Finding Carnelian Agates in a Washington Forest | Rockhounding

Finding Carnelian Agates in a Washington Forest | Rockhounding

I wander into the forests of Southwest Washington to do some rockhounding. On this trip, I find agates of all shapes and sizes including Washington carnelian agates.

Join along as we walk through more thorns, up waterfalls, and conquer the dense forest.

Filmed near Kalama, Washington on public land.

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34 Comments

  1. @pnwagate on January 28, 2024 at 5:20 pm

    kalama is killer agate hunting love that place



  2. @Ontario_Rockhound on January 28, 2024 at 5:22 pm

    Got to love that carnelian!!



  3. @thegatesofdawn...1386 on January 28, 2024 at 5:25 pm

    I love that red carnelian!❤



  4. @michaelgodwin6158 on January 28, 2024 at 5:27 pm

    The Kalama / Kelso area is such a great area to agate hunt. My most reliable agate spots in WA are in the Chehalis area, I’ll need to explore Kalama a little more. Those look gorgeous.



  5. @kimfredericks-di1ce on January 28, 2024 at 5:27 pm

    Where is this place at



  6. @susanboggs1612 on January 28, 2024 at 5:28 pm

    Nice finds! Thanks for sharing g!



  7. @savagesquirrel9828 on January 28, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    Nice hunt in the wilds. Good finds. Thank you.



  8. @stevebrooks1355 on January 28, 2024 at 5:34 pm

    Happy New Year! Found your Rockhounding site today — good job dig it



  9. @thomasjones1778 on January 28, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    JACKWAGON!. Keep the lens in the creek. Showing things other than that gives away locations. Think I wrong? I have found by simply watching someone video their patches. It only took a chemtrail and a 50 yard stretch of pavement to figure out where it is, and their video had the word "Secrete" in it. LOL. NOT ANY MORE. So when you put your little video on line looking for likes and subs you are compromising all the work people do who are local to the location and have worked diligently to keep it secret. Now I know t video the couple I ran into at that very location taught them to go there. Thanks man.



  10. @keonihillier981 on January 28, 2024 at 5:37 pm

    I’m up in the Seattle Area, been finding some cool Jade and Aventurine.



  11. @MaynardCrow on January 28, 2024 at 5:38 pm

    3:47 .44 mag or .454 casul better for bears than a spray can, but unless it’s a sow with cubs, blackbears usually want less to do with you than you do with them. (Wild bears, not a dump bear or one that gets too comfortable eating dog or cat food off your porch. Them, you should put down) Come across them hunting a decent amount growing up when following deer through blackberry patches. They usually just run off.



  12. @emdee8840 on January 28, 2024 at 5:38 pm

    No offense but too much of your photography is on your face.
    I’d rather just see the hunt for the rocks.



  13. @williamogilvie6909 on January 28, 2024 at 5:40 pm

    That’s a nice haul. You should make some cabachons from the gemmy carnelians in the lot and set them in Silver.



  14. @peterschroeder4959 on January 28, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    Which creek is it me and my wife are rockhounds and would love to explore it



  15. @holliblazer378 on January 28, 2024 at 5:43 pm

    Are carnelian agates valuable, too??



  16. @chuckb470 on January 28, 2024 at 5:43 pm

    I’m fortunate enough to have friends who have a creek and live in Toutle. We keep finding more of these beauties along the same stretch. The creek continues onto Weyerhaeuser property. Are they really that worried about people picking agates? Have uou tried to get permission or anything?



  17. @nancywilson9380 on January 28, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    Nice finds! Thanks for not showing the dead opossum!
    Good luck in your adventures, but I hope you can afford a personal GPS beacon. Even though you’re young and healthy, it could save your life if you fell, got bit or injured.



  18. @nolanrollins8329 on January 28, 2024 at 5:45 pm

    I can’t to go Agate hunting again soon, the Camas/Kelso area is amazing for agates in rivers. No rain for the past couple days is awesome



  19. @gregh4284 on January 28, 2024 at 5:51 pm

    Difficult terrain keeps the NARP’s away. Non-Athletic-Regular-People.



  20. @michaelames6317 on January 28, 2024 at 5:51 pm

    Amazing spot!



  21. @staciepierce1499 on January 28, 2024 at 5:54 pm

    8:20



  22. @scottowens1535 on January 28, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    Good job and that’s freezing. I know I caught my first steelhead on the Kalama when I was 10 years old at The Beginner’s hole that would have been the big run of let’s see 77? Hahaha good job carry on



  23. @JustJournalingwithPossumPatty on January 28, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    Howdy, Griffin! Awe… poor possum. Thanks for the hike… I enjoyed seeing your lovely carnelian agate finds. Blessings & Bubbles…oooOOO



  24. @susanhp6690 on January 28, 2024 at 5:57 pm

    Lot of jewelry there. Git er dun.



  25. @your_eulogy2688 on January 28, 2024 at 5:58 pm

    Bybee creek or whatever? Haven’t had much luck up kalama river. Got some private property in toledo that’s a great spot.



  26. @ferdiremo on January 28, 2024 at 5:58 pm

    Nice finds bro.



  27. @henryhoohoo on January 28, 2024 at 6:01 pm

    Where was it?



  28. @allysaurus96 on January 28, 2024 at 6:05 pm

    That giant bright red agate is so pretty. I’ve been trying to final good places in WA to get into rockhounding and crystal mining!



  29. @TahoeJones on January 28, 2024 at 6:08 pm

    Introduce yourself to a machete and garden claw.



  30. @heidirausch9735 on January 28, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    Crazy person,, eh? You’ve been talking to my in-laws, I ‘m sure. But did they tell you how much money they got from a communal slush fund and how much time they spend in their day to day having to mitigate the incessant demands coming at them like a boomerang on closed loop. (BLACK MAILED.) …The moral or the story is: STICK TO ROCK HOUNDING.ITS BETTER TO BE CRAZY THAN CRIMINAL.



  31. @pauliewallnuts4741 on January 28, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    Fun video



  32. @MaynardCrow on January 28, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    Hey rockhound. Quit stealing our rocks.



  33. @kirstensparhawk2845 on January 28, 2024 at 6:16 pm

    I know those creeks are loaded. Been in my fav so far down there and I wish I was there now. I’m going out today a bit further north



  34. @TreasureHuntingSWPA412 on January 28, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    Cool rocks! I don’t know much about them but they’re nice.