The Coolest Agate I've Ever Tumbled and Other Really Cool Rocks

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: What do I love about rocks?...each rock is adventure! Adventure through time, geology, and and history! Each rock in an ornament for the Earth.

[@kylaabegglen1275]

AMAZING batch of gorgeous agates, binghamite, iron banded formation, quartz and others! All of the eyes, banding and quartz crystals in the agates from around there are so incredible. I absolutely love the binghamite! 🤩 Super cool ones with lots of iron in them. The Mary Ellen Jasper is so cool, but these have the best swirls I've seen in a long time! I really like the iron banded formation, you really find the fantastic ones that polish so well. You've outdone yourself again Thomas, thanks so much for sharing this batch!✌️🤠

[@99Rockhounding]

I’m pretty picky when it comes to my which rocks I tumble, so I’m glad it pays off!

[@carolinenibbe4151]

I'm truly impressed ❣️ You do such a wonderful job of polishing these beauties! Can't wait to see more!

[@carolinenibbe4151]

Once again thanks for sharing! Absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@francoisehandfield950]

O.M.G. What an awesome batch ! Well done, Thomas !

[@99Rockhounding]

I was very excited to share this batch with you!

[@cynthiahappel3697]

The agates in this batch are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[@99Rockhounding]

Thanks for watching! I’m really happy with how they turned out.

[@JhonDiamond2021]

indeed very great findings, friends, beautiful and enchanting stones.

[@TarnishedViking.]

Outfrigginstannding Thomas! Beautiful results! 🤘👍

[@oldgamerchick]

Very nice tumbled rocks. I am thinking about getting a second tumbler for finishing my rocks. I wish I could find rocks like yours around here. 🙃☕❤❤from Texas

[@MNpicker]

Ohhhh I like this batch👍 Sooooo many amazing stones!! I love ittttttttt!!!! Good stuff man.."keep finding more"😁

[@99Rockhounding]

Thanks will do!

[@icatz]

Thomas, those are just incredible! Well done 👍 💖💔🏏🎸

[@99Rockhounding]

Thank you!

[@justjulee9135]

That was an incredible batch of polished rocks! The agates were phenomenal and the binghamite was so beautiful. I don't know if I spelled that correctly or not. You did a wonderful job tumbling those rocks!

[@99Rockhounding]

That looks correct to me! It’s definitely one of my favorite rocks to tumble, but it’s also a really tricky one. There are spots that like to undercut on it and it likes to fracture very easily. It’s worth it when they turn out though!

[@mariemoss2475]

What beautiful rocks, you did a great job there 👍🥰

[@troylarsen2454]

Moss agates are interesting to tumble, they reveal some pretty cool features. I was on the north shore back in May, I found my first skip an atom, and an interesting tube agate.

[@99Rockhounding]

I still haven’t found a skip an atom yet. I really like tumbling the moss agates though.

[@leslyeschoenhuth3515]

* The Agate at the 11:20 mark would make a great Pendant or Display piece. Just mount it on the plain back & show off the Water Line, Fortification & the Eyes. Truly eye popping. ~ Thanks to you I now have a word I use a lot & confuse people with.. Hooray for Chatoyancy!

[@agatebeauties]

Those turned out amazing! Well done

[@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976]

Such beautiful shine Beautiful stones

[@CityRockhounding]

Wow, Thomas, these really are amazing pieces here you tumbled. Well done! Each one is special!

[@99Rockhounding]

I was really happy with that batch!

[@wyomingadventures]

Wow! Amazing batch of rocks. Beautiful agates. I love the other kind of rocks you got from central Minnesota. Never heard of them. Thanks for sharing with us Thomas!

[@99Rockhounding]

We have some really cool rocks in this area. I’d even argue we have some of the most interesting rocks anywhere!

[@wyomingadventures]

@@99Rockhounding I agree Thomas. I'm going rock hunting next month in your state. Looking forward to it.

[@AmyMoldenhauer-k5s]

​@99Rockhounding I live in the middle of Minnesota & have recently been doing more rock searches. I'm always looking for agates, but now I have something new to look for - bingamite! I find a TON of waxy rocks that you can't really see through & they're mostly shades of tan. They often have other rock in them/with them. I don't think they're valuable, but I love the look of them!! Thanks for sharing your tumbled rocks. I'm currently on the final stage of tumbling my 1st batch in a tumber - 1st ever! So excited!!

[@soul_adventurist]

Wow wow wow! Would love to find some bingamite 😍

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

* Love all the Eyes on your Favorite Agate.. ~ It would be Interesting to put a small Powerful flashlight under the Agates like the one at the 3:44 mark so we could see thru it.. ~ The bands n the stone at the 4:10 mark are Great, but the Quartz is so CLEAR!! makes a really WOW Rock & the Eyes are lovely.. ~ I would like to see you put a high powered Flashlight behind the Agate at the 12:09 mark & see if it is an Iris Agate...

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

The 12:00 mark Agate also has the narrow Bands that I would like to see a bright Flashlight behind it..

[@patriciamckean4186]

Lovely agates with great shine. Do you burnish them.

[@99Rockhounding]

Yeah, I usually do a burnish stage.

[@stoogeslap]

Do you ever feel like you're Owen (played by Danny DeVito) showing Larry (played by Billy Chrystal) the coin collection (from Throw Mama From the Train) when sharing your polished rock collection? I sometimes do when showing any of my collectibles to others.

[@stuartkeithguitars4251]

Very nice Vid. If you don't know about Tim's Adventures....he pulls sapphire out of his mine regularly and films the digging and the sort.....very organic content.

[@99Rockhounding]

Good to know!

[@carmenevans7651]

Some of the Binghamite pieces seem to have a lot of quartz in them. Is that unusual?

[@greatnorthernviews3052]

I agree those are best looking agates you ever did do you use a Lot- tumbler in your last tumble?

[@99Rockhounding]

I just use a rotary tumbler for all my batches.

[@greatnorthernviews3052]

@@99Rockhounding That’s very impressive!

[@tracywilliams7453]

What is the best rock tumbler to purchase?

[@clannishkobra8965]

I used to live in Saint Paul and never could find any good stones near by. If your ever interested in doing a swap let me know I have a bunch of good stuff I've found in Colorado.

[@scottpeters5624]

Ah mate, they turned out fantastic, such a polish on them, Shame the white bellied slug one, chipped on the edge, if you retumble it, you may rubbed its white belly away, could you just polish the chipped edge on a wetstone, and wet n dry paper to polish it back up? Edited to add, the bigamite kicks ass

[@99Rockhounding]

That’s my fear too. I just got a vibratory, but it needs some parts. Once I get that up and running I might see if I can just run it in that.

[@scottpeters5624]

@@99Rockhounding good plan, if you have the time to film that proccess, I for one would love to see the results

[@ken9859]

4:34 4:46 Picture of a Lady