We Hit the JASPER JACKPOT with Montana Rock Mom! Winter Rock Hunting The Yellowstone River!

In this one, we head out and braved the wind with ‪@MontanaRockMom‬ to do some winter rockhounding on the Yellowstone River! I had no expectations for the day, which is usually a fantastic way to start a hunt because those seem to be the days we find some amazing gems! The agates were a bit scarce but man oh man did the jaspers make up for it! We found so many; reds, yellows, browns, greens, a plume, some even containing fossils and druzy, and one absolutely bizarre jasper with amazing orbicular pattern and chalcedony veins which just so happened to also be our largest find of the day! On top of the amazing jaspers, we also got to experience something I have never encountered in my decade of hunting the Yellowstone: we found a gorgeous chunk of Yellowstone River petrified wood IN THE MATRIX! It was one awesome day and we were definitely rewarded for enduring the cold!
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[@mrmcphilsconfidential8562]

I've complimented Kate and Montana Rock Mom, so I gotta share the appreciation. Thank You Theo!

[@treasurelife6922]

MRM is the sweetest Rockhound .

[@MontanaRockMom]

Theo! Montana Jasper Jackpot for sure! Those orbiculars.... the more I cut those, the more they are becoming my favorite jaspers! Really high-quality, unbelievably colorful finds here. Best for last with that wood.....seriously...I'll never forget that.

[@isaiahmiracle11]

Look it Rock 🪨 Dad & Mom❤

[@elleisme8565]

Two rock legends getting together will most certainly be a good day!!

[@billmahan6123]

I'm a rockhound from way before your time and before I even knew what one was. I found petrified wood and stabbed it and found the starting of a limb. It was very neat looking. I cut rock for the company I work for and really enjoy you cutting segments. I don't have access to my rock ground but I do know we found so many rock like the ones you guys found but didn't know what it was. I drove from Oklahoma to California and back and collected 1500 pounds of rock. But due to moving I had to leave all of them behind I was sick about it. Now I'm am 60 years old and love remembering those rocks and your show brings back really great times keep it up

[@TarnishedViking.]

Holey Coprolite, Rock Man! That's some sweet looking Pet & Jasp. LOL Love it!

[@TheoKellison]

Right!?😄 hard to have a bad day with jaspers like these😁 cant wait to cut into some of em!

[@kastah]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Jasper😍🤩🤩🤩🤩Like that you get SOOO excited when you find something🤣😂😂👍👍👋

[@rebeccaofsunnybrookefarm8469]

Wow theo... Amazing day

[@mariemoss2475]

Wow what a day you had, those Jaspers were beautiful. Looking forward to see them slabbed and polished. 👍💞💞💞

[@TheoKellison]

We will definitely be cutting into some soon!😄 ive got a few from this video, a few plumes, and a handful of galaxy stone that will all be getting cut in an upcoming video!😄

[@cynergy4]

All of them were stunning of course, but something about that first agate really resonated. Fabulous hunt!

[@webdevnoobie]

If you want to find what others don't, you have to do what others won't. Walking thru ice water is one of those things. Nice finds.

[@sandmaker]

That was fun! You and Rock Mom. How did your feet not immediately cramp up in that freezing water. As a gentleman did you carry Rock Mom across? Hmmm. My favorite was ALL the jaspers. Jaspers are my friends 😜. I always love the labeling of the rocks at the end. Keep having fun and that includes you too Rock Mom. We haven't seen your better half in a while and hope she is well. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. 😷⚒ Now go have some hot chocolste. Cheers 🥂

[@markjohnson3349]

Love all the jasper. Michigan normally only has red. I would love to find the green. Another fantastic video. I can't wait to see some of those slabs.👍👍👍😁😁😁

[@TheoKellison]

Those greens are just awesome!😄 they are really uncommon on the yellowstone(we have mostly reds, yellows, oranges, and browns) so its always a good day when you spot a green!😄

[@Ken_G.]

Yeah, that last jasper is special for sure. Great day of hunting, so many great jaspers. And yes everyone, subscribe to Montana Rock Mom, she's awesome.

[@tenaedmonson1213]

Thank you! The blue is bright,

[@Cherrycola14]

Its gonna be a great day, found a great bar....🤔🥃 cheers

[@michaelbearss371]

Great day! Love those jaspers!!

[@jamesblondeau1029]

Wow beautiful green jaspers and the red ones wow. And the pet wood that came out of the matrix is so beautiful. And when u first took your shoes off i thought u were doing some grounding. Lol. That had to make your feet ache with cold. Wow you are a braver man than me. And you had great company to hang with (Montana rock mom).

[@patriciabock4299]

I have such a hard time deciding which would be my favorites. That is an impossible decision! I loved the petrified wood from the matrix, green jasper, red jasper, the jasper with the coral in it and and lol. Impossible! Great Hunt!

[@juliemckenna514]

Wow! Awesome Jaspers!

[@emdorris3319]

Hello Theo and Kim!

[@amberdarnell7909]

That one big jasper looks like a heart ❤

[@nancygaxiola5412]

Another day of beautiful Rocks! I don't know how in the world you get all those huge rocks back to your vehicle 😮 !

[@raziel3726]

Amazing Rocks!!👍👍

[@donc5220]

Dang i loved them all, very cool beans.

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video my friend, thank you for sharing!!

[@jcouch1993]

Wow that green jasper! Jasper is like my top favorite rock, but I don't have any green yet!

[@TheoKellison]

The green is suuuper uncommon in montana so its always a good day when you find one!😁

[@jimlancaster6120]

What a great day Beautiful Jasper, Agates Petrified Wood along with Kim's wonderful smile!

[@CityRockhounding]

WOW Theo, are you serious! What outstanding finds today. Montana has some of the best jasper, petrified wood and agates out there. Great seeing Kim! Thanks for sharing, walking through the freezing water, and inspiring us all!

[@keithcunningham7925]

I loved that big green jasper the best and that broken price of pet wood

[@cynthiaguthrie8303]

I sooo love jasper! Thanks for sharing the awesomeness Theo! The agates are astounding as well!

[@jendjen]

You guys rock, hi rock mom

[@donnabeaudin9114]

Such awesome finds!! Gorgeous agates and Jaspers! That petrified wood was jaw dropping, sooo beautiful! Can’t wait to see the cabs and slabs! A good day!

[@cynthiamanchester2393]

I have collected heart shaped rocks since I met my husband in 2012. He was an answer to a bold prayer. My pastor said this was an apifany

[@naomimakin1908]

Your one of a kind amber agate nodule is truly beautiful 🧜‍♀️

[@elainebates6967]

I always am excited and thrilled with the jaspers and agates you find. The stones are always colorful and so much moss.

[@stevezozuk9622]

That was a great hunt with two of best hounders. The Jaspers have always been one of my most favorite rocks. They are so beautiful. I was rock hounding this week and found some very cool brown and green with a redish yellowy racing stripe, I couldn't take my eyes of it. Not many really good brown jaspers all alone but a have a couple in my collection. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers

[@wyodino6245]

That was a great stretch of river. We love the jaspers so this was a real treat. Anything with green is my favorite. Rockin' with MRM has to be a hoot. Maybe someday we'll will see each other on the river. Till then rock on and keep sharing your fantastic adventures. Thanks for keeping life rocky, Theo.....Rockin' is livin''!

[@sircheeseburger123]

Thanks for sharing these amazing finds with us!

[@susiesmith6174]

Hi Theo, Guess crossing that ice water, bare footed, was all worth it now!!! WOW!!! You really hit the mother load!!! I couldn't pick a favorite, I loved them all!!! Great day for you both!!! Take care, stay safe, happy, healthy and warm. 🥶

[@brianholcomb940]

I like any of the petrified wood but my favorite this time has to be the green jasper! Awesome finds! Thanks for sharing!

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Killer finds, I love the jaspers you found so much awesome coloration!

[@TheoKellison]

Absolutely!😄 the range of color in montana jaspers is just crazy! Thanks so much for watching!

[@openyoureyes7539]

Nice run guys!

[@stowestamp8262]

Favorite find was the big green jasper! My husband’s favorite was the petrified wood at the source! Thanks for the great hunt video.

[@raystevens687]

Well Theo you did it again well done 👏 I liked all of them but the 2 I like was the green Agate and the Petrified wood that was in 3 pieces I would like to see ya polish the ends of the Petrified wood then slice on each side and polish those that way you will upwards 4 pieces and all the flat sides will be polished anyway I wish and your family the best. Thanks Ray in Idaho

[@TheoKellison]

That was exactly the plan!😁 i think ill leave the one side with the agate pocket raw just because i dont want to grind through it but we are definitely going to face and polish the end grain on that one! Ive never seen yellowstone river petrified wood at the source before!😱

[@meyannafairbank2069]

I love this video! That green jasper is amazing!! I couldn’t help but notice the little (what looked to be) moss agate you missed right as you were handing the jasper to Montana rock mom!! I was more amazed because it doesn’t seem like you miss anything haha! Great finds! I love your videos!

[@elainebates6967]

I found some really amazing jaspers of yellow, red, 2 shades of green, and white. The one with 2 shades of green was divine olive and a large circle of dark green with small spots of red with a white section on the top. But after I got home and put it in a bucket of water was when I saw the circle in the middle and the white looked like the bottom of the picture.

[@offyarocka]

You would love the jasper I collect from the Mary River here in Queensland Australia!!!

[@TheoKellison]

Oh! I would love to find ANYTHING in Queensland😂 Australia is at the top of my bucket list for sure! Gotta make a trip to do some hunting with rookie😁

[@amyramboberard4047]

LOVE your videos!!! But have you ever thought about using flag sticks to mark the larger pieces you find early in your search? Why carry the larger ones all throughout your search? Just follow your flags and pick them up on the way back!!

[@rabirai2821]

thanks for video,well come nepal

[@tashacano3324]

My favorite was the pet wood that you pulled out of the sandstone. Brown is my least favorite color but pet wood is my favorite rock to find lol...

[@TheoKellison]

Absolutely!😄 love finding nice petrified wood! And that was definitely a first for me! We have found a lot of yellowstone river petrified wood but NEVER from the source before!😱

[@popacristian2056]

0:01 and 6:11 When I was a child I found in a torrent in Romania, many stones that looked identical to them. Breaking them, I discovered that they contained flat and conical snails. Another similar stone, orange in color, had on all the surface, white stars with about 12 rays, with a diameter of 5-6 mm that appeared in the perpendicular section of some tubes close next to each other. 5:06

[@gemstonejudy5900]

I'm so jealous! I would love to go somewhere like that! The green is my favorite!

[@toddvoogd7276]

Really liked the green jasper but all were great. I’m hunting the erea around Cody wy finding some cool stuff

[@TheoKellison]

Oh i love that area!😄 we usually go to wyoming to do some hounding every year but we never managed to get over there last summer; some amazing gems in wyoming!😄

[@jerryramos2085]

I like your video.

[@silverback5033]

Hi Theo, what an awesome hunt on your Yellowstone River, that was sick, (yer it made me sick, with envy). You are indeed hunting on a river that produces some amazing pieces of chalcedony/agate, jaspers of so many varying colours and awesome petrified wood to name the more common finds I have viewed, though not only in quantity but quality as well. You actually found more in one outing than I have found in various trips in the last 12 months, that is quite amazing. I can’t help but think all of those different rocks must be coming from somewhere where the different types of rocks are the source of those pieces. There must be multiple source locations for those pieces, imagine locating one of those. From what I’ve seen looking on maps you could spend a lifetime tracking them down or just enjoy the ones you are finding in the river beds. (Got a bit off track) The one I was most interested in was that vibrant red Jasper you found early in the video, it looked so bright on camera. Unbelievable pieces, what a day rock hounding. Keep Safe & Keep Rockin

[@anniegironne8444]

It was worth freezing your feet in the water 🥶 Great finds, can't wait to see what comes out of these. Shout out to Kim 😉

[@pacesoare816]

Lovin that bright Red , found some a bit darker but still really bright over here în Romania, let me know if you found any with purple in it. Awesome spot!

[@TheoKellison]

Gotta love those reds!😄 i have found a very small handful of purples, mostly lavender with one or two rich purples😄 they are very uncommon in our neck of the woods but we do still see one or two every year!😄 thanks so much for watching!

[@gracewashburn8276]

Jasper

[@donnal.hanrahan2824]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kimconley4679]

I can't wait to see them cut. Although I like the rock hounding videos, my favorite are the cutting videos. I noticed several purple rocks when you were picking up other treasures Can you tell me what they are? Time stamps: 2:45 7:00 7:55 I hope Kyle gets to come and rock hound with you soon. I found you through Kyle and I enjoy watching you both together.

[@TheoKellison]

Im hoping we can get kyle up here this summer!😁 its always soooo much fun to go hunting with him! Hoping we can meet uo this spring as well😉 as for those purple rocks! Those are iron stained basalt rocks! There is a LOT of it along the yellowstone and most of it is just empty basalt but sometimes you can find amygdaloidal basalt which is just loaded with tiny agate nodules and they are SO cool!😄 we will be cutting a bunch of those in a video very soon!😁

[@rustybarbacles355]

I’m leavin in the morning. On our way from Tahoe to Red Lodge. Maybe I’ll try captain Clark’s.

[@chriskellison3468]

Nice video. My brother, myself and my son are rock hounds from way back. Perhaps past life miners. We might be related down the line.

[@TheoKellison]

I was gonna say! I recognize that last name!🤣 not too many kellisons out there!

[@paigelee6321]

The crazy things rockhounds do to find rocks 😝, awesome finds 💙, thank you for sharing, love it 😊💙

[@mrfxm55]

MRM prefers the petrified gas Bubbles.. "clear agates" I kid her about it cuz there are so many more interesting things on the ground.

[@TheoKellison]

Theres definitely no shortage of things to go on the hunt for along the yellowstone!😄 the agates are just one of many things to grab attention😁

[@melodyhart2017]

too many to pick a favorite,i have an aquarium i am trying to decorate with out using tacky,I wish I could be on that river with you,there are so many pretty non gemy pieces I would chose for my tank .

[@djohnny55]

Stunning👍 What is flint please? 🙏

[@michaelvandyke6715]

Excellent finds, great video.... That would be a great dig site! Sit on your butt, relax and dig...

[@Remy-dl6nc]

Revelation 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

[@nancygaxiola5412]

I dont think i could tell you which was my favorite!

[@hankfarley2514]

I'll never understand why nobody out there seems to have a pair of wellies to run around in the water.

[@markattardo]

👍😎👍

[@justaguy995]

Spiderman jasper

[@KR-wj5mt]

I would need a wheelbarrow to handle all the ones I would want to pick up!

[@TheoKellison]

Thats understandable😂 the amount of jaspers on the yellowstone is just crazy! You have to get reaaal picky on the jaspers otherwise you could fill up in the first 30 minutes😂

[@christineg8151]

Surely bricks are metamorphic?

[@staciepierce1499]

A vehicle I had just given to my daughter was stolen in Eastern WA & just recovered in St Regis Montana. I have to go collect it tomorrow. Anyone willing to accompany me or show me where to hunt?