Incredible Seams of Jasper and Agate and... New Claim Potential?!

Hello and welcome back to the rugged rockhound. We are really hopeful that this bowl area is going to give us some nice stuff. And look, we can already see some gray right there and even over there. This right here and here that we're on are probably some glacial marines back in the time when there were glaciers. And so here and here is probably just going to be limestone and stuff coming from those higher mountains. So, our focus is definitely going to be there. Probably along the front here, and maybe a little up in there. We'll We'll see. We'll see. Well, let's get everything and get on up in there. Well, the gray area unfortunately is just limestone, but it'll have a little bit of agot in it here and there cuz it is coming off these hills. So, we'll start here and we'll just walk along the edge of it. and then up into there. See how it goes. All along that was pretty devoid. There was a little area where stuff's coming down where we found a few small pieces of clear seam. That was it, though. But you can already see there's the gray we're looking for. That goes all the way along the front here. It goes back in here. You can see it on that. And I don't know what else is on this side. Gary's going to head for that side so we can check that. But I'm going to stay on this side and we'll see if we get stuff on both sides or just one side. We'll see. I was down there, hiked along this. Unfortunately, this entire jaunt, I've seen basically no Cal Sydney. He did find some jasper over there, he said, which I was hoping is that the areas where it gets more gray is hopefully better. But I finally ran into some. It's not much, but it's some. And I'm hoping things will change. I've got a little gray in front of me, too, though. So, I'm headed toward that. But, we'll see if there's any any more. Doesn't look like there's any color or unique things going on. It's just got a kind of a white rind to it. That one looks a little better. I think there's some color in that. There is. Well, now that's looking a lot more hopeful. Yeah, look at that. It's got this greenish. It's got stuff going on in it. What exactly? I'm not sure. Okay, a little up from it. I see some quartz crystals right there. That's nice. And what's that right there? A little bit of seam. clear but a little bigger. Yeah, I won't keep that. Those quartz crystals are kind of nice. That piece has got a little bit of white waterline. It's not great, but it's better. It is increasing. We're increasing in quantity and size a little bit. There's another piece right there. Good. We are heading in the right direction, it seems. Well, that's a bigger piece of seam right there. Look at that. Oh. Oh, it's okay. So, it's a bunch of seams in the volcanic, but overall it's a larger piece. So, the seam was right in there. I went up a little ways. It continued with a little bit, but I decided to come check this grrey hill out first. And look, we've already got a colored piece of seam. It's small, but it's colored. That looks good. Haven't really seen much otherwise. Whoa. Whoa. Wave. >> [laughter] >> What the heck? Oh my goodness. Oh, that's another piece of the colored seam. But what what Hey guys, >> are you in it? >> I'm in it. Wow. >> Wow. That is going to be stunning. You can't tell great, but you can see, look, it's going to have plume structures, colors. Wow. And then the quartz crystals. That is Wow. Holy crap. Where did that come from? Why is it the only one I see? Are there any others? I'm like, there's nothing else around it. It's got to be upped, right? It's just got to be up from it. Wow. Oh, yep. There's a piece right there. I think I'm seeing more up there. This could be good cuz Oh my gosh. Okay, let's head over there. I think that's some of the seam. It's going to have the same colors and stuff. Yes. Yes. Wow. Oh my goodness. [laughter] Oh, I think I see more. Wow. All right. I cleaned this off. All those quartz points. And here's the seam itself. Look at that beautiful stuff. That is That is spectacular stuff. Yeah. The best spot to look at is this side. Definitely. Here's this piece of seam cut open. I just cut the end off of it. It looks so nice. Oh yeah. Look at that. That is sure pretty. So nice. All right, put my pack down. I see multiple. Let's go through it together. And I think even the little ones are going to be beautiful. See that? Not quite. Look. See, it's tiny, but it's already got some color on it. [laughter] Oh, man. [sighs and gasps] Oh, snap. It's a good day to be a rockhound. Wow. Is that red or is that just lychan? That might just that might just be really bright lykan on it. [laughter] [gasps] See, look. Even the little ones Even the little ones are beautiful. [laughter] Oh snap. Oh snap. [laughter] >> [sighs] >> This is a good spot. Wow. Oh, that makes everything worthwhile. [gasps] Wow. Wow. It's coming out through here. I don't know how much there is. I I already told Gary and Allan about it. They're going to see if they can find anything else coming this way. But with this, there's got to be more around here. There's got to be. Wow. [laughter] >> Okay. Okay. I'm going to pause for a minute and let them get over here cuz I want them to have some, too. So, and have let them have some of the joy of finding them. Here's this piece of seam cut open. It's nice and thick. And oh, yes. Look at that. Isn't that beautiful? Here it is. The big piece of seam. We'll have to look at it one piece at a time. Ooh, pocket of amethyst. Look at that. Let's look at the other side. Wow. That's a stunner, isn't it? Well, I'm going to have to do a little bit more cleaning to to those pockets. But wow, isn't that something? So, here's a small seam. It's beautiful, isn't it? The small, the big, everything. I'm I'm really hoping that as we get up here towards the top, there'll be a lot of it so that they can get plenty cuz it it is kind of a little sparse still, but I definitely saw it increasing going up, which is why, like I said, I'm I've stopped. I'm not going any higher right now. I'm kind of staying low, but there's plenty of little pieces, too, though. And they're beautiful. Just beautiful. All right, just in case it wasn't coming across as clearly, I really want to show you with the macro lens. Just how stunning this material is. Just look at that. Wow. Huh. Here, let's take a look at this. See, you got the plumes, the stelagtites coming from the sides, the color in it. It's beautiful. This is This is nice stuff. And big one with the quartz. [sighs] You know, it's going to be good when you cut it. It's just going to be fantastic. And of course that one. Oh boy. Huh. Yep. That's what we're going to be finding in here. So, I had set the stuff there and I was just kind of looking around. I missed that though. I was just up there and I missed that. Look at that. That's a piece of it. Oh, yes. [laughter] A good thicker piece of it, too. >> [snorts] >> That is beautiful. Here's this piece of seam cut open. You know it's going to be good. Oh, yes indeed. Look at that. Very, very nice. That's where I found the thick piece. I think that's some right there. And I missed it because it just from the outside I didn't notice. But there it is. There's some of the seam. Yes. Oh, another piece right there. Very nice. Oh, is that another piece? Maybe, maybe not. Oh, not quite. Cleaned off this piece of the seam so we could get a better look at it. That's pretty sweet, huh? Nice. There's my pack. I came this way and look, these pieces are darker. Look at that. [laughter] That's cool, too. I don't think it's quite as good as that stuff, but that comes at least this far. That's That's good indicator. We should be uh able to find a decent amount of material. Here's this piece of seam cut into. Oh, very nice. That is beautiful. I've continued coming here to the right and they continue. So, I'm not seeing thick like I saw over there. I think that's the main bulk of it in there, but we're still getting thin. I think the top of this hill is going to be really good. And I saw another piece over here to take a look at. Okay, that one's not very good, but those are decent. Well, that's interesting. Those aren't very good. That one's a little better, but it's thin. You should be in it right now. Here's this piece of seam cut open. Very thin. Yep. Just a thin little piece. The big pieces were all right through there. Since then, all I've seen are smaller pieces for the most part, but they keep going. They come and go, and they're all beautiful. And I think I saw one. Yeah. Right there. Oh, yeah. That's beautiful. [gasps] That's a nice piece, too. Hey, there's a seam where it's coming out right there. Thin seam right there. Decent. Here's this piece of this seam cut into. Oh, beautiful green. I like it. Here's this piece of seam cut open. This This thinner seam has been just great. Oh, look at that. The color in it is just not so nice. Almost like a turquoiseish. Here's this piece of seam cut into. Whoa. Hello, green. That's nice. Here's this piece of seam cut into. Instead of cutting it like this like all the others, I cut it like this. Okay. All right. Yeah, cutting it the other way is definitely better. Just wanted to check and see. Here's this piece of seam cut into. It's got a little bit of white. Oh, whoa. A lot of white in it. Well, that's interesting. lets you see some of the formation. So, either those were tubes, stctites, or they were just little kind of balls. Slicking line, but it's pretty. More pieces. There's a piece. And look, there's a piece right there. So, plenty of thinner ones. And that's good. That means we'll still have plenty of material. I just wish there was more of the bigger. Some of the rocks have some interesting alteration to them, too. Is that a piece of seam right there? It is. Oh, look at that. Oh, right next to it. See, look. It's all through here. So, while we've got multiple little seams kind of running off a little bit, that big seam, I put my pack right where the last big piece I found. The big other big piece was right there. I just found that one right here. So, I'm going to try and see if I can locate where it's coming out. Dig into the surface a little bit up there. But first, I'm going to keep looking down because when I came across and saw the first one, I went up. So, let's go down a little bit. See if there's any other big pieces laying around that I haven't really seen. There's a smaller piece, but even small pieces can be pretty. So, if you go straight down that all I saw was that little bit, grabbed the tip of it and boom, another big piece of it. Huh. I wonder if it's raining down and maybe into here. I don't know. This could have just simply come weathered out a while ago. I'm so surprised there's so few. Anyway, we'll we'll still try and see if we can figure out where it's coming out. There's this one cleaned off a bit just so we could get a better look at it. Very nice. Looks like we got another piece. How big is it? Not very big. Still nice though. Very nice. Just found that piece. Isn't that stuff beautiful? Gary's been up there a little bit, so I think he might have found something interesting. Allan's been up in that zone for a little bit, so he might have found something interesting there, too. Just found that nice piece. So, I'm over from there. Look at all these little red I'm pretty sure those red ones are this stuff. Not the thick seam. A thinner one. Okay, not that one. But they are really nice. Yeah, there we go. I'm pretty sure that's one that kind of that deeper red seems to be the stuff. And it is very nice. Great. Okay, so this little zone right here has a fair bit more. That's good. They're kind of small, but at least there's more of it. Here's this piece of seam cut into. Very nice. Very nice indeed. Here's this piece of seam cut into that beautiful bluish green. I've continued to find quite a few of the uh the the dark red ones. Usually between, you know, that and that thick. Looks like we got a little bit of a thicker one right here, though. Oh, yes. Very nice. That'll be great. I'm just trying to make sure I've got enough pieces to give to both Gary and Allen. When Gary came over, he actually didn't spot much. And Allan's been elsewhere. So, I want to make sure I got plenty of pieces for them. And I think I'm almost there, which means then the last thing is to go dig and see if I can find where the big seam was coming out. That's a good looking piece. And that is as well. That's Oh, that's even better. Very nice. So, this seam is probably coming out right in here, which is a nice seam, but it's [laughter] not as good as that big one. Well, I'm going to move on from this spot. I continued to find a few more of the, you know, the smaller ones and a few decent things. I dug into it. Looked around, dug down. It was quite a bit of soil to get down to the bedrock. Didn't find much. And the hard thing here is because of the so few pieces of the larger things will pinch and swell. So, they'll get big and they'll get small. And it could be the vast majority of the big has already rooted out and what's left might start to pinch, you know, and whatever's going on. So, there's definitely more here, but it's definitely going to take some work to uh find that. But, as for today, let's keep moving on. So, Gary has moved on that way. Allan's gone that way. So, I'm just going to go ahead and head straight and see if I find anything on the way to meet up with them. See what else they might have found. I kind of think this is going to be the highlight of this spot, but cuz that that material is nuts. That is some fantastic stuff. But who knows what else there is. You never know when you're going to run into something. And there could be more just right up there where they are. In fact, he's just standing there looking at something. So, there's a good chance he found something. So, I crested that hill. On the other side of that was where those really good seams were. Came over it. From there to here, it's been a bunch of really thin white seams. So, it tapered down to these white seams. But right here, look at that. We're starting to get a little bit more color again. Starting to look a little bit more like what we got over there. Not nearly as good, but that you see it's an indicator. There's probably more out here that look like that. All right, let's get a get a view. So, there's the vehicle. Came up that hill right in the middle. That's where the good stuff was. Came across. Haven't really seen anything. Came over here, started to see a tiny bit of white. Gary's up there. He says he's only finding little stuff, though. This is the first thing I've seen that looks interesting enough. Let's take a look together. Oh, okay. It is a seam. Can't tell how good it is, though. But interesting enough, I think I'll take it back to cut it. A thick seam or a thin coating on the surface. H. Let's take a closer look. And [gasps] well, I'm not entirely sure. I don't actually have a spray bottle with me today. I was going to go light so I could hike. Well, I see it there and there and the rest looks good like it should be seam. But if it's like that white most of the way through. H [sighs] I don't know. Well, I used some of my drinking water and as you can see it's just white all the way through. So, because it's so heavy, obviously, I'm going to leave that. But being that big. Okay. Good indicator. Okay. We're starting to get a little bit of seam. Tiny piece. Tiny piece. A little bit thicker. Just clear. But we're finally seeing it again cuz we we came a fair distance without finding really anything. [sighs] All right. Oh, I think I see something bigger right there. It might be more of that white. Let's go take a look. Ah, yep. I think it is more of that white. Bigger piece. Much bigger piece. a little bit more than just white. See how it looks almost quartzite sugary? It's still seam. But it does look to be mostly just white. H Yeah, I don't know if I'll take that back. That's That's a lot of weight. Well, that's a chunk, isn't it? That's a big piece of it. And it might have a little bit of color going in through it. Too big for me, but cool. Let's see if that's anything. It's different. It's more of the white. Very fractured. Okay. Yep. Pretty much just white. All right. Allan's explored there and gone across there. Um I don't have a walkie-talkie with him. I have it with Gary, so he relays. Sounds like at some point he seemed to be finding some nodules. Um, I've been seeing more and more of the clear seam. Still just thin pieces, but Gary just called me. He's back there and he said he found a large piece of seam that wasn't just white. There might be more going on. So, we're going to head in that direction and meet up with him while at the same time just seeing if we find anything good along the way. Soon as I hit about there, it started picking up in the seam. you know, smaller clear pieces of seam mostly, but occasionally thicker ones. And most of them, the core of them are calsite like this. And those are crystals of calsite. I wish we had those like full and intact. Problem is calite. As soon as it gets to the surface, starts weathering pretty bad. Well, that's a a little bit more than just white, but very fractured. Pretty neat, though, huh? That piece is a little bigger. Yeah. Look at the core of it. That's all calsite and the outside's white. Just white quartz. Soon as I left the ridge and started coming this way, it immediately went down and there was a lot less material. I've been coming across this being seeing barely anything. And then all of a sudden, out of the blue, a really big piece. Let's take a closer look. Okay. Looks like it's going to be pretty much just clear. And then you can see there's a volcanic right in the middle of it. Yeah. Neat. But just clear. So, going to leave it. Gary called me just on the walkie-talkie. He's right over here. He said he's found a bunch. He's like, "Go ahead and come on over." Um, and the clear seam is picking up again. I'm starting to see a lot more of it again, but so far it's been all clear and white. Well, look at that. It has significantly increased and we're starting to get some things going on in it. Maybe even some color. Look at that. Watch on that. That saw some other interesting things up here. See, we're starting to get get some neat things going on. I think we're approaching his zone. [laughter] Yeah. Look at that. It is definitely definitely getting better. Oh, that's a big one right there. Wow. This is the type of stuff that we tend to find amethyst in. H There's another piece right there. Let's take a look at that. Whoa. [laughter] Yep. We're back in it. All right. Look at all these pieces we're finding now. Look at all this and that. Look at that massive thing. It's probably Probably should try breaking something to see if there's amethyst in it. And Gary's got a huge piece of seam held up. It was like this and it was fantastic looking from here. Anyway, what a nice spot. All right, Gary, show us your stuff. [laughter] >> What to do with this? >> I like the red in that one. [sighs] >> Yeah. I mean, >> oh my goodness. >> This is just one of my high grade piles. I have a bunch. It's everything. >> Uh, we need to break one because I wonder if it's amethyst. It has that look from the outside that could potentially be amethyst. >> We should probably break something. >> Okay. But very nice. Good find. [laughter] >> That's a nice find. >> It's everywhere, man. >> There's plenty here. Yep. >> You're almost in line with it. Just a little up and you're in line with it. Here it is where it's coming out. Boom. Boom. And away it goes all through this. So, we got a huge thick seam of it. Fantastic. Let's bust some pieces off to see if it's amethyst cuz that would be awesome. >> That entire rock is seam and that boulder is seam. [sighs and gasps] >> Well, Gary, what do you have to say about this uh discovery here? >> I'm the winner. >> This is a big seam. Wow. Anybody want any seam for scale? There's my hand. There's his hand pick. It's massive. This seam is massive. And until we get some pieces and take back and cut it, we don't know what kind of cool things are going on in it. We We don't know. I broke a piece off. Confirmed. Amethyst or because it's an agot seam. >> Agthist. >> Agathist. So, we got agot and amethyst. Well, whatever you want to call it, but that is purple. And that's piece that's just been sitting on the surface. So, if we can break down into some of this, get some pieces that are further away from sunlight, we'll have some nice pieces. So, we're going to break pieces off. I'm going to fill my pack with what I can and maybe one piece in my arms. And that's what I'm going with. I I don't know what you're going to carry back. [laughter] >> I'm going to carry as much as I can, but we'll uh have a shot at it, too. >> Yeah, we'll wait for him to get over here. So, this piece was sticking out right there. That whole thing was actually loose, so we just kind of pulled it out. broke a corner off of it. Look at that. So, I'm trying to like downsize pieces, focusing on trying to just get the amethyst portion. So, I'm going to play around. See if we can break some of this down. We'll see what we can get out of it. Not a great tool, this thing. That's the only thing we got. We're trying to break this with that into manageable size pieces. So, I've been busting it down. Managed to get it down. And this is the big piece I'm going to take back. Look at that beautiful purple. So, that's my big piece. I'm going to try and get a few more smaller, manageable pieces to stuff in the pack, but that'll be the one I'll carry in my hand. All right, I got two nice good sized in the pack. That one I'm going to carry. And we're going to head back down to the vehicle. I cut into this one. This is the only piece of the the seam that I cut into because the other one is too big. Whoa. Okay, it's a bit cloudy, but otherwise it's pretty nice. So, after cutting it like this, I also cut some smaller pieces in the hopes that it would let some light through. Okay, it does let light through. It's almost like a a smoky purple. Very interesting. Um, not as good as I was hoping this would be. And because I grabbed my pieces from the same section, the other one's probably going to look a lot like this. So, I don't know. It's decent. I mean, I like the purple. Hm. Interesting. So, here's a slab I cut. Um, I have another one that's thinner that I'm using to try and make into a cababashon. So, you may see that later in the video, but this is what it looks like. It's decent material. Getting some of that purple, but you're also getting that really smoky haze, which I wish it was more purple than smoky haze, but it's still pretty stuff. And then here's another one from a different section of one that I cut. Again, we're getting a lot of this material in some places, which isn't as good as the purple that we're trying to get, but it's still neat in its own way. Here's a couple of slabs of one of the smaller ones. So, the material that looks like this, I don't think it's really going to be any good cuz you're not really getting any translucency. There isn't much color to it. So, the pieces like this just aren't really going to be what we're looking for. So on the way back down, we decided to give this spot one more shot. And just barely poking out of the ground. Was that? Look at that. [snorts] Oh, that's going to be some amazing seam. And then a few other ones that were right next to it. So the big one, the big thick one I found earlier was there. These were right there. It has to be in here somewhere. So, we're going to because now we got two people and the lighting's different. We're going to dig a bit and just see if we can figure it out cuz it's just so good. All right, progress so far. Allan went up a little higher to check. I've been just sifting through this and I found this one right there. Another big piece. So, the other big pieces there. >> Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. >> He found it. Yes. Okay. It was a little higher up. He He found the seam, I think. >> I think so. It's in there. >> There it is. He found it. Well done, Alan. Oh, snap. Plenty for everybody. Maybe. We'll see. >> Oh, is that Yeah. Oh, [laughter] >> that is >> Oh, look how thick that is. Cuz it's actually like that. Yeah. >> Oh, [laughter] my pack's too full. Dang it. >> Is it amethyst or is this >> uh this is better? >> This is a lot better. >> Well done. Yep. The hard stuff is the is the uh seam. >> The same. Yeah. >> Made it back to Allan. What did he find? Boom. So that's the seam. It's coming out. It keeps going. He dug out a ton of it. >> It keeps going right down here. >> So the seam just works its way down through there. >> Keeps on going. So >> Oh boy. >> There is green on >> on the edges of it. >> On the edges of it. >> Huh. And we're on our way back to the vehicle. What a fantastic day has it. It's Wow. I'm so glad you Allan found where the seam was coming out. So two great seam areas. Amazing stuff. What a wonderful day. Ah, I hope you guys enjoyed it. I sure did. And remember, there is treasure everywhere. Woo!