 Hello and welcome back to the Rugged Rockhound. Today I'm joined with a good old nephew here with me Jacob. Welcome Jacob. Today we are up a canyon really close to where we've been finding the other agates. So just south of us what I've now called the Hop Creek agates as opposed to the Jericho. We're going to go ahead and call this one probably the Birch Creek because I think that's the name of either the one we're in or the one just south of us. So this is another access road. It actually accesses right from the rest area of Highway 6. So that makes it easy. And of course we'll always give you the GPS coordinates. There you go. That's where we're parked. I haven't been here before. So one of my subscribers, a GB man, he went out to that spot, found some agates, and then he said he went and checked some other ones north of there. I'm assuming these because these are easy access from the road. So they're probably these ones. And he said he found more up here. So I was like, I'll come up here too. Why not? So that's where we're at. We're going to check this wash right down here today. So just below here. And then we're going to go back down and we're going to go check the other wash on the other side of this hill today and just see what we find. Wish us luck. So here are just on the road and we're already seeing tons. Look at this. There's one. There's one. I can see them all over the road. And then look at that one. Look at that big one just sitting on the road right there. Show them where the car is. See the light coming through it. Look at that. Show them where the car is. That's right there. So seeing big stuff and little stuff everywhere. Look at that. There's another one right there. See? So that's just the road. We just slid down that and sliding down in the path was this really, really dark jasper. Kind of cool. So once again, there's jasper. And right across from that, we have some agate. And look at that one. It's got a little pocket in it. That's really cool. Those are pretty cool in there like that. You can see the botrotal formation on there. Okay Jacob, what do you got there? Another piece. Hiding behind the rock. There's a piece right there. Show it in the sun so we can see it. It's dirty. Yep. Maybe we should spray it off. And now you can see that mostly. Here's one up on the side. Not too bad. There's a bunch of little ones back there. Yeah, we get lots of little ones. Now two right here. We got this one. And then one right there. Smaller ones though. You found one right over there? Yep, right here. Right in the side. It's partially. Nice little one. Just found this one. It's got a little bit of red on it. Found this. I think it looks like a pretty good one. Yeah, that's not too bad. And then you've got one over here. Oh yeah, look at that one. That's pretty nice. Go ahead and pick that thing up. Show it in the sun. Very nice. Just found a big one hiding in the wall right here. Oh wow. That one. That's gigantic. That's much bigger. So that's the biggest one so far today. And here's this one cut open. This edge of it broke off. Oh nice. Got some banding in that one. Just picked this up. It's got some nice banding in it. Jacob's got one. Oh good. That's a much bigger size. Very good. Sometimes there's just a small amount poking out of the ground. Oh that might be one right there. Oh that looks like one. Oh that looks like a good one too. Yeah. Oh yes. Wow there's a lot in this spot. That means we're in the area. So now we're going to probably want to look on the hills more. Okay. Oh I think I found another one. I'm thinking so small ones but I see a big one. You see it? Yeah. Look at that thing. Oh that's good. There's a good one. Here's this one cut open. Fairly clear and I can still see some banding in there. If you keep looking there should be big ones with the small ones but definitely more small ones. Look there's another piece and another piece. So we've got one there and we've got one there. Oh there. See another one right there. Here's this one cut open. Oh got a little bit going on in there. It's kind of nice. I see a big one. Look at that one. That looks really nice. Isn't that beautiful? And that was just above it. There's got to be more here too. There's this one cut open. Cool. Yeah about what I thought it would look like. Not bad. Jacob just found that one. Look at that thing. It's like red. It looks like it might have been a stream pebble at one time and then it broke and it's like a Jasper agate. He just found a nice one buried right in there. Let's show that thing off. Oh that's beautiful. Look at the lines in that. It's a lot of them are geodes in the middle. Well actually no. Most of them aren't. Some of them are though kind of a geode in the middle. Here's another spot where they're just everywhere. Little pieces. I just found these This one, that one. Oh he found those two right there. Very nice. Sometimes you get a small a slight blue tint in them like this bigger one right here which is nice. There you go. This is the one right there. It's probably small. Oh no it's actually good sized. That's pretty good. And it's blue. It looks a little bigger right there. Oh yeah that's a medium size right there. It's good. That looks like one right there. Oh it's a bigger one. Oh wait a second. I think this is a lot bigger. Look at that one. Okay let me spray that off for you guys. There's green on it. Yeah that's actually lichen growing on it. Just got it all cleaned off. Look at that thing. Oh that's gonna be nice. I think I might be able to cut that. Look it's got a little calcite in it right there too. There's a lot of there's a lot of calicoot around here. Yes there is. This is calicoot country. And here's the big one all cleaned up. So a little too big once again to cut right now. I'm gonna have to save it but I'm already seeing some things inside there that look exciting. For when I do finally cut it it should look quite nice in there. So this little area's got tons of pieces all over. Little ones everywhere. Found a more medium size piece that looks pretty nice. That's decent right there too. That's a good size. It's a medium. Looks nice. Here is this one cut open. Nice banding. Look how clear it is too. One's in this area. Banding and clarity. I think I found another good one here right in the shade. Nice. Nice another piece. I got it. Here is this one. Okay it's got a little banding right there. Still pretty nice. That looks like a decent piece. It's very thin but still pretty cool. Looks like he got a couple while he was up here. Not too shabby. And still seeing them here and there. There. So there's still more of them. Got one right here. It's a little bigger. It's a decent size right there. Looking good. Just found that one. Nice job. 26 clip. Yes it is. Just found this one right here. That looks pretty nice. Not too bad. Here's this one cut open. It's very white inside but it does have nice banding. So we were just on the north side of the road. There's the cattle fence. Some watering. So we only searched there and found all that great stuff. So I bet there's tons of good stuff all through here. Decided to come on to the other side of the road. So far this is the only thing I've seen so far. Something. So it's going to be here too which I thought. But so far I haven't found it in quite the abundance that we found over there. Just found that piece. But it's been a while so yeah so far not much on this side. These things of course come in zones. So we just hit a zone now and I'm seeing lots of little pieces right through here and he just found one behind me. So yep they just come in zones. Just found this one. It's a little different from the other ones because I think it's still attached to the volcanic rock so it's kind of cool. I see one right here. Hopefully that's good. Oh it's decent. Oh and the next to it there's a better one. Hey we're back into the good ones again. Just found this one. It's got some nice banding in it. So right here just picked up that one and I looked up this one. It's like oh I see that one. That's pretty nice. And then I looked up further and it's like oh I see that one. That's even bigger. And that looks pretty nice too. Here is this one cut open. Nice. Just found this. Add some pink on it. Pink. It's kind of cool. Oh I see one up here too. Oh and one right there. That looks like a pretty good one. Oh yeah that's a decent one. Probably cut that one. Here's this one. The other side of it completely shattered but look at that. Very nice. Oh that looks like a decent one. Oh yeah that's pretty good size. Here's this one cut open. I can see a little bit in there. Right there just found this one. Pretty cool. Probably cut that one. Here is this one cut open. Oh hey. Oh there's some good plume right there. Look at that. Oh that's some nice plumaggot. That's kind of more what I've been trying to find. Jacob just found that one. Oh that's good. Oh look at that. Oh look at that. It's got little white things in it and look how shiny that is. That's a nice one. Just saw a couple decent ones here and then over here though. Look at that one. That blue in it. That's nice. Okay we're gonna head back down to the car and have some lunch but as we were we just hit the zone right here where we're seeing some good ones. Now look at that one and that's next to it. I'm just up from it. Got two little pieces right there and then there and there and there wow and there it's everywhere. Here we are back on the road on the way back to the car and more on the road. I see one over here too. Probably a thinner one. Yeah it's still kind of cool though. Okay we're over at the other location now so here we are after lunch so we were just up that way in that canyon so now we're gonna walk down into this one and walk up that way and see what we find this time. Yeah just a stone's throw away from the car and look at that piece. That's a good looking piece. It's got some good banding in it too. Do you need to wash it off? Go ahead and spray that thing a little bit. Yeah look at that. Found our first decent piece of jasper on this one for that thing. Look at the colors in that one. That's a nice one. Check the other side. Pretty nice too. Just found this little piece right here. So just found this little piece right here. Look at that one. It's got a nice pocket in it. Boy Jacob's like I want to be famous. Are you hot? Here you go. Okay I think I found something really good right here. Look at that. Why are we joking around for the second half? I didn't like the first half we're just like here washing. Why are we joking around for the second half and then like the first half we're just serious? Oh spray that somewhere. Oh look we've got some good banding right there. Here's this one cut open. I've been looking forward to this one. It has quite a few fractures in it but look at the banding on the outside and a little bit did break. I haven't seen the inside. I'm looking forward to it. Please be good. Oh oh interest okay. Look at all that calcite and then the banding in it's pretty nice. A lot of calcite though. Look at that piece right there. Oh wow the stuff over here seems to have more banding in it. That is really nice. Very good. Here's this one cut open. I love how clear it is. Look at those nice banding in it. Look at that one. Can you sprain it off for us? Oh look at the banding. Yeah the banding over in this area is much better. Oh yeah this one's gonna look nice. I'll cut right down the middle of it. I'm looking forward to cutting this one open but unfortunately like a lot of things it had a fracture through it. Still very nice. I've just walked over that. Why are you stepping on it? I'm stepping on it? Yeah. Look at that thing. Yeah that's a good size. Here is this one cut open. Work a little bit right there. Oh not bad. A little bit in there. It looks like deeper in this one. We've got some plume so I'll have to try and get down into that sometime. And here's another one. Oh that's a little bigger. Oh yes. Oh that's a good one. Look at that thing. Spray that off. So this one's got botteroidal formations on this side of it. That's a good piece. So officially this side is just flat out already better than what I was seeing in the wash over there. So this is the one that's the south wash coming up that road. Yeah I recommend this area. There are big ones all over here. Look at that one. Yeah we're getting good sizes all over. Here's this one cut open. Oh look at that interesting white layer in it. Cool. Looks like we have a really good one right here. Let's get that out. Oh pretty. It's then maybe we can still do something fun with it. My camera all wet. What are you doing? I'm trying to spray it off for you. We found another road. That one looks good. Oh that's nice. And that was right on this other road here. So the road we were at is there. This is just another road. That we found. All right that's probably good for now. So yeah we got that one. Here's this one cut open. Oh that's pretty nice. An interesting little plume going on there. Look at that piece. Look at the botteroidal formation on that. It was just staring at me like that. That's so cool. Just found that one. That looks kind of nice. Want me to spray it? No that's fine. Came out the washaways looking on that side. Found a few things. Decided to try the hill on this side. And look at the banding on that one. Very good banding. That's very nice. So the nice banded stuff might be coming off of this hill. Good Jacob what we got here. Pretty nice one huh? Super hot. Look at that thing. Looks like it might have some nice banding in it. We'll definitely have to cut that one open. Here's this one cut open. Roke a little there. Oh nice. You can see where the court screw in a pocket in the middle. A little banding and looks like a little bit of plume on the edge there. Made it back to the vehicle. We're getting ready to head out. Yeah it's pretty hot so we need to get back and there's other things going on tonight. We got to get back for it but it's getting pretty hot. So that first canyon we went over here turned out pretty good. This one we did not get near as far up as I'd liked but we were seeing some good banding. I think this one has really good potential. So we've got the main road here that comes in and then this little side one that goes off to the right. So yeah this wash and these hills probably got some amazing stuff. Until next time remember there is treasure everywhere.