The Weirdest Montana Agate I've Ever Found! Hunting an Island for Jaspers, Agates, & Fossils!

In this one, we head out for a short hunt on the Yellowstone and are treated to a wide variety of finds! Tons of jaspers covered in fortifications, Montana agates, banded chert, coral fossils, and even some Baculites! There was no knowing what we may find next! The biggest score of the day however, was the weirdest Montana agate that I've ever found; a big knobby tube agate with banded tubes poking out in every direction! We have a found a lot of Montana agates, but I have NEVER seen one like this! After our hunt we head back to the shop where we cut some of our finds! I hope you all enjoy this one, and I will have another one out soon!'
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[@jaygurd7482]

Dude, I swear I was craving an apple fritter from this Thumbnail. awesome stuff.

[@largent45]

That tube agate is just phenomenal! And the baculites are always amazing. And the stromatolites are some of my favorite finds! The jaspers were so colorful,I wish you had cut more. But for a short hunt, you did amazing! Thanks Theo!

[@bryannakvinda8411]

I love hate your videos I hate I don't live in your state and love every time a new video pops up in my notifications. Keep up the great content my friend!

[@fireflyidaho1]

I love all the jaspers and that tube agate-thing is wild! The rocks may have been dirty and you had to work for them but what a reward!! Thanks for taking us along 😊

[@2wahineandadog]

Your so giggly and happy with that tube agate and I'm all jealous and grumpy - what a stunner!!!!

[@leslieprather2611]

That is one big ass agate!😮 I'm sure Travis would agree with me. Dude you totally ruled the gravel today! And that's how it's done! And in silt no less. I totally would have been doing the Agate 💃 dance.

[@sandmaker]

I love them all, but jaspers are my friends😊. That one weird piece is unique. Time for the rotary tool. 😷⚒

[@whackidoodle]

I like that you include both the finding and the cutting on the same videos. Feels like it makes the discovery more complete.

[@CanvasJules]

That's a killer agate for sure! Kelly aka MRM is going to fall in love with that one. ❤

[@patriciabock4299]

Tube Agate has to be the most insane Rock of all time!

[@victoriaruth821]

Red jasper is AWESOME!!!! I absolutely love it!!!

[@helenak.5762]

Love the colorful jaspers ❣️😍

[@bethcorey6022]

The COLORS in these are crazy cool

[@Doxymeister]

Oh look! Totally appropriate for upcoming Halloween! @11:27, on that amygdaloidal basalts, on the upper left-hand side of the rock is a tiny ghostly octopus! LOL, it's totally not, but does resemble one. But, the green pockets in the reddish basalt are so cool, I love it. I scanned the comments though and it looks nearly unanimous, the "tube agate" wins this video! Some pretty cool finds this trip, Theo, thank you for taking us along.

[@soul_adventurist]

That agate is phenomenal! 🤩

[@JhonDiamond2021]

great place to find agate

[@aborch7]

I am drooling over that tube agate… I was 100% sure that was a stromatolite initially!

[@jenibartolotti8614]

That Jasper with the green and blue stripes looks just like Gary Green Jasper that I thought was only found along the Oregon/Washington border. It’s my most favorite jasper of all time!

[@savagesquirrel9828]

I love the tube agate, too, but it’s torture, because I want to see inside….even though I agree it is too cool to cut. Great hunt. Thanks.

[@judymarkel8029]

Great rocks. I love how excited you get

[@greatnorthernviews3052]

Great place to hunt! I am a little bit jealous 😢😊

[@janehelbert7551]

Love the green!

[@silvertopaz509]

Always enjoy your videos, so much fun and info. You are doing what I've always wanted to do. Take care.

[@jessicadavenport2808]

That agate is INSANE!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@aqua1082]

Fossil, shell, unique agate. Shell's and fossils are my squirrels when I'm out on a walk. I never get much walking in 😂, I'll sit down and start moving rocks/dig.

[@Amanda-yf7vj]

So awesome!

[@Rocktwister]

crazy how the silt makes all the rocks look the same! You have a good eye for finding great stuff no matter the condition! Thanks Theo!

[@michaelvandyke6715]

Theo, you did great young man.... Beautiful material...

[@kevinunger433]

Beautiful shell.

[@offyarocka]

Hard to call, I love me some trippy jasper but wierdo rocks melt my heart...tube agate wins hehehehe ✌😍✌

[@kaschbourbeau7413]

That charcoal grey Jasper is a wood replacement you could see the wood grain when you turned and it had multiple colors at 15.27

[@aaryngulledge5681]

Cut the tube agate! Life is too short to not know what it looks like inside!! Great finds, my friend.

[@margosaunders5705]

The closed captioning at 11:12 says "Omega little" basalt. I found it in my Audubon Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals, and the real name is amygdule "...and the resulting structure amygdaloidal". Quite a stretch, but it is what it is! Fantastic!

[@michaelbearss371]

Great finds! I'd love to see that red jasper piece after it's polished.. would be pretty sweet I'm sure!

[@DebbyRaup-vt5rh]

So beautiful!

[@kastah]

so much green in that amygdoial basalt or what you called it😂 It was beutiful yes. Jasper never disappointing😊👍

[@twostonefox]

Hi Theo, I love your channel. I think that at 16:30 minutes into the video you are holding an agatized stromatoporoid. Earlier, in the video when you're rock hunting, I see you pick up rocks a couple times that are also stromatoporoid fossils, which are ancient sea sponges that could possibly be a billion years old. I'm not always 100% certain without actually holding and examining things in person, but that's what I think. I live in Michigan and find them in the lake often enough to know what they look like. ~Thurston~

[@Doxymeister]

I was thinking maybe an agatized coral of some kind, but you are probably right. Was just one of the weirdest-looking agates I've seen. Thanks for the input!

[@twostonefox]

@Doxymeister Hi Theo, thanks for the reply. I don't think it's a coral fossil, because of the decided absence of corallites. The prominent cellular banding on the one side is common in agatized/silicified sponge fossils that I find. Also, at minute 14:30 is another agatized sponge fossil. Again, I'm not 100% certain without hands on, only fairly certain. Thanks for all you do and all the videos that record everything. You find rocks and fossils that I can only dream about. Best Regards!

[@bethcorey6022]

The dark one, forgot what you called it but it reminds me of a flooring that was popular in the’60s and’70s

[@Debbie4729]

The bumpy agate definitely drew me in to watch this video,but I was hoping you would slice it so we could see the insides.But I get it-I have one that I found in a place that never has agates,and I am still trying to figuring out where to start.I love the basalt,and the shell! I get such a kick out of the idea that large clams can live in fresh water!I love how well it cleaned up!

[@Doxymeister]

Okay, about that "tube agate", @18:19, that's almost got to be some kind of agatized organic life, like a stubby finger-coral, maybe, or some type of stromatolite? I know you don't want to cut it, but could you maybe compromise (for those of us dying of curiosity) by slicing off the very bottom so that it sits squarely on a surface? Wouldn't that improve it's appearance as a display piece AND satisfy the curiosity of your fans? This is me wheedling, LOL. 😂Thanks, Theo!

[@jennifershipp2599]

Nice finds.❤😊❤

[@anniegironne8444]

That's an amazing agate 😮

[@dustinfindsrocks]

I need to look for more banded chert. It’s just usually not very colorful here… I’m probably just showing my crystal/fossil bias here 😂 that tube agate was cool! I was excited to find a small Montana agate recently. It’s pretty sad by your standards but my son found it last week on the Mississippi and I really think it’s a Montana agate!

[@lolajo2850]

Wow! I've never seen a tube agate in real life. It looks bizarre, but beautiful.

[@keithcunningham7925]

Ya my favorite is that tube agate too but i am a sucker for stromatolites

[@tanekarnes5260]

I was hoping you would have cut the big agate with the possible tubes. Really curious on the inside.

[@deidremcintosh6892]

Theo I love your channal. Rock hounding makes me so happy ,I have found some incredible Jasper in a mountain river in Victoria Australia, Clear water with gorgeous tumbled rocks. Tell me how I can send you a picture of what I found. I live in Australia

[@1sec2midnight]

Looked like a tough hunt with all the dirt coated rocks. The amygdaloidal basalt has to be my favorite. The polished ordinary old shell is nice. I was hoping the banded chert would be spectacular, but it was a little on the ho-hum side. Thanks for sharing.

[@rvtravelingbeachbumsstevea4105]

Great video and great finds Theo ! Love love love Jasper! How do you polish the clam shell?

[@maryzefo3801]

How I feel I live in Illinois and there's a lake here that a certain time of year I can find a lot of mussel shells I never even thought of polishing it I've collected a couple bags over 10 years and I've saved them because on the inside where it's already shiny I'll see growths almost like natural pearls on the inside...... And also you are an expert I have such a hard time telling the difference between agate and Jasper 🙈 as always thank you for sharing and I to like it that you cut and polish some in the same video 👍

[@theresabraddock9310]

youre very good at identifying and describing the rocks you find. its helped me to identify some of my own finds. believe it or not Ive found a gorgeous stromatolite and a beautiful corprolite? in amongst the border-planter rocks in a strip mall parking lot. Ive also found fascinating rock specimens along one small stretch of railroad tracks. cant get to the mountains, rivers and streams but theyre brought closer in rural city areas as ballast and garden decoration.

[@margosaunders5705]

Do you mean "coprolite"? You know what coprolite is, right? Ha, ha!

[@dawnwilkinson8717]

I wish we could see inside the crazy tube agate but I understand why you want to keep it whole.

[@aprilgoodman4504]

It's what Kate would say is quasper.

[@bethcorey6022]

If you did cut that weird agate, would you find pockets or are they solid❤?

[@cynergy4]

I like the weird agate, I like weirdness 🙃

[@Edelstones]

Could the crazy Agate (out of this world) perhaps been a stromatolite (organic features) to begin with and then turned agate? Or isn’t that an option?

[@kevinunger433]

That agate at 6:30 you have to cut that.

[@rotisumbuErikGemstone]

Mempesona

[@donc5220]

Tubular!!!!!!

[@michaelpelletier4515]

This episode was Xrated, so much filth lol

[@graemero5532]

Theo, could you please stop making the colour of rocks in the thumbnail brighter and more vibrant as it only leaves me disappointed when I see the rocks in the video. The agate in the thumbnail looks orange and yellow, yet in the video it is a tan colour. 😞

[@TheoKellison]

I do not up color saturation at all. It is completely a difference in lighting quality and my camera, it records in much lower resolution than when i take photos so colors often seem muted compared to the picture quality. The agate is in fact bright orange and yellow. Looking into replacing my camera so i can recird in higher resolution to avoid the issue. The gopro is even worse about muting colors

[@graemero5532]

​@@TheoKellison Ok Theo, I only said what I seen.