Rockhounding Discovery! Agate Formed In An Illusive Limestone Outcrop.

[@wretched_scrivener]

Your long videos showing the full process, from exploring to identification, are my favorite. Awesome stuff!

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Thank you so much for the feedback, Eric! I do all these videos solo and feedback such as yours is really helpful. Really helpful! Any other suggestions are also welcome. Cheers!

[@AstroAF]

Yay!! You found it!! Great video and gorgeous landscape and sunsets!

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Thanks Doug! You are so awesome to watch all my videos, as busy as you are with your amazing KZbin channel. Can’t wait for October!

[@jed4998]

Both my parents recently passed. I left a lifetime worth of rocks in their yard when I sold a few months ago. I helped my son haul a very large piece of agatized wood to his place. Mom had hauled it home in 1974 and it sat on their back porch until 2023. Rock hounding has been a family affair for many generations. Good times.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Jed, I lost my mother just 3 months ago, so I truly feel for your loss. Losing parents is very difficult. Thank you for sharing your family love for rocks and I’m glad you have those memories to think back on. Take care of yourself and I hope you join Shadow and me on future adventures. 😎

[@tott3457]

Please make a video of Grandpa’s yard😊

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

I will do that!

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Good to hear from you!

[@andreaslavin4552]

Love the PuppyFlask. This was Rockhounding 101, better than any college course, especially with the use of the Secret Room (laundry).

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Thanks Andrea! I do love the secret room! Lol

[@collenemeeks5212]

What's a rock hounding excursions without a scratch, cut,bruis, or two. Glad you found your spot. You didn't lose your mind, just your spot. And now it's found. Fantastic. 😊

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Hahaha! Thanks Collene! Although I may have indeed lost my mind, only long ago. 🤪

[@dmason8078]

That step system on your tailgate looks great! Hiking was ok too…

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Thanks! I’m really happy with the step system. Finally found the perfect solution! 😎

[@robvandenwijngaart988]

Hi Lance, This with a UV light (I had a blacklight then) I did once to with a part of our collection. In the dark, with my wife, we sat in the celler. I turned on the blacklight and nothing of our collection lith up except a transparent box full of collorfull candies. LOL. But we have also some in our collection that illuminate when you turn of the normal lights.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Hahaha! That’s funny. So I’ve learned that UV light comes in different frequency ranges. Some rocks illuminate under one frequency and some under another. A good UV light is rather expensive, so I’ve only purchased one: a low frequency UV. But I plan on eventually getting a higher frequency one too. I’ve been told if you can only have one, get a low frequency one, which happens to be more expensive. But admittedly I’m still learning in this area. Thanks a ton for watching and commenting!

[@Grandmasrockin]

Thak you so much!!! Ps you’re very handsome with your hat off too. Lol

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Oh boy now I’m blushing. Lol! Thank you!!! 😎

[@fennynough6962]

Chalcedony has been written down as actually being Quartz, (7 MOH); & (AGATES 6 MOH); yet when there are elongated, [posibly volcanic]; & limestone based, as well as some crystaline agate varieties, then each deserves a new name. Volcanic Agate, is 9 MOH, & should be called, "Quartzatite"!

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Wow! Brilliant! I vote for QUARTZATITE! 😎😎😎

[@fennynough6962]

@adventuresofshadowdog Did you test your Volcanic agate for MOH Hardness? I have some Chalcedony (from N.M.) that is a 9 Moh. Some of the Quarzatite was made into cutting tools, with even a hooked blade; (& all fit perfectly into your left or right hand). How do you Knapp a diamond?

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Okay now you have me wondering. I will test the volcanic agate again for hardness.

[@reednelson490]

Thanks, Lance ,another great video. Were you on your claim?

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Hey Reed! Yes, I was just below the claim. That mountain with the claim is full of surprises! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@BearandMimi]

Cool video I love the drone The aerial footage just helps see the layout of the beautiful country I enjoyed seeing “Waldo” popping up now and then What did you think of his new watering gizmo? I got one for my dogs and I like it Be careful we aren’t young anymore 😂

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Hey @BearandMimi! So good to hear from you. I like the pupflask way better than the other dog water device I had. I don’t remember the brand name, but it didn’t work very well. This one works like a charm so far. I have to keep “Waldo” hydrated as he’s always on the run. I’ll take care and you do the same!

[@charleslupica]

Have you considered the possibility that the rock is chert rather than chalcedony? Chert often forms as a primary deposit in limestone beds. Telling chert apart from chalcedony is rather difficult. There’s a bit of a difference in luster and transparency but I think the main distinction is seen and the microscopic level - the micro-crystals are different. We tend to think everything in the east is chert and everyone in the west is chalcedony.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Charles, you are absolutely right about the similarities between chert and agate. I actually did a video on that. I’m the first to admit I don’t always get it right. But in this case I’m quite confident we have chalcedony here. But then again . . . 🧐 . . . here’s the link to my video referenced. Thanks so very much for commenting!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovZpIxnaMiWg5osi=tBtxdF9ABkC99xjE

[@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353]

Area marked with a gps would have been it easier to find😉... I always take one with me. Not only for safety, but to find something or an area again.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

You are so right! I learned my lesson on this one. Good to hear from you!

[@dreamlookautodetailingauto3353]

@@adventuresofshadowdog same here! Keep making adventures!

[@thecampingastronomer8554]

Very nice video Lance, and Shadow had a great time as always. Out of interest, what do you do with the samples you collect. My rock and fossil collection currently sits in an old rucksack. I keep thinking they should be on display.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Hi John! Great question. I tumble and polish a lot of the samples. Somehow they end up in the pockets of visiting friends and family members, which makes me happy. I also display the larger, more unique pieces within my home here and there. And the big rocks are displayed or incorporated into the landscape around the house. I also give a lot of rocks away to others who want to tumble them, etc. Have you explored tumbling? It’s a fun hobby. I watched a KZbin video a year ago or so made by a British fellow who gathered rocks on the beaches and tumbled them. I don’t recall where exactly the beach was, but the rock tumbled and polished beautifully. Thanks for watching. Love your channel! Cheers!

[@thecampingastronomer8554]

@@adventuresofshadowdog I have never done tumbling. You are right about our beaches in the UK. Many are covered in pebbles rather than sand, which make ideal candidates for tumbling.

[@charleslupica]

I wondered about using a drone. Sounds like you do that. Great idea. BTW: are you out on your claim. I take it the drone doesn’t have GPS in the feed?

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Yes I was just below the claim. As to the drone, I’m sure it has GPS as it won’t go into “no fly zones”, but for the life of me I haven’t been able to figure out how to find them. They don’t show on the screen of my phone that I use to control it. I need to google that and figure it out as I’m sure there is a way.

[@Shirlee-gn5ux]

What's a rocking trip without a little blood sweat and tears.

[@adventuresofshadowdog]

Right! Lol