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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 19, 2016 20:42:07 GMT -5
I live about an hour from there, but I haven't been there. It's generally a pretty area, but I don't have a clue about the rocks. I wish I could help more. I wouldn't be surprised if snowmom had been there.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 19, 2016 20:56:34 GMT -5
I'd say that should be in the pudding stone zone. Drummond Island is north of there and they have a ton of pudding stone. Alpena is south and we have pudding stone. Cheyboygan is in that area and they have a pudding stone festival. I'd say you have a chance of finding one. I prefer searching in or near the water because the ice and waves keep rearranging the rocks for you.
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victor1941
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Post by victor1941 on Apr 19, 2016 20:57:52 GMT -5
Fantastic photos for a beautiful landscape that are magazine quality. This also appears to be a great place to just walk and enjoy being alive with maybe a great rock waiting for you.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 20, 2016 20:19:42 GMT -5
Haven't been there either.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 21, 2016 5:49:00 GMT -5
That pudding stone in front of the church is not only large, it's packed with jasper. I made a post about it a couple years ago.
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:31:16 GMT -5
Sorry for slow response, in Illinois again, my time on my favorite rock site limited... Hoeft has rocks, i have never found pudding stone there, though they 'should' be found. perhaps heavily picked by some local pudding freak? High waves and rough water but both the north and south ends of the beach more rocky than the middle area where it is sandy and designated for swimming. Lake levels so high that many good rocks are out belly button deep now... and loads of sand to get into your shoes if you wade.. kind of difficult compared to all rock beaches. North end of Rogers City has Seagull point. Rocks galore, heavily picked but fun after a storm, quite a variety... once in a while a pudding after a storm... Cheboygan area seems to have more pudding, but maybe not as heavily picked due to long hike to rocky areas. Puddings pretty random anywhere. I have 2 or 3 nice fist sized ones and have pretty much left what i find for others to enjoy. Now only looking for things i don't understand (lots of those out there). I don't bring many home anymore. This summer's mission is to find trilobites. I pass the big rock every time i come and go from Illinois. its a beauty. There are a couple bigger ones I've seen in this area... but not many. Would love to see the Lorraine formation where these come from. a whole mountain of it!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:33:52 GMT -5
never been to Hackett lake but now i want to go... tempting looking beach, thanks for the photos!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:43:55 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:46:46 GMT -5
oh, hoeft? I haven't seen plains of rocks there, i wonder now huron's water level has risen so high, if these photos weren't taken while the lake level was low? There are rocks like this out in the water,belly button deep, sand covers and un-covers them... but If there is an area like this at that park now, i haven't found it.
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:47:25 GMT -5
doesn't mean it isn't there!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 21, 2016 7:48:30 GMT -5
google earth image of Hackett Lake makes me think this is sinkhole formation, must be limestone karst around it?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 21, 2016 8:06:47 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 21, 2016 9:31:37 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Apr 22, 2016 6:24:48 GMT -5
I've been exploring at most of the sink holes around here. There are outlets in Lake Huron very near Alpena where water from sinkholes and draining karst pours into the lake. The areas where this happen are high in sulfur and don't freeze over (usually)... they have their own colonies of rare microbes which have developed there. www.lakescientist.com/anatomy-lake-huron-sinkholes/ the tip of the mitt ( especially the east side) has lots of fascinating geological features to explore.
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Post by snowmom on Apr 22, 2016 6:27:47 GMT -5
Pudding stone has become a very popular rock to pick up lately so the beaches are getting pretty picked over. Even the shores of Drummond have been hit pretty hard. I do some shore hounding via kayak and even snorkel for them but my best finds have all been forest hunting. Yeah, they are scarce on the beaches up there because you have them all, silly. I'm glad you admit that your pudding stone habit is out of control Seriously though, I'm not out to make a killing. I'll just be happy to find a couple I can slab and make some cabs with. Fist size would be big enough. I am assured by my daughter that I will find a nice stone or two in the woods at Hackett Lake so any finds at the beach will be a bonus for us. I have never been on the Lake Huron side of Michigan before though and it's something I've been looking forward to doing. Still, I'm hoping to find something interesting there at least. Making some nice Michigan pudding stone cabs and pendants is on my bucket list so here's my chance. I would add that I think it ( pudding stone) has been a popular stone to hunt around the tip of the mitt for 100 years or more... I have met people here who proudly show off the pudding stone handed down in the family from grandpa or great grandpa...
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 22, 2016 7:26:17 GMT -5
Yeah, they are scarce on the beaches up there because you have them all, silly. I'm glad you admit that your pudding stone habit is out of control Seriously though, I'm not out to make a killing. I'll just be happy to find a couple I can slab and make some cabs with. Fist size would be big enough. I am assured by my daughter that I will find a nice stone or two in the woods at Hackett Lake so any finds at the beach will be a bonus for us. I have never been on the Lake Huron side of Michigan before though and it's something I've been looking forward to doing. Still, I'm hoping to find something interesting there at least. Making some nice Michigan pudding stone cabs and pendants is on my bucket list so here's my chance. I would add that I think it ( pudding stone) has been a popular stone to hunt around the tip of the mitt for 100 years or more... I have met people here who proudly show off the pudding stone handed down in the family from grandpa or great grandpa... Yep they have been collected for many many years. I have been collecting for 25+ years and have some that my parents collected before that. Just in the last ten years or so it has become valuable and being collected and sold for jewelry. Starting to hear more and more stories of theft from private property too lately. Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2016 11:24:03 GMT -5
snowmom, have you been to the sinkhole with the stream flowing into it? It's called Mystery Falls sinkhole. I was there once when a friend talked me into crawling under the fence to take a video of him juggling in the bottom. The stream flows into the sinkhole and disappears into the rocks on the bottom. There is no pool of water even though there's a constant flow of water, so there must be another void down below. I just did a search for it and found a cool winter video. I have never seen it in the winter. Here's my summer video:
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 22, 2016 11:34:06 GMT -5
Really cool videos Jugglerguy. Sinkholes never really catch my attention but the added waterfall in that one makes it great. Too bad it is on private property. Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2016 11:45:08 GMT -5
There was a kid who fell in one about 10 or 15 years ago. His mom was an aide in my classroom last year. She was also in my wife's classroom and told the story of his accident. I don't remember all the details, but he and some other teenagers were trespassing on private property to see a very large sinkhole. He somehow fell in. The fire department didn't have enough rope to reach him, but luckily there was a team at Phelps Collins air force base in Alpena training for just this sort of rescue. On they way up the rock wall, they ran into a bee's nest and got stung a lot. It sounded like a really bad day all the around. The kid almost died but ended up recovering fully.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2016 16:02:22 GMT -5
Here's another one in the water near Alpena. I've seen this one from shore and from a canoe. We waded up to in when we approached by canoe. The water gets really cold and it eerily dark as you get closer. El Cajon Bay
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