 Hello and welcome to the rugged rockhound today. I'm out close to the little Sahara right behind me over here That is the kind of the little Sahara recreation area behind those hills anyway So you got some hills out here behind those little Sahara most of you who live in Utah are familiar with that And then right behind me. We've got a little place called Jericho So in the washes around Jericho apparently you can find plume agate At least that's what I heard from an old-time rockhound a while back And so I'm gonna explore first this main wash down here below me And then some of the smaller washes up there to see if we can find any trace of this plume agate So today we might find something amazing or we might not find very much Let's get at it. I'm down in a wash. Here's the road. We just drove over and this is the first interesting thing I've seen Hmm looks like it might be something Hard to tell let's spray it off. So I sprayed it off and it looks like kind of a bright shaded flinter jasper So Interesting not what we're really looking for So I just found this nice little piece of jasper Which has a little bit of agate in it too That is a promising first find Yeah, nice red a little bit of tan a little bit of agate Good find It's a pretty looking rock Yeah, I would say that's a vein of calcite going through some dark limestone So it looks like It's pretty Unfortunately, it's that time of year where there's just tumbleweeds everywhere. So we've got sections where tumbleweeds are filling it up The bottom of the wash making it hard to find things due to the high amount of tumbleweeds in the main wash It might be something I'll have to explore at another time Let's maybe try one of the side washes. Well, this wash is pretty overgrown Makes it very difficult for me to see anything on the ground So I think I'm gonna head back to the car There was a over there. There was a a wash that I saw coming in that's much drier than this So it might be a much better place to search. Okay, I've driven back up the road a bit to here where we have the railroad tracks right here behind me and that's the old Jericho area where we still got ranchers out here and Here's a better wash to try here that goes under the tracks So I'm gonna try the wash here maybe on that side And then I want to maybe go over the hill and just check some of the washes right around here Yeah, that looks like I can see the ground a heck of a lot better All right, let's get back to the hunt. So after not really finding much in the wash Decided to come up on the hillside here across from where we parked and you can see The rock is mostly Volcanic so we've got a lot of volcanic rock here One thing I did see over here. It's like we maybe have some more Jasper Just found this It's a piece of Jasper. Well, look at the edge of it. It's been worked See the little chips through the edge of it Native American worked on this piece and I either turned it into an arrowhead that then got broken in use or Didn't make it to an arrowhead and just simply got worked on Pretty cool So you can see the tops of the roofs of where we parked over there So I've hiked over that hill check this wash out pretty good and now I'm up on this hill So what we are really seeing is mostly volcanic rock But the volcanic rock has been moved from elsewhere This is what we call in geology alluvium So this has been moved from where it originally formed and it looks like most of this is all gonna be what we call valley fill so even if I find Plum agate here It came from somewhere else So what I'm thinking since I'm not really finding much here and you can tell That this is all just alluvium valley fill. We're gonna maybe head up in the hills We're gonna head back to the main road, which is right over there, and I think we'll go off over there somewhere I'm gonna kind of check into those hills over there. Maybe over here. Maybe over here. I don't know We'll just go up there and check it out and see what we find. Okay now I'm up in the hills So you'll Jericho area is down there. We drove all the way up into the hills here and once again, I'm seeing volcanic rock everywhere Volcanic rock all over the place. So I'm gonna head down into the gully here and just see if there's anything down there This is not Now that looks like some dark agate let me spray that off look at that. It's a nice dark agate If the Sun was out you might be able to see some light coming through it you might still see a legal Might be able to still see some light coming through it that Now that is interesting Here's that little piece of black agate I found out there. Let's take a look. Oh, that's pretty nice Yeah, it actually kind of like the black agate from the van a little bit. It's a tiny little piece of agate Very tiny though. I would like something bigger There's another little tiny piece Okay, I'm seeing little tiny gadgets all over probably formed in the tiny air bubbles in this volcanic Now if we can find bigger ones that maybe had bigger air bubbles rather than these tiny things Pieces of agate are getting a little bigger This one's nice looks like even has some quartz crystals on it Over here And another one They're getting bigger Found another one even bigger. They're growing in size This is getting exciting So I'm just panning back and forth and I look over here and about lost my mind Look at the size of that one Wow That is Amazing Wow And this was just a random just I'm gonna just try here for something This is not a known location for anything Look at the size of that agate although can't see hardly any banding in it, but there is a little bit Not a lot of color, but Wow, right? Wow, oh I'm excited now What else is around here? Look at that Can you imagine getting something bigger and we saw that black one up there, so we might be able to find color somewhere Okay, we are on the hunt now. I've come up the wash just a little further and I asked for color and I'm getting color Bigger than I thought it was that's why we have a hand pick there we go Spray that thing off Look at that Okay, this is not like the other agate. Oh, there's a piece of it right there So you got this that probably formed in the voids in the volcanic rock and that's probably formed elsewhere This is more solid almost like a jasper. Well, this is much more transparent So we got kind of two different formations going on here. It looks like oh wait a second. What do I see here? Oh, it looks like some agate in here Okay, we're gonna have to cut that. Oh, yeah, okay spring this off. Oh my gosh This could be plume agate right here. Oh my gosh. I may have found it Wow, and I'm just sitting in a wash down here In the middle of nowhere place. Nobody knows about. Oh, this is exciting. Look at that I can't get enough of that right there Okay, we're gonna. Yeah, I got to cut into this and see what this looks like Okay, here's the piece based on the outside it looks like it's a plume agate and Because there was a little bit there. I figured it went all the way through. Oh, let's see. Oh That is okay Wow Oh That's beautiful Hey, I found a rock with some copper ores on it. Oh and next to it another little piece Not bad I've got better though. I don't think I'll keep that one just found some nice Jasper not bad I Do have better Jasper but Not bad. This is just a new area What kinds of stuff here as I get up further I'm finding more and more of these clear ones Oh that one's got some good banding in it Hopefully you can see that Yeah little bits of it everywhere now So I might be getting closer to the source see something sticking out the side here It has what it looks like a little bit of blue color. It might not be but it might be Spray that off Okay, it's just how it was in the dirt, but yeah Maybe there is a hint of blue Got this piece open Let's take a look Oh, that's nice. Hey, look you do have some nice banding in there. I just like how clear it is How it lets the light through That's very nice I'd like it Look at that piece. Oh boy Nice. Oh look at the banding in that one Very nice I think I found something good right on the edge of the wash here. Oh, yeah Let's spray that off. That's pretty cool. So I got agate surrounding what looks like calcite in the middle Oh nice So here's an agate piece I found with calcite in it Cut it open and oh, that's pretty nice. I like this dark area Oh, yes, I like that dark area a lot That is cool So here I found a little piece of jasper Nice And let me just kind of go up the hill for you Little piece of agate there Let's work our way up the hill some more Oh, there's a piece of agate right there Working my way up and got a piece there and A big one right there. Oh my goodness. How big is that actually? Wow Oh my goodness Yeah, I'm coming back out here with tim this week. No question about it Oh Oh look at that Yeah, let me spray it off for you. Here we go Man, can you imagine if this had color in it? But even without color look at that That is beautiful Oh, it's a good day This is a little big to cut right now. So I just kind of washed it off really quickly As you can see there's still a bit of washing to do on this thing But just based on what you can see already Look at that crystal pocket of quartz Beautiful big thick agate I just wish it had color in it Okay, I hadn't seen anything for a little while I did just come across this Oh, yes Okay, I've got to head back though. I got to get back for the interview So this is where we're gonna have to end it today. Well, I'll get back and shoot at the car I'm gonna get back and film at the car But yeah I'm coming back out here Heading up the hill on my way back and look at that That's just sitting in the side of the hill The source is probably here So this nice one I found on the hillside So here's this nice one cut open and Okay, yep, that's good to know so I can see the banding going this way and when I cut it this way We kind of lose it So when you're out there the direction you really see the banding from the outside is the direction you want to have it cut Good to know good to know. Okay, still pretty but good to know And another one on the way back Okay, it's it's definitely coming out of these hills probably all over these hills. Okay. I'm going out probably tomorrow Okay, I'm going out tomorrow Wow Wow, okay Plume agate confirmed And I found where it's actually coming out or close to that's why I'm going out tomorrow I got to find out exactly where this is coming from Well, I made it back to the vehicle. I'm gonna head out I was even picking up clear pieces just walking back down this road And I realized I forgot to give you guys gps coordinates There you go. That's the gps of where we're parked. This is an amazing location The the clear agate is great. I think you guys will love it But the thing I'm really excited about is that one piece and you have already seen it cut open And if it looks anything like I think it looks It's going to be spectacular and that is worth coming back out here for I need to find where those are coming out And that's why I want to get back out here this week again So look forward to the next video when hopefully we'll find more of those And even better stuff Until next time there's treasure everywhere