Heartland Gem Hunter

04/10/2026

This is hilarious. If you believe this load of crap, you're a special kind of stupid. Like Toby and others I have blacklisted and blocked for specific reasons.

04/06/2026

A very unassuming agate.

04/06/2026

A very colorful bauxite. It's unusual to find them so bright red. It isn't the norm in Kansas glacial till.

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

Close up video of the 5.7 oz road find. An oddball for sure.

04/06/2026

BOOM!

Dennis and I often about these type of finds. Not what it is, but how they are found. Sometimes there are only tiny clues. Appearances can fool us. Bleaching, for example. Sometimes it's a matter of a quarter size amount of a two and a half pound LSA exposed. These are very satisfying finds. Trust your instincts.

04/06/2026

This is a great example of thinking we see potential but still being 50/50. Take them home, scrub them with the toothbrush, and soapy water. Now take a look at your stone. Get some close up video.
What I thought I saw was potential for tube structures covering the stone. Dennis and I noticed very fine lace type banding. We also noticed what appeared to be brown agate type potholes. Other parts of the stone looked like chert, but sometimes bleaching can fool us.
Now I'd say this is not a significant agate and probably not LSA. Could this even be sedimentary? Perhaps.
There are subgroup agates, such as cold water. I still don't know what this stone is, but it's definitely an agate variety. Again, a much lesser type.
I'll show you what I discovered in the next video.

04/05/2026

Gratitude for everyone that has supported me over the last decade. I promise you good things are just over the horizon. It has already started.

04/04/2026

I haven't polished a large amount of my Kansas LSA's, but there are some very special ones in this mix, including one from Bill. I'm selling about half of my collection and what I find from here forward. If you see something you got to have, hit me up. I'm not hard to negotiate with.