 Hello and welcome back to the rugged rockhound today. I'm with My good buddy over here Tim once again We're back into it, and I'm back here out at the Levan black agate So I was here a little while back a couple weeks back with my dad And we found the original dig site that the person dug for the black and white agate over on those hills there And what didn't get filmed last week is I was over here for a little bit in the wash And I found some agates in there black as well I didn't see any white on it, but occasionally they get a little red and we searched around and we found some much larger pieces than what we're finding over there and The the good one you saw in the other video Was actually one that I found just kind of on the side of the hill near the wash over here And we kind of started looking up on the wash, but I ran out of time because I had to get back So today the goal is to find the source where that's coming from It's got to be coming from some out out here And I'm excited because I'd like to see what what we could find if we can find the source And that's what we're going to do. We're going to head off in this direction and we're going to see if we can find the source today So I got here and was thinking last time I was here we found agate here And when we walked up we didn't really find anything on this side, but we found a little bit on that side But I'm looking there's a larger wash on the other side of this So we're thinking maybe let's hit that wash and see if it's got any agate and follow it up and see if it Pans out So we're going to give that a shot Here we are We we actually walked up the river bed a bit and we just didn't find anything And then we kind of did this little offshoot and tim found the first one And that's a good piece actually look at the right there Right there and that's got some red in it too So let's see if we follow this up Um, let's search this hill. Let's see if there's anything on this hill So tim has found two more pieces And I found a little one right here And so tim found a few more. Yeah There we go, that's much bigger Ooh that part looks nice right there I'm just gonna get any sun coming through it yet It's kind of hard until you slab it yep to get the light to come through especially it's a bigger piece like that Okay, that's a big piece that could not have moved far So this is the area we're gonna just work the way work our way up the hill As we get closer to the top of the hill I'm seeing more There's one right there See that That looks decent Little piece right there Oh, there's another one Still not very big. I'm not finding very big pieces though All right, definitely getting more stuff found this one see the light coming through that one Don't do that Tim. Oh, there's a bigger one. Can't really see the light coming through it Uh, it's not a very good one though pass on that one. This one's nice though. So hold on to that one But I definitely was seeing more right through here. Yeah, look piece piece Not very good But definitely more more All through here That one Okay, definitely getting better and more concentrated. We are getting closer Okay. Yeah, see bigger and better Oh look at that Look at that thing Although those are very thin veins Yeah, I don't think that's gonna look very good. I'll leave that one We need the thicker. Oh That might be a thicker vein Okay. Yeah, that's got a thicker vein on this side That one might Might look good cut and polished Okay, grab that one Yeah, seeing a lot more now Okay It's got to be coming out here because we're almost to the top of the hill anyway It's a little thicker. Oh, hey on the back side. I can see the white spot in the middle That's gonna be a good one It's cut. Yeah Keeping that one Some of this volcanic rock has that green inside of it Oh What? Some crystals growing in it I'm not sure if it's calcite or another mineral Oh my goodness Hey, the copper ores are going blue here. I've got a little bit of azurite I have a blue one in there So there's a little bit of azurite in there Oh, that's malachite Right there Just coating Barely the agate Okay. Yeah, I didn't know you could find this much copper stuff here. Oh, there's some more of the agate Right here Oh, that's a thick vein right on the bottom of that Look at that. It's got a nice thick vein right on the bottom What was that Tim? You found something All right, let me head over What'd you find Tim? Wait, what? Okay, let me and get over there Um What? Oh my gosh What? Holy crap Where was that? It was right down there Right down there? Yep Oh my gosh This is so much bigger than what we're finding over there. It's got to be coming out somewhere Wow Sorry I'm out of breath I had Left my bucket behind and I had to go back and get it Oh Oh Where's it coming from? I don't know Whoa, what's that over there? Oh my gosh Holy crap Oh right here too Whoa That's huge. It must be coming out right here Well, it can't be coming out. We're at the top of the hill almost It's got to be coming out here somewhere So that big piece was there. Tim's big piece was past that And I've been seeing some pieces all over And that was not letting any light through unfortunately But we're seeing it all over now. It's got to be coming out of the hill somewhere here Okay. Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of pieces now Look at that And this right underneath Oh, it's got a nice vein on that side Keep that one And look Just all over There's another one there another one there another one Yeah This much concentration it has to be coming out of the hill somewhere here We're on top of the hill now We the bigger pieces we found right there and then we came up on top and we're just finally get everywhere through here Look, it's it's everywhere now Just piece after piece And there and there so it's this Little hilltop right here Where it's coming out There's nothing up here Okay, nothing at the very top so it kind of starts here and then goes down it looks like I don't know how far it goes down Oh, look at that sliver That is cool Now Oh, this is a good day. Oh man There's just little bits of it everywhere everywhere A lot of it very thin veins so we need to focus on the thick ones That's a little better So just pulled one off the surface washed it off and look at that Beautiful Look at that agate Going all through that rock We are in the zone Just a little further down found this one. Look at that. It's got the white agate Right there in the middle Doesn't look like there's much else on it just right there It's been a while since I've been filming But I just wanted to say we sat there and picked up a bunch of stuff all through here And we've got a bunch of stuff in our buckets And after digging a bit I think what's going on is the very top of the hill doesn't really have The vein anymore It's mostly it was right here probably right at the top of the hill or just above it and it's all weathered out and basically the layer that Used to be here is kind of gone now now it's possible if we dug down into the very top of the hill or Around we might find a vein somewhere But from what we can find it's mostly just dirt here And it really seems like the layer would have been right at the top of the hill So down here Where we were up there further Up just above us. There's this thicker vein down here that definitely has Mostly better stuff So this is exciting. We've piled some stuff Tim's piled some stuff and we're gonna kind of sort through it and see if we've got some good stuff, but It's already looking on average better. The veins are thicker So exciting. Sorry. I haven't been filming just got so excited with all this big stuff Look how much I've added to the bucket It's now about three fourths of the way full and look at these pieces So this might have been a piece smaller piece of that big one Tim found just look at those So pretty. Oh, yes, it's been a good day Yep, we're gonna poke around a little bit. We've mostly cleared up the surface So there's probably a vein under here somewhere And we're gonna kind of clean off a little bit and then we're gonna head back down it's getting about time to go We're back. We're back from the Levan black agate for the second time And that was really good that hill Especially that lower down part that we caught right at the very end that I didn't film all of it for you But that stuff was fantastic that layer that must be coming down out a little lower on the hill must be Fantastic, I want to get back there and actually try to dig in and find that vein But so far as what we collect on the surface. It was fantastic So let's go ahead and take a look at some of these pieces closer up We cut them open and they're pretty amazing Okay, I've got I've got the macro lens on so everything should be in focus right about here So I'm going to show you the ones we cut that we really liked There were quite a few that we cut some of them weren't so good Some of them were just okay. So I'm just going to show you the really good ones, but we did have quite a bit Let's take a look at this first one So yeah, you should be able to see we cut this one very thin So if I put shadow over it, you should be able to see through it Very nice agate kind of got it's got some moss or something going through it Here's the next thin one we cut It's some really nice patterns that you get in these I'll put it go ahead and shade it Look at that Very nice. Okay, this one Unfortunately broke As you can see when we were cutting it But look at that look at the color in that and you've got green from the copper From the volcanics. So I'm wondering if out there. There's some more beautiful agates That have that green copper in it. Just look at the colors in there You can see a little light coming through it And this is the other side of that one So you can once again see that green copper in there and just beautiful colors all through it I cut this one this way sideways So the agate, you know goes through like this and I decided to cut it down the middle just to see what it looked like And there we go Look at that Beautiful stuff the other side So nice Yeah, this stuff is great. I need to get out here more I really want to go find that vein Coming out of the hill Okay, this one I cut into four pieces and this was one of my favorite ones So we'll take a look at the first piece And while on the outside it just looks good It's when you let light through it that it gets really nice See that Very nice Here's the next piece and then when we let the light through it This is beautiful stuff Here's the next piece of it Once again, very beautiful Look at this side and we let the light through it Very nice And here's the last piece of it It's at the largest center to it with the crystalline quartz going into the middle of it So the big one that Tim found Cut it into five pieces And although by far the biggest and definitely very pretty Maybe not quite the prettiest Let's take a look at the first piece So we have this one Still very beautiful Here's the next one It's getting dry. Let me get a wet There you go Next piece Nice stuff Here's the other side of it Next one There you go And the other side of it Very nice This one we cut thin enough that you can see the light coming through it Here's the next one The other side So this was actually the edge piece on the other side And if we let the light go through And this one we cut the thinnest just to see Yeah, my saw's not big enough for a piece like this So you can see we cut it half and then cut it half again Something didn't quite come out very straight But it's beautiful As you can see that stuff is really nice There's some beautiful agate out there So go ahead and get out there and check it out yourself I've got a good new coordinates Go check that hill out Go check the area out Go look for some of those black agates They're beautiful It was a lot of fun We had a great time And I hope to get out there again soon Remember there's treasure everywhere