I've hunted that piece of BLM land a number of times and what I found is, you want to work uphill rather than down. The ridge that's to the west of that road you're on is actually old riverbed and it's loaded full of alluvial petrified wood (the same stuff you're finding). If you take a look on Google Earth you can actually follow the Old River Course by following all the gravel pits that are along it.
@kellyharper367
2 ай бұрын
Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: I've been there several times over the years. It's really fun and satisfying rockhounding in that area! Keeping an eye on the weather and taking proper emergency prepping for desert conditions survival a must.
@GallandsAcrossTheLands
3 ай бұрын
New to your channel 😊 very awesome, wife and I was just at the petrified forest last month, didn't realize how much history there is, wow learning a lot , thankyou and be safe out there 👋
@brucerivers6627
Жыл бұрын
The wife and I have visited Woodruff and found lots of petrified wood . We are from Houston and love Arizona .
@raygay3375
14 сағат бұрын
I really appreciate the effort you make to educate us. ❤
@dancanrv2
Жыл бұрын
Rockhounds often have back and neck issues ... these get gradually worse in such areas where treasures lay bare and are easily gathered ... I bot me a bucket on wheels and new knee pads !!! LOL ... another great n educational video - Thanks for taking us along !!!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Yes I remind myself to squat down to pick things up instead of bend over. Hopefully that will save my back in the long run. 😊
@solitariocamino5046
Жыл бұрын
Nice beautiful rocks I'm from Yuma az And I like rock hunting all kinds of rocks
@joane.landers9151
2 ай бұрын
I was in Arizona in latter 1960's, but not in petrified wood locations. Was in greater Phoenix; only got to a rock shop, Hodson's, where there were large sections of awesome Rainbow petrifled wood in large rectangular fish tanks filled with water. Had never seen anything like this before. Might have read an article on this type of petrified wood in The Lapidary Journal, c. 1967/1968. Enjoyed this video. Keep on hunting rocks & making videos. Its' the only way I hunt these days.
@sallymay3643
2 ай бұрын
To bad you didnt show us the woods cleaned off & wet. Then you can really see the beautiful colors. ✌️🇺🇸
@largent45
Жыл бұрын
That stuff is absolutely gorgeous, and if you are tumbling it, or using it for jewelry, it is ideal. Its hard to believe just how fast you can fill up a bucket with little, beautifully colorful pieces of petrified wood! That looked like so much fun out there!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Soo much fun! 😊
@HangtownDave
Жыл бұрын
Great to see you out rockhounding again! You found an awesome variety of excellent material. I definitely learned some new things about that area, thanks! I could spend a week out there! As always, thanks for sharing!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@kylaabegglen1275
Жыл бұрын
I have no idea how I missed this video but it popped up under your latest petrified wood video with AZ Rockhound Expeditions. The beautiful, amazing colors are so terrific! Those two white pieces and the translucent piece are really cool, but I think you're right about which one was probably the find of the day. BTW, I love your collapsible bucket. Thanks for another fantastic video Lauren!✌️🤠🤟
@nancyparker2516
8 ай бұрын
Thank you it was fun watching you rock hounding. What a great location
@collectoholics4472
2 ай бұрын
Youd love my petrified would collection i even have some with claw marks on them and some decent color to them as well
@lesliesisson2908
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Spent a day there and found some some pretty pet wood. Small but enough to give some to the pebble pups. Hade a great time
@TomSmith-zw9gu
Жыл бұрын
Loved your enthusiasm -I collected there decades ago-so different from my Pennsylvania. You are so knowledge. Thanks for adventure !!
@buckwheat5727
4 ай бұрын
Most excellent!
@johnnypalughi1192
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Great narration! Thanks. Do more videos.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m workin on it. 😁
@DouglasRichardson-er4ky
7 күн бұрын
I found petrified wood digging out my foundation in Denver Colorado Sloanslake neighborhood. The Wigwam Motel there iconic looks like a pretty area drove through there 25 years ago on a road trip
@RocksForBrains
3 күн бұрын
@@DouglasRichardson-er4ky oh cool! I love finding fun rocks in my own yard 😊
@frasercard7714
5 ай бұрын
Hoy Moly....... that's one pail if interesting ! here in Southern Ontario Canada . . . we got zip :'( thank you for posting, I'm subscribed now
@brendaslaughter3358
5 ай бұрын
Really wonderful video with excellent information--one of the best I've seen! Well done!
@RocksForBrains
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@1sec2midnight
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and fun video. Awesome rainbow wood! Thanks for the lessons in Arizona geology and taking us out there.
@JeanStAubin-nl9uo
Жыл бұрын
I'm just amazed at your finds! There is just so much of that beautiful petrified wood in one place. I'd like to take it all home. Thanks for sharing this!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
I want to take it all home too! Lol 😜
@deniseveiw7992
Жыл бұрын
Such beautiful colors.
@nancygaxiola5412
8 ай бұрын
Wow alot of cool stuff there!!!
@sandmaker
Жыл бұрын
Lots of good colorful, petrified wood. It seemed like a goid site. Lots of good information being passed along on the hunt. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy from Benson, AZ.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@CityRockhounding
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, so many sweet finds here, wow, great wash out spots. Love the colors, amazing. Petrified wood is my favorite, thanks for sharing!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Sooooo many good pieces! 😁👍🏻
@lorettarussell593
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your knowledge! I’m a new subscriber and looking forward to seeing ALL of your videos!!🎉
@MACorrupt
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome I felt like I was right there with you oh my gosh I wish I had a place like that to go I would give anything for even one nice piece, well almost anything lol
@mitchgillilan
Жыл бұрын
You did really good! Woodruff is such a fun area to rockhound. I found some nice stuff there a few months ago. The color of some of the wood in that area is so bright, I love the purple and yellow pieces! I even found one that has purple amethyst druzy crystals in it! It was 3 feet off the road! 😲 😱 it's crazy how much wood is in woodruff!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! 😁👍🏻
@mitchgillilan
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains have you been to the rainbow wood spot southeast of Winslow AZ? I think its even better than the woodruff area! there's a dirt road that goes 20 miles to the east torwards Holbrook, and you can find it for the whole stretch along the road and in the washes! Found a lot of pieces bigger than fist size there 😀
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@mitchgillilan no I haven’t. Is that public land?
@mitchgillilan
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains yeah. I found out from one of the rockhounding Arizona books. I think it's a well known location because of the books, but I didn't see 1 other person there, just like in woodruff I didn't see 1 other human there either.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@mitchgillilan cool, I’ll have to look it up thanks! 😊
@jonsdigs1
Жыл бұрын
I have collected so much larger material for making polished spheres but what you are doing collecting chips is the most fun.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Oooh that’s cool! Since I don’t have a rock saw I can only really work the small stuff right now. Someday. 😜
@gator83261
7 ай бұрын
Very good video.
@jeffsers624
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to Dobell Ranch in Holbrook? That's my go to for rainbow wood. You can surface pick or dig if you like. PW is my favorite for tumbling and polishing.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Yes I actually tired to go there on this trip but couldn’t get a hold of anyone when I got there. Planning to go again in November now that I have a connection. 😊
@1949lwd
Жыл бұрын
Nice informative video. (Holbrook is my hometown, so lots of familiar sights!)
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@pattyhubbard3625
7 ай бұрын
Pretty stuff.
@huntingforrockswithdavid
Жыл бұрын
I need to go there some time to collect some AZ petrified wood. Lots of tumble material
@davidwissman85
Жыл бұрын
I think I may go collect some of this, thanks for the video, liked and subbed.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
The gate is easy to miss on the road. These are the directions I used www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/
@GMAN1965
Жыл бұрын
Wow lots of great stuff to tumbler for sure . I was just out that way a few weeks ago to visit the petrified forrest national park for the first time but did not know of that area. But I did go to Dobell Ranch and got a lot to bring back home. The security at the airport stoped me and checked all of my bags when they went thru the x-ray machine. it must look like drugs they wiped everything down with what looked like a small cloth and put that into a machine to test it. Anyway very cool video I wish I would have seen it before I went.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Flat rate boxes are your friend when you’re traveling and have rocks to bring home. 😜 I tried going to the DoBell ranch but couldn’t get a hold of anyone. I have another trip planned for there in November though.
@janlovig3371
3 ай бұрын
This winter I was on 40 acres of a friend’s land that had mounds of the rainbow petrified wood showing. I brought some larger pieces back with me to Lake Havasu. I left many many many smaller pieces there. It felt like it was an old forest being exposed. I am a neophyte so I could just be making stuff up lol. I kept saying to my friend I’m sure this is petrified wood, but I’ve never seen petrified wood this colorful. Are used to go hunting petrified wood with my parents up by Zion, and that would look totally different . A found wood with the Cambian layer, but I also found a larger piece and when I say larger football basketball size that I swear as bark. I’m 80% sure of what I have. Would you be interested in a video call to look at what I have and possibly going to the location.
@RocksForBrains
3 ай бұрын
If it’s in AZ it’s probably petrified wood lol. You can certainly email me a photo of the piece you think has bark on it. I might not be able to tell either way but I’d love to see it. If you send me a google maps pin of the location I can help you narrow down the possibilities of what’s out there. 😊
@janlovig3371
3 ай бұрын
@@RocksForBrains where do I find your email?
@RocksForBrains
3 ай бұрын
@@janlovig3371 oh sorry. It’s in the about section but it’s rocksforbrainschannel@gmail.com
@keberharkeberhar9067
7 ай бұрын
Definitely thinking about going there one day. Want to go rockhounding in Arizona . Looking for spots
@cynergy4
Жыл бұрын
Very nice finds! I've been to that area before but it's been a couple of decades. When I moved into my house two years ago the previous owner left behind some wonderful, large yard rocks, primarily pet wood. Some is the colorful stuff from Arizona but some is pale material, almost white. It has a white rind and is very brittle. I suspect that it is opalized wood. There are smaller pieces that fractured off scattered all over too. It has a waxy feel. There are also some large pieces of agate and jasper. It was pretty awesome to rockhound my own yard! Could some of those black pieces that you picked up be obsidian? Fantastic video, thanks for letting us tag along!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
That’s cool! I’ve been discovering lots of fun rocks in my yard too. The white petrified wood could be from AZ. There’s lots of that stuff in different layers and it’s just less fossilized than the really colorful ones. It’s very unlikely that there is obsidian in this area, it’s just the wrong geology. There is obsidian on the west side of flagstaff though on government mountain. 😊
@batman31261
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 😀
@nancygaxiola5412
8 ай бұрын
I have a piece or two of green petrified wood from down her in the SE corner of AZ, where there is s lot of copper mines
@RocksForBrains
8 ай бұрын
Sweet!
@sfbfriend
Жыл бұрын
I was at Dobell's Ranch outside of Holbrook and dug up a bout a quarter of a 5 gallon bucket. I'm sure you know they border the National Park, they were there before the park and there is a ton of stuff there, have you been there? I have some with bark but no limb casts
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, I used to work with one of the family members. I tried going there on this trip but wasn’t able to get a hold of anyone when I got there. Planning to go again in a couple weeks though. 😊
@SylvanusTheGreenMan
Жыл бұрын
I went to a spot outside of Jacob city & found literal hills of Petrified wood. Been studying on crypto-crystaline formations and learning specifics of chert/jasper/chalcedony/carnelian/citrine/agate. All of these result in the area from broken down petrified wood as well as rock layers.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Cool! Is that in Utah?
@SylvanusTheGreenMan
Жыл бұрын
Oops! My dyslexia took over! It should have said Joseph City. That's on I 40 East of Holbrook
@SylvanusTheGreenMan
Жыл бұрын
I literally came upon the 6'+ diameter crumbling remnant of a petrified tree trunk protruding from the ground. Had I not already loaded up my limit, I would have also brought home a hunk literally the size of a tombstone. While mostly red, the range of colors are amazing. I found an ovaloid variegated green, red and Amber Jasper about 3 oz. I so need a lapidary set up!!!
@williamscoggin1509
Жыл бұрын
That black piece looks like some type of volcanic glass.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
What’s the time stamp? It’s unlikely that it’s obsidian in this area unless it’s an artifact.
@stoutoutandaboutwithanorwe300
Жыл бұрын
My family lived in the area back in the late 70s and there use to be very large pieces EVERYWHERE! But I don’t know why they’re not there anymore… …btw, and completely unrelated, I have inherited some very pieces from petrried wood from Woodruff that I inherited. 😂😂 Nice finds!! I’m fairly new to your channel and it’s funny to me that you just posted a petrified wood video on the same day I stumbled across some petrified wood south of Kemmerer Wyoming. At least I believe it is petrified wood because there’s some patterns that look like gnarled wood. But it was just lying there! If it weren’t for my dogs needing a bathroom break on a camping trip, I would have never discovered it. Have you been to the Blue Forrest? It’s getting pretty picked over, but there may be some good pieces somewhere!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Cool! Are you talking about the Blue Forest in Washington or Oregon?
@stoutoutandaboutwithanorwe300
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains Wyoming. Haha. I am not a rockhounder so I thought there was only one.
@azwelke2638
Жыл бұрын
Green, Black and pink petrified wood are rarest
@tracygregor982
3 ай бұрын
I was told it was illegal to take petrified wood from Arizona. So I was told wrong?
@RocksForBrains
3 ай бұрын
Well it depends on where you are. You certainly can’t collect it from the national park but it’s all over the state and if you’re on USFS or BLM land, or someone’s private land that they let you collect on, then you can. USFS and blm have some restrictions though in how much you can take.
@rockersfromaz3001
8 ай бұрын
Can you give me the coordinates possibly? I would really love to go here!!
@RocksForBrains
8 ай бұрын
These are the directions I used. Happy hunting 😊 www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/
@kingoffoxez
8 ай бұрын
North of Joseph city
@karlbarros2849
2 ай бұрын
At 4:38 that was a fossil when the dinosaurs walked on it. Is it a marine fossil?
@RocksForBrains
2 ай бұрын
That’s what I think yeah. The rounded rocks in conglomerates within the Chinle formation originated as Permian rocks from inland seas.
@evelynterrazas6931
11 ай бұрын
I looked on the BML site and there’s nothing listed regarding a BML in woodruff.. can you give me more information as to where I can find this rockhounding site?
@RocksForBrains
11 ай бұрын
These are the directions I used. 😊 www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/
@icatz
Жыл бұрын
People don't get how common it is here. Find any opalised pet wood? Send some of that rain down to the Valley!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
No opalised that I could tell. 🤷🏼♀️
@icatz
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains Can you still hunt the area north of Navajo?
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@icatz north of Navajo Nation or the exit on I40?
@icatz
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains Across from the station. Last time I was up there, massive pieces. I brought home a few small ones. That was in the 90s, so they may have closed it off to even ground picking. One piece we were parked on was longer than the van!
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@icatz yeah I’m not sure about that. 🤷🏼♀️
@vickykirts7956
7 ай бұрын
Road?
@lizzymoore54
Жыл бұрын
Could the “ husk “ be limonite staining? I have a few pieces with this type of staining on them. 😊
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Maybe? 🤷🏼♀️ I don’t know how much iron is in these layers.
@jesethefatty
Жыл бұрын
I live in California, I want to take a trip up to Arizona and hound for petrified wood. Have you found any decent size pieces out there ?
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
I was just looking for smalls that time but I know other people who have found bigger ones there on the southwest side of the area. 😊
@sharonpape4343
Жыл бұрын
Did the indigenous people use that stone for arrow or spear heads?
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, many stone projectile points were made using petrified wood. 😊
@rodhelms-yt2pk
Жыл бұрын
Finger tip
@BlazingShackles
Жыл бұрын
Permanent fossils? What could be more permanent?
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Not permanent, Permian aged
@BlazingShackles
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains ahh, ok. sorry Im a product of Mesa Public Schools, please forgive me.
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@BlazingShackles no worries 😊
@ROCKINWHEELERS
7 ай бұрын
tumbler grade?
@RocksForBrains
7 ай бұрын
I have a 3A Lortone Rotary tumbler.
@olkid5595
3 ай бұрын
Is this for a job? Cause i want this job.
@RocksForBrains
3 ай бұрын
No this is just for fun. But my job does involve going outside and hiking a lot. 😊
So did u find a lot of this I have a question are you willing to sell a couple pieces of this rainbow I live in Montana and an probably no plans of coming down there please let me know thanks
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
Oh I have tons of rainbow petrified wood form all over. Email me and we can work something out. Rocksforbrainschannel@gmail.com
@Bird-lm4zu
Жыл бұрын
@@RocksForBrains thanks I will do
@RocksForBrains
Жыл бұрын
@@Bird-lm4zu did you still want some PW? I didn’t see an email from you. 🤔
@josevdasilva2994
Жыл бұрын
You should wash the pieces and show us clean pieces and colorful. Normally you short the video on the spot and save some minutes just to showing. Will be great if you do it.
@jeremy87turbo87
2 ай бұрын
Do you have any GPS Coordinates to the area you parked? By chance.
@RocksForBrains
2 ай бұрын
These are the directions I used. It’s pretty easy to get to. www.treasurenet.com/threads/petrified-wood-at-woodruff-az.592071/
@lorettarussell593
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your knowledge! I’m a new subscriber and looking forward to seeing ALL of your videos!!🎉
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