Lake Superior Agates

[DARK30]

From the last couple outings...

[Portlis]

Well, I've made it out a couple times so far this year and I have a few nice finds to show for it.

Pictures 1&2 - pretty nice 4 ouncer with great lines

Picture 3 - small but really strange bubbly agate

Pictures 4&5 - another just shy of 4 ounces with really nice colors. I don't find many pink/red/whites, which makes this one stand out

Pictures 6&7 - One of the larger agates I've ever found at 10.5 ounces. Not a spectacular specimen, but the size alone makes me like it

I've also been meaning to post some pictures of my favorite finds from last year, but that'll have to wait for another post.

[Connan]

Sweet finds!! The #3 bubbly agate is called a botryoidal agate, very cool.

[technorocket]

Nice group Dark! And some nice, unique specimens Port!

[technorocket]

First one i found last wknd and weighs 9oz. The tube agate in the second group weighs 20oz and i found it last fall.

[DARK30]

That first one is a beauty!

[technorocket]

Thanks Dark!

[DARK30]

Put the grab on this little charmer the other day. A 4.9oz paint with tiny eyes golore.

[technorocket]

Thats a great husk. Gotta love those eye agates. Nice find!

[x1957x]

Cool. The last picture looks like one of the circles dab smack in the middle has a smiley face!

[Connan]

That would look incredible if you polished it

[Portlis]

dam, all those little eyes are awesome. Everyone loves eye agates

And Techo, both of those are pretty sweet. The first speaks for itself... amazing lines and color. The second, while quartzy, is pretty awesome too. Tubes are pretty rare from my experiences, and the sheer size of that one makes it fairly impressive. The biggest tubers I've found are literally like 3 ounces.

[technorocket]

Thanks Port. Here is another tube agate i found last year. Its one of my more unique agates. It doesnt really show in the pics but the quartz is a dark green and there are some cool tubes in it.

[Portlis]

Techo, that thing is huge and awesome looking. It looks polished already as it is... is it? Or is it just naturally that smooth?

I made it out myself this past weekend after those heavy rains. Figured some rocks might be washed off. Managed to find these nice looking stones, all of which are between 5-6 ounces. Except the little guy, but I just liked that one in particular for some reason

[technorocket]

Nice stash u got there Port! All are nice but i really like the bottom 2 in the first pic.

Looks like your rain day paid off! In answer to your question, that is the way i found

that agate. It is not polished at all but it does have mineral oil on it. Some agate

hunters dont want to find agates with quartz in them but personally, i think it can

add to the agates character and beauty in some cases.

[technorocket]

A couple weeks ago i went out and got caught in the rain. It turned out well and God blessed me with some beautiful agates including my biggest so far!

[technorocket]

[DARK30]

Chunk!

[HotPocket]

Thats a beauty!

[technorocket]

Thanks! It weighed in at a hair under 2lbs 10 ounces!

[Portlis]

Holy ****. Not only huge, but solid and has good character as well. I'm insanely jealous. Even those other stones are really nice. The second one looks boring at first, but is actually pretty awesome too.

Here I was somewhat happy with my finds until you posted pics of yours... I'll go back to my corner and cry now =P

[Zelmsdawg]

That is awesome. Congrats!

[technorocket]

Thanks!

[technorocket]

God blessed me again with my biggest double. First one weighe 15.5 ounces and the second one weighed 1lb 3 ounces!

[technorocket]