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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 2, 2017 20:07:25 GMT -5
Tommy inspired me to make a video after I watched his videos this morning. I don't own a cell phone, so I brought my fairly old iPad to the beach. The video quality isn't the greatest, but you get the idea.
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 2, 2017 20:32:46 GMT -5
Nice to see a pro out and about. You threw away more and nicer petoskies in the first three minutes than I found my whole life. I guess I never found a nice one. Thanks for posting this video, kind of jealous and probably heading to lake Superior this week.
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 2, 2017 20:43:17 GMT -5
Well I posted the first right after 3 minutes and went back and out popped a super Pudding stone...a few minutes later the nicest pudding stone I have ever seen. Wow. I want to say Thanks.
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Post by Tommy on Apr 2, 2017 20:58:33 GMT -5
Rob that was fantastic!  That last pudding stone was off the charts amazing. You have NO idea how much I want to pack my waders and get on a plane to Lake Huron and try to be like you. Thanks for taking us along. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 2, 2017 21:02:58 GMT -5
Rob that was fantastic! That last pudding stone was off the charts amazing. You have NO idea how much I want to pack my waders and get on a plane to Lake Huron and try to be like you. Thanks for taking us along. That's what my students say all the time, "We want to be just like you!". Oh, wait, no they don't. That's the best pudding stone I've ever found. I actually found a couple more that size that weren't in the video, but they weren't as packed with jasper. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 3, 2017 5:37:47 GMT -5
The thrill of the hunt captured on film. Cool video and awesome pudding stone.
Chuck
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2017 6:10:27 GMT -5
This is deadly for collecting in 1 to 3 feet of clear water Rob. Connect a tall handle to it and walk it like a push broom. Kills all glare from the water. $49 Best to go upwind and sit on a surfboard in ~1.5 to 2.5 foot deep water for maximum comfort. let the wind sail you. The lazy way. Waders and insulated long gloves. www.ebay.com/itm/Underwater-river-viewing-box-for-rock-shell-and-arrowhead-artifact-collection-/251679811153 Long gloves, been using them 25 years in the aquatic plant biz.  Us southerners need the long gloves and waders when water drops below 72F. These are nice too but it is difficult to grab rocks sitting in a kayak and manage paddle. Great to haul rocks in, as is containers sitting on a surfboard(or large knee board).  |
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Post by MrMike on Apr 3, 2017 6:15:47 GMT -5
Rob that was fantastic! That last pudding stone was off the charts amazing. You have NO idea how much I want to pack my waders and get on a plane to Lake Huron and try to be like you. Thanks for taking us along. That's what my students say all the time, "We want to be just like you!". Oh, wait, no they don't. That's the best pudding stone I've ever found. I actually found a couple more that size that weren't in the video, but they weren't as packed with jasper. Great trip vid Rob! Can't believe how clean all the rocks are. Down here I don't look in the water much because all the rocks are covered in slime and/or toxic waste. |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2017 6:20:20 GMT -5
Same here MrMike. The faster rivers often have clean bottoms. |
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 3, 2017 8:37:37 GMT -5
Rob, perfect video for a rainy Monday morning at work! I've only hunted Petosky stones on Huron near AuGres, where I spent my summers as a kid. I agree with toiv0 that you were throwing away so many I couldn't get over it. I just wanted to follow behind you and take all your rejects LOL! I was hoping to get back up to Michigan this summer with my Mom, but it doesn't look possible at this point. Hard to get my Mom to travel these days, but she always talks about wanting to get back north to see her family. Love the pudding stones too! Don't remember seeing very many in Huron. Edited: Opps you were on Huron. I thought you had gone to Michigan location you post pictures of sometimes. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 3, 2017 9:32:48 GMT -5
jamesp, I made a five gallon bucket with a plexiglass bottom, but the viewing angle is too narrow. It's also impossible to use when its really rough. That box is much nicer. I bought a wetsuit last fall that I haven't tried yet, but I plan to just snorkel for agates in Lake Superior this summer. Petoskey stones are pretty easy to see even in water like I was in yesterday. It's the small ripples that are worse than the waves. Pudding stones are very easy to spot. The reds in them are almost unnaturally bright. MrMike, the ice sometimes gets scraped along the bottom which flips and scrubs the rocks clean. They're clean all summer long for the first 5-10 feet out from the shore because of wave action. Out farther, they're all covered in brownish algae. In Lake Superior, the rocks seem to be cleaner out farther. I'm not sure if it's because the water is cleaner or colder, or if the waves are bigger. fantastic5, I mainly hunt rocks in Huron and Superior. I stopped going to Lake Michigan when I realized that I could find more Petoskey stones right near home. There is a huge difference in quality of Petoskey Stones. Once you've found some nice ones, you don't want to waste time on the others.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Apr 3, 2017 10:11:21 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along, that was really fun!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Apr 3, 2017 11:13:36 GMT -5
Thanks, Rob. I'm enjoying getting to see how everybody else does their hounding. If I can't go out and find my own, this is the next best thing. Nice finds, too.
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Post by aDave on Apr 3, 2017 16:02:35 GMT -5
Thanks for taking me along Jugglerguy . I think it's neat to see the different areas and what it produces. I especially like your custom scoop. I may have to make up one of those to save my back when picking float in the desert...or anywhere else for that matter. BTW: Just noticed you're from Alpena. My family settled in that area in the late 1800's after coming from Europe. Found farm records of land ownership in Posen around 1900. I'm originally from MI but haven't been back since childhood. I keep seeing vids like this, I may just have to visit. |
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Post by napoleonrags on Apr 3, 2017 16:20:11 GMT -5
Awesone. Are you using some kind of gopro camera?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 3, 2017 18:03:22 GMT -5
aDave, I don't know your last name, but I have to assume that you're Polish. I think it has changed somewhat in local years, but when I was a kid, the Posen section of the phone book was darn close to 100% Polish names. They're famous for the annual potato festival. Where in Michigan are you from? napoleonrags, I was using my iPad 3. Not exactly as convenient as a GoPro. Holding an iPad over water with one hand and other stuff with the other hand was probably not a great idea.
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Post by aDave on Apr 3, 2017 18:35:40 GMT -5
Jugglerguy , Polish, Prussian, or German. We've never really gotten a definitive ruling. I seem to recall family came from Gdansk which has been under control of Poland, Germany, or Prussia, if I recall correctly. I was born in Highland Park while parents lived in Southfield. Was brought to CA when I was six months old. Last time I was there I was about seven. I'll shoot you a PM with my last name.
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Post by grizman on Apr 3, 2017 19:19:30 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us all along. It was fun to see what that part of the country's cool rocks look like in nature. But...the only thing that really grinds my gears is the fact that I was not there to wrestle you for the rocks before you gave them a deep six! Being from Montana and far from a spring rooster, I probably will have to settle for your video for my exposure to Petosky stones and Puddingstone. I'd love to try and tumble just one of those that you gave a toss! Maybe someday, someone will have one for sale that I can afford?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 3, 2017 21:31:02 GMT -5
I'm starting to think I should keep my crappy Petoskeys and unload them on you guys. I not sure how to market Petoskey rejects. I'd probably call them just that.
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Post by spiceman on Apr 3, 2017 22:41:48 GMT -5
Nice finds very difficult to see with the waves but you got job done.
I know where heron river goes into Lake Erie and where to fish but no rock collecting areas.
Of course fishing started years before rock collecting. At least for me it did.
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That last pudding stone was off the charts amazing. You have NO idea how much I want to pack my waders and get on a plane to Lake Huron and try to be like you. Thanks for taking us along.
