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Where on lake michigan was this?

@MichiganRocks how long do you leave the beads in the vibratory tumbler for? Do you do all 4 steps or if your happy with the basic shape do you skip Step 1 and start on Step 2? How long do you normally keep the beds in for each stage? Finally started and trying to complete my first batch! Thank you agian for such an amazing video, your response to the comments, and just being an amazing inspiration to fellow rockhounds!

Thank you for teaching me so much. I learn quite a bit from you and Sam.

Decades ago, a Great Uncle worked for C&H Mining. He's soak pieces of copper in CocaCola...although, I'm sure it was different back then...

I’ve been digging in stamp pile since I was a kid. Love visiting the UP for this reason

Les merveilles de la nature 👍👍

My hat’s off to you, sir!

Красивые камушки👍🙂

I was worried when you started polishing it that it was going to lose it some of the look but wow that turned out fantastic❤

Nice little rock

Try soaking the wood in salt water then place under the sun that might give it the cracks x

The whole process from collecting to cleaning was interesting to watch. Nice specimens👍👍

I finally got a good metal detector. Can’t wait to get up there to use it. My daughter found a gold ring in a park near my house. I found a lot of copper up there by just looking for it up by Lake Linden Michigan.

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That is gorgeous. You were right I love it.

Turned out pretty

Great information for others, learning is trial and error. Cool patina though!

Fascinating video! Thanks, Rob. I especially loved the close-ups at 13:38.

That finish was beautiful 👍

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Très intéressant ! 🙂

You should definitely leave that patina on some of those specimens. Its a beautiful color! Looking forward to the tumbling video.

I love all your work ❤

Wow, that patina happened fast! Pretty cool chemistry problem. I hope you'll show us further developments. Thanks Rob and Sam

Maybe try using a brass brush with a little dish soap and see if you can bring the copper to the surface and get a shine? Just throwing a wild guess out there.

so pretty

That stone has a really cool pattern on it.

Looks like you hit that place at just the right time. They really had things stirred up. Went rock hunting in Manistee, Mi and it was the best hunt so far this year. Things have been pretty much sanded in all spring !

I don’t understand why you’d do an info video on Lake Huron rocks yet hardly know ANY of their names.

Get ahold of “meMiner“ north Ontario prospector He does lots of mineral detection

You can hold the copper with the oxidation against the wire wheel on your shop grinder. The oxidation polishes off and leaves the copper underneath just like you were polishing a rock. If you want, then you can put a light coat of sealer on the finished product and it will not grow the oxidation again. It will look like the natural state.

With the copper, I found at Cliff Mine I just cleaned it with a toothbrush and baking soda, and vinegar. It shined up and has stayed that way.

That was lot's of fun.

You could probably make a few BB's for your Red Rider Rifle with that amount of copper.

My great grandpa was killed in the Victoria copper mine in Rockland. This was in around 1912. His candle light on his head blew out after he set a charge and couldn't find the escape ladder. He was a Finnish immigrant and my grandma was only a toddler when this happened.

My girlfriend and I just left the Keeweenaw looking for copper, agates, prehnite, chlorastrlite, datolites etc. I joked about the possibility of running into you guys. We’ve found with the acid, less is more. I’ve got better results by only soaking for short period of time. No more than an hour or so. That and drying the copper asap to slow the oxidation. It will still oxidize a bit but not like it would if you put it away wet. There are various fixants that can be applied to the copper as well but I’m not as familiar with those.

Mix together one-quarter cup salt and one-quarter cup flour, then add enough vinegar to make a thick paste. Rub that paste on the copper surface and gently buff it using a microfiber cloth until it shines; wash and dry thoroughly.

That's a beautiful greenstone!

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Very beautiful finds Rob and Sam

Ive read that a dip in chromic acid will leave a thin layer of chromium on the surface which keeps fresh shiny copper faces shiny like after polishing. I have some but i havent tried it yet because its a really nasty chemical. Also i think they say too long and/or didnt get neutralized well or soon enough. they need to go straight into baking soda solution (i havent tried adding lye yet, but i suspect that could give favorable results) the minute its done in the acid (dont let it sit). all that green is dissolved copper, mostly from the patina dissolving, but several days soaking wasnt too kind.

My correction it was hawks bluff and it's mostly unpicked with crazy amounts of crazy lace agate

great specimens! Thank you for sharing

Wow, thank you so much for doing this. I just got a vibratory tumbler and there is def a huge difference in the final results. Some looked better more natural off the vibratory, while some looked better tumbled. Amazing colors and shapes in those from both techniques.

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Excellent stuff! I thought only the Cliff piles were fair game. Hoping now to hit the Central too in August. Maybe slice your largest slab for free form copper ore pendants?

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Its beautiful

Awesome stuff! Super jealous with those Greenstones. Good job, loved the safety crocs. Messing up is another part of learning.

Love the greenstone!!