Lake Superior Agates

[DARK30]

Nice! I gotta take some photos too.

[TonkaBass]

WOW! I think I'm gonna do some looking tomorrow... fingers crossed lol

[Connan]

^goodluck! find a dandy!

I put a very plain boring small moss agate under the microscope today and there is alot going on that you are not able to see at all with your eyes.

[DARK30]

Love the colors! Picked these yesterday. Got another pound plus but its weird...working on decent pics.

[Connan]

Nice Dark, man those big ones are fun to find... But the micro structures of agates are neat to look at too! Here is another moss Agate I found under the microscope. 40X I couldn't see any off this stuff with my eye.

[TonkaBass]

freaking awesome! Love the close ups connan and the handful of candy Dark!

[Connan]

I've been hounding the beaches of the Keweenaw. Found some small water-washed gems

[Rick G]

Got a couple small ones while fishing a gravel bar on the river today

[Rick G]

Got a few more this evening

[Connan]

nice pickin Rick! I want to hit the river soon.

[Rick G]

Some nice ones Connan! The one in the top pic has some nice bright lines in the center. I like it

[Rick G]

Only found one today

I spent too much time catching these to look down a lot

[TonkaBass]

Nice Rick! Any tips on how to spot them in the rivers? Do you tip them over to get the slime off them?

[dmopz]

18 oz

And a nice 50 cent sized piece

[DARK30]

I'm chunkless lately...but lots of candy.

[ConnorMN]

Hey Dark - Good to meet you last Saturday.

So here are the results (minus the little candy)

The 1st one are mine, 2nd photo is the brother in-law's.

We got off the beaten path a bit.

Sorry for the bad photo quality - had limited time and my dang camera fogged up since it was so hot out that day.

The two big ones come in at 11.5oz and 2lbs 2oz respectively. Wish there were was more banding on them, but I can't complain!

[DARK30]

Good to meet you too! Nice stash! Prolly see you again soon

[Rick G]

Made it out for a little fishing/agate hunting today. Found a few ok ones on the gravel bars

found a fossil of some small shells along the way too and I even caught a few fish

[Portlis]

You guys have been busy!

Connan - I love the close up pictures! I don't have a magnifying glass, but you're making me want to get one to inspect all my agates close up... I also love the pictures of the beach agates. They generally aren't the biggest specimens, but you can find some really cool stones along the shores because of how waterwashed they are. I love that they are all so naturally tumbled too I was up in the Keweenaw last summer and looked on the beaches a bit with very little luck. I wish I would have known your secrets =P

Dmopz - that 18 ouncer is actually cooler looking up close than in the picture you sent me. I like it! Really nice looking chunk. We need to get out again before winter hits...

And Dark - awesome pics as always. Looks like you've been busy! Lots of sweet lines even if they aren't huge.

Personally, I haven't been out as much as I'd like to this year. Been so busy with familial matter, and now football season limits my Sundays of course I have found some decent stones, but I'm still chunkless unfortunately.

Here's one of the more interesting finds I've had though. A nice 4.4 ouncer with great lines. I'll post more pictures of some other finds later.

[Connan]

Portlis~ That may not be a huge chunk but Its is a doozy! I can see the shadow through the comp. It is really nice agate with awesome white bands! You can get that little iron spot off with soaking in Iron Out...My secret was waking up at the break of dawn each day and walking about 6 miles each direction along the beach and looking in the most fresh area where the waves washed up the newest stones. Best luck is as soon as the waves calm down after they get big. Also had good luck standing in the water and covering a small area but watching the stones as the waves washed them back and forth. two different strategies.

[dmopz]

Got an idea to do this the other day, lots of different sized agates in there, 3 or for just under a pound...tallest jar is 14". Not that I would but what price point do you think I could sell these for? I'm curious to know what'd they'd fetch.

[dmopz]

just realized those pics didnt work, atleast on my end, and they were upside down

[Connan]

hard to say from the pics. You talking price for the jars or individually? Your best bet is to sell them individually. weigh each one out and take pics of all sides. price depends more on quality than size. But as a rule of thumb you could get $100-$1000/Lbs. haha so you see quality is key. But rare agates such as Eyes, Tubes,paints hold a premium, as do whole unbroken and water-washed agates... A whole unbroken water-washed "all-timer" 1-lb agate could fetch $3000, as a broken 3 lb quartz ball could only get $60. its a toss up.

[Portlis]

All I know is that I'd never actually be able to bring myself to sell them. They're my babies! Mine all mine!

[caseymcq]

Found this one today while chasing a grouse through the woods.