Rockhounding California’s Hauser Geode Beds finding LOTS of Agate
Rockhounding California’s Hauser Geode Beds finding LOTS of Agate
We explored the Southern California desert in search of the Cinnamon geode beds and accidentally stumble on an area with lots of different agates. The weather was fabulous, and a comfortable 68 degrees. The wind was blowing so unfortunately there is some wind noise in the video. Thanks to nuggetwranglers.net for directions and maps, we found this area. We didn’t have any hard rock tools to extract the geodes out of the rhyolite so we had to rummage through the tailings pile for a few geodes. I’ll be cutting some geodes and agates from this area in a later video.
It’s nice that they put a sign up but it sure does stand out in that open desert. You got some pretty good finds just surface picking.
There is a place on Az just like cali….fun place to collect fire agate…
What a fantastic video great stuff.
If you haven’t already, watch some videos on processing fire agate
great video! That chunk of opal you found at 16:40 is a debitage flake from a Native American flintknapper. Who knows how many thousands of years old it could be. I can tell by the large bulb of percussion on the patinated face. Cool find.
Your best chance of finding fire agate if your in that area again is east of the road around the camp ground you past heading to the Houser beds. Also some good ‘softball’ sized geodes on the east side of the road up the hill a few hundred feet were you see the dirt turn to a greenish color all the way in to the Geode beds. Just a small pick to get many geodes. Good Luck.
Cool trip with your son and tons of cool rocks and country to see great stuff man great vid happy trails amigo.
From the fire agate videos I’ve been watching lately, it looks like some of those may have it.
Wow, wondering if your vid attracted many to this spot. Was there today & found a couple interesting specimens, but nothing like a lot of what you 2 found. Have you gone back since? I think most of the spots right off the Geode Field Rd. are picked through. Going to have to wait for cooler temperatures to go back out and hike a distance to find a spot that’s been touched less. Another idea would be to go out after a couple days of heavy monsoonal rain, as a lot of the top-layer will be washed off. What is odd is as I am hand washing my finds, the soil around some of the agates is green and really tough to take off. Wondering if it’s some desert lichen or algae, or just another chemical that has bonded over the stones. Thoughts? (not just on that, but the rest of what I mentioned)
The geodes that you found are amazing. 😍😍😍😊😊😊
Thanks for posting your adventure VM! I always get excited seeing large areas of gravel to hunt, even if I cannot go search it, just sticks in my brain about another bar to frequent! Great way to spend a free day anytime, even when on vacation!!! Good stuff, have a great week ahead!
That Hauser sign was installed in 2000. Has lasted pretty well. Can’t imagine going out there without maps and a better understanding of what you’re doing. Looks as if you enjoyed yourselves. Keep informed about what the wilderness activists are planning in the way of closing down all the collecting areas in the Mojave desert. They are serious and they are sneaky and underhanded.
What a great place for goodies. I was glued to the screen. So many awesome finds !
I went out to the geode fields last week, hotter than hell out there in augest , we ended up going to j tree to cool down
MAN! What a place to hunt. You guys are Killing it out there! Really enjoyed coming along for the adventure.
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Great variety! I love the little nodules, but the blueish ones look like common opal. I’m sitting here literally going, aren’t you going to notice the Jasper! Beautiful pieces!
Digging rocks, down a dirt road past the prison…
what you’re running into is the same thing there in arizona…. where the area is so saturated with agates… that locals bypass them
Sure would love to go collect ooh but im in Indiana… what fun
The agate ball was a really nice find, I love those
cool adventure. the only problem is the wind noise where your communication is garbled
Holy 🍯 hole! My eyes were glued to the screen. Wow the variety. Once the word gets out WATCH OUT! Haha I could’ve spent all day there. Great finds! Great video. Did any of them have the 🔥?