SADDLE MOUNTAIN: Digging Basalt & Petrified Wood in Washington State

[@Byronswife]

I live 2 miles from the base of saddle mountain.Its beautiful to wake up to evermoring .

[@malinda8668]

I think if I ever mined anything, "Ouch, that was my toe", would be said often. So impressed by how you will go almost anywhere in search of "all the beautiful rocks". Thank you for taking me along.

[@danfilbin7365]

If you go to rainbow Creek near the parking area at Mount Baker Hot Springs you can find some beautiful blue agates.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Thanks for the tip!

[@xdlyon_lyonxd]

Great job keep up the good work 👍🏾

[@KatyDidRocks]

Thanks 💯 :)

[@keithcunningham7925]

very cool material kate glad you found some

[@KatyDidRocks]

It really is lovely!

[@aliencat11]

You found some beautiful rocks!

[@KatyDidRocks]

I did! And I learned a lot.

[@wyomingadventures]

It's always fun to look. You found some nice ones on top of the ground.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Next time I'll find the good stuff. :)

[@shellfishvilla]

Hi miss Katy.i love rock hounding .Too

[@KatyDidRocks]

Nice!

[@helenburke9507]

Loved this video. Thank You.

[@KatyDidRocks]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelvandyke6715]

awesome place for sure....

[@KatyDidRocks]

It's so beautiful!

[@christineritchie5580]

Wow in my back yard as well... We are coming to see your area in September. There is white pet wood on the east side of the road and red pet wood on the west side of the road. Have fun digging. Put in a container with Dawn dish soap and shake to remove the white sediment that is on the pet wood, or soak in vinegar. Also the pet wood up there has a different sound when hitting it with the hammer. Let me know if you would like to get together for rockhounding in my area. Also have a nice place for carnelian, thunder eggs and agates.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Thanks for the offer, Christine! I want to go back to Saddle Mountain with Jim, as he really is the digger of the bunch.

[@christineritchie5580]

@@KatyDidRocks Thank you for answering. I hope you and Jim have fun finding beautiful pieces together. My husband and I go every weekend as well.

[@ElizabethJimenez-iu8cs]

So amazing u come down here to Washington state..I been watching your videos and one day maybe I can show u my place I go..tons of agates u like

[@largent45]

That was fun kate. The stuff you got out of the pile was beautiful and far easier than digging it out of the ground! You did good! Next time, take Jared and he can show you all those locations. Gorgeous finds though!

[@KatyDidRocks]

I want to bring Jim too. :)

[@cindyheimdahl227]

I LOVE that you came to my state and hounded at my favorite place!!! Awesome!

[@KatyDidRocks]

I want to go back soon!

[@janettetippetts7942]

Oh, the things we learn from all the experiences we have. You did get some very nice tailings though.

[@KatyDidRocks]

And I learned about pillow basalt! :D

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

Catching up

[@donnabeaudin9114]

Another adventure! Those pieces at the beginning were pretty, I love when there are pretty rocks on top of the ground, now I know what pillow basalt looks like, thanks Kate!😄👍

[@KatyDidRocks]

You and me both! :D

[@1sec2midnight]

There's nice petrified wood over there, and limb casts too. I got lost my first time. I'd say it is quite different from what you are used to finding on the Yellowstone. I found my favorite piece of pet wood there. Thanks so much for sharing your long excursion to Saddle Mountain.

[@KatyDidRocks]

LOL, going in, I somehow came in the back way and ended up by the nearby river. I called the BLM office, and they insisted there was no river - I was so confused! But I figured it out eventually.

[@patriciamckean4186]

Another rock, take a step and another.

[@a_a_ron1358]

I hope you had a wonderful time! And maybe you'll come see the oregon coast this winter 😁

[@KatyDidRocks]

I may come to Oregon this winter, but probably not the coast. :)

[@Kingofgrowers]

As a former prospector I enjoy seeing your efforts and knowthe JOY and Pains involved. I have Put over 3 ounces of Placer gold into the US economy ! Arizona has lots of petrified material as well as basalts and many other minerals and meteorites too ! I was awestruck when I was on a trail and saw several pieces of petrified Bark from ancient evergreens laying in peoples tracks...walked over for how long ?

[@KatyDidRocks]

Thanks! I must say, I am always humbled with the knowledge that the rocks are so ancient. I feel like a speck on the planet. :)

[@savagesquirrel9828]

You were gutsy to go alone( except for Kava the wonder dog). I think surface picking is underrated!

[@KatyDidRocks]

This was the final day of my Great Rock Adventure - I learned a lot! And Kava the Wonder Dog is good company.

[@cindyheimdahl227]

Where the road splits ( you would have taken the rt. Side), the road up & to the left, under the tower, is where I find all my tumbling material. It looks more like wood, frozen in time.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Very cool!

[@alexjoca244]

Ahhh...you're back in my neck of the woods!! I never leave Saddle Mountain without finding something amazing. I tend to avoid hounding there when the weather gets warm though...don't want to run into any rattlers or scorpions!! The petrified wood you find there is much different than what I've found on the Yellowstone in Forsyth, definitely a different type of hounding, so it's a bummer Jared wasn't able to show you the ropes. Glad you were able to explore one of our states rockhounding treasures and hope you had fun! :)

[@KatyDidRocks]

I did have fun, and I learned a lot!

[@robktellwild9648]

Got back from there yesterday. BEAUTIFUL samples are soaking in vinegar right now😊. Specimens/limb casts/ tumblers, oh boy. Rock on Katy.

[@deniseview4253]

People just tossed those!! They are beautiful!!!

[@KatyDidRocks]

I expect there are people who live. much closer who have more Saddle Mountain petrified wood than you can shake a stick at (see what I did there? :D )

[@lindaleehulsey3167]

👍 📹 🏆 gathering....... TREASURES travelling worth it for sure! KAVA open range free to run explore ROCK BUDDY 💋😘

[@KatyDidRocks]

It was a beautiful spot.

[@fenix02008]

Hi Kate At 11:02 on your video the olive colored rock looks like a type of opal I’ve seen in other videos. Did you learn what it is?

[@KatyDidRocks]

It is common opal - fairly brittle, very pretty. :)

[@themcgeefamily7514]

💚💙

[@KatyDidRocks]

[@davidwilson4954]

What part of Washington State is this at? Beautiful pieces.

[@KatyDidRocks]

www.blm.gov/visit/saddle-mountains :)

[@davidwilson4954]

Thank you. 😁

[@thrownasearched7779]

Do some of them have fire in them?

[@KatyDidRocks]

Not here - just common opal, but pretty.

[@leonalbert4319]

Hello Kate, this the first video I watched of you, I have seen you with Jared at Currently Rockhounding in a couple of his videos ( I`m a channel member of Currently Rockhounding so I subscribed to see what KatyDid does lol i gotta say i like your videos so I`ll be seeing you work your rock hounding magic, thanks

[@KatyDidRocks]

Welcome! 😊

[@a_a_ron1358]

At 14:55 the reason they leave those is because very soon they'll crumble into nothing

[@KatyDidRocks]

Good to know!

[@gracemccoy1970]

It seems this petrified wood looks very different than what you collect on the Yellowstone

[@KatyDidRocks]

VERY different!

[@a_a_ron1358]

Easiest way to get good stuff is to just dig in the soft areas, it's just sitting inches under the surface in the rite spots

[@a_a_ron1358]

I have witnessed 25 pound logs get dug up there

[@KatyDidRocks]

That's cool!

[@grantfahlman1815]

For what was left behind by others (leaverites) they weren't so bad and apparently turned into Kate's takeerites. 🤔

[@KatyDidRocks]

LOL!

[@helenlamberton2637]

We used to get some nice stuff off of Saddle Mountain but after Fifty years it is fairly rocked out. Some of the stuff was really agatized.

[@KatyDidRocks]

Sounds beautiful!

[@Byronswife]

Newbie

[@alexjoca244]

Another adventure! Those pieces at the beginning were pretty, I love when there are pretty rocks on top of the ground, now I know what pillow basalt looks like, thanks Kate!😄👍

[@KatyDidRocks]

Ha, so do I! It's actually pretty darned cool - just not all that useful :D