A precision rock-hunting tool. Held like a golf club, it's walked along the water's edge, allowing users to accurately and quickly check stones. Every walk is a chance at your own one-of-one. Unlock the child and collector within you.
first run is capped. when it's gone, it's gone.
Hold it like a golf club, thumb down. Good posture. No bending, no kneeling, no soggy sleeves.
Slow, eyes down, right at the water's edge — where the waves do the polishing for you.
One precise lift of exactly the stone you chose. Water drains through the slots. Standing tall the whole time.
Into the bucket or the mesh bag — then look it up in the field guide. Some walks, you pull a grail.
Preorders open Labor Day weekend and close when the run caps are hit. Everything ships in October with a hang tag and a thank-you note from noni — and nothing else. The stones are the packaging.
The full tool: slotted scoop head, aluminum shaft, golf grip. Limited availability — new preorders open Labor Day weekend.
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The unbranded head, sized to slide into a standard golf club shaft. Build your own.
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Small, nocturne, wordmarked. Where the day's finds live until they're looked up.
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Nocturne mesh, drawstring, clips to a belt loop or the bucket handle. Finds drip-dry as you walk.
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Nocturne mesh one way, white the other. 25 on the back. Cut short, like it should be.
preorder labor dayFour colors, four counties, one shop each. Every edition berk is signed and numbered by hand, and can only be bought in its home county. When an edition runs out, it's gone.
Grand Traverse County exclusive.
Keweenaw County exclusive.
Manistee County exclusive.
Lake Michigan coastal exclusive — grand haven, south haven, ludington & more.
The berk in the places it was made for.
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photo coming soonlelandTwenty-five Great Lakes rocks and fossils, ranked common to grail. Learn the tiers, then go find out how good your beach really is. Free, always.
the berk started on Higgins Lake, went away for a while — Chicago beaches, Minnesota shores, the Hamptons — and came home. The stones were always the constant.
A share of every sale, every edition, every jersey goes to conserving the northern Michigan waters and shorelines this whole thing depends on. The beaches do the tumbling. The least we can do is keep them wild.
"Thank you, dear, for taking this one home. Every berk leaves our house on Higgins Lake, and every stone you find has been waiting for you longer than you can imagine. Walk slow. Look close. And come back up north soon."