We Had NO IDEA We'd Find These BEAUTIFUL Blue "Stones" In This Tennessee Mountain Stream!

[@SherryBates-p8q]

So beautiful I love blue would make gorgeous pendants

[@terryhuntzicker8474]

Put a bunch of the blue slag in a tall clear glass vase to display. They are gorgeous

[@deidremcintosh6892]

Wow fun times . Kyle vou are so likeable and great to see how much you love nature

[@japhyryder66]

If you made a drinking game out of how many times you say “brachipod”, I’d be seriously hammered. 😁 Great video, Kyle!

[@hollyfranks6732]

Leland blue stone is beautiful! Definitely slag from an iron ore though. It’s highly sought after for jewelry for obvious reasons 😁 I love it!

[@leannbrown7405]

Wow just stopped on the side of the road and found all kinds of fossils! I just started watching your site! Love all your doing! Love to go mudlarking with yall!

[@suemitchell1354]

Beautiful!

[@kathieruiz5157]

Those would make beautiful rings and pendants!

[@pstmeoff]

Jealous!!! So beautiful!!! Those would make great cabs!

[@lynnpavlik7253]

Oh WOW you hit the mother load just WOW.

[@bekind6196]

I absolutely love this Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[@dmc1501]

Fun find!

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Wanted to share another thought. I always had zen like experiences at fossil beds. I love to sit and pay reverence to the fossilized creatures I'm sitting with and think about millions of years ago... the same sun that warms me... is the same sun that shown upon them...and someday another lifeform will sit here and warm in the sunlight. I find comfort in the continuum of life! Gosh...life is good!

[@terryfowler1495]

After this one I'm gonna hafta start calling you Not So Wild Kyle bot I still love your guts.. i wanna see a music vid man.

[@Wvnursey]

Love that blue slag!!!

[@catherinewilliams3850]

Fabulous fossils and stunning slag glass, those blues and purples are gorgeous . Having trouble typing, I have a 19 year old blind cat I started fostering yesterday, headbutting my hand and trying to climb on the keyboard, bless her😄

[@WILDKYLE]

Hahahaa tell your sweet kitty I said hello!

[@gafairbanks2434]

Reminds me of a marble making operation. Beautiful swirling

[@LillianArch]

Road cuts! Awesome!!

[@bethsands7665]

Awesome ancient ocean finds !! , as the darn traffic whizzes past oblivious to the history and awesomeness of the area.

[@bethsands7665]

I love the Tiger-beetle !!! Wow, nice capture on film !!, they are hard to take photos of !!!!

[@falseteethrealtarotAllRocks]

Whoa!!! Excellent… The blue slag rock…

[@gemstonejudy5900]

One man's trash , is another man's treasure!😊

[@WILDKYLE]

Absolutely! 💙

[@ianlauhon8760]

I live in eastern Kentucky and I did a driveway job once and digging it out we found so much blue slag glass like that it was unreal

[@rockersfromaz3001]

Your pocket @ min 30:10 😂😂😂😂 hats freaking funny!!! 😂👍

[@chrisbgifford7387]

Fayetteville TN just north of Huntsville AL. Is the Elk river, way back in the Mimosa Community it is just a creek when I was young I played in that creek and picked up all kinds of rock. There is a 2 lane hwy that has cutouts through rocks for the roads. Your video at the begining reminds me of summers at granny's.

[@WildatArt2025]

Where is this? I need new places to go! I'm disabled and bored 😴

[@DempseyBoss]

@@WildatArt2025 After searching on google maps I may have found what he is referencing. look up Rogers Group Inc. - Fayetteville Quarry on google maps and look at the road that is slightly west. If you drop the character it seems like this is it but doesnt look to be far enough away from the road.

[@donaldmalin7487]

I’ve found lots of beautiful green slag in New River in southwest Virginia . Love the blue you are finding!

[@teresaoneill7954]

Thank you for getting me into rock hunting mode lol

[@marciajohnson6767]

Omg!!! Those blue stones are so beautiful!!! I watched you on Michigan rocks and jumped on your site and subscribed!! I've loved rocks forever!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@IndusRiverRock]

Beautiful sharing 👍

[@maxinerowe2925]

Blue is wonderful

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

* Oh, WOW ~ The Blue Slag is Fantastic. My Favorite. (I love Blue.) So Cool.. With the Bands those pieces would make Fabulous Jewelry..

[@kellyharper367]

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Now!!! That's living large! That beetle was like icing on the rockhound cake!!! Oh! To be able to get out and hunt like that again! Thanks for taking this old fossil along. Brings back many good memories of rockhunts past!

[@DempseyBoss]

do you know any good spots around middle tennessee?

[@MariaCCurry]

Super Cool! 💙🩵🤍🩶🩵🤍🤎💙💚🩶🩵💙

[@ruthsawyer8867]

If you shine the rocks with glistening or craft spray, they will be shiny forever. Then you could display them next to each other to look like a waterfall! Awesome video!

[@jillvasquez1010]

Wow, that slag is amazing! Thanks for introducing me to something I didn't know I needed!

[@lynnadkins1079]

Loved the blue stones. Each piece was a original, no two alike but equally beautiful. Thanks for sharing such a delightful discovery!!!

[@symonrocks9847]

My favourite are coffeeopods, medium are the most common but it's not unheard of finding decaffeinatedopods. The beetle is from Alice, it's a drink me beetle and once you take it you will shrink because you doubled up in pain. The old blue slags are very common, especially in the winter months.

[@hellokittykat6940]

Reminds me of blue malachite. Or maybe just blue agate with bands!

[@Wispertile]

Those two Brachiopods that fossilized together were mates for eternity ♾️

[@hopalstudiosjuliehattis]

Oh my gosh! I love the blue/purple one. ❤😊

[@tinastoddard5411]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@jfdouvl]

Those rocks where amazing but your genuine excitement every time is just plan fun to hear.. keep the videos coming always makes me smile.

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you my friend, glad to hear the video could bring a smile to your face!

[@jeannettesmith5492]

I really enjoyed his excitement😊

[@MsKindaSorta]

The commentary on this video is hilarious. Ooooh… aaaah … oh wow… yeahhhh… duuuude… oh wow… 😂😂😂 I love it!

[@megankimber8772]

P.s. that slag is AMAZING! Finding it must have been thrilling! So happy for you! I think it might be once in a life time experience you had that day; so plentiful! It’s now my new obsession, I think.

[@crystalslipis1629]

The blue rocks were so neat. The patterns were so beautiful. These would make awesome pendants!!! Loved it!!

[@weirdmatter]

I was thinking fish tank rocks

[@laurelshugars2866]

I have been tumbling slag lately. Love finding the blue, but the greys that I find really polish up cool. The lines are as beautiful as agate. You guys got some wonderful variegated blues!!

[@largent45]

That was some amazing fossil finds! The gastropods were amazing and the cephalopods were awesome! And that blue slag is such a bright and spectacular colors. The lines on them make them look cosmic! So beautiful! You guys look like you are having the best time! That slag will look amazing tumbled! So pretty. Even covered in algae they are gorgeous! Just amazing! Thanks Kyle!

[@WILDKYLE]

Hey my friend! Thanks so much for watching the video. Glad you were excited about the finds also! We had such a beautiful time!

[@mandyseay8062]

If you cut any of that slag I’d love to cab some. Gorgeous pieces. And I just love your videos. Thanks for being awesome Kyle!

[@Algoldprospecting]

I love the blue

[@maryland9987]

Awesome!

[@darlacox301]

You ever not have a day? I just love to watch you hunt great eyes.😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you Darla!

[@connienelson1515]

The blue Slagle reminds me of blue picture jasper.

[@markpashia7067]

Not sure what part of Tn you were in but here in MO we have tons of old smelters from civil war era for cannon balls. Also seen iron smelters from that era in Land Between the Lakes (part KY and part TN).

[@vickims682]

That’s where we found blue slag too, LBL! It was awesome!😊

[@kaboom4679]

We have the same color suite and lots of solid deep purple amethyst colored stuff . Also lots of green which is not that attractive and tend to have lots of charcoal still embedded in it . They often used it for fill and for road ballast . Anyplace in the vicinity of an old smelter will have it laying around by the ton .

[@rockersfromaz3001]

I am sooooo jealous right now!! 😂

[@mellomelo119]

Wildkyle, what don't you find. I love it. It's never boring my friend !!! You happen upon the most amazing stuff !

[@laurenconradie5328]

Another awesome vid, Kyle. I'm so jealous of those gorgeous stones that you found, couldn't help but think that my collection needs a few of those beauties. Thanks for making it feel like I was right there in that beautiful place. Thanks for helping me feel better after feeling sick for most of the day

[@utahrockhoundingcouple]

Wow! That river really was loaded with some beautiful blue slag!

[@kimconley4679]

I would love to see some of the slag glass tumbled or polished. Blue is my favorite color so I think it's absolutely beautiful.

[@laurelshugars2866]

I've been tumbling some with good results.

[@remedyhawke]

Not slag. Opal potch. If you keep looking you'll find the precious opal (the stuff with color play). Also, the green blue stones were chrysacola with a little malachite (green) and tenurite (black) patches. Similar to turquoise, chrysacola has copper in it making it blue. But it also makes malachite green. And the darker blue patches are azurite. You're geologists? I love the brachiopod fossils you were finding. Within that big vug where you found the white crystals, though, I think that might actually have been opal as well. Common opal has no glitter (play of color) precious opal does. Black opal is actually gray usually, white opal speaks for itself. Pink opal usually has no glitter and reminds me of obsidian a little. Fire opal is more translucent and can come with or without play of color, orange to red.

[@tylerlackey8756]

I once found a brachiopod that was in the center of a rock, and it still had its actual shell on it,(in a couple of spots) and was very light for how big it was and I was able to open it without damaging it, (I used the seam of the shell) and I found a smaller, case fossilized(shell was fossilized in a way that the brachiopod was not filled in with crystals) brachiopod inside. I sold the brachiopods to a local museum and they credited me on the display plaque for a few years and then they took the fossils off exhibit after someone attempted to steal them and they gave the smaller one back to me and kept the bigger one.

[@gemstonejudy5900]

Welcome to Tennessee!

[@lisawells1064]

What a treasure trove!!! It was wonderful watching you guys, I am so happy you had a blast and found so many beautiful pieces.

[@The1BlackKrow]

Six spotted Emerald Green Tiger beetle. WOOT!!!

[@beckieg8479]

Completely AMAZING! purple and blue is my favourite 😮❤❤👍

[@sheenamoore3938]

Loving it Kyle. Beautiful blue slag.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

Why can't I find friends like this? :P Honestly though, this seems like an epic day out! Just hanging out with someone, in nature, and finding pretty rocks. To me, it'd just be the best thing ever! :D I loved watching this! Thanks so much for sharing your finds. It was super exciting...at least for me. :P

[@ITubetc]

You should Join a local rock and mineral club, our club has monthly field trips as well as monthly meetings. It's always nice to hang out with like minded people the turn into freinds.

[@wenditaylor9708]

That's was a fun surprise for you and me!!

[@JaneEllenMusic]

No one cares about the cars, we're in it for the brachiotreasure!! Congrats on another great experience. ❤

[@WILDKYLE]

Thanks so much Jane! I'm happy you enjoyed!

[@nhrockaholic6038]

Some of those blue slag would make beautiful cabs!

[@randomactsofhugs]

Looked like blue apitite to me. Love you video's. Sending you Airhugs of positive loving energy to you and yours

[@ProspectorAl]

I love the fossils and glass slag. If I knew where in Tennessee I would go check it out since I am in Tennessee too.

[@vickims682]

I don’t know where you are, but my husband and I found a whole bunch of that blue slag at KY Lake! 😄

[@haze19931]

Ditto! @prospectorAl

[@DempseyBoss]

did you ever find good places?

[@lesHanalala]

Tiger beetle! ❤ 'em!!

[@mariemoss2475]

Blue Slag Agates ...who would have known. 😂

[@brose04008]

*Slagates?…I’m hysterical.

[@helenramsdell1959]

Its so cool you're finding all those fossils and there's all the cars passing by not realizing the history they are driving by.

[@Wispertile]

I could hunt fossils with y’all all day! Thanks for the great videos!

[@gemstonejudy5900]

At is slag glass from the iron smelting furnaces. You can also find it in an olive green and a black/ purple.

[@kathyperdue9791]

Such stunning stones!!! 😍

[@lilalightandlove421]

The glass slag looks AMAZING!!! Super banding like agates. Suck cool finds!

[@stevephillips6973]

Those "Tennessee Blues" are amazing! They would make some beautiful cabochons! Awesome vid!

[@WILDKYLE]

I want a bolo tie made out of one!

[@stevephillips6973]

@WILDKYLE looks like you got enough to make a hundred bolo ties!

[@dhogue01ify]

Where in TN were they???

[@jeannettesmith5492]

WOW, beautiful finds❤

[@JenialB]

Those pods were rockin'! Rocky being the lead guy. Rocks rock! Lol

[@highrockhoney5033]

You should send some of those beautiful blues to Michigan Rocks for him to tumble! Hehehe nice fun vid thanks for the fun content!

[@marybeth6272]

First all those brachiopods then... whoa all that blue slag! Really cool! So much fun!!

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you Mary Beth! That slag was such a huge surprise for us! So much fun!

[@karihart2980]

Love love love!!! I have some blue 😅slag glass but those are super pretty❤ Blue is my

[@chrislawton6947]

You should send some to those to rob @ Michigan rocks to tumble. Great vid.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Serendipity! Great fun. It would be hard to stop hunting! Thanks.

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@jacqulynjohnson653]

Thank you for showing this fantabulous video!! I’m from MI and the Leland folks all say, you can only find Leland Blue in Leland. BUT! If you find slag elsewhere, well…Tennessee Blue!! Lol! (If you don’t mind pm’ing me where you were, my husband and I are headed there at the end of the month and would like to know if we’ll be close.) Those are way more gorgeous than what I’ve found in other old smelting areas of MI, and even Leland!!

[@bisquickbilly89]

The white crystal yall were finding Is gypsum. I find tons of it in kentucky

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you! It was so soft I was thinking it wasn't calcite.

[@mariahelenalynch3365]

My granddaughter and I absolutely loved your finds !! Beautiful we wish we could have been there finding those gems 💎

[@WILDKYLE]

Thanks so much Maria! Glad you appreciated the finds too!

[@WhiteHorseAcres]

Another Great video. The slag was so pretty.

[@suemitchell1354]

When tumbled will the blue come off?

[@patriciacamara2804]

Very beautiful.

[@johnnypalughi1192]

Great video! Very enjoyable. Thanks brothers!

[@veronicaperkins8315]

This is my first time here, and I have to thank you for an awesome experience! I especially loved your respect for land...quite refreshing. That's how I roll too...I only take what Mother gives❤❤

[@maryoneill5070]

That entire day must have been an awesome adventure. Everything you and Brian found was amazing. Stay beautiful (there, I said it😊) ✌🏻❤️🙂🙏

[@deniseanderson2913]

Wow, that slag looks like ocean picture stone. So cool!

[@dearld]

I'm glad you told me what I found. I've had this stuff for a couple months and didn't know what it was. I thought I found common opal. I found this slags stuff in a gravel drive way. Cool stuff ! Good find !!!

[@lynnerodgers4461]

Great video! Love the sound and look of the slow moving water at the end. Very peaceful.

[@salonohana3089]

brachiobuddies!!

[@manisteerocks7092]

I'm totally diggin' the slag!..i find blue and green ones up here in Leland Michigan, and again in Christmas Michigan. Very cool finds!..polish them up!

[@metteudengaard8831]

Send one of the blue ones to Theo. He can make a beautiful necklace with it 😊