#  @michiganrocks Michigan Rocks Michigan Rocks posts on YouTube about if you, superior, closed, how to the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/youtube::UC5E1PfBiYBUAzzO60U1ZyYQ/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +87% - [--] Month [----------] +717% - [--] Months [----------] +446% - [--] Year [----------] -72% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UC5E1PfBiYBUAzzO60U1ZyYQ/posts_active)  - [--] Months [--] -22% - [--] Year [---] +134% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UC5E1PfBiYBUAzzO60U1ZyYQ/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +2.40% - [--] Month [-------] +3.60% - [--] Months [-------] +6.10% - [--] Year [-------] +10% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UC5E1PfBiYBUAzzO60U1ZyYQ/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 3.97% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.79% **Social topic influence** [if you](/topic/if-you) 7.14%, [superior](/topic/superior) 3.17%, [closed](/topic/closed) #1904, [how to](/topic/how-to) 2.38%, [river](/topic/river) 1.59%, [finish](/topic/finish) 1.59%, [hunt](/topic/hunt) #852, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.59%, [canada](/topic/canada) 1.59%, [batch](/topic/batch) 1.59% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@kivimuija85](/creator/undefined) [@ucv3brucjteawuhxuj9hdca](/creator/undefined) [@jamesmuchmore1528](/creator/undefined) [@drnat13](/creator/undefined) [@adelesoxrocks](/creator/undefined) [@ucpsrezleai4uidyketxg](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Noble Corporation (NE)](/topic/$ne) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Making a Sphere from Fossil Rock This is my second ever sphere made from a piece of cladopora which is a fossilized coral. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=061cDuUifi4) 2026-02-11T00:00Z 444K followers, 6M engagements "What's Inside These Lake Superior Agates This was a very fun video to make. There were lots of fun surprises along the way. If you were afraid I'd cut my fingers on the saw please watch this: https://youtu.be/Er4YLn4fXUA If you missed my review of the Highland Park Lapidary slab saw you can see it here: https://youtu.be/z1j-fLwlr4Q ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1_wpBEzgR_Q) 2025-12-06T00:00Z 444K followers, 122.9K engagements "Sam Polishes a Petoskey Stone The Petoskey Stone is Michigan's state stone. It's a fossilized coral called Hexagonaria. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1uwQIY9DpSQ) 2025-12-03T00:00Z 444K followers, 9.5M engagements "Polishing a Petoskey Stone I found a Petoskey stone in Lake Huron and polished it. That's it MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=46wpsUkBjZw) 2022-12-07T00:00Z 433K followers, 3.7M engagements "Should You Buy a Rotary or Vibratory Tumbler Buying a tumbler Confused about whether you should buy a rotary or vibratory tumbler Let me help you with that decision. Don't miss my review of the Lot-O tumbler: https://youtu.be/uCd_LVzbuDs Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5V33xUTkmRM) 2022-03-25T23:30Z 433K followers, 150.8K engagements "Hand Polishing a Petoskey Stone To hand polish a Petoskey Stone you'll need a variety pack of wet/dry sandpaper from an automotive store. I used the following grits: [--] [---] [---] [---] [---] [---] [---]. I finished up with aluminum oxide on denim. Make sure you use good quality aluminum oxide. I get mine from The Rock Shed or Kingsley North. Links are below. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8HAzlmtV_I8) 2024-05-14T23:00Z 444K followers, 179.1K engagements "Awesome Lake Superior Agates in Michigan's Eastern U.P. Join Sam and I on another great rock hunt at the mouth of the Blind Sucker River. We found some amazing agates as well as other great rocks. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dtGpdUZ7Bk) 2025-06-13T23:00Z 444K followers, 39.6K engagements "Fancy JasperTumbling from Start to Finish Fancy Jasper from India is a great rock for tumbling. It shapes up nicely doesn't have too many fractures and has so many beautiful colors. If you'd like to tumble some of this yourself this is a link to where I bought it. It shapes up nicely doesn't have too many fractures and has so many beautiful colors. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rock-tumblers-supplies/crushed-rock-for-tumbling/fancy-jasper-2/ ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BFVfjLb5ib0) 2026-02-04T00:00Z 444K followers, 132.6K engagements "Excellent Lake Superior Rock Hunt with Tumbling Results Too I went out rock hunting on Lake Superior with my friend Dan and his son. I don't tumble my agate finds but I did get every other rock that I brought home tumbled so you can see what they look like right after I find them in the video. Here's a link to Dan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCV3BRucjteAwuHxuj9HDc-A ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EsUphkmtSvk) 2025-10-10T23:00Z 444K followers, 42.7K engagements "A Great Spring Rock Hunt on My Favorite Lake Huron Beach I love the first rock hunt of the year on this beach. I always find lots of fun stuff and this year was no exception. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FPdUeQ38Ing) 2022-04-16T00:42Z 433K followers, 184.6K engagements "I Built a Sphere Machine (and it Works) For years I resisted the temptation to make spheres because of the cost and the time it takes to make a stone sphere. What I didn't realize is that if you make the machine yourself it doesn't have to cost a fortune and the time to make a sphere isn't as bad as I thought. This is the channel that inspired my machine: https://www.youtube.com/@jamesmuchmore1528 ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FSE1GE1mz2k) 2026-02-07T00:00Z 444K followers, 548.5K engagements "Seven Hour Lake Superior Rock Hunt in Michigan's Eastern U.P. .distilled down to under [--] minutes for your enjoyment. Sam and I spent the day on the beach looking for the elusive agate plus many other gorgeous rocks. We found a few too MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ke30mhVw8WQ) 2024-09-13T23:01Z 444K followers, 86.4K engagements "Red JasperTumbling from Start to Finish If you'd like to tumble some of this yourself this is a link to where I bought it. Considering that this was crushed rock it shaped up quickly and took an excellent polish. This would be an excellent first rock to tumble as well as being good for more experienced tumblers of course. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rock-tumblers-supplies/crushed-rock-for-tumbling/red-jasper-2-2/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M2Dv99UX77w) 2025-04-22T23:00Z 433K followers, 70.5K engagements "November Petoskey and Puddingstone Hunt with a Couple Nice Surprises Nancy and I spent a gorgeous dead calm afternoon on Lake Huron finding some great rocks. NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on Apple Amazon (Kindle or paperback) Barnes and Noble and Kobo. We would be very thankful if you read them. Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet Faded Spotlight: https://books2read.com/fadedspotlight ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xoss0zaSKik) 2025-11-22T00:00Z 444K followers, 15.7K engagements "How to Tumble Obsidian This is a complete tutorial on how to tumble obsidian. The obsidian I do in this video was sold to me as Apache Tears but I now believe it is not actually Apache Tears but other small obsidian nodules. I also threw in few snowflake obsidian pieces thrown in to add a little interest. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. Here is the recipe I mention at the end of the video: http://rockhoundlounge.com/yabbfiles/Attachments/tumbling_obsidian.pdf MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aW5UmiYY89g) 2023-01-28T00:00Z 444K followers, 56.7K engagements "Why Do All these Rocks Have Holes in Them Craig the Geologist and I spent a day at Thompson's State Park looking for rocks and identifying them. We also found some interesting artifacts from something that happened there in the past. Maybe you can help us figure out the mystery. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ctS0SrMrHPs) 2025-09-26T23:00Z 444K followers, 19.8K engagements "Geologist Dr. Nat Explains How to Identify Various Spotted Rocks Dr. Nat is back to help us learn how to distinguish between various rocks with spots. These include amygdaloidal and porphyritic rocks as well as conglomerates breccias and more This is something that I struggle with and this lesson really helped a lot. If you'd like more from Dr. Nat check out her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrNat13 For more of Dr. Nat on this channel check out these videos: [--] Lake Huron Rocks Identified: https://youtu.be/F_t4LC13utM [--] Lake Superior Rocks Identified: https://youtu.be/lWTgUbdccJE" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_l93f2iSYE) 2025-12-13T00:00Z 444K followers, 49.5K engagements "Dry Petoskey Stone Petoskey Stones are harder to find when they're dry. Let's see how I did finding a dry one to polish. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fXjuBVhYcP0) 2024-09-11T00:37Z 444K followers, 2.9M engagements "I Tumbled Rocks Nonstop for One Year Yep that's right I put two barrels of rocks on my tumbler and didn't touch them for an entire year. The results were very interesting This experiment really does a good job of showing the strengths and weaknesses of silicon carbide and aluminum oxide grit. Here are close up pictures of the carnelians from this video: https://youtu.be/dGIGfMEwHbY Close ups of the Bahias are here: https://youtu.be/9wJL_gtQoZE Thanks to Christina Jelinek for doing the closed captions for this video. If you would like to help out with the closed captions let me know. ETSY If" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hcRttq9bSrY) 2022-01-08T00:00Z 433K followers, 4.5M engagements "Amazing Amethyst Mines of Ontario There are three amethyst mines open to the public near Thunder Bay Ontario. Sam and I visited all three. This video should give you an idea of what to expect from each of them. All three were really fun. For more information there are links below. Blue Point Amethyst Mine: https://bluepointamethystmine.ca Amethyst Mine Panorama: https://www.amethystmine.com Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine: https://diamondwillowamethyst.com Don't miss any of our videos from our trip around the lake. Here's a playlist:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hjGbK1j3LM0) 2025-08-15T23:00Z 444K followers, 109K engagements "Learn Rock Identification with Two Geologists Geologists Nat and Paul return this time to identify Lake Superior rocks. Join us for a walk down the beach identifying rocks and learning short geology lessons along the way. Paul's book can be purchased from the publisher here: https://mountain-press.com/products/michigan-rocks or from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UkPox3 (affiliate link) If you missed last year's video like this on Lake Huron you can find it here: https://youtu.be/F_t4LC13utM Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lWTgUbdccJE) 2023-08-11T23:00Z 433K followers, 218.2K engagements "Does Sand Make Good Rock Tumbling Grit Let's' try it and find out I was really surprised by the results of my experiment. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rk1DEqyH8Pc) 2022-03-18T23:00Z 433K followers, 304.7K engagements "Best Lake Superior Agate in Four Days of Hunting I think I finally kept up with Sam in agate spotting. We both agreed that I found the best one in four days of hunting. Of course we also found lots of other great rocks too. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZRCBSQxMLM) 2023-07-14T23:00Z 427K followers, 98.9K engagements "Mostly Epidote This is epidote with some darker mineral. Will it tumble Let's find out. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7gsFlZXlhPc) 2026-01-28T00:00Z 444K followers, 48.8K engagements "How to Polish Rocks with a Dremel (Step-by-Step Guide) Is a Dremel rotary tool a good option for polishing rocks I'll show you exactly how to do it and also look at the time and costs involved. AMAZON STOREFRONT This is where you can find products you may have seen in my videos. As an Amazon Influencer I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn't cost you extra. http://www.amazon.com/shop/michiganrocks ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kW6uyURbRYU) 2026-01-17T00:00Z 444K followers, 40.3K engagements "Lake Superior Agate Hunting at Calumet Waterworks Park Join Sam and I for a rainy Lake Superior agate hunt. We found a few nice ones MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wIl0HmGRKKM) 2025-05-16T22:55Z 427K followers, 22.1K engagements "Agate Hunting Paradise Sam and I had a really fun time at Paradise Beach on Lake Superior in Minnesota. We found lots of agates and some new rocks to us. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-JK77Hu0zqSOwZCVRqGIXGZ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AJekNchYaV0) 2025-08-22T23:00Z 409K followers, 18.9K engagements "Tumbling Shaped Rocks in the Lot-O Tumbler Learn to tumble small slabs or rocks cut into shape in the Lot-O vibratory tumbler. This is a follow up to my video "Cutting Shapes from Rock". https://youtu.be/UUnljVB8Ubc MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ARWY8zC2iZc) 2019-02-11T03:33Z 406K followers, 21.7K engagements "New Cabbing Machine from Kingsley North Kingsley North has made a few nice changes to their already great cabbing machines. I'd love to give you a tour of everything new. If you'd like to purchase one of these machines please use one of these links. As an affiliate I earn a small commission from purchases. There is no additional cost to you. Cabber [--] with upgraded Nova wheels: https://fas.st/t/Wz2ViRYK Standard Cabber 6: https://fas.st/t/yVvAr6P7 MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AX-GFHZI2OI) 2024-12-07T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements "Charlevoix Stones Vs Petoskey Stones In a previous video I showed a Charlevoix stone and several people told me that it was a Petoskey Stone. In this video I'll show the difference between the two. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AakCrC0kwM8) 2023-03-21T23:00Z 407K followers, 110K engagements "April Rock Hunt on a Lake Superior Beach It's always fun to get out on the beach and this day was no exception. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CfCMxVMJFJY) 2024-04-12T23:00Z 406K followers, 22.2K engagements "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Polishing a Petoskey Stone I'll tell you a little bit about Petoskey stones and how my grinder works as I polish one from start to finish. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EBQNYZxX_9Y) 2025-07-15T23:00Z 407K followers, 16.8K engagements "How to Polish Rocks with a Rotary Tumbler and Plastic Media In this in-depth tutorial I'll teach you to use a rotary tumbler with plastic media to polish rocks. I'm tumbling carnelians in this batch. This is my third favorite method of tumbling. My favorite and second favorite methods are shown in these videos. I almost always start my rocks in a rotary tumbler and finish them up in a Lot-O vibratory tumbler. Rotary tumbler followed by vibratory tumbler: https://youtu.be/ksrmpPZrAuU Rotary with ceramics: https://youtu.be/dYGFal0e1WY MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EnNvywwztr8) 2020-10-30T23:00Z 407K followers, 132.6K engagements "Over [--] Months Using Highland Park TumblersThe Good and the Bad If you missed my initial review of the Highland Park rock tumblers you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/PDuBjjaOlSs For a playlist of the Michigan rocks I tumbled in this video click here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-KA8KaKI1Pyb8eKnUPOMQj6&si=8Mun4kcQB2hnvQRy HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F-OEYbv24MY) 2025-05-23T22:58Z 403K followers, 11.8K engagements "Extend the Life of Rock Tumbler Barrels with this Quick Fix If you have a rock tumbler you should see this. I'm so glad I prevented a costly replacement. Here's the original discussion on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums: https://forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/93854/lortone-rubber-barrel-wear-repairs MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FgNL9ws4AS8) 2023-12-23T00:00Z 377K followers, 16.9K engagements "McLain State Park Rocks and Pebble Art Come along on a rock hunt at McLain State Park near Hancock Michigan. Along the way I'll show you some of my sister Sally's pebble art made from Lake Superior beach glass and pebbles. Here's a link to Sally's Superior Art. https://bit.ly/SallysSuperiorArt MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G6v0JzsafJ8) 2024-06-28T23:00Z 407K followers, 28.6K engagements "Exploring Sulphur Islands Rocks In this video I take my kayak out to Sulphur Island off of Partridge Point near Alpena Michigan. The beach here is unusual with lots of shale and concretions in the water. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HG010H7U0lc) 2019-09-27T23:00Z 409K followers, 22K engagements "Lake Huron Gastropod Fossil I found a really nice gastropod (snail) fossil at Rockport yesterday. I think you should see it. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HHFvhblpRmk) 2023-10-03T23:51Z 155K followers, [----] engagements "Amazing Petoskey Stone See a Petoskey stone from where it was found on the beach to a polished finished product. The Petoskey stone is a fossilized coral and also Michigan's state stone. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HQJBRQR2KwE) 2025-07-01T23:00Z 406K followers, 14.2K engagements "Exploring the Beach at a Little Known State Park Negwegon State Park is remote and beautiful. There are both sandy and rocky beaches so of course I headed right to the rocky ones NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on both Apple and Amazon and we would be very thankful if you read them. Apple: https://bit.ly/4kqZPtY Amazon: https://a.co/d/3TerOHB MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HZdlW4lA-qY) 2025-07-04T23:00Z 406K followers, 16K engagements "Five Tumbled Lake Superior RocksRocks in a Box [--] There are some beauties in this handful of rocks. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I-1eurYin-o) 2024-07-09T23:00Z 407K followers, 31.8K engagements "Ever Wonder Where Yooperlites Come From Sam and I drove to the source of Yooperlites in Canada. It was a spectacular sight to see large portions of a rock wall light up under U.V. light. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KwT1jmHC0r8) 2025-07-29T23:00Z 407K followers, [----] engagements "What's the Optimal Grit Size in Large and Small Barrels It's time for another rock tumbling experiment. This time I'll test various sizes of grit in both three and six pound barrels. Curious what the rocks from this experiment looked like when they were completely tumbled Here's some red jasper that I was able to finish: https://youtube.com/shorts/M2Dv99UX77w This is fancy jasper that I tumbled several years ago. I didn't have time to finish the actual rocks from this video. They were taking longer than the red jasper: https://youtu.be/n0jXb4XoqHE If you'd like to read about more experiments" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7J3-7_9gY) 2025-04-25T23:00Z 402K followers, [----] engagements "Cold Wet and Worth It Rock Hunting Showdown Come along on our winter rock hunt where we find the most Petoskey stones and puddingstones of the year. There are geology lessons along the way as well as a contest for the best rocks. We even had time to slab a puddingstone and polish several Petoskeys. This was a really fun day. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OEbc2gwP4_Q) 2025-01-04T00:00Z 392K followers, 67.5K engagements "Tumbled Lake Superior Beach RocksRock in a Box [--] These three were found near the Lake Superior State Forest Campground in the eastern U.P. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OqSBtI-QRrE) 2024-09-24T23:00Z 409K followers, 36.1K engagements "Best Rock Tumbler Ever Highland Park Tumbler Review Highland Park sent me two of their tumblers to review. These are definitely worth taking a look at if you're in the market for a new tumbler. Here's a link to Highland Park Lapidary's tumblers: https://hplapidary.com/collections/rotary-tumblersref=ROBERTABRAM This is an affiliate link so if you use it I'll make a commission but it won't cost you extra. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PDuBjjaOlSs) 2024-11-23T00:00Z 383K followers, 11.6K engagements "Hunting North Carolina's Fluorescent Sapphires I was recently in North Carolina collecting sapphire in smaragdite. That's something I don't think we have here in Michigan. Since I've been home I've had a chance to slab it and make a couple of cabs. Nice stuff MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5QNuXCtsU) 2024-03-09T00:00Z 377K followers, 17K engagements "A Batch of Bahia Agates Fresh Out of the Tumbler I love these agates. This is where I got them. I'm not affiliated with The Rock Shed I'm just a happy customer. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rocks-gemstones-fossils-and-minerals/rocks/bahiaagate/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QTJGqf8hgec) 2025-09-09T23:00Z 444K followers, 27K engagements "Top [--] Beginner Rock Tumbling Mistakes Are you having trouble with your rock tumbler Trying to figure out why your rocks aren't getting shiny I have about a dozen years of experience helping people learn to tumble rocks and troubleshooting their problems. Let me help you figure out what you might be doing wrong. There might even be a tip or two in this list for more experienced tumblers. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RuPtptr7_V4) 2023-03-11T00:00Z 407K followers, 207.7K engagements "Tumbled Batch of Michigan Rocks It's always exciting seeing how a batch of Lake Superior beach rocks polishes up. This was no exception. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SBrEK0vfgUY) 2025-09-23T23:00Z 444K followers, 36.4K engagements "A Chilly Lake Huron Rock Hunt Sam Lauren and I did pretty well on the beach and we had the place to ourselves MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SauhTO5C9Qs) 2024-12-21T00:20Z 402K followers, 18.5K engagements "Crinoids and CoralSlabbed I found a rock full of fossils and decided to slice it up. I'm glad I did MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UUcbc1S1hGA) 2025-08-26T23:00Z 444K followers, 41.5K engagements "Joe Finds a Petoskey Stone In Ohio My Grandson Joe spotted a Petoskey stone on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio. Let's see how it polishes MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vw90hkjoEKA) 2025-06-17T23:00Z 405K followers, 29.1K engagements "Does Rocky Gap Park Live Up to Its Name My friend Jonathan and I met up at Rocky Gap County Park on Lake Michigan in the southwestern part of Michigan for a day of rock hunting. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WWp8zNcqtXM) 2024-07-12T23:00Z 345K followers, [----] engagements "Sam's Keweenaw Peninsula Tumbling Batch Sam just emptied a tumbler barrel and wanted to show you the results. There are some great rocks in this batch MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X3aWJRJu12Y) 2025-08-19T23:00Z 409K followers, 21.4K engagements "My Best Agate Haul of the YearNov. Rock Hunt on Lake Superior My Friend Dan and I met up for a really great day of rock hunting near Vermillion Point. Dan took me to an out of the way location and we did very well. Want to see the rocks Dan found Here's his video: https://youtu.be/3OGixObjTo4si=cHqPH6foK8R2GrSr MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XCRpUiJ7FxE) 2024-11-09T00:00Z 381K followers, 37.4K engagements "A Box of Lake Superior GoodiesRocks in Box [--] Just a few rocks from the beach at the Crisp Point Lighthouse. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XOrqPvvS7po) 2025-04-04T23:00Z 400K followers, [----] engagements "Ontario: Fluorite a Huge Canyon and Beach Rocks On day two of our Lake Superior rock hunting adventure Sam and Rob hunt rocks at Pebble Beach find roadside fluorite visit a waterfall and marvel at a [---] foot deep Ouimet Canyon. If you missed the first day of our trip you can still catch up. The highlights were visiting a beautiful rocky trail that ended at Native American petroglyphs on a stone wall above Lake Superior and an after dark visit to bedrock with huge areas of fluorescent Yooperlite. https://youtu.be/wbwh0OnKu3o MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yWvzN1dzc) 2025-07-30T23:48Z 407K followers, 14.3K engagements "Puddingstone Boulder on Lake Huron It's a beauty ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YCNbu4T9i9k) 2025-10-07T23:00Z 444K followers, 36.2K engagements "Hunting the Beach in Marquette Michigan My wife and two sisters join me on the beach for some rock hunting. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNrhKHjalTo) 2021-06-04T23:00Z 410K followers, 29K engagements "How Many Things Can Go Wrong in One Project This project turned out to be a little more challenging than I expected. I learned a few things along the way though MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1GzbJyKlk) 2025-02-08T00:00Z 392K followers, [----] engagements "How to Make Stone Wine Stoppers I decorated three stoppers with Michigan rocks. They look pretty cool MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSx-jyGLtzU) 2025-02-01T00:00Z 391K followers, [----] engagements "Slabbed and Acid Treated Chain Coral I cut up last week's chain coral and soaked a slab in acid. What should I do with the rest Here's a video showing it before being polished: https://youtube.com/shorts/x-7_ukXOzjU MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_20xI6CC9Ps) 2024-04-02T23:00Z 407K followers, 248.4K engagements "Ohmars I finally found a use for omars. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. https://fas.st/t/nZ2YAPqd This is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_avNGBfK1J0) 2024-11-27T00:00Z 384K followers, 21.5K engagements "Can I Turn This Rock into Fine Jewelry for my Wife My challenge today is to make a pendant for my wife out of a tumble sized pieces of sodalite. Not everything went as smoothly as I had hoped. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_bVuc0sIrjM) 2024-12-28T00:00Z 386K followers, 15.9K engagements "Tumbling a Puddingstone Start to finish MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM KINGSLEY NORTH" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_nkFNb5-8Ls) 2025-03-18T23:00Z 401K followers, 32.5K engagements "Natural Petoskey Pendant Finished Up In case you missed the first part of this video here it is: https://youtube.com/shorts/yavyLsxVq0gfeature=share MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=a-MM_poEyQ8) 2024-12-11T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements "Big Gorgeous Puddingstone It's huge MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aegs-jYUuuk) 2025-09-02T23:00Z 444K followers, 62.1K engagements "How Much Electricity Does a Rock Tumbler Use A lot of people have asked me how much the electricity to run a tumbler costs. I decided to find out. Here are my calculations for a Lortone 33B tumbler: The label states: [---] volts AC .57 amps [--] watts Based on [--] watts listed on the label it costs $3.45 per month to run. [--] watts x [---] hours/month = [-----] watts hours/month [-----] watt hours/month/1000 = [------] kWh/month Electricity costs [----] per kWh at my house. [-----] kWh/month x $.133/kWh = $3.45/month None of my other motors list watts so I decided that I could just calculate it from that volts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=anvqmnXwyH4) 2022-02-05T00:00Z 376K followers, 32.8K engagements "Red Jasper with Flecks of Metal It sort of looks like Mary Ellen Jasper and there are some sort of metal flecks in it. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLndhalwkzk) 2025-07-23T00:42Z 407K followers, [----] engagements "I'm not a fossil expert but I know a thing or two about polishing them I found a rock full of fossils in Lake Huron. It looked incredible after it was polished. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eXFYME9VRMs) 2025-08-05T23:00Z 408K followers, 28.5K engagements "Tumbling Epidote with a Stripe Another complete tumbling video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ebldGoUDFxc) 2025-04-02T01:03Z 400K followers, 15.2K engagements "Nancy's Red Striped Rock Nancy finds a rock and I make it into a pendant. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I use:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=egIo62UcUnM) 2023-03-28T23:00Z 376K followers, 286.7K engagements "3 Before and After Tumbled Rocks from the Two Hearted RiverRocks in a Box [--] That was a fun rock hunt with a daylight hunt followed by a nighttime Yooperlite hunt. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/XDHnmgYn4CY MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ezflVs7vqCg) 2024-08-27T23:01Z 376K followers, 18.9K engagements "A Look Inside Two Running Rock Tumblers Have you ever seen what happens inside a rock tumbler Now you can MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I use:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fC_KoakPDEM) 2023-03-14T23:00Z 403K followers, 127.9K engagements "40 Mile Point Lighthouse Rock Hunt Nancy and I meet up with Adele for an afternoon rock hunt. Check out Adele's videos on TikTok or Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@adelesoxrocks https://www.instagram.com/adelesoxrocks/ MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fMtaQNGcrDY) 2024-07-16T23:00Z 405K followers, 26.7K engagements "A Lake Huron Rock Hunt with Geologist Paul Paul Brandes geologist and author the book Michigan Rocks joins me for a walk on a Lake Huron beach. We find some nice rocks and even polish a few at the end of the video. Here are two links to Paul's book: Publisher: https://mountain-press.com/products/michigan-rocks Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UkPox3 (affiliate link) MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g6BzGxiMh9g) 2024-08-23T23:01Z 376K followers, 24.3K engagements "Awesome Pattern on this Little Rock You're going to like this one Complete tumble from rough to polished. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=goXQBIA3dQU) 2025-02-05T00:00Z 401K followers, 36.2K engagements "How to Tumble Petoskey Stones Have you ever heard that it's impossible to tumble Petoskey stones It's not I'll show you how to tumble them from beginning to end. I'll use dry corn cob media to get the final polish. If you don't have a tumbler and would like to learn to polish Petoskey stones by hand take a look at this video: https://youtu.be/sjImNrwR9As Here are the steps I used: 1) Three or four days at a time in a three pound rotary tumbler with 1/2 tablespoon of [--] grit until rocks are free of holes. Use more water than normal. 2) [--] hours in a rotary tumbler with 1/2 tablespoon of 220" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=grSlZ835VDo) 2020-12-19T00:00Z 404K followers, 133K engagements "Lots of Colorful Rocks Found at Vermillion Point Nancy Rob and our friend Vicky hit the Lake Superior beach in search of agates and other beautiful rocks. Nancy also makes a big announcement. To read Nancy's novels use one of the following links: Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0mt0CQrCOM) 2025-07-11T23:00Z 407K followers, 14.2K engagements "Tumbling a Big Beautiful Crazy Lace Agate Thank you Jonathan for giving me this really awesome rock MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hujsFMGNdrI) 2025-04-11T23:00Z 401K followers, [----] engagements "How to Drill Holes in Rocks Have you ever wondered how to drill holes in rocks I'll show you several methods and what to do about potential problems you'll run into. Kingsley North 1mm drill bits: https://fas.st/t/wVgCmAf9 (affiliate link) 3/16 Diamond bits: https://amzn.to/4f8J5pc (affiliate link) How to Made Stone Beads for My Wife's Bracelet: https://youtu.be/EHHLBUEdNgg MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hxSzB65Mneg) 2024-11-01T23:00Z 377K followers, 20.7K engagements "Biggest Glacially Deposited Rock I Have Ever Seen I'm usually found hunting rocks on beaches but this time I went inland with Father Charlie Donajkowski and Mark Lewandowski to explore many acres of rocks. If you'd like to purchase some rocks from Mark give him a call at 989-255-3533. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iB5zjMWjJBg) 2025-03-28T23:00Z 402K followers, 19.1K engagements "What's Inside these Mexican Agates These were some fun agates to cut open. You never know what you'll find inside. Here's a link to the place I bought them: https://www.jhkalmore.com/picacho-agate-nodules MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=icu3-y-LH9k) 2025-01-11T00:00Z 388K followers, [----] engagements "Tumbled Rocks from the Mouth of the Blind Sucker RiverRocks in a Box [--] More shiny rocks for you to ogle. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j5W2NS6WhBQ) 2024-11-20T00:00Z 399K followers, 19.7K engagements "Tumbling a Cute Little Rock This is a complete tumbling video from start to finish. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jZIFaXB6oSQ) 2025-01-15T00:00Z 388K followers, 13.3K engagements "October Rock Hunt on Lake Superior Three of us headed up to the Big Lake last week for a really great fall rock hunt. The day was beautiful and the rocks were plentiful. Big thanks to Jonathan for the drone shots of the three of us running around like crazy people. Those were his idea and he even shot them with his drone. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jiYx_845jNo) 2024-10-25T23:00Z 411K followers, 45.1K engagements "Agate Hunting [--] Minnesota Beaches with [--] Waterfall Stop Along the Way Sam and I hunted agates at Beaver Bay Split Rock River and Burlington Bay. We also stopped at the Temperance River Falls. We found a whole lot more agates than we do on our Michigan beaches and some beautiful scenery too. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k3Q5FLfl8Qo) 2025-09-05T23:00Z 444K followers, 21.3K engagements "What a Beautiful Petoskey Stone I just love our state stone the Petoskey Stone. I found a really nice one the other day and brought it right home to shine up. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kdRmRVHLdBs) 2024-02-21T00:00Z 408K followers, 138.1K engagements "Rock Tumbling - What You Need to Get Started Interested in rock tumbling but not sure what to buy I can help with that I'll help you decide on a tumbler plus tell you all the accessories and supplies that you should have to go along with it. Here's a list of products mentioned in this video. Many of these are affiliate links so I will make a small commission if you use the link. Don't worry it won't cost you any more. The line of tumblers like the one in the video: https://hplapidary.com/collections/rotary-tumblersref=ROBERTABRAM Some places to buy rocks: The Rock Shed:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lF7BdRvepy0) 2024-11-30T00:00Z 384K followers, [----] engagements "Tumbling Lake Huron Epidote Such a beautiful color of green. Let's hope it tumbles well. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m3WlR4baj8E) 2025-01-22T01:14Z 389K followers, [----] engagements "The Earliest We've Ever Hunted Rocks on Lake Superior We headed up to Lake Superior for our earliest agate hunt ever. What an awesome day of rock hunting we had MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mIqS3Fp6tv4) 2023-04-28T23:00Z 398K followers, 376.7K engagements "A Beautiful TransformationPetoskey Stone Polishing This just never gets old. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mMIOoBHViRY) 2025-05-27T23:00Z 404K followers, 34.6K engagements "Can You Skip Everything but the Polish Stage If you have a really smooth beach rock why go through all the stages Can you just put it directly into the polish stage Let's find out MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. I make a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n4dcpUMokZA) 2024-12-18T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements "Epidote with Quartz Tumbling from beginning to end. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=noQ5iXymsZg) 2025-09-30T23:00Z 444K followers, 54.1K engagements "If at First You Don't Succeed. Sometimes a tumbler just doesn't do the trick. Here's what I do when that happens. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nrqMiaiBFNE) 2025-06-10T23:00Z 405K followers, 59K engagements "Five Tumbled Rocks from Vermillion PointRocks in a Box [--] Lake Superior always rewards me with some nice tumbled rocks. Here are five of them. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o48QraOONNY) 2024-10-08T23:00Z 409K followers, 34.1K engagements "A Small Pile of Beauties from the Eastern U.P.Rocks in a Box [--] This is a batch of tumbled rocks from Lake Superior complete with before and after pictures. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o48xx4bkF_0) 2024-10-15T23:00Z 374K followers, [----] engagements "A Foggy Rock Hunt at Whitefish Point Nancy and I spent a cold foggy morning on the beach. We found a few nice rocks and I even had time to polish some of them for the video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o8ZZcO7KmCE) 2024-08-16T23:00Z 406K followers, 21K engagements "Emptying the Tumbler Most weeks I have something finishing up in the rock tumbler. I thought you might enjoy looking at this week's batch with me. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oGC0i4SiNjk) 2025-01-29T00:00Z 393K followers, 13K engagements "Amazing Slabbed Fossil This Charlevoix stone (favosites) is amazing inside Here's a video of it polished: https://youtu.be/0zaB9A9RVh8 MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p417znRsUPI) 2022-11-01T23:00Z 412K followers, 6.8M engagements "Tumbling Michigan Thunder Eggs Yes Michigan has thunder eggs sometimes with nice agate bands. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pUjzKobylG8) 2025-01-08T00:00Z 401K followers, 32.8K engagements "Translucent Stripey Rock Another Stripey Rock for Your Viewing Pleasure MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pYbiAv7egl4) 2025-05-13T22:53Z 403K followers, 20.3K engagements "How Much Smaller Do Rocks Get After Tumbling This question comes up a lot so I thought I'd weigh a couple and find out. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p_ETmgn3Hr4) 2025-04-30T00:42Z 403K followers, 55.7K engagements "Cutting and Polishing Datolite Beautiful MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pr_GiNGCOKs) 2025-08-12T23:00Z 408K followers, 15K engagements "Sam Finds and Polishes a Petoskey Stone Another really nice Petoskey stone for Sam's collection. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qwhyYg5dfK8) 2024-12-25T00:00Z 408K followers, 17.5K engagements "Polishing a Puddingstone Fresh Out of Lake Huron I usually tumble puddingstones but this one was nice enough to do on the cab machine. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qxLeSxdYGZQ) 2023-03-01T00:00Z 407K followers, 3.7M engagements "Agates Prehnite and More in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Sam and I hit the beach again for some more spring rock hunting on Lake Superior. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rBCQMoREinI) 2025-05-09T23:00Z 403K followers, 13.9K engagements "Terned Away Rock Hunter Attacked by Birds I spent the day in my kayak at Black River Michigan. First I paddled out to Black River Island then I went about four miles south in search of rocks. I found a few nice ones and even had time to polish a couple. NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on both Apple and Amazon and we would be very thankful if you read them. Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s1um1OCaPVQ) 2025-07-18T23:01Z 407K followers, 32.5K engagements "A Quest for Thomsonite Sam and I went in search of Thomsonite on a rainy day in Minnesota. Come along and see how we did. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-JK77Hu0zqSOwZCVRqGIXGZ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s4FcarHL-qM) 2025-08-29T23:00Z 444K followers, 32.1K engagements "How Do You Think This One Will Polish I often get questions when I polish Petoskey stones. I answer a couple of them here. Here's the review of the Kingsley North Cabber [--] I mentioned: https://youtu.be/n30aBTu9OkY This is a link to the machine itself: https://fas.st/t/vCjRymKC (affiliate link) MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sUR-JH_VfOw) 2025-03-01T00:00Z 397K followers, [----] engagements "Spring Rock Hunt at Hoeft State Park Nancy and Rob scope out the rocks at Hoeft State Park. We found a really cool board that was probably from a shipwreck. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sbAyVan9KeQ) 2022-05-20T23:00Z 412K followers, 12.6K engagements "How to Hand Polish a Petoskey Stone Learn how to hand polish a Petoskey stone without any expensive machinery. The Petoskey stone (Hexagonaria percarinata) is an approximately [---] million old fossilized coral. It is the state stone of Michigan. Petoskey stones are calcite which is very soft approximately [--] on the Mohs scale. If you have a tumbler you can save a lot of time by doing the first couple stages in the tumbler and then hand polishing to finish them up. https://youtu.be/IBRq7dPD0Lk Another video of me collecting Petoskey stones and pudding stones in Lake Huron:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sjImNrwR9As) 2019-02-01T20:40Z 407K followers, 413.6K engagements "Three Lake Superior Tumbled RocksRocks in a Box [--] These three came from a rock hunt near Grand Marais Michigan. Check out the beach video here: https://youtu.be/RmKOmeldPsU MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tHm6HYeHOr0) 2023-10-10T23:00Z 409K followers, 69.4K engagements "Geologists Explain Why this Land is So Rocky Geologists Nat and Paul join us again to explain possible reasons for this unusually rocky ground in northern lower Michigan. If you'd like to purchase some rocks from Mark his number is: (989) 255-3533 MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMdH56wmzNo) 2025-09-19T23:01Z 444K followers, 11.8K engagements "Cracking Open Big Mexican Geodes My friend Jonathan breaks open two geodes from Zacatecas Mexico. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t_ovj5t9up0) 2024-10-29T23:00Z 408K followers, 44K engagements "Nethers Farm Flint: Grabbed Slabbed and Cabbed Join us in Ohio at Nethers Farm for some flint hunting followed by some incredible slabs and a few cabs made out of this amazing rock. Nethers Farm Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NethersFarm/ A good article on Nethers Farm with amazing pictures: https://www.mcrocks.com/ftr10-1/StreeterSeptember2010.html https://geology.com/rocks/flint-chert-jasper/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tmv9EJg9ziE) 2021-11-13T00:00Z 409K followers, 49K engagements "Identifying Beach Rocks with a Local Geologist Thanks to Craig the Geologist for an education on the beach. Here are a few places where you can learn more from Craig: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpSReZL-eaI--4UiDYkETXg Great Lakes Rock Hunter Magazine: https://rockhuntermagazine.com Rock Hunters of the Great Lakes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/glrockhunters MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ttM8OWdV8mE) 2025-06-06T23:00Z 404K followers, 13K engagements "Polished Lightning Stone Ends Up in a Museum I polished a very a large lightning stone (septarian nodule) and then donated it to a museum. In case you'd like to visit the museum to see this rock in person here's the website: https://www.bessermuseum.org MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=veEPCtsgq_c) 2024-10-18T23:00Z 411K followers, 71.5K engagements "Canada: Giant Yooperlites Native Pictographs and More This is the first in a series documenting a trip Sam and I took around Lake Superior hunting rocks in Canada and Minnesota. We visited the source of Yooperlites Native American Pictographs waterfalls and beaches. You're going to love this. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wbwh0OnKu3o) 2025-07-25T23:01Z 407K followers, 18.6K engagements "Polishing Chain Coral for the First Time I've never polished chain coral before. Today I decided to give it a try. Click this to see what I did with it next: https://youtube.com/shorts/_20xI6CC9Ps MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x-7_ukXOzjU) 2024-03-26T23:00Z 409K followers, 763.7K engagements "Don't Like the Polish Throw it Back In Sometimes you're going to be disappointed with the results of a tumble. It's (almost) never too late to try again. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yF-Q28tJz9s) 2025-06-24T23:01Z 405K followers, 46.6K engagements "Finding and Polishing a Fossil I find a cladopora fossil and polish it. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yPXmyYGn2Hw) 2022-12-14T00:00Z 409K followers, 178.9K engagements "Petoskey Stone Pendant I made a more naturally shaped Petoskey stone pendant that I usually do. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yavyLsxVq0g) 2024-12-04T00:00Z 408K followers, 33.8K engagements "Trying Out the HighLand Park 14" HighTone Slab Saw Highland Park just sent me their 14" HighTone slab saw to review. In the process I slabbed five beautiful Michigan rocks and also one other rock from Mexico. Even if you're not in the market for a saw I think you'll enjoy seeing the insides of these rocks. This video is sponsored by Highland Park Lapidary. I make a commission if you buy something through this link but doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. This is a link directly to the saw in the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z1j-fLwlr4Q) 2025-10-03T23:01Z 444K followers, 22.9K engagements "Rock Hunting in Front of the Largest Limestone Quarry in the World Spring has been slow getting here but I finally put my kayak in the water and went out looking for some rocks. I headed to Rogers City and hunted the beach in front of Calcite Quarry. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zBdjGANfpCA) 2022-04-29T23:00Z 384K followers, 24.9K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Making a Sphere from Fossil Rock This is my second ever sphere made from a piece of cladopora which is a fossilized coral. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T00:00Z 444K followers, 6M engagements
"What's Inside These Lake Superior Agates This was a very fun video to make. There were lots of fun surprises along the way. If you were afraid I'd cut my fingers on the saw please watch this: https://youtu.be/Er4YLn4fXUA If you missed my review of the Highland Park Lapidary slab saw you can see it here: https://youtu.be/z1j-fLwlr4Q ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T00:00Z 444K followers, 122.9K engagements
"Sam Polishes a Petoskey Stone The Petoskey Stone is Michigan's state stone. It's a fossilized coral called Hexagonaria. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T00:00Z 444K followers, 9.5M engagements
"Polishing a Petoskey Stone I found a Petoskey stone in Lake Huron and polished it. That's it MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a"
YouTube Link 2022-12-07T00:00Z 433K followers, 3.7M engagements
"Should You Buy a Rotary or Vibratory Tumbler Buying a tumbler Confused about whether you should buy a rotary or vibratory tumbler Let me help you with that decision. Don't miss my review of the Lot-O tumbler: https://youtu.be/uCd_LVzbuDs Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a"
YouTube Link 2022-03-25T23:30Z 433K followers, 150.8K engagements
"Hand Polishing a Petoskey Stone To hand polish a Petoskey Stone you'll need a variety pack of wet/dry sandpaper from an automotive store. I used the following grits: [--] [---] [---] [---] [---] [---] [---]. I finished up with aluminum oxide on denim. Make sure you use good quality aluminum oxide. I get mine from The Rock Shed or Kingsley North. Links are below. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine"
YouTube Link 2024-05-14T23:00Z 444K followers, 179.1K engagements
"Awesome Lake Superior Agates in Michigan's Eastern U.P. Join Sam and I on another great rock hunt at the mouth of the Blind Sucker River. We found some amazing agates as well as other great rocks. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS"
YouTube Link 2025-06-13T23:00Z 444K followers, 39.6K engagements
"Fancy JasperTumbling from Start to Finish Fancy Jasper from India is a great rock for tumbling. It shapes up nicely doesn't have too many fractures and has so many beautiful colors. If you'd like to tumble some of this yourself this is a link to where I bought it. It shapes up nicely doesn't have too many fractures and has so many beautiful colors. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rock-tumblers-supplies/crushed-rock-for-tumbling/fancy-jasper-2/ ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T00:00Z 444K followers, 132.6K engagements
"Excellent Lake Superior Rock Hunt with Tumbling Results Too I went out rock hunting on Lake Superior with my friend Dan and his son. I don't tumble my agate finds but I did get every other rock that I brought home tumbled so you can see what they look like right after I find them in the video. Here's a link to Dan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCV3BRucjteAwuHxuj9HDc-A ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND"
YouTube Link 2025-10-10T23:00Z 444K followers, 42.7K engagements
"A Great Spring Rock Hunt on My Favorite Lake Huron Beach I love the first rock hunt of the year on this beach. I always find lots of fun stuff and this year was no exception. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines"
YouTube Link 2022-04-16T00:42Z 433K followers, 184.6K engagements
"I Built a Sphere Machine (and it Works) For years I resisted the temptation to make spheres because of the cost and the time it takes to make a stone sphere. What I didn't realize is that if you make the machine yourself it doesn't have to cost a fortune and the time to make a sphere isn't as bad as I thought. This is the channel that inspired my machine: https://www.youtube.com/@jamesmuchmore1528 ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T00:00Z 444K followers, 548.5K engagements
"Seven Hour Lake Superior Rock Hunt in Michigan's Eastern U.P. .distilled down to under [--] minutes for your enjoyment. Sam and I spent the day on the beach looking for the elusive agate plus many other gorgeous rocks. We found a few too MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc."
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T23:01Z 444K followers, 86.4K engagements
"Red JasperTumbling from Start to Finish If you'd like to tumble some of this yourself this is a link to where I bought it. Considering that this was crushed rock it shaped up quickly and took an excellent polish. This would be an excellent first rock to tumble as well as being good for more experienced tumblers of course. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rock-tumblers-supplies/crushed-rock-for-tumbling/red-jasper-2-2/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at"
YouTube Link 2025-04-22T23:00Z 433K followers, 70.5K engagements
"November Petoskey and Puddingstone Hunt with a Couple Nice Surprises Nancy and I spent a gorgeous dead calm afternoon on Lake Huron finding some great rocks. NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on Apple Amazon (Kindle or paperback) Barnes and Noble and Kobo. We would be very thankful if you read them. Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet Faded Spotlight: https://books2read.com/fadedspotlight ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it."
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T00:00Z 444K followers, 15.7K engagements
"How to Tumble Obsidian This is a complete tutorial on how to tumble obsidian. The obsidian I do in this video was sold to me as Apache Tears but I now believe it is not actually Apache Tears but other small obsidian nodules. I also threw in few snowflake obsidian pieces thrown in to add a little interest. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. Here is the recipe I mention at the end of the video: http://rockhoundlounge.com/yabbfiles/Attachments/tumbling_obsidian.pdf MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2023-01-28T00:00Z 444K followers, 56.7K engagements
"Why Do All these Rocks Have Holes in Them Craig the Geologist and I spent a day at Thompson's State Park looking for rocks and identifying them. We also found some interesting artifacts from something that happened there in the past. Maybe you can help us figure out the mystery. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T23:00Z 444K followers, 19.8K engagements
"Geologist Dr. Nat Explains How to Identify Various Spotted Rocks Dr. Nat is back to help us learn how to distinguish between various rocks with spots. These include amygdaloidal and porphyritic rocks as well as conglomerates breccias and more This is something that I struggle with and this lesson really helped a lot. If you'd like more from Dr. Nat check out her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrNat13 For more of Dr. Nat on this channel check out these videos: [--] Lake Huron Rocks Identified: https://youtu.be/F_t4LC13utM [--] Lake Superior Rocks Identified: https://youtu.be/lWTgUbdccJE"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T00:00Z 444K followers, 49.5K engagements
"Dry Petoskey Stone Petoskey Stones are harder to find when they're dry. Let's see how I did finding a dry one to polish. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good"
YouTube Link 2024-09-11T00:37Z 444K followers, 2.9M engagements
"I Tumbled Rocks Nonstop for One Year Yep that's right I put two barrels of rocks on my tumbler and didn't touch them for an entire year. The results were very interesting This experiment really does a good job of showing the strengths and weaknesses of silicon carbide and aluminum oxide grit. Here are close up pictures of the carnelians from this video: https://youtu.be/dGIGfMEwHbY Close ups of the Bahias are here: https://youtu.be/9wJL_gtQoZE Thanks to Christina Jelinek for doing the closed captions for this video. If you would like to help out with the closed captions let me know. ETSY If"
YouTube Link 2022-01-08T00:00Z 433K followers, 4.5M engagements
"Amazing Amethyst Mines of Ontario There are three amethyst mines open to the public near Thunder Bay Ontario. Sam and I visited all three. This video should give you an idea of what to expect from each of them. All three were really fun. For more information there are links below. Blue Point Amethyst Mine: https://bluepointamethystmine.ca Amethyst Mine Panorama: https://www.amethystmine.com Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine: https://diamondwillowamethyst.com Don't miss any of our videos from our trip around the lake. Here's a playlist:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T23:00Z 444K followers, 109K engagements
"Learn Rock Identification with Two Geologists Geologists Nat and Paul return this time to identify Lake Superior rocks. Join us for a walk down the beach identifying rocks and learning short geology lessons along the way. Paul's book can be purchased from the publisher here: https://mountain-press.com/products/michigan-rocks or from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UkPox3 (affiliate link) If you missed last year's video like this on Lake Huron you can find it here: https://youtu.be/F_t4LC13utM Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts"
YouTube Link 2023-08-11T23:00Z 433K followers, 218.2K engagements
"Does Sand Make Good Rock Tumbling Grit Let's' try it and find out I was really surprised by the results of my experiment. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS"
YouTube Link 2022-03-18T23:00Z 433K followers, 304.7K engagements
"Best Lake Superior Agate in Four Days of Hunting I think I finally kept up with Sam in agate spotting. We both agreed that I found the best one in four days of hunting. Of course we also found lots of other great rocks too. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have"
YouTube Link 2023-07-14T23:00Z 427K followers, 98.9K engagements
"Mostly Epidote This is epidote with some darker mineral. Will it tumble Let's find out. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T00:00Z 444K followers, 48.8K engagements
"How to Polish Rocks with a Dremel (Step-by-Step Guide) Is a Dremel rotary tool a good option for polishing rocks I'll show you exactly how to do it and also look at the time and costs involved. AMAZON STOREFRONT This is where you can find products you may have seen in my videos. As an Amazon Influencer I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn't cost you extra. http://www.amazon.com/shop/michiganrocks ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T00:00Z 444K followers, 40.3K engagements
"Lake Superior Agate Hunting at Calumet Waterworks Park Join Sam and I for a rainy Lake Superior agate hunt. We found a few nice ones MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley"
YouTube Link 2025-05-16T22:55Z 427K followers, 22.1K engagements
"Agate Hunting Paradise Sam and I had a really fun time at Paradise Beach on Lake Superior in Minnesota. We found lots of agates and some new rocks to us. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-JK77Hu0zqSOwZCVRqGIXGZ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T23:00Z 409K followers, 18.9K engagements
"Tumbling Shaped Rocks in the Lot-O Tumbler Learn to tumble small slabs or rocks cut into shape in the Lot-O vibratory tumbler. This is a follow up to my video "Cutting Shapes from Rock". https://youtu.be/UUnljVB8Ubc MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most"
YouTube Link 2019-02-11T03:33Z 406K followers, 21.7K engagements
"New Cabbing Machine from Kingsley North Kingsley North has made a few nice changes to their already great cabbing machines. I'd love to give you a tour of everything new. If you'd like to purchase one of these machines please use one of these links. As an affiliate I earn a small commission from purchases. There is no additional cost to you. Cabber [--] with upgraded Nova wheels: https://fas.st/t/Wz2ViRYK Standard Cabber 6: https://fas.st/t/yVvAr6P7 MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some"
YouTube Link 2024-12-07T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements
"Charlevoix Stones Vs Petoskey Stones In a previous video I showed a Charlevoix stone and several people told me that it was a Petoskey Stone. In this video I'll show the difference between the two. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a"
YouTube Link 2023-03-21T23:00Z 407K followers, 110K engagements
"April Rock Hunt on a Lake Superior Beach It's always fun to get out on the beach and this day was no exception. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't"
YouTube Link 2024-04-12T23:00Z 406K followers, 22.2K engagements
"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Polishing a Petoskey Stone I'll tell you a little bit about Petoskey stones and how my grinder works as I polish one from start to finish. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough"
YouTube Link 2025-07-15T23:00Z 407K followers, 16.8K engagements
"How to Polish Rocks with a Rotary Tumbler and Plastic Media In this in-depth tutorial I'll teach you to use a rotary tumbler with plastic media to polish rocks. I'm tumbling carnelians in this batch. This is my third favorite method of tumbling. My favorite and second favorite methods are shown in these videos. I almost always start my rocks in a rotary tumbler and finish them up in a Lot-O vibratory tumbler. Rotary tumbler followed by vibratory tumbler: https://youtu.be/ksrmpPZrAuU Rotary with ceramics: https://youtu.be/dYGFal0e1WY MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2020-10-30T23:00Z 407K followers, 132.6K engagements
"Over [--] Months Using Highland Park TumblersThe Good and the Bad If you missed my initial review of the Highland Park rock tumblers you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/PDuBjjaOlSs For a playlist of the Michigan rocks I tumbled in this video click here: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-KA8KaKI1Pyb8eKnUPOMQj6&si=8Mun4kcQB2hnvQRy HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T22:58Z 403K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Extend the Life of Rock Tumbler Barrels with this Quick Fix If you have a rock tumbler you should see this. I'm so glad I prevented a costly replacement. Here's the original discussion on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums: https://forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/93854/lortone-rubber-barrel-wear-repairs MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit"
YouTube Link 2023-12-23T00:00Z 377K followers, 16.9K engagements
"McLain State Park Rocks and Pebble Art Come along on a rock hunt at McLain State Park near Hancock Michigan. Along the way I'll show you some of my sister Sally's pebble art made from Lake Superior beach glass and pebbles. Here's a link to Sally's Superior Art. https://bit.ly/SallysSuperiorArt MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other"
YouTube Link 2024-06-28T23:00Z 407K followers, 28.6K engagements
"Exploring Sulphur Islands Rocks In this video I take my kayak out to Sulphur Island off of Partridge Point near Alpena Michigan. The beach here is unusual with lots of shale and concretions in the water. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse"
YouTube Link 2019-09-27T23:00Z 409K followers, 22K engagements
"Lake Huron Gastropod Fossil I found a really nice gastropod (snail) fossil at Rockport yesterday. I think you should see it. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I"
YouTube Link 2023-10-03T23:51Z 155K followers, [----] engagements
"Amazing Petoskey Stone See a Petoskey stone from where it was found on the beach to a polished finished product. The Petoskey stone is a fossilized coral and also Michigan's state stone. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off"
YouTube Link 2025-07-01T23:00Z 406K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Exploring the Beach at a Little Known State Park Negwegon State Park is remote and beautiful. There are both sandy and rocky beaches so of course I headed right to the rocky ones NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on both Apple and Amazon and we would be very thankful if you read them. Apple: https://bit.ly/4kqZPtY Amazon: https://a.co/d/3TerOHB MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T23:00Z 406K followers, 16K engagements
"Five Tumbled Lake Superior RocksRocks in a Box [--] There are some beauties in this handful of rocks. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I"
YouTube Link 2024-07-09T23:00Z 407K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Ever Wonder Where Yooperlites Come From Sam and I drove to the source of Yooperlites in Canada. It was a spectacular sight to see large portions of a rock wall light up under U.V. light. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T23:00Z 407K followers, [----] engagements
"What's the Optimal Grit Size in Large and Small Barrels It's time for another rock tumbling experiment. This time I'll test various sizes of grit in both three and six pound barrels. Curious what the rocks from this experiment looked like when they were completely tumbled Here's some red jasper that I was able to finish: https://youtube.com/shorts/M2Dv99UX77w This is fancy jasper that I tumbled several years ago. I didn't have time to finish the actual rocks from this video. They were taking longer than the red jasper: https://youtu.be/n0jXb4XoqHE If you'd like to read about more experiments"
YouTube Link 2025-04-25T23:00Z 402K followers, [----] engagements
"Cold Wet and Worth It Rock Hunting Showdown Come along on our winter rock hunt where we find the most Petoskey stones and puddingstones of the year. There are geology lessons along the way as well as a contest for the best rocks. We even had time to slab a puddingstone and polish several Petoskeys. This was a really fun day. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They"
YouTube Link 2025-01-04T00:00Z 392K followers, 67.5K engagements
"Tumbled Lake Superior Beach RocksRock in a Box [--] These three were found near the Lake Superior State Forest Campground in the eastern U.P. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found."
YouTube Link 2024-09-24T23:00Z 409K followers, 36.1K engagements
"Best Rock Tumbler Ever Highland Park Tumbler Review Highland Park sent me two of their tumblers to review. These are definitely worth taking a look at if you're in the market for a new tumbler. Here's a link to Highland Park Lapidary's tumblers: https://hplapidary.com/collections/rotary-tumblersref=ROBERTABRAM This is an affiliate link so if you use it I'll make a commission but it won't cost you extra. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a"
YouTube Link 2024-11-23T00:00Z 383K followers, 11.6K engagements
"Hunting North Carolina's Fluorescent Sapphires I was recently in North Carolina collecting sapphire in smaragdite. That's something I don't think we have here in Michigan. Since I've been home I've had a chance to slab it and make a couple of cabs. Nice stuff MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit"
YouTube Link 2024-03-09T00:00Z 377K followers, 17K engagements
"A Batch of Bahia Agates Fresh Out of the Tumbler I love these agates. This is where I got them. I'm not affiliated with The Rock Shed I'm just a happy customer. https://www.rockshed.com/rock-shop/rocks-gemstones-fossils-and-minerals/rocks/bahiaagate/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T23:00Z 444K followers, 27K engagements
"Top [--] Beginner Rock Tumbling Mistakes Are you having trouble with your rock tumbler Trying to figure out why your rocks aren't getting shiny I have about a dozen years of experience helping people learn to tumble rocks and troubleshooting their problems. Let me help you figure out what you might be doing wrong. There might even be a tip or two in this list for more experienced tumblers. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the"
YouTube Link 2023-03-11T00:00Z 407K followers, 207.7K engagements
"Tumbled Batch of Michigan Rocks It's always exciting seeing how a batch of Lake Superior beach rocks polishes up. This was no exception. ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-09-23T23:00Z 444K followers, 36.4K engagements
"A Chilly Lake Huron Rock Hunt Sam Lauren and I did pretty well on the beach and we had the place to ourselves MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't"
YouTube Link 2024-12-21T00:20Z 402K followers, 18.5K engagements
"Crinoids and CoralSlabbed I found a rock full of fossils and decided to slice it up. I'm glad I did MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in"
YouTube Link 2025-08-26T23:00Z 444K followers, 41.5K engagements
"Joe Finds a Petoskey Stone In Ohio My Grandson Joe spotted a Petoskey stone on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio. Let's see how it polishes MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH"
YouTube Link 2025-06-17T23:00Z 405K followers, 29.1K engagements
"Does Rocky Gap Park Live Up to Its Name My friend Jonathan and I met up at Rocky Gap County Park on Lake Michigan in the southwestern part of Michigan for a day of rock hunting. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb."
YouTube Link 2024-07-12T23:00Z 345K followers, [----] engagements
"Sam's Keweenaw Peninsula Tumbling Batch Sam just emptied a tumbler barrel and wanted to show you the results. There are some great rocks in this batch MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories."
YouTube Link 2025-08-19T23:00Z 409K followers, 21.4K engagements
"My Best Agate Haul of the YearNov. Rock Hunt on Lake Superior My Friend Dan and I met up for a really great day of rock hunting near Vermillion Point. Dan took me to an out of the way location and we did very well. Want to see the rocks Dan found Here's his video: https://youtu.be/3OGixObjTo4si=cHqPH6foK8R2GrSr MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They"
YouTube Link 2024-11-09T00:00Z 381K followers, 37.4K engagements
"A Box of Lake Superior GoodiesRocks in Box [--] Just a few rocks from the beach at the Crisp Point Lighthouse. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't"
YouTube Link 2025-04-04T23:00Z 400K followers, [----] engagements
"Ontario: Fluorite a Huge Canyon and Beach Rocks On day two of our Lake Superior rock hunting adventure Sam and Rob hunt rocks at Pebble Beach find roadside fluorite visit a waterfall and marvel at a [---] foot deep Ouimet Canyon. If you missed the first day of our trip you can still catch up. The highlights were visiting a beautiful rocky trail that ended at Native American petroglyphs on a stone wall above Lake Superior and an after dark visit to bedrock with huge areas of fluorescent Yooperlite. https://youtu.be/wbwh0OnKu3o MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2025-07-30T23:48Z 407K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Puddingstone Boulder on Lake Huron It's a beauty ETSY If you'd like to buy some of my creations this is the place to do it. https://michiganrocksbyrob.etsy.com MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T23:00Z 444K followers, 36.2K engagements
"Hunting the Beach in Marquette Michigan My wife and two sisters join me on the beach for some rock hunting. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't"
YouTube Link 2021-06-04T23:00Z 410K followers, 29K engagements
"How Many Things Can Go Wrong in One Project This project turned out to be a little more challenging than I expected. I learned a few things along the way though MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission"
YouTube Link 2025-02-08T00:00Z 392K followers, [----] engagements
"How to Make Stone Wine Stoppers I decorated three stoppers with Michigan rocks. They look pretty cool MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you"
YouTube Link 2025-02-01T00:00Z 391K followers, [----] engagements
"Slabbed and Acid Treated Chain Coral I cut up last week's chain coral and soaked a slab in acid. What should I do with the rest Here's a video showing it before being polished: https://youtube.com/shorts/x-7_ukXOzjU MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most"
YouTube Link 2024-04-02T23:00Z 407K followers, 248.4K engagements
"Ohmars I finally found a use for omars. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. https://fas.st/t/nZ2YAPqd This is"
YouTube Link 2024-11-27T00:00Z 384K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Can I Turn This Rock into Fine Jewelry for my Wife My challenge today is to make a pendant for my wife out of a tumble sized pieces of sodalite. Not everything went as smoothly as I had hoped. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I"
YouTube Link 2024-12-28T00:00Z 386K followers, 15.9K engagements
"Tumbling a Puddingstone Start to finish MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM KINGSLEY NORTH"
YouTube Link 2025-03-18T23:00Z 401K followers, 32.5K engagements
"Natural Petoskey Pendant Finished Up In case you missed the first part of this video here it is: https://youtube.com/shorts/yavyLsxVq0gfeature=share MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I"
YouTube Link 2024-12-11T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements
"Big Gorgeous Puddingstone It's huge MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T23:00Z 444K followers, 62.1K engagements
"How Much Electricity Does a Rock Tumbler Use A lot of people have asked me how much the electricity to run a tumbler costs. I decided to find out. Here are my calculations for a Lortone 33B tumbler: The label states: [---] volts AC .57 amps [--] watts Based on [--] watts listed on the label it costs $3.45 per month to run. [--] watts x [---] hours/month = [-----] watts hours/month [-----] watt hours/month/1000 = [------] kWh/month Electricity costs [----] per kWh at my house. [-----] kWh/month x $.133/kWh = $3.45/month None of my other motors list watts so I decided that I could just calculate it from that volts"
YouTube Link 2022-02-05T00:00Z 376K followers, 32.8K engagements
"Red Jasper with Flecks of Metal It sort of looks like Mary Ellen Jasper and there are some sort of metal flecks in it. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I"
YouTube Link 2025-07-23T00:42Z 407K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not a fossil expert but I know a thing or two about polishing them I found a rock full of fossils in Lake Huron. It looked incredible after it was polished. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T23:00Z 408K followers, 28.5K engagements
"Tumbling Epidote with a Stripe Another complete tumbling video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-04-02T01:03Z 400K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Nancy's Red Striped Rock Nancy finds a rock and I make it into a pendant. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I use:"
YouTube Link 2023-03-28T23:00Z 376K followers, 286.7K engagements
"3 Before and After Tumbled Rocks from the Two Hearted RiverRocks in a Box [--] That was a fun rock hunt with a daylight hunt followed by a nighttime Yooperlite hunt. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/XDHnmgYn4CY MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my"
YouTube Link 2024-08-27T23:01Z 376K followers, 18.9K engagements
"A Look Inside Two Running Rock Tumblers Have you ever seen what happens inside a rock tumbler Now you can MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing machine I use:"
YouTube Link 2023-03-14T23:00Z 403K followers, 127.9K engagements
"40 Mile Point Lighthouse Rock Hunt Nancy and I meet up with Adele for an afternoon rock hunt. Check out Adele's videos on TikTok or Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@adelesoxrocks https://www.instagram.com/adelesoxrocks/ MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy"
YouTube Link 2024-07-16T23:00Z 405K followers, 26.7K engagements
"A Lake Huron Rock Hunt with Geologist Paul Paul Brandes geologist and author the book Michigan Rocks joins me for a walk on a Lake Huron beach. We find some nice rocks and even polish a few at the end of the video. Here are two links to Paul's book: Publisher: https://mountain-press.com/products/michigan-rocks Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UkPox3 (affiliate link) MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great"
YouTube Link 2024-08-23T23:01Z 376K followers, 24.3K engagements
"Awesome Pattern on this Little Rock You're going to like this one Complete tumble from rough to polished. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost"
YouTube Link 2025-02-05T00:00Z 401K followers, 36.2K engagements
"How to Tumble Petoskey Stones Have you ever heard that it's impossible to tumble Petoskey stones It's not I'll show you how to tumble them from beginning to end. I'll use dry corn cob media to get the final polish. If you don't have a tumbler and would like to learn to polish Petoskey stones by hand take a look at this video: https://youtu.be/sjImNrwR9As Here are the steps I used: 1) Three or four days at a time in a three pound rotary tumbler with 1/2 tablespoon of [--] grit until rocks are free of holes. Use more water than normal. 2) [--] hours in a rotary tumbler with 1/2 tablespoon of 220"
YouTube Link 2020-12-19T00:00Z 404K followers, 133K engagements
"Lots of Colorful Rocks Found at Vermillion Point Nancy Rob and our friend Vicky hit the Lake Superior beach in search of agates and other beautiful rocks. Nancy also makes a big announcement. To read Nancy's novels use one of the following links: Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T23:00Z 407K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Tumbling a Big Beautiful Crazy Lace Agate Thank you Jonathan for giving me this really awesome rock MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T23:00Z 401K followers, [----] engagements
"How to Drill Holes in Rocks Have you ever wondered how to drill holes in rocks I'll show you several methods and what to do about potential problems you'll run into. Kingsley North 1mm drill bits: https://fas.st/t/wVgCmAf9 (affiliate link) 3/16 Diamond bits: https://amzn.to/4f8J5pc (affiliate link) How to Made Stone Beads for My Wife's Bracelet: https://youtu.be/EHHLBUEdNgg MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P."
YouTube Link 2024-11-01T23:00Z 377K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Biggest Glacially Deposited Rock I Have Ever Seen I'm usually found hunting rocks on beaches but this time I went inland with Father Charlie Donajkowski and Mark Lewandowski to explore many acres of rocks. If you'd like to purchase some rocks from Mark give him a call at 989-255-3533. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It"
YouTube Link 2025-03-28T23:00Z 402K followers, 19.1K engagements
"What's Inside these Mexican Agates These were some fun agates to cut open. You never know what you'll find inside. Here's a link to the place I bought them: https://www.jhkalmore.com/picacho-agate-nodules MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on"
YouTube Link 2025-01-11T00:00Z 388K followers, [----] engagements
"Tumbled Rocks from the Mouth of the Blind Sucker RiverRocks in a Box [--] More shiny rocks for you to ogle. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following"
YouTube Link 2024-11-20T00:00Z 399K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Tumbling a Cute Little Rock This is a complete tumbling video from start to finish. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-01-15T00:00Z 388K followers, 13.3K engagements
"October Rock Hunt on Lake Superior Three of us headed up to the Big Lake last week for a really great fall rock hunt. The day was beautiful and the rocks were plentiful. Big thanks to Jonathan for the drone shots of the three of us running around like crazy people. Those were his idea and he even shot them with his drone. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also"
YouTube Link 2024-10-25T23:00Z 411K followers, 45.1K engagements
"Agate Hunting [--] Minnesota Beaches with [--] Waterfall Stop Along the Way Sam and I hunted agates at Beaver Bay Split Rock River and Burlington Bay. We also stopped at the Temperance River Falls. We found a whole lot more agates than we do on our Michigan beaches and some beautiful scenery too. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T23:00Z 444K followers, 21.3K engagements
"What a Beautiful Petoskey Stone I just love our state stone the Petoskey Stone. I found a really nice one the other day and brought it right home to shine up. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best"
YouTube Link 2024-02-21T00:00Z 408K followers, 138.1K engagements
"Rock Tumbling - What You Need to Get Started Interested in rock tumbling but not sure what to buy I can help with that I'll help you decide on a tumbler plus tell you all the accessories and supplies that you should have to go along with it. Here's a list of products mentioned in this video. Many of these are affiliate links so I will make a small commission if you use the link. Don't worry it won't cost you any more. The line of tumblers like the one in the video: https://hplapidary.com/collections/rotary-tumblersref=ROBERTABRAM Some places to buy rocks: The Rock Shed:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-30T00:00Z 384K followers, [----] engagements
"Tumbling Lake Huron Epidote Such a beautiful color of green. Let's hope it tumbles well. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-01-22T01:14Z 389K followers, [----] engagements
"The Earliest We've Ever Hunted Rocks on Lake Superior We headed up to Lake Superior for our earliest agate hunt ever. What an awesome day of rock hunting we had MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission"
YouTube Link 2023-04-28T23:00Z 398K followers, 376.7K engagements
"A Beautiful TransformationPetoskey Stone Polishing This just never gets old. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a"
YouTube Link 2025-05-27T23:00Z 404K followers, 34.6K engagements
"Can You Skip Everything but the Polish Stage If you have a really smooth beach rock why go through all the stages Can you just put it directly into the polish stage Let's find out MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. I make a"
YouTube Link 2024-12-18T00:00Z 385K followers, [----] engagements
"Epidote with Quartz Tumbling from beginning to end. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T23:00Z 444K followers, 54.1K engagements
"If at First You Don't Succeed. Sometimes a tumbler just doesn't do the trick. Here's what I do when that happens. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary"
YouTube Link 2025-06-10T23:00Z 405K followers, 59K engagements
"Five Tumbled Rocks from Vermillion PointRocks in a Box [--] Lake Superior always rewards me with some nice tumbled rocks. Here are five of them. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have"
YouTube Link 2024-10-08T23:00Z 409K followers, 34.1K engagements
"A Small Pile of Beauties from the Eastern U.P.Rocks in a Box [--] This is a batch of tumbled rocks from Lake Superior complete with before and after pictures. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best"
YouTube Link 2024-10-15T23:00Z 374K followers, [----] engagements
"A Foggy Rock Hunt at Whitefish Point Nancy and I spent a cold foggy morning on the beach. We found a few nice rocks and I even had time to polish some of them for the video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make"
YouTube Link 2024-08-16T23:00Z 406K followers, 21K engagements
"Emptying the Tumbler Most weeks I have something finishing up in the rock tumbler. I thought you might enjoy looking at this week's batch with me. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy"
YouTube Link 2025-01-29T00:00Z 393K followers, 13K engagements
"Amazing Slabbed Fossil This Charlevoix stone (favosites) is amazing inside Here's a video of it polished: https://youtu.be/0zaB9A9RVh8 MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If"
YouTube Link 2022-11-01T23:00Z 412K followers, 6.8M engagements
"Tumbling Michigan Thunder Eggs Yes Michigan has thunder eggs sometimes with nice agate bands. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-01-08T00:00Z 401K followers, 32.8K engagements
"Translucent Stripey Rock Another Stripey Rock for Your Viewing Pleasure MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-05-13T22:53Z 403K followers, 20.3K engagements
"How Much Smaller Do Rocks Get After Tumbling This question comes up a lot so I thought I'd weigh a couple and find out. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I"
YouTube Link 2025-04-30T00:42Z 403K followers, 55.7K engagements
"Cutting and Polishing Datolite Beautiful MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many"
YouTube Link 2025-08-12T23:00Z 408K followers, 15K engagements
"Sam Finds and Polishes a Petoskey Stone Another really nice Petoskey stone for Sam's collection. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. I doesn't cost you"
YouTube Link 2024-12-25T00:00Z 408K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Polishing a Puddingstone Fresh Out of Lake Huron I usually tumble puddingstones but this one was nice enough to do on the cab machine. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission. http://bit.ly/3MerxdI This is the cabbing"
YouTube Link 2023-03-01T00:00Z 407K followers, 3.7M engagements
"Agates Prehnite and More in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Sam and I hit the beach again for some more spring rock hunting on Lake Superior. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. KINGSLEY NORTH"
YouTube Link 2025-05-09T23:00Z 403K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Terned Away Rock Hunter Attacked by Birds I spent the day in my kayak at Black River Michigan. First I paddled out to Black River Island then I went about four miles south in search of rocks. I found a few nice ones and even had time to polish a couple. NANCY'S BOOKS My wife is an author Her novels are available on both Apple and Amazon and we would be very thankful if you read them. Slinging Bullets: https://books2read.com/slingingbullets Trial by Bullet: https://books2read.com/trialbybullet MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com"
YouTube Link 2025-07-18T23:01Z 407K followers, 32.5K engagements
"A Quest for Thomsonite Sam and I went in search of Thomsonite on a rainy day in Minnesota. Come along and see how we did. This is part of a series of videos documenting our rock hunting adventure all the way around Lake Superior. If you missed the previous videos you should really go watch them. We have seen the source of fluorescent Yooperlites Native American pictographs fluorite amethyst mines waterfalls and more. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLqNINgwEkm-JK77Hu0zqSOwZCVRqGIXGZ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here."
YouTube Link 2025-08-29T23:00Z 444K followers, 32.1K engagements
"How Do You Think This One Will Polish I often get questions when I polish Petoskey stones. I answer a couple of them here. Here's the review of the Kingsley North Cabber [--] I mentioned: https://youtu.be/n30aBTu9OkY This is a link to the machine itself: https://fas.st/t/vCjRymKC (affiliate link) MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other"
YouTube Link 2025-03-01T00:00Z 397K followers, [----] engagements
"Spring Rock Hunt at Hoeft State Park Nancy and Rob scope out the rocks at Hoeft State Park. We found a really cool board that was probably from a shipwreck. Thanks to Christina Jelinek for editing the closed captions for this video. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere machines cabbers etc. They"
YouTube Link 2022-05-20T23:00Z 412K followers, 12.6K engagements
"How to Hand Polish a Petoskey Stone Learn how to hand polish a Petoskey stone without any expensive machinery. The Petoskey stone (Hexagonaria percarinata) is an approximately [---] million old fossilized coral. It is the state stone of Michigan. Petoskey stones are calcite which is very soft approximately [--] on the Mohs scale. If you have a tumbler you can save a lot of time by doing the first couple stages in the tumbler and then hand polishing to finish them up. https://youtu.be/IBRq7dPD0Lk Another video of me collecting Petoskey stones and pudding stones in Lake Huron:"
YouTube Link 2019-02-01T20:40Z 407K followers, 413.6K engagements
"Three Lake Superior Tumbled RocksRocks in a Box [--] These three came from a rock hunt near Grand Marais Michigan. Check out the beach video here: https://youtu.be/RmKOmeldPsU MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission."
YouTube Link 2023-10-10T23:00Z 409K followers, 69.4K engagements
"Geologists Explain Why this Land is So Rocky Geologists Nat and Paul join us again to explain possible reasons for this unusually rocky ground in northern lower Michigan. If you'd like to purchase some rocks from Mark his number is: (989) 255-3533 MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra."
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T23:01Z 444K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Cracking Open Big Mexican Geodes My friend Jonathan breaks open two geodes from Zacatecas Mexico. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I"
YouTube Link 2024-10-29T23:00Z 408K followers, 44K engagements
"Nethers Farm Flint: Grabbed Slabbed and Cabbed Join us in Ohio at Nethers Farm for some flint hunting followed by some incredible slabs and a few cabs made out of this amazing rock. Nethers Farm Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NethersFarm/ A good article on Nethers Farm with amazing pictures: https://www.mcrocks.com/ftr10-1/StreeterSeptember2010.html https://geology.com/rocks/flint-chert-jasper/ MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I"
YouTube Link 2021-11-13T00:00Z 409K followers, 49K engagements
"Identifying Beach Rocks with a Local Geologist Thanks to Craig the Geologist for an education on the beach. Here are a few places where you can learn more from Craig: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpSReZL-eaI--4UiDYkETXg Great Lakes Rock Hunter Magazine: https://rockhuntermagazine.com Rock Hunters of the Great Lakes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/glrockhunters MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T23:00Z 404K followers, 13K engagements
"Polished Lightning Stone Ends Up in a Museum I polished a very a large lightning stone (septarian nodule) and then donated it to a museum. In case you'd like to visit the museum to see this rock in person here's the website: https://www.bessermuseum.org MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. I have two of their tumblers. They're the most rugged tumblers I have seen. They also make a wide range of other lapidary tools including saws sphere"
YouTube Link 2024-10-18T23:00Z 411K followers, 71.5K engagements
"Canada: Giant Yooperlites Native Pictographs and More This is the first in a series documenting a trip Sam and I took around Lake Superior hunting rocks in Canada and Minnesota. We visited the source of Yooperlites Native American Pictographs waterfalls and beaches. You're going to love this. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link."
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T23:01Z 407K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Polishing Chain Coral for the First Time I've never polished chain coral before. Today I decided to give it a try. Click this to see what I did with it next: https://youtube.com/shorts/_20xI6CC9Ps MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit"
YouTube Link 2024-03-26T23:00Z 409K followers, 763.7K engagements
"Don't Like the Polish Throw it Back In Sometimes you're going to be disappointed with the results of a tumble. It's (almost) never too late to try again. MERCH Buy Michigan Rocks shirts and other merchandise here. https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com HIGHLAND PARK LAPIDARY Highland Park makes some high quality tools at reasonable prices. They also have the best price on grit that I have found. I make a commission if you buy something through this link. It doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories."
YouTube Link 2025-06-24T23:01Z 405K followers, 46.6K engagements
"Finding and Polishing a Fossil I find a cladopora fossil and polish it. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make a small commission."
YouTube Link 2022-12-14T00:00Z 409K followers, 178.9K engagements
"Petoskey Stone Pendant I made a more naturally shaped Petoskey stone pendant that I usually do. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry supplies etc. at good prices. I buy most of my coarse grit from here in [--] lb. bags. It's the best price I have found. If you buy using the following link I make"
YouTube Link 2024-12-04T00:00Z 408K followers, 33.8K engagements
"Trying Out the HighLand Park 14" HighTone Slab Saw Highland Park just sent me their 14" HighTone slab saw to review. In the process I slabbed five beautiful Michigan rocks and also one other rock from Mexico. Even if you're not in the market for a saw I think you'll enjoy seeing the insides of these rocks. This video is sponsored by Highland Park Lapidary. I make a commission if you buy something through this link but doesn't cost you extra. https://hplapidary.com/ref=ROBERTABRAM Use promo code MICHIGANROCKS for 10% off rough rocks and accessories. This is a link directly to the saw in the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T23:01Z 444K followers, 22.9K engagements
"Rock Hunting in Front of the Largest Limestone Quarry in the World Spring has been slow getting here but I finally put my kayak in the water and went out looking for some rocks. I headed to Rogers City and hunted the beach in front of Calcite Quarry. MERCH https://michigan-rocks.myspreadshop.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/MichiganRocksRob INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/MichiganRocksRob KINGSLEY NORTH Kingsley North is a lapidary store in Michigan's U.P. They make a great cab machine and sell many other brands too. They have a huge selection rough rock tumblers grit jewelry"
YouTube Link 2022-04-29T23:00Z 384K followers, 24.9K engagements
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