Glad to, and its for sure, not a normal family outing, but it's a gamble. However, I guess it is cheaper than Disney but a lot less mascots. Just don't try to Hug Sidney Sidewinder ... 🤣🤣

It's a lot of fun, hard work but high reward

Thank you that piece is when I knew I was going to have an amazing day

Will do for sure, I do an extended trip every year out west I was gone 16 days for this trip I may have been gone longer but had to get home by June 17th and did not trust the crazy storms we were having.

It's a lot of fun, one of these days I want to head to your neck of the woods and do some opal hunting, you guys got killer opals in Australia.

Haha I know right , he gave me the age of the chert and I was like "Man is that even old enough to be a rock" 🤣 It's a fun place to dig I want to save up and do a couple days there

It's truly an oasis up there. You drive in from high desert, and then it's all lush and green with tons of ponds and wildlife. Even if you don't plan on digging opals a great place to camp

Thank you much it was a really, really good trip this year

Thank you. When I started pulling it, I was a little beside myself, and it just kept going, I can't remember if it was in the video but it finally reached a point where it turned to just petrified wood then into not completely petrified, I wish I could have gotten it all out in one piece because it would have made a cool show piece to show off the diffrent stages of mineralization.

Luckily I have such a bad memory that I forgot I already put the bag up, I was looking at my jar that has ones init I hadn't put up to dry and thought to my self "Man I thought I had found more than this " then remembered I set them in the closet.. My memory isn't bad. I just ..... Hey, this is a cool channel, and this guy looks and sounds like me 🤣🤣

Hey hey your back, I was starting to get worried about ya

It's good stuff, I will say I did much better this year but I had a better Idea of what I was doing. I have a feeling Next year will be better.

@@huntingrocks good luck.

Thank you so much, it was such an amazing trip

Thank you its a great place to dig

@@huntingrocks adding to my bucket list 🤣

It's definitely a place to save for and lots of homework before you go ( I'm still learning tricks) The wood explodes usually pretty quick I didn't have any that made it home sadly but next year, I will show it, of course if it's a nice big chunk I will keep it cause million year old wood is cool. Hamilton was so happy I was home when I got back, he was probably mad at me still for leaving, his momma spoils him but not like dad does 🤣

HAHA it was indeed I always wonder how many opals I drive over when I head out that way. One of these days though I am gonna get to your neck of the woods and do some opal hunting , you guys got killer ones in Australia

Thank you, that's good info. I will do that. I dug around a lot of stuff and brought home more dirt than I really wanted to.

@@huntingrocks As all good rockhounds do

Thank you , it was amazing , but the western states almost always are

@@huntingrocks true! I just wish it wasn’t so hot this time of year. Going to be another high 90’s today.

We actually feel cool-ish today. we have had some storms, but we are going to pay for it later today when the sky clears up and the humidity rockets up. I don't want much just a place to rock hound year round that's 65 to 75 degrees and low humidity 🤣

Thank you, but not yet. I've got to wait for the opals to dry out slowly. Opals are a long game. But even if not I'm super happy with them 😀

Heck yeah, thanks for that info, I will try to set my trip earlier in the year, and an opalized pine cone is wild, I had asked if any one had ever found one before and was told they do pop up from time to time. And it's like I tell people it's a big risk, but it's a big reward . In my neck of the woods, mines run from $20 up to $40 but it's mostly quartz , Opal has of course way more value so $190.00 or $75.00 for tailings is something I'm willing to spend. And I, too, love Peacock. I hope to actually stay in one of the cabins sometime or at least in Denio.

@@huntingrocks less than a dozen cones have been found in the 4 generations of mining. 😊 Your spot on about high risk high reward. 💯✌️ Have a great summer. I onow some other amazing spots so keep in touch. ✌️

Thats crazy how rare they are, And thank you hope you have a good summer too and a Happy Independence day

Thank you it was my best year yet there

Go dig it and check it out .... Just uuuh don't ruin his yard I know how dad's get about messed up yards 🤣

@@huntingrocks unfortunately both he and my mom have Alzheimer’s, so he would probably go out and help me! He’d probably enjoy having something to do. That’s actually a great idea! Honestly, I’m wanting to find all of his treasures before we get them both into a memory care facility.

Heck, yeah, rockhounding is all part of what I like to call dirt therapy , good for the soul, and lots of fun.

@@huntingrocks I can definitely see why my dad loves it, and why he went on all those rock hunting trips 😁

I was, but having paid for the wall and not having my screens, I decided not to. Last year, when I was there, I did see a few folks who had dug wall one day and tailings their second, if I make it next year I hope to stay up there and due at least 3 days , 2 at peacock and 1 at one of the other mines.

He's the real reason people watch 😂

Espero que lo que tienes sea amor por el ópalo (se utilizó el traductor de Google, así que si es incorrecto, lo siento) 🤣

Only cause I didn't see any . But their harmless so long as you don't go messing with them.