that your sons named Travis..mine is too😊

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

I'll never eat at Dairy Queen without thinking about rocks again. Cool find and great job turning it into a gem.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks!

[@randomgrinn]

Powdered "ice cream" is not ice cream. I'd rather have the rocks.

[@sandimccarthy2067]

​@@randomgrinnThis isn't about ice cream though

[@EviePoythress]

I love that these rocks were stuck being fill rocks, unappreciated and stepped on, and now look how much love they are getting!!! 😍

[@RockhoundingLife]

100%

[@lynnd7018]

I like rocks too

[@colleenscottcarmello5103]

** they were chosen as fill rocks bc of their beauty.. so they actually are loved and chosen above others. I, and I'm certain others, always notice at the rocks in landscapes and think of how cool they look. It's ok Evie.. those rocks are not unappreciated.. they are chosen and because they are beautiful even in their raw state. ❤❤❤

[@ILGuy2012]

I wouldn't call them fill rocks, but decorative landscaping rocks.

[@shelleygiesbrecht4759]

I also look at rocks everywhere I go. 🤓

[@20greeneyes20]

Yes, it's a healthy addiction.😂

[@tattoolimbo]

It would be cool to give the manager of the Dairy Queen one of the finished cabs, that's just how I think about stuff

[@swiftyoverfifty]

My exact thoughts!

[@saralynn518]

Mine too lol

[@Mmarcelli96]

Yeah, pay it forward. Let’s all try to put more beauty and kindness out into the world.

[@IrishAnnie]

The manager would be very pleased!!!

[@CeruleanSky1111]

100%!

[@PatriciaAShelton-no6cq]

We had a load of gravel delivered. In it was a round beige rock the size of a jumbo baking potato. It stayed in the mix close to the garage so no one would step on it. Then my grandson age 6 at the time decided to hit it with another rock fir what reason I have no idea. But he came running inside excited what it looked like inside. Had a blue and Grey banding all around the edge if each piece,and the center was hollow with clear and blue crystals growing. It was a geode. He called it a moon rock,for the colors and the clear crystals were the stars. He took it home and someone stole it. It upsets him to this day. He's 28 years old now.😢

[@Ysoie]

Oh! I’m sorry- that sucks. Did he ever get himself a new geode?

[@gailcewlroberts]

Funny how these things stay with us. I’m sure we all have a story like this. Once at age 9, I stole a chappie’s cricket ball - it was nice, and as a girl I wasn’t allowed one and I really wanted it. We didn’t have a lot of money, but neither did he. I don’t know what happened to the ball (perhaps my dad gave it back?) but to this day, I wish I hadn’t done that.

[@nancyrukavena6992]

​@@gailcewlrobertsThis memory is painful to you, but you have used it to shape you into a better person. You have a sweet heart. 😊

[@dougalexander7204]

I worked my career as a basic materials mining engineer. I’ve watched rocks going around in circles being crushed and screened for years. Every once in a while you find one that is an amazing fossil or semiprecious gemstone, or a unique mineral.

[@yvettekraemer4703]

I am absolutely impressed and proud of you guys asking for permission to take the rocks! It was the right thing to do and taught your son an important lesson!

[@joannebaker8086]

It’s a rock ! Good grief.

[@gaillowe7505]

its a rock. the manager of dairy queen could get a crap less.

[@PBLE20]

Should teach his son a more important lesson of SAFETY! No protective gear while slicing and grinding the rock. Makes you wonder how his son injured his hand/arm.🤔

[@Cat_Powers393]

Its a rock lying on the ground that no one could give 2 cents about People are so funny I get teaching about asking permission but at some point, come on

[@Cat_Powers393]

​@@PBLE20 Just from your comment, I dont think you've used a tile saw before We also can't see if he is wearing glasses or goggles I'm just curious what kind of safety things you thought he should be using? It just feels like everyone has to add some sort of criticize to what people are doing If he were to wear gloves, they would be soaking wet and very difficult handling the rock, especially as the piece gets smaller They might also get caught on the blade and potentially suck in his whole hand which makes wearing gloves while doing this unsafe If he wore latex gloves, they would just get shredded

[@Richmond_Hill]

That was absolutely amazing to watch, but I have to tell you: I was so nervous watching your hands near that equipment. God bless you and have a beautiful beautiful day. 🇨🇦🙏

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@charleslewis6815]

Me too! Isn’t there a safer way? Take care!

[@Kattaz0309]

@@charleslewis6815 Yes, at least wear gloves for that?

[@jamesmarks8099]

Guys don't worry, it's weird but diamond blades cut rock well but on flesh they don't do much. I've accidently brushed diamond blades before while cutting tile, brick and rock, and it just abrades the skin a bit but I never wear gloves cause it could catch and take your hand.

[@Richmond_Hill]

@@jamesmarks8099 OK, thanks for the reassurance. You do beautiful work. Keep on “Rockin’ in the Free World”. 🎸🎤🎸🎤🎸

[@HeatherValentineMsFoodie]

Wow that butterfly was amazing in tack. Aaawwww asking permission was such a great lesson for your child and for adults.😂💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@mattgohlke8216]

My wife also brought home 3 large chunks of rainbow feldspar , white, green, purple, and shades of each swirled throughout. It's beautiful. I slabbed it but thats as far as I'm going until I sharpen my polishing skills.

[@leeannmettlach2412]

Wow! I bet it is gorgeous!

[@nicolenewsome4863]

@@mattgohlke8216 you can always use a rock tumbler.

[@Haggislover]

You did a lovely job with that, positioned the green stripe perfectly down the middle. My Mum was a mountain climber and she picked up a rock from the summit of every mountain she climbed, labelled each one and kept them all in a huge bowl. When she knew she was dying, she suggested that my brother and I climb all of the mountains (about 270-something) and put them all back!

[@suran396]

And did you?

[@Haggislover]

@@suran396 Oh heck no! :) I'm in Canada and my brother has had 5 strokes, so it's not really going to happen.

[@daninb8939]

​@@Haggisloveromg is your bro okay?

[@daninb8939]

​@@Haggisloveromg is your bro okay?

[@Haggislover]

@@daninb8939 Thank you for asking! He's a year out from his last stroke, so rehab has run it's course. He has some deficits - right arm and leg and memory issues - but he could have been SO much worse!

[@slc1161]

Use the small scrap pieces to make small matching earrings. Love the finished pendant. I’d wear that all the time. Love to be the recipient of that type of beautiful jewelry.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Great idea!!

[@jennifermurdoch7983]

Wow! That is gorgeous. We were very fortunate when we landscaped our draught friendly So Cal landscaping and purchased three large “baskets” of crushed agate from a former jeweler inMexico. Every time I weed the garden I collect geodes and other treasures and can’t help wondering what they would look like all polished up.

[@lisamuse574]

when i was a little girl, i regularly would pick up rocks and put them in my pockets, bring them home. then, i’d put them in a pan of water and marvel at their beautiful colors. i had reserved one of my large dresser drawers to my rock collection, much to the chagrin of my mother, haha. 😅

[@sjain8111]

me too, still picking up rocks at 65

[@Jennifer-gu4yv]

There are far worse things in the world that you could have collected that would upset your mother even more than rocks!

[@EmilyShaffer01]

Better than your mom finding them in your pockets after washing your clothes, like mine did.

[@JennyWren333]

One man’s landfill is another man’s treasure!! Love this!

[@maverick6461]

Very beautiful, thank you for showing from raw rock to polished pendant 🙏🏻

[@RockhoundingLife]

My pleasure 😊

[@kellyharper367]

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I rockhunt everywhere I go! I used to keep a few rocks in my car to exchange with... people are more likely to let you take a rock if they know you're not leaving their property naked! Lol. 😅

[@stephen6640]

Every video it's the same thing from you.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

​@@stephen6640I think it's a good thing it's keeps the rock hating Karen's at bay.

[@sandimccarthy2067]

​@@stephen6640And..... ?

[@msmarigold4647]

Beautiful job!

[@ladygeek6926]

of course I took "leaving their property naked" to a different level... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

An oval is a favorite shape. This video is a dream come true for me. Looking for rocks in parking lots is a great pastime. Making jewelry is also a creative hobby. Enjoyable video. Great young man!😊

[@RockhoundingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fixfireleo]

I think if you go to a landscape place that sells rocks, they would probably sell you a 5 gallon bucket for $10 or so. You could hand select every rock. Your kid would love it, it would probably be an hour's worth of fun for him and you can teach him about each rock he picks up. Then you would have a lot of rocks to cut and make content from. Plus, if you are selling these cabs, you would by far make back your money.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Great idea!

[@msmarigold4647]

I was thinking about that while I was taking some rocks outside of the Mexican Restaurant I was walking into to eat. Nature's art 🎨

[@msmarigold4647]

I'm cracking up that there are grown people on here making fun of someone for having a hobby 😂

[@janetannerevans2320]

part of the fun and the appeal is finding a treasure. Treasure from a bucket not so much.

[@mattgohlke8216]

Wife and I went to an Avett Brothers concert a few weeks ago. We got some unreal picture jasper from the landscaping. If I had to guess, they still have roughly 2.6 billion stones left and I haven't heard that the soil has eroded away yet. There was literally 1000's of people and arena employees everywhere and not a single person even looked our way wondering why we were making a small pile of rocks off to the side 🤣

[@sandimccarthy2067]

Cuz they don't care....its a NON issue 😊. You collect away ❤

[@leeannmettlach2412]

🤣🤣🤣

[@merryhunt9153]

I am a geologist and rockhound, and I really wish there were spectacular rocks like that in our landscaping.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Most of our local landscaping rock is screened off from till. Lots of variety.

[@ajdevilish]

Come to upstate NY, it's everywhere.

[@joshbrowne1768]

Oh man, I'm in Minnesota, and gorgeous agates are everywhere! All the "river rock" landscaping rocks have them. Also some really cool jasper. It's almost a problem for me because I just can't help but get distracted everywhere I go!

[@outoftheforest7652]

I used to go next door to my neigbhors when I was a kid and take rocks from their gravel parking area ! LOL.. Not a lot to be noticable though. Its amazing I am not in prison.... you know what stealing landscaping rocks leads to..... LOL.

[@wendybutler1681]

I have 2 baskets of rocks my son found along the way. All remarkable in some way. A couple small thunder eggs, too. A lot of them resemble your rock in various sizes and colors. He passed at 36, 8 years ago. I walk past his rocks many times each day. I kinda feel like they ground me. Son appreciated the raw beauty of nature so much.

[@wendybutler1681]

I love opaque stones. I want my jewelry to look as if it might have been made 1,000 years ago. EXACTLY LIKE THIS. Someday I will do something with Ryan's rocks.

[@wendybutler1681]

I actually have a square stone very similar to this stone. The pinks and greens are so pretty.

[@maryanntourkantonis5431]

❤

[@amy8460]

Wow you really brought out the green in that stone! I couldn't see it from the beginning. I'm 48 and I still look for pretty rocks. Thank you for showing us the process start to finish of making something from the rock and purchasing saw blades if needed. I don't have any of those machines but maybe some day. Beautiful finished jewelry!

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

I don’t know what’s wrong with all the people commenting who are giving hate & guilt to others about rocks, & using bad information at the same time?!? All the Dairy Queens I’ve ever known are locally owned by a business owner, including the land. Regardless of who owns the land, if a parent notices their child has an interest in rocks, they should take their child to visit different places were rock collecting is allowed and encouraged. In the parks near me there are several areas marked for rock and fossil collection. I can name four locations like this in my county, & more in surrounding counties. If you are traveling, scope out your route ahead of time for state or national parks that allow rock collecting. Usually they will limit to a certain size such as no larger than the palm of your hand. It’s kind of like collecting seashells on the shore, and often you can find unique rocks also on the shores of the oceans and lakes. If you’re ever going through Arkansas, it is worth a stop at Crater of Diamonds State Park. An online search will show you more places you can search and collect rocks. One Good place for these is along rivers or lakes where they have built a dam. Often there was an area where they dumped piles of rock that had to be removed, and most of these parks or Army Corps of Engineers locations don’t mind kids searching through the rocks and picking some up. If you have friends who are Farmers, ask if they will let you look through their rock pile, and if you could have any rocks from the pile. Most of the time the answer will be yes, depending on if they had a plan to use certain rocks. I know two farmers who do some pretty cool things with the rocks they have picked up or pulled out of fields. I have also helped clear fields, and we have found some interesting, unique rocks, arrowheads and other prehistoric carved rocks. Both of my grandfathers had a great collection of these. Who knows, perhaps that child will grow up to be a geologist? There are an amazing variety of rocks, for example here in North America I know where some mountains made of rose quartz are, and others made of black quartz with lines and spots of white quartz randomly sprinkled throughout. There are some with very reddish rocks that have green stripes! I’ve been to a really cool amethyst mine. Depending on where you are, you will find different rocks and minerals in the Earth. Some are amazing agates! Growing up we collected unique rocks, some from the rock piles left on our farm by my great grandfather who originally settled and cleared the land. We got a rock tumbler, and some of those rocks were extremely beautiful and showed their color much better, once they were polished! We made all kinds of things with them, gave them as gifts- keychains, tie tacks, bracelets, Money clips, earrings, some were cut and used for necklaces. A few times when cut, we discovered agates inside! So where are all you Negative Nellies coming from, who say that the DQ land is leased?? Why do you assume that to be so? Where in the world are you writing from? The local Dairy Queen in my hometown was owned by the family of one of my friends growing up. When we were about 14 or 15, their family bought another plot of land on the other side of town and built another DQ there. We spent a lot of time hanging out there, both in the front and the back. So the owner of the business owned the land, then built the building so it had exactly what they needed inside. It was the specific, unique & typical building shape that is most common for a Dairy Queen building. That’s how it has been in most places, as far as I know. Their franchise continue to expand, until now they own many Dairy Queen locations in different surrounding towns. Most DQ & other franchise owners buy the land & build on it, because many franchises have specific, unique & well-known designs used in the architecture of their buildings. For most of the big food chains, you can usually tell what business it is from the shape of the building- whether it’s a DQ, Taco Bell, a Burger King, McDonald’s, KFC, White Castle, etc. Some fast food businesses have less unique architecture, but DQ is not one of them. And give the kid a break! Asking first is a good idea. But you can find a lot of rocks like that as remnants of the glaciers that brought them south out of Eastern Canada. So if you go to Canada, or just visit a quarry wherever these rocks came from, you might be able to come to an arrangement with the quarry owner that would allow you to get a bucket of rocks for X amount of price. If you ever have the chance to go somewhere that you can get river or agates from Northern Lakes, I highly recommend it! Research it first so you go to the right place and know what to look for. I understand some DQ or other franchise business owners may want to sell an already running franchise location, for example if they’re getting too old, ill or need to move away. I can see that if you were running a DQ for example in the food court of a mall, that you would have to lease from the building owner. But I have never seen a DQ somewhere like that. In fact the whole Mall scene in the US died quite a few years ago. I have not been inside a mall for over 10 years, at the least. I suppose there might be different laws in some places, so possibly there are some DQs, somewhere in the world where a business owner leases land & builds on it. But that’s far less secure for a business, because it makes you vulnerable to the landowner deciding not to renew your lease, or perhaps they become senile, get ill & forget to pay the annual land taxes! Personally I’d never build a building and run a business on someone else’s land- no thank you! That would put my building & investment at risk! And yes, I’m a business owner. I hope all you guys criticizing the kid will lighten up and stop trying to put him in prison! Face-to-face communication usually solves all problems, that is if the people want them to be solved. I hope you can have a day good day and see more positive things to enjoy and be glad about, rather than always focussing on the negative and giving guilt and condemnation to others. 🦋🌻🫐🌽🌲🛶🏕🏔🏞🌊🌅

[@WWZenaDo]

Check the regulations in any areas of travel, but iirc people can 'rockhound' in road cuts on public roads. I've picked up some nice specimens a mile or so OUTSIDE of park boundaries, and one can always offer a small fee to local farmers and ranchers to 'rockhound' their land for an hour or so. Obviously any spectacular finds like a t-rex fossil would still belong to the farmer or rancher! 😢

[@Kada4646]

Noticing a few kids looking at the rocks when going to Dairy Queen - I decoupaged images of my beagle on rocks I bought at dollar tree. The next time I went to DQ I tossed them in with the rocks. Bought a cone a watched the kids glee picking them up. 😄

[@sureuright79]

I have a collection of rocks I acquired and sell them at fairs, yard sales, and flea markets. I also have a bucket of cool, small polished rocks. Whenever a kid is interested in rocks I always ask the parents if their child wants to pick out a few (free of course.) A lot of kids seem interested in these smooth shiny rocks rather than specimens. They absolutely love it. Never know, just might be the first rocks of their new collection.

[@redrufus444]

Thank You! Now we all know where to get rocks just down the street..!!

[@damama4209]

I am always picking up interesting rocks for most of my 75 years from parking lots to side of the road. Beautiful stone you found. I was impressed that you were a good example to you son that you took the time to go into to the store and ask permission to take those 2 stones. It is a lesson that I'm sure your son will not forget. Train up a child when they are young... Bless you and really nice work on that stone. I don't have any of that equipment but my Dad when I was way younger had a tumbler in the garage for found stones to polish them. That was fun.

[@markd7811]

Maybe we all should have a dairy queen treat and get along!

[@markd7811]

And buy a dairy queen pendedant !!! For your mother!!

[@FischerRestoration]

Reading the comments here ... if my business caught the attention of rock collectors, I'd be thrilled! More publicity equals more business.. rocks are plentiful and cheaper than advertising.

[@RockhoundingLife]

100%

[@David-ek8dc]

Never did much rock hunting, but had a friend at work that he would walk some of the local streams with his kids a few months after flooding storms, and he came up with alot of neat stuff where water had washed at bends. Alot of Mastadon teeth and fossilized animals of the past it was inspiring to say the least as a hobby

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

And so great you are taking your boy to see some rocks. It's not a subject usually covered in the in the curriculum. A+

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you!

[@kellymcdonell9687]

Well, when I taught 6th grade science, I had all the kids bring a rock from outside to class. It was fun to analyze them and eventually I would choose one to break open to see what was inside. Fun teaching that class.

[@idaparedes6529]

i'm 63 female and fond of collecting stone with different colors and shapes..love it

[@cherylhuhn6180]

ROCKS RULE!!👍😊💎🪨

[@coryart]

I found a beautiful piece of red and black obsidian in the landscaping rock behind the garage of the place I rent.

[@charleslaughton8092]

Rock freak here. What amazes me is that every single natural rock we see just lying on the ground is millions to billions of years old! You're a great dad, thanks for the fun and inspirational video!

[@daves7775]

Really? You sure about that? Haven't actually considered the Logic of Evolution or researched any of its problems.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks so much for the kimd words!

[@pamelah6431]

Rock freak believes the myth of evolution. It's too bad.

[@daves7775]

​@@charleslaughton8092 Charles - are you aware the "Geological Column" does not exist ANYWHERE in the World? It is a made up concept. They have "portions" at various places... and a LOT of assumptions. Full standing fossilized TREES have been found in the "Geological Column." Rocks from Mt. St Helens have been tested for age - and found to be thousands & Millions of years old - yet were KNOWN to be only a dozen or so years of age. The First Moon lander had very large Foot Pads - so it would not sink into the huge layer of non existent dust on the moon... Renowned Atheist & Phd Christian de Duve; Cytologist and Biochemist; shared/received the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Head of Evolutionary Studies on Two Continents (Europe & USA) - eventually in his research and Book "Vital Dust: The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth" created the "Deterministic Law of the Universe" and declared the UNIVERSE to be "alive" rather than accept that GOD might exist. This is because: (Quoting) "Life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between." And however simple he tried to make the situation of how LIFE came into being or existence - it was IMPOSSIBLE. So, he declared the UNIVERSE to be alive and a Guiding Force with a "Cosmic Imperative." And at the advanced age of 95; with Cancer and Atrial Fibrillation - he died using Legal Euthanasia on May Fourth; 2013 (May the force be with you.) Humans can only procreate with Humans. Your sperm for example will do nothing for a fertile dog... or a Salmon. However - evolutionary "science" declares that ALL life - ALL LIFE - started from the same single organism. And mutations over time eventually caused the extremely complex ecosystem and huge variety of and types of life. Which if just thought about logically for a moment - seems insane. BIRDS "fly" and have extremely unique Bones - because at some point they decided they needed to FLY? So gobs of years and years later - they eventually acquired the ability to Fly? A spider creates a Web - using strands that are way stronger than Steel - when compared via mass, and diameter, etc. How did the previous spider organism know that eventually Insects would be Flying thru the air? So he/she should develop web making capabilities? And a spider cannot reproduce with a Gnat; Flea, or Worm - so when did that happen and how - since per Evolution - ALL life started from the same singular Cell? Evolutionary "science" states Mankind evolved from Apes. But the amount of Time required for that to occur does not exist in Evolutionary Science. One of the absolute LAWS of Science - is that NON LIVING - cannot become living. For example: Science declares that a ROCK is a ROCK and will never be alive. It is a ROCK. Yet for Evolution: Science states that in the beginning - in a very hostile environment - Life came into existence - from NON life. Which totally violates the stated laws and principles of Science. Science proposes a "Big Bang." The Big Bang states that NOTHING existed. NO large "empty" space... demanding to be "filled." NOTHING. No space, no universe, no rocks, no gravity, NOTHING. There existed NO space for anything to exist INTO. Science postulates that with absolutely NO laws of Physics; and NO space of any type - suddenly a "Quantum Singularity" occurred - in which ALL matter suddenly came INTO existence - in a very tiny compressed form; and this extremely tiny compressed ALL MATTER of the Universe - came Into Existence - at the SAME TIME - that the EMPTY SPACE of the UNIVERSE - came into existence. So now - ALL MATTER of the Universe - EXPLODED outward - into the also just created UNIVERSE SPACE... this is stated to be the "Big Bang." And in many ways - it is also what can initially be considered is declared in Scripture. This is in many ways - just an observation of how one deals with facts. Our biases. We know LIFE and a hugely complex ecological system exists. Which we now Fight to protect; and say we should stop burning oil, etc. Yet a huge world view of this extremely complex and intertwined system - is that it came about and into existence thru RANDOM CHANCE. Random Chance created this complex system - which we see - well this chemical hurts that... and that causes this problem... Does this view actually make any LOGICAL sense?? The books "Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? by Dr. Jonathan Wells" & "Evolution: Possible or Impossible" by James F. Coppedge are both good reads. And consider that Life and DNA have only grown much more complex in our understanding - since Coppedge looked at Biology and Cells etc. thru a Mathematical Lens - in 1973. Scientists declare that they KNOW what happened supposedly MILLIONS of years ago. Yet a Commercial Jet Aircraft - with the Engines still transmitting Data (Pilots cannot shut off Engine Pings) - Searchers have not located Malaysia Flight 370 - even though they KNOW what the ocean currents were doing; what the wind was doing, etc. And yet - 10 years later; and THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of hours of intensive searching - they still have not located a Plane that they even know the approximate time it ceased to be airborne. And "science" declares they can tell us what happened and how life came into existence - supposedly Millions of years ago?? So - to answer your question directly: I believe the entire Universe and Earth - are around 6,000 years old. I believe in God and HIS existence. I believe GOD created all things; and did so in 6 days. Christian de Duve declared the UNIVERSE to be ALIVE and a guiding force - to deal with the impossibility of LIFE coming about thru Random Chance. I find Evolutionary Theory to be ILLOGICAL. Wishing you the best - and more wisdom and understanding. answersingenesis.org/geology/geologic-time-scale/geologic-column/ www.evangelical-times.org/ages-obtained-for-the-lava-dome-of-mt-st-helens/ answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/making-leap-ape-adam/ creation.com/did-humans-evolve-from-apes kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqu6dKdriN2Lh5o crev.info/epoi/

[@daves7775]

@@charleslaughton8092 Charles - I posted a very lengthy reply briefly covering a few subjects - and YT deleted it. Probably because I had a couple of links. So my much shorter reply with a few links - YT also quickly deletes. I have now sent you an email. But for you and anyone else: I believe the Universe (and all rocks) are only 6,000 years old. Many reasons. The email gives just a few links which might cause a person to consider difficulties. The foundation of Evolutionary Theory is ILLOGICAL. Have a great day.

[@libbyworkman3459]

Years ago, a friend and I were someplace I don’t even remember now and there was a very large stone nearby and my friend asked the man who owned the property if she could please have that rock and he said sure if you can carry it, you can have it. The Rock is still in its original place of course. We all laughed when she tried to pick it up.

[@graveart1105]

The butterfly wing is from a tiger swallowtail.

[@elizabethhoover4672]

This is seriously cool. Not just to see the process of cutting and polishing a stone to see what it becomes, but also to remember that all kinds of nature's marvels lie in the most ordinary of places. We don't have to travel to far and wide places to look closer and see extraordinary things. Thanks for the reminder and stone polishing tutorial!

[@RockhoundingLife]

100%

[@ridgehilljillie9429]

That turned out, beautifully! I don't know how I'd get a shape like that. It looks perfectly symmetrical! I'd hope you'd at least show it to the store manager. I'm sure he'd be thrilled to see it.

[@RockhoundingLife]

We showed them the video. They enjoyed it very much.

[@gaymurr988]

I would rather have that than a diamond any day !!! Beautiful !!

[@wenn9366]

It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who picks up rocks everywhere :D

[@joecummings1260]

When we were kids my brother had a tumbler rock polisher. He used to pick just random stones from the creek near our house and polish them. Some came out really nice

[@lbr88x30]

I also have found some beautiful stones in landscaping rock used in parking lots. I am in SE PA - if you ever want more pink feldspar let me know 👍 It's very common here. Love seeing it cabbed. I have wanted to see it as a cab for a long time - so thank you! I only have a tumbler. I have gotten some good tumbles, but as you noted it is soft.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Yes i am very happy with how good the polish turned out.

[@magyarmagpie]

Hey, I'm in SE PA, too! Just started getting interested in this hobby, do you recommend anywhere local?

[@DeborahThird-og1uo]

There’s a DQ right across the street, with river rock landscaping. Imma need bigger pockets😆

[@hubs174]

Schönes Video. Man lernt die Steine mit anderen Augen zu sehen 👀

[@katymitchell8200]

I love rocks. When I was 4yrs old there was an older gentleman on my city block who introduced me to the love of rocks. This one is magnificent ❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks you!

[@NickAcker2019]

Are you able to go anywhere without looking for rocks? 😂😂 So much fun! Have a great week ❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Nope! Always looking down!

[@rooster57]

Go somewhere WITHOUT LOIKING FOR ROCKS, are you kidding or just plain crazy??? Let there be no doubt I can find gem stones or plain every day rocks that have stunning hidden beauty. It has taken me 18 serious months to learn about what I can and cannot do with a given rock and a rock saw. Every rock hints at it's hidden inner beauty Please know what you are picking up, before you pick it up, spiders snakes and wildlife are dangerous this time of year. J.

[@NickAcker2019]

It was more of a rhetorical question and friendly banter. As per snakes and spiders, definitely not an issue where RHLIFE and I live.

[@sandmaker]

Thanks for asking for permission. I have done it too and found some cool rocks. Those were cool rocks. Thanks for sharing! Always looking for rocks.😊 Great polish!

[@pollyrobinson3877]

I’m the same. Always have eyes on the ground!

[@FOX007-um1wr]

You have an amazing channel. I love rocks, I find them fascinating. I'm going to introduce my neighbor to you. She collects rocks, tumbles them around, and washing them. She literally looks for rocks that look like they have faces. I know she would love your channel.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@danhughes6373]

I didn’t even realize there was a 50,000 grit lol. In automotive a 2000 grit sandpaper gives you a glass like finish. So I guess it’s like comparing apples to oranges. Keep up the good work and cheers from hubtown!

[@RockhoundingLife]

I can get a pretty nice polish on a 3000 grit wheel. Theres just an extra pop when you get into the higher grits.

[@M0odyBlue]

Also, I appreciate seeing how much work goes into those cabs.

[@64choicesyaaaa]

It's in my family DNA rocks are cool, mysterious and abundant. ROCK ON 😄

[@dorothymitchell771]

That's awesome I will for ever be looking at ever rock I see thanking how beautiful It would look all polished up. Thanks for sharing be careful out there

[@RockhoundingLife]

Our pleasure!

[@largent45]

That turned out gorgeous! And that incredible shine on feldspar is insane! Feldspar usually won't take that nice of a shine but it looked incredible! It just goes to show, that you can always find what you want at DQ! Lol! I even like their table tops! So cool! Thanks Jason, for showing what you can really do with feldspar! And I love the epidote stripe in the middle❣️

[@RockhoundingLife]

Couldn't agree more!

[@ann40069]

I'm from Northernwest Wyoming. My grandpa always took me out( in the hills) looking for rocks and other treasures.

[@cecidemo]

cute related story: we took the kids to an outdoor bar/grill place, music playing, lots of people, bought them food and drink. our daughter asked for a second soda, and we said we’d already spent our money. she said, “so i just need money?” (she was 4yrs old.) she promptly grabbed a couple of big handfuls of landscaping rocks, set them in a nice line on a bench near the entrance, and very quickly earned $10 selling them to customers as they came in. people were absolutely enchanted with her, and we let her buy herself and her big brother second sodas. 😂

[@marionward7672]

And thereby taught your daughter a lesson in life. Well done

[@cecidemo]

@@marionward7672 “exploit your adorable smile to get what you want!” 😂

[@saakers]

​@cecidemo oh please, they taught her an extremely valuable lesson in life about determination, creativity, and entrepreneurship. They sound like great parents, and the daughter sounds like she has a lot of potential

[@cecidemo]

@@saakers thank you :) she’s sixteen now, and she hates selling things - thought she’d gotten out of it when she dropped girl scout cookie drives but now she has to do fundraising for the band’s color guard. 😂 but she’s a rockstar at everything she does!

[@mariaaytes8394]

I thought I was the only one who did this (67 years collecting).❤

[@allywegman8507]

Me too.

[@lauralamonte3455]

I watched a woman, casually sipping her coffee, loading her trunk up with landscaping boulders from a nearby business. Nice Buick, pretty sure she could afford to buy, rather than steal, landscaping materials. A rock or two, with permission, possibly no one minds. Landscape your yard with stolen material, probably another story 😄

[@RockhoundingLife]

That's clearly not what we were doing. Took a rock and replaced it with another. Nothing wrong with that.

[@bkitteh6295]

Especially when there's tons of landscaping material available FREE on Craigslist. Folks are often thrilled to have someone get the material out of their yard (w/o having to pay them) as they re-landscaoe.

[@IrishAnnie]

My uncles neighbor was on vacation. He was driving through the neighborhood and a man was stealing their landscaping brick border! Uncle stopped, snapped a photo of the license plate. He called the guy out on the theft and then he dumped all the bricks in the yard and left. My uncle came back later and fixed it back the way it was.

[@marcilk7534]

Is it possible she got permission from the company ahead of time? When I was getting rid of landscaping rocks from my home, I just told them to bring buckets and help themselves.

[@lynnd7018]

True

[@sandraanderson217]

Beautiful! Hope your son is feeling better soon!

[@WWZenaDo]

That first rock - gneiss!

[@debcatman9464]

Found butterfly wings are great to make jewelry with, also!

[@Gemma_626]

Thank you for this!! But, omg watch your fingers 😮 The mom in me almost had a heart attack at the saw 😅

[@beckyd712]

You made a beautiful "dragon's egg" necklace there! LOL! Good video!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@joannarippon3910]

I’ve loved & collected rocks since I was a kid. Green is my favorite color. I love the pink & green together

[@RockhoundingLife]

I love when odd colors are combined

[@kristinebailey6554]

Just carry some plain rocks with you and make a trade. Here in the Rocky Mountains, I virtually never see a plain or ugly rock. Beautiful stuff and I bring the great one's home to my flower gardens. On that nextdoor app I saw where someone had pulled up in a car, jumped out and took (stole) a rock from a woman's garden. Now THAT is stealing!

[@bradleyingle7236]

I love it I'm a fellow (rock hound ) from up state New York A minute away from Herkimer, New York Recently walking down a stream. I picked up. A bunch of rocks, I'm inspired now to see what lies with in

[@Jana-oj7zq]

I’m always curious about the fine grit after my son told me that the grit of notebook paper is likely around 8,000. When you get to the higher level of grit, you could just rub some paper on it. 😂

[@goldenanticstoo9686]

This is a gift, knowing what you are looking at…beautiful creations.❤

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Mike-br8vb]

You managed to get a great polish on that cab! Nicely done.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks!

[@denisescott34]

I don't know why this popped up in my feed today, but what a happy find! That is absolutely beautiful! You have a wonderful hobby and skill. I loved watching the evolution of this piece!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you come back again!

[@randomgrinn]

In the 21st century, people are so desperate to find a reason to be stressed, that they freak out if you steal a rock from a pile of rocks. Seriously. How do I get off this planet?

[@sandimccarthy2067]

Don't take any earth rocks with you!!! Lmfao

[@vinbun1phonezprankz131]

Bruh stole a rock to Shame straight to the Gulag

[@msmarigold4647]

It doesn't stress you out 😂 It's calming! Why are you so angry about it ?

[@sonnystephens3753]

I feel get genuinely disgusted at the idea of people shaming him for taking one or two rock from a business rock bed like this. They must be Boss level Karens. Makes me wanna go swipe Dairy Queen rocks WITHOUT permission.

[@vinbun1phonezprankz131]

@@sonnystephens3753 but that’s illegal it’s their property NOT yours

[@lauralowery9303]

WOW! Great job! I have always loved rocks of all kinds, all my life! I have buckets and boxes and jars and pots and well -- a lot of rocks. It's not unusual for me to have one in my pocket or purse at any given moment. When friends are traveling and want to get me a souvenir, I always tell them to get me a rock. Even if it was picked up off the side of the road. I've never met a rock I didn't love. I can't imagine what I would do with equipment like you have! What a dream! You are blessed! Thanks for the joy! Lum 💖

[@melaniestarkey7868]

It was beautiful after you opened it up.

[@mamawfrancy]

Like a needle in a haystack recognizing those beautiful stones is remarkable. Beautiful finished gemstone & a rewarding great find.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@meatdog]

Who's going to miss 1! stinking rock. Take the rock!

[@ChampionofNamira]

Some of my best rocks I found were just lying around my work place.

[@1chgrfan]

A neighbor when we lived in FL made me a beautiful tigerseye necklace and a star ruby ring. Unfortunately they were lost when my jewelry box was stolen.

[@DavidLWhite]

I’d like to chime in with my fascination of your hobby AND my freak out when you were not using a push bar with your saw.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Dont need a push bar. Please watch this video: kzbin.infoqf8abF5eVbU?si=b1LFD0C1vaftwQ8c

[@DavidLWhite]

@@RockhoundingLife Thank you so very much for inviting me into this educational moment. I had no idea.

[@bleachnbones7107]

Picking rocks is human nature. Literally, it's a primordial instinct, it's in our DNA. Dogs go after balls because they're hunters, their instinct tells them to hunt the critter that's running and bouncing away from them. We're gatherers, our instinct tells us to grab stuff and bring it back to our den, in today's world even useless stuff. That's why collecting exists, that's why overconsumption exists. And that's why we pick seashells on the beach and cool rocks off the ground. It's only natural

[@donniebooth8478]

Absolutely turned out beautiful

[@GrandmaBev64]

All rocks and gravel comes from somewhere. Usually quarries are made on special places. I have found gold in the walls and buildings at Lassen County College and 4 different kinds of petrified wood in the decorative walls outside of the cafeteria. I pointed them out and was surprised no one had noticed them before. I pointed out the rocks with gold in them too and they were gone the next day. Someone came back and chopped them out of the walls. Crazy.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

You shouldn't have told anyone.

[@jeanetteh.9240]

Sad that some people can be so greedy and selfish.

[@lisaogden9549]

So cool. You should take back to DQ and show them :-)

[@RockhoundingLife]

I showed them the video. They loved it.

[@BeverlyMorgan-zh4wr]

I think it's great you asked for permission to take the rocks. We go to our local landscaping rock business. 5 gallon bucket prices 😊

[@littlebrookreader949]

Dairy Cream!!! So nice to be gracious like that. Great ice creme, too! Super!

[@littlebrookreader949]

Oh! I wrote Dairy Cream! It’s Dairy Queen! Love their Mocha Moolate, shakes, cones, cheddar cheese bites and more! Sorry for the wrong name. Your videos are great. I admit your closeness to the cutting equipment is scary to me. Knowledgeable, artistic, and brave!

[@kathleensue1]

The same people who freak out about taking a rock probably throw trash on the ground.

[@kimberleybrown-j7y]

Wherever that came from.

[@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd]

Not All of us. I once drive out my driveway to find two souls picking gravel from our driveway ,they said to build a rock flowerbed. I said cool,go 1/4 south and steal rock from the State road vs my personally paid driveway! Lower % Copy?

[@penni6432]

No, we don't. We just understand that someone had to pay a lot of money for beautification, and we know not to take what we didn't pay for. Yes, it's just a rock, but it was paid for by someone else. So, if you want free rocks to make jewelry from, go out into the streams, and the mountains, and the backroads and get them there. My grandkids are all under 8 and know better.

[@ksgraham3477]

There is such a thing as "rock etiquette."

[@apstech4618]

You psychic aren't you?

[@chloecatlady5293]

I enjoy the small fractures, evidence that it's the real thing in my books.

[@sharedexperiences2773]

I have many rocks that I'd love to wear. This is dreamy.

[@Tereselynn]

Your an excellent gemologist👍! The stone is beautiful😊

[@PhoenixCreationsKaTyJs]

Beautiful, what an unassuming rock can become! I’ve been rock hounding since I could walk, on the beach I’d have a little bucket apparently for shells and I’d maybe have 1 or 2 shells and the rest would be rocks and pebbles! I’ve never stopped! When I move in with my now husband he laughed at the “ornaments” I put into the cabinet….rocks, stones, I’d found and agates, geodes I’d got as a gift from my parents and my aunt and uncle who found a stone in New Zealand and got it cut open and polished! I’ve never known what to look for, wish I did, I am just down to things. After a holiday to Miltonhaven, St Cyrus just up to road from us in Scotland, hubby got me a little tumbler. The garden is full of my finds over the years and a STRONG glass container inside as well. I wish I could get a set up like yours and have the space to as well. I make jewellery but never tried with the finds! So this time at Miltonhaven, I was picking up red jasper, and I think green jasper too, ther is loads of quartz as well as unidentifiable bits too. Have a jewellers foredom pendulum motor so with a bit of inventing, I’m going to try to shape a few and cut a few and drill,them before they go into the tumbler and see what comes out! I’m disabled and so don’t have the money or space to get proper kit to easily do these things. My water source is a garden IV bag on a nail, my saw bench is a “really useful” box with a slot in the lid and a sponge on the back with a “Covid plastic face shield” to keep the spray where I want it! I just need a square of wood with a slot in to secure the clamp for the foredom flex shaft and a slot to secure the “really useful” box so it doesn’t move, then attach the pipe from the IV bag and see what happens! 😊😊😊 it will either work or be a catastrophe, but at least it want expensive! I see videos like this with the kit and space I dream of but don’t ever have the hope of achieving! I love the videos and learning, it’s great. 😊😊😊😊

[@lynnepostings]

. . Where there's a will there's a way ! 👏👏👏

[@lynnepostings]

. . . Absolutely stunning !

[@ShawniaMarie]

My son can find rocks where there's grass lol didn't realize there are many people who love picking rocks!