"Yooperlite" Hunting - I Found INCREDIBLE Glowing Rocks On The Beaches Of Lake Superior!

[@WILDKYLE]

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[@kenmilne2379]

R these rocks found around the globe Kyle!????

[@chichangwu]

its more a rock for cats because humans cant see uv...but cats do? wonder what they see at the beaches?

[@Dragonfly32145]

Whats your story

[@estherl2407]

Cool, I never knew there was rocks like that. Are they worth anything?

[@catrinenataliesmith6835]

This was seriously cool and you found so many. Never heard of them before. Sure if it glows blue its got fluorite in it

[@robertcorrigan9648]

Hello from Kalamazoo,MI Yooper here love your video!

[@sharimullinax3206]

The UP is one of my favorite places to visit! In the summer. I have to get a uv light to check some of the rocks I collected.

[@mirkatu3249]

How the freaking cool are those rocks? They look like glowing embers. Wild Sister and Ashley were good sports to go out in the cold! Keep the videos coming, I learn something from each one.

[@WILDKYLE]

I am so obsessed with them hahaha! Ashley and Wild Sister definitely did great. They knew I really wanted to find these rocks so they stuck it out with me :)

[@karapoole4070]

I live in illinois, I cant wait to go! Originally from Gainesville, Florida. The one with the blue is called a "Nebula" yooperlite.

[@reneap9049]

I’m excited to visit there myself!!

[@kholbrook203]

Great video. My son gave me several of these rocks and it is so cool how they light up. That white rock is Awsome.!

[@lisas9034]

The water flowing at Tahquamenon Falls is brown because of the tannin in the water from the leached from the cedar swamps which the river drains.

[@WILDKYLE]

That's why the rivers here in Florida have that stain too!

[@aliciamarie1440]

So happy to see this video! The U.P is one of my favorite places on earth! Glad you found an LSA. If you ever visit again. Check out the rockport quarry in the L.P. and find you a Petoskey stone on lake Michigan or Huron too!

[@thaynegunther7925]

Awesome video Kyle! Really cool finds. Enjoyed the waterfall as well. Can’t wait to see the next one!

[@Xtimus]

Yooperlites! dude these are awesome. Seeing people on the beach at night with black lights everywhere was awesome :)

[@trevorallen2274]

Here from recommendation of 99 Rock Hounding, sub'd on content.

[@kathyscallan8338]

I like how excited you get. Rock On !!!!

[@joehaefner8684]

Thanks much for this. We camp on Lake Superior every year, going up next week. We have found agates, sharks teeth, and even one small inclusion of Silver on a beach downstream from old, abandoned silver mines. This is the first year that we are looking for Yooperlites. As for the weather, my brother-in-law is from Gainesville - I worked building houses in the furnace heat there - in friggin April. I'd rather swim in 50 degree Lake Superior - which we do. Having lived in Georgia for awhile - I much prefer our cooler climate.

[@CrickDiggersInc]

Very cool brother man, really enjoyed the video. Yooperlites are amazing I gotta try that one day.

[@sandinoyes3882]

My next road trip will definately in cluded the Upper Peninsula to collect these totally awesome stones! Never heard of them

[@girllikeonkinpark6961]

Hermoso video ....amo coleccionar rocas como estas ...es como tener un pedazo de sol en tus manos.

[@jim9966]

Those are awesome Kyle really awesome. I walked the shoreline of Lake Superior many times and never even paid any attention. Next time I think I'm going to have to. If you find out what caused the blue tinge please let us know. Look forward to your next one glad you had a good time in upper Michigan

[@Selbarm]

Wow glowing rocks! 😯

[@FeralGrammy321]

Lucky you, those are fascinating!

[@tacklebox6331]

Awesome as always. And Michigan is beautiful, might have to go check it out one day.

[@WILDKYLE]

I definitely recommend it!

[@patrickbeaton6697]

How cool are those ! Nother great Vid Kyle, fascintatin' stuff.👊

[@WILDKYLE]

Thanks so much Patrick!!!

[@TampaBayFossilHunter]

Another great video bro. I learned something new which is always pretty cool. Keep up the great work.

[@daniellevanbeck9484]

Awesome video! But it kinda cracks me up that you call your smallest YL tiny! Thats a pretty average size find. Youre other two though are a chefs kiss! And kudos on your LSA!

[@gracewashburn8276]

Wow that’s insane wow Kyle I have rocks that look like that in my yard I never would think that they could be yooohalites

[@user-zq1lz4hm4i]

That is awesome i wish we had rocks like that in Florida lol. Great vids keep it up we all learn something new everyday.

[@WILDKYLE]

We have fluorescent shark teeth and calcite crystals here in Florida! But you're right, nothing like these rocks!

[@user-zq1lz4hm4i]

@@WILDKYLE yea do yall have videos on the shark teeth that glow i gotta check that out.i have some spots out near me i looked and some pretty interesting things .

[@kittylevee4662]

Soooo cool‼ 💜💙💚💛🧡❤

[@CretaceousCora]

These are the coolest. I hope to get to Michigan to look for them some day.

[@martychapman7210]

The pale orange glow is biologic. It's a coal fossil of some type. I found a Charlevoix stone by the dull orange glow. Very cool rocks all

[@knurft3]

Really cool video as always!

[@eileenoposnow974]

Had a friend posting about finding yooperlites in the dark after the kids went to school couldn’t figure out what she was looking for, mice? So I googled it and found your post. Thanks. I would never have figured it out. 😊 cool! Amazing

[@scottcollins3587]

If you live anywhere near Gainesville,I live in High Springs.Id like to show you the agate/opal rock I found in Wyoming in June.It floresceces in bright green,blue,orange,yellow,pink,purple,and reds.I never seen so colorfull rocks!The agate is the source of the sweetwater agates, mixed with common opal very nice.When you throw the black lite to it - it POPS.Hunting at night with black lite is like exploring a black lite poster.

[@EveryDayImShoveling]

Great video as always ! Killing it!!!

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you my friend!

[@patriciawilliams4314]

Was there at the falls last summer. Been many times. Love the UP

[@christinewalley6829]

OMG! Look at how young Kyle looks. ❤️

[@toadforestrocks448]

So very cool!

[@Marthawehrly]

Wow how cool are they!?

[@Ty-yi2ny]

Ran into you along the coast with the gf while we were searching as well. I can say the ones you found look even cooler in person! Great video of your experience. (And those girls deserve a medal for braving the cold with you, it was freezing along Superior that night, haha) Great channel.

[@WILDKYLE]

It was really great meeting you both! Thanks for remembering to check out my channel :) It was soooooo cold, but totally worth it! How did you end up doing?

[@Ty-yi2ny]

@@WILDKYLE we ended up with two that night, she practically dove in the water to get the first one! Next time - boots, for sure. Already looked up a better light, too, lol.

[@reaganwierenga]

Wow, I went up there last summer. Wish I knew about yooperlites!

[@adele._.001]

You got killer Yooperlite rocks

[@davidmarr5245]

Just got back from rock hounding in the UP, whitefish point and the mouth of the two hearted river, no luck on the yooperlites, though we were not in the dark when shining them.

[@WILDKYLE]

I heard they have been found at Whitefish Point, but you definitely have to look at night or else you won't see the glow. Still tons of cool rocks to be found during the day though too!

[@GeoscienceImaging]

Super cool rocks! I've got to plan a trip up there and find some for myself!

[@WILDKYLE]

I highly recommend it! Make sure you have a good UV light... The one I used is linked in my video description. Most of the lights you can buy online won't work properly, so I suggest grabbing that one!

[@karapoole4070]

The blue, turquoise, and purple are called "Striated" yooperlite

[@attilathorbjornsson1519]

Feldspar

[@billyswamphawk53]

Wow them things are gorgeous I would love to try to go up and look for them!!

[@pieterlombard5549]

Wow that's amazing

[@hippiejessie2]

These are so cool! I literally was just reading about these yesterday, the first time I had ever heard of them.

[@WILDKYLE]

No way! I had only heard of them a couple weeks before went up to Michigan. It was the only thing I could thing about until I finally got there to find them 😂

[@Lateralusaint.]

@@WILDKYLE they look like a meteorite from china.

[@1WolfFan]

The one that was shining primarily yellow is an unusual one. They usually show up as that orange you found on the rest of them. ESPECIALLY with that blue fluorescing band going through it. Very facinating specimen you have found. If you go to to AE Seaman Mineral Museum In Houghten/Hancock area, and bring that one in to show them, they'll be more than happy to help you sort it out. Just don't actually call it Yooperlite, they are incredibly annoyed that someone trademarked a rock type-name, and get very insistent that its Sodalite. LOL (of course, that was half a year ago. Maybe they'll lighten up by the time you get back up there. ;) )

[@lisawilson4551]

Wow love them, I need a UV light so cool 😊👍

[@lisas9034]

When you ever get back to MI, there is an amazing place between Traverse City and Charlevoix that has awesome agates in shallow water!

[@WILDKYLE]

That sounds amazing! Definitely will need to check it out when I am there again.

[@midwestfisherman]

Lisa S do tell?!

[@ericarasmussen2965]

Tell us where lol

[@SpritMatterMan]

Beautiful!!! Thanks!!!

[@WILDKYLE]

Thanks for watching!

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[@Mudguaard]

We have them on our beaches here. I have many including a 30, 45, and 80 pounders that I polished. Look up Elmer Mudguaard.

[@paulau7590]

Great video! I froze up there!

[@WILDKYLE]

It was sooooo chilly!

[@courtneygibbard6560]

Can you see them in the water?

[@michaelmelling9333]

Yes.

[@awesomeman4886]

I'm gonna do this this weekend I'm excited

[@walterclark9373]

Where on lake Superior was this filmed if I might ask? what kind of camera you use doing this night sky photos with..

[@stan12257]

I love it!

[@kemmtone]

Very cool

[@shanenewcomb1808]

Love the videos please keep us in the video s

[@kylies9635]

Love yr style Wild Kyle

[@gjuetaretethesareve]

Greeting from Albania.

[@Davidevgen]

lucky :P i wish i could try looking for yooperlite, all we have here in california is stupid old gold though. lol

[@WILDKYLE]

I would love to be able to find gold!

[@Davidevgen]

@@WILDKYLE well its fun if you ever come to CA word of advice though you can't find gold in areas that are popular public locations. you got go off the beaten path where it hasnt been picked over. then you gotta know how to find out. behind large rocks or in the inner curve of the river is always a good spot to check where the current is slower

[@isobelt5216]

it looks like amber, carnelian and sunstone. - also what is your favourite crystal?

[@RosatheSilvermuse]

Amazing falls

[@robertmartyr2041]

amazing colours especially the blue and turquoise, please do let us know what minerals makes them turn that colour when you find out :0) the ladies didn't look too impressed with you kyle but they seemed impressed with the yooperlites :0) looking forward to the next one and hope you find more :0)

[@WILDKYLE]

I am totally in love with the colors also! These are incredible. Ashley and Kristen definitely loved seeing the rocks!

[@lorihanlon2525]

I live in Gainesville! I usually go looking at the same little creek by a school & park! All I ever find are baby shark teeth! What is your thoughts on the warning signs about the creeks water condition?

[@WILDKYLE]

I've never had any issues from being in the water.... just don't drink it hahaha!

[@lisas9034]

If you look at the rocks you found in daylight under a UV light, they will reflect a pink color.

[@kulayislife3536]

What's the value of yooperlite?

[@chrisanderson9856]

In the daylight they look like regular granite. Are those rocks anywhere else besides the UP??

[@WILDKYLE]

I believe they are in Wisconsin and Canada as well along Lake Superior!

[@eda715]

I believe they have been found on most of the Great Lakes. I have found them on Lake Michigan as well.

[@chrisruffino5168]

Have you tried to polish one yet? Just curious.

[@ginamoncada78]

Can those rocks be found ANYWHERE??? I'm in Spain.

[@WILDKYLE]

Only on the beaches of lakes in Michigan!

[@FRBYND]

Are these rocks only at lake superior??I'm on the east coast of canada in maritimes. Inwanna find one of these I'm close to the ocean..

[@kenmilne2379]

Arernt they cool!! The orange ones i would nickname " Fire rocks" what u think!!?? Love the blue 🥰👍👍👍

[@WILDKYLE]

Fire Rocks sounds awesome! These are definitely incredible stones.

[@mikedavis9326]

Kyle, first off great video and thanks for sharing our beautiful state! was curious if you ever figured out the "BLUE TURQUOISE' mineral that was UV Reactive as well ??

[@attilathorbjornsson1519]

That's called Feldspar and some Sodalites even are in the same Rock sometimes as Feldspar. They glow blue, Salmon color to peach and purple.

[@paulaprosser405]

Did you use a regular UV light?

[@michiganrocksnobs]

No. They take a special filtered light. You can order from the guy who discovered them. Erik. Yooperlite.com

[@cynthiaswearingen1037]

The yooperlights are so beautiful! I'd be interested to know what makes the one glow blue, also. Thanks for introducing us to these, Kyle, they're awesome!

[@WILDKYLE]

Glad you enjoyed it! Happy to share with you all 😊

[@dawnhill2508]

If you contact the Agate Lady at the Gitchie Gummie Museum in Grand Marais she can tell you exactly what the blue mineral is in that one yooperlite. Trust me she knows everything about them.

[@WILDKYLE]

Awesome, thank you for the info!

[@margaretterrebonne9596]

That is cool.

[@lemonsquares24]

Hey I live in the upper Peninsula! Come back in the winter and I’ll take you mushing (using dogs to pull you on a sled)

[@WILDKYLE]

Oh man, I am spoiled by the warm Florida winters but that sounds fun hahaha!

[@cherylamie]

Thank you learned a lot

[@WILDKYLE]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

[@tugboss0273]

How strong of a UV light do you use?

[@WILDKYLE]

It's a 365 nanometer! There is a link to the exact one I used in my video description.

[@Sasha-yu7sy]

Awesome as always did you go to the final jxr amythest dig &WildKyle

[@WILDKYLE]

I was up in Michigan unfortunately but I will be there in October!

[@seasons0123]

How long did it take you to find these??

[@WILDKYLE]

Not super long! We probably walked about an hour!

[@seasons0123]

@@WILDKYLE Wow.. that's pretty cool!

[@daveh1294]

I bet Paleokris and Duckman were sorry that they missed this hunt.

[@WILDKYLE]

Hahahaha they definitely were 😂 Especially Duckman... he has some major jealousy issues 😂

[@briankesterson4365]

Kyle - Neat that your sis hunts rocks too! Does she fossil hunt too?

[@WILDKYLE]

She has come fossil hunting with me before when she comes to visit Florida!

[@TheDrummergirl33]

Very cool ,

[@jefftrag1956]

I am from Gainesville fl and next year I will be there to catalog my collection and maybe sell it. It fills a 10' x 10' storage unit. Lots of world class stuff. Fossils and minerals. I used to dive for fossil coral when I lived there. I live in Tlaquepaque Mexico now. Look me up and send me an email and we should get together when I get there . Going to stay 3 months.

[@WILDKYLE]

I would love to see your collection Jeff!

[@babarafik8300]

Happy happy day

[@kelleylaughlin392]

I actually wrote the scientific article that identified the minerals in "yooperlites" that helped start the whole fad about them. They are not rare, but can be found in concentrations of glacial gravel throughout the entire Midwest. I would be happy to answer any questions about them.

[@fleabitz1474]

Can they be found in Ohio?

[@kelleylaughlin392]

@@fleabitz1474 I have had several people tell me they have found them there. Right after the article was published I had dozens of people reach out to me from several states to tell me they had found them there.

[@jeremymock6697]

@@kelleylaughlin392 Thanks for starting the "fad" of yooperlites. We have been collecting these since 2005. We would find hundreds of these every night, and throw back the boring ones. Now that everyone is collecting them, they are few and far between. I'm glad we had a head start to collect thousands of these along every county of the U.P. bordering Lake Superior. It all started in Copper Harbor, and is now all over the Midwest. It is insane how much people are paying for these rocks, and thanks to you and Erik Rintamaki, you have made a couple people millionaires because of this "fad".

[@kelleylaughlin392]

@@jeremymock6697 Just as long as you know they aren't worth anything, they aren't the best fluorescent actually kind of lame compared to many, they don't come from Michigan, and you aren't ripping off others by selling them, no problem.

[@KIRBYHOCKEY1]

What beach in the UP did you find them?

[@danksmoker420]

Whitefish point, Crisp lighthouse is another good place. Whitefish point is picked over pretty bad. Hard to find them their.

[@minhthanh6518]

can you tell me which the type of this torch?

[@edoudavid9256]

Iknow where such stones are in my village.

[@isamidnight]

Slightly disconcerted by that coffee brown water going over those falls. I'll just try to think of it as espresso.

[@michaelmelling9333]

It's only decaying plant matter.

[@clowe73]

He said rain boots! What man has rain boots in Michigan. We wear work boots. Be sure to SMASH the thumbs up bottom! Smiles.

[@jasonasselin]

Yooperlite - Erik says this is the name of his company, not the rock. All you are doing is advertising HIS company. He TM'd it. You can't even sell one with YL attached to it.

[@Noximien]

I have a sodalite stone which doesn't give the same yellow glow. Arw there different types of sodalite? All I can find about the stone on the internet is some medicinal meditation voodoo.

[@WILDKYLE]

That's interesting! All sodalite should flouresce the same color, so you must have another mineral.

[@Noximien]

@@WILDKYLE I found an answer on naturesrainbows.com, a site dedicated to the hobbies around fluorescent minerals, and found that pure sodalite does not fluoresce under UV light. This is what makes stones like yooperlites much more rare and interesting. I found a few stones with different fluorescent colors in Norway, but sadly nothing as awesome as yooperlites yet.

[@WILDKYLE]

@@Noximien Oh awesome! Thanks for sharing the info. Very interesting stuff

[@Dragonfly32145]

@wildkyle are you an anthropologist? Whats your story!?

[@timothysilvernail5549]

How do I fined you store

[@zeemixvideos6485]

can i found it in pakistan

[@michaelisaacson9735]

Love your enthusiasm and excitement, it's what we all felt when discovering this hobby. Head to naturesrainbows.com to see what's waiting for you.

[@WILDKYLE]

Thank you for sharing that with me!