Rainbow Petrified Wood - BLM in Woodruff, AZ

[@kellyharper367]

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I've been there several times over the years. It's really fun and satisfying rockhounding in that area! Keeping an eye on the weather and taking proper emergency prepping for desert conditions survival a must.

[@solitariocamino5046]

Nice beautiful rocks I'm from Yuma az And I like rock hunting all kinds of rocks

[@raygay3375]

I really appreciate the effort you make to educate us. ❤

[@GallandsAcrossTheLands]

New to your channel 😊 very awesome, wife and I was just at the petrified forest last month, didn't realize how much history there is, wow learning a lot , thankyou and be safe out there 👋

[@brucerivers6627]

The wife and I have visited Woodruff and found lots of petrified wood . We are from Houston and love Arizona .

[@dancanrv2]

Rockhounds often have back and neck issues ... these get gradually worse in such areas where treasures lay bare and are easily gathered ... I bot me a bucket on wheels and new knee pads !!! LOL ... another great n educational video - Thanks for taking us along !!!

[@RocksForBrains]

Yes I remind myself to squat down to pick things up instead of bend over. Hopefully that will save my back in the long run. 😊

[@brendaslaughter3358]

Really wonderful video with excellent information--one of the best I've seen! Well done!

[@RocksForBrains]

Thank you 😊

[@largent45]

That stuff is absolutely gorgeous, and if you are tumbling it, or using it for jewelry, it is ideal. Its hard to believe just how fast you can fill up a bucket with little, beautifully colorful pieces of petrified wood! That looked like so much fun out there!

[@RocksForBrains]

Soo much fun! 😊

[@lylelay]

I've hunted that piece of BLM land a number of times and what I found is, you want to work uphill rather than down. The ridge that's to the west of that road you're on is actually old riverbed and it's loaded full of alluvial petrified wood (the same stuff you're finding). If you take a look on Google Earth you can actually follow the Old River Course by following all the gravel pits that are along it.

[@joane.landers9151]

I was in Arizona in latter 1960's, but not in petrified wood locations. Was in greater Phoenix; only got to a rock shop, Hodson's, where there were large sections of awesome Rainbow petrifled wood in large rectangular fish tanks filled with water. Had never seen anything like this before. Might have read an article on this type of petrified wood in The Lapidary Journal, c. 1967/1968. Enjoyed this video. Keep on hunting rocks & making videos. Its' the only way I hunt these days.

[@HangtownDave]

Great to see you out rockhounding again! You found an awesome variety of excellent material. I definitely learned some new things about that area, thanks! I could spend a week out there! As always, thanks for sharing!

[@RocksForBrains]

Thanks! 😊

[@nancyparker2516]

Thank you it was fun watching you rock hounding. What a great location

[@sallymay3643]

To bad you didnt show us the woods cleaned off & wet. Then you can really see the beautiful colors. ✌️🇺🇸

[@lesliesisson2908]

Thank you for sharing. Spent a day there and found some some pretty pet wood. Small but enough to give some to the pebble pups. Hade a great time

[@johnnypalughi1192]

Fantastic video. Great narration! Thanks. Do more videos.

[@RocksForBrains]

Thanks! I’m workin on it. 😁

[@TomSmith-zw9gu]

Loved your enthusiasm -I collected there decades ago-so different from my Pennsylvania. You are so knowledge. Thanks for adventure !!

[@kylaabegglen1275]

I have no idea how I missed this video but it popped up under your latest petrified wood video with AZ Rockhound Expeditions. The beautiful, amazing colors are so terrific! Those two white pieces and the translucent piece are really cool, but I think you're right about which one was probably the find of the day. BTW, I love your collapsible bucket. Thanks for another fantastic video Lauren!✌️🤠🤟

[@deniseveiw7992]

Such beautiful colors.

[@frasercard7714]

Hoy Moly....... that's one pail if interesting ! here in Southern Ontario Canada . . . we got zip :'( thank you for posting, I'm subscribed now

[@CityRockhounding]

Awesome video, so many sweet finds here, wow, great wash out spots. Love the colors, amazing. Petrified wood is my favorite, thanks for sharing!

[@RocksForBrains]

Sooooo many good pieces! 😁👍🏻

[@collectoholics4472]

Youd love my petrified would collection i even have some with claw marks on them and some decent color to them as well

[@sandmaker]

Lots of good colorful, petrified wood. It seemed like a goid site. Lots of good information being passed along on the hunt. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy from Benson, AZ.

[@RocksForBrains]

Thank you! 😊

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

I'm just amazed at your finds! There is just so much of that beautiful petrified wood in one place. I'd like to take it all home. Thanks for sharing this!

[@RocksForBrains]

I want to take it all home too! Lol 😜

[@mitchgillilan]

You did really good! Woodruff is such a fun area to rockhound. I found some nice stuff there a few months ago. The color of some of the wood in that area is so bright, I love the purple and yellow pieces! I even found one that has purple amethyst druzy crystals in it! It was 3 feet off the road! 😲 😱 it's crazy how much wood is in woodruff!

[@RocksForBrains]

That’s awesome! 😁👍🏻

[@mitchgillilan]

@@RocksForBrains have you been to the rainbow wood spot southeast of Winslow AZ? I think its even better than the woodruff area! there's a dirt road that goes 20 miles to the east torwards Holbrook, and you can find it for the whole stretch along the road and in the washes! Found a lot of pieces bigger than fist size there 😀

[@RocksForBrains]

@@mitchgillilan no I haven’t. Is that public land?

[@mitchgillilan]

@@RocksForBrains yeah. I found out from one of the rockhounding Arizona books. I think it's a well known location because of the books, but I didn't see 1 other person there, just like in woodruff I didn't see 1 other human there either.

[@RocksForBrains]

@@mitchgillilan cool, I’ll have to look it up thanks! 😊

[@buckwheat5727]

Most excellent!

[@lorettarussell593]

Thank you for your knowledge! I’m a new subscriber and looking forward to seeing ALL of your videos!!🎉

[@1sec2midnight]

Very interesting and fun video. Awesome rainbow wood! Thanks for the lessons in Arizona geology and taking us out there.

[@nancygaxiola5412]

Wow alot of cool stuff there!!!

[@MACorrupt]

That was awesome I felt like I was right there with you oh my gosh I wish I had a place like that to go I would give anything for even one nice piece, well almost anything lol

[@jonsdigs1]

I have collected so much larger material for making polished spheres but what you are doing collecting chips is the most fun.

[@RocksForBrains]

Oooh that’s cool! Since I don’t have a rock saw I can only really work the small stuff right now. Someday. 😜

[@gator83261]

Very good video.

[@1949lwd]

Nice informative video. (Holbrook is my hometown, so lots of familiar sights!)

[@RocksForBrains]

Thanks! 😊

[@davidwissman85]

I think I may go collect some of this, thanks for the video, liked and subbed.

[@RocksForBrains]

Thank you! 😊

[@RocksForBrains]

The gate is easy to miss on the road. These are the directions I used www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/

[@huntingforrockswithdavid]

I need to go there some time to collect some AZ petrified wood. Lots of tumble material

[@pattyhubbard3625]

Pretty stuff.

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

I found petrified wood digging out my foundation in Denver Colorado Sloanslake neighborhood. The Wigwam Motel there iconic looks like a pretty area drove through there 25 years ago on a road trip

[@RocksForBrains]

@@DouglasRichardson-er4ky oh cool! I love finding fun rocks in my own yard 😊

[@sfbfriend]

I was at Dobell's Ranch outside of Holbrook and dug up a bout a quarter of a 5 gallon bucket. I'm sure you know they border the National Park, they were there before the park and there is a ton of stuff there, have you been there? I have some with bark but no limb casts

[@RocksForBrains]

Oh yes, I used to work with one of the family members. I tried going there on this trip but wasn’t able to get a hold of anyone when I got there. Planning to go again in a couple weeks though. 😊

[@vickykirts7956]

Road?

[@jesethefatty]

I live in California, I want to take a trip up to Arizona and hound for petrified wood. Have you found any decent size pieces out there ?

[@RocksForBrains]

I was just looking for smalls that time but I know other people who have found bigger ones there on the southwest side of the area. 😊

[@cynergy4]

Very nice finds! I've been to that area before but it's been a couple of decades. When I moved into my house two years ago the previous owner left behind some wonderful, large yard rocks, primarily pet wood. Some is the colorful stuff from Arizona but some is pale material, almost white. It has a white rind and is very brittle. I suspect that it is opalized wood. There are smaller pieces that fractured off scattered all over too. It has a waxy feel. There are also some large pieces of agate and jasper. It was pretty awesome to rockhound my own yard! Could some of those black pieces that you picked up be obsidian? Fantastic video, thanks for letting us tag along!

[@RocksForBrains]

That’s cool! I’ve been discovering lots of fun rocks in my yard too. The white petrified wood could be from AZ. There’s lots of that stuff in different layers and it’s just less fossilized than the really colorful ones. It’s very unlikely that there is obsidian in this area, it’s just the wrong geology. There is obsidian on the west side of flagstaff though on government mountain. 😊

[@jeffsers624]

Have you ever been to Dobell Ranch in Holbrook? That's my go to for rainbow wood. You can surface pick or dig if you like. PW is my favorite for tumbling and polishing.

[@RocksForBrains]

Yes I actually tired to go there on this trip but couldn’t get a hold of anyone when I got there. Planning to go again in November now that I have a connection. 😊

[@evelynterrazas6931]

I looked on the BML site and there’s nothing listed regarding a BML in woodruff.. can you give me more information as to where I can find this rockhounding site?

[@RocksForBrains]

These are the directions I used. 😊 www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/

[@keberharkeberhar9067]

Definitely thinking about going there one day. Want to go rockhounding in Arizona . Looking for spots

[@GMAN1965]

Wow lots of great stuff to tumbler for sure . I was just out that way a few weeks ago to visit the petrified forrest national park for the first time but did not know of that area. But I did go to Dobell Ranch and got a lot to bring back home. The security at the airport stoped me and checked all of my bags when they went thru the x-ray machine. it must look like drugs they wiped everything down with what looked like a small cloth and put that into a machine to test it. Anyway very cool video I wish I would have seen it before I went.

[@RocksForBrains]

Flat rate boxes are your friend when you’re traveling and have rocks to bring home. 😜 I tried going to the DoBell ranch but couldn’t get a hold of anyone. I have another trip planned for there in November though.

[@BenJohnson-os4ve]

@@RocksForBrains Dobell Ranch was an amazing experience for me. Rhonda is about as sweet a hostess as you could ask for. There is petrified wood literally everywhere. You can fill a 5-gallon bucket for an amazingly low price. I would suggest calling ahead, and not waiting until you're at the gate because I had ZERO cell signal there. However, her grandson came along on his bike and fetched grandma and they were just good people. They even had a free lunch that day for a rockhounding club that came in.

[@lizzymoore54]

Could the “ husk “ be limonite staining? I have a few pieces with this type of staining on them. 😊

[@RocksForBrains]

Maybe? 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t know how much iron is in these layers.

[@Bird-lm4zu]

So did u find a lot of this I have a question are you willing to sell a couple pieces of this rainbow I live in Montana and an probably no plans of coming down there please let me know thanks

[@RocksForBrains]

Oh I have tons of rainbow petrified wood form all over. Email me and we can work something out. [e-mail]

[@Bird-lm4zu]

@@RocksForBrains thanks I will do

[@RocksForBrains]

@@Bird-lm4zu did you still want some PW? I didn’t see an email from you. 🤔

[@batman31261]

Thanks 😀

[@rockersfromaz3001]

Can you give me the coordinates possibly? I would really love to go here!!

[@RocksForBrains]

These are the directions I used. Happy hunting 😊 www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/

[@stoutoutandaboutwithanorwe300]

My family lived in the area back in the late 70s and there use to be very large pieces EVERYWHERE! But I don’t know why they’re not there anymore… …btw, and completely unrelated, I have inherited some very pieces from petrried wood from Woodruff that I inherited. 😂😂 Nice finds!! I’m fairly new to your channel and it’s funny to me that you just posted a petrified wood video on the same day I stumbled across some petrified wood south of Kemmerer Wyoming. At least I believe it is petrified wood because there’s some patterns that look like gnarled wood. But it was just lying there! If it weren’t for my dogs needing a bathroom break on a camping trip, I would have never discovered it. Have you been to the Blue Forrest? It’s getting pretty picked over, but there may be some good pieces somewhere!

[@RocksForBrains]

Cool! Are you talking about the Blue Forest in Washington or Oregon?

[@stoutoutandaboutwithanorwe300]

@@RocksForBrains Wyoming. Haha. I am not a rockhounder so I thought there was only one.

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

tumbler grade?

[@RocksForBrains]

I have a 3A Lortone Rotary tumbler.

[@nancygaxiola5412]

I have a piece or two of green petrified wood from down her in the SE corner of AZ, where there is s lot of copper mines

[@RocksForBrains]

Sweet!

[@olkid5595]

Is this for a job? Cause i want this job.

[@RocksForBrains]

No this is just for fun. But my job does involve going outside and hiking a lot. 😊

[@janlovig3371]

This winter I was on 40 acres of a friend’s land that had mounds of the rainbow petrified wood showing. I brought some larger pieces back with me to Lake Havasu. I left many many many smaller pieces there. It felt like it was an old forest being exposed. I am a neophyte so I could just be making stuff up lol. I kept saying to my friend I’m sure this is petrified wood, but I’ve never seen petrified wood this colorful. Are used to go hunting petrified wood with my parents up by Zion, and that would look totally different . A found wood with the Cambian layer, but I also found a larger piece and when I say larger football basketball size that I swear as bark. I’m 80% sure of what I have. Would you be interested in a video call to look at what I have and possibly going to the location.

[@RocksForBrains]

If it’s in AZ it’s probably petrified wood lol. You can certainly email me a photo of the piece you think has bark on it. I might not be able to tell either way but I’d love to see it. If you send me a google maps pin of the location I can help you narrow down the possibilities of what’s out there. 😊

[@janlovig3371]

@@RocksForBrains where do I find your email?

[@RocksForBrains]

@@janlovig3371 oh sorry. It’s in the about section but it’s [e-mail]

[@williamscoggin1509]

That black piece looks like some type of volcanic glass.

[@RocksForBrains]

What’s the time stamp? It’s unlikely that it’s obsidian in this area unless it’s an artifact.

[@SylvanusTheGreenMan]

I went to a spot outside of Jacob city & found literal hills of Petrified wood. Been studying on crypto-crystaline formations and learning specifics of chert/jasper/chalcedony/carnelian/citrine/agate. All of these result in the area from broken down petrified wood as well as rock layers.

[@RocksForBrains]

Cool! Is that in Utah?

[@SylvanusTheGreenMan]

Oops! My dyslexia took over! It should have said Joseph City. That's on I 40 East of Holbrook

[@SylvanusTheGreenMan]

I literally came upon the 6'+ diameter crumbling remnant of a petrified tree trunk protruding from the ground. Had I not already loaded up my limit, I would have also brought home a hunk literally the size of a tombstone. While mostly red, the range of colors are amazing. I found an ovaloid variegated green, red and Amber Jasper about 3 oz. I so need a lapidary set up!!!

[@karlbarros2849]

At 4:38 that was a fossil when the dinosaurs walked on it. Is it a marine fossil?

[@RocksForBrains]

That’s what I think yeah. The rounded rocks in conglomerates within the Chinle formation originated as Permian rocks from inland seas.

[@sharonpape4343]

Did the indigenous people use that stone for arrow or spear heads?

[@RocksForBrains]

Oh yes, many stone projectile points were made using petrified wood. 😊

[@azwelke2638]

Green, Black and pink petrified wood are rarest

[@tracygregor982]

I was told it was illegal to take petrified wood from Arizona. So I was told wrong?

[@RocksForBrains]

Well it depends on where you are. You certainly can’t collect it from the national park but it’s all over the state and if you’re on USFS or BLM land, or someone’s private land that they let you collect on, then you can. USFS and blm have some restrictions though in how much you can take.

[@icatz]

People don't get how common it is here. Find any opalised pet wood? Send some of that rain down to the Valley!

[@RocksForBrains]

No opalised that I could tell. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@icatz]

@@RocksForBrains Can you still hunt the area north of Navajo?

[@RocksForBrains]

@@icatz north of Navajo Nation or the exit on I40?

[@icatz]

@@RocksForBrains Across from the station. Last time I was up there, massive pieces. I brought home a few small ones. That was in the 90s, so they may have closed it off to even ground picking. One piece we were parked on was longer than the van!

[@RocksForBrains]

@@icatz yeah I’m not sure about that. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@BlazingShackles]

Permanent fossils? What could be more permanent?

[@RocksForBrains]

Not permanent, Permian aged

[@BlazingShackles]

@@RocksForBrains ahh, ok. sorry Im a product of Mesa Public Schools, please forgive me.

[@RocksForBrains]

@@BlazingShackles no worries 😊

[@kingoffoxez]

North of Joseph city

[@theodoreyoung7946]

I want to visit here, from Ohio, need map.

[@RocksForBrains]

www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/

[@rodhelms-yt2pk]

Finger tip

[@josevdasilva2994]

You should wash the pieces and show us clean pieces and colorful. Normally you short the video on the spot and save some minutes just to showing. Will be great if you do it.

[@jeremy87turbo87]

Do you have any GPS Coordinates to the area you parked? By chance.

[@RocksForBrains]

These are the directions I used. It’s pretty easy to get to. www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/

[@lorettarussell593]

Thank you for your knowledge! I’m a new subscriber and looking forward to seeing ALL of your videos!!🎉

[@RocksForBrains]

That’s great thanks! 😁