Petrified Wood Trees, High Grade Jasper & Agate Hunt

Come along and see how my day begins from a flat tire to petrified trees and fantastic agate and jasper finds! Oh my goodness you guys this was a fantastic rock hunt! This day started out so wrong. I managed to blow out one of my tires on a gravel road and ended up changing it on the wrong side of an incline. I had to dig a hole so that I could get my tire off and the spare one on! I was quite mad at myself. Regardless, I was determined to get to the river and win my day with some great rock finds. As you will see...I won my day :)

I really loved this Montana adventure. So many agates and pieces of beautifully colored and banded jaspers. You will probably be amazed at the green and yellow jasper I found. It is an outstanding quality jasper! Definitely one rock I will be placing on my shelf.

Looking to learn about Yellowstone River agates? This is a publication from 1972 by a man named Paul Fry. This was the very first literature I read when I was learning about Montana agates. It is called "Meanderings of a Montana Rockhound" and it is priceless:

https://pdf4pro.com/view/meanderings-...

Here is another page with great information on Montana Agates by Jim Landon called "Montana Agate: The Best Catch on the Yellowstone River" :

https://www.rockngem.com/montana-agat...

For all those asking, I do not sell my rocks. As my supply permits, I do rock trades. So, if you have some nice specimens you think I would like to add to my collection, we can trade via any size flat rate post office box. Or, if you are an artist or have something else you think I would like, that's an option too! Please be patient as I have lots of emails and sometimes miss some. If you are wanting to purchase some Montana rocks, I have listed the Stores below of two fellow Montana Rockhounds KatyDidRocks and Theo Kellison, great friends of mine.

As far as places I rockhound, greater than 90% of the time I utilize PUBLIC fishing access spots on the Yellowstone river. KatyDidRocks has a great book out on all the places us Montana rockhounds like to go on the Lower Yellowstone River:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1089523180

While you are there, check out her store! She has some fantastic Montana rocks for purchase.
KatyDidRocks Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/KatyDidRock...

Also, if you follow Theo Kellison on Youtube, another fantastic Montana Rockhound, he has an Etsy Store with rocks for sale as well:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SticksandSt...

Thanks for following and Rock On!
Best of luck on all your hounding adventures.



Here are some affiliate links to anything I have been asked for by my subscribers or people who have watched my videos. These are essentially "My Favorite Things." I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. If there is anything else you would like me to provide a link for, please let me know.

Link to Montana Rockhounding book I use:
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Beginner Rock Tumbler I recommend:
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