Rockhounding Oregon - Willamette River

#albanyoregon #kayaking #agate
Welcome to World of Rock Hounds!
Today, I was invited to go kayaking for the first time ever! We spent the day looking for agates on the Willamette. We found some other cool stuff as well!
It was a really fun experience out on the river and a great day for a rock adventure.
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Rock on!
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[@WorldofRockhounds]

I had to make important edits to the video and i tried to make the edits with KZbin studios but it didn't work properly and messed up the video so I had to delete, re-edit with my software and then re-upload. :(

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It happens from time to time.

[@DoobyDubNCG]

looks like a great time!

[@mildredarnold4052]

Love the rock hound comment.

[@judym1128]

Great trip. In my opinion you have to cut open the rock to see what’s inside, it would drive me crazy not know what might be. Lol I got in the mail yesterday the rock I won, thank you so much. The rock is beautiful and the polish on it is amazing.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Sometimes its hard to not cut or crack a rock open to find out. I'm glad you like it!

[@michy-tu3rr]

Kayaking is so much fun. Carol found some huge agates! Holy cow!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

She's very good at finding big agates

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

2:52 it looks like an agate is eating another agate. Setting your boots out in the sun on a hot day should cook off anything, well at least that's what I have been told. Man it's been some time since I have been out on that river. I crack it open! If you do try to get it on video!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

That's what I first thought when I saw it but after she cleaned it up, it looked like a chameleon mouth getting ready to flick it's tongue out. I have plenty of boots that I just end up rotating! I'll wash them too for safe measure. And don't worry...I'll make a video out of it!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I've explored the Willamette around crystal lake park, Irish bend, and over to Montieth park in Albany. It sure can be picked clean or Algae covered in some areas when I was rock hunting. (Have you ever rock hunted the river right before Crab Tree, Oregon? It's a branch of the santiam I think? You just got out of Albany, towards Lebanon, the back way, then you'll see a sign turn for Crab Tree. I park at the side of the road and walk down under the little bridge. The water is low enough sometimes you can walk a cross from side to side. I've found some epic rocks out there. ~(Also just because you enjoy the Oregon outdoors so much I'm going to share with you a personal favorite spot of mine but I haven't rock hunted there, it's for photography, the experience. Look up "Wells Creek Rd." And if you do, park at the end of the gravel road by the forestry gate and you might find a witches chimney? You might find 2? You might find an abandoned old truck being swallowed by the wilderness, you might find old growth moss covered trees. I know you'll be very respectful out there so please enjoy this gem I stumbled upon by accident just exploring in the past.)

[@WorldofRockhounds]

The easy accessible spots are easy to be picked over unless you have a kayak or a snorkel but I know what spot you are talking about. I've been there at least once before but didn't find too much right away but Amy's grandparents live in Scio and every time we pass that river, I look at the gravel bar wanting to give it a second go around. At some point I'll have to look that up and make a trip. :) Thank you for sharing that!

[@jasonpatton1224]

Great finds Kyle love the granet.looks like you had a fantastic day.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

It was indeed an awesome day!

[@craigmiller4199]

I should have watched this before going out with my kids on the Nehalem river today. We struck out because I didn’t know what to look for. Seeing what raw samples looks like will help for next time!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

rockhounding anywhere is a constant learning curve. Each time you go out, you will learn something a little more that will aide you in the hobby and what you need to keep an eye out for.

[@susanmitchell2687]

What a glorious day !. Regarding that one rock, I’d leave it as it is, the mystery of what could be within, looks so cool whole. How about you cut into it when you get to 300 subscribers.?! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures. Rock on. .

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Thats a good idea! I may crack it with a hammer and cold flat chisel so if there is some kind of fossil in it, i will be able to see about prepping it down the road.

[@northernrocks543]

just found your channel pretty awesome.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@amyrichcreek]

I'll comment again on this re-post. 😉 Please cut into that one rock! We gots to know what is inside! Lol.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Maybe we will down the road!

[@CrystalDenton1991]

Hard agree!

[@jamiechavez9760]

At 3:00 that one is amazing ❤

[@WorldofRockhounds]

:)

[@carolhiler4690]

It was a great day, Kyle! Glad you had fun.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I sure did and hope to go on more adventures with you!

[@OregonRockhunter]

Your big agate was hungry!🤗

[@harleyswartz5415]

@Carol Hiler what is that you are using to see through? I need information because that's cool! And world of Rock hounds where did you get your scooper? Need info on that as well.

[@harleyswartz5415]

@@WorldofRockhounds need specs on your scoop please.

[@carolhiler4690]

@@harleyswartz5415 Hi Harley - I made a water scope using a piece of black PVC pipe with plexiglass glued to one end so I can see the river bottom clearly. The rock scoop I made. It is a broom handle with a deep fryer basket attached to it.

[@jamessawyer9882]

I don't want to be too intrusive as a good rock hunting spot can be just as if not more secretive than a good fishing spot but I am curious to know what county you're rock hunting in on the Willamette there. I'm in Lane and I just don't normally come across spots like that. Maybe I just need to venture out more but if you don't mind,I would sure like to know. Thanks

[@akessler2596]

My thoughts are the further south you go on the Willamette, the bigger the agates get, from what I see posted in groups. I'm in PDX, and you find more stuff I believe may be from ice age glacial lake floods, lots of river potatoes.

[@mlang8874]

Would you be able to explain Carol's submergible contraption a bit? I'd absolutely love to be able to make one but I'm honestly not sure where to start. thanks!!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I had to go back to look at it in the video and what she did was glue a clear plastic sheet to the top of a planter container and had cut out the bottom of it :)

[@mlang8874]

@@WorldofRockhounds Sweet, thank you so much!!

[@paulwatson5380]

Where does the Willamette get this shallow to walk across it? Thanks

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I'm sure there are other spots but you would have to use a kayak to find access points in the Willamette valley.

[@MrBleworchid]

Where in Albany is this? I don’t live too far from there!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

We had started at Hyak park and just floated towards Albany on the Willamette.

[@MrBleworchid]

@@WorldofRockhounds I just wanted to say thank you! I’ve encountered a lot of rockhounders on KZbin who won’t divulge any information about locations they’re hounding. Kinda bums me out because I thought rockhounders would be more inclusive as a community and would be happy to share. What time of year do you recommend visiting the Hyak Park location? Thanks again!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

You're welcome! If its a public area, I really don't mind sharing information but I do also respect private information if the person trusting me with that knowledge wants to keep it more hush hush. Summer is probably best when the water isn't super high. If you use a Kyak, my advice would be to find someone that has floated that area and can help you navigate some parts of the river. I know others have also started in Corvallis and have taken the day to travel from there to Albany and have found cool things inbetween. The Willamette river in general throughout the valley can provide beautiful agates and jaspers wherever there is a gravel bar. Just have to find one and hope that water raised enough during the winter to reveal new treasures :)

[@michy-tu3rr]

I would like to know the river path you took with Carol.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

We went from Hyak to Bowman. She knows the river well and knows where where to go for the safest route possible.

[@newlife533]

Are those rocks worth money

[@WorldofRockhounds]

As is, not really. Once they have been cleaned up and polished, they could be worth a few dollars or so.

[@newlife533]

@@WorldofRockhounds ok you should do the rock that Laura from Garden answers has in her yard that would be awsome

[@CrystalDenton1991]

Gamble! Cut that puppy open and let's see what's inside!

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I rolled the dice. It may or may not be Sundays video 👉🤠👉

[@mitchgillilan]

Awesome finds, did you ever open that concretion? I love hunting the willamette it has a nice supply of different material.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I did...and It was very empty :( but it it was still a cool find!

[@randalljones4370]

LOL, 2 years later, but... if you ever want to find out what's in a small concretion like that, we can try my xray unit at work. It might not reveal the contents, depending on the density and the difference in density between the host and the content.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

haha that would be an interesting experiment to try out!

[@newlife533]

Your wife sent me here from garden answer great video

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Nice! Welcome!