Oregon Rocks! Rockhounding Oregon | Zinc Creek 2023

Back to Zinc Creek in Douglas County Oregon for some rockhounding!
Enjoy the video!!
Oregon Rocks! Rockhounding Oregon | Zinc Creek 2023

[@lolajo2850]

Wow! Those are some amazingly beautiful, colorful jasper! I love that stuff!!!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Oregon has some great jasper and it's EVERYWHERE!! In my newest video I find a lot of colorful ocean jasper too ^^ Thanks for watching Lola!!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Back to Zinc Creek in Douglas County Oregon for some rockhounding! Enjoy the video!! Oregon Rocks! Rockhounding Oregon | Zinc Creek 2023

[@evastapaard2462]

I can't help it, I just love creeks and rivers...we don't have any here. Loved the stones you have found! We have loads of fireweed here. you can eat the young plants and the flowers. In Russia they sugar the roots and eat it as candy.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

I want to get out earlier next season to find some of the smaller plants to make tea and whatnot with. Maybe I can try making root candies as well ^^ Thanks Eva, hope youre doing well ^^

[@collenemeeks5212]

The yellow jasper and the blue banded is ver nice stuff

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Me too. Very cool stuff ^^

[@graemero5532]

Cool video Rogue 😎

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Thanks bud, stay cool ^^

[@AgateAgain]

Love watching your stuff! Im from Eugene travelling to the S. Umpqua today. Hopefully I'll find some treasures.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Thanks! If you send me a DM on FB or IG, I can give you GPS coordinates

[@user-rh7mi3qt1i]

Hoping to make trip down soon.

[@FieldsOfGold149]

Nice Video on Jaspers in the raw! Thanks

[@TheRogueRockhound]

You bet!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That looks like a really interesting area to explore. Do you think people were digging for jasper? 13:51 THANK YOU!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

People are usually looking for carnelian up there. If they were looking for jasper, I applaud them ^^

[@Fishmonger35]

Did you guys walk far from where you parked to start finding material?

[@TheRogueRockhound]

@@Fishmonger35 not really. Maybe 30'

[@LeeNelson-bm4gi]

Just fallow the red jasper breadcrumb trail 😂 I love watching your videos when I'm unable to get out and hound myself. Thanks for another great video

[@keeganbay3490]

I seen you up zinc Creek in your truck this last time…I was leaving the main dig site wasn’t able to stop an say hi crazy dog in the car! There’s a spot up there where the carnelians get over 20 pounds! The gravel bars along the river have mostly been picked pretty hard.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

HAHA!! RHQ and I were wondering about that. That must have been you we passed by. Driving a subaru if I remember correctly. You'll have to show me around up there some time. Hit me up on IG/FB and we can chat more/share locations ^^ Cheers

[@keeganbay3490]

@@TheRogueRockhound yeah that would be us! I will!

[@rubycreek2883]

The last time I was there, carnelian hounders had left large piles of red jasper -- not what they were looking for....I picked up a few pieces for the tumbler.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Yeah, seems like that area gets hit pretty hard w/ ppl looking for carnelian. Prolly subsided a bit since the fires though

[@rubycreek2883]

@@TheRogueRockhound The carnelian area has definitely been hit hard! For years! There is still amazing agate and jasper up there, as you have demonstrated!

[@rubycreek2883]

I have an ancient Western Gem Hunters Atlas that includes that site.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

@@rubycreek2883 Thats a book I'd like to see

[@rubycreek2883]

@@TheRogueRockhound It's a treasure! I'll excavate it from the miles of shelves.

[@rockscope]

Glad I found your channel, thanks for the wonderful relaxing videos! Motivating me to go out hounding as well 😊

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Welcome and I'm glad you like the channel. Hope to chat w/ you again soon ^^

[@honeyimhome3494]

I love that yellow and red jasper😊

[@rubycreek2883]

You were visiting my neck of the woods! Was the 'mint' Pennyroyal? Very abundant here.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Good call. I bet it was ^^

[@awayfromhome6612]

Looks like a great place! Nice video man:)

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Thanks a ton buddy ^^

[@largent45]

Its a shame to see it all burned like that. Hopefully most of that material is still usable and not all fractured and dried and crumbly. That first agate you founs was gorgeous! Too bad to wasnt any bigger but it was still pretty! That last pile of the muticolored jasper was beautiful too! There looked like an abundance of material there but with the forest fires weve had, how much of it is still usable remains to be seen. Much of it looked like it was fractured and dried out and burned. Such a shame and a waste. But rhe colors were really beautiful! Orefon has some of the most beautiful and scenic forest lands and i hope we dont have the forest fires that weve had in past summers! Weve had lots of rain goind into it so fingers crossed that ut helps to combat the droughts and protects our forest's! Thanks for sharing what Oregon has to offer! Endless beauty!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Most of the surface stuff is unusable but it is a great indicator of where to dig. If you dig down +/- 18", the material is in great condition. Thanks Largent ^^

[@outdooradventureswithfayde6832]

Really cool area to explore. I love the material from that location. Jasper and agate both are beautiful there. That piece you found thats the thumbnail is gorgeous! I always enjoy it when you show all the different types of flowers. I looked up fireweed, thanks for showing that. Hahaha, thanks for knocking over the stacked rocks....not today hippies! 🤣 Excellent video, bro.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Great to hear from ya man and I hope youre staying cool. Wish you could come hound w/ me buddy, stay cool man and chat w/ ya soon

[@outdooradventureswithfayde6832]

When is a good time to start hounding in the spring? I can definitely try some time next spring. I'm very anxious to go hounding with you again, buddy. Take care.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

@@outdooradventureswithfayde6832 best time to hound in this area is late winter/early spring

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Nice creek, nice finds! Looks like berry season, any sign of bear? Thanks for letting us join the hike.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

I didnt see any bear scat or anything but I'm sure theyre around

[@evastapaard2462]

@@TheRogueRockhound OMG...really? are there bears down there? many?

[@TheRogueRockhound]

@@evastapaard2462 yeah, there are tons of bears down here but theyre pretty cowardly (for the most part).

[@evastapaard2462]

@@TheRogueRockhound I bet they arent as cowardly as I would be....never seen a bear in my life though! are there other creatures around that I should be aware of?

[@collenemeeks5212]

Hahalaughed at timer # 719. Either bear t... or pisolithus tinotorius. Commonly known as. Dog .... fungus. But you probably knew that. Lol

[@Mrs.Belskey]

When do we get to see the cleaned up pieces?! 😊

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Soon as I get back to the shop. Its been so hot lately, I havnt been able to do much of anything

[@Mrs.Belskey]

@@TheRogueRockhound this is very true! My shop is full of halfway finished projects - definitely nothing getting done this week! 🥵 I can't wait for fall!

[@nanashouse202]

Was the black fungus truffles? If it is It’s worth more than the stones.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Nah. Truffles grow underground

[@nanashouse202]

@@TheRogueRockhound never seen a truffle. Wouldn’t know how to find or use them. 🥹

[@nanashouse202]

It just looked so strange to me

[@TheRogueRockhound]

@nanashouse202 that's what I thought. If I can figure out what it was, I'll let you know.

[@nanashouse202]

@@TheRogueRockhound thank you

[@shaneholmes111]

That creek was a bust because everyone and their mother picked it.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Its not the creek ya want to hunt man. All the good stuff is 18-36" down. Ive got GPS coordinates if ya need em

[@shaneholmes111]

@@TheRogueRockhound my wife and I hunt up there. we have a bad ass petrified wood spot in another place though we been hitting. Petrified wood and arrow heads. I even found a concho.