Lake Superior Agates

[Connan]

Anyone else Itching to go picking? I'm going through agate withdraw. It just keeps snowing!

[DARK30]

Snow Must Go

[dmopz]

I agree, the itch is getting baaad.....I was able to go out a few weeks ago- some south facing slopes were semi-clear. Didn't find any big ones but I did walk out with a pocket full of small beauties. 'Tis only a matter of time before the snow melts and the season to search begins!

[dmopz]

I was able to take this weird one to a geologist at a nearby university (UW-Eau Claire) He said he was very impressed as he had never seen something quite like it-he called it a brecciated-iron banded agate. I've posted this one before but still, she's my favorite because its so oddly unique...the pic really doesn't do it justice.

Here is a pic of some other agates I found (last year)

[Connan]

That is a good description of the "brecciated-iron banded agate", very cool and weird. Nice finds man! Wisconsin is a great hunting grounds.

Here is a kinda weird one I found. It like a paint agate but then its totally solid with opaque white filling.

[DARK30]

That is different..like the pink! Nice stash you got there too dmopz!

I had to go try. Found an area that the sun can hit good and picked a few small ones.

[Bueford27]

Thats awsome. I worked up in grand marais all summer last year and on rain days i would go and look for a little while and i think my eyes are still crossed from looking for those darn things! haha

[Rick G]

D30 is at it already We have like 3ft of snow in the centeral part of the state yet

[Connan]

I went to one of my best spots today, but it was still covered in about 3 feet of snow. I did do a bit of searching and found that near the base of some trees there were exposed rocks under the roots. This one tree had grown and swallowed this rock.

Later found the first Agate of 2013! hopefully more to come...

[corncob]

I searched for agates from Silver Bay and south along the lakeshore back in the sixties....Man I'm gettin old.

[Connan]

Your lucky, I'm sure those were the glory days of agate hunting, before the lake shores were picked over.

[DARK30]

Some new ones...

[TonkaBass]

I like those two big ones by the pop can!

[Connan]

I would say if your put them on-op of that can, they would crush it... dang Dark, before Agate season even started and you nabbed 2 pound+'ers. Man...

[dmopz]

Well my honey hole for agates is now off-limits...a pit I had permission to search in 2012. Apparently the permission doesn't carry over from year to year as I found out last Saturday...a county sheriff payed me a visit and told me that I had to leave. The fuzz was very nice though and I wasn't fined thank goodness but I am bummed out because it produced well...guess I have a new excuse to go and find new pits/fields and seek permission. Take care out there everyone!

[Rick G]

sucks you got kicked out of the pit you were working Looks like you found a nice one though

[mn_612]

Found this the other day on the shore of the Mississippi river near downtown Minneapolis...good one?

[DARK30]

Very nice looking. Theres been some real good agates that have come out of the Mississippi.

Welcome!

[Connan]

Neat find. The floating bands with the splash of red is cool. Awesome job finding it in the heart of the city. I found a couple today, I will take some pics when I get my camera back...

[Rick G]

Welcome to HSO mn_612, thats a nice little gem you found there. The river bed is a good source for agates, I find quite a few each year while fishing. I have found that river agates will run in pockets, if you find one or two, chances are good there are more in that same area.

[DARK30]

Grabbed a nice looking 8oz. Too much quartz again tho.

[Connan]

Quartz or not that is a supurb agate!

[dmopz]

There is a rock or an agate or both that I need some help with...what do you all think this is?

I don't really know whats goin on with it haha..but anyways here are some more that I am positive of

Happy hunting all.

[dmopz]

The first 3 pics are from the rock I'm not sure of. The first pic is the only lines I can visibly see, so I don't really know what to call it. It's about 7 lbs.

[Connan]

I think the first big rock is a Cold Water Agate. Did you find it in Wisconsin? It is clearly partly Agate